Smallpox Case Aboard Flora Nickerson at Quarantine
A fishing schooner Nickerson arrived at T Wharf with Jed Pierce ill from smallpox. He and 12 crew were taken to Gallop's Island for a 10 day quarantine while others aboard remain under observation, as harbor health officials monitor potential spread. Names of affected crew members are listed.
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Flora
Nickerson
T Wharf
Jed Pierce
Board of Health
Pierce
Gallop’s Island
Boston
Eddie Sholes
Winnie Pierce
Ernest Pierce
Nathaniel Pierce
Alrige Nickerson
Arthur Haskins
Ned Williams
Arthur Boudre
Winifred Muse
Frank Nickerson
Bert Smelt
Poisoned by Bite of Man Threatens Police Officer
Patrolman Morgan of Joy Street station was bitten while arresting a man after a street fight on Charles Street late Thursday night. Initial numbness faded as swelling grew, and a surgeon warned the bite could lead to loss of the hand or arm.
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Morgan
Joy Street
Charles Street
Doctor Falls From Open Car in Back Bay
Dr W M Conant of 486 Commonwealth avenue a prominent Back Bay physician was knocked unconscious after striking his head on a brass car handle while reaching for his hat blown from his head He fell on the Exeter and Boylston streets corner at 730 pm spectators carried him to a drug store and then to Massachusetts General Hospital where his condition improved and he rested comfortably late last night A severe scalp wound bled from the back of his head.
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W. M. Conant
Commonwealth Avenue
Back
Exeter
Boylston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Man assaults girl at Bramanville picnic
Worcester August 16 Annie Dahl 23 domestic in Peter Baker home is in critical condition at City Hospital after a mysterious woods assault last Saturday. Inspectors Burke and Roache report no tangible clues. The victim says a stranger invited her on a walk when she was suddenly attacked and the assailant fled as friends raised the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Annie Dahl
Peter Baker
City Hospital
Bramanville
Burke and
Roache
Arrest of Union Officer in $180 Larceny Case
William F. Ashton, 28, an officer of Helpers and Laborers' Union Local 12298 AFL, was arrested by Inspector Pierce. He is accused of larceny of $180 from union funds taken at various times since April 1907. The deficiency in funds led to his arrest despite the bond company covering the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helpers and Laborers’ Union
A. F. of
William F. Ashton
Western Avenue
Brighton
Pierce
Watts
Ashton
Horse Rescued After Fall From Bridge in Malden
A bay horse pulling a wagon laden with sods attached to driver John J. Heath of 25 Sheath Street fell through a bridge into a creek on Swain's Lane in Malden. Fifteen men labored for an hour to haul the animal out using a rope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
John J. Heath
Sheath Street
Swain
Councilman George M Brown Weds Miss Marjorie Dundas
Councilman George M Brown married Miss Marjorie Dundas of Ward 28 last night at the bride’s parents home in Roslindale. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Perley B. Davis with ex-Councilman J Henry Leonard as best man. After a south shore honeymoon the couple will reside on Clarendon park. The bride, born and educated in Scotland, received a Scottish thistle cake from an uncle in Forfarshire among the gifts. Browns political circle kept plans secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Brown
Marjorie Dundas
Ward
Daniel H. Dundas
Clarendon Park
Roslindale
Perley B. Davis
West Roxbury
South Shore
Brown
Scotland
Forfarshire
Councillman Brown
Professor Clasen Discharged After Assault Hearing
Worcester August 16 Rudolph Clasen a Brookline riding master who runs a riding school here appeared before Judge Cobb today after being arrested on an assault charge by 15 year old Sabian Cahill who had worked in his house since July 8 He was discharged after a hearing Cahill said Mrs Clasen insulted her on Tuesday saying she wanted to get through and take a vacation and demanded her money
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Rudolph Clasen
Brookline
Cobb
Sabian W. Cahill
Missing 14 year old James Chapman search urged
