First Test Under Eight Hour Law Probed by Federal Grand Jury
A September term federal grand jury before Judge Dodge opens amid many cases including the first prosecution under the federal eight hour law against William H. Ellis of Charlestown navy yard. Naturalization frauds and lottery case of J Hibbard De Bill are slated, with post office thefts involving Harry Clark and stolen government bonds. Detectives Hennessy and three NY inspectors testified.
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Federal Grand Jury
Dodge
United States District Court
United States
Asa P. French
William H. Ellis
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Yard
J. Hibbard de Bill
Harry Clark
Ponkapoag
Canton
Hennessy
New York
Two Years for Perry Bigamist
Mrs. Rose Perry formerly of Cambridge now in San Francisco says her husband Joseph Perry will serve two years in the House of Correction after marrying another woman without divorce. The judge sentenced him following the case brought by Mrs. Perry, while their two children remained in the Harrison Avenue Home for Destitute Catholic Children.
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Rose Perry
Cambridge
San Francisco
Cal
Joseph Perry
Perry
House of Correction
Stensland and Hering Indicted on Bank Mismanagement Counts
Chicago report states Paul O. Stensland former bank president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank and Henry W. Hering former cashier received more than 20 indictments each. Grand jury accuses mismanagement of the bank. Stensland under arrest in Tangier and Hering jailed in Chicago.
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Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Tangier
Henry W. Hering
Governor Opens Newburyport Fair With Parade and Speech
Governor Curtis Guild Jr spoke at the Newburyport Fair opening as thousands gathered for a parade of merchants and an afternoon address at the fair grounds. Senators and district officials attended, and the governor urged progress and prosperity for Massachusetts. He arrived by train, dined with the News editor, then toured the fair before departing by automobile.
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Newburyport
Newburyport Fair Association
Curtis Guild, Jr
Senator Schofield
Ipswich
W. Scott Peters
Augustus Gardner
Hamilton
Governor Guild
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Nation
Massachusetts
F. E. Smith
Fair Grounds
A. Shuman
Joshua Holden
J. J. McCarthy
Four arrests in city littering campaign led by O'Meara
Four arrests have been made in the neater sweeter city drive led by Police Commissioner O'Meara. Three arrests were in the North End and one at City Point with fines totaling 18 dollars. Warnings were issued to hundreds of householders who dumped garbage on streets and merchants in the market district lost their special privileges.
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O’meara
North End
City Point
Mackay
Artist Theodore Langer Feldt cremated at Forest Hills
The architect and watercolor artist Theodore Otto Langerfeldt was laid to rest in a Columbarium niche at the Massachusetts Cremation Society Forest Hills chapel. Friends and local artists attended the ceremony led by Rev. John H. Denison with tributes from St Botolph and Orpheus clubs.
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Theodore Otto Langerfeldt
Massachusetts Cremation Society
Forest Hills
St. Botolph and
Orpheus Clubs
Another Conviction for Telephone Box Robber Gately
In the Superior Criminal Court yesterday Charles J Gately 19 was charged with robbing city telephone money boxes. He is already serving two sentences for similar offences in Malden and Brookline and was sentenced to one year in the house of correction after current terms.
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Superior Criminal Court
Charles J. Gately
Malden
Brookline
House of Correction
Explosion injures four at Cohasset summer estate site
Four men work on a ditch at Albert S. Bigelow’s Cohasset summer home when leaked naphtha and gasoline ignite after a lighted match. Foreman Thomas Kinney suffers severe injuries, others escape with minor bruises as the garage and cesspool are wrecked.
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Cohasset
Albert S. Bigelow
Boston
Thomas Kinney
Kinney
H. C. Fernald
Alfonso to sue mother for share of $2 million
King Alfonso his sister Maria Teresa and Prince Charles of Bourbon prepare a legal action against Dowager Queen Maria Christina in Madrid claiming family property worth nearly $2,000,000 while the Queen Mother contends sole ownership.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Maria Teresa
Charles of Bourbon
Princess of Austria
Maria Christina
Roosevelt's Strenuous Life Sermon and Postum Pitch
In a Chicago speech Roosevelt urges a life of toil and risk over ease. The article promotes Postum Food Coffee as a remedy to coffee dependence, claiming it aids liver and nerves and supports a life of effort and success.
