SAY YOUTH SET FIRES IN ROOM
John T. King a 17 year old youth admitted to two fires at 46 East Brookline Street South End near midnight Thursday. He confessed to letting both police say and faces two charges in Municipal Court today. He escaped suffocation, was hospitalized, and later sent to Hast Dedham Street station with a loaded revolver found on him. Doctors suspect mental deficiency and he was returned to the institution. He gave as his name John T Sechtler son of John Sechtler Williamsport Penn and has been away from home since May 15.
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John T. King
East Brookline Street
South End
Welsh
Carey
City Hospital
Niland Seeks Block on Macleod in Bay State Case
East Boston former representative Thomas A. Niland sent Attourney-General Attwill a letter urging Supreme Court injunction to bar Public Service Commission Chairman Frederick J. Macleod from deliberating on the Bay State Street Railway fare increase petition, noting Macleod’s alleged preexisting support.
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Macleod
BAY State
Attwill
Thomas A. Niland
East Boston
Supreme Court
Frederick J. Macleod
Public Service Commission
Bay State Street Railway
Niland
S E Woman Held in $1000 on Two Counts
Elizabeth Borkin 27 of 7 Waltham Street South End was arraigned in the police court on shoplifting charges and possessing morphine. She pleaded not guilty and a hearing was set for November 3. Bail was set at $1000.
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Elizabeth Borkin
Waltham Street
South End
Pair of Indian clubs taught to Johnny for shoulder development
A local guide offers methods to swing Indian clubs to build shoulder strength. The instructor emphasizes discipline and uses the activity as a potential livelihood for fitness teaching.
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Johnny
Chelsea Veteran Dies at Weymouth
Osborne P. Nash 71, Chelsea water department inspector and Civil War veteran, died at his summer home in East Weymouth. A member and quartermaster of Theodore Winthrop Post, G. A. R., he leaves a widow and son Judge Howard P. Nash of New York. Funeral services set for this evening at G. A. R. Hall Chelsea.
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Osborne P. Nash
Chelsea Water Department
Seaver Road
East Weymouth
Theodore Winthrop Post
Chelsea
Howard P. Nash
New York
G. A. R. Hall
Schoolgirl Struck by Auto In Waterstreet Crossing
Mary Keleher nine years old daughter of Cornelius and Mrs Keleher of Waterstreet Woburn was hit by an automobile driven by Dr Robert Chalmers as she ran from St Charles Parochial School into Main Street. She suffered three fractured ribs and a deep knee gash and was taken to Choate Memorial Hospital. The car was driven slowly and after striking the girl swerved to the sidewalk then into an unoccupied dwelling causing minor damage.
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Mary Keleher
Cornelius Keleher
Waterstreet
Woburn
William H. Keleher
Robert Chalmers
Chalmers
Choate Memorial Hospital
St. Charles
Briggs, Jr and Bride Wed Quietly After Runaway
Richard Briggs Jr of Boston and Lincoln married Alice Evelyn Bisbee an 18 year old stenographer after a two week New York honeymoon. They had vanished from home at the start of the month, prompting speculation they ran away to wed, a fact disclosed yesterday.
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Richard Briggs, Jr
Boston
Lincoln
New England
Alice Evelyn Bisbee
Weston
New York
Boylston Street
Briggs Heir and Bride Face Family Barriers in Lincoln
Prominent Bostonian Briggs family is the backdrop as the young man and his bride return from their wedding to Lincoln. The couple encounter social vetoes from Mrs Briggs and the bride's mother and plan to pursue the family horse business in Lincoln. The couple discover two of Briggs horses killed by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, spurring threats of action.
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Emma Rand
Marion Street
Silver Hills
Weston
Lincoln
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Seamen to Be Examined Under 1914 Act at Port
Tomorrow the port begins seamen examinations under the 1914 act. About 600 sailors on American vessels must prove they are qualified. O G Haines heads the process with tests by a marine hospital surgeon and a life boat drill by a coast guard cutter. Undermanned vessels will face corrective action by the port collector with aid from the shipping commissioner.
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Uncle Sam
United States
O. G. Haines
Coast Guard
United States Shipping Commissioner
Oiler Killed Under Engine at Everett Works
William Smith aged 40 of 37 Main Street Charlestown was instantly killed by an electric engine at the New England Gas and Coke Company works in Everett yesterday. He had just crawled out from under the engine when the train started. he had gone back for more oil and returned beneath the machine.
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William Smith
Main Street
Charlestown
New England Gas and Coke Company
Everett
Smith
Patrolman Rankin Retires After 40 Years Service
Patrolman Joseph H Rankin of City Hall avenue station ends a 40 year police career at roll call. He served a decade at City Hall and 4 years on the Civil War front before retirement approved by Commissioner O Meara and Mayor Curley after reaching age nearly 70.
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Joseph H. Rankin
City Hall Avenue
Department
Cit Hall
Rankin
O'Meara
Curley
American Eagle Shot at Bradford Gun Stand
Plymouth report says a tame American eagle was killed by Leroy Paty at Bradford gun stand on Long Beach. The decoy ducks used by local hunters drew the eagle toward the blind where Paty, a guest there, heard a commotion among the decoys at dusk.
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Plymouth
Massachusetts
Bradford
Long Beach
Leroy Paty
Paty
Hunters Kill Legendary American Eagle in Plymouth
Hunters near Plymouth encounter a massive American eagle that had swooped among tame ducks and killed two birds. Paty fires twice, the eagle dies, and onlookers debate its age and identity. Measuring returns a seven foot wingspan and four foot height. The carcass may be mounted for the Old Colony Natural History Museum, while a $100 eagle shooting fine looms.
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Old Colony
Funeral services for Charlestown editor John S. Flanagan
A large congregation attended the funeral for John S. Flanagan editor and publisher of the Charlestown Enterprise. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated at St. Mary's Church Warren Street by Rev. John W. McMahon with assistances from Rev. James H. Phalén and Rev. James F. Donnelly.
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John S. Flanagan
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
John W. McMahon
James H. Phalén
James F. Donnelly
Men held for murder in Canal Street strike clash
Adam Sharpie and Karolis Baranski were held without bail in Nashua for the January term grand jury after appearing before Judge Clancy charged with the murder of Jim Stivie in a Canal Street clash between strikers and Jackson Company workers. Mardow’s murder case and Bertershivitch’s aggravated assault case were continued until Saturday morning. The strike situation moves ahead.
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Nashua
N. H
Adam Sharpie
Karolis Baranski
Manchester
Clancy
District Court
Jim Stivie
Jackson Company
Canal Street
Peter Mardow
Alexander Bertershivitch
Striking Freight Workers Face Pressure to Return
Mill management reports over two thirds of strikers willing to return but fear retribution. French and Greek workers wish to go back as they had no grievances, while Poles and Lithuanians are blamed for driving them out. A carload of Polish workers was seen leaving the city, said to be sent to Boston to fill Nashua freight handler vacancies.
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Boston
Nashua
Deer Island to Add Toy Factory and Wood Yard
Penal Institutions Commissioner Shaw plans to add a city wood yard and a wooden toy factory at Deer Island. The aim is to keep several hundred inmates busy during winter and advance the Deer Island House of Correction toward self support. The toy shortage from Germany is seen as a profitable opportunity. Skilled island inmates will supervise the toy makers.
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Boston
Shaw
Deer Island
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