Bag of Gems Recovered by Mrs Wheeler After Steamer Stowage Find
A saloon on the steamer City of Worcester in New York yielded a bag of gems and a daguerreotype of James R. Marsh to Grace Livingstone Wheeler of Philadelphia. She identified $2775 in bills, two watches, and other contents, and received the bag from steamship Vice-President J A Granger who reported the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Marsh
Lowell
Worcester
New York
Grace Livingstone Wheeler
Philadelphia
Daguerreotype
Mystery of James Marsh Closes Without Explanation
The article notes the Marsh case from Lowell ends without any explanation after sparking nationwide interest. It underscores unresolved questions surrounding the supposed murder and self-inflicted death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Marsh
Lowell
Boy Becomes Living Torch In Roxbury Areaway
Patrick Dooley aged 45 rescued five year old Charles Galvin from a fire in the rear areaway of 106 Fellows street Roxbury yesterday afternoon. Dooley carried the boy nearly a mile to City Hospital. The child’s clothing burned after ignition suspected from matches.
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Patrick Dooley
Charles Galvin
Fellows Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Galvin
Dooley
Felows Street
Luther Church Leader John G. Butler Dies at 83
The Rev. Dr. John G. Butler, 83, pastor of Luther Place Memorial Church and a prominent Lutheran minister, dropped dead from heart failure at his Washington home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John G. Butler
Luther Place Memorial Church
United States
Mystery bag at Nantasket Beach reveals long lost family links
A man named Marsh questions ownership of a bag found at Nantasket Beach containing valuables including a daguerreotype tied to his family. The bag holds rings, diamonds, a Bible, photographs, lingerie, a silk night gown, and a daguerreotype bearing his name. A Philadelphia woman named Mrs Grace Livingstone Wheeler is linked to the case, as a $100 bill is sent to the porter who found the bag.
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Whittaker
Vermont
Marsh
James R. Marsh
Nantasket Beach
Paschal Whittaker
Wisconsin
Missouri
West Medford
Hiram Bean
New York
Grace Livingstone Wheeler
Philadelphia
Hannah J. Barnard
Granger
Wheeler
George Washington Lincoln
Taft Hosts Personal Grand Opera Evenings at White House
President Taft spends evenings as a summer bachelor entertaining friends with personally conducted grand opera concerts. The Victrola reproduces arias by Caruso Melba Tetrazzini and other stars, providing immense pleasure during spare time at the White House.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Caruso
Melba
Tetrazzini
Carriage Crash Injures Father and Two Children in Roxbury
Samuel Friedman aged 39 of 69 Bower Street Roxbury and his two children Sam uel aged 6 and Jennie aged 2 were thrown from a carriage after a collision with an outward bound oak square car at Cambridge and North Grove streets. The father sustained hip contusions the daughter chest and head lacerations and the boy multiple contusions and abrasions. They were all taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Samuel Friedman
Bower Street
Roxbury
Samuel
Jennie
Oak Square
Cambridge
North Grove Streets
Massachusetts General Hospital
Van Camp's Milk Promises Purity and Savings
An advertisement extols Van Camp's sterilized milk in cans claiming precision vacuum evaporation removes two thirds of water, producing thick milk with no germs. It emphasizes sanitary dairies, odorless processing, and cost about six cents per quart versus raw milk, with a yearly 100 million can usage figure.
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van Camp’s
America
van Camp
S. Ours
Elizabeth Richmond arraigned for Cambridge homicide
Mrs Elizabeth Richmond owner of Hotel Florence in East Cambridge faces arraignment in Cambridge District Court on murder charges related to Gardner Hospital nurse Stewart McTavish. Middlesex District Attorney John J Higgins travels from Provincetown to prosecute. two witnesses expected. Professor Whitney's digestive analysis may reveal time of death and poison traces.
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Elizabeth Richmond
Florence
Cambridge Street
East Cambridge
Cambridge
Stewart McTavish
Gardner Hospital
John J. Higgins
Middlesex County
Provincetown
Captain Hurley
Cambridge Police
Richmond
Professor Whitney
McTavish
Alden Family Reunion At John Alden Homestead
Descendants of John Alden and Priscilla Molines gather annually at the John Alden homestead in Duxbury Massachusetts. A special train from South Station Boston departs 8 40 a m with hundreds of Alden kinfolk expected, inviting all descendants and their families or friends.
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John Alden
Priscilla Molines
Longfellow
Myles Standish
Duxbury
Mass
South Station
Boston
Alden
Despondent man shoots self in Medford
William H. Hildreth, 64, of Capen street Hillside Medford, shot himself through the head during a noon distress. He was in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
William H. Hildreth
Capen Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
French Lieutenant Injured In Aeroplane Test
Loren t France Aug 2 Lieutenant Cros of the French army attempting a new military aeroplane design was caught in a squall and dashed to the ground suffering severe head injuries.
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Lorient
France
Cros
Debs and Goldstein Set for Boston Debate
Socialists of Boston and vicinity plan a city debate between David Goldstein of Cigarmakers' Union 144 and Eugene V. Debs, last presidential candidate of the Socialist party. Goldstein accuses Debs of not being a true friend to workers. supporters will arrange a meeting to exchange ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vicinity
David Goldstein
Cigarmakers’ Union 144
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
Goldstein
Mr. Debs
Child Soothes Death Ruled Accidental Poisoning
Lowell August report says a 3 month old boy, child of Mr and Mrs Edward Murray, died June 1 from irritant poison. Judge John J Pickman announced in Cambridge the inquest found death caused by an irritant substance given by unknown person during the mother's absence. Police indicate the syrup given was mistaken soothing medicine that proved deadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Edward Murray
John J. Pickman
Superior Court
Cambridge
Cannot Oust Gypsy Band In Newton Centre
Residents petition the Board of Health as Newton Centre residents discuss action against a Brazilian gypsy camp occupying leased land. Police concede no jurisdiction and the encampment, established last summer, has resisted prior expulsion amid alleged unsanitary conditions.
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Newton
Newton Centre
Board of Health
Unions Watch Lighting Transition in City Streets
Superintendent Emerson weighs replacing gas lamps with Tungsten electric lights as 1898 ordinances require aldermanic input. Local lamplighters fear job losses if electric lights prevail while bids from American Street Lamp and Supply, Ramsdell Inverted Gas Light, and others are reviewed.
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Emerson
Rising Sun Lighting Company
Board of Aldermen
Lamplighters’ Union
Greater Boston Illuminating Company
Graetzen
American Street Lamp and Supply Company
Ramsdell Inverted Gas Light Company
New York
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Bryans’ Drug House
Rochester
N. Y
Debs
van Gamp
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.J. Douglas
Alan Ad
Pete
W.L. Douglas
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