Assault on Lt. Whittier Ends in Death on North Street
Lieutenant William A. Whittier of the revenue cutter Androscoggin was attacked by Genoese on North street near Fulton place after an insult incident. Fellow officers Assistant Engineer C. H. Roach George H. Farwell and Frank Gleason were also beaten as a mob justified the attack, which involved only fists. The fatal wound came from a fall after being struck in the face, with no weapons used according to Italian accounts.
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William A. Whittier
Androscoggin
North Street
Relief Hospital
Fulton Place
Whittier
C. H. Roach
George H. Farwell
Frank Gleason
North Square
Richmond Street
Leutenant
Gleason
Roach
McDonald and
McDevitt
Watters
North Berwick
George M. Daniels
C. D. Perchier
W. C. Maginchan
A. ©. Sitka
Daniels
Washington
Farwell
Bailey
Treasury Department
Bertholf
Revenue Cutter Service
Seneca
New York
Portsmouth
Boston Police Department
O’meara
Genoese In North Street Clash Ties to Lieutenant Whittier Death
Genoese residents near 164 North Street recount a confrontation with a lieutenant’s party. Whittier died from a brain hemorrhage after a blow to the head during the melee. An inquiry aboard the Androscoggin named ringleaders, while officials deny linking Bailey’s visit to the case.
From Philippines to Wed in Bay State
Miss Myra Matthews daughter of Frank lin Matthews of the New York Sun and William E Parsons of New Hartford were married today in Boston Massachusetts at the Congregational Meses by Rev ne Spooner. Attendants included the groom s parents and Mrs Clara Louise Strakosch.
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New Hartford
Com
Myra Matthews
Franklin Matthews
The
New York Sun
William E. Parsons
Philippines
Boston
Mass
Ne Spooner
Clara Louise Strakosch
Lost Sailor of the Skies Atwood Tours Wide Air Route
Airman Atwood wanders for over an hour after departing Lyons. He circles near Auburn and lands at Belle Isle before resuming toward Utica, Syracuse, and Albany as crowds anxiously track his flight totaling 1 hour 28 minutes and at least 75 miles traveled.
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Atwood
New York Central
Auburn
Syracuse
Utica
Lyons
Belle Isle
Auburn Penitentiary
Albany
Roosevelt label change on pure food case ends inquiry
The congressional probe into efforts to oust H W Wiley from the Bureau of Chemistry ends with Secretary Wilson testifying. The committee will meet to review its report after Wilson recounts Roosevelt's White House decision to overrule the pure food board and change a label from elucose to corn syrup.
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Washington
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Pure Food and Drug Board
Wilson attacks Wiley and Remsen board in pure food hearings
Secretary Wilson denounces Dr Wiley as oversensitive and seeks to curb his influence over pure food rulings. He recalls a White House discussion on corn syrup naming and criticizes Wiley for advocating alum prohibition. Osborn testifies Wiley attended a State Department briefing with the French ambassador.
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Dr. Wiley
Ira Remsen
Bureau
Wiley
H. H. Rusby
New York
Kobler
Bureau of Chemistry
Rusby
Busby
White House
Roosevelt
Floyd
Taft
Indiana
Remsen Board
John Ball Osborn
Bureau of Trade Relations
State Department
Osborn
Department of Agriculture
Record-Setting Cross Country Flight Attempt Details
Continued from the first page, the pilot aims to break the world cross country aeroplane record. Atwood ascends toward Lyons intending a 98 mile flight to Utica before nightfall.
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Atwood
Lyons
Utica
Benefit a Fizzle at Chicago Flight Show for Widow Johnstone
A Chicago wind of 30 miles an hour limited air attempts at a benefit for the widow of St Croix Johnstone. Officials abandoned meet rules and fliers planned spectacular feats but gusts kept most grounded until Lincoln Beachey and others offered short exhibitions.
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Chicago
St. Croix Johnstone
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
Gill
C. P. Rodgers
James Ward
Deafness Reversed by Osmo-Cemic Treatment Claims
Mrs. C Forbes of 6 Millmont Street Roxbury reports total deafness in her left ear for two years and nine months of deafness in her right. After Osmo-Chemic Physicians treatment the buzzing stopped and she can hear ordinary conversation again in the left ear and hears perfectly in the right.
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Anna M. Brennan
South
Boston
Mass Mildred Burgess
Pearl St
Framingham
Osmo-Cemic Physicians Offer Free Deafness Treatment Event
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians announce a limited offer to provide one month of treatment free to all deaf patients who begin or renew care on or before August 31st. Only eight days remain to take part in the new discovery care.
Soda Tank Blast Injures Man In Candy Store
George Orphanides aged 22 of 155 Harrison avenue was blown nearly through the floor at 160 Court street by a soda tank explosion in the cellar. Surgeons at Relief Hospital amputated his right hand. A passerby with a baby carriage was knocked about but unharmed along with the infant. Glass from the cellar window flew into the theatre lobby across the street.
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George Orphanides
Harrison Avenue
Court Street
Relief Hospital
Temperance Regiment Off Castled Island encampment breaks up
Camp of the Wilkesbarre Total Abstinence Regiment on Castle Island is broken up at midnight after a successful encampment. Colonel Murphy and officers report the camp provided a fine time for Boston residents as the regiment boarded a special train at the South station.
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Wilkesbarre Total
Castle Island
South Station
Murphy
Boston
West Roxbury Woman Killed In Porch Fall
Catherine Mullen 30 of 2212 Centre Street West Roxbury died at Faulkner Hospital from a fractured skull after falling 15 feet from a second story porch while hanging out clothes yesterday afternoon.
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Catherine Mullen
Centre Street
West Roxbury
Faulkner Hospital
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