Board of Health to Clean City Under Ritchie Leadership
New appointee John Ritchie Jr joins Boston Board of Health as inspectors tour North End and West End areas. They focus on education over prosecution, noting bakery, ice cream, and slaughterhouse conditions, with concerns about unreliable structural supports at 168 Cabot Street and calls to move or abolish the Albany Street slaughterhouse.
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John Ritchie, Jr
Board of Health
Boston
Ritchie and
North
North End
West End
Jordan
Boylston Street
Hudson Street
Harrison Avenue
Albany Street
Cabot Street
Long Term for Hold up Youth
Robert F. Fanning, 17, of Jamaica Plain, convicted yesterday of holding up Joseph J. Flanders and robbing him of 15 dollars. Judge Crosby sentenced him to six to nine years in jail, citing a statewide crime wave. Fanning's mother broke down in court and was taken home.
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Robert F. Fanning
Chestnut Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Joseph J. Flanders
Crosby
Fanning
Foul Play Suspected in Attleboro Man Found Dead
The badly decomposed body of a middle aged man was found in bushes by berry pickers on Washington street South Attleboro. Medical Examiner Holden said exposure likely at least a week. Foul play suspected. The man, about 40, 5 feet 10, 225 pounds, moustache, black derby marked A T X Browning King Co Providence. He wore blue worsted coat gray trousers and tan shirt. Silver rimmed glasses lay beside him. It is believed he was hiking from Providence to Boston when he died.
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Attleboro
Washington Street
South
Holden
Browning, King & Co
Providence
Boston
Fragmentary ad invites readers to fill coupon
A fragmentary advertisement from EB GAUSS at 8025 Main St arshell Michigan urges readers to complete a coupon. The text references social acceptance and welcoming friends.
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Gauss
Main St
Arshell, Mich
Letter from Boston Sister Wished After River Suicide
A letter from Georged Fisher sent via New York police requests his sister on Congress Street Boston be informed of his body in a river and says he is going where there is no Hades. Local police could not locate any sister on Congress Street Boston or Congress Street South Boston after searching the city.
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Congress Street
Boston
Georged Fisher
McCaffery
New York
Guardian for $40,000,000 guardian for $40,000,000
Mrs John Carter Brown, once among the world’s wealthiest women, is declared unable to manage her estates due to paralysis. Her daughter Mrs Watts Sherman petitions for guardianship of her person, with Frank W Matteson of Providence named guardian of the estate.
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Newport
R. IL
John Carter Brown
Watts Sherman
Frank W. Matteson
Providence
Brown
Robert H. Ives
Gammell
John Nicholas
Harold
New York
Dutch-Venezuela tension may hinge on reports
The Hague awaits De Reus arrival and consults with foreign minister Van Swinder as the government weighs steps. Dutch officials favor diplomacy but keep a possible blockade on the table, pending Castro's response to representations.
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The
Hague
Holland
Venezuela
de Reus
Castro
M. van Swinder
M. de Reus
France Prefers Neutral Stance as Venezuela Crisis Unfolds
France watches the Holland Venezuela dispute from Paris without interference. The U S role as arbiter is noted, with Holland deemed able to act. France will remain a sympathetic spectator to the controversy.
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Paris
France
United States
Venezuela
Holland
Boston Capture Ties Leader to Richmond Street Robbery
James Castellacci, pursued for two weeks, was captured in Boston and confessed to leading a bold Aug. 6 assault at 115 Richmond Street that netted over $2000, a watch and jewelry. Police say he studied Spadaro’s routines, recruited accomplices in New York, then fled. He faces assault with intent to kill and theft charges.
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James Castellacci
Boston
Frank Spadaro
Richmond Street
Spadaro
Atlantic Avenue
Sullivan Square
Somerville
Flo
Italy
Castellacci
City Road
New York
Marine Eye Remedy Promises Eye Health and Comfort
Marine Eye Remedy claims to improve eye health wearers’ comfort and appearance. The ad emphasizes health benefits and beauty outcomes via a simple daily application.
Earl of Granard Planned Visit to Hub Amid Newport Gossip
The Earl Bernard Forbes of Longford Ireland will visit Boston soon, meeting Miss Beatrice Mills and drawing attention as a potential American marriage into the English peerage. He served in the South African War and holds titles in the House of Lords.
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Boston
Earl of Granard
Newport
Great Britain
Beatrice Mills
Ogden Mills
Bernard Arthur Wiliam
Patrick Hastings Forbes
Forbes’ Castle
County Longford
Ireland
House of Lords
Earl
Scotch Guards
Baron Granard
Viscount Granard
Baron Clanehugh
Mystery Young Man Loses 10000 in One Day at Newport
A Newport R I incident stuns locals as a fashionable summer resident reportedly loses 10000 at roulette in a single day. The event is being kept quiet, though rampant speculation centers on the young man’s identity and motives.
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Newport
R. I
Deaths Burns Cannon Healey Higgins
Obituaries list multiple Boston area deaths with funeral details. Kathleen Burns aged 8 months 24 days funeral Aug 23 from 477 East Third St Roxbury Rose Cannon Aug 20 Roxbury funeral Aug 23 1 30 p m Church of the Blessed Sacrament Requiem Aug 24 9 a m Esther Healey Aug 20 East Boston funeral Aug 23 8 15 a m Star of the Sea Church John Vincent Higgins infant East Cambridge funeral Aug 22 72 Sixth Street Arlington cemetery burial at St. Pauls Arlington
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Burns
South Boston
Kathleen I
Andrew F
Mary A. Burns
Sullivan
East Third Street
Newport
R. J
Cannon
Roxbury
Rose A. Cannon
Daniel Buckley
Parker Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Centre Street
Healey
Boston
Esther
Matthew Healey
Wm. A. Krupp
Moore Street
Star of the Sea
Higgins
East Cambridge
John Vincent
John F
Kathleen Higgins
O’reagan
Sixth Street
Elatives
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Arlington
St Patrick’s Parish to Rise at York and Berkshire Cambridge
A new Roman Catholic church named St Patrick’s Parish will be built at the York and Berkshire streets corner in Cambridge with Rev Father Lawrence W Slattery as pastor. Ground has been broken for a Spanish Mission style edifice costing about 25000 dollars seating 1200.
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York and
Berkshire Streets
Cambridge
Lawrence W. Slattery
St. Patrick’s Parish
Church of the Sacred Heart
East Cambridge
Prospect Street
Sacred Heart Parish
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