Tragic Leap Severs Life Of Mrs Snow In New York
Mrs Anna Snow a seven year old girl reportedly took her own life by jumping from a second story window at 568 Hast Eighty sixth street in New York this morning. She is said to have come from an influential Boston family and had been living with an old friend after moving from the city years ago. Cataracts left her eyes blinded and illness and age are blamed for the mental decline.
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New York
Anna Snow
Eighty-sixth Street
Memorial to Pastor Robert P Stack at St Patrick s Cemetery
The committee planning a memorial for the late Rev. Robert P. Stack pastor of St Patrick s Church Watertown considers completing the monument for unveiling on Memorial Day. The monument will stand in St Patrick s Cemetery which he established as burial ground.
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Robert P. Stack
St. Patrick’s Church
Watertown
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
A Clever Combination Sideboard and China Closet
A compact dining room piece combines a sideboard with a china closet saving space. It lets a housewife display china without sacrificing sideboard convenience. The unit takes only a moderate amount of room and is attractively priced. We invite you to see it.
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French and German Rivals in Artillery Equipment
Berlin April 26 The French Senate and Chamber of Deputies face a constitutional dispute that could destabilize France's external relations. German reports note France’s potential 470 million franc credit for quick-firing guns and urge Reichstag approval for artillery upgrades and a naval credit to modernize both services.
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Berlin
Chamber of Deputies
National Zeitung
France
Vossische Zeitung
Faure
Europe
German War Office
War Office
Reichstag
Germany
Lynch Law at McMinnville Hangs Hillis Brothers
In McMinnville Tennessee fifteen masked men stormed the jail to seize William and Victor Hillis awaiting trial for the murder of Carroll Martin. They overpowered the jailer, freed the prisoners, and hanged both brothers from a tree near Shellsford after a brief struggle. The case had a long legal history with venue changes and a Supreme Court reversal prior to the mob action.
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Nashville
Tenn
McMinnville
William
Victor Hillis
Carroll Martin
van Buren County
Hillis
Victor
Shellsford
Warren County Court
Supreme Court
Unknown man found dead at city dumping wharf
Harbor police recovered a badly decomposed male body at the city dumping wharf yesterday. No identifying papers were found. The man is described as about 3 years old, 6 feet 8 inches, 180 pounds, with dark brown hair, wearing a black cutaway suit, blue overcoat, outing shirt, blue stockings and congress shoes, transported to North Grove street morgue.
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City
North Grove Street
Congress
Drinkwater Run Over By Electric Car At City Corner
Leroy Drinkwater, 25, of 302 Dudley street, was struck by a southbound electric car at Camden and Washington yesterday at 3 PM. The vehicle wheels crushed his left leg above the knee. Eyewitnesses could not determine how he fell. He was taken to City Hospital.
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Leroy Drinkwater
Dudley Street
Camden
Washington Streets
Drinkwater
City Hospital
Brick hurled from workman wounds boy in Boston
Eight year old Joseph Bennett of 4 Barton Street West End lies at Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition from a compound skull fracture after a brick fragment struck him. Jacob Benjamin, 26, watchman at a building site 104 106 Brighton Street, is jailed at Joy Street police station on assault and battery charges.
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Barton Street
West End
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jacob Benjamin
Brighton Street
Benjamin
Joy Street
Yarris Lavine
Mr. Bennett
General Hospital
Division 3
Reverend Fuller Rests as Malden Pastor Amid Divorce Marry Controversy
Malden April 26 The Rev S R Fuller pastor of the Episcopal Church here did not occupy the pulpit today his place filled by an out of town minister The decision in the case by Bishop Lawrence is awaited with much interest
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Malden
R. Fuller
Episcopal Church
Lawrence
Cubans Show Strength as War With Spain Grows
J Frank Clark UPI correspondent, after five months in Cuba, reports insurgents fighting well and gaining momentum while Spain struggles to suppress them. He notes censorship in Havana, large Cuban volunteer and regular forces, and growing patriot support, with guerrilla tactics favored over pitched battles.
