Hebrews of Boston Observe Yom Kippur Across City
About 70 000 Jews in Boston fast and attend services as synagogues overflow. Orthodox and reform congregations observe prayers for the living and dead, with appeals for Hebrew charity federation and a charity concert in Deacon Hall. The year 5668 begins after the ram's horn signals forgiveness.
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Boston
New Movement For the Greater Federation of Hebrew Charities
Max Mitchell
The
Hebrew Charities
A. Ratshesky
Lehman Pickett
David A. Ellis
Roosevelt hosts visitors amid third term talk in Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt entertains guests including John A. Sleicher Robert P. Porter Peyton Gordon and General Luke Wright at Oyster Bay amid vacation tasks and Midwest trip prep. He may address third term rumors in upcoming speeches. Banquet planned at Medford Armory with Lawrence hosting and talk of a Masons home. New England Masons welcomed into the 383d degree with several named members.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
John A. Sleicher
Robert P. Porter
New York
London Times
Peyton Gordon
Department of Justice
Walter FE. Noves
Connecticut
Luke EK. Wright
Japan
Lawrence
Medford Armory
Masonic Fraternity
Benjamin W. Rowell
Albert Richardson
Joseph W. Work
Everett Benton
Samuel C. Lawrence
Henry W. Fisher
James A. Davis
New England
William Thomas Petherbridge
Pittsfield
William Milc Olin
Roxbury
Josiah Thomas Dyer
Somerville
Francis Alfred Harrington
Worcester
Edward George Graves
Boston
Joseph Wood Freeman
Central Falls
R. I
Howard A. Horton
Thomas W. Davis
Waverley
Daily Horoscope for September 18 1907
The astrologer advises seeking science oriented counsel and favors writing and letters today. Telephones and telegraphs are recommended for pressing business while science and pen work attract luck. beware overindulgence in birthdate cases and potential ill fortune for a girl born today due to marriage risk.
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Pisces
Turkey
Europe
Masons gather for 33rd degree conclave in Boston
A 33d degree Masons conclave opens at Masonic Temple with 50 candidates to be initiated. Notables include Hon Henry L Palmer of Milwaukee and delegates from Boston along with visitors from Canada and Tennessee. An afternoon auto tour of Greater Boston is planned for Samuel Lawrence and guests.
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Masonic Temple
United States
Henry L. Palmer
Milwaukee
Boston Council
International Congress of Masons
Brussels
Belgium
Assembly
Temple
John V. Ellis
St. John
N. B
James D. Richardson
Tennessee
R. J. Nunn
Savannah
Somerset
Empire Women's Orchestra
Harvard
Harold Osborne
Kellar
Brighton
Cambridge
Belmont
Arlington
Winchester
Parkways
Middlesex Fells
Lawrence Estate
Medford
Samuel Lawrence
International Congress
Made Thousands From Turf Now In Sanitarium
W. Newton Bennington once a turf celebrity, Wall Street figure, and real estate name, is an inmate at Dr. Combes sanitarium in Corona near Flushing. He is reported in serious condition after weeks of confinement, while turf patrons earned far more during his peak years.
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New York
W. Newton Bennington
Wall Street
Fred Burlew
Bennington
Will Bequeaths $80,000 to Ex-Daughter-in-Law He Divorced
In New York on September 17, the estate of Captain Mark Louis Potter filed a will leaving $80,000 to the woman who divorced his son. The will also appears to favor the divorced wife’s children, with the entire $3,000,000 estate likely to pass to them.
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Wills
New York
Mark Louis Potter
King’s County
Heiress Mrs Curtiss Trapped at Connecticut Mansion
Mrs Julia Watt Morris Curtiss heiress to vast wealth is guarded at her Sasco Connecticut mansion after a failed attempt to board her steam yacht Osceola. Deputy sheriffs and constables patrol the grounds at the order of Judge Elmer S Banks as her son Louis seeks protection from what he calls dissipation of his mother’s fortune by supposed schemers.
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New York
Julia Watt Morris Curtiss
Sasco
Fairfield
Conn
George E. Heisler
Elmer
Pettibone May Never Be Tried
George A. Pettibone did not appear in district court in Boise Idaho on September 17 to have his case set for trial. An affidavit from the attending physician states Pettibone is suffering ulceration that may prove fatal unless treated. It says an operation may be necessary but survival is unlikely.
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Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Pettibone
Walking Bomb Plot Aimed at St Petersburg Police HQ
In St Petersburg a young girl nicknamed Wanda was arrested for conspiring to bomb the secret police HQ on the Moika Canal. The plot aimed to have her enter the building during peak hours in a gendarmerie uniform with bombs to kill officers and destroy the headquarters. A Jewish tailor was also arrested with a partial gendarmerie uniform seized from his shop.
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ST. Petersburg
Wanda
Secret Police
Moika Canal
Gypsy band in New England moved by police amid contagious disease
A large Bulgarian gypsy caravan spreading through southeastern Massachusetts faces containment as boards of health order it to move from Dedham to West Roxbury Everett Malden Cliftondale and beyond. Several members are sick with typhoid and whooping cough among children, prompting police actions and fears of an epidemic. The band, led by Chief Demitro, travels in four wagons with a major supply of horses and may seek refuge in Maine.
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Boards of Health
Boston
Dedham
Everett
Malden
Cliftondale
Maine
Demitro
West Roxbury
Board of Health
Evere
Spring
Holy Cross Cemetery
New England
Moody Boynton Seeks Rail Safety Overhaul to Halt Disasters
Moody Boynton calls on the press and courts to push railroads to adopt a single-direction overhead rail system with automatic signals to prevent collisions. He cites demonstrations before engineers and Massachusetts lawmakers and warns of widespread injuries and fatalities from rail travel.
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State Street
Boston
Post
United States
Massachusetts
K. Moody Boynton
Railroads urged to improve train safety after Lebanon disaster
A Salem reader criticizes railroad practices, urging protected train handling and better station communication. The letter cites the Lebanon disaster and proposes two guards or automatic safeguards to stop trains, noting Russia’s security booths as a model.
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Salem
Mass
Post
Lebanon
Canaan
Russia
Constant Reader
Average height of Chinese questioned by reader
A letter asks in the paper for the average height of the Chinese race. It states the height is equal to the European average, about five feet six inches, and signs as a constant reader.
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Post
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