Cambridge Rapid Transit Battle Renewed Today
Cambridge residents prepare for a railroad commission hearing on a subway plan by the Boston Elevated Railway Company. Mayor Wardwell and City Solicitor Pevey side with four to five stations, while supporters of a one station layout rally behind Essex and Brookline streets. Representatives Elmore Hannum Daly and Crocker Raymond Corcoran lead respective camps as Cambridge groups mobilize attendees.
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Cambridge
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Wardwell
G. A. A. Pevey
Essex and
Brookline Streets
Harvard Square
Citizens’ Trade Association
Merchants’ Association
Samuel D. Elmore
L. M. Hannum
A. J. Daly
John F. Crocker
T. H. Raymond
John H. Corcoran
Teddy Bear Girl Captures Boston Spotlight
One of the most interesting young women in Boston this week is Bessie Wynn known as the original Teddy Bear Girl. Her appeal lies not only in beauty and voice but in the anticipation of a large reception she is preparing for.
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Boston
Bessie Wynn
Miss Wynn Triumphs in Boston Theatregoers Remember
In Boston Keith's week, Miss Wynn is celebrated as a plucky victor in a crusade for feminine roles. Defying managers who doubted her, she presented herself on vaudeville as herself after a winning display in Babes in Toyland. This marks her second Boston appearance as a girl.
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Keith's
Boston
Miss Wynn
Bessie
Mrs Holton Held On Disturbing the Peace Charge
Jane H Holton wife of George H Holton superintendent of Derby Desk factory Somerville was arraigned before Associate Justice John Haskell Butler in Somerville police court on a September 9 disturbance of the peace charge. She pleaded not guilty and was held in 100 bail until Saturday. She arrived late with two children and her husband was in New York. She is said to have secured counsel and the case was continued. A camera crew waited hours after arraignment to photograph her exit via a secret door with bail posted by a Dorchester woman friend.
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Jane H. Holton
George H. Tiolton
Derby Desk
Somerville
John Haskell Butler
Vernon Street
Holton
Court House
Mr. Holton
Woman Stops Trolley For Kiss In Connecticut
In Winsted on September 10 a woman halted a Windsor Locks trolley to kiss a man she pursued. After the man boarded, the couple met as he ran back, sharing three kisses before he returned to the car, described by Conductor James Furey as the first such case he knew.
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Winsted
Conn
James Furey
Windsor Locks
Furey
Girl kilt by auto in East Sandwich tragedy
Eight year old Sylvia Blake was struck and killed by an automobile near her East Sandwich home while walking behind a buggy. The striking car numbered 20717 belonged to Reuben W. Hopkins. Dr. Faunce, present as medical examiner, ruled the accident unavoidable and not the chauffeur's fault.
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Sandwich
Sylvia Blake
East Sandwich
Granville S. Blake
Boston
Rachel Wing
Blake
Faunce
Justin Ware
Reuben W. Hopkins
Boston Ice Company
Broken Gas Fixture Fatal to Fall River Social Star
The Fall River death of Amy E. Hyde, 24, linked to a faulty gas and electric fixture, is ruled accidental by the Medical Examiner. Investigators say a dropped gas valve and nearby match caused fatal fumes in her room at 1281 New Boston Road. Her family, friends, and community mourn a talented musician and society figure.
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Fall River Society
Fall River
Amy E. Hyde
Samuel E. Hyde
New Boston Road
Mortgage Sale Set Aside In Equity Plea
Oscar E. Jackson trustee in bankruptcy of Dwight Vaughn sued Harmony Grove Cemetery and Salem Hospital in the state Supreme Court claiming improper foreclosure on Vaughn property. The garden cemetery held the mortgage. Salem Hospital bought at the sale. Judge Loring voided the sale after finding insufficient foreclosure care and recovery below the $9000 mortgage.
