Mystery deepens as woman takes lost child away
A four year old boy known as Frankie was claimed from the Chardon Street Home by a woman identifying as Mrs John Mc Farland of 35 Hollis Street Boston. The couple say the child was left with them in Dover New Hampshire by a woman named Mrs Owens of Manchester New Hampshire. The boy was found wandering by police in Roxbury and later taken to the home. The Mc Farlands and Mrs Owens dispute ownership and plans for the child remain unsettled. The lodging house keeper at 14 Davis Street reports the pair arrived with the boy a week earlier and often left him unattended.
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Chardon Street
Frankie
John McFarland
Hollis Street
Roxbury
McFarlands
Dover
N. H
Boston
Owens
Manchester
McFarland
Marshal Kane
Davis Street
Washington Street
Post
Litle
John Gibling
Spent Cash Fast in City Departments Warn of Shortfall
City auditor reports show major departments such as street, sanitary, health, collecting, lamp, sewer, park, public buildings, public grounds and ferry have spent more than half their annual appropriations by July 31. Small branches follow the trend, signaling tight finances unless economy is exercised in the next six months.
City debt and borrowing capacity rise in seven months
The report shows a gross funded debt increase of 1 344 500 and a net debt rise of 920 633 over seven months. Dec 31 1906 gross debt stood at 100 517 456, July 31 at 101 861 956. net debt Dec 31 1906 68 300 702, July 31 69 221 335. Page notes city county water and rapid transit debts and total borrowing capacity of 86 157 with 4 827 150 in loans authorized but not issued.
Slugger at Work in Boston Citywide Police Probe
Reports describe a dark complexioned man 35 to 40 years old about 5 ft 7 in, neatly dressed in black, suspected of multiple assaults on women in Boston and surrounding areas. Police and citizens seek the attacker amid ongoing investigations and comparisons to similar cases in New York.
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Audubon Road
Peterboro Street
Back Bay
Miss Moran
Boston
Kennerman
Randolph
New York
Slugger victim identified in Roxbury incident
The latest victim of the slugger is Miss Elizabeth Moran of 23 Smith Street Roxbury, secretary to Judge Dewey, who was robbed and severely choked on Sunday.
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Henry S. Dewey
Back Bay
Elizabeth Moran
Smith Street
Roxbury
Dewey
Weather Outlook For Boston Tuesday And Wednesday
Cloudy day Tuesday with showers in Boston and vicinity. Wednesday turns partly cloudy with fresh southerly winds, as forecast for New England and Eastern New York. United States weather service cautions on lingering showers and variable wind gusts.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Hollis Chambers Offers Budget Rooms in Boston
A note from 247 Tremont Street Boston advertises Hollis Chambers providing up-to-date hotel rooms near Boston city center. Rooms priced at 1 per day for singles and 1.50 for doubles with a telephone contact Oxford 21259 for bookings.
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Boston
Conmon
Tremont Street
Oxford
Glover Armed-Counsel Claims Eddy Case Spies Track Him
Warner New Hampshire August 5 Heavily armed and ready to defend his life at a moment's notice George W Glover sole son of Mary Baker Eddy leader of the Christian Science Church has traveled across the country under constant surveillance by spies who have tracked his movements for weeks his counsel former United States Senator Chandler claims and notes the efforts to keep track of his every step
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Warner
N. H
George W. Glover
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Church
United States
Chandler
Falmouth Founding Celebration Opens with Gosnold Landing
Wood's Hole marks tercentenary with a dawn landing by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold. Indian witnesses greet the proceedings as a full day of games, boat races, concerts and fireworks unfolds, under a directive for continuous activity. Officials introduce Gosnold and actors portray early exchange with the native tribe.
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Wood's Hole
Bartholomew Gosnold
Falmouth
Gosnold
Iuscombe
Finance Committee
Charles Washburn
William C. Lovering
William S. Greene
J. P. Purdum
Wood's Hole Fish Commission
Beverly Yacht Club
Revenue Cutters
Wood
Hole
Tabernacle
Old Home Week Reunites West Roxbury Lovers After 25 Years
Mary Ainslee and John Wainwright, schoolday sweethearts from West Roxbury, rekindled their romance during Old Home week in Boston after 25 years apart. Both single, they renewed their engagement on Aug 1 and plan to marry in West Roxbury, then reside in southern California.
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West Roxbury
Mary Ainslee
John Wainwright
Boston
Miss Ainslee
Avalon
Santa Catalina Islands
Los Angeles
Wainwright
California
Eighth and Ninth Regiments In Camp State Muster
In camp at muster field from August 3d to 10th the Eighth and Ninth Regiments are stationed. Boston and Worcester cars depart Park Square every fifteen minutes with extra cars from Chestnut Hill. Low fares adv.
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Camp State
Glover and family travel to Concord for masters hearing
Mr Glover and his daughter Miss Mary Baker Glover arrived in Waterloo where Senator William B Chandler arranged deposition interviews. They traveled from South Dakota by train to Concord for the masters hearing on Aug 13, while spying rumors and security concerns followed the party.
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Glover
Post
Terloo
Deadwood
Concord
Senator Chandler
Waterloo
Judge Cook
Mr. Glover
Boston Americans Top Browns in 12 Inning Contest
Boston Americans defeated the Cleveland Browns in a 12 inning game. The long extra frame showcased solid pitching and timely hits as both teams exchanged leads before Boston seized victory late in extras.
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Boston
Browns
Longwood
Philadelphia
Giants
Chicago Cubs
Buffalo
Detroit Tigers
McCarter
Saratoga
May Loring Sateers
Y. C
Marbiehead
Dead Boy in Concord Reformatory Bath Death
Frank Brown a 17 year old Cambridge resident with a slight build died at Concord Reformatory after a hot bath. Reformatory doctors say he collapsed hours later from a disease he had. Rumors claim officers or older inmates restrained him in the bath for about 40 minutes despite resistance.
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Frank Brown
Concord Reformatory
Cambridge
Reformatory
Brown
Newton Adopts Tax Rate at 16.40 For Year
Newton officials announced a tax rate of 16.40 dollars, unchanged from last year. The total valuation reached 67,528,685 dollars, up 1,556,045 dollars from the previous year.
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Newton
Stovall and Delehanty Stay Suspended in Cleveland
The appeal of Stovall and Delehanty from Lajoie's suspension order was rejected by the Cleveland club owners today.
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Stovall
Delehanty
Cleveland
Lajoie
Wake Horsford Acid Phosphate Sleep Aid Claim
A remedies note advises taking half a teaspoonful of Wake Horsford Acid Phosphate in half a glass of water before retiring to promote refreshing sleep.
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Horsford
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