Oldest Mason James McGregor Turns 108 in New Hampshire
Worth, New Hampshire September 5 Believed to be the oldest living American and likely the oldest Mason, James Bellows McGregor looks to his 108th birthday tomorrow. Born near his Newport home on Sunday September 6 181, he joined the Masonic order in 1827 and belongs to Mt. Vernon Lodge A Fr and A M which sends a delegation to honor him each year. Known as Little Mac he traces his long life to a rugged Scotch heritage and abstinence from tobacco and strong drink, though he sometimes enjoys a bit of hard cider.
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Worth
Newport
N. H
James Bellows McGregor
Mr. McGregor
Mt. Vernon Lodge
A. Fr
A. M
Mrs Neilan Buried Today In Cambridge Port
Funeral services for Mrs Bridget Neilan widow of Inspector Michael Neilan of Cambridge port police will be held today. A solemn requiem high mass at Church of the Blessed Sacrament will precede interment in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. Pallbearers include Joseph Corliss John Kenney John Hearty Patrick Ward Timothy Sullivan and Patrick Cavanaugh. Cambridge police posted floral tributes.
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Michael Neilan
Cambridge Police
Pearl Street
Cambridgeport
Father Crowe
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Joseph Corliss
John Kenney
John Hearty
Patrick Ward
Timothy Sullivan
Patrick Cavanaugh
Judge Praises Grape-Nuts As Brain Builder
A Colorado judge commends Grape-Nuts after reporting improved mental vigor and clarity from daily use. He notes initial indoor confinement and dull routine wore down his powers, but a week of twice daily portions revived his brain and health. The letter calls the product a remarkable scientific food and urges readers to try it.
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Robbery and assault on Cambridge man near River Street
A 28 year old Cambridge insurance man, Charles E. Chapman Jr. of 30 Parker Street, was jumped from behind, struck with a blackjack, robbed of a $35 gold watch and $4 in cash, and left unconscious in a field near River Street. He walked to Station 2, Central Square to report the attack as investigators searched the area. No arrests had been made despite a sweep of the vicinity.
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Parker Street
Cambridge
River Street
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Chapman
Central Square
Brookline
Massachusetts Avenue
Abraham Lincoln School to Rise in South End
A four story Abraham Lincoln School is planned at Ferdinand Fayette and Melrose streets in the South End. It will house 410 classrooms excluding shops and a nurses’ room, with a 132 foot frontage on Ferdinand and 176 feet on Fayette, set back 18 feet for street widening and featuring lawns, play yards, hedges, and roll-top ward room doors in Chicago style.
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Melrose Street
Ward
South End
Leg Crushed Beneath Car In Cambridge Accident
Eugene Kirby aged 23 of 17 Beaver street Cambridge a shifter at the River Street car barns is in Cambridge Relief Hospital in serious condition from injuries at work last night. He was at the turntable shifting cars when a lock failed and he was crushed between two cars, his right leg badly injured. Extrication required jacking up the rear wheels.
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Eugene Kirby
Beaver Street
Cambridge
River Street
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Kirby
15000 Tickets Sold for A O H Field Day
The Suffolk county A O H field day and picnic at Point of Pines reports 15000 tickets sold and the grounds will host the largest attendance in Point of Pines history.
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Point of Pines
Reformers Defied as Atlantic City Saloons Open
Atlantic City ignored reformers efforts to close Sunday liquor trade and opened saloons despite arrests of Mayor Stoy. City leaders reached midnight decision to keep the establishments running, aside from Sunday baseball, after reformers failed to compel compliance with the attorney general. Rev Birley Hudson warned of further action against Stoy without specifying details.
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N. J
Stoy
Wilson
Birley Hudson
Roofed hall to be used as play yard with baths
The assembly hall roof extending to the third story will be arranged for use as a play yard if desired. Shower baths will be in the basement providing six for boys and eight for girls. Building materials include granite brick limestone and reinforced concrete with glazed brick corridors and overall fireproofing emphasized.
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Assembly Hall
Child Dies After Bonfire Burns in Monponsett Incident
Helen Baxter, seven, of West Seventh Street South Boston, suffered severe burns while watching a bonfire at Monponsett on Saturday afternoon. She died at City Hospital at 9 yesterday morning.