James Chapman missing since May 3 from 19 Gainsboro Street has a liberal reward for information. The 14 year old boy wore a blue Norfolk suit and light over coat, left home with his entire outfit, and may be mentally affected after a prior skull fracture. He passed for 17, has large hands, a scar on the back of his head, and was an altar boy at St. Peter's Church Back Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Chapman
Gainsboro Street
the Post
St. Peter's Church
Back Bay
Tries Hanging Over Science Beliefs Ends in Suicide
Ezra Lincoln a 36 year old Wall Street broker and devoted Christian Scientist failed to cure his nerves and melancholia. He refused doctors or medicine then hanged himself Thursday night at his father Lowell Lincolns residence Locust Point New Jersey using a robe rope tied to a bedpost. Lincoln Jr. belonged to Harvard and University Clubs and was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ezra Lincoln
Wall Street
Lowell Lincoln
Locust Point
N. J
Mr. Lincoln
Broadway
West Thirtyseventh Street
Lincoln
Harvard
University
Four Years For Tomasso Lansa Manslaughter Conviction
In the Superior Criminal Court yesterday Tomasso Lansa was found guilty of manslaughter in causing Luigi Tedesco’s death and sentenced to a state prison term of not less than two and a half nor more than four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Tomasso Lansa
Luigi Tedesco
Bailey faces deferred sentence in malpractice case
Dr. William H. Bailey was found guilty on Wednesday of malpractice in the Margaret J. Russell case and appeared before Judge Schofield in Superior Criminal Court. The court postponed sentencing for a few days to allow defense counsel to seek further evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bailey
Margaret J. Russell
Superior Criminal Court
Schofield
Mrs Pearson Dead in Jamaica Plain
Mrs Adelaide EH Pearson a Jamaica Plain resident prominent in Central Congregational Church work died at her Olmstead street home aged 52 She leaves husband Charles Pearson associated with The Rubber World and was born in Norway Maine whose body will be taken there for burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide EH. Pearson
Jamaica Plain
Central Congregational Church
Olmstead Street
Charles Pearson
Rubber World
Pearson
Norway
Million Dollar Cullinan Diamond for King Edward VII
Pretoria August 16 Premier Botha to present a parliamentary resolution for the government to purchase the Transvaal Cullinan diamond, the world’s largest, valued at $1,000,000, as a gift to King Edward VII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Botha
Transvaal
Edward
White McKim match denied by Mrs White family
The family of Mrs Stanford White issued a statement denying reports she is engaged to Mr McKim. They warned The Boston Post not to claim any engagement exists and said the report is without foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanford White
Man Falls 30 Foot to Death in North End Home
Thomas Hioffit, 65, of 3 Buttrick Place North End, died after plunging from a two and a half story window yesterday afternoon. He leaned out to talk with a friend and lost his balance, the fall estimated at 30 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hioffit
Buttrick Place
North End
Hioffitt
Tried to Rob Cambridge Boy on Concord Avenue
Joseph Burns an errand boy for Billings and Stover Cambridge druggists tells of a hold up on Concord avenue. A highwayman grabbed him by the neck and searched his pockets but fled as a crowd pursued a runaway horse, leaving no items taken.
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Joseph Burns
Billings & Stover
Cambridge
Joseph
Concord Avenue
S. S. Micmac A Total Loss
The British steamer Micmac bound from St John, New Brunswick for Great Britain went ashore at Cape St Marys and is declared a total loss. Captain Fraser believes some lumber cargo may be salvaged. Built in Glasgow in 1893, it measures 1600 tons.
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ST. John’s
N. F
St. John
N. B
Great Britain
Cape St. Mary’s
Fraser
Glasgow
Salem Man Drowned Rescuing Pet Cat
Hamilton Aug. 16 Charles B K Wells 32 a Salem resident attempted to save a pet angora cat from Chebaco Pond yesterday afternoon. He toppled from the motor boat he was steering, became entangled in lily pads and drowned.
