Mad Dog Scare in Malden
In Malden on October 16, John D. Welsh’s Charles street blacksmith shop faced a mad dog incident. Boston terrier barked and foamed, prompting Welsh and employees to flee. Patrolman Bushell helped corral the animal into a bag and it was taken to Dr. Simpson’s hospital where rabies was diagnosed. The dog is expected to be shot tomorrow.
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Malden
John D. Welsh
Charles Street
Welsh
John J. Bushell
Bushell
Book Thieves Still Busy at Harvard
Harvard Union librarian reports 19 valuable books missing and likely stolen. Losses disclosed to Cambridge police. all missing volumes were forbidden to be removed, ruling out simple record misfiling as the cause.
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Harvard
Harvard Union
Cambridge
Temperance Women From All the World Convention Highlights
The World’s W. C. T. U. delegates gather in Boston with leaders from Japan to Sweden, detailing speakers, travels, and programs. Notable attendees include Mrs. Yajima, Miss Elma Gowen, Lady Dorothy Howard, and the Earl of Carlisle. Welcome banquet at Tremont Temple and a packed three day schedule feature prayers, addresses, music, and department reports. About 2000 expected attendees mark this notable temperance gathering.
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W. C
T. U
Tremont Temple
Yajima
Tokio
Oakland
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Fraulein Julie Kassewtz
Vienna
Sevasti Callisperi
Athens
T. S
Cuba
Elma G. Gowen
Annie W. Dillett
Colored Union of
Bahama Islands
Natal
Cape Colony
South Africa
Mary F. Fernie
Virginia L. Pride
Port Elizabeth
Anna M. Cummings
Wellington
Fruken Ina Rogberg
Sweden
Stockholm
Ellen Stone
Chelsea
Bulgaria
Dorothy Howard
Countess of Carlisle
Dorothy
Earl of Carlisle
Agnes E. Slack
Banford Slack
Edward
Temperance Work
Park Street Church
Elizabeth W. Greenwood
Willian M. N. Stevens
Mary F.fernie
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Lady Henry Somerset
Margaret Dobson
England
Agnes Oe Eo
Anna A. Gordon
Tds
Greenwood
Benjamin Chappell
Japan
Mary E. Sanderson
Gordon Wright
Canada
Sarah Hall Herrick
White Ribbon
Harrison Lee
Australasia
Kara G. Smart
Addie Northam Fields
Christine Tinling
U. S
Maria Weed
Hannah J. Bailey
CG. L. R. Hoskins
India
Annie Lile
Harris
Shaw
Sevasti Callespere
Greece
the Earl of Carlisle
Margaret Dyer Ellis
U. 8
S. A
Libertyville Field Day Angers Temperance Group
Temperance activists in Libertyville threaten arrest after a field day hosted by Mrs. J Ogden Armour Mrs J Medill McCormick and Mrs Arthur Meeker allegedly served intoxicating lick er in a bar with champagne and other wines amid the event fueling uproar among local reformers in Chicago area.
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Chicago, Ill
Libertyville
Sues Elevated Railway for 10000 Damages
In a Superior Court session Thomas Kelly sues the Elevated railway for 10000, claiming injury from a company employee's carelessness on Massachusetts avenue during street repairs on July 20, 1908. The case seeks compensation for medical care and damages.
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L” Road
Superior Court
Thomas Kelly
Elevated Railway
Massachusetts Avenue
Supreme Court ends dispute over Betsie Chase will
After years of litigation in Middleboro, the state Supreme Court ruled Betsie Chase's will does not name the boy Edward Bailey. The $500 trust for Betsie to fund his education will go to the administrator of Betsie Chase's estate, Walter H. Faunce.
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Supreme Court
Betsie Chase
Middleboro
Edward Bailey
Betsie Edward Luther Chase
Beverly Bailey
Betsie
No New Police for Cambridge in Current Year
The Cambridge police force will receive no additions this year. Aldermen rescinded last June’s restriction for three day sergeants after the Mayor and chief of police had not appointed the men. The finance committee also reported adversely on property settlement plans tied to a 1901 hospital takings case and urged aggressive collection actions against Margaret E. O'Brien and John F. O'Brien, with orders to call pending suit and collect taxes and water rates.
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Cambridge
Margaret M. E. O’brien
John F. O’brien
Concord Avenue
Margaret E. O’brien
Trolley wreck injures two in Somerville chemical unit crash
At about 6 pm, Chemical A of Somerville fire department was struck by a car on Broadway near Marshall Street. Driver George Bixby and passenger John Conneeny were thrown. Draper escaped injury by leaping aside, while Conneeny suffered a left ankle injury. The chemical unit was disabled.
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Box 324
Chemical A
Somerville
Broadway
Marshall Street
George Bixby
Lieutenant Draper
John Conneeny
Draper
Bixby
Conneeny
Mailman Tries Letter Box Fire Alarm Mix Up
An immigrant from Russia at 15 Coburn Street opened a fire alarm box thinking it was a letter box. He pulled the hook, summoning the fire department. Chemical 1 was nearby but arrived late. George E Blakesley of Engine 1 slipped in mud while attempting to board. He was not seriously hurt.
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Israel
Coburn Street
Russia
Chemical 1
George E. Blakesley
Engine 1
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Steve
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Bim Sts
Bell and Poole
Bostonia
Lence
Toiss Nwa
Gor
Don
Secsolau
Hat Olga EO
Haps Gordan Wright
Vss
Ochimou
Drake
Boston Terrier
Old South
Mass
Oxford
the New England Gas & Coke Co
Chicago
At Liberty
Ville
Emerson Questy
Wash. St
Cor. Water
Court St
Cor
Hanover
Summer St
Dewey Square
Luther Bailey
Mrs. Chase
Concord Ave
Reeay
Gale & Kent Tailoring
Court Street
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