Mysterious Italian Woman Aids Clinton Strikers
In Clinton on August 5 Chief of Police Murphy probes a mysterious attractive Italian woman seen with two men stirring anti police sentiment. She treated injured strikers and urged continued action as defendants faced court for causing a disturbance. bonds set at 3800.
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Clinton
Thomas Murphy
Murphy
Worcester
Scharton
Boston
Evans
Post
Boston and Worcester
J. W. Bishop & Co
Post Office Driver Finds $50,000 Check in Chicago Driveway
William Becker, a Chicago post office wagon driver, found a $50,000 certified check dropped by a bank messenger in the driveway under the Federal building. He returned it to its owner and received a $2 reward from the Cudahy Packing Company made out to the La Salle Oil Company.
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Chicago
William Becker
Federal Building
Cudahy Packing Company
la Salle Oil Company
Yellow fever cases rise in Havana area
Three new yellow fever cases are reported among Spaniards at Daiquiri while the German steamer Westerwald arrives with a suspicious smallpox case in a Spanish immigrant.
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Havana
Daiquiri
Westerwald
Bubon ic Plague Spreads to Terceira Island
Fayal, Azores Aug 5 The bubonic plague is spreading to Terceira Island with 12 deaths since July 27 and ongoing health concerns across the Azores archipelago.
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Fayal
Azore Islands
Terceira Island
Marmola Tablets Promise Easy Fat Reduction
Pleasant Reading for the Fat touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a low cost solution. One tablet after meals and at night claims to shed 12 to 16 ounces of fat daily with no harm or side effects. The formula is 4 ounce Marmola 4 ounce Cascara and 34 ounces Sirup Simplex, marketed by Marmola Co Detroit.
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Marmola Co
Detroit
Mick
Stolen starch puzzle leads to arrest of ex newspaper man
Charles E. Holske, 51, former head of Charles E. Holske & Co., was arrested on a charge of receiving wax and starch valued at 6500 dollars stolen from Alden Speare's Sons Co. He claims innocence and says he bought the goods from George W. Davenport, once assistant shipper at Alden Speare's Sons, located at 369 Atlantic Avenue.
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Charles E. Holske
Charles E. Holske & Co
Oxford Street
Alden Speare’s Sons Company
Holske
George W. Davenport
Alden Speare’s Sons
Atlantic Avenue
Davenport Charged With Larceny of Starch from Firm
Davenport was arrested July 6 on larceny charges for stealing 5000 pounds of starch worth 732.70 from Alden Speare's Sons Company. He allegedly clipped the firm name from bills and cashed a customer check to him personally. He waived examination and is held on 3000 bond. The firm also filed a civil suit against Holske for 3000, with Holske posting bond. Holske, a longtime Chinatown figure in starch and wax trade, runs a large operation with partner May On at 18 Oxford street and sonny Sunny Side avenue Hyde Park. May On expressed confidence Holske would exonerate himself.
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Davenport
Holske
Alden Speare’s Sons Company
Helske
May On
Oxford Street
Chinatown
Mayan
Sunny Side Avenue
Hyde Park
Sacred Heart Church Parish Holds East Boston Picnic
The Sacred Heart Church parish outing at Point of Pines drew over 2000 attendees despite poor weather. Highlights included horse races and a lawyers versus physicians baseball game, with Rev. James H. O'Neil and committee leader Willard Welch coordinating the event.
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Revere
Sacred Heart Church
East Boston
Point of Pines
James H. O'Neil
Willard Welch
L Street Bath Robber Captured In City Point Prison Room
Nicola Mentola was arrested by Reserve Officer John J. Dorcey on theft charges tied to jewelry stolen from L street bath houses. A suitcase yielded watches rings pins guns and eyeglasses. Mentola confessed to a three month spree using a self-made master key and planned escape to Naples if not stopped.
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Nicola Mentola
John J. Dorcey
City Point
L Street
Andrew Shatrer
Shatrer
Dorcey
Bay State Place
Mentola
Italy
Naples
Martha Washington
Inspector of Police
Death of Korb girl ends family misfortunes
Mary Korb of Dorchester was killed by an automobile on Blue Hill avenue near Franklin Field Monday evening. The tragedy follows a string of near disasters affecting the Korb family including a 1930 gas main accident, the mother’s apoplexy after an automobile crash, and a kerosene lamp explosion that nearly burned Fannie Korb. The father was burned saving her, and Mrs. Korb has been out only recently since recovery.
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Mary Korb
Dorchester
Blue Hill Avenue
Franklin Field
Korb
Appendicitis Claims Son of School Official
Stanley White Smith aged 21 a clerk with the North American Trust Company New York died at his West Orange New Jersey home after two operations for appendicitis. His mother and brother were recently operated on for the same ailment and a sister is to undergo surgery.
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West Orange
N. J
Stanley White Smith
North American Trust Company
New York City
Newell N. Smith
Rockefeller gifts $1000 for Uncle Remus memorial
Atlanta August 5 John D Rockefeller announced a donation of 1000 dollars to the fund to build a memorial to Uncle Remus the pen name of Joel Chandler Harris in Atlanta.
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John D
Atlanta, Ga
John D. Rockefeller
Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
Virginia Sets Coaling Record Before Pacific Cruise
Washington August 5 The battleship Virginia broke all records at coaling shortly before leaving for the Pacific cruise with the Atlantic fleet.
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Washington, D. C
Virginia
Miss Elkins to Become Catholic Princess
Cardinal Gibbons confirms Katharine Elkins will embrace Roman Catholic faith before her marriage to the Duke of the Abruzzi. The Pope questioned him about Miss Elkins and her relatives and welcomed her conversion into Italian Catholic royalty.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Katherine Elkins
Abruzzi
Miss Elkins
Ellis Named to Succeed Bonaparte Rumors Swirl
Washington August 5 rumors repeat that Attorney General Bonaparte will resign and Wade Ellis of Ohio is likely to be appointed Attorney General after the election.
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Ellis
Bonaparte
Washington
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Man Identified After Street Collapse in Boston
A man collapsed on Washington Street near Hanover Street yesterday and was taken to the Relief Station. He has been identified as Thomas Kenney, 45, a tailor of 32 Leverett Street, and is expected to survive.
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Washington Street
Hanover Street
Thomas Kenney
Leverett Street
Charity Cafe manager on trial for betting
NEW YORK Aug 5 Charles Mahoney manager of the Hoffman House Cafe was tried today on a charge of accepting a bet at the Hoffman House on July 13 He contends he acted only as an intermediary.
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New York
Charles Mahoney
Waterbury Arrest Ties White Plains Murder Case
George Boune, sought by White Plains authorities for a murder committed last spring, was arrested in Waterbury on August 5. He faces extradition to New York to answer to the charges.
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Waterbury
Conn
George Boune
White Plains
Duncan for Morton's Place in Mt Hope Cemetery
John W. Duncan assistant superintendent of the park department is considered for the Mt Hope cemetery superintendent job to replace James Morton who was suspended amid Finance Commission charges. Morton is unlikely to be reinstated despite initial pledges of trustees review.
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John W. Duncan
Park Department
Mt. Hope
James Morton
Finance Commission
Morton
Duncan
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Despondent Fahey Kills Himself. Murden Body Recovered. Churchill Drowns
In New Haven Charles E Fahey killed himself amid illness. At Waterbury John Murden a local figure was found dead in a pond. In Granby David Churchill drowned while bathing in Congamond Lake.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles E. Fahey
Waterbury
John Murden
Granby
David Churchill
Congamond Lake
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Ryan
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