No Case Against Mrs Seib in Perjury Trial
Judge Burke discharged Edna F Leib 32 of Roxbury after witnesses showed she owned property in Boston and Stoneham with cash and notes due her. Prosecutors alleged debt but Burke ruled a perjury warrant unfounded saying no false oath was proven and debt is not proof of perjury. Leib wept as she left the court.
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Burke
Edna F. Leib
Harold Street
Roxbury
Boston
Stoneham
Leib
Gauss
B. Gauss
Main St. Marshall, Mich
Body of Ammie Smith Unclaimed at City Hospital
The body of Ammie Smith, 42, of Advocate Harbor, N. S., remains at City Hospital morgue. He was found on the shore of Dorchester Bay near Cow Pasture yesterday and identified as the steward on Arthur Merrill's yacht.
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City Hospital
Dorchester Bay
Cow Pasture
Ammie Smith
Advocate Fiarbor
N. S
Arthur Merrill
Boston Yacht Club
Open Races Today Off Commercial Point
A series of open races to be held this afternoon at 2 30 off Commercial Point Dorchester have been arranged by the Old Home Week Association. Entries may be made at the Dorchester Y C or judges boat before start of race.
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Commercial Point
Dorchester
Old Home Week Association
Reverend Crane Dies After Four Days Illness
Rev Charles A Crane pastor of People's Temple dies after a brief illness while preparing for August vacation. A forceful New England preacher born in Quincy Illinois in 1853, he served in Danville and East Boston before leading the People's Temple and defending capital punishment. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Charles A. Crane
People's Temple
Quincy
Ill
James L. Crane
Illinois
Springfield, Ill
Northwestern University
Middletown
First
Danville
Saratoga Street
Boston
People’s Temple
Weck
Crane
Charles Alba Crane
Guns From Forts Revere Banks Save Boston Harbor Battle
Forts Strong Banks Heath Warren Andrews and Revere opened fire as an enemy fleet advanced through Nantasket Roads. Eleven thousand yard range confirmed by Fort Revere. Battleships and cruisers were destroyed. by five o clock all enemy ships sunk or wrecked. Fifth militia men earned $3.47 weekly while state pay went to treasury.
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Fort Revere
Nantasket Roads
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Boston
Strong
Banks
Ripley
Lombard
Telegraph Hill
Hull
Fort Warren
Fort Andrews
Peddock's Island
Nantasket
Warren
Andrews
Broad Sound
Brown Tail Poison Itc Rash The Household Surgeon
Druggists advertise a remedy claim offering refund money if Dr Porter s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails. The notice highlights household medicine warnings and a 25 cent price point. It presents a product emphasis with safety cautions and a sale cue for consumers seeking a remedy for skin irritation and rash.
Remarkable Fatalities From Accidents In City
A string of deadly accidents yesterday left Arthur Bailey and James L Connell injured with critical fractures. Bailey, 28, an English immigrant and ice company worker, was crushed when a lift started early at 3A Exeter Street and 4:30 p.m. injury time. Connell, 42, a Roxbury house painter, fell 15 feet from a ladder at 24 Beach Street while painting, now in doubtful recovery at City Hospital.
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Johnson's Market
Exeter Street
Arthur Bailey
Harrison Avenue
City Hospital
Bailey
England
Independence Ice Company
Beach Street
Dorchester
James L. Connell
Ottawa Street
Roxbury
Connell
Upset by Ferryboat Capsizes Swede in Moonlit Dory
John Larsen, 25, a Swedish man, was capsized when the Brewster of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn railroad struck backwash near midnight. The boat was stopped, engines reversed, and Larsen rescued along with his dory as the ferry resumed its voyage to Boston amid excitement aboard.
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Brewster
Boston
Rowe's Wharf
Larsen
Ivers
Court Square
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Dory
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
John Larsen
Fer
South Boston Victim Drowned After Wharf Fall
Six year old John Mahoney of 288 West Third Street South Boston fell from the stone coping at the wharf foot of E Street near Fargo while drying clothes. He was pulled from the water by friends J F Hardy and J B Dole as ambulance and Dr Sheehan later pronounced him dead after an hour and a half of efforts.
