Youngster Shot on Church Steps in Westerly
In Westerly Rhode Island on April 3 Joseph Wright age 14 was shot in the face by 12 year old Charles Gardiner on the Advent Church steps after Gardiner demanded Wright hold up his hands. The bullet struck the cheek bone and lodged near the ear. Wright is expected to recover.
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Westerly
R. I
Joseph Wright
Charles Gardiner
Wright
Advent Church
Gardiner
Renee
Right
Waterville man captured after store crime
Harry Wilbur of Waterville was arrested Saturday night by Officer George Simpson in George Barney's Temple street store while attempting to steal watches. He resisted with a razor and was taken to the station, awaiting trial. Authorities accuse him in a prior highway robbery and tie him to a missing barber shop razor theft.
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Waterville
Harry Wilbur
George Simpson
George Barney
Temple Street
Wilbur
Neck Road
Oakland
Grand Jury
Tom Carleton
Quiet Home Wedding for New York's Prettiest Debutante
New York report details Katherine Duer to wed Clarence H. Mackay on May 14 in a quiet ceremony at the bride's West Twenty-First Street home. The wedding will be Catholic with Archbishop Corrigan officiating and 150 guests expected. Bridesmaids include May Goelet Virginia Fair Mabel Gerry Evelyn Burden. gifts include potentially Huntington’s $2,000,000 Fifth Avenue mansion.
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New York
Katherine Duer
America
Clarence H. Mackay
Colonial Dames
Trousseau
Kitty Dyer
Earl of Sterling
Sweet Kitty
John W. Mackay
Mackay
Richard Irwin
Daisy Leiter
Reginald Ronalds
Philip Lydig
Mr. Lydig
Mr. Mackay
Mabel Gerry
Evelyn Burden
Miss Goelet
Miss Fair
Miss Gerry
Miss Burden
Corrigan
West Twenty-first Street
Carleton Terrace
London
Fifth Avenue
Collis P. Huntington
Ocean race to Shanghai opens from New York harbor
Three contenders start the WHPLIGGEAN race for a $100 purse. The Helen Brewer 1587 tons, the Atalanta 1693 tons, and the Paul Revere 1641 tons sail toward Shanghai. Helen Brewer and Paul Revere carry skysails on all masts while Atalanta has a skysail only on the mainmast.
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New York
Shanghai
Helen Brewer
Mahay
Atalanta
McBride
Paul Revere
Mullen
Captain Reod Sails Out in Wrecking Tour to Find Abandoned Schooner
On a wrecking tour, Captain Reod of the Union Towboat Company’s ocean tug Carbonero set out at 11 o’clock Saturday morning to locate the derelict schooner Genius of Annapolis Nova Scotia whose crew were rescued in an open boat and landed by Captain Reid of pilot boat America No 1 at Hull.
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Captain Reod
Union Towboat Company
Carbonero
Genius
Annapolis
N. S
Hull
Captain Reid
Pilot Boat
America
Fire Destroys Emerson Home in Groveton Early Morning
In Groveton New Hampshire on Brooklyn street the dwelling house of Frank Emerson burned in the early hours causing a loss of 3500 dollars with insurance covering the amount.
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Groveton
N. H
Frank Emerson
Brooklyn Street
Funeral for Mr and Mrs Dickerman in Brookline
The couple who died last Thursday in a double tragedy were mourned at their 15 Naples Road home in Brookline. The Rev C B Turner led a brief service before the remains were taken to a Newton vault for final disposition. floral tributes marked the private family observance.
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Dickerman
Naples Road
Brookline
C. B. Turner
Brighton Avenue Baptist Church
Allston
Newton
Tebbitt Improves. Expected in Court This Week
Abraham Tebbitt, lately brought to Boston from Regina North West Territory and confined at City Hospital for an alleged leather men robbery, is said to be improving. Chief Watts expects he may appear in court this week, perhaps today, as Mrs. Tebbitt visits daily.
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Abraham Tebbitt
Boston
Regina
City Hospital
Watts
Strike May End as Cash Sales Enforced After Monday
In New Bedford on April 8 indications favor a settlement of the strike by Monday April 11 with mill gates opened and workers returning. Retail merchants will require cash payments after April 11 backed by wholesalers, forcing strikers to return to work or face starvation. Three French Catholic pastors urged parishioners to resume work when the mills reopen, while weavers plan a big parade tomorrow at 1 PM.
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New Bedford
Gas accident claims life at Hotel Institute room
William Kelly aged 82 was found unconscious in his room at 37 Green Street Hotel Institute yesterday morning from gas escaping an open jet. Dr. T P Picott ordered transport to Massachusetts General Hospital. The incident is ruled accidental.
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William Kelly
Hotel Institute
Green Street
T. P. Picott
Massachusetts General Hospital
Golden Star Pleasure Club Holds Public Installation
The Golden Star Pleasure Club held a public installation at 170 Hanover Street yesterday afternoon. A banquet followed in the main hall and a resolution was adopted to form a volunteer company from members. Treasurer Mr. Reuben L. Slatofsky received a diamond ring during the banquet.
