Child Falls From Window Three Stories. Dies At City Hospital
Three year old Thomas Matchett of Dorchester avenue Dorchester climbed onto a window sill seeking air and fell three stories injuring a fractured skull. He died an hour later at City Hospital. His parents are distraught. A four year old girl Eveline McViney also climbed out and fell but escaped unharmed.
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Thomas Matchett
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
City Hospital
Eveline McViney
Wakefield Raises Tax Rate to 20 80 Per Thousand
The Wakefield tax rate increased by 1.20 to 20.80 per thousand. Personal property value rose 21,050 and real estate 43,350, for a net valuation gain of 64,000. Personal valuation reached 1,274,154. real estate 7,081,535. Appropriations for 1906 totaled 232,850.01, up 22,756.86 from last year.
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Wakefield
Hundreds Of New York Marriages Voided By Missing Decrees
Census investigators in New York reported that hundreds of divorce cases in the old court of common pleas lack final decrees. Orders for judgment were not submitted, leaving many couples effectively remarried and marriages void until legislative action. The court no longer exists, causing potential legal confusion.
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New York
United States Census Bureau
Court of Common Pleas
Malden Mother Dies Grief Over Son Returned From Santo Domingo
In Malden an anguished mother, Helma Johnson, dies two hours after learning her son John G. Johnson, a Navy assistant engineer slain by insurgents in Santo Domingo on Feb 7, 1904, is returned home in a sealed casket. The double funeral is set for 31 Cliff Street, with Rev. Bernhard officiating, at Forestdale.
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Malden
John
Helma Johnson
Gustafe A. Johnson
Cliff Street
John G. Johnson
Santo Domingo
Young Johnson
Navy
United States
Yankee
U. S.S
Gompers Keeps Up Warfare in Maine Address
Samuel Gompers energized a crowd of 1200 in Rumford Falls as he attacked Congressman Littlefield over labor issues and anti labor bills. A second meeting followed as 500 union men paraded, rockets fired, and Reed filled the Opera House amid heat and high political tension.
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Rumford Falls
Lewiston
Samuel Gompers
Littlefield
Gompers
Opera House
Reed
James F. Carey
I. B
P. M
Mr. Gompers
Congressman Littlefield
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Chinese labor bids issued for 2500 coolies
The Isthmian Canal Commission issued specifications for bids to supply 2500 Chinese laborers aged 21 to 42 for Panama Canal work. The commission may call for more, up to 2000 per month, with 10 hour days and overtime pay for Sundays holidays and after 10 hours. Laborers should come from southern China and be acclimated to Panama-like conditions.
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Waliington
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
China
Panama
Tourists Return From Europe Aboard Manitou Steamship
Onboard the Red Star line steamship Manitou 79 passengers arrived at the Commonwealth dock South Boston after sunset yesterday from Antwerp. Eight teachers were among the travelers who had toured Ireland England France Switzerland Holland and Germany along with Mr. Reuben.
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Red Star Line
Manitou
Antwerp
Commonwealth Dock
South
Boston
Ireland
England
France
Switzerland
Holland
Germany
Reuben
Trolley Merger Moves Against Fitchburg Leominster Line
Agents of the New Haven railroad seek control of the Fitchburg and Leominster street railway, a 25 mile system with Whalum Park resort, amid reports of a fare cut to six cents across Leominster.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts
Leominster
Fitchburg & Leominster
Whalum Park
Malden Schoolboys Charged With Robbery
Howard Ball 15 of Olive Avenue and Roland Armstrong 15 of Salem Street were arrested by Patrolman James Burke in Malden on charges of breaking and entering and larceny at the Daniel F Brennan grocer on Granite Street after a Saturday night incident. Both are Maplewood School pupils.
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Malden
Howard Ball
Olive Avenue
Roland R. Armstrong
Salem Street
James Burke
Daniel F. Brennan
Granite Street
Maplewood School
Sweeney Injured by Horse in Brockton Street Scene
Patrick Sweeney, 55, of 22 Trenback Street Brockton, was badly hurt when a mettlesome horse he rode on Charles Street near Poplar last night toppled him twice in quick succession. The horse owned by CC Hanson & Co of Rock Street Lowell was being led to an auction sale in West Medway.
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Sweeney
Patrick Sweeney
Trenback Street
Brockton
Charles Street
Poplar
CC. H. Hanson & Co
Rock Street
Lowell
West Medway
Wreck at Etna Maine Kills One Injures Many
A derailment on the Maine Central main line at Etna near Newport results in one fatality and twelve injured. Stephen B. Dyer of Waterville dies. George Delaware suffers a broken leg. Omar Girard and John O’Neil have cuts and bruises. several others are shaken. Most hospitalizees are released next day. injuries mostly from being thrown against a rock ledge.
