Beattie Will Go on Stand Today In Murder Trial
Testimony on the Beattie murder case features witnesses about Henry and Mrs Beattie's home life. Douglas Beattie testifies of finding blood at the scene and discusses attempts to wash the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Casselberg
Midlothian
Bonair
Owen
Richmond
Paul
Ess
Hazel Beattie
Henry
Bacon
Paul Beattie
Douglas Beattie
Mr. Smith
Wendenburg
Lawrence Faces Fresh Cash Crunch After Loan Refusal
Lawrence's city council received a message from a Boston trust company denying a proposed loan of $175. The refusal endangers salaries, with over $10,000 due tomorrow and June and July drafts unpaid, leaving employees likely unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Boston Trust Company
Man 65 Burned Smoking In Bed In Winchester
Co. J. Church 65 finished a cigarette in bed at 546 Main Street Winchester and slept while flames took hold. Neighbor Mrs J McCarthy smelled smoke and alerted Officer Thomas McCauley who rescued him from the burning bed. Firemen extinguished the blaze with little loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. J. Church
Hame
Main Street
Winchester
Woburn Choate Memorial Hospital
Church
Judge Details Intolerable Deer Island Prison Conditions
A Boston judge condemns Deer Island confinement as intolerable citing mixed ages from 17 upward and prisoners of varying crimes housed together. He criticizes the practice of social half hours that expose the innocent to hardened criminals and questions public sentiment supporting such conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Juvenile Justice Insights From Island Inspection
Remarks from a district panel on juvenile crime focus on the girl jailed for vagrancy, harsh prison conditions, and the need to keep children with families. Judges emphasize reform over punishment, innocence until proven guilty, and a shift toward welfare and rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pelletier
James ‘Swift
Poisoned Pen Suspect Harriet DeWitt Held for Trial
Harriet DeWitt of Easton is held for trial on the poisoned pen letters case. Bail is set at 500 dollars. The charge, read in United States Commissioner Turner’s office, could bring five years imprisonment or a 5000 dollar fine if convicted in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Penn
Harriet DeWitt
Philadelphia
In Easton Court Case Miss De Witt Faces Poison Pen Letters
Ex judge William S. Kirkpatrick and Marshall Miller represented Miss De Witt with A U S D A John C Swartley assisting. Rev Elmer B Snyder testified about anonymous letters. Postoffice Inspector Schoenberger traced the poison pen writings to Miss De Witt, linking them to the victim’s statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss de Witt
William S. Kirkpatrick
Easton
Marshall Miller
Phillipsburg
U. S
John C. Swartley
Philadelphia
Post Office
Schoenberger
Elmer B. Snyder
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Snyder
Postoffice
Rescuer Dives Twice to Save Six Year Old
Mary Knowles six year old daughter of James Knowles of 251 Webster Street East Boston was saved from drowning by James Tringalie of Goverett Street East Boston. He dived off the wall twice to reach her after she slipped from the wall into the water. The child was taken to East Boston Relief Hospital and recovered after a few hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Knowles
James Knowles
Webster Street
East Boston
James Tringalie
Goverett Street
Maverick Street
Tringalie
Cambridge Boy Dies After Wagon Accident
James Clancy nine years old of 126 Harvard Street Cambridge died at Cambridge Relief Hospital from internal injuries after slipping under a wagon wheel owned by H. L. Frost of Arlington He was playing with friends near Moore Street when a tree being felled by Frosts workers led to the accident His leg was broken and a head injury noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clancy
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
H. L. Frost
Arlington
Clancy
Moore Street
H.L. Frost
Smith Denies Candidacy for Dock Commission Chair
George S. Smith, president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, states he is not a candidate for the Dock Commission chair. He emphasizes the importance of selecting the right person and expresses interest in the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dock Commission
George 8S. Smith
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Man of 60 Seeks Egg Eating Contest Challenge
Albert W. Scott of Hamilton Street Dorchester announces readiness to duel any man of comparable weight or age in an egg eating contest. He proposes ten minutes of rest between dozen eggs and insists on fresh eggs for the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Scott
Hamilton Street
Dorchester
Scott
Tafts Visit Normandy Peasants Market Fair
President Taft and Mrs. Taft attended the Normandy peasants market fair at S. C. R. Crosby estate on the north shore in Manchester. The President arrived by car from Beverly around 6 PM causing a flutter of excitement among the crowd as curious onlookers, including women, craned to glimpse the distinguished visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Taft
North Shore
Normandy Market Fair at Crosby Estate Aids Sunnyside Nursery
President Taft and Mrs Taft visit Normandy peasant market fair aiding Sunnyside Day Nursery. Crowds of 5000, autos line the Crosby estate road as booths sell Brittany goods and children’s crafts. Two hours extended to accept further contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy A. Shaw, Jr
Normandy
P. V. R. Ely
Richard §. Russell
Mary Fay
Samuel Hammond
R. l. Agassiz
Payne Whitney
Frederick Parker
James Proctor
Adeline Hooper
Explorers Rescued After Arctic Discovery At Museum
Starvation threatened two American Museum of Natural History explorers Vihlimar Stefansson of Harvard and Dr Rudolph M Anderson in the far north. They announced last Saturday a discovery of a new race of people with European features and Eskimo habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Vihlimar Stefansson
Harvard
Rudolph M. Anderson
Explorers Report Near Desperate Straits On Horton River Survey
Letters to the museum director recount a perilous journey from the Dease River to Langton Bay in 1910. The party, tasked by the Canadian government, relied on five days of rations and caribou tallow while surveying 400 miles of the Horton River. They faced extreme cold, ran low on food, fed dogs on caribou skins, then found a new Horton affluent and expanded knowledge of Franklin’s survey area.
