Watts Aims to Nab Noted Murderer Simpson Using Bertillon System
Chief Watts launches a nationwide and European manhunt for the escaped killer Simpson also known by eight aliases including George Simpson and Julius Mc Arthur. The hunt centers on his 1891 murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Smith of Dover New Hampshire and possible imprisonment in France.
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Watts
Europe
Goon Arther Ren
Sherif Charles H. Smith
Dover
N. H
Simpaon
Aver
France
Simpson
Smith
Gimpeon
Ty Sheriff Smith
New Hampshire
Charlestown
George Simpson
George A. Stillwell
Julius McArthur
Joh Morgan
A. Sherman Boyce
George Bruce
J. H. Darcey
Fitsbeck
Water Commissioner Murphy as Charlestown mayor candidate
Boston Democrats lining up behind Water Commissioner John R. Murphy as the Charlestown choice for mayor. He has served since 1883 with brief Republican interruptions and is building ward coalitions in a bid for the nomination.
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Boston
Charlestown
John R. Murphy
Democratic Party
Fitzgerald
Dixon
Thore
P. J. Daly
Martin M. ‘Qidagney
Murphy
Exhcator Gallivan
Alesee
McNary
Freda
Gore
Quirk
Dever
O’toole
Silsbee& Murphy
Commiss Merchants
Pilot Publishing Company
Butler
Senate
Philip J. Doherty
Ins. Commupresianers
Matthews
City Hall
Innes and Fitch
Fire Board
Bunker Hill
Boston Athletic Club
St. Mary’s Total Abstinence Society
Quincy
1000 Known Dead Rebuild Efforts Move Forward
A continued World War II era dispatch lists urgent relief needs including 0 tons of food rice and cheap codfish. It calls for Getton clothing coarse cotton goods needles thread sugar coffee and rough lumber for building and fencing. It notes purchase of garvanised iron nails for roofing and hiring labor to rebuild barracks at Cayeya and siboraso.
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Getton
Cayeya
Siboraso
River Flood Causes Bridge Loss and Inland Disruption
Reports describe widespread river overflow washing away half a bridge at Aaron and flooding rivers inland. Telegraph lines fail, lighters lost, and interior news is scarce as ships Newes and Machias head to Punta Macoris amid unsettled conditions.
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Aaron
Mrcoris
Iran
United States
Newes
Machias
Ses
Punta Macoris
Deaths notice survives in broken OCR
The fragment provides a deaths notice mentioning Hazen Powers and a sister, with garbled surrounding names and relations. Hard to extract full details, but confirms a family obituary item.
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Hazen Powers
A Wa Ioe
Hee Ie
Noted Chelsea criminal Stillwell dodges police across cities
Everyday thug Stillwell terrorized Chelsea with bold big breaks and escaped jail multiple times. He was finally caught and served time at Charlestown, then remained a wanted man nationwide. Police rely on Bertillon system as he ages and travels unseen. He was last linked to Fredericton and is about 40 years old.
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Chelsea
Stillwell
Charlestown
Watts
Gerroughty
Boston
Smith
Fredericton
Labor Parade Route Details from City Streets
Fragmentary OCR outlines a labor parade route passing Huntington Avenue Boylston Street Newbury Street Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street between Arlington Street and Massachusetts Avenue. It lists streets including Boylston Columbus West Dedham Eliot Charles and Beacon as segment points.
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Huntington Avenue
Boylston Street
Newbury Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Beacon Street
Slarendon Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Dedhamston Street
Eliot
Charles ‘Street
Bence
Miss Vining and Hulls Tempest at Vining Villa
Hull resident Miss Floretta Vining faces police raids over liquor in her Vining Villa as officials probe beach reservation plans and local politics. The outspoken figure controls much Hull real estate and presses for a public beach while clashing with Chief Mitchell and the Mitchell-led Board of Health.
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Hell
Miss Vining
Hull
Coney Island
New England
Mitchells
Board of Health
Nolice
Mitchell
Post
Police Register
Vining Villa
Stony Beach
New York, New Haven & Hartford
America
Mark Tapley
Floretta Vining
Parker House
South Shore
Weymouth Publishing Company
David
Treasury
Daily Mail
Post Office
Washington
Spring Street
United States
Joshua James
Colonial
Colonel Prescott
Bunker Fame
Elizabeth Jacobs
Groton
Vining
Mass crowds flock to Crescent Beach on holiday
A vast holiday crowd estimated at 175000 swarmed Crescent Beach and nearby resorts along the North Shore. Towne's Band played at the band stand while bath houses and the boardwalks stayed crowded. police reported only one arrest for reservation violations.
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North Shore
Crescent Beach
Boston
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Towne
Band
Bath House
Park Hotel
Thomas Fermoyle
Charles H. Brown
Sleeper's Cafe
Fish and Game Bureau
John Casale
John L. Gilman
Charles River
Fr. Ne
Ecs
Plausibility of Mediation in Rennes War Drags On
Mrs. Emily Crawford reports from Rennes on August 13 noting arrests of Paul Deroulade and other royalist allies as part of a broad political struggle. The piece contrasts Dreyfusites and Nationalists, questions funding sources, and critiques General Mercier's deposition as a prosecution speech.
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Emily Crawford
Rennes
Paul Deroulade
Negrier
Dreyfusites
M. de Freycinet
Dreyfus
Pecksman
Mercier
Quespay de Beaurepaire
Schwartzkoppen
Hohenlohe
William
Jacques Saint Cere the Figaro
Max U
Paris
Associated Press
Dreyfus Case Witness Delaroche Vernet Breaks Down
Testimony against Mercier falters as Delaroche Vernet’s deposition collapses leading to renewed doubt about false translations used to convict Dreyfus. Paleologue confirms war office translations and shows mercurial handling of coded despatches. The scandal deepens amid anti Dreyfus rhetoric and calls for accountability.
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Delaroche Vernat
Berlin
Mercier
Dreyfus
Vernet
M. Jaures
Chamber of Deputies
France
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John A. Simpson
Glidet
Barton
Lomasney
Ald
San Domingo
John Arthur Simpson
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LABOR
Waltham and Charles River Park
Lea
Hal
Ealthy
Miss “Vining
Chief Mitchell
Alexander. V
Mfe
Abbot Academy
Collegiate Institute
Worcester
New England Woman's Presse Association
Abbot Academy Club
Boston Business League
Club House
Shey Gera
Revere
Mercier’s. Plausibility
Afcver
Germany
Therisoner
Court of Cassation
Secret Service
Foreign Department
Delcasse
Thr Bae
Ran
War and
Foreign Departments
War Department
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