O'Brien Enters Local Race Amid Framingham Caucuses
In Framingham Vicinity Roger H. O'Brien a longtime railroad station agent plans to run for selectman at both the Democratic and Republican caucuses. In Spencer the spring election may feature a no license ballot after Charles P. Mullen loses a license to J H Quinn & Co of Worcester sparking temperance pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Framingham
Roger H. O’brien
N. Y
New Haven
Spencer
Charles P. Mullen
Waldo House
J. H. Quinn & Co
Worcester
Local notes from Sterling Ware Athol Spencer West Brookfield Milford Shrewsbury
Sterling hosts annual concert and ball in town hall. Ware Golf Club pursues night event in West Brookfield. Athol and Orange barbers consider union to end closing disputes. Spencer imposes 90 day muzzling for rabies case. Conway & Son win mill contract at Fishdale for Snell Manufacturing. Milford lodge Elks eyes occupancy upgrades with 5000 dollars. Black horses fall into Lake Quinsigamond. both rescued. Nellie and Eliza Paul mark parents 35th wedding anniversary with double marriage.
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West Brookfield
John A. Conway & Son
Fishdale
Snell Manufacturing Co
Shrewsbury
Newton W. Hagles
Quinsigamond
Nellie Isabella Paul
Eliza Paul
Werrington Paul
Nellie Paul
Biden JL. Mitchell
Eliza
W. N. Taylor
Marlboro Woman Susan Barker Dies After Illness
Susan M. Barker widow of Justin D. Barker died at her Marlboro home on Monday evening at 8 o clock after five weeks of illness caused by a shock. She was 78, born in Framingham, survived by three children Ralph P. Barker Mrs W B Townsend and Miss Octavia Barker, a brother Henry N Stone and two sisters Mrs Octavia Russell and Mrs Lucy Spooner.
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Susan M. Barker
Justin D. Barker
High St
Framingham
Buexley Stone
Scenic hosts Myers singing proves popular
Hundreds were turned away at the Scenic as J W Myers, famed from Edison records, performed illustrated songs in three shows. Manager Soriero said business was the best since opening, with a miniature minstrel by the Johnsons and a Lariviere Lecalir sketch plus Marionettes delighting all ages.
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J. W. Myers
Edison Records
Mr. Myers
Soriero
the Johnsons
Lariviere & Lecalir
Memorial Service For Marlboro Knights Of Columbus
Marlboro council Knights of Columbus held a memorial service at Immaculate Conception Church with a requiem mass for deceased members. Grand Knight F A McGill led sable clad members from the council chamber to the church at eight o'clock. After mass, they returned to Burke’s block for memorial exercises in the council chamber.
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Burke's Block
Fleet Ships Hit by Strait Weather Parade of Expiring Enlistments at Fort Monroe
The Virginia capes weather battered the fleet during its world cruise as ships coal to prepare for Norfolk shore leave. Admiral Sperry planned inspections while Vermont remains in quarantine for smallpox. Large groups of sailors with expired terms depart the ships amid cheers and luggage from travels, with many souvenirs and hotel labels attached.
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Fort Monroe
Virginia Capes
Gibraltar
Norfolk
Admiral Sperry
Vermont
Naval Hospital
Chamberlin
Sperry Touts Personal Staff Of Arrant Rebels At Lunch
Rear Admiral Sperry praised his seven man personal staff at a Jefferson Hotel luncheon in Richmond hosted by the chamber of commerce. He noted six of his aides are known as arrant rebels from Georgia Florida South Carolina and his Connecticut absence and cited fleet efficiency gains and timely arrival on the world cruise.
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Richmond
Jefferson Hotel
Richardson
Sperry
Wainwright
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Connecticut
Lee
Jefferson
Navy
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Cretic Aground Twice Near Georges Island in Boston Harbor
The White Star liner Cretic ran aground on Georges Island then Centarian ledge near Boston while en route Naples to Boston with 1195 aboard. Five tugs and life savers aided in re float, no word on damage, wireless not fitted, rescue signals lit the night.
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Hull
Mass
Georges’ Island
Boston
White Star
Cretic
Naples
Stony Point
Point Allerton
Centarian Ledge
Fort Warren
Stony Beach
Sparrow
Boston Harbor
Herrick Out of It Treasury Job in Taft Cabinet
Ex Governor Herrick of Ohio will not be secretary of the treasury in the Taft cabinet. The elimination came at his request and Franklin McVeigh of Chicago is favored, though Taft says a final decision will come in several days. General Booth begins a regional Salvation Army campaign visiting Norway Sweden Denmark Finland and St Petersburg.
