Drowning at Revere Claims Worker From Jamaica Plain
The first drowning in two years at the Revere State reservation occurred yesterday after 1 pm. Cornelius J. Rogers, 28, of Jamaica Plain, employed by Roach Bros., disappeared in the water near the bath house and raft. Chesters of Lynn rescued him, but he died at the bath house emergency room. Rogers left home about 11 am for the bath house. he is survived by a widow.
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Revere
E. V. Chesters
Chestnut Street
Lynn
Bath House
Chesters
Morris
Cornelius J. Rogers
Wise Street
Jamaica Plain
Roach Bros
Officers Rescuing Drowning Man Earn Praise
Patrolmen Cornelius J. Linnehan and Thomas H. Lynch of Division 9 rescued George Atkins a 24 year old Wakefield man from drowning near Head House Marine Park South Boston. They fought strong undertow and went under repeatedly to drag him ashore unconscious and alive.
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Linnehan and
Lynch
George Atkins
Marine Park
Cornelius J. Linnehan
Thomas H. Lynch
Division 9
Rutland Street
Wakefield
Head House
Boston
Linnehan
Atkins
Franks & Cassill
Atrolman
Cuba Big Brother Cigarro Breaks World Smoking Record
The ad touts a Havana cigar product named Cuba Big Brother Cigarro claiming a record for high class smoking. Five units cost 10 cents with five 20 minute enjoyment intervals at 2 cents each, advertised as sold in leading clubs and hotels.
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Cuba
Cigarro
Havana
Three Cities Police Seek Jack the Slugger
Police across Boston Cambridge and Brookline pursue a baffling assailant dubbed Jack the Slugger after four attacks on servant girls between 9 and 10 p m on Thursday and Sunday. Victims were struck with iron bars a house axe or other heavy weapons, all at back of head, with no robbery motive. No description but a tall well dressed white man seen near scenes, likely a Cambridge resident.
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Catherine McConnell
Walker Street
Cambridge
Gardner
Walker Streets
Sigrid Gustavson
South Magazine Street
Chestnut Street
Ella Murphy
Avon Streeet
Craigie Street
Boston
Brookline
Long
Jack the Ripper
Soldiers Field
Harvard Square
Allston
Harvard Street
Jekyll and Hyde
Misa McConnell
Miss Gustavson
Tragic Death Lays Bare Love and Deception in New York
Mary Burns of West Twenty third Street died by poison after a love affair with a man whose name is unknown. A suicide note pleads for the beloved to forgive and promises reunion in hell or heaven, detailing heartbreak and warning against drinking. The moving case reveals a devoted daughter and caregiver to her widowed mother.
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New York
Mary Burns
West Twentieth Street
Episcopalian Chapel
Twenty-fifth Street
Man Killed by Train Near Charles Street Draw Bridge
James A. Tecessy, 24, of 24 Bridge Street Cambridge, was struck by a train on the Boston side of the Charles Street draw bridge yesterday around 6 p m. He suffered a fractured jaw and scalp wound and died shortly after at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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James A. Tecessy
Bridge Street
Cambridge
Boston
Charles Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Knives Drawn at Picnic in Roxbury Brawl
A brawl at Apollo Garden Roxbury last evening led to several colored men drawing knives. Edward Janifer 36 of Cambridge sustained a severe neck wound and was taken to City Hospital. He refused to identify his attacker to police.
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Apollo Garden
Roxbury
Edward Janifer
Wing
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Janifer
Local Forecast Showers No Rain Expected This Week
Tuesday brings fair weather while Wednesday remains generally fair with increasing clouds in the afternoon and night. Light to fresh northerly winds shift to variable later.
Robberies Hit West Roxbury Apartments In Daytime Break-ins
Reported burglaries occurred at 18 and 18 Walk Will street West Roxbury yesterday afternoon. Victims Nicholas Sandiano and Martin F Leonard were robbed of cash totaling 25 dollars and jewelry valued at 25 dollars. Police seek suspects.
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Will Street
West Roxbury
Nicholas Sandiano
Martin F. Leonard
Senator Hanna Receives Cane from Cleveland Rail workers
In Cleveland 700 to 800 employees of the City Railway Company presented Senator M. A. Hanna with a valuable cane. Hanna thanked the workers and spoke on labor capital relations and his aim to unite capital and labor in Cleveland. He recalled efforts to avert the anthracite strike and stressed labor honor over legal contracts.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland City Railway Company
M. A. Hanna
Hanna
Civic Federation
Cleveland
Woman Arrest Reveals Three Year String of Robberies
Annie McLoud alias Annie Gilbert McLoughlin Heath Lizzie McDonald and other names shot at an officer and resisted. police recover diamonds valued at $400 and other goods totaling about $5000. Diary with a trailing S marks stolen sites.
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Annie McLoud
Burr
George Watts
Station 5
Halifax
N. S
Westcott
Annie Gilbert
Annie McLoughlin
Annie Heath
Lizzie McDonald
Tremont Street
Watts
Hanson
Officer Burr
Dedham Street
Captain Westcott
Panig At Hotel Fire In Chicago
Panic swept through the Sir William Hotel at 70 Randolph Street as a gas leak caused a fire. About four guests and the night clerk suffered burns and gas inhalation while fifty guests escaped via stairways and corridors. The blaze was extinguished without serious casualties.
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Chicago
Sir William Hotel
Randolph Street
Grace Anderson
William K. Gray
Fred Schaefer
William Gray
Robbery Reported in South Boston Neighborhood
Frank H. Monihan of 105 Athens Street South Boston told Station 6 last night that at about 9 o clock he was robbed at a High Street house of a gold watch and chain a Knights of Columbus charm and 100 in cash.
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Frank H. Monihan
Athens Street
Boston
Station 6
Knights of Columbus
High Street
Governess Sues Boy for 50000 Dollars
Nine year old Harold Hartshorne is named as the youngest defendant in a suit seeking damages of 50000 dollars. Marie Bentz, former governess, says a beating by Hartshorne left her spine injured, and caused hysteria, nervous disease and partial paralysis.
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New York
Harold Hartshorne
Marie Bentz
Hartshorne
Mrs O Malley in Ill Health Linked to Philadelphia Jewel Case
Mrs. Aline Ellis O Malley wife of Professor Austin O Malley is reported seriously ill at her parents home 21 Morningside Park amid charges in Philadelphia. Evidence against Mrs O Malley and William J Hearin for jewel theft from Dr Austin O Malley’s brother was presented to the grand jury today.
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New York
Aline Ellis O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
Morningside Park
Philadelphia
Shoe strike hits Eaton factory in Brockton
The joint shoe council called out 20 finishers and 17 sole fasteners from C. A. Eaton & Co on Belmont street accusing the firm of discriminating against union men.
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Brockton
Joint Shoe Council
C. A. Eaton & Co
Belmont Street
Boy 8 Seeks Survival After Stable Accident
Ernest Branson age eight of 820 Washington Street Somerville was kicked in the head by a horse while playing in a rear stable. Doctors at Somerville Hospital report a fractured skull and say his life remains in doubt.
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Ernest Branson
Washington Street
Somerville
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Police OF
Three Cities
Jeannette Marshall
Centre Street
Shailer and
Harvard Streets
George
Hell
Uambn Ige
Thompson's Spa
Uane
Annie M’loud
Officer
Dorchester
Newton
Waverly Avenue
Sargent Street
Malden
Winter Street
Moses
Glenway
Massachusetts Avenue
Ingalls Station
O. N
Quincey Street
Columbus Avenue
G. W. Westcott
Panig
Frank Monihan
Aline O’malley
Boy
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