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West
Lincoln
Grant
Chicago
Roosevelt
Rogers New Paymaster Rogers New Paymaster
Captain RE B Rogers appointed by President Roosevelt as paymaster general of the navy arrives at Charlestown navy yard and will soon assume duties. He is well known locally and served on multiple ships and stations from 1879 onward, including the Kearsarge and Minneapolis, with postings at Yokohama and the Naval Academy.
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RE. B. Rogers
Roosevelt
Navy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Rogers
Department
North Atlantic
Boston
Naval Academy
Yokohama
Japan
Kearsarge
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Cincinnati
Naval Clothing Factory
Minneapolis
Monterey
Pacific
Oregon
Clothing
Milwaukee Bank President Not Guilty Of Suicide Attempt
A United States report telegraphed to Tangier denies that Paul O. Stensland president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago attempted suicide after a bank failure.
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Tangier
United States
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of
Chicago
King and Queen of Spain Visit Scottish Castles
During their Scotland tour Alfonso and his Queen stayed at Fyvie and Drummond Castle. Hostesses were American women married to Englishmen, Lady Leith and Lady Willoughby de Eresby. Lady Willoughby, formerly Eloise Breese of New York, is noted as a wealthy yacht owner and NYYC member. Drummond Castle is famed for its terraced gardens and beech avenues. Royal favor for the estate endures since Queen Mary’s era.
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London
Spain
Scotland
Alfonso
Fyvie
Leith
Miss January
St. Louis
Drummond Castle
Ancaster
Willoughby
Eloise Lawrence Breese
East Twentysecond Street
New York
Tuxedo Park
New York Yacht Club
Queen Mary of
Excursion to Newport Tomorrow From Boston Area
A special train from South Station at 9 30 am and Back Bay 9 34 am will run to Newport as the season’s last trip. Round trip tickets are just 1 dollar each and seats are limited.
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Newport
Boston
South Station
Back Bay
Clerk Refuses 25 000 to Give Up His Sweetheart
Frederick Kiley a 20 year old private secretary for W R Collins faced a sixth offer from a Wall Street broker to quit pursuing his betrothed Miss Clara Thiele of Brooklyn. Kiley rejected the sum claiming love over money and Miss Thiele described the unwanted attention as vexing and uncalled for.
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Clerk
New York
Frederick Kiley
W. R. Collins
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Wall Street
Clara Thiele
Brooklyn
Thiele
John N. Ryan
Collins
Riley
Miss Thiele
Funeral for James T. Farrell Captain of Charlesbank Lifesaving Crew
Funeral services were held for James T. Farrell at Emanuel Episcopal Church Somerville attended by the Naval Brigade and friends he aided from drowning. Rev N K Bishop officiated and burial was at Cedar Grove. Pallbearers from Company B and the life saving crew accompanied the body with a firing squad and taps.
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James T. Farrell
Charlesbank Life Saving
Emanuel Episcopal Church
Summer Street
Somerville
Naval Brigade
N. K. Bishop
Cedar Grove
John Daggett
Arthur W. Watson
James Smith
Company B
John Doherty
Joseph M. Dowling
James Brophy
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Milwaukee
Jos
Perry Bigamist
Stensland
Newburyport Fair
Post
South End
South Boston
Winter Street
Chinatown
Garland Street
Corning Street
Dover Street
Fay Street
Fay Park
Harrison Avenue
Cummings
Matthew Cummings
Scollay Square
Park Street
Mahoney
I. M. Gaugengigl
Dr. Weld
Dr. Miner
Otis Kimball
Carl Faelten
Mr. Tudor
Mr. van Raalte
Miss Foote
Miss Norman
Bigelow
Mother
Charlestown
King
Farrell
H'Re
New England
WM. C
Gregor
Bramfeld Street
Washington Street
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