Missing Roxbury Girl Enticed by Roslindale Man
Eight year old Irene Mitika of Roxbury is found crying in Reading square and identified through missing child broadcasts. Police seek John Lord of Roslindale, accused by Irene of luring her with candy and a ride, with possible charges beyond kidnapping if incriminating facts emerge.
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Reading
Irene Mitika
Arklow Street
Roxbury
Reading Square
Fessenden
Boston Police
Boston
John Lord
Roslindale
Here
Lynnfield
John Mitika
Little Irene
Irene
Lord
Sandy
Sandy Lord
Centre Street
Roxbury Crossing
Trene
Plague Found Spreading through Rats in India
Simla reports the plague commission’s findings that bubonic plague spreads via rats and rat fleas. The inquiry states the germ’s survival in soil floors and walls is short, marking the first stage of its conclusions.
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Simla
Plague Commission
Fire destroys Cumberland Steel plant. $350,000 loss
Cumberland Maryland Aug 18 fire wiped out the Cumberland Steel Company plant. The blaze caused an estimated 350000 dollars in damage with about 100000 dollars covered by insurance. The cause remains undetermined.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Steel Company
Domestic worker mauled by man on Upland Road
Miss Mary McLean, employed by Fred Drake at a house on Upland Road, was attacked by a powerful assailant lurking in the doorway shadows as she returned home. The assault left her distressed as she fought to cry out for help.
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Quincy
Fred Drake
Upland Road
Mary McLean
Desperate assault ends with mob pursuit near Elizabeth Keating’s home
Miss McLean fought off a slugger, then fled the deserted streets and cried for help. The attacker overtook her in front of Elizabeth Keating’s dwelling, beat her again, and fled as neighbors gathered. A lynch mob searched nearby woods but found nothing. police from Weymouth, Randolph, Milton, and Braintree were notified.
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Burrell
McKay
Weymouth
Randolph
Milton
Braintree
McLean
Chauffeur Fell Asleep Triggered Fatal Car Plunge
John H Hook and his two sons William and Henry of Lancaster Penn were almost killed when their car left an embankment near Pleasantville New Jersey. The machine plunged 20 feet and burned. Driver Charles Young vanished after the crash, authorities believe the chauffeur dozed at the wheel.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John H. Hook
William
Henry
Lancaster
Penn
Pleasantville
Charles Young
Stabbing on a boat ends in arrest near Lubec Me
Hundreds witnessed a quarrel aboard a sailing craft when David Barron, 40, was fatally wounded by Fred Case, 20, who allegedly stabbed him in the breast. Case fled toward New Brunswick but was captured and jailed. Barron died of a deep chest wound. authorities pursue full inquiry.
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Lubec
David Barron
Fred Case
Case
Batron
New Brunswick
Clice
Eastport
Frere
Second gas victim dies in Boston explosion
John J. Murphy, 32, of 2 Island Street Roxbury, died at City Hospital after a three day battle for life following the gas explosion at the Boston Consolidated Gas Company central plant on Massachusetts Avenue and Girard Street. He is the second casualty from the blast, suffering severe burns to the head and upper body.
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John J. Murphy
Island Street
Roxbury
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Massachusetts Avenue
Girard Street
City Hospital
Murphy
Child’s Fingers Crushed by Open Car Seat
Catherine Ryan seven of 26 Webster Street West Newton was injured when an open car seat toppled and pressed the back onto her hand at Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street about 5 30 last night. two fingers were crushed and were treated by a physician.
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Catherine Ryan
Webster Street
West Newton
Massachusetts Avenue
Boylston Street
Capsized boat tragedy after surf rescue at Carney Hospital
William Gillis aged 29 died from nervous strain after a capsized boat incident while swimming for life. He reached shore and died en route to Carney Hospital. A companion swam to shore and survived, walking away unnoticed.
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William Gillis
Carney Hospital
Dorchester Bay drowning ends in Charlestown mystery
In Dorchester Bay a man fell unconscious after swimming from a sunken light craft toward H Street beach South Boston. Gillis died before aid arrived at Carney Hospital while a companion vanished into a crowd. A Teamsters Union invitation and a letter to Peter C. Donovan were found on the deceased.
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Dorchester Bay
H Street
Boston
Gillis
Carney Hospital
Teamsters’ Union
Frank Brown
William Gillis
Charlestown
Teamsters
Peter C. Donovan
Old South Building
Boston milliner drowned in Presumpscot River accident
Mrs. Rosie Rosenthal, 28, proprietor of a Boston area millinery shop, was drowned when the boat capsized on the Presumpscot River at Portland. Her sister Clara Comings and Hyman Sivevolos swam ashore. Mrs. Rosenthal did not surface. She had lived in Portland six months after moving from Boston. her husband, a traveling salesman for a New York firm, was notified. The body was recovered.