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Helen Baxter
West Seventh Street
Boston
Monponsett
City Hospital
Former Cambridge Policeman Dies in Warner New Hampshire
Frank W. Scobey, longtime Cambridge patrolman at Station 3 with 32 years of service, died yesterday at his Warner New Hampshire home where he had retired on January 6 1909 from active police duties.
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Frank W. Scobey
Station 3
Cambridge
Warner, N. H
Engine Fireman Hit by Telegraph Pole
Woodsville N H Sept 5 Robert Chambertin a fireman on a through freight was struck on the forehead by a tele graph pole near Lakeport this morning. At first it was thought he was fatally injured but later the injury proved not to be serious.
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Woodsville
N. H
Robert Chambertin
Lakeport
Missing West Somerville youth feared kidnapped
John Pshathas aged 18 of 7 Cedar Street West Somerville has been missing since an early morning encounter with men believed to be thieves. His brother Nicholas says a team drove off after a muffled cry from the barn as the horse was unhitched. Police notified and searching for him. The motive appears robbery exploiting John who carried money.
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John Pshathas
Cedar Street
West Somerville
Nicholas Pshathas
Uohn
Nicholas
John
Kills Doctor's Wife on Planter's Porch
In Charleston on September 5 a Georgetown county planter William A. Avant shot and killed Mrs. C. C. Bigham, wife of a Harpers physician, after mistaking her for a thief during a nighttime visit to Avant's plantation. The two men fired at a figure near a creek, then found Mrs. Bigham dead.
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S. C
William A. Avant
Georgetown County
C. C. Bigham
Harpers
Avant
Dr. Bigham
Bigham
Labor notes anchor Boston union split and reorganizations
A unanimous vote by Bos ton Boilermakers Lodge 9 to withdraw from the United Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders and form an independent local signals far reaching shifts. New England locals may join to recreate a regional group similar to the 1894 96 era. Other items include Boston Lodge 97 not holding its annual ball for the first time in 24 years, Bay State Lodge 102 reporting a large initiation with 27 applicants admitted and 19 applications, and reorganizations and campaigns across several unions including Transport and Theatre groups with leaders like John J Barry and John M Gillespie guiding efforts.
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Border Street
Eest
John J. Hynes
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New Jersey
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Hynes
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Lily Pond Grove
Ssucus
Journeymen Barbers’ Union Working Committee
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Malden
House of Representatives
John E. Nolan
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
George Campbell
Samuel Hellewell
William Coup
Frank Moorhease
Boston Painters’ Union 11
Portland C. L. A
Sebago Lake
Chase after train thief ends in arrest at East Boston
Passengers on a Boston line train reported a pocket pick during a dark tunnel passage. Charles A. Reynolds identified James C. McCarthy, 24, of New York, as the alleged thief after a chase through crowds at the ferry landing, with $19 stolen.
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Charles A. Reynolds
Reynolds
Boston
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Metropolitan Park
Congress
High
Pearl Streets
James C. McCarthy
West Thirty-first Street
New York
Death notices from Melrose to Waltham
Local death notices list Elizabeth Adams of Derry NH. Effie Allard of Wakefield. Dorothy Baumann of Roxbury. Katherine Canney of Charlestown. Bridget Duffy of Chelsea. Lisette England of Cambridge. Timothy Foley Jr. of Melrose. Frank H Gallagher of Roxbury. John J Kelley of Dorchester. Hugh A MacLean of Revere. Honoria McCarthy of Charlestown. Florence McDonald of Dorchester. Joanna Murphy of South Boston. Waldo Rogers of Cambridge. Mrs John J Smith of Brockton. John Oscar Teele of Waltham. Services set variously for Sept 6 to Sept 8 with masses, interments, and burial.
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Roxbury
Dorothy F
Henry FE
Elizabeth Baumann
Mastmann
Walden Street
Canney
Charlestown
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Philip
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Gibbins
Wall Street
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Bridget D
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Maverick Street
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Nhee
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Harvard Street
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Ellen Foley
Sweeney
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Frank H. Gallagher
Ellen Gallagher
Hollander Street
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Circuit Street
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Porchester
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Mailen
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Park Street
Dorchester
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Revere
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Baxter Street
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Qewaldo Rogers
Dana Street
Smith
Brockton
John J. Smith
Frankton Avenue
St. Edoward's
Teele
Waltham
John Oscar Teele
Summer Street
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