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Treasury
Taft
McVeigh
Chicago
New York
Herrick
Ohio
Franklin McVeigh
London
William Booth
Salvation Army
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
St. Petersburg
Divided Among Eighty Eight Men In City Graft Case
Pittsburg report details a formal council graft network with John F. Klein dubbed the angel of charity. Six barges supplied money split among eighty eight council members. Klein allegedly treated influence over legislation as a science. Wilson testified about extensive use of funds to push ordinances.
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Pittsburg
John F. Klein
Angel of Charity
Wilson
Canadians Get a Scare Over Boundary Treaty
In Ottawa a parliament member raised alarm that Hunter Island might have passed from Canada to the United States if a recent boundary treaty copy is accurate. The Ashburton treaty had conveyed the island to Canada by noting the boundary shall not intersect it. The Washington treaty copy omits that word, requiring consultation of the original to settle the matter.
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Ottawa
United States
Hunter Island
Canada
Ashburton
Washington
Misuse of Mails Leads to Heavy Fines in Bridgeport Case
Charles S. Stickles and Carroll D. Keeler, both from Bridgeport, operated a mail order business selling astrologer struck charms and promised miracles in business and love. They were fined $1000 and $750 respectively in federal court for violations of postal laws and paid the penalties.
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New Haven
Charles S. Stickles
Bridgeport
Carroll D. Keeler
Disappointed in Love Drives Officer to Suicide
Speculation swirls in army circles over Lieutenant John J. Moller of the Eighth Infantry who shot himself. Report says a jilted romance with a young woman from Governors Island, later married to a noted athlete, influenced his decision after returning from the Philippines.
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New York
John J. Moller
Eighth Infantry
Moller
Governor’s Island
Philippines
Far East
San Francisco
Eastern University
Carmack Editorials Stir Col Cooper in Court Testimony
Testimony in the Dun can B Cooper Robin J Cooper and John Sharp murder trial recounts Colonel Cooper's emotions as editors read editorials linked to the Carmack killing. Cooper's reaction appears when editorials precede the crime and voices his response on the stand.
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Colonel Cooper
Nashville
Duncan B
Robin J. Cooper
John ©. Sharp
Carmack
Cooper
Wireless station to contact balloons and airships at Somerset
A wireless receiving setup is being installed at Hotel Somerset in Boston with Charles J. Glidden overseeing. The system will communicate with aerial craft and can reach any balloon carrying 40 000 feet of gas to transmit and receive signals.
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Boston
Hotel Somerset
Charles J. Glidden
Somerset
Court of Inquiry To Review Re-enlistment Of 25th Infantry Vets
The president is authorized to appoint a court of inquiry to determine re-enlistment qualifications of discharged Negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry implicated in the Brownsville incident of 1906. Passed as part of the Aldrich bill by 56 to 26, with Roosevelt and Foraker backing the compromise. The court will oversee applications and recommend restoration for those not found guilty of complicity.
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Washington
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Aldrich
Roosevelt
Foraker
Committee On Military Affairs
Suffragists Rally at Boston State House in 1900s Style Demonstration
A suffragist demonstration in Boston swelled the state house on Tuesday as two English women, Miss Rachel Costelli and Miss Eleanor Randall, spoke from the portico for two hours. They drew a large crowd and inspired local activists, though the legislative constitutional committee left without a change after a three hour hearing.
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Boston
State House
Legislative Committee
Rachel Costelli
Oxford
Eleanor Randall
Legislative Committee On
Arkansas antitrust law upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the 1905 Arkansas antitrust statute imposing 200 to 500 dollar penalties per offense and business forfeiture for violators. The Hammond Packing Co of Chicago was charged with conspiring with other packers to fix meat prices, and the Pulaski County circuit court imposed a 1000000 dollar fine, a verdict upheld by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Hammond Packing Company of
Chicago
State of
Arkansas
Circuit Court of
Pulaski County
Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Skeleton of salesman found dead near Westfield
The skeleton of Robert A. Perkins, a rubber company traveling salesman, was found beside a road three miles north of Westfield center. The skull lay ten feet from the rest. medical examiner ruled no foul play and said the body had lain months. A suitcase with Utica Rubber Co. letters and manuals was beside it. Perkins, 29, disappeared from Malden more than a year ago after a quarrel, with no known cause of death by his own action.