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Spain
Cuba
United States
Resignation of Rev Nehemiah Boynton from Union Church
The Rev Nehemiah Boynton of Union Church Columbus Avenue will leave his pastorate May 16 and move to Detroit Michigan to lead a leading Congregational church. His resignation letter asks the congregation to join in calling a council to advise dissolution. He will give a farewell address next Sunday.
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Union Church
Columbus Avenue
Smith Baker
D. D
Boynton
Detroit
Mich
Medal for Good Work Honors Edwin F. Pierce in Boston
Edwin F. Pierce a noted spiritual chorister and temperance reformer receives a silver medal in American Hall during Eben Cobb's meeting. Charles A. Abbott presents on behalf of friends tied to the temperance cause. Pierce has led chorister work with the Temperance Reform Club State Reform Club and the Veteran Temperance Union since Father Kemp's Music Hall talks twenty five years ago.
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Edwin F. Pierce
Boston
American Hall
Eben Cobb
Charles A. Abbott
Pierce
Father Kemp
Music Hall
Temperance Reform Club
State Reform Club
Veteran Temperance Union
Seizures of Liquor Handled by Division 4 Officers
Officers of Division 4 seized liquor at multiple addresses including Joe Tye 17 Oxford Street with whiskey and lager, Jeremiah Donovan 18 Avery Street with lager and whiskey, and James Flynn 18 Warrenton Street with lager. Division 6 confiscated twelve gallons of lager from unlicensed premises of Alexander Bramowski 502 Swett Street South Boston.
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Division 4
Joe Tye
Oxford Street
Jeremiah Donovan
Avery Street
James Flynn
Warrenton Street
Alexander Bramowski
Swett Street
Boston
Division 6
Boston police arrest man for breaking and entering
Officers of Division 6 arrested Martin Leyden yesterday afternoon on a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling of Charles A. Janssens at 562 West Fifth street South Boston and the larceny of 150 dollars.
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Martin Leyden
Charles A. Janssens
West Fifth Street
South
Boston
Brockton Odd Fellows Celebrate 77th Anniversary Parade Plans
Brockton April 26 railroad trains hinder arrivals for Sundays event as out of town Odd Fellows from Lawrence Worcester and Springfield plan to participate in tomorrow's seventy seventh anniversary parade.
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Brockton
Lawrence
Worcester
Springfield
Cyclone Leaves Clay Centre in Death and Destruction
A powerful cyclone sweeping through Clay County Kansas killed five people, fatally wounded three, and injured seventeen as homes barns and livestock were destroyed. The storm struck near Clifton at 9:30 pm and tracked northeast for about twelve miles, followed by a heavy rainstorm that flooded the area. The Anderson family suffered severe losses including a missing grandchild found deceased, while others in the region faced extensive property damage and injuries. Couriers summoned doctors and residents aided wrecked communities through the night.
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Kan
Clay County
Frank Peterson
Petersons
Ole Naverson
Peter Anderson
John Morris
F. Welkins
Henry Gardner
Clifton
Morganville
Anderson
Palmer
Washington County
Big Holiday Preparations In Holyoke Area
Holyoke New Bedford and Nantucket arrivals fill evening trains. About 3000 strangers expected tomorrow as special lines bring crowds. Town decorates, half day for shoe workers, tents at Perkins Park for after parade. Military officials including Colonel Wood arrive to establish headquarters at the Metropolitan and Keswick.
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New Bedford
Nantucket
Boston
Brockton
Perkins Park
William B. Wood
Fifth Regiment
Patriarchs Militant
Metropolitan
Albert Lewis
William E. Crosby
Warren B. Chase
BE. F. Lebaron
William E. Chaison
Merrill
J. L. Tattersall
A. N. Rose
Bannerette H. R. Simpson
Claflin
Keswick
E. E. Francis
John A. Sears
Worcester
Paine Laid Heir Mattress Promises Long Elastic Life
The advertisement argues against patenting the design and promotes a Paine Laid Heir Mattress that uses a hair framework instead of stuffing. It claims higher material quality, durability, and shape retention, priced only slightly above ordinary mattresses, and invites readers to view the product in their warerooms.
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