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Newport
Maine Central Railroad
Etna
Here
Stephen B. Dyer
Waterville
George Delaware
Omar Girard
John O'Neil
Eastern Maine
Bangor
Girard
O'Neil
Storm Affects Dandy Fifth Parade in Ottawa
Ott awa Aug 20 The dandy Fifth of Massachusetts and the British Naval and Military Association of Boston still hold command in Ottawa but a Canadian thunder storm disrupts a dress parade. Forty third officers and men make the stay pleasant for the Boston invaders as Sergeant Major Carleton receives his badge at a hotel dinner. Tomorrow they move on to bivouac at Montreal.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Massachusetts
British Naval and Military Association of
Boston
Dominion
Forty-third
King Alfonso Wins Clay Pigeon Cup in England
London Aug 21 The King and Queen of Spain visiting England will begin their homeward trip today. At the Isle of Wight Gun Club yesterday King Alfonso won a clay pigeon shooting cup against 17 rivals.
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King Alfonso
London
Spain
England
Isle of Wight
Maine forest fires threaten towns across northern districts
Aug 20 Maine faces widespread forest fires as rain delays. State Forester E. E. Ring heads to Greenville to lead firefighting, with fires burning near Millinocket and Libby along the Bangor & Aroostook line. Dozens of towns including Millinocket, Burbank, Seboomook, and Rangeley Plantation are at risk of major losses.
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Houston
Greenville
Penobscot
Kennebec
Burbank
Seboomook
Libby
Meadow Brook
Reed
Township
Silver Ridge
Amity and
Carry
Aroostook
Crawford Pond
Rangeley Plantation
Bangor & Aroostook
Millinocket
Four eloping couples wed in Cambridge tied to Boston
Grace Erskine Keough and William Frederick Keogh along with Walter Delmont Blatchford and Carrie May Blatchford eloped from Cambridge and were married in Trenton at the Harris home with a shared wedding party role. The double ceremony occurred at 3807 Franklin Street with vows and a weeklong silence pledge.
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Trenton
N. J
Cambridge
William E. Harris
Franklin Street
Grace Erskine Keough
William Frederick Keogh
Walter Delmont Blatchford
Carrie May Blachford
South Station
Boston
Federal Express
Harris
Jacob S. Smallwood
Chambers Street Methodist Episcopal Church
William Keough
Miss Blatchford
Oters
Two Hurt in Auto Crash in Malden
In Malden on Main Street a wagon from Fells Ice Company collided with an auto owned by Fred Conway injuring Lewis Hyde of Melrose and John Twoomey of Melrose. Hyde was under the car with head and body cuts. Twoomey sustained slight injuries. Both were treated by a physician and sent home. the auto was wrecked.
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Malden
Fred Conway
Main Street
Lewis Hyde
Hillside Avenue
Melrose
John Twoomey
Fells Ice Company
Hyde
Twoomey
Ice Company
False key workers raid Jamaica Plain apartments
Thieves entered suites 1 and 3 at 3273 Washington Street in the Jamaica Plain district between 3 and 6 p m yesterday. They removed a small amount of money and some inexpensive jewelry from the homes of George E Hale and Peter Blongren.
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Jamaica Plain
George E. Hale
Peter Blongren
Washington Street
Four Cambridge Families Tie Knot In Double Wedding
In Cambridge four youths from the Keough and Blatchford families wed after delaying for finances. The couples, longtime friends who grew up together and attended local schools, married yesterday while visiting Trenton New Jersey. Both grooms work for the State Gypsy Moth Commission and plan to settle in Cambridge after a brief wedding tour.
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Cambridge
Keoughs
Mary Keough
Ellery Street
Blatchford
Keough
Miss Keough
Robbery at Chinese Laundry and two other break-ins
Charley Tom a Chinese laundryman 318 Main street reports three men armed with revolvers and wearing masks broke into his store early yesterday stealing 23 dollars and a 235 dollar watch and chain. Lew Sing 77 Main street says his business was entered last night and 150 dollars taken. Yee Wah 1412 Chelsea street reports a laundry break-in with a revolver and 15 dollars taken.
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Everett
Charley Tom
Main Street
Lew Sing
Yee Wah
Chelsea Street
Injured man crushed hand in Roxbury freight yard accident
Rupert P. Everton of Everett, aged 38, was moving girders in the Ruggles street freight yard when an iron beam crushed his right hand. He was removed to City Hospital for treatment.
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Ruggles Street
Roxbury
Rupert P. Everton
Linden Street
Everett
City Hospital
Cambridge Tax Rate Falls to 18.60 for 1906
The Cambridge city tax rate for 1906 was announced yesterday at 18.60, down from 19.00. The reduction stems from higher city valuations and lower expenditures, reflecting increases in both personal and real estate assessments.
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Cambridge
Preferred Death to Reverses Ends Moore in Tragic Suicide
Walter B F Moore 35 of 56 Bower Street Roxbury killed himself at about 2 30 yesterday afternoon by self administered asphyxiation using a tube and jet. He left a note for his wife saying goodbye and expressing love to his children. He had worked at Boylston Laboratory and is survived by his wife three children and his mother.
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Walter B. F. Moore
Bower Street
Roxbury
Moore
Boylston Dental Laboratory
Boylston Street
Roach
Madison Place
Dorchester Boy Sought Fame on Fishing Schooner
Walter Lord fourteen ran away from Dorchester after his stepfather barred fishing. He stowed aboard the schooner Morning Star and reached Gloucester where he was arrested. His stepfather Robert Beatty called police to take him home on the Boston boat.
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Dorchester
Gloucester
Walter Lord
Charles Street
Young Lord
Morning Star
Robert Beatty
Boston
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