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Golden Star Pleasure Club
Hanover Street
Reuben L. Slatofsky
City of Macon Fire Off Martins Industry Lightship
The Ocean Steamship Company steamer City of Macon bound from Boston via New York to Savannah caught fire off Martins Industry Lightship eighteen miles north of Tybee. The forward hold was flooded, passengers were landed at Savannah, the ship run ashore at Tybee, and the fire brought under control. Cargo in the forward compartment was a total loss. no lives were lost. Captain George Savage’s ship history is noted with prior losses and incidents.
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Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
City of Macon
Savage
Boston
New York
Martins Industry
Paulsen
City of
Macon
George Savage
City of Savannah
Chattahoochee
City
John Roach & Son
Chester
Penn
New England and Savannah Steamship Company
Ocean Line of
Bram Jurors Hope Two Week Trial Extends
The Bram trial enters its fourth week as Jonathan Spencer testifies. With twenty one government witnesses left and sea captains to discuss wheel lashing, lawyers expect more days of testimony and rebuttal.
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Bram
Jonathan Spencer
Herbert Fuller
Avery
Charles Street
White Wings
Social Democracy to Hold Open Air Meetings This Summer
The first joint meeting of Social Democracy branches met at Unity Hall in the city yesterday afternoon. Plans for future agitation were set, including summer open-air gatherings. Herbert N. Casson announced a lecture on War with Spain at Unity Hall next Sunday.
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Social Democracy
Unity Hall
Washington Street
Herbert N. Casson
Spain
Requiem Mass Planned at Holy Cross Malden
The regular monthly requiem will be held on Wednesday at 10 o clock in the Mor tuary Chapel Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. Father Shahan asks those who can attend to be present and notes that on the first Wednesday each month a mass of requiem will be celebrated in the chapel.
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Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Shahan
Bribery Allegations Mount Over Port Arthur Cession
A high ranking Chinese official accuses the Tsung-Li-Yamen of Russian payoffs totaling 10,000,000 taels in Port Arthur and Ta-Lien-Wan negotiations. Li Hung Chang is named for a 1.5 million tael share, with demands for full inquiry and Li's beheading if proven. Meanwhile China laments lacking a war port as new ships near delivery. Russian and British ships move near Port Arthur and Chemulpo, sparking foreign concern and possible concessions pressure.
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Shanghai
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Li Hung Chang
Wei-Hai-Wei
Port Arthur
Grafton
C. P. Fitzgerald
China Station
Powerful
Narcissus
Rainbow
Cheesoo
Chemulpo
Seoul
Corea
Mrs Davis Defends Southern Americans as True Americans
Mrs Jefferson Davis argues Southern soldiers remain Americans and boast a loyal bond to the Union. She cites Revolutionary and early U S wars to claim Southern traditions, welfare, and glory belong to the South, denying alien dominance or division amid reconstruction.
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New York
Jefferson Davis
Madrid
United States
Spain
Mexico
Republic
Who Gave Poison in a New Hampshire Family Tragedy
Alfred W. Jones of Milton stands trial in Dover on charges of causing his mother Sally W. Jones death by arsenic poisoning. The case follows a long feud in New Hampshire with earlier disputes over the burial and a later disinterment and chemical test by Professor Woods at Harvard. William Jones, the father, accused his son prompting Alfred’s arrest after statements in a court room. Alfred pleads not guilty.
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Dover
N. H
Alfred W. Jones
Milton
New Hampshire
Sally W Jones
William Jones
Professor Woods
Harvard
Woods
Nasen
Alfred
Death by own action shocks Monson citizen Rice Reynolds
Springfield April 3 Rice Munn Reynolds a well known Monson resident died this afternoon by shooting. Born December 18 1838 in Monson he rose from clerk to woollen business partner and town leader serving as selectman and state legislator. He helped found the Savings Bank and was a National Bank director and vice president. He leaves a family.
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Springfield
Board of Selectmen
The
Savings Bank
National Bank
Lord Hillingdon Dead in Wilton Church
Lord Hillingdon Charles Henry Mills chairman of the London Clearing Bankers died suddenly in a Wilton church. Born 1839 he was the son of Sir Charles Mills and joined Glyn Mills Co. He was elevated to the peerage in 1886.
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London
Hillingdon
Charles Henry Mills
Committee of London Clearing Bankers
Church
Wilton
Charles Mills
Glyn, Mills & Co
Milkman Mooney Faints and Falls From Wagon at Dover Street Bridge
Frank C. Mooney a milkman of 132 Pleasant Street fainted while driving over Dover street bridge yesterday about 10 30 oclock and fell from his wagon. The vehicle passed over his neck and he was taken to City Hospital where doctors found head and neck injuries not serious.
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Frank C. Mooney
Pleasant Street
Dover Street Bridge
City Hospital
Removing the Virus of War with Cushing Process
An editorial styled ad urges relief from wartime zeal through the Cushing Process for purifying alcoholic liquors. It promotes the method as removing the great cause of war on health and happiness and promises peaceful aging.
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Cushing
Cushing Process CO
Washington St
Boston
Fulton St
Sixth Av
New York
Foolish maidens with no oil get pulled in
A Yonkers Statesman paraphrase contrasts biblical lamp oil with modern bike lamps, noting how those without light are embarrassingly barred. The line mocks prudence and preparedness in a playful dialogue about perceptions and readiness.
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Bobbie
Yonkers
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