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Oscar E. Jackson
Dwight Vaughn
Supreme Court
Harmony Grove Cemetery
Vaughn Ait Salem
Salem Hospital
Loring
Wedding at St Josephs Church East Cambridge
A wedding service last evening at St Josephs Church West End joined Miss Catherine Dillon and Mr Walter Doncaster. Both worked at Massachusetts General Hospital where their friendship grew into love. After the ceremony guests celebrated at 105 Spring Street East Cambridge with gifts including a chair from hospital friends.
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St. Joseph's Church
West End
Catherine Dillon
Walter Doncaster
Massachusetts General Hospital
Spring Street
East Cambridge
Arrest of Nellie Wolkowitz for Cockran Brooch Theft
New York police arrested Nellie Wolkowitz, a Russian girl, on suspicion of stealing a diamond brooch treasured by Mrs. Bourke Cochran as a gift from Pope Pius X. Detectives found the brooch on the girl as inquiries traced telegrams between Congressmen Cochran and New York parties during a Boston visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourke Cochran
New York
Boston
Nellie Wolkowitz
Red Men ban future bartender and saloon keepers in council rules
The Great Council of the United States Improved Order of Red Men adopted an amendment prohibiting future membership for saloon keepers and bartenders. The change is not retroactive. The group also reversed regalia to the old form and defeated a proposal to admit past sachems as members.
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Norfolk
Great Council of the
United States
Red Men
Great Council
Governor Guild Attends Newman-Farren Wedding
In Marshfield on September 10 Governor Guild attended the wedding of Miss Jeanette Arnold Newman, stepdaughter of Augustus Fee, with Joseph Farren a fellow newspaper man as groom. Rev John Lee of Revere conducted the ceremony at noon. Helen Lloyd of Brookline served as maid of honor and Amy Hardig of Marshfield as bridesmaid, with Joseph Faren, the groom’s brother and also a newspaper man, as best man.
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Marshfield
Governor Guild
Jeanette Arnold Newman
Augustus Feebrother
Joseph Farren
John Lee
Revere
Helen Lloyd
Brookline
Amy Hardig
Joseph Faren
Standard Oil seeks writ to delay $29 million fine
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana asked the U S Circuit Court for a writ of superseders to stop the government from collecting a $29 240 000 fine. Judge Grosscup delayed action pending full arguments after Chicago today.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
United States Circuit Court
United States
Landis
Grosscup
Murder of Navy officer's wife in Portsmouth home
Mrs Mary Lawless Rorschach wife of Lt Frank Rorschach United States navy was shot to death at 832 Park Avenue Park View Portsmouth by an unknown burglar She fired twice before the intruder fled Thomas Archer a mulatto with alleged Merchants Miners Transportation ties was arrested in bed as a suspect His hat showed possible bloodstains and shoes were wet after a heavy rain last night
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Norfolk
Mary Lawless Rorschach
Frank Rorschach
United States Navy
Joseph T. Lawless
Commonwealth of Virginia
Park Avenue
Park View
Portsmouth
Thomas Archer
Merchants & Miners’ Transportation Company
Rorschach
Archer
Airship of British Army Crashes Into Trees
Farnborough England Sept 10 The new dirigible airship built for the British army rose under Colonel Capper Captain King and F S Cody. After a two mile semicircle the engines failed and despite 800 pounds of ballast jettisoned the airship settled into trees.
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Farnborough
Eng
Capper
King
IF. S. Cody
Demand Surges for New Werner Britannica Edition
Enormous demand for the New Werner 20th Century Britannica edition leaves few sets at half price with easy monthly payments. American edition withdraws amid success of the English edition, limiting availability. Encompassing nearly 25 000 pages across 1 volumes, the set offers 10 cent daily payments, and promises value beyond cost.
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American Newspaper Association
Encyclopedia Britannica
Pilot Mark Twain Declines Memphis Waterways Invite
New York Sept 10 Mark Twain has declined the invitation to attend the Waterways convention in Memphis. He will not participate in the event and remains in New York.
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Mark Twain
Memphis
New York
Snakes and Town Tales Stir West Brookfield Community
West Brookfield residents report eerie snake stories as visitors hint at a lodge of nature fakirs. A 12-year-old, Elroy Flagg, allegedly endured 42 inches of black snakes, later claimed as a possible circus act. Town debates motives behind a spate of reptile anecdotes amid Orange skepticism. E A Barney ducks lizards, while local seller Thomas Aiken advertises 18 snakes for sale.
