Cambridge man sues state for 100000 over Concord Reformatory death
Vinal H. Brown of Cambridge files a 100000 suit against the State claiming his son Frank died from scalding at the Concord Reformatory after a 49 minute immersion in 110 degree water. Brown, a Coleman Brothers engineer, alleges neglect and seeks legal action with noted officials hinting at reformatory abuses. His son Lewis serves aboard the battleship Missouri.
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Concord Reformatory
Vinal H. Brown
Pine Street
Cambridge
Brown
Frank
Reformatory
Boston
Baker
Mr. Brown
Coleman Brothers Yards
Lewis
Missouri
Barbers Protest August Coat Charge Increase
Boston barbers learned that on August first an extra cent was added to the weekly rate for the dainty white coats they wear on duty. The linen coats, supplied by a specialty firm, rose from 15 cents to 16 cents per week sparking complaints. Barbers question the need for higher prices and suspect profit gains, joking they are from Missouri and demand justification.
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Boston
Knights of the Razor and Strop
Missouri
Standard Oil Faces Short Measure Charges Across States
Washington August 6 The government plans a nationwide push against Standard Oil alleging short measure and deceptive quality claims in its petroleum sales. Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith cites the report Prices and Profits of the Petroleum Industry noting unfair competition and short measure practices by the company.
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Washington, D. C
Standard ‘Oil Company
Petroleum
Herbert Knox Smith
Standgard Oil Company
Ibanker’s body found on a picnic table
Philadelphia August 6 Harry B Weymer 60 a Lansdowne resident and former head bookkeeper at Lincoln Trust Company was found dead by his own hand in Willow Grove Park his body located on a picnic table at daybreak he had been missing since last Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
Harry B. Weymer
Lansdowne
Willow Grove
Old South Meeting House Forum Idea Sparks City Debate
Letters to the Boston Post discuss Rev. Hale's plan to open the Old South Meeting House to all on Sundays for public discussion without regard to creed. Readers praise the concept but worry about practicality and funding, with calls for endowments and trustee action to realize a free forum.
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Edward Everett Hale
Old South
Old Church
Post
Boston Post
The
Massachusetts
Mt. Vernon Street
Boston
Warren Street
Roxbury
Old South Church
Boston de Lac Es Harrison Avenue
Massachusetts Delegation Heads to Jamestown Exposition
Governor Guild leads Massachusetts officials and brigades to the Jamestown exposition with naval units aboard Newport and Prairie. The party will tour Fortress Monroe and Old Point Comfort, with a Massachusetts day including a reception and a replica Old State House building exhibit.
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Jamestown Official Photo CorpOration
Norfolk
Massachusetts
Governor Guild
Old State House
Guild
Boston
Parker
Major Glines
U.S. S. Newport
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
Newport and the Prairie
Fortress Monroe
Exposition Grounds
Hotel Chamberlain
Old Point Comfort
Seaboard
Bay State
Massachusetts Commission
Admiral Guild
Naval Brigade
United States Navy
Capy Slocum at Nantucket
Nantucket August 6 Fresh from a West Indies cruise the world famed sloop Spray docks at Steamboat Wharf drawing curiosity. Captain Joshua Slocum, owner and skipper who completed the first solo circumnavigation in 36 foot Spray, previously commanded the Northern Light and gained fame as a leading navigator.
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Nantucket
West Indies
Spray
Steamboat Wharf
Joshua Slocum
Slocum
Parliament man opposes sex ties in platform
Victor Grayson the Labourite newly elected to Parliament from Colne Valley Yorkshire declares support for human equality and sexual equality and abolition of sex ties. The pledge puzzles critics and some allies as the final plank of his platform.
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London
Victor Grayson
Colne Valley
West Riding of
Yorkshire
Probers Visit City Auditor Office
The City Auditor J Alfred Mitchell office was visited by Nathan Matthews Samuel Carr and George A O Ernst three Finance Commission members probing the department. Attorney Michael J Sughrue and Secretary J Wells Farley accompanied. More visits were planned as books and papers were examined.
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J. Alfred Mitchell
Hion
Nathan Matthews
Samuel Carr
George A. O. Ernst
Finance Commission
Michael J. Sughrue
J. Wells Farley
Edwin Scott Morse
City Hall
Mitchrell
Lawsuits Filed Over 60000 Dollar Estate Claim
The Boston and Maine Railroad Company and Central Vermont Railroad Company face four suits totaling 60000 dollars, filed by Mrs. Mary E. McNamara administratrix of Michael McNamara’s estate, late of Cambridge. The actions were filed at the clerk's office in East Cambridge.
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Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Central Vermont Railroad Company
Mary E. McNamara
Michael McNamara
Cambridge
East Cambridge
Theosophist Katherine Tingley seeks academy site in Newburyport
In Newburyport on August 6 Mrs Katherine A Tingley the purple mother theosophist arrives with a party to scout an academy location. The group includes Mrs Van Herbert Mrs Walter Hanson and Mrs Jeannette Casey as they visit The Laurels near Deer Island and Chain Bridge for potential campus options.
