Family Burned in Charlestown Home Explosion
Mrs. Sarah Stewart and her four year old son William suffered severe burns when a kerosene lamp exploded at 712 Ferrin Street Charlestown just before 8 pm. Both were rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital in grave condition with the child on the dangerous list. The likely cause is a lamp pulled from a table by the family dog.
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Sarah Stewart
William
Ferrin Street
Charlestown
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stewart
Alfred H. Stewart
St. Catherine’s Church
Bunker Hill Street
Stewart House
Dobbyns
Lost Diamond in New York Cab Theft Case
Mr and Mrs Stern of Boston accuse cabman Henry I Jacobi of stealing a diamond pin after hiring him to drive to Fourteenth Street and Irving Place. Jacobi had a companion in the cab and charged $3 which was refused. He was arrested after being identified at Thirtieth Street and Broadway and paroled until tomorrow to produce his accomplice.
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New York
Stern
Jacobi
Sterns
Thirtieth Street
Broadway
Meade
Final Bowker lecture on Hawaii and Samoa at Steinert Hall
Dr. John Bowker concluded his Hawaii lecture series in Steinert Hall with vivid imagined scenes of Hawaii and Samoa. An audience enjoyed beautiful views and a lively, informal talk reflecting on the products, people, and possibilities, including a glimpse into Robert Louis Stevenson’s home life.
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John Bowker
Steinert Hall
Hawaii
Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
Salvation Army Founder Booth Arrives in Boston
General William Booth arrives in Boston amid welcoming crowds of 3000 with six bands. Mayor Quincy greets him at Kneeland Street station and promises to attend glorification meetings. Booth plans a Tremont Temple series with Governor Wolcott presiding tonight.
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William Booth
Salvation Army
Boston & Albany
Kneeland Street
Quincy
Army
General Booth
Boston
Chipman Hall
Washington Street
New England
Tremont Temple
Lawsuit Over Robbed Dever Assets Ends in Favor
Lawyers Wolff and Brown sued Chief Inspector Watts and Captain Dugan in Municipal Civil Court to recover 150 dollars in money and valuables taken from John F. Dever, the Roxbury store robber. Dever testified the funds were hush money from a Back Bay man, not Paine’s property, and was shackled in court. Judge Ely ruled for the plaintiffs.
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Wolff and Brown
Watts
Dugan
Ely
Municipal
John F. Dever
Paine
Roxbury
Dever
State’ Prison
Hugh
Back Bay
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Standard Clothing Co
de Witt Clinton
Rose Croix
A. A
S. A
Gray
Schumann
Edwin S. Foster
Hyde Park
W. FE. Archibald
W. Edwards
Albany
N. Y
F. A. Gilmore
Tacoma
Wash
Mt. St. Helens
Washington
Castle Rock
Toledo
Oak Hall
Vancouver
B. C
Shanghai
Chung-King-Kinsu
United States
Bates
John L. Bates
House of Representatives
Parker Memorial
Berkeley
Appleton
Dutton
Tremont Street
Manilla
Royal
Eddy
Monitor
Beacon
Mascot
Domestic
Reed
Stocx
Hovey & CO
Gloxinia
Universal
Allright
Prock'on
Lowell
U. S
C. F. Porter & CO
Savoy Hotel
Boston, Mass
Wiima
T. Almy &Co
S. A. Isaacson & Co
Washington St
Wheelnen’s and
Golfers’ Outfitters
The
Governor Wocott
Joseph W. Bailey
James Hamilton Lewis
J. J. Owens
Jefferson Club
Jefferson
Springfield
Northampton National Bank
Northampton
McKim
Roland Worthington
Boston Traveler
Port of
Snow
Westminster Streets
Providence
Oe & Lynch
Over Street
Elow Blackstone
Eastern Air
York
Vicinity
Captain Quimby
Westbrook
Isaac F. Quimby
Cloudman Post
Temple Lodge
A. M
Inspector Watts
Hush” Money
Plaintiff
Superior Court
Bond
Hiram Harriman
Reading and Lowell Electric Railroad Company
New England Society of California Pioneers of '49
Revere House
George G. Spurr
James H. Bennett
Spurr
Hebrews of
B-L. Tobacco
State Board of Education
Henry Whittemere
Waltham
State Normal Behod
Ramingham
Miss
Hyde
Gibbs
Detroit Journal
Navin
Kelly
Osgeed
Philadelphia
Glen
Park St. Church
Tremont St
Roston
Bryan
League of Bimetallic Clubs
Cuba
Indianapolis
Ind
Ohio Valley
J. As Tarvin
Kentucky
League
William J. Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Pantaloons
S. Vorenberg & CO
Hanover St
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