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Museum
Dease
Langton Bay
Horton River
Melville
Harley
Horton
John Franklin
Boy Fan Nose Broken at Boston Philadelphia Game
Edward Taft Jr. fourteen from Whitingsville was struck in the face by a foul ball tossed into the third base bleachers during the Boston Philadelphia game at the American League Park yesterday afternoon. His nose was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Taft, Jr
Whitingsville
Deaths Abbott and Austin in Charlestown and East Boston
William G Abbott age 81, husband of Mary Abbott, dies at Charlestown. Funeral from his son’s home 284 Bunker Hill street with high mass at St Francis de Sales then interment in Stoneham. Katherine Austin, widow of Augustus Austin, dies in East Boston. funeral from Colin MacDonald’s residence 116 Paris street with requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church. Relatives invited.
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Sacred Heart Church
RANSACKED HOMES FEATURED IN Cambridge Case
The Cambridge police yesterday found Vaughn residence broken into and ransacked similar to the recent break in at the home of Joseph G Thorpe executor and major beneficiary of Olea Bull Vaughn.
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Cambridge
Olea
Bull Vaughn
Henry Goodwin Vaughn
Joseph G. Thorpe
Ole Bull
Police probe break-ins tied to Bull will case in Garden Street
Two houses near Garden Street are under police scrutiny after break ins occurred close together. Investigators suspect burglars searched for documents related to the Bull will contest. Henry Goodwin Vaughan and Joseph Thorpe are named in the case as locations and a missing contact for Thorpe is noted during his vacation.
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Otter
Bull Will
Henry Goodwin Vaughan
Garden Street
Henry Goodwin” Vaughan
Clea Bull Vaughan
Joseph Thorpe
Brattle Street
Thorpe
Funeral notices and obituaries from Aug 30 to Sept 4
A Boston area notices page lists multiple funeral arrangements: in Everett Burke and Carroll families. in Roxbury Dillon and Flynn. in Charlestown Chestnut and Lahre. in Somerville Chestnut and Madden. in Medford Hamilton. in Jamaica Plain Houck. in Dorchester Looney. in South Boston Frost. in Chelsea Powers. in Chelsea Vincent. Details include dates September 2 to 4, times around 8 to 10 a.m. or p.m., church services, and burial plans at Mt Calvary Woodlawn or local cemeteries. relatives invited.
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Ol. Emn
St. Joseph's Chapetss Circuit Street
Mt. Calvary
Carroll
Charlestown
Frederick T
Hannah M
Bernard T. Carroll
Stoke Street
St. Catherina'’s
Chestnut
Beacon St
Somerville
James Chestnut
Woodlawn
Connor
Hyde Park
Anne
Flynn
Roxbury
Nicholas J. Doeband
Harriett Flynn
Boston
Emma
Samuel Frost
Gertrude Mace
Somersworth
Maine
New Hampshire
Johnson
Everett
Adolf ‘Ly. Fohnsop
Ah Peat Ee
Hilma
A. Brotdy
Curtis” Chapel
Dudley Street
Pate
Mt. Bene
Ange
Nes Mike
Harry Bene
Oe Mon
St. Mary's Oneton
Warren Street
Looney
Dorchester
Kal Yi
John J
Hee. Murphy
Funers
Uhill Church
Mary Eral
Esl Avenué
Soehphs Church
Mt. Benedict
St. Brephen’s Court
Massachusetts
Eweder of Foresters
Saturda
Vincent
Balstives Iverott
Itches
Nde
Arp
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Douglass Beattie
Joseph Casselberg
E. H. Neblitt
Beulah
Beulah Binford
South Richmond
Kid
Beatties
Bessie Wells
Louise Reams
Mrs. Beattie
Harrisons
Men’s & Boys
Harrisors
Washington St
Cor. Beach
O’keeffe
Tasuel
Deer Island
William H. de Lacy
Juvenile Court
Washington, D. C
Henry Sheldon
Miss DeWitt
Crosby
Thomas Motley, Jr
Sunnyside Day Nursery
Terpsichore
North
Horlick
Una Rae TS Vale
Wisco
Notimany
Jon T. Aamasaind
Union Street
Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall
Clemons
Vaughn
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