Toland Opposed by Faction in South Boston Senate Bid
The South Boston faction led by ex-Congressman McNary plans to nominate ex-Representative John H. Toland for the Senate to oppose Senator Patrick O Connor. Nomination papers for the state primaries open at the Democratic city committee headquarters at noon. By yesterday only Lawrence P Sullivan had filed for the Governor’s Council in the second district, with ex-Representative James P Mulcahy expected to run from South Boston.
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South
Boston
McNary
John H. Toland
Senate
Patrick O'Connor
Democratic City Committee
Governor's Council
Lawrence P. Sullivan
James P. Mulcahy
Contests for Ward Committees Narrow to Eight of Twenty Five
City committee reports contests for ward committee control in only eight wards 3 5 14 15 17 18 19 and 24. Republicans planned 7 am nomination papers as efforts to unite in wards 10 11 and 25 faced sharp exchanges. Myron Pierce returned from Europe and found George Holden Tinkham had announced in ward 11. A conference with Courtenay Guild followed. Pierce offered to bow out for Senator Fiske if Tinkham did likewise. Tinkham refused. All three still filed nominating papers. Senator Fiske declared commitment to contest regardless of others. Double nomination papers appeared in wards 1 12 16 and 20.
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Myron Pierce
Europe
George Holden Tin
Pierce
Tinkham
Labor unions plan state campaign against Governor Draper
State wide labor leaders from 18 unions decided to organize fall efforts to defeat Governor Eben S. Draper in his bid for re election. Funds will go to Secretary Treasurer Driscoll. three delegates from each central union will join the campaign committee in a bid to unseat unfriendly legislators. Next meeting set for Sunday afternoon September 25 in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben S. Draper
Driscoll
A. F. of L
Wells Memorial Building
Stae
A. F. of
Draper
First Step in Tully $150 000 Will Case
Acting Judge Lothrop of the Suffolk County Probate Court appointed Francis T Leahy and Alfred J Rowan special administrators of the estate of Miss Margaret M Tully who died recently at 45 East Newton Street This action marks the first step in the will contest expected by two heirs at law and two nieces of the deceased The will left the greater part of the 150 000 estate to Catholic charities and institutions in and about Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lothrop
Suffolk County Probate Court
Francis T. Leahy
Alfred J. Rowan
Margaret M. Tully
East Newton Street
Attorney H N Hardy Resigns Middlesex County Post
Horace N Hardy of Arlington resigns as second assistant district attorney of Middlesex county citing ill health. District Attorney John J Higgins announced the resignation yesterday.
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Horace N. Hardy
Arlington
Middlesex County
John J. Higgins
Hardy
Boston bound express kills section man in yard crash
An express train in the yard at Pawtucket Rhode Island struck a man identified as Antonio Concapino of Cedar Street Providence, killing him instantly. This marks the second such incident in two weeks involving a Boston bound express.
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Boston Express
Pawtucket
R. IL
Antonio Concapino
Cedar Street
Providence
Couple Burned in Dorchester Naptha Explosion
A large bottle of naptha exploded near a gas stove in tailor Samuel Fingerman’s shop at 295 Adams Street Dorchester. He and his wife Sophie were badly burned and taken to City Hospital in critical condition. Eight year old Abraham Fingerman was rescued from burning by Patrolman William Noble of Station 11.
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Samuel Fingerman
Adams Street
Dorchester
Sophie
Samuel
Sophie Fingerman
Abraham
Noble
Robberies at Engine House Loot Lockers on Mason Street
Over several days a thief looted lockers at the Mason street engine house. A $215 diamond pin, multiple watches, and a diamond stickpin were stolen from Hoseman Nathan Boutilier. Thomas J. Stevens and Hoseman James F. Jones also had cash taken from their lockers. The thief has not been caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Street
Nathan Boutilier
Boutilier
Thomas J. Stevens
Grady
James F. Jones
Girl Tries to Escape Courthouse Flight
A girl named Vivian Clayton, arraigned last week for cocaine distribution, attempted to flee from the courthouse yesterday. She broke from the court officer as she was moved to the detention room and dashed toward the Somerset Street exit but was caught by her skirt before reaching the top of the stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Clayton
Sherborn
Somerset Street
Buried Man Alive Sparks Mystery For Town
Boscawen New Hampshire learns Edward Kenniston, a rich local farmer, is alive in Minnesota after a body found in a river and buried in Concord last July was misidentified. He vanished days before the death, having bought two underwear suits, one on the body.