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Newburyport
Katherine A. Tingley
New York
Point Loma
Cal
van Herbert
London
New Forest
Walter Hanson
San Diego
Jeannette Casey
Newton
Post
Tingley
Theosophic Academy
The
Laurels
Deer Island
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Chain Bridge
Wolfe Tavern
Car Upends Freight Wagons on Atlantic Street
Passersby witnessed an electric car speed along Atlantic avenue near Commercial street at 5 pm yesterday. It struck a Boston Pneumatic Company wagon, tipping it onto its side and dragging the horse as the driver William Burke of East Boston was uninjured. Motorman Maurice Murphy gave police his name and continued driving.
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Atlantic Avenue
Commercial Street
Boston Pneumatic Company
William Burke
East Boston
Maurice Murphy
Cambridge Tailor Kiner Sent to State Farm
Robert Kiner the colored tailor of Massachusetts avenue Cambridge has gone to the State farm at Bridgewater for a few months The Salvation Army member has struggled with inebriation and fallen from drink prior to his departure The piece notes his absence from Cambridge affairs.
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Robert Kiner
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Cambridge Salvation Army
Bridgewater
Kiner
Naval Cadets Shine at Bath's Tercentennial Celebration
Bath Maine hosts a grand tercentennial for American shipping with the United States Navy practice fleet as stars. Gov and dignitaries attend as baseball games, balloon ascensions, tug of war, water sports, a river fireworks display, and a citywide band concert create a full day of events for thousands.
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NAVAL
Bath
United States Navy
Postoffice Square
Water Street
Revere House Loses Midnight Liquor Privilege
The Revere House in the city had its liquor license revoked for midnight service after a police raid and gambling arrests. Captain R B Harrison, the manager, was notified that the privilege to sell alcohol until 12 o'clock is cancelled, while the regular license remains valid.
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Revere House
R. 8
Harrison
Alden Family Reunion At Nantasket Plans Homestead Purchase
More than 1000 descendants of John and Priscilla Alden gather at Nantasket for the annual family outing. The main business is proposed purchase of the Alden homestead in South Duxbury to become the association property. Vernon A. Field of Chelsea headlines with a talk on The Scope of the Alden Kindred.
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Nantasket
John
Priscilla
Alden
South Duxbury
Vernon A. Field
Chelsea
George W. Alden
Brockton
Augustus E. Alden
This City
A. H. Sweet
Charles I. Alden
Hyde Park
Woman Charged as Firebug In New York Apartment Fire
Matilda Gardner age 55 of 220 East Eightieth Street was arrested after being charged with setting fire to Philip Levine’s apartment at 282 East Eighty-eighth Street. She reportedly told investigators she liked to see houses burn.
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New York
Philip Levine
East Eighty-eighth Street
Matilda Gardner
East Eightieth Street
Medford Residents Sue Gas Light Co for $11,000
Three Medford residents sue the Malden and Melrose Gas Light Company alleging poisoning by gas due to company negligence. The suits total $11,000 in damages.
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Medford
SUE Gas Light CO
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Company
Accused Junk Dealer Proclaims Own Defense Wins Acquittal
Samuel Larsen a Hyde Park junk dealer conducted his own defence and was acquitted by Judge Grover on a by law violation charge. Patrolman Welch testified Larsen cried his wares in Readville and Waterloo streets but could not arrest him there due to a fast horse. Larsen said he was at Hyde Park to see a man at Sturtevant's Blower Works and did not sell junk.
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Dedham
Samuel Larsen
Grover
Hyde Park
Edward J. Welch
Readville
Waterloo
Larsen
Sturtevant’s Blower Works
Augustus St Gaudens Body Cremated in Boston
The renowned sculptor Augustus St Gaudens was cremated at Mt. Auburn after his remains were brought to the city Monday. The ashes return to Cornish New Hampshire for a private funeral this afternoon at 5 o clock officiated by Rev. O B Emerson. Henry Hering will carry the ready works for the Boston Public Library to completion.
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Augustus St. Gaudens
Mt. Auburn
Horace D. Litchfield
Cornish
N. H
O. B. Emerson
Cambridge
Pink Pajamas Found On Judge Tyner’s Bed
New Haven Connecticut august 5 judge richard h tyner sails to ireland while mrs tyner visits friends in the country a policeman investigates three lights burning in the judge’s home Wilbur graves seventeen years old was found asleep in the judge’s brass bed wearing the judge’s pink pajamas graves says the judge gave him a home after leaving the reform school and last night he went to the tyner residence and slept there
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New Haven
Conn
Richard H. Tyner
Ireland
Tyner
Free Asthma Cure Offer Seeks Sufferers
Advertises a free trial of a new asthma treatment promising a cure by removing the cause. Claims many have already been cured and urges readers of any age or means to apply today with prepaid charges included.
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