Climber Robs Summer Home In Berkshire Estate
Great Barrington reports a break in at Dr. Charles McBurney’s Stockbridge summer home while occupants dined. Jewelry valued in hundreds of dollars disappeared from rooms used by Mrs. Austin F. Riggs and other McBurney family spaces. A similar method robbed Overlook last year with several thousand dollars missing.
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Great Barrington
Charles McBurney
Stockbridge
Austin F. Riggs
Dr. McBurney
Gains 30 Pounds In 30 Days With Protone
A testimonial touts Protone as a weight gain breakthrough. A gentleman claims to have gained 30 pounds in a month, citing renewed strength and vigor after trying the product and endorsing its miracle-like effects.
Taft Starts On 13000 Mile Tour
President Taft leaves Beverly on a 13000 mile swing covering 24 states with a 18 speech plan and a party including Major Butt, Secretary Hilles, Dr Rhodes and Barron. Governor Foss and Nick Longworth greet him on his 54th birthday as congratulatory messages pour in from around the world including King George V. The journey ends in Washington on November 1 with stops at Syracuse and Erie.
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F. T. Huntington
Beveberly
President Taft
Governor Foss
Nicholas Longworth
Dudley Holman
Foss
C. W. Barron
Boston
Taft
Beverly
Parramatta
Tdeal
Fitzgerald
Charitable Irish Society
United States of America
St. Patrick’s Day
Syracuse
N. Y
Erie
Penn
Washington
A. W. Butt
C. D. Hilles
C. E
B. & A. Railroad
Secret Service
South Station
State House
Frederick A. Dodge
Myopia
Nick’ Longworth
Congressman Longworth
G. H. Chadbourne
New York
George V
England
Balmoral Castle
United States
George
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Rooster Nuisance Reaches Quincy Mayor for Relief
Atlantic residents seek relief from a loud rooster owned by William McInnis. John Thomas of 10 Moscow Street leads a petition with signatures from neighbors and local officials claiming sleepless nights and suffering due to the bird’s all night crowing. Mayor William T. Shea considers the demand as he weighs action to quiet the nuisance.
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William T. Shea
Quincy
Atlantic
William McInnis
John Thomas
Moscow Street
Shea
Mr. Thomas
Mayor Gaynor Says Women Too Good For Men
New York sept fifteenth mayor continues city reply to Arkansas City man seeking wife noting proverb about seeking wives far from home and questioning the suitor's appeal. He adds many letters complain of children playing in streets but often come from people without children.
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New York
Gaynor
Arkansas City
Kan
Frizell Heads Photographers Convention
The Photographers' Association of New England met in Bridgeport and elected officers. S. A. Frizell of Dorchester became president and Springfield, Massachusetts, was chosen as the next convention city with A. Allyn Bishop, Newport and D. J. Bordeaux, Springfield named as vice presidents. George H. Hastings, Boston, was secretary and W. H. Partridge, Haverhill, treasurer.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Photographers’ Association of New England
Springfield
Mass
S. A. Frizell
Dorchester
A. Allyn Bishop
Newport
R. I
D. J. Bordeaux
George H. Hastings
Boston
W. H. Partridge
Haverhill
North Western Line trains depart from new terminal in Chicago
The electric North Western Limited leaves Chicago at 6:45 p.m., the Badger State Express at 9:30 a.m., and the St. Paul Minneapolis Express at 10:10 p.m. All originate from the new passenger terminal described as the world’s most modern railway station. Descriptive booklets are available from the Britain general agent in Boston.
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North Western
North Western Limited
Chicago
St. Paul
Veterans Meet in Providence for National Park Flag Day Plans
About 250 members of the Society of the Army of the Potomac convened in Providence City Hall, electing officers led by Colonel Andrew Cowan and General Horatio C. King. Delegates from Boston joined, and resolutions urged Congress to create a national park by purchasing Fredericksburg Wilderness Salem Church Chancellorsville and Spotsylvania battlefields and making Flag Day a legal holiday.
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Fletcher
Boston
Hooker Association
Military Association of the Legion of Honor
Edward W. Kinsley
Chamber of the Common Council
Buffalo
Ogensburo
N. Y
Andrew Cowan
Louisville
Horatio C. King
Brooklyn
Charles A. Shaw
Brooklyn N, Y
Andrew H. Embler
New Haven
Isaac P. Gregg
Massachusetts
Thomas Sherwin
Elisha H. Rhodes
Henry J. Bardwell
B. Preston
Hartford
Congress
Fredericksburg
the Wilderness
Salem Church
Chancellorsville
Spottsylvania
Killing of Woman Is Condemned by Shaker Leader
James Fennessey trustee of the Shaker settlement at Union Village Lebanon condemns Brother Egbert Gillette for giving chloroform to Sister Sadie Merchant. He stresses that no degree of pity justifies such an act and cites the need to defer to God in suffering Sister Helen Frost, 7, who is dying and receiving care but not death assistance.
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Lebanon, CO
United States
Egbert Gillette
Florida
Sadie Merchant
God
James Fennessey
Union Village
Lebanon
Fennessey
Elizabeth Sears
Gillette
Shakers
Sadie
Helen Frost
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