Pope wills large charitable bequests in estate ruling
Dedham Sept 1 Judge James H Flint of the Norfolk County Probate Court allowed the will of Colonel Albert A Pope of Cohasset. The estate totals about 742250 with 600000 personal property and 142250 real estate. Executors Abby Pope Albert IL Pope Harold L Pope and Robert Weinkley each gave bonds of 1000000.
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James H. Flint
Norfolk County
Albert A. Pope
Cohasset
Abby Pope
Lincoln
Albert IL. Pope
Hartford
Rebuilding St. Rose Parish School In Chelsea
Rev. William M Powers, newly appointed pastor of St. Rose in Chelsea, announced plans to rebuild the parish school destroyed by last year’s April fire. The modern new structure will cost over $50,000 and use church basement classrooms until ready, with Spencer Avenue schoolhouse adding space for about a thousand children.
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William IF. Powers
Church of St. Rose
Chelsea
Spencer Avenue
Edeson Opens Pacific Coast Tour With Noble Spaniard
Robert Edeson, famed actor, starts a long Pacific coast tour in Red Bank presenting W. Somerset Maugham’s The Noble Spaniard. It marks his first foreign author play in America, drawing a capacity crowd of New York theater and press figures. After the Casino Theatre stop in Asbury Park, the company heads to Boston for the 1909 10 season at Hollis Street Theatre.
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N. J
Robert Edeson
Pacific Coast
America
W. Somerset Maugham
Edeson
New York
Casino Theatre
Asbury Park
Gertrude Coghlan
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Mrs Elizabeth Blakeley Dies After Fall At West Cedar Street Home
Mrs Elizabeth Blakeley aged 70 residing at 48 West Cedar street West End fell down stairs at the address yesterday afternoon and died a short time later authorities reported the death occurred at the scene and no further particulars were available at this time
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Elizabeth Blakeley
West Cedar Street
West End
West wing of Parliament buildings destroyed by fire
In Toronto on September 1 the west wing of Parliament buildings burned, causing about 100000 dollars in insured damage while the Mowat law library suffered a loss without insurance. Premier Whitney supervised the firefighting as the Cabinet Council met and fire crews battled the blaze with help from cricketers including the Philadelphia pilgrims.
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Toronto
Ont
Parliament
Premier Whitney
Philadelphia Pilgrims
Thief Returns Stolen $1200 After Conscience Talk
A thief who took $1200 from the Aiken Lambert Company in the Silversmiths Building sent the money back by mail after leaving a note stating he could not face his priest with the theft. The package, found on a Brooklyn Bridge mailbox by a mail collector, was delivered to the offices on August 23.
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Aiken Lambert Company
Silversmiths
Maiden Lane
Central Office
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Five Hurt as $500000 Fire Destroys Blanck Storage House
Pittsburg Sept 1 five persons were injured one seriously in a blaze that destroyed the J A Blanck express and storage house causing about 500000 in damage. The fire spread to nearby residences and stores and five firemen were buried beneath the debris.
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Pittsburg
Major Martin Wins National Rifle Championship at Camp Perry
Major William B. Martin of Elizabeth New Jersey captured the military championship and the President's match at Camp Perry. Midshipman Andrew D. Denny of the Navy won the President's match with 316, while Denny and Thompson shared high scores in the military event. Taft telegraphed congratulations to Martin and Denny.
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Andrew D. Denny
Navy
United States Infantry
United States Marine Corps
District of Columbia
Sea Girl
N. J
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
United States
William B. Martin
Elizabeth
Martin
Palma
T. A. Thompson
Denny
Taft
R. I. Evans
Foe Arrest Sought After Public Garden Stabbing
Police issued a general alert for Tody Roberta 23 of Hanover Street charged with stabbing Joseph Cali 22 near the Public Garden bridge. Cali was taken to City Hospital with knife wounds to face and neck. Suspect believed in hiding in the North End.
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Tody Roberta
Hanover Street
Joseph Cali
North End
Bates Bates wed in Brunswick at Bates-Babb Hotel
Miss Lil lie May Babb of Roxbury married Frederick Stephen Bates of New York at the Bates-Babb Hotel in Brunswick last evening. The Rev. R. Percy Bush of Chelsea performed the ceremony with Miss Tillian Babb as maid of honor. The couple will reside at 183 Sixth Avenue in Troy, New York.
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Lillie May Babb
Claremont Street
Roxbury
Frederick Stephen Bates
New York
R. Percy Bush
Chelsea
Tillian Babb
Woman Saved by Boy at Hough's Neck Rescue
Abner Eilanberg a 15 year old boy rescued widow Mrs. Annie Hart from drowning at Hough's Neck Quincy. Powers, a would be rescuer, suffered a broken collar bone and a dislocated shoulder after being knocked to ground by a clothes wire. Mrs Hart, 60, mother of Rev. Francis Hart of Canton, could not swim and was saved near Bell Street after sinking thrice.
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Abner Eilanberg
Annie Hart
Hough
Edmund P. Powers
Hart
Willard Street
West
Francis Hart
Canton
Bell Street
Hilanberg
Joseph Murphy
Prince and Princess Kiniyoshi Kuni to visit U S for Hudson Fulton
Washington September 1 Special arrangements have been made by the Secretary of State for the reception of Prince Kiniyoshi Kuni and Princess Kiniyoshi Kuni of Japan. The prince will represent the Emperor at the Hudson Fulton celebration in New York City. They travel aboard the Carmania and will be met by Captain Sherwood A. Cheney, who will escort them to Beverly Mass for a September 10 audience with President Taft. They will later return to New York for the celebration and spend time at Newport visiting the Naval Training Station and Naval War College as honored guests.
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Kiniyoshi Kuni
Japan
United States
Hudson-Fulton
New York City
Taft
Sherwood A. Cheney
General Staff Corps
New York
Cheney
Beverly
Mass
Prince and Princess
Newport
Robert S. Thompson
Naval Training Station
Naval War College
Moody suffers severe rheumatism not additional illness
Haverhill reports Justice William H Moody is resting at home after being rushed there by ambulance in a mysterious incident. John A Kratz Jr, secretary to Moody, issued a statement to newspapers saying Moody’s condition is a severe attack of rheumatism and nothing more serious.
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John A. Kratz, Jr
William H. Moody
Justice Moody
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