Cook Enters Death Cell at Charlestown Prison
Edwin H. Cook alias George Freeman entered the death cell at Charles Town State prison to await execution in the week of Oct. 8 for the Feb. 13, 1910 murder of Herbert White of Ludlow. A petition for commutation has gathered 800 signatures for Governor Foss. Cook was moved to the North station then to a waiting cab across the Charlestown bridge amid security.
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Charlestown State Prison
Edwin H. Cook
George . Freeman
Herbert ©. White
Ludlow
Kainli Iwankowski
Lynn
Napoleon Rivet
Lowell
Cook
Jess
Foss
John Heady
Springfield
Boston
North Station
Charlestown Bridge
Records of Greeley family burned in Bronx barn fire
Valuable records of Horace Greeley's family were destroyed when Rev. Frank H Clendenin's barn in the Bronx burned. The loss was about 8000 dollars for the barn with family records incalculable. Dr Clendenin is pastor of St Peter's High Episcopal Church of Westchester.
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New York
Horace Greeley
Frank Hlendenin
Bronx
Clendenin
Greeley
St. Peter’s High Episcopal Church
Westchester
Funeral for Aaron K. Loring Founder of First Circulating Library
The funeral for Aaron K. Loring, publisher to Emerson Hawthorne Holmes Longfellow and others, was held at the Home for Aged Men on West Springfield Street. Rev George F Stanton led services. Interment followed at Mt Hope cemetery. Loring never married and held militia rank of sergeant.
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Aaron K. Loring
lTiome
West
Springfield Street
George F. Stanton
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Loring
Boston
New England
Emerson
Hawthorne
Holmes
Longfellow
Edmund Quincy
Motley
Harriet Beecher Stowe
A. D. T. Whitney
Horatio Alger
Alser
Helen
Louisa M. Alscott
Mr. Loring
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Chauffeur Is Fined After Killing Boy in Holyoke
In Holyoke on September 28, John J. Boratis of Westfield was fined 100 dollars in Police Court for driving away after striking and killing Edward Stolz a one year old boy. The Manslaughter charge against Boratis was dismissed.
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Holyoke
Edward Stolz
John J. Boratis
Westfield
Boratis
Equity dispute over Fiberlord stock ownership and transfers
Edward F. Coffin and two Boston men deny ownership of a 400 share Fiberlord Co stock certificate valued over 500000 still in Coffin’s name. Margaret Hastings sues to recover 2700 in notes from 1884 claiming Coffin defrauded creditors by transferring stock to Austin and Stone while Coffin’s name remained recorded as owner. Defendants contend Stone holds stock for Coffin with consideration, deny fraudulent intent, and note attempts to transfer stock to Stone. case dates to 1902 with arguments on statute of limitations and transfer history.
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Edward F. Coffin
Newburyport
Elijah H. Austin
Boston
Richard Stone
Supreme Court
Margaret A. Hastings
Springfield
Coffin
Fiberlord Company
Stone
Austin
Hastings
Bowdoin College Opens 110th Year With 325 Students
Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine begins its 110th year with about 325 students enrolled including 80 freshmen. The college reports a slightly smaller overall and freshman class than last year. New faculty members include William E. Lunt Orren C. Hormell Nathaniel E. Loomis and Ernest E. Fifield.
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Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
William E. Lunt
Orren C. Hormell
Nineteen Milkmen Default in Court in Suffolk County
Nineteen milk dealers faced default in the Superior Criminal Court after appeals of lower court fines for milk under standard. Michael J. Sughrue asked to place cases on file upon payment equal to lower fines. Judge Lawton refused, ordering default with potential later fines if defendants appear.
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Superior Criminal Court
Suffolk County
Michael J. Sughrue
Lawton
Sughrue
Cigar Makers Get Hearing on Taxing All Cigars
Washington reports that Commission of Internal Revenue Cabell will heard industry leaders from across the country on methods to tax all cigars including those used by workers. A Treasury rule banning factory workers from receiving free cigars has sparked protest while a precise counting method remains unresolved. The prior system did not tax cigars consumed in factories, costing the government an estimated 1,100,000 cigars daily.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Cabell
Treasury Department
Railroad officials name Fitchburg and terminal division heads
Superintendent John P. Canty of bridges and buildings for the Boston and Maine railroad yesterday appointed Andrew Stubbard supervisor of the Fitchburg division and Frederick Rand general foreman of the terminal division.
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John P. Canty
Boston & Maine Railroad
Andrew Stubbard
Fitchburg
Frederick Rand
Terminal
70 BUYS RAILROAD AT AUCTION
Charles Orth of Walter Oklahoma bought at public auction for 70 dollars the Kansas Lawton and Gulf railroad capitalized at 1000 dollars. The road aimed to connect Coffeyville Kansas to the Red River. Orth also owns the Gotobo and Southwestern railroad and the Lawter and Wichita Mills line, valued at 1 000 000 dollars. All three lines cost him less than 200 dollars.
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Lawton
Okla
Charles Orth
Walter
Kansas, Lawton &Gulf Railroad
Coffeyville
Kan
Red River
Orth
Gotobo & Southwestern Railroad
Lawter
Wichita Malls
Railroad brakeman sentenced for large ticket theft
Garvin A. Young, once with the Boston Revere Beach Lynn railroad, was jailed two months in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to stealing 10,725 five cent tickets. Michael Levinson faces sentencing later due to Jewish holidays. Melvin O. Adams, president of the narrow gauge railroad, helped pursue the case.
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Garvin A. Young
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
House of Correction
Lawton
Superior Court
Young
Michael Levinson
Melvin O. Adams
Football scrimmage kills 14 year old boy at rail line
Milford report says James Carey 14 died after rushing with the football onto railroad tracks near the schoolhouse. He was struck and killed by a passing New York New Haven Hartford train during a school scrimmage.
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Milford
James Carey
Carey
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Magnate's Daughter to Wed in Quiet Chicago Nuptials
Miss Rebecca Kruttschnitt daughter of Julius Krutt schnitt of Harriman roads travels with her mother to New Orleans for a quiet wedding in Chicago at her aunt Mrs Joseph H Blair's home. She will wed Henry Clifford Woodhouse an Englishman. honeymoon in the Orient. plans to reside in Oregon after March. Woodhouse is wealthy but holds no noble title.
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Chicago
Rebecca Kruttschnitt
Julius Kruttschnitt
Harriman Roads
New Orleans
Henry Clifford Woodhouse
Joseph H. Blair
Orient
Oregon
Woodhouse
Five West Point hopefuls await exams as papers delayed
Five cadets from West Point express disappointment over delayed arrival of examination papers from Washington. Papers expected early next week, with exams likely Wednesday or Thursday. Prospective candidates include E Roy Baum Joseph J O Hare John c O Connor Gerald J Culhane and John P Higgins who visited the Civil Service Commission offices. The exam will likely be conducted by Congressman William F Murray who will also make the appointments.
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West Point
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Roy Baum
Collins Street
Boston
Joseph J. O'Hare
Bartlett Street
Charlestown
John c. O
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