Officer Rooney Ill in Lynn with Appendicitis
Police Inspector William J. Rooney, living in East Boston, is critically ill at his brother in law T. B. Reardon’s home at 234 Essex Street Lynn. He suffered appendicitis and is unconscious after a recent relapse.
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William J. Rooney
T. B. Reardon
Essex Street
Lynn
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
William H. Pierce
Wolf
Inspector Rooney
Rooney
Detective Bureau
From Pack Peddler to Hebrew Author Bernard Richards
Bernard G Richards once a Boston Post reporter has produced a sociological book and is writing a bilingual English and Yiddish play. Born in Keidan Russian Poland he came to the United States twelve years ago as a pack peddler and rose to literary prominence in New York. His Discourses of Keidansky blend ghetto themes with philosophy, rivaling Israel Zangwill in voice for the Hebrew people.
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Pack Pedler
Bernard G. Richards
Boston Post
Richards
New York
Israel Zangwill
Andrew Carnegie
Boston
Zangwho
Keidan
Kovno
Poland
Colorado
Dickens
Boston Press
Battle of the Bay Windows at City Hall
The Board of Aldermen overrode Mayor Collins veto to grant Jacob Levin a bay window extension at 11 Hale Street from 11 to 15 feet. The case recalls a prior 11 foot permit and prompts debate over Mayor's bay window policy as Dr. Morrison seeks a similar permit. The veto rests with the Public Improvements Committee, with a potential vote next meeting.
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City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Jacob Levin
Hale Street
Levin
Collins
William A. Morrison
Princeton Street
Morrison
Nolan
Carpenter Kidnapping Case Startling Family Drama
Mr and Mrs George A Carpenter of New York faced kidnapping charges in district court after police halted a town chase and the couple pleaded not guilty. Guardianship of their two children remains unsettled with probate court decisions due April 16 and April 17.
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Luce
Middlesex Probate Court
Cambridge
Carpenter
Edna A. Tryon
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Walter A. Ladd
The
Post
Edna Tryon
Katherine
Liverpool
Barnum's Circus
Bostock
George
Mrs. Carpenter
England
L. P. White
New York
George A. Carpenter
Waltham
Honeymoon Tour by Auto Begins in Beverly
Mr and Mrs Frederick Nagel wed Tuesday in Beverly and start a rainy auto honeymoon to Saratoga Boston Worcester and back. Bride Bessie Foster Nagel and groom, superintendent at Beverly Farms, travel with a buggy top, planning a joyful trip after the ceremony.
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Frederick Nagel
Beverly
Saratoga
Charles T. Parker
Beverly Farms
Lucy Foster
Cross Street
New York
Auto Tour to Be Part of Vanderbilts Honeymoon
Decorators rush to finish Arleigh villa interior for the Neilson Vanderbilts wedding in Newport. A gothic chapel altar will feature in the main hallway for the ceremony. Afterward the couple plans a Europe trip by car, returning to Newport late August then California. Vanderbilt ordered a mile per hour automobile for Europe, delivered in Paris May 16, costing 24000 dollars. The best gift to Miss Neilson comes from Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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Newport
Europe
California
Vanderbilt
Paris
New York
Boston Merchants Press for More Letter Carriers
The Boston Merchants Association held its April meeting at Young’s Hotel. Directors praised the Boston Post Office under Postmaster Hibbard but noted that clerks and carriers did not keep pace with business growth and new office buildings. They urged Washington to add carriers and instructed the postal committee to press for action. The meeting also covered a petition to cut Boston fire insurance rates, still under Board of Fire Underwriters review.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Young's Hotel
Boston
Hibbard
Postal Committee
Washington
R. M. Burnett
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
No Trace of Burglars Who Tried to Rob Gardner
April 8 report from Hamilton says two burglars raided Congressman A. P. Gardner’s house last evening but were stopped by the coachman Peter Smith and Mrs. Webber the laundress. Police and State Officer Neal are on the case with no clue yet.
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Hamilton
A. P. Gardner
Peter Smith
Webber
Neal
Auction sale of library items yields varied prices
A library sale saw a Mary Baker Eddy science text fetch 61 dollars, another bring 15, and early American music and books selling for modest sums. A 1781 William Billings work sold for 13, Scott volumes at seven cents each, Shakespeare editions 14 to 30 cents, and first editions by Robert Louis Stevenson up to 10 25. The afternoon sale included a New England Psalm Singer with Paul Revere engravings at 105 dollars.
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Mary Baker Glover
B. P. Whipple
Mary B. Glover Eddy
Eddy
America
Scott
Boston
Robert Louis Stevenson
New England
Paul Revere
One Milford Triplet Dies Within a Day
Milford April 8 The male member of Mrs. Marshall Murray's triplets born yesterday died today. The two sisters are thriving. The triplets weighed about four pounds each and were the first Milford births in 40 years.
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Milford
Marshall Murray
Vine Street
Marshall C. Murray
Canada
Childs Resigns as Hyde Park Police Chief
Alexander G. Childs resigns from the post of chief of police in Hyde Park after his March 23 appointment by the Selectmen sparked public outcry. Childs, a druggist with no prior police experience, never assumed command amid town opposition.
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Hyde Park
Alexander G. Childs
Childs
Police Department
Young Men's Christian Union Had Busy Year
The 524 annual business meeting of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union at 48 Boylston Street heard a treasurer report showing March 31, 1903, balances of 3874.89 with special charities 1868.20 and general funds 2006.69. Membership stood at 5792, rooms crowding, and future readjustment planned. The benevolent action committee reported country week activities, employment bureau placements, and gymnasium records. Life members who died since 1902 were listed, and officers for the coming year named.
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Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Boylston Street
H. H. Sprague
W. L. Richardson
Committee On Rooms
George Peirce
Committee On Benevolent Action
Edward A. Church
Employment Bureau
Walter H. Dugan
Union Gymnasium
Mr. Sprague
Hollis H. Hunnewell
George E. Armstrong
John M. Clark
Henry T. Kidder
Royal E. Robbins
Joseph B. Glover
Benjamin &. Guild
James H. Freeland
Robert Gage
Charles Harwood
George C. Powers
William H. Baldwin
Henry H. Sprague
William L. Richardson
Frank L. Locke
Charles L. Burrill
George Hutchinson
John R. Ainsley
William H. Brown
Robert W. Frost
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Heyl
Strong
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Washington Street
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Brockton, Mass
Melrose Studio
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Mabel Carpenter
Beecham’s
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Mr. and
Mrs. Nagel
Gardner
Lowney
Triscuit
Young Men’s Christian Union
U. S. Casualty Co
Broadway
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Jordan Marsh Co
Wilbert N. Way
Jordan
Marshmathy Smith & Co
Downing & Dodge
Oblast Shoe Store
Ross Bros
H. FE. Hagan
A. B. Holbrook
H. Chaplin & Son
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J. W. Day & Son
T. C. Newcomb
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Roxbury Crossing
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Burkhart
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