Child Plucked From Willow Beach After Night Tide Dip
A three month old male child, floated ashore at Willow Beach near Nahant after being cast into the bay last night. The infant, found wedged between rocks by E. B. Bates, received care from Chief Thomas Larkin and his wife, with Dr. F. C. Winson declaring the baby undernourished and likely abandoned or thrown overboard during the turning tide. Police seek clues to parentage and origin of the child.
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Nahant
Willow Beach
E. B. Bates
Trimountain Road
Bass Point
Francis Johnson
Thomas Larkin
Judge Fallon Rules Against Nuisance Over Firecrackers
Judge Fallon in South Boston Court discharged Flora McLean after she drenched John Connors a 6 year old boy with water to stop him from firing firecrackers during the Fourth of July. The case involved his mother Mrs Margaret Connors and companion to Mrs Susan Bray.
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Fallon
South Boston
Flora McLean
John Connors
McLean
Susan M. Bray
Thomas Park
Bray
Margaret A. Connors
First auto buyer and photographer William Hudson dies
In Hingham, William Hudson, 86, died at his home on North Street yesterday. He bought the town's first car, claimed to trial the first modern dry plate, and aided ether administration. A Spiritualist and lifelong Republican, he voted against Governor Guild last year over C. L. Tucker's death sentence.
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Hingham
Guild
C. L. Tucker
William Hudson
North Street
Alleged Drama Lesson Scam Leads to Court Case
In Municipal Court, Alexander Dicaux of Shawmut Avenue and William DeCrouteau with John McMann of Chandler Street faced charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. The men allegedly induced actors to pay ten dollars for a lesson and another 125 dollars to back a local company, promising work as ticket taker and general helper at twenty dollars weekly.
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Alexander Dicaux
Shawmut Avenue
Fitchburg
William L. DeCrouteau
John McMann
Chandler Street
Pioneering Boston Photographer Hudson Dies
The noted photographer and artist, renowned for studios in Boston and New York, faced eccentricity and strong opinions. He disputed credits for dry plate and ether anesthesia claims, supported Thomas Tucker’s case, left the Republican party for Moran, and remained a lifelong Spiritualist. Four years ago he bought Hingham’s first automobile and drove it himself.
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Boston
New York
Stanley
Dr. Warren
Tremont Street
Tucker
Drownings of New Yorker and Boston Woman in Hamburg Cove
Laurence Gilkinson of New York and Miss Ade laide Madeline Rivers of Boston Neck Massachusetts were drowned while boating on Eight Mile River Hamburg Cove tonight.
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Hamburg, Conn
Laurence Gilkinson
New York
Adelaide Madeline Rivers
Boston Neck
Conn
Hamburg Cove
Eight Mile River
Connecticut
Actor scam collapses road company in Kennebunkport
Dihaux sought acting work after an ad by the Standard School of Acting. He paid ten dollars for training but could not sing or dance. The Power of the Cross company went on tour, collapsed in Kennebunkport, and its nine performers left baggage behind. De Croteau and McMann were arrested in Boston. Judge Wentworth postponed ruling to allow restitution and possible grand jury action.
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Dihaux
Boston
Standard School of Acting
Kennebunkport
de Croteau
McMann
Hart
Cowboy
Wentworth
Dicaux
Wife Stabbed Seven Times in Cambridge Mystery
Mary Nolan, 10, watched as her mother lay fatally wounded in Cambridge with seven stab wounds. Daniel Nolan pleaded guilty to the assault and was held on $5000 bond awaiting further proceedings, while the injured wife remained in Cambridge Relief Hospital.
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Mamma
Mary Nolan
Main Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Daniel Nolan
John Love
Daniel
Nolan
House of Correction
Domestic falls down stairs to cellar
Mrs. Margaret Burns age 43 of 5 Crosby Place working as a domestic at 40 Harlem Street tripped while at work and fell down stairs to the cellar. She was taken to City Hospital with severe head wounds and a badly bruised finger.
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Margaret Burns
Crosby Place
Harlem Street
City Hospital
Siam King Chulalongkorn to visit Cassel amid vast purchases
King Chulalongkorn I of Siam plans to leave Berlin for Cassel to be guest of the Emperor. He has bought three million dollars worth of diamonds and gold and silver ware, including two gold services priced at eight hundred thousand dollars each.
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Berlin
Chulalongkorn I
Siam
Cassel
No Strike Averted in Pittsburg Mine Conference
At a conference in Pittsburg on August 8, District 5 United Mine Workers and Pittsburg Coal Company officers resolved all grievances threatening a 14,000 worker strike. The accord averted strike action and maintained labor peace.
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Pittsburg
District 5
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburg Coal Company
Roosevelt as Plant Studious President in Oyster Bay
Aug 8 Roosevelt continues nature study at his Oyster Bay estate. He explores woods and fields with a tin box and a trowel, often joined by Archie or Quentin and companions, deepening botany interests after ornithology.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Archie
Quentin
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