Death Threats Follow Milord Black Hand Robbery
Milford residents report a Black Hand extortion letter demanding. The threat came after an early morning arson and store robbery at James Over’s Main Street shop. Police describe two suspicious Italians seen near the stamp window, with valuables including Swiss watches and jewelry missing worth about $200.
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Milford
James Over
East Walnut Street
Black Hand
Over
Main Street
Over’s
Holmes
Gillon
Maher
Mr. Over
Joseph
Thieves Return to Brookline Suspected Bandits Hit Homes
A Brookline gang resumes activity after weeks away. At E R Towle’s 5 Verdale street residence a thief entered the servants room and escaped with a gold watch and some cash. Later a theft at T D Dyer’s Harvard street provision store yielded several coins.
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Brookline
E. R. Towle
Verndale Street
T. D. Dyer
Harvard Street
Maple Flake cereal claims and preparation process
An advertisement promotes Pure Maple as the largest maple syrup buyer and describes Maple Flake cereal. It highlights steam cooking wheat for six hours, curing, ultra thin flaking, and a 30 minute 400 degree toast to improve digestibility and flavor for children.
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Vermont
Labor and capital clash at Boston banquet remarks
At a National Association of Cotton Manufacturers banquet in Boston Henry Clews denounces Roosevelt and labor while warning of worst case economic scenarios. He notes AFL pressure on Congress, railroad wage battles, and calls for recognizing both labor and capital rights amid a recovering economy.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bryan
New York Stock Exchange
Brunswick
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Boston
Henry Clews
New York City
Supreme Court of the United States
William Whitman
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Harvey Shepard
White Mountain
Frederick W. Hamilton
Tufts College
Three Die Four Injured In Alberta Mine Blast
Three men were killed and four others seriously burned in an explosion at the Old Mine in Canmore Alberta yesterday. The incident occurred near Winnipeg Manitoba with initial reports confirming multiple casualties and injuries.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canmore
Alberta
New Parlor Car Line To Albany From Boston Sunday
B A No 41 departs Boston 10 am Sunday April 19 carrying Pullman parlor to Albany with connections to Cincinnati at 10 15 am and St Louis at 6 30 pm Reservations available at city office 366 Washington Street Boston
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Albany
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston
Washington Street
Higgins Comments On Annie Mullins Case And Inquest
District attorney for Middlesex County says he rejects death by own action theories and expects the inquest into Annie Mullins to resume April 22. He notes coordination among police agencies, new witnesses, and possible suspects, while ships Catherine and Ellen and other vessels face stormy conditions at T Wharf.
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William M. Clemens
Annie Mullins
John J. Higgins
Middlesex County
Mr. Higgins
Attorney Higgins
Neal
Urquhart
Arlington
Byrnes
St. John’s
Higgins
State Police
Cambridge
District Attorney's Office
Harmony
Downey
Perkins
Squire's Field
T Wharf
Catherine
Ellen
Grand Banks
Benedict Shanahan
Nova Scotia
Mary A. Whalen
Traces of Johnson Found Near Middleboro
April 16 in Middleboro investigators report signs of Jim Johnson the escaped prisoner. A grocery store theft left a prison suit in place of clothing and food taken, while searchers comb nearby woods for the Colored inmate believed to be in hiding near town.
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Middleboro
Jim Johnson
State Farm
G. F. Kingsley
Johnson
New England Briefs Include Militia Inspection and Fire Loss
Hingham Centre hosted the annual State inspection of Company K Fifth Regiment M V M with Major F H Hitchcock as inspecting officer. In Tilton New Hampshire the residence of Rev I M Coombs and a barn burned today, loss estimated at 4000 dollars.
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Hingham
Hingham Centre
F. H. Hitchcock
Tilton
N. H
I. M. Coombs
Calvin Baptist Church
Excise Board Seeks Registry of Local Bartenders
Liquor dealers protest as the Excise Board demands names ages and previous occupations of bartenders wagon drivers and bookkeepers in their employ. Saloon keepers view it as possible discrimination and debate the board action received Monday causing widespread comment.
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Excise Board
Gasoline Explosion Injures Four on Fishing Schooner Maxwell
A spill of about a cupful of gasoline ignited by a cooking stove aboard the schooner Maxwell at T Wharf injures four men. Ladderman Thomas Toomey, Manuel Sanders, James Aiken and Captain John Carey suffer facial burns and shock as the vessel’s cabin floor and side planks are damaged. Damage estimated at 300 dollars.
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Maxwell
T Wharf
Thomas Toomey
Ladder 8
Manuel Sanders
James Aiken
John Carey
Russell to Tour Europe for Hub Opera Singers
Henry Russell intends to devote full time next year to securing a new Boston opera house and negotiating with Ralph L. Taylor. He will tour Europe to obtain new operas and hear an unnamed southern Italian high soprano who may surpass Tettrazini. Boston Opera Company subscriptions total $91,200.
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Henry Russell
Boston Opera House
Ralph L. Taylor
Opera House
Europe
Milan
Italy
Tettrazini
Boston Opera Company
Pape's Diapepsin Offers Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement claims a 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion by digesting food in five minutes. It explains food fermentation causes sour stomach and lists relief from symptoms like bloating, heartburn, and upset appetite, urging readers to try Triangules that digest 3000 grains of food each.
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Campbell
Joseph Campbell Company
Dept. A
Camden, N. J
Myoie Nie FS
Clews
Middlesex
Mullins
Flagman
Fame
China
Paine Furniture Co
Canal Street
Peirssr North Station
Willow Tabourdt
Rattan
Old Hickory
Old Hickory Morris
Old
New England
Hood
Charles D. Lawin
Russell
HUB Opera Singers
Chicago
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Willard Massey
M.E.F
P.A
Washington St
Boston, Mass
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