Civic Church Sparks Beach Showmen Open Sunday Clash
Revere Beach saw shows operate under charity placards while the Civic Church led by Rev. G E Littlefield fails to gather support. Police, Law and Order League watch as Nantasket closes and Revere permits are checked, with showmen planning strategy after secret meetings.
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Revere Beach
George E. Littlefield
Nantasket
Revere
Wade
Neal
West
Ladies’ Benevolent Association
Suffolk Dispensary
Temple Adath Israel
J. E. Littlefield
Johnstown Fiood
Civic Church
L. E. Baldwin
Boston
Mr. Littlefield
Westwood
Law and Order League
Thomas Early
Post
Littlefield
Chelsea Court
J. P. Bixby
Roosevelt Scorned in Oyster Bay Church Approach
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attended church in Oyster Bay with two children when a resident named McCann directed profane language at them. Secret service agents hustled McCann from the area as the carriage neared Christ Church, but the President urged no further action.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Christ Church
McCann
Secret Service
Sagamore Hill
Stowaway Search Aboard Caledonian in East Boston
A 24 hour hunt on the freighter Caledonian from Manchester and Liverpool yielded no trace of a stowaway. Three men were found, two Americans and German Johann Linderman who vanished from the cattlemen fore castle. Questing officers rechecked the ship inch by inch, even raking coal bunkers, to locate the missing man or uncover his fate.
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Caledonian
Leyland Line
East
Boston
Manchester
Liverpool
Germany
John Linderman
Linderman
East Boston
Tranter
Stewart
Murder and double death by own action in Northboro
A man and a woman, F P Egan of Spencer and Mrs Sadie Booth of Spencer, were found dead by Grange Hall on School street after a razor attack. Police believe the man killed the woman then cut himself with the razor, which bore a tag reading H S Cutler of Boylston.
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Frank Foss
Grange Hall
School Street
T. F. Sawyer
J. M. Stanley
F. P. Egan
Sadie Booth
Spencer
Miles Illingworth
Canton Banker Hiram Poole Shot Down by Italians
Hiram H Poole a Canton baker on Sherman Street was stabbed to death while driving his cow home from pasture by three Italians. Police pursue, weapon missing, description tall with mustache in black suit, Mr Poole 50, survived by widow and two children.
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Canton
Hiram H. Poole
Sherman Street
Poole
Wiliam F. Kenney
Faxon
Canton Junction
Blue Hill
Milton Line
Blue Hill Street Railway
Washington Street
Milton
Blue Hill Street Railway Company
Stabbing Death in Hartford Identified Suspect
Hartford police report Seraphim Perreault, 33, stabbed shortly before midnight and dying before hospital arrival. Post mortem shows heart wound. Mrs. George Benedict saw the assault and described the attacker. Fred Rydish, an Italian, arrested. Benedict identified him at the station.
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Hartford
Conn
Seraphim Perreault
George Benedict
Perreault
Fred Rydish
Benedict
Exciting chase ends in harbor pirate capture on Apple Island
A half hour pursuit near Apple Island ends with a harbor pirate seized by bystanders as a keg of beer coats and valuables are recovered. Two men in a 50 foot naphtha launch Mildred chased the skiff, guiding it ashore where the pirate was detained and belongings returned to owners. The crowd balked at jail transfer. Mildred once served as patrol boat Marietta.
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Apple Island
Mildred
Mr. T. Harrington
Harbor Street
Charlestown
Governor's Island
Mr. Harrington
T. Sullivan
Pirate
Harrington
Boston Area Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Next Two Days
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for partly cloudy conditions on Monday and Tuesday with light variable winds. In New England, Monday will be partly cloudy and warmer in the northwest. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies, possible showers in the north, and light to fresh northeast to southeast winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
Aue
New England
Crowds Flock to St Peters as Papal Ballot Goes On
Rome Aug 2 crowds of about 50 000 fill St Peters Square awaiting the Sistine Chapel smoke signaling a new pope after the second ballot yielded no result. The fevered scene shows Rome’s keen interest in the conclave as officials and troops guard the basilica amid long lines of observers.
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Illustrated London News
Leo XIII
Sistine Chapel
Rome
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's
Vatican
Holy See
Basilica
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Crescent Beeach
Rosevelt
Wain
Northboro
Worcester
Boston Common
Hiram Poole
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