Extradited Maine man dies in Omaha hospital
Melvin F. Goodrich of Maine formerly living on St James street Newton and based on Lemminwealth Avenue sponsorship faced larceny by false pretenses charges in truck deals. While en route to Boston under Inspectors Finn and Flaherty he fell ill and died of pneumonia in St Joseph's Hospital Omaha after efforts to save him. He had fought extradition through Los Angeles courts and became ill on the train.
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Melvin F. Goodrich
Maine
Newton
Lemmonwealth Avenue
Los Angeles
Finn and
Flaherty
Omaha
St Joseph's Hospital
Absent Voting Edge Shifts in Maine Constitutional Vote
In Portland for the September 13 special election the unofficial returns show 10,838 for absent voting and 8,544 against. Across 160 of 520 cities towns and plantations results also favored absentee voting while opposing highway bond issues and a Spanish-American war veterans bonus.
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Portland
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Sagadahoc
Cumberland
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
York
Hyde Park Bridge Contract Awarded to Lowest Bidder
Mayor Peters approved a public works contract for rebuilding Hyde Park Avenue Bridge over Mother Brook. General Construction Company, Incorporated, was named lowest bidder at 11 250, with 12 other bids from 14 260 to 41 920. Work must be completed by November 1.
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Hyde Park Bridge
Peters
Public Works Department
Hyde Park Avenue Bridge
Mother Brook
General Construction Company, Incorporated
City to raze buildings for Stuart Street extension
Public works will issue notices within a week to owners along the Stuart Street route ordering demolition of portions within new street lines. Owners must act within 30 days or the city will raze the buildings. Piping of the new street will then begin.
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Public Works Department
Stuart Street
New Street
Nantucket Cadet Ship Ends Long Cruise With Monkey Capers
The Nantucket captained by Captain Armistead Rust returns to Boston after a 9800 mile summer cruise from the Madeira Islands. Cadets and officers recount a near flawless voyage with visits from naval officers, foreign dignitaries, and a playful baby monkey aboard causing lighthearted antics on deck.
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Allah
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Madeira Islands
Armistead Rust
Commonwealth Pier
North End Park
Plymouth
England
Brest
Lisbon
Cadiz
Tangier
Gibraltar
Madeira
Norfolk
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Sultan of Tangier
Rust
Brooklyn mother dies saving two children in auto crash
Mrs Sophie Antonick 27 of Brooklyn sacrificed her life to save her two children Frances three and Kai sar six from death under a wild auto. After throwing them clear she was crushed between the car fender and a stone wall. The younger child was bruised while the other escaped injury. Two men fled but later surrendered to police naming Walter S Gannon of Brooklyn and George Miller of St Louis as operators under Miller's instruction.
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New York
Sophie Antonick
Brooklyn
Frances
Kaisar
Walter S. Gannon
George Miller
St. Louis
Gannon
Miller
Silk Robbery Case Draws In Four Men
In Central Court yesterday Frank Marchesi and Anthony Monduso were held for the grand jury on a $2500 bond each in a silk dress theft. Detectives linked a hacksaw to the Compton street shop break. Two South End girls linked to the suspects sparked neighbors’ interest. A man discharged after promising to repay sunken silks.
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Tada
Salem Street
Central Court
Frank Marchesi
Anthony Monduso
Mooney
Kilroy
Compton Street
South End
Frank
Anthony
Funeral Services for Somerville War Hero Trum
Funeral services for Richard J. Trum, killed in Verdun in 1918, were held at St. Ann's Church with a solemn high mass of requiem. Burial followed at Holy Cross cemetery, Malden, where taps sounded after prayers by Rev. Richard J. Burke and a marine volley from the Navy Yard.
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Richard J. Trum
Verdun
Trum
Somerville
St. Ann's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Richard J. Burke
Navy Yard
College Newsboy Victim Of Syncope In Lewiston
Armand Gaudreau once a cap and gown newsboy listed as ill at his Lewiston home after selling papers in Boston. He was found in an Essex street doorway on August 29 and treated at City Hospital for syncope. He believes injuries from Boston imply assault, but hospital records show no marks of violence.
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College
Armand Gaudreau
Lewiston Maine
Boston
Essex Street
City Hospital
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Goodrich
Boston University
Law School
Homer Alberts, Dean
Ashburton Place
NEW Pote
Eighteenth Street
Gladys Kaufman
Charles Bane
Luke Chess
Standard Oil Company
East Highteenth Street
Miss Kaufman
Chess
Baird
Boylston Street
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Monkey
Cain
Massachusetts Nautical
J. W. Thompson
America
John Nichols
Uy RH White Co
Beach
New England
Jersey
Navy
Serge Sport
Bolivia
Coats
Vogue
Hhose
Mino
R. H. WI
TE CO
Madras
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