New Comet Discovered by Baade of Hamburg
The Harvard College Observatory received a cable from Copenhagen naming Astronomer Baade of Hamburg as the discoverer of a new comet. First seen last Thursday, it was later observed Sunday by Danish astronomer Stroemgren near Copenhagen. The comet lies in Cygnus and has brightened since first sighting though not visible to the naked eye.
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Harvard College Observatory
Copenhagen
Denmark
Baade
Hamburg
Germany
Stroemgren
Cygnus
Sven
Pelletier Appeals at West Roxbury Meeting
Former District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier, now a Democratic candidate, spoke at the Robert Shaw schoolhouse on Mount Vernon Street in West Roxbury. He urged votes and condemned the amendment requiring the district attorney to be a member of the bar as un American. He was the lone speaker before a sizable, rain-dampened audience.
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Joseph C. Pelletier
Robert Would Shaw
Mount Vernon Street
West Roxbury
Pelletier
Raffaele Bastianelli
Etome
Italy
John Murphy
Chicago
Murphy
First Dry Law Debate Sparks Spicy Exchange in Boston
A rainy crowd at Central High School witnessed the Massachusetts dry law debate between Congressman Tinkham and anti saloon league leader Wheeler. The session featured sharp rhetoric, mock civility, and claims on law enforcement, with both sides citing statistics on crime and insanity and ending in a no decision verdict.
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Wheeler
Tinkham
Boston
Constitutional Liberty League
Anti- Saloon League
Massachusetts
Charles F. Warner
Springfield Technical High School
Chusetts Insane Asylum
Washington
Washingtonian Home
Congressman Tinkham
Beechman Charges Accusers Arrested in Rhode Island
Beechman alleges a malicious conspiracy to frame him for bribery as the News and its publishers face criminal libel charges. Beechman and his allies defend the action as common law criminal complaint against conspiracy and false charges. The case centers on alleged payments to Lagace and claims against Sen. Gerry and Tammany Hall figures aiding the attack.
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Beechman
Lagace
John A. Kennessey
New York
Ienry DD
Hamilton
Barrington
Luke A. Keenan
Johnston
Tlope Publishing Company
J. Henry Reuter
Beeckman Leutenant
Legace
Beeckman
Reuter
Pawtucket
James E. Watson
Indiana
Claude A. Branch
United States
Peter G. Gerry
Gerry
Tammany Hall
Providence
Fatal Electrical Accidents Involving Two Swampscott Boys
Richard Gerbach aged 12 and Norman Widger also 12 were constructing a wireless setup when they tied a wire to a Lynn Gas and Electric feed line. Gerbach was killed instantly by a 200 volt shock. Widger survived the incident.
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Richard Gerbach
Charles M. Gerbach
Aspin Road
Swampscott
Lynn Gas & Electric Company
Gerbach
Norman C. Widger
Abraham Widger
Wyman Road
Electric Company
Famed surgeons open convention in Boston
Eminent surgeons from two continents gather in Boston for the 10th annual American College of Surgeons congress. Dr. Harvey Cushing opens with a speech on diagnosis versus post mortem truth and medical standardization to publish outcomes.
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Boston
American College of Surgeons
Harvey Cushing
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Symphony Hall
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Philadelphia
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Cushing
Clinical College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Edinburgh
Dublin
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College
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