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Boscawen
N. H
Minnesota
Edward Kenniston
Kenniston
Concord
Kenniston Mystery Deepens Over Farmer’s Disappearance
Neighbors dispute the identified body as Kenniston while no proof exists. Kenniston vanished after a quarrel with Harry Defarge over housekeeper Carrie Douglass after a whiskey trip to Hooksett. A body was found in the Merrimac River near North Boscawen later identified by locals as Kenniston, prompting police to seek the true identity and ownership of Kenniston’s underwear.
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Kenniston
Eben
Harry Defarge
Hooksett
Carrie Douglass
Defarge
Merrimac
North Boscawen
McGirr
Penacook
Barre
Elderly man found asleep near Spot Pond after disappearance
William Cook aged 83 of Melrose vanished from his brother in law Charles Baldwin's home on Chestnut Street. He was found asleep beside a roadway near Spot Pond by Metropolitan Park Police sergeant F A Carter after wandering further than planned.
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Melrose
Spot Pond
William Cook
Charles EK. Baldwin
Chestnut Street
F. A. Carter
Metropolitan Park Police
Mr. Cook
New Cunarder for Boston
Cunard line to strengthen Liverpool Boston service with a new 20 000 ton steamer built by Swan Hunter Wallsend. Due early 1911 for Boston Liverpool route the unnamed ship will be the largest and best equipped to enter Boston. It will match the Carama and Caronia in size and exceed their speed.
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Boston
Cunard
Cunard Company
Home Office
Swan & Hunter, Ltd
Wallsend
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Liverpool
Caronia
Cunard Line
Believe Girl Was Killed
Police believe Dora W Hookey 19 was murdered after a gold watch jacket chain and handkerchief were found with signs of a struggle near Jerome Park reservoir where she and Charles Schock were last seen. Schock’s body was recovered yesterday as investigators drag the reservoir for clues.
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New York
Dora W. Hookey
Jerome Park
Migs Hookey
Charles
Schock
Police Find Bride’s Finery Hidden in Suitcase Trial
Newton August 31 police discovered a bride’s trousseau inside a street-found suitcase opened at the station. Officer Riley’s quick key try startled him and a stenographer, briefly fearing a bomb, stared in astonishment as the bridal items were revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Trousseau
Riley
Caughy Captured in Bristol After 13 Years Free
Jack Wilkinson, who escaped Albany police in September 1896 after being held in the H. R. Capron murder case, was captured in Bristol by Chief Belden and an Albany detective. Wilkinson admitted his identity but denied involvement in the crime.
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Bristol
Conn
Jack Wilkinson
Albany
N. Y
H. R. Capron
Belden
Wilkinson
Capron
Judge punishes harassment phrases in Washington
In Washington on August 31 Judge Kimball found Bruno Marcino’s phrases you look good to me and oh you kid offensive to a woman and ordered Marcino to pay 25 dollars or serve 90 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Bruno Marcino
Kimball
Marcino
Good Denies Illness In Political Ruse
Representative Jeremiah J. Good, opponent of Senator Doyle in the fourth senatorial district, denied a circulating report that he was paralyzed in New York and brought home in serious condition. He said he has not been in New York, only troubled by sciatica and continuing his business, and criticized the political smear as indecent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah J. Good
Doyle
Post
New York
Good
Senate
Mayor McClellan Accused of Squandering City Funds
New York August 31 charges filed with Governor Hughes by Bird Coler president of Brooklyn against Mayor McClellan alleging wasted money in investigations ordered by the accounts commissioner. Coler says probes target political opponents rather than city good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’clellan
New York
McClellan
Hughes
Bird S&s
Boy Struck by Trolley In South Boston
Four year old James A. Mitchell was hit by a trolley on East Broadway while playing with friends near Independence Square. He suffered multiple injuries and was rushed to City Hospital in very serious condition.
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James A. Mitchell
East Broadway
South Boston
Peter Mitchell
Emerson Street
Independence Square
Broadway
City Hospital
Boys from Campello Cause Stir With Loot at Revere
Kenneth Orcutt 16, Burton Mellvine 13, and George Field 12 all of Campello flashed cash at Revere Beach spending freely before being arrested by Inspectors Finn Shaughnessy and Grace. They admitted entering a fruit store via keys and stole 35 dollars. Police seized 11 dollars as they redirected the rest to Brockton after taking the youths into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Orcutt
Burton Mellvine
George Field
Campello
Revere
Finn and
Shaughnessy
Metropolitan Pari
Montello
Brockton
Inspector Grace
Mellen Sr Dies at 88 President Mellen’s Father
George Kinsbury Mellen died after a short illness in Concord at 88. Born August 10 1821 in Alstead he worked as a hatter in Lowell and Boston before 38 years in the same trade in Concord. He is survived by his son President Charles Sanger Mellen and daughter Mrs Cora C Abbott of Concord.
