Men Who Killed Sweethearts to Spend Coming Years in Jail
Francesco Cefala the Italian who shot his sweetheart Anna Meta on December 8 1906 was sentenced to state prison not less than 15 nor more than 20 years for manslaughter. Walter Stock of Roxbury was given life imprisonment for killing Miss Bates on April 3 at Roxbury Crossing after pleading guilty to second degree murder.
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Francesco Cefala
Anna Meta
Walter Stock
Mary Agnes Bates
Roxbury
Superior Court
Bates
Roxbury Crossing
Stock
Harvard Forestry Students Receive 260 Acres in Petersham
Through John S. Ames of Boston Harvard University gains 260 acres of prime Petersham forest land as an adjunct to its forestry division and the graduate school of applied sciences. The gift includes 10,960,009 board feet of lumber, nine tenths white pine, with age groupings for instructional logging on site.
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John S. Ames
Boston
Petersham
Mass
Harvard University
Division of Forestry
Graduate School of Applied Sciences
Massa
Wreck on City Railroad Injures Brakeman and Delays Traffic
In Newburyport on October 18 a Boston and Maine City railroad wreck caused extensive damage and traffic disruption. Open switch sent a train off the rails. brakeman William Ordway was hurled from a car and injured, while engineer Harry Otis and fireman George Butler were shaken but unhurt and helped shut off power.
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Newburyport
City
Boston & Maine
William Ordway
Harry Otis
George Butler
Telegraphers Strike Tactics Target Bucket Shops
Secretary O'Brien says telegraphers will expose firms evading the anti bucket shop law. He notes other unions will aid with funds. The union warns that if rumors of double pay and free lunches persist, many telegraphers may desert.
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O’brien
O'Brien
Judge Burke Hit By Coughing Fit At Court Session
Judge John H. Burke suffered a violent coughing attack during the Municipal Civil Court third session yesterday. A physician attended him and he was sent home to Brookline in a comfortable condition. He hopes to resume duties in a day or so after recovering from prior health issues.
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John H. Burke
Municipal Civil Court
Stevens
Brookline
Dog Poisoning Report Seen in Des Moines
Reports to police headquarters allege Strychnine and pulverized glass are being spread in northwest Des Moines to harm dogs. The issue has been reported to the Iowa Humane Society for investigation.
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Des Moines
Iowa Humane Society
Vermont pastor in court charged with book theft
Rev. Frederick L. Bullard of Brandon Vermont was arrested in a Park Street bookstore on four counts of larceny of old and valuable books. He faced Judge Wentworth, held on $200 bail, and left with two women, one reported as his wife, after a continuance.
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Court House
Frederick L. Bullard
Congregational Church
Brandon
Charles E. Goodspeed
Park Street
Bullard
Truce Reached Between Telegraphers Chief and Small
Chicago Oct 18 A truce was arranged between the Commercial Telegraphers Union officers and Sylvester J Small the suspended president. Small and the national executive board compromise to allow him to retain use of his office in the Monon building until internal dissensions are threshed out at the Milwaukee convention Oct 23.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Sylvester J. Small
Small
National Executive Board
Monon
Milwaukee
If at first you don’t succeed try again trial marriages
A Massachusetts man, repeating his plan after an initial mistake, reports receiving many letters from dozens of women willing to join him in a trial marriage. The note appears in tomorrow’s Sunday Post.
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Massachusetts
Orphans Enjoy Food Fair Fun at Mechanics Building
More than 1500 children from the Home for Littl Wanderers and Braintree celebrated Orphans Day at the Mechanics' building guest of C. H. Green and E. J. Rowe. The event featured an old fashioned one ring circus, theatre tricks, Punch and Judy, candy booths, and a marine band tribute to Lt. William H. Santelmann.
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Mechanics’ Building
C. H. Green
E. J. Rowe
Grand Hall
Fox Bread Company
Maud
A. R. Rogers
Littl Wanderers
Braintree
William H. Santelmann
Marine Band
Firebugs in West Roxbury
Harold Fosse and Robert D. Thayer, two West Roxbury youths, were sent to the reformatory after being convicted of several arson acts in the district. They set fires near First Parish Church, tried to burn Thomas Cummings’s home, and targeted properties including those of Eugene Webb, Bernard Weld, and Elizabeth Spaulding with injuries to at least one resident.
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Harold Fosse
Robert D. Thayer
West Roxbury
Reformatory
Judge Brown
Superior Criminal Court
Thomas Cummings
Eugene Webb
Bernard Weld
Elizabeth Spaulding
Moran Blocks Trials as Second Session Is Converted
District Attorney Moran asked Judge Sanderson to discontinue the second session of the Superior Criminal Court due to illness among his staff. The judge agreed, and the session will be converted into a civil session of the Superior Court.
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Superior Criminal Court
Moran
Sanderson
Criminal Court
Superior Court
Nature Taking Yarns Featured in Sunday Post Weekly
The Sunday Post runs weekly nature taking yarns that residents find amusing. Readers are invited to follow these playful tales as the year unfolds.
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The
Sunday Post
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Plimpton-Hervey Co
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