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Portland
Rosie Rosenthal
Presumpscot River
Clara Comings
Boston
Hyman Sivevolos
New York
Portraits by Gilbert Stuart Questioned by Expert
Two portraits bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the work of Gilbert Stuart face doubt from Charles Henry Hart of Philadelphia, an authority on American historical paintings. They depict Don Josef de Jauldenes y Nebot and his wife Dona Matilda Stoughton de Jauldenes, bearing a signature cited as G. Stuart and an 1794 New York legend. Edward Robinson notes the museum purchased them through a well known dealer and on the trustees purchasing committee's recommendation.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilbert Stuart
Charles Henry Hart
Philadelphia
Don Josef de Jauldenes Y Nebot
United States
Dona Matilda Stoughton de Jauldenes
G. Stuart
Edward Robinson
Anti Jewish Address Pleasing to Nicholas
The Union of Russian People sent an address to Emperor Nicholas demanding removal of Jews from the duma to secure a genuine Russian assembly. The czar marked the margin with the note Read with pleasure.
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Nicholas
ST. Petersburg
Union of Russian People
Civil War Colonel Keese Dies in Philadelphia Area
Philadelphia veteran Colonel Francis Suydam Keese died today at Gynwyd aged 66 years He served with distinction during the Civil War and was a respected military figure in the region.
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Philadelphia
Francis Suydam Keese
Gynwyd
Fatal Prank Ends in Baby’s Fall at Wedding Festivities
A man holding a baby at a wedding window ached into a courtyard when a playful gesture ended with the child dropped to the ground. A Polish girl nearby startled him, the cradle swung, and the infant was hurled to the pavement. The crowd rushed to aid as the mother and bride fainted, and the baby’s prospects remained bleak. A theft occurred during the commotion, with a spectator stealing a silver watch. The parents and baby were taken to Relief Station where the horse aborted a run and returned unharmed.
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William Bogbonaigh
Stillman Street
Lightning Experiment Ends in Injury at Blue Mountain
Benjamin Franklin Blatz tested a sky electricity system using a large kite and storage batteries in Blue Mountain Maryland. A misfire caused an electrical surge, breaking his right arm and two ribs. he plans to install lightning arresters after recovery.
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Blue Mountain
Benjamin Franklin Blatz
Blatz
Rain of Sandwiches and Lightning Rods on Cattle Cause Stir
Reports from Eagle's Mere and Bedford Springs detail two odd phenomena. In Eagle's Mere, hundreds of ham and chicken sandwiches rained from the sky during a thunderstorm tied to a torn picnic setup, with occasional cakes olives and pies. In Bedford Springs, farmers fitted cows with horn-mounted lightning rods to protect herds as storms sparked frequent lightning strikes and occasional fires at barns.
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Eagle’s Mere
Penn
Storm Breaks Off Top Of Round Top Mountain
In Wellsville Pennsylvania residents recount a cloud burst that hollowed Round Top, lifting away the crest and scattering earth for acres. Elderly locals recall two clouds colliding overhead and a rapid, massive wash of water and debris carving a vast hollow and sending trees miles away.
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Wellsville
Penn
Niagara
Storm Lost in Mountain Hollow Stirs Poconos
In Pocono Pennsylvan ia on Aug 18 a thunder storm reportedly wandered into mountain ravines and took 13 hours to exit. Observers saw it vanish behind peaks and reappear rolling down the valley with thunder but no lightning. The rain carried yesterday’s musty odor.
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Pocono
Penn
Canoe Spills on Charles River Near Vine Rock Bridge
Three young men nearly drowned in the Charles River at West Roxbury when a canoe overturned under Vine Rock bridge. Edward Scigliano of the Samaset and two Cocheco canoe club members saved them with a dory, pulling them from the water and reviving them at Moseley’s boat house. the men left without giving names.
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Charles River
Vine Rock
West Roxbury
Edward Scigliano
Samaset
Cocheco
Moseley
Scigliano
May Sutton Arrives in Montreal for Niagara-on-the-Lake
May Sutton British and United States champion tennis player arrived in Montreal aboard the Dominion from Liverpool. She will compete in the championship games at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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Montreal
Sutton
United States
Dominion
Liverpool
Niagara-on-the-Lake
British Atlantic liners cut eastward steerage fares
Liverpool Aug 18 Following rate cuts by Russian steamers the British Atlantic lines lower through steerage fares eastward in line with an understanding with continental lines.
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Liverpool
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Kuhumaig
Frreseny MovelLeer
Batley
Admiralty
Lord Tweedmouth
Giflis
Lubec, Me
Wiliam Gillis
Washington and
Essex Streets
Sharp
Henry Siegel CO
Essex Street
Madras
Washington Street
N. Y
Stuarts
Keese
Bedford Springs
Henry Anderson
Storm
Mountain Hollow
May Sutton
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