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Concord
N. H
George Kinsbury Mellen
Charles Sanger Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mellen
Alstead
Lowell
Mass
Boston
President Mellen
Cora C. Abbott
Ex-Representative Murray Attacks Sullivan in Somerville Campaign
Ex-Representative William F. Murray of Charlestown launched his Democratic Governor's Council bid with a Mishawum Club meeting at City Square Ward 5. He accused rival Lawrence H. Sullivan of not residing in the third district, citing the Boston A Directory listing showing Sullivan with a Somerville address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Murray
Charlestown
Mishawum Club
City Square
Lawrence H. Sullivan
Lincoln Street
Somerville
Boston
Long-lived Maine and New Hampshire residents profiled
Mr Storer born Waldoboro Maine 1823 spent years farming moving to Warren in 1898 and living in quiet decline. Markham born June 1815 Strafford on his farm reflects a long life aided by temperate habits and upright living. Ham pursued sea and rail work, later refining as mechanic with a tobacco and alcohol free longevity rooted in heredity and temperance.
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Mr. Storer
Waldoboro
Warren
Strafford
Mr. Ham
Great Falls
Longevity Noted for Mr Lenfest of Thomaston
Mr Lenfest born Palermo Missouri July 4 1816. A farmer turned carpenter later employed in shipyards with winters in Virginia and Canada. Gave up yard work in 1895 but remains active in his garden planted 61 years. Member of Orient Lodge and A M. Life attributed to temperance and outdoor activity. Remarkably well preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lenfest
Palermo
Thomaston
Virginia
Canada
Orient Lodge
A. M
Boy by daring stops runaway horse in Dedham
In Dedham on August 31 14 year old John Boyle O Reilly son of Mr and Mrs P F O Reilly of 67 Harvard street jumped onto a wagon tailboard to stop a frightened horse that had bolted through the town. The boy sustained a slightly injured knee. Earlier Dennis Haley employed on the Lee estate had fallen from the wagon and injured his leg and arm when an approaching automobile startled the horse near the Williams East and High streets intersection.
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Dedham
John Boyle O’reilly
P. F. O'Reilly
Harvard Street
Dennis Haley
George C. Lee, Jr
Roosevelt
Haley
Williams, East
High Streets
20000 Miners Strike In Pittsburg District Tomorrow
In Pittsburg district 20000 miners plan an unsanctioned strike following a two day talk with mine operators over the use of black powder the new state ordered explosive. District leaders announced the action after the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lewis
National
United Mine Workers of America
Crane and Draper Meet Over Tax Policy
Senator Crane travels to Boston to confer with Governor Draper on income tax policy as Republican leaders prepare for the upcoming convention. The talks aim to shape the platform with several meetings in Boston. James F. Shaw backs the tax, risking his Senate bid, while Charles Newhall of Lynn Nahant also supports it amid silent opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Boston
Draper
Senate
James F. Shaw
Lodge
Panama pays U S sailors 14000 damages
Acting Secretary of the Navy Winthrop announced that Panama has paid $14,000 in reparations for maltreatment of American naval officers and seamen by Panamanian police. The payment was received as a settlement of claims arising from incidents in Panama.
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Washington
Winthrop
Panama
Republic
325-Pound Aunt Weds Nephew in Pittsfield
Ada Buck, 62, hotel proprietor from Wachita Falls Texas, weighing 325 pounds, married her nephew Eli Belanger of North Adams after months of travel and failed attempts to wed in Canada North Adams and Pittsfield. The couple now return to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Adaline Bucks
Wachita Falls
Texas
Bradstreet’s
Berkshire
Eli Belanger
North Adams
Belanger
Barker
J. A. Hamilton
Mayor White Wins Tax on Essex Company Dams and Canals
In Lawrence on August 31 Mayor William YP White sees a committee of experts decide to tax the Essex Company's dams and canals at 1,020,000 dollars. This sets the current year's tax rate at 16 40 per thousand, down from 16 80. The dam and canals, finished in 1848, had never before been taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
William YP. White
Essex Company
Little Gardeners Exhibit Products At Horticultural Hall
The annual exhibition of products from the children's home and school gardens will be held at Horticultural Hall on Saturday and Sunday. Prizes are offered for best flower and vegetable specimens grown by state residents children. Prizes also for best window box flowers by children in the state.
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Horticultural Hall
Boston
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Toland
A Connor
LABOR
H. N. Hardy
Mason ‘Street
Caughy
Morris & Butler
Summer Street
Mellen, SR
Sullivan
New England
Adam Storer
Warren, Me
Nicholas H. Lenfest
Pulveri
Jeogte
Rte
Steinfeld Cook Hook
Steinfeld Bros
Broadway, N. Y
U. S
James A. Houston
RP. H. Magrane
Pres
P. B. Magrane
Treas
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