Lost 13 year old boy found in woods after Lowell blast
Henry Savageau aged 13 was found sleeping in South Middleton woods after claiming he was lost since the Lowell explosion. He said he wandered for three days subsisting on berries with his dog, unsure of his family’s safety, and was sent to Lowell by police.
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Danvers
Henry Savageau
Lowell
Merrill
South Middleton Woods
Tewksbury
Joseph Savageau
Appleton Mills
Bolton Street
Widow of General Lander Dies in Lynn at 74
Mrs Jean Davenport Lander widow of Civil War general John A. Lander dies at her Lynn home at age 74. An actress in the 1840s and 1850s she toured widely and met the general in San Francisco in 1860. She served as a nurse during the war and lived in the city afterward.
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Lynn
Jean Davenport Lander
General Lander
Mad Di Sano Charged With Murder After Canton Stabbing
Rosario Di Sano is jailed in Dedham on a murder charge for stabbing Hiram H. Poole to death near his Sherman street home. Police say a christening fight left Di Sano dazed and bloodied, with a long knife found on him and his clothing spattered in blood. Poole, a quiet bakery owner, had lived in town 17 years and left no known enemies. Di Sano was arraigned and remanded without bail, to answer next Friday in Stoughton court.
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CNTON
Rosario di Sano
Dedham
Wise
Hiram H. Poole
Sherman Street
di Sano
Canton
Mill Street
West Stoughton
Lawrence Moore
W. H. Harris
Boston
Moore
Poole
Poole’s
Capen
Vanston
Stoughton
Glove scandal case notes possible law violation by Lyon and Littauer
Secretary Root finds a potential breach of the statute forbidding government contract dealings with a member of Congress in the 1898 Lyon Littauer glove contract. The War Department will forward facts to the Justice Department, seek repayment if due, and assess officer culpability amid investigation findings.
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Washington
Root
E. R. Lyon
Littauer Bros
L. N. Littauer
New York
Congress
Garlington
Inspector General's Department
Davis
Lyon
Department of Justice
Messrs. Littauer Bros
Secretary of War
War Department
Peacemaker Hospitalized After Glass Attack
Mrs. Mary Bassett of 87 Hudson Street was struck on the head with a glass while trying to stop a dispute near 9 Tyler Street. Her head was cut in three places but her condition is not serious. She did not identify who struck her.
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Mary Bassett
Hudson Street
Tyler Street
Lobster Bite Causes Sudden Injury At City Fish Store
A young man, Axel Hulm er an, arrived at Emergency Hospital with deep cuts on his hand after a lobster he was selecting in a fish store grabbed him. Doctors said the wounds were not serious and should heal in a few days. The incident follows several other accidents noted by Dr. McOdrum, including snake bites and electric eel stings.
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Axel Hulmeran
West Newton Street
Eagan Killed Woman He Could Not Win
Northboro Aug 3 A Spencer woman Sadie Booth died last night at the hand of Frank Eagan a former schoolmate whose advances she repeatedly rejected Eagan pursued her from Marlboro to Curtis factory in Marlboro and then followed her home after a quarrel at the factory He declared he would kill her if she refused again Police say jealousy sparked the fatal act and Eagan fled into hiding near the church before striking as she passed with a companion
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Northboro
Sadie Booth
Sadie Daniels
Spencer
Eagan
Booth
Edward Logan
School Street
Marlboro
Curtis
Elmer Booth
Fagan
Mrs. Booth
Frank
Sadie
Health Board Powers Expanded to Include New Hospital
The Boston Board of Aldermen expanded the Board of Health's authority to oversee the proposed Consumptives Hospital to be built in West Roxbury after site decision. Alderman Bromberg urged immediate hospital construction. An official ruling from the corporation counsel is awaited before definite action. The Mayor schedules a special meeting Thursday at 7:45 p m to address pending financial orders and other business.
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Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
West Roxbury
Bromberg
Common Council
Charlestown
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Copp’s Hill
Furnace blaze damages Hall foundry on Sudbury Street
An overheated furnace on the top floor of the brass foundry at William Hall & Co 72 to 82 Sudbury street caused $50 damage yesterday afternoon. The building is owned by the Arioch Wentworth estate.
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William Hall & Co
Sudbury Street
Arioch Wentworth
Three College Girls Eligible for Admission to the Massachusetts Bar
Three of six women who sat this year for the Massachusetts bar exam are eligible for swearing in on August 21. Marion E. Dunbar of Boston Lillian Belle Moulton of Medford and Ethel Twycross of Somerville will be admitted. Twycross the first woman to complete the course in two years at Boston University Law School and plans probate practice in Boston. Moulton, editor of Jabberwock at Girls Latin School and violinist, will practice after conveyancing with Judge Baldwin. Both deny interest in criminal courts, praising juror work but preferring probate and other civil practice.
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Marion E. Dunbar
Boston
Lillian Belle Moulton
Medford
Ethel Twycross
Somerville
Boston University Law School
New England Conservatory
Girls’ Latin School
Boston University
Chickering
Liliaan Belle Moulton
Body Found Off Boston Light Identifies Captain Harrington
Representatives of the shipping firm confirmed the body found floating near Boston Light is Captain Harrington. The remains were transported to his home this evening after identification following the storm two weeks prior.
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Hull
Harrington
Boston Light
Escaped Convicts Flee as Manhunt Near Dutch Flat Swells
Nearly 1000 residents pursue Folsom penitentiary escapees after a gun battle near Dutch Flat. Glen Westwood, a posse member, is wounded as one convict falls dead. four convicts are still at large. Four deaths linked to the pursuit include militiamen J. Festus Rutherford and W. J. Jones.
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Placerville
Cal
Folsom
Dutch Flat
Glen Westwood
Westwood
National Guard
J. Festus Rutherford
W. J. Jones
A. L. Gill
Vacation Schools May Be Continued
The Boston school committee sub committee on vacation schools meets at 3 today to decide if schools close next Friday or continue with extra funding. Funds now cover only one more week, prompting calls to tap another sub committee’s surplus or to convene a special general committee meeting for an appropriation.
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Boston
Briday
General Committee
Von Sternburg to Meet Roosevelt Friday
Baron Speck von Sternburg German ambassador to the United States is due to visit President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill next Friday to present credentials. He will be the first ambassador formally received by a president outside the White House. The Holy Name Society address by the President has been postponed to a Sunday about a month hence.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Germany
United States
Sagamore Hill
Ambassador von Sternburg
Baron von Sternburg
White House
Societies of the Holy Name
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Littauer
Judge Emmons
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Long Island
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Geo.l. Griffin &Son
Washington St
Madras
Golf Dept
Washington and
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Boston, U.S. A
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Webber Creek District
James S. Roberts
Harry Eldridge
Fred Howard
R. M. Gordon
Frank Miller
California
von Sternburg
Roosevelt
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