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John Mahoney
West
Third Street
Boston
E Street
Fargo
Johnny
J. F. Hardy
M Street
J. B. Dole
D Street
Fargo Street
Sheehan
Probing Streets and Cash in Boston Finance Meeting
The Finance Commission met yesterday to review city street conditions with Street Expert Richard T. Fox and to seek improvements in street cleaning. It discussed a uniform city accounting system with Good Government Association members Laurence Minot Edmund Billings and George Nutting and invited public input. The panel fixed ex District Attorney Michael Sughrue’s counsel salary at 5000 dollars and Secretary J Wells Farley at 3000 dollars.
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Finance Commission
Richard T. Fox
Boston
Laurence Minot
Edmund Billings
George R. Nutter
Good Government Association
Michael Sughrue
J. Wells Farley
Chicago
Citizens’ Committee
The
Sughrue
Nathan Matthews
Street Cleaning Problems Highlight City Finance Commission
The finance commission held its first real session focusing on street cleaning, payrolls, and city accounts. Richard T. Fox testified on street cleanliness while Good Government Association members appeared for discussions. The panel set salaries for counsel Sughrue and J Wells Farley and aims to summon department heads at next meeting. Permanent headquarters are expected to be established soon.
Jackson Denies Resigning From Railroad Commission
Chairman James F. Jackson at Westport Harbor denies any resignation rumors. He asserts he has not resigned and that everything in the railroad commission is harmonious, refusing further comment.
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Jackson
Railroad Commission
James F. Jackson
Westport Harbor
Big Land Sale Noted as Cancelled Auction
J W McCarthy reports selling all houses advertised for James H Walsh of Brighton at an auction on Hichborn and Herrick streets. Public notice states there will be no sale on Saturday as the property has been disposed of. Total receipts were 45445 dollars, all cash from various buyers.
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J. W. McCarthy
James H. Walsh
Brighton
Hichborn
Herrick
SENTRY DROWNED AT CHARLES TOWN NAVY YARD
Private Isadore Cohn 25 of the U S Marine Corps attached to the U S 8 Illinois went missing after falling from a sentry post at Pier 6 late last night. Searchlights found him clinging to a fender log but resuscitation failed.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Isadore Cohn
Marine Corps
Illinois
Pier 6
Colin
Tragic death of 9 year old on railway tracks near Wood Island
Nine year old Joseph Fescrantini of 190 Maverick Street was caught between two Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn trains near Harbor View Street at Wood Island yesterday. He was struck on the head by a projection from one of the engines and died at 10 15 p m last night.
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Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Wood Island
Harbor View Street
Joseph Fescrantini
Maverick Street
DROWNING AT RIVERSIDE NEWTON
Aug 2 10 year old Harry Harvey son of Charles J Harvey drowned at Riverside recreation grounds pool in four feet of water while swimming with cousins at about 5 pm. Doctors believe death due to heart failure or inhaling water after overheating.
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Newton
Harry Harvey
Charles J. Harvey
Shirley House
Shirley Street
Winthrop
Riverside
Back Bay Society Stirred Over Married Elopers
A Boston interior decorator, Wilson S. Belches, eloped with Mrs. Matilda Perry, former Linder of Concord, shattering his family’s social standing. Belches, 30, linked to Hayden, Stone & Co., and son of prominent broker John W. Belches, had a nine year marriage marked by social prominence. His father laments the scandal while predicting a likely divorce filing.
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Perry
Boston
Symphony Hall
Wilson S. Belches
Matilda Linder
Concord
Linder
John W. Belches
State Street
Windsor Road
Corey Hill
Brookline
Europe
Holy Lands
Walpole
N. H
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Main Street
Marshall
Mich
Boston Harbor
Fort Heath
Nahant
South Boston
New Finance Commission
BIG Land Sale
Back Bay Society
National Biscuit Company
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