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Westfield
Mass
Robert A. Perkins
Utica Rubber Company
Malden
Perkins
Sylvia Green Weds Aged Millionaire In Morristown
Miss Sylvia Green daughter of Hetty Green America's richest woman married Matthew A Wilks a 66 year old millionaire at St Peters Church Morristown The ceremony was conducted by Rev Philemon EB Sturgis There was a reception at Morristown Inn Mrs Green joined the event in cheerful mood and said she is happy for her daughters happiness She declined to confirm a wedding gift amount stating she gave love which she says will be followed by more from her after death
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Hoboken
Sylvia Green
Hetty Green
America
Morristown
Matthew A. Wilks
Philemon EB. Sturgis
St. Peter’s Church
Oil Men Oppose Entire Venire Over Farm Juries
Chicago February trial of Standard Oil Indiana rerouted as Judge Anderson quashed a 150 venire panel citing an excess of farmers. He urged replacing with more Chicago businessmen to reflect industrial and commercial stakes in the case and noted potential separate violations over freight rebate charges.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Anderson
United States District Court
Landis
John 8. Miller
Cook County
T. C. McMillan
R. C. Jones
Sims
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Miller
Opium Commission Nears End with Prohibition Hopes
The international opium commission in Shanghai is expected to wrap up by week’s end without drastic resolutions. It will condemn opium smuggling and smoking and may urge international prohibition of morphine. Tuan Fang, head of the Chinese delegation, calls for help from the United States, Britain and other powers to aid China.
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Shanghai
International Opium Commission
Tuan Fang
United States
Great Britain
China
New York City Population and 1908 Vital Rates
The 1908 New York City population is estimated at 4,442,685 per Health Commissioner Darlington in his annual report. Deaths total 78,072 with 137,250 more people, births exceed prior year by 4,140, while marriages drop by 13,596.
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New York
City of
Darlington
Prominent Canadian financier Charles Giroux dies at 48
Charles A Giroux a noted Canadian financier dies of heart disease at his Montreal home aged 48. The New York Public Service Commission approves Fitchburg Railroad to issue 650000 in preferred stock via public auction in Boston. Rev John A French pastor of the First Congregational Church of Flushing N Y dies in Flushing aged 67.
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Charles A. Giroux
Montreal
New York Public Service Commission
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Boston
John A. French
Congregatio Church
Flushing
N. Y
New England
Marlboro Notes of Holiday Visitors and Local Movements
A compilation of visits and activities around Marlboro includes Mrs. Thomas Shea Longley at a critical condition, John McCauley working in Atlantic City, and various residents spending holidays with friends in town. Edits mention bank auctions, new barn additions, and local businesses, with many residents returning to work or travel, and community events planned at St. Anne's parish and Marlboro lodge.
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Thomas Shéa Longley
John McCauley
Maplewood Ave
Atlantic City
Oise Parent
Brookline
Joseph L’escarbeau
Neponset
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Sterling—The
Hook and Ladder Co
Ware
Ware Golf Club
ATHOL
Athol and
Orange Barbers
Wrastus J. Starr
Harvard Veterinary School
Milford
Gammage
Coolidge
Milford Lodge of Elks
Marlboro
Susan Barker
Batleship
Gretig
Klein
Uncle Sam
Iceland
Massachusetts State House
Supreme Court
Hope
Gotham
Marlbor
Hubbard Gerry
Hopkinton
Rey
N. H. Felton
Newcome
Oliver Blanchette
Philips Desmarais
Harrisville
R. L
Ethel
Sid Ae Nm
Roxbury
J. E Kennedy
James Barry
Melrose
Hildreth St
Cooperative Bank
John Burns
Milton
Mary Burns
Liberty St
William Burns
Doria Favreau
St. Anselm's College of
Manchester
N. H
Robert Quinn
Natick
Nell St
Bernard Brewin
City Hall Drug Store
Vivian Hallett
Charlestown
Benjamin Gates
Russell Block
William Hinkley
Middlesex
Douglas
Grace Muldoon
Hartford
Conn
Mary Brewin
Lamson’s
Ideal Plating Co
Philips Martel
Rockland
Wilfrid Martel
Wachusett St
Arthur Leblanc
Brockton
Peter Duplissis
Broad St
Henry
Newcombe
Walnut ‘St
Marlboro High School
Hilda
Agnes Precourt
Great Metropolis
B.J. McCarthy
Eilen McCarthy
Florence St. Gunday
A. M. Miles
Montana
George Potter
Gatesave
Miles
Nelson A. Miles
William Kenney
Metropolitan Police Force
Nellie Dorsey
Hudson St
Pleasant St
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
St. Mary’s Church
Arthur
Gelinas
Skowhegan
Jos. Robichaud
Ntw
Pattick
Hamilon- Brown
Donahue
Iledge
James .Gormen
A.department
Pinehurst
N. C
Pines
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