Lodging Payed In Full By Wandering Stranger
Bennie Belleview the lunch cart owner near the old Music Hall received 200 from a wealthy man for one night’s lodging. The hatless coatless stranger said he was H C Raynor of New York and claimed he had been robbed in Brockton. He was taken to Belleview’s home for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Burrage
Lawson
A. C. Burrage
Thomas W. Lawson
Paine
Holmes
Duncan Ross
William Morris
King Edward Street
St. Paul’s
Mr. Holmes
Saxe-Coburg Square
Lawson Promises Copper Range War Developments Today
The Copper Range conflict saw a truce as Thomas W. Lawson and Copper Range President Paine pause for maneuvers. The exchange ruled Copper Range stock good delivery after a panic over transfer restrictions, averting a potential $1000-a-share scenario. Paine, veteran banker, and Lawson, major broker, track ongoing moves in the copper fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson
Copper Range
Thomas W. Lawson
President Paine
Copper Range Company
EL-BART Dry Gin Sold Only in Glass Bottles
A label touts EL-BART Dry Gin as clean and refined. The product highlights sold only in large and small glass bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
El-Bart
Goat Sparks Woburn Highland Feud Over Pet Goat
Fanny the three year old pet goat becomes center of a neighborhood feud. Mrs. Patrick Foley accuses neighbor Mrs. Augustin Garvey of plotting to poison and drop the goat from a roof. Garvey denies the charges while Foley says the police hold the goat swill and paris green for a judge to view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Woburn Highlands
Patrick Foley
Richardson Street
Augustin Garvey
Mrs. Foley
Shea Blamed for Strike at Teamsters Convention
Cornelius P. Shea of Boston, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, defended his conduct of the Chicago strike at the union's annual convention in Philadelphia. He stated he did his duty as he saw it and challenged others to bear responsibility for the strike.
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Philadelphia
Cornelius P. Shea
Boston
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Chicago
Brotherhood
Shea
Peddler Arrested in Roxbury on License Violation
Police detained James Crust a Greek ice cream vendor of 150 Hudson Street for peddling without a license. A belt near his body contained $259 in American money 15 foreign coins and two bags of pennies. He bailed and faces arraignment before Judge Bolster in Roxbury Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crust
Hudson Street
Crust
Bolster
Roxbury Court
Boston Merchants' Association Chooses Delegate for Chicago Reciprocity
At a board meeting in Boston, Mr. Andrew G. Webster was elected as the association's delegate to represent the Boston Merchants' Association at the Chicago reciprocity conference next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Association
Andrew G. Webster
Chicago
Raynor Sends $200 Telegraph to New York Then Moves Fast
Raynor wired Knickerbocker Trust for $200 at 1 PM. Belleview aided by telephoning the trust president. After delay until 4 PM Raynor planned a New York trip to meet an appointment. Belleview bought a hat and coat for a visitor and arranged sending him to Boston and onto a train. The Western Union money arrived late that night. Raynor runs an office at 219 West 125th Street and lives at 222 West 136th Street, New York.
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Boston Street
Raynor
Knickerbocker Trust Company
New York
Belleview
Trust Company
Boston
Western Union
H. C. Raynor
West 125Th Street
West 136Th Street
Brockton Hearing Quieted by Mayor Over Immorality Charges
In Brockton Mayor Keith urged to shield names of prominent citizens as the hearing on parity charges against Police Inspector Chester B E Harris continued. Stella Elliott and Mrs Jennie Sherman did not attend. Harris denied the accusations and his wife supported his alibi. The session paused as Marshal Boyden referenced a list of twenty men Stella claimed to have been intimate with. The hearing resumes today.
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Brockton
Marshal Boyden
Stella Elliott
Keith
Chester BE. Harris
Jennie Sherman
Harris
Boyden
Woman Throws Clothes Into River Then Jumps In
Miss Sarah Goodman of Malden attempted suicide by diving into the Charles River from the City square bridge after shedding her clothing. Rescued by drawtenders Frank Kaveney and John F. Collins, she was taken to a hospital and home to Malden, where family and employer troubles are noted.
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Charles River
River Bridge
City Square
Sarah Goodman
Bryan Street
Malden
Frank Kaveney
John F. Collins
City Square, After Which She Was Removed To the Relief Hospital
Boston
Electrical Parade Postponed To Friday Night
The electrical parade set for yesterday was delayed due to rain and moved to Friday night.
Prizes Awarded At photographers Convention
Prizes will be awarded today at the photographers convention now in session in the Mechanics building. The event draws large crowds despite rain disrupting the entertainment. A striking portrait from the exhibition is reproduced here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics
Cutter Calumet Rams New York Pier
The revenue cutter Calumet rammed a city pier in New York today, splitting it into two sections with its steel prow and sustaining no serious damage to the vessel.
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New York
United States Revenue
Calumet
Mt Benedict Excursion Postponed to Tomorrow Evening
Moonlight excursion of Mt Benedict and Somerville Councils Knights of Columbus postponed until tomorrow. Boat will depart Lincoln wharf at 8 o'clock tomorrow night.
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Mt. Benedict
Somerville
Knights of Columbus
Lincoln Wharf
Mystery of the Red Headed League Opens Clue Hunt
Dr. Watson finds Holmes examining the Red Headed League case after James Wilson seeks entry. Vincent Spaulding, the advert response, and the league’s strange rules hint at a deeper plot. Holmes plans city inquiries and a Zurich style wrap up with Sarasate at St James Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Jabez Wilson
James Wilson
Holmes
London
Red-Headed League
Ezekiel Hopkins
League
Pope’s Court
Wierelson
Vincent Spaulding
Wilson
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Lynn
the Stock Exchange
State Street
Wall Street
Northern Pacific
Stock Exchange
Mr. Paine
Hornblower & Weeks
Hayden, Stone & Co
Richardson, Hill & Co
The
American Loan and Trust Company
Stock Exchange Acted
Stock Exchange Committee
Burrage
Trimountain
William A. Paine
Copper Range Properties
Paine, Webber & Co
West Amesbury
Albert Paine
Rockford
Ill
Charlestown
Blackstone National Bank
Wallace G. Webber
Boston Stock Exchange
Charles H. Paine
Mr. Webber
Michigan
Wolverine
W.A. Paine
Copper Range Mining Company
Pet
Pedler
Merchants’ Association
Glines
Bennie Belleview
New England
A. T
Thos. Kelly
Chamber Rice Reg
WINGS
Washington St
Hollis St
Photographers’ Convention
Photographers
J. Frank Moore
Cleveland
Revenue Cutter
Rams Pier
GOM
Oorf
Ceig
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harper & Brothers
Mr. Jabez Wilson
Watson
Sarasate
St. James’s Hall
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