Estate dealer Erick J. Rockwell charged in Dorchester death
Erick J. Rockwell 57 of Dorchester was arrested in West Roxbury on a manslaughter charge after his car struck 12 year old Mary Ecker crossing Washington Street RoslUndale. She died en route to Forest Hills Hospital. Rockwell posted 2000 bail and will appear in West Roxbury court. The accident occurred near 418 Washington Street as the umbrella she carried blocked her view.
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Erick J. Rockwell
Wilmington
Avne
Dorchester
Westbury
Ag Nu
Maryecker
South Street
Ross Undale
Washingtontreet
Forest Hills Hospital
Rockwell
Will Pear
West Roxbury Court
Washington Street
Therl
Bricklayers Push Banking House Plan at Union Convention
At Springfield Ohio delegates of the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union approve resolutions to create a banking house for members across the country and Canada and to establish a central home for international offices. The proposals move to committees for further study.
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Springfield
Bricklayers’ Masons’ and Plasterers’ International Union
Ohio
International Union
Canada
Missing 15 Year Old Hazel Porter Found In Brockton
Hazel Porter 15, daughter of Mrs. Cora Porter, was picked up in Brockton after an automobile ride. She returned home with parents after visiting the police station. She and friend Josephine Gunn were reportedly taken by three young men in Stoughton Sunday. the other girl returned home that night. Police investigated cottages along the Monponsett lakes without result.
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Brockton
Hazel Porter
Cora &, Porter
Seaver Street
Stoughton
Josephine Gunn
Stoughton Square
Monponsett Lakes
Truck Crash Injures Men in Medford Neighborhood
A truck crashed into a tree at Fellsway West and St Mary Street in Medford. Samuel Greenburg of New York, a passenger, and Daniel Dobbins of 38 Boulevard Revere, a visitor at Greenburgs home, were injured. Dobbins suffered facial and head injuries and was taken to Malden Hospital by police ambulance.
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Fellsway
West
St. Mary Street
Medford
Samuel Greenburg
New York
Daniel Dobbins
38 Boulevard
Revere
Greenburg
Malden Hospital
Metropolitan Police Ambulande
Goode Replaces Inspector Reardon as Divisional Chief
Captain Charles T. Reardon will be relieved as divisional inspector of divisions of the Boston police after one year and seven months in office. Deputy Superintendent Thomas F Goode, former Back Bay Station captain, will assume the post Friday morning per a general order announced at roll call.
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Charles T. Reardon
Boston Police
Thomas F.goode
Back Bay
Police Leadership Shakeup Affects Vice Liquor Squads
Captain Reardon, appointed during Edwin W Curtis era, gains control of the vice and liquor squads and directs the crusaders. Supt Goode is promoted to inspector of divisions with roll call scheduled Friday the 18th, amid the August shakeup and new night duty assignments for the superintendent's office.
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Reardon
Edwin W . Curtis
Ainsley R. Armstrong
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Supt. Goode
Walsh presses for yard fate as navy board reviews Charlestown
Senator Walsh asked Secretary Denby about the special navy board’s procedure as it weighs possible abolition or reduced activity at Charlestown navy yard. He urged Boston to present facts, noting a strong navy faction favors closing the yard. The board includes Rear Admirals Rodman Robertson Pratt Beuret and Captains Willard Tompkins Bakenhus.
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Washington
Charlestown Navy Yard
Senator Walsh
Denby
Koston
Navy
Curley
Navy Yards
Rodman
Robertson
Pratt
Beuret
Willard
Willard, Tompkine
Bakenhus
Noble life ends for Boston woman Elizabeth Putnam
Elizabeth Cabot Putnam, aged 66, dies suddenly at her Marlboro Street home. The Boston civic leader, known for aiding wayward youths, will lie in state at noon funeral services in King's Chapel. She shared with Julia Ward Howe the distinction of being a premier woman citizen of Boston.
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King’s Chapel
Eabeth Cabot Putnam
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Miss Putnam
Marlboro Street
Elizabeth Cabot Putnam
Elizabeth Putnam Organizer and Memoirist Remembered
Elizabeth Cabot Putney Putnam born February 19, 1836, organized for the Public School Association and tirelessly campaigned for candidates. She wrote memoirs of Civil War youths who joined the Union blue, naming many notable contemporaries and detailing her lifelong dedication to civic work and war-time friends.