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Hamilton
Chebaco Pond
Charles BK. Wells
Andrew Street
Salem
Funeral for Mrs Annie J Bacon Held at Dorchester
The funeral for Mrs Annie J Bacon was conducted yesterday afternoon from 178 Adams Street Dorchester. The service was simple with Rev Mr Hill of St Marys Episcopal Church officiating. A quartet performed several musical selections and many floral tributes were placed. Interment followed at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Annie J. Bacon
Adams Street
Dorchester
Hill
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Colored Belle Described as Sparked Fatal Altercation
Benjamin Wilson, 38, of 5 Acton Street, was badly cut with a razor during a confrontation over a colored beauty in the South End. He was taken to City Hospital with a deep shoulder wound. doctors say the injury is serious but not fatal and the assailant remains unnamed with no witnesses.
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South End
Benjamin Wilson
Acton Street
Wilson
City Hospital
John Nolan denies Cohan real estate rumor
John Nolan, father in law of George Cohan Jr, dismissed a rumor he was offered valuable real estate by George Cohan Sr to stop commenting on the marriage of Cohan Jr to Agnes Nolan. The couple wed June 29 1907 at Freehold New Jersey by a justice of the peace.
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John Nolan
George Cohan, Jr
Post
Winthrop
George Cohan
Agnes Nolan
Freehold
N. J
Miss Nolan
George Washington, Jr
Mr. Cohan
Death of Captain Samuel Hichborn Boston official and Masonic figure
Captain Samuel Hichborn principal city assessor of Boston died at his Winthrop residence from heart failure. He led Masonic circles and was a former commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Hichborn served on the Common Council in 1882 and 1888 and was appointed principal assessor after Chairman Thomas Hills resigned.
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Samuel Hichborn
Boston
Cottage Avenue
Winthrop
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Common Council
Matthews
Thomas Hills
Woman jumps from Kennebec steamer near Saybrook
Aug 16 off Saybrook Conn an unknown woman leaped from the Kennebec of Enterprise Line at 1 20 am. A lifeboat and searchlight were used but no clues to her identity were found. The pilot saw the jump. ticket addressed to Boston suggests she was bound there.
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Fall River
Kennebec
Enterprise
Saybrook
Conn
Boston
Soldier to Face Court Martial Over Alleged Kiss
Private J. R. Hill of Battery A from Danville is in the range guardhouse at Camp Logan near Zion City awaiting court martial charged after wife of Captain John Clinton, the range officer and county recorder employee in Chicago, accused him of kissing her. Hill claimed he mistook her for a hired girl.
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Chicago
J. R. Hill
Danville
State Artillery Service
Camp Logan
Zion City
John Clinton
County Recorder's Office
Firemen Stop Trains to Battle New York Blaze
Firemen halted Elevated trains to gain water access to a six story cigar factory at 128 Second Avenue owned by A. G. Kaufman & Co. The Elevated Railway Company refused to cut power. Engineer Bloomfield died from burns. four fire companies were overcome. Property loss estimated at 120000 dollars.
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New York
A. G. Kaufman & Co
Second Avenue
Elevated Railway Company
Bloomfield
Conductor Marooney Surrenders After June Collision
Hartford Aug 16 Conductor David C Marooney of the passenger train involved in the June 28 collision with a work train surrendered himself after being a fugitive.
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Hartford
David C. Mahrooney
August Sales Drive Clearance Across Departments
Complete clearance is the object of these August Sales with the rule to sell every piece of merchandise made this season. Departments cut prices vigorously to dispose of the remaining light-weight suits and other items.
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Geo. M. Brown
George A
Jorieaiss
Clasen
James C*tapman
DR. Bailey
Mrs. Pearson
Edward VII
White-M’kim
Old South Clothing
Hanover Street
S. S. Micmac
Batile
Hichborn
Sterling Ale
Rueter & Company
Big Bargain Clothing Co., Inc
Hanover St
Conductor Marooney
Morses
Tepco
Imgs
Isc Av Ccb
Douglas
Washington St
Columbia Theatre
Cor. Castle
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