Fitzgerald seeks renomination to Senate amid party rift
Senator W T A Fitzgerald announces a third term bid as Mansfield and Quirk prepare for strong opposition. Ward 7 and Ward 13 factions threaten unity. McCarthy factions align with Quirk as aldermanic seats loom. Fitzgerald cites hoped reforms including a new State sanatorium and lower bathing rates at Revere Beach Reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
Senate
John J. Manfeld
John A. Kelcher
Congress
Ward 17
McCarthy
Naphen
Quirk
Mansfield
Fitzgerald
Revere Beach
Fraud in Game for $11 000 on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
A poker game aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse en route from Cherbourg to New York ended amid cheating accusations. Four players were accused of card exchange under the table after $11 000 in chips and cash circulated. The money was returned and players faced possible arrests when the ship reached New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
New York Pier
Minard Leads Liquor Dealers Crackdown in North Attleboro
Rev. Burton Minard, chairing a voters committee, begins enforcement against five local liquor sellers. Warrants served on three for alleged screen law violations and serving minors. a fourth faces alleged underage employee use. Minard cites adulterated liquor and gambling reports as other violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Attleboro
Burton Minard
Minard
New England
Nee
Japan Wins Marcus Island In Race For Possession
News from Yokohama reports Japan won the race to possess Marcus Island believed to hold guano deposits. The cruiser Kasagi landed marines to hold the island while U S and Japan settle ownership by diplomatic means. Captain Rosehill had not yet arrived when Kasagi departed Tokio.
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New York
Yokohama
Japan
Marcus Island
Kasagi
Tokio
United States
Rosehill
Honolulu
Miss Fallon Burned by Bug Exterminator Accident
Nellie Fallon daughter of Thomas J Fallon of 8 Child Street Jamaica Plain was badly burned about the face and hands while using a bug exterminator. She held a lighted candle and an explosion broke the bottle splashing flammable fluid on her, her hair and hands. Flames were quelled by her sisters and the kitchen fire extinguished with minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Fallon
Thomas J. Fallon
Child Street
Jamaica Plain
The Hound of Baskerville synopsis teased in Post
Sherlock Holmes is asked to help Sir Charles Baskerville's death on the moor. Dr Mortimer recounts a Baskerville legend of Hugo and a monstrous hound. Holmes notes footprints near the body suggesting a gigantic hound as motive and danger loom on the moor.
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A. Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Charles Baskerville
Rich
Baskerville Hall
London
Sir Charles
James Mortimer
Henry Baskerville
America
Dr. Mortimer
Baskervilles
Hugo Baskerville
Sir Hugo
Hingo
Bodkerville
Hugo
Hingo Basse
Mortimer
Frankland
Lafter Hall
Stapleton
South Africa
Holmes
Barrymore
Perkins
Smallpox Scare at Peak's Island Hotel Quarantine Lifted
A Portland Harbor summer resort faced a brief smallpox scare as Mrs. H. F. Tarrant of New York, staying at the Coronado on Peak's Island, was found ill. A quarantine was imposed, then lifted after vaccination and isolation measures reduced contagion risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Peak’s Island
Portland Harbor
Coronado
Board of Health
H. F. Tarrant
New York
Cambridge
Mass
Leighton
Boston
Tarrant
Nickerson Granted Bail In Bank Embezzlement Case
Walter C Nickerson of Newton Highlands was released on $3000 bail after being charged with embezzling $600 from Suffolk National Bank. The engaged Brookline woman and Nickerson's family praised him amid the arrest, noting his whist skill and trusted standing on Lincoln Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter CC. Nickerson
Newton Highlands
Charles Street
Suffolk National Bank
Brookline
Nickerson
Newton
Lincoln Street
No. 173
Pliny Nickerson
Councillor McNamara Wins Unanimous Governor’s Council Renomination
The text notes Councillor McNamara’s expected unanimous renomination to the Governor's Council. It also mentions Senator Fitzgerald preferring the Governor's Council but being persuaded to seek renomination for the Senate after McNamara’s firm stance to return to the Council, with or without a fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamara
Governor's Council
Fitzgerald
Senate
Suit Over Senate Corridor Assault Targets General Blackmar
J H McCready sues General W W Blackmar of Hingham for 25000 alleging an assault in the State House Senate corridor on May 7. The suit was filed in Cambridge and will appear on next month's trial list as Blackmar’s property is attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
J. H. McCready
W. W. Blackmar
Hingham
Senate
McCready
Schooners collide in fog near Nantucket Shoals
In heavy fog off Nantucket Shoals the lumbering schooner William H. Davenport, Captain Stacey, collided with a two masted British schooner at anchor. The other vessel is believed to be the Sir Louis. The Davenport lost headsails while the Britisher’s bowsprit and jibboom were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Haven
Nantucket Shoals
William H. Davenport
Stacey
Sir Louis
Davenport
Officer Donovan recounts saving nine in Richmond Street fire
Patrolman John J. Donovan of Division 1 describes entering 113 Richmond Street with James Coyle to wake residents. They faced suffocating smoke and made three trips to carry women and children to safety before fire apparatus arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Donovan
Division 1
Richmond Street
James Coyle
Coyle
Municipal band concert on the Common schedule
The program includes Macardh Our Director Bigelow Potpourri The Maid with the Dreamy Eyes Boettger Shower of Smiles The Charge of the Hussars Spindler Poet and Peasant Part 2 Wagner selections. Concerts at Marine Park Franklin Field Roslindale Playground Egleston with 7 45 p m starts on August dates. A week from Sunday Rossini Stabat Mater will be repeated on the Common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macardh
Bigelow
Boettger
Bailey
The
Hussars
Branklin Field
Roslindale Playground
Egleston
Prominent Forester Heals After Kennedy Remedy Trial
Wm F Bader of 354 Keep Street Brooklyn was laid up with rheumatism. After two bottles of Dr David Kennedy s Favorite Remedy his sister and her son Walter at 457 Grand Street Williamsport NY were both restored. Remedy billed as a kidney and bladder tonic with blood purification. Free sample offer by mail from Dr David Kennedy Corporation Rendout WY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Bader
Keep Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
David Kennedy
Grand St
Williamsburg
Walter
Dr. David Kennedy Corporation
Rendout, WY
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Lynn
Pastor
Miss Fallon
Peta
Conan Doyle
Vatican
Sunday Post
Color Magazine
Fido
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Blackmar
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