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Miss Putnam
Eilzabeth Cabot Putnam
Public School Association
Boston
Enire
Elizabeth Cabot Putney
Br. Charles Gideon Putnam
Elizabeth Cabot Jackson
James Jackson
Massachusetts ‘General Hospital
Samuel Putnam
Jiscon
Miss Pitnan
Union
Harptes Russell Lowell
Henry Hive Stephen George Perkins
Jags
Wilder Dwight
Robert Gouldelaw
Henry Bturgis Brussehl
James Jackson Higginson
James Jackson Lowell
Willam Lowell Muthany
Mr Dhehwets Nusgell
Samuel Storraw
Mat
Miss Putnam’s life shaped by a lost lover and mothering role
Mrs. Elizabeth Glendower Evans recalls Miss Putnam as the eternal mother and wife who never married after a young man went to war 61 years ago. Her devotion to guiding and befriending wayward youths grew from that love loss and her joy in babies.
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Miss Putnam
Elizabeth Glendower Evans
Miss Putnam Devotes Life to Sanitary Work and Education
Miss Putnam directed the Industrial School for Girls in Dorchester and chaired efforts to educate freedpeople. She opened an office at 63 Marlboro Street, worked long hours helping wayward youths, and influenced state boards for girls and boys in Lancaster and Westboro. Her relentless energy and power to mobilize officials aided numerous reforms and personal transformations.
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Industrial School For Girls
Dorchester
Miss Putnam
South
Lyman School
Westboro
Lancaster
Boston
Mrs Putnam Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
After the death of Dr. Charles P. Putnam, Miss Putnam lived with her brother Dr. James Jackson Putnam and his wife at 104 Marlboro Street. She had just planned a future and had dined out the night before. a heart attack last Monday ended her life within hours.
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Charles P. Putnam
Miss Puttam
James Jackson Putnam
Marlboro Street
Harvard Grads Win Few of 41 Law School Scholarships
Out of 41 scholarships awarded at Harvard Law School only four went to Harvard College graduates. Thirty seven recipients hailed from other colleges, representing 31 institutions. Four New England boys earned honors: A W Mitchafl Worcester G B Searls Adams E Berman Lewiston and BE A Jenckes Providence. The top Sears prizes of 400 each went to Samuel Maslon Minneapolis James Mount Nicely Muncie Roger Foster St Paul and Warren Edge Omaha. All four large winners were from middle western states.
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Harvard Law School
Harvard College
Collees
New England
A. W. Mitchafl
Worcester
G. B. Searls
Adams
Mass
E. Berman
Lewiston
A. Jenckes
Providence
Sears
Strike Settlement Stalls as Tremblay Declines to Serve
Oct 10 in Manchester New Hampshire Citizens' Committee of Ten loses one member when Joseph Tremblay declines to serve on the board. Secretary asked Amoskeag Treasurer F C Dumaine to parley. Amoskeag reports 75 percent of plant operating and 500 more looms running this week. Suncook Mills resumed work after a day, with a 54 hour pre strike wage. Regatt Day in September marks boat races between Honolulu and Hilo. The Aweto is described as a bizarre sect midway between caterpillar and vegetable.
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Manchester
Citizens’ Committee of Ten
Joseph ©. Tremblay
Board of Assessors
Tremblay
F. C. Dumaine
Amoskeag Company
Suncook Mills
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Popular Science Monthly
Bricklayers’ Union
O'Connor Bo
Holyoke
Tremont St
Capt. Reardon
Navy Yard
Walsh
Whittering
Tremont Street
Stutz Motor Car Company of America, Inc
Indianapolis, Indiana
U. B
Indianapolis
Becker Stutz Automobile Co
Beacon Street
Edward Becker
Hoxton di Vhone B
Aons
Putnam
Sanitary Commission
Evans
Mrs. Evans
Institution
Clinton
Sarah
Miss Fulnam
Harvard
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hilo
Hereedom
Tom Wye
Hawley Folsom Co
Essex St
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