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West Brookfield
Brother Long
Roosevelt
Elroy Flagg
Henry A. Flagg
Overlook Poultry Yards
John H. Webb
Flagg
Webb
Brookfield Road
Flage
Plage
Orange
White House
E. A. Barney
Thomas Aiken
Middleton
Shoe Man Weds Music Teacher in Quiet New Hampshire Ceremony
Captain George C. Houghton secretary of the New England Shoe and Leather Association wed Lillian Baker Galloupe a music teacher in a secret noon ceremony. The couple honeymooned in the New Hampshire hills aboard an automobile. Mrs. Houghton was previously married to Francis Galloupe and has a son. The Rev George R. Grosse officiated at the First M E Church ceremony.
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Lynn
George C. Houghton
Lillian Baker Galloupe
New Hampshire Hills
Houghton
New England Shoe & Leather Association
Boston Boot & Shoe Club
Troughton
Francis Galloupe
George R. Grosse
M. E. Church
Lineman Electrocution in Virginia Outage Incident
Rumford Falls electrical worker Joseph Farrar aged 40, employed ten years by Rumford Falls Electric Light and Power, was electrocuted today while repairing lines on a pole near Virginia works. More than 2000 volts surged through him. a faint heart pulsation occurred as his body was lowered, but he died before doctors arrived. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Rumford Falls
Joseph Farrar
Hi 78 Met His Affinity and Wed 72 in Conn
Hyatt Gregory a 78 year old Silvermine farmer wed Nellie Willard MacDonald 72 of New York City in South Norwalk Connecticut. The couple, both previously married with no children, described their courtship as brief and centered on the affinity idea.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Hyatt Gregory
Nellie Willard MacDonald
New York City
Nellie
Gregory
Western Miner Afraid Of His Life In The East
Henry Fritzges a Silverton Colorado miner visiting Collinsville says he fears for his life in the East and will return to Colorado. He reports repeated trouble and injuries since arriving two months ago, asserting dangers he has faced westward are less than his experiences locally.
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Collinsville
Conn
Henry Fritzges
Silverton
Col
Colorado
West
Denver Bridegroom Marries Despite Illness
Charles Taylor Kennedy wed Hazel Cordingly of 1460 Gaylord street after leaving his sick bed to marry despite a relapse posing danger to his life and risking the attendance of 400 guests.
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Denver
Charles Taylor Kennedy
Hazel Cordingly
Gaylord Street
Kennedy’s Wedding Trip Delayed by Illness After Ceremony
During the ceremony he seemed near well but collapsed after guests left, taken to his bed with high fever. Despite severe illness, death is not expected. he plans a wedding trip in a few weeks. Mrs. Kennedy, a Smith College graduate, is noted as a belles of the city. Kennedy, a Colorado School of Mines graduate, contracted typhoid fever weeks ago.
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Kennedy
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Colorado School of Mines
Charitable Gifts In Will By Maria L Gray
Maria L Gray of 125 Commonwealth avenue died August 20 and left $200 to the Perkins Institution for the Blind in South Boston in her 1904 will dated June 15. She also bequeathed $200 to the Boston Children's Friend Society and $100 to the mission work of the New Old South Church in Boston.
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Maria L. Gray
Commonwealth Avenue
Perkins Institution For the
South Boston
Boston Children’s Friend Society
New Old South Church
Boston
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Turbing
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Dr. Hyde
William F. Hyde
Pope
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Greater
Home Furnishers Ass’n
Ficuse
Lafayette Square
Cambridgeport
Ginter
Formosa
Oolong
Mt. Vernon
Radcliffe
Benton
Santa Teresa
Canal St. Union and Elms
Lynn Society
Houghton & Dutton Co.—Gilchrist CO
Butler's—Brine's—Wolf's “My Clothier” Nly
Massachusetts
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