Man Drinks Poison Then Collapses At Fitchburg Office
A man aged about 40 living at 38 Summer street Fitchburg entered Assistant Superintendent Kilpatrick's office yesterday and drank from a vial before collapsing on the sofa. He was taken to Relief Hospital and later moved to City Hospital. Former freight brakeman, recently laid off, he blamed his discharge and is married.
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Summer Street
Fitchburg
Kilpatrick
Relief Hospital
City Hospital
Minum
Romance of Van Wert couple ends in Pasadena wedding
In Pasadena a planned Van Wert marriage between Daisy D. Culp and Ross L. Brown, delayed by Brown’s disappearance after promised marriage, was completed. Culp, daughter of a wealthy furniture maker, urged Brown to marry when he was a shop mechanic. Brown later reappeared in Seattle, escaped custody in a hotel, and traveled to Los Angeles where he and Culp wed after reconciliation and securing a license.
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Los Angeles
van Wert
Ross L. Brown
Daisy D. Culp
Pasadena
Miss Culp
Brown
Culp
Taft backs rifle shooting for schoolboys in Texas
President Taft telegrams from Gregory Texas endorsing rifle shooting for advanced grade schoolboys under proper regulations. The National Rifle Association plans a rifle shooting tournament in Taft own area, set for November 6, with Secretary Jones of the NRA coordinating.
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Washington
Taft
Gregory
Tex
Jones
National Rifle Association of America
Woman seeks ten dollar error nine dollars returned
Miss Hanna Haegle offers to return nine dollars to the woman who overpaid her with a ten dollar bill at 8 Grimes Street in South Boston. She remains hopeful the owner will call to claim the unintended extra nine dollars. She emphasizes honesty as a guiding principle.
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Hanna Haegle
Grimes Street
South
Boston
Free Carmen in Death Cases
Hearings in Dedham and Jamaica Plain discharged motormen charged with manslaughter in two deaths. Dedham case involves August Dinner, 8, killed by Old Colony Street Railway car on Oct 13. Motorman John A. Lyman freed by Judge Grover. Jamaica Plain case involves John O'Brien, 5, killed by B Car on Oct 14. Motorman James B. Marteney freed by Judge Perrins.
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Dedham
Jamaica Plain
August Danner
Old Colony Street Railway Company
John A. Lymah
Grover
James B. Marteney
Perrins
Jamaica Plain Court
John O’brien
Wright Flies by Moonlight at College Park
Wilbur Wright completes a 42 minute night flight under bright moonlight at College Park Maryland with Lt Humphreys as instructor. It is the longest Wright flight there by nine minutes, marking a record for the site.
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College Park
Wilbur Wright
Humphreys
Wright
Net $400 by Old Swindle
Police seek two swindlers who lured Tony Spadaro and Guiseppi Tacone into pooling savings for a handkerchief said to contain money. The strangers vanished as the handkerchief proved to hold only worthless paper, reported yesterday in the North End.
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Tony Spadaro
Guiseppi Tacone
North End
Dupes
Centenary of Francis W Bird Observed in Walpole
Walpole residents and invited friends quietly observed the 100th anniversary of Francis W. Bird, "The Sage of Walpole." No formal program, but anecdotes about the late reformer and his vigorous anti slavery work were shared.
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Walpole
Francis W. Bird
Bird
Mr. Bird
Forest fire devastates timber lands in northern Saskatchewan
WINNIPEG Oct 22 A forest fire rages through timber lands in northern Saskatchewan threatening lumber operations and prompting firefighting crews to battle the blaze amid shifting winds and smoke.
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Winnipeg, Man
Saskatchewan
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Detroit
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