Luetgert Goes on Trial in Chicago for Wife’s Murder
Adolph L. Luetgert faces a murder trial after three months in jail. Prosecutors say he strangled his wife May 1 at the sausage factory, disposed of the body in caustic potash, and burned remnants in a furnace. Defense hints the wife may be alive. The case hinges on expert chemical testimony and remains highly anticipated.
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Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Tuthill
William A Vincent
Albert Phalen
Luetgert
Diversey Street
de la Fountaine
Haines
Prisoners Begin Army Style Drills in Boston House of Correction
In South Boston's House of Correction Colonel Whiton supervised morning drills modeled on U S Army setup up. Corporal Fred Geyer led squads of about twenty four for half an hour each. Officer Lackey will take charge. Commissioner Marshall says it's the Commonwealth's only penal institution to introduce such exercises with a plan for daily hour drills after January under new Legislature act.
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House of Correction
South
Boston
Whiton
United States Army
Fred Geyer
Fort Warren
Lackey
Marshall
Commonwealth
Mrs. Maccabe Dead in East Boston
The wife of Ronald Joseph B. Maccabe chairman of the Republican city committee died at her home 198 Trenton Street East Boston yesterday. The end was unexpected and Mr Maccabe is overwhelmed. Sorrow spread through island wards where she was well known and popular. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Joseph B. Maccabe
Republican City Committee
Trenton Street
East
Boston
Maccabe
Island
Grocer Discovers Man's Head in Barrel in New Jersey
Rahway New Jersey August 23 Words reach that John L Ambers a grocer at Highland Park near New Brunswick opened a pork barrel yesterday and found a man's head in it Authorities investigate the grisly incident as a possible homicide or accidental death with the barrel as key evidence and no suspect named at this time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahway
N. J
John L. Ambers
Highland Park
New Brunswick
New Haven Excursion Limited Tickets Ahead for Newport Trip
The next Newport excursion by the New York New Haven Hartford line departs Park Square station on Thursday August 26 at 9 20 am. Round trip tickets go on sale three days before at No 3 Old State House and Park Square station with a strict limit on availability.
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Newport
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Park aqua@re station
Old State House
Park Square Station
Local man disputes police blotter jailhouse report
J. W. White of 13 Tyle street challenges a published police blotter item alleging the arrest of Sherburne J. Morey and Gilas Fred J. Hudson for Car theft. White says Morey or Hudson listed his residence at that address when taken into custody, and reporters copied the police blotter. Police cannot confirm where Morey was rooming.
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J. W. White
Tyle Street
Sherburne J. Morey
Gilas
Fred J. Hudson
Station 4
Jarceny
Mved
Morey
Hudson
Era of Prosperity and Free Silver Debate
Discussion editor weighs whether broad prosperity defuses the Free Silver movement in a Boston Post letter urging readers to send concise opinions.
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Free Silver Movement
Willis Held in Prison Break Attempt Arraignment
Everett P. Willis and his brother Herbert were arraigned in Charlestown District Court on two counts of attempted murder of prison staff during a break in at the State Prison. He pled not guilty and was held for Superior Court in $10,000 on each count, total $20,000, on his eighteenth birthday.
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Everett P. Willis
Herbert
Charlestown
Elijah 8. Darling
James L. Abbott
Everett Willis arraigned in Charlestown prison assault case
Everett Willis, held on 20000 bond, faced district court on charges of trying to kill Prison Officers Abbott and Darling during a rescue attempt at Charlestown State Prison. He pleaded not guilty, questioned witnesses, and was remanded to Charles Street Jail after preliminary proceedings.
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Taunton
Abbott and
Darling
Herbert
Charlestown
Eut
Everett
Tombs
Clarence S. Wharff
John H. Doyle
Rogues’ Gallery
Cotton
Hatton
Willis
Superior Court
District Court
James L. Abbott
Witham
Neale
Fox
Charles Street
Boy Hurts Head by Falling Bottle in City
Alphonso Caroutte, seven, residing at 73 Village Street, was struck on the temple by a bottle from a window on TL Compton Street shortly after 1 PM. He was taken to City Hospital with a fractured skull and remained in serious condition last evening after being treated at Station 4.
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Little Alphonso Caroutte
Village Street
City Hospital
TL Compton Street
Station 4
Martin Welch Struck by Train in Charles Town Incident
At 2 30 yesterday afternoon Martin Welch aged 62 residing at the corner of Main and Cambridge streets Charles town was struck by a freight train on the Mystic branch of the Boston and Maine railroad and injured about the head He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Martin Welch
Main
Cambridge Streets
Charlestown
Mystic
Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts General Hospital
Woodbury Facial Cream Ad Claims Soft Beauty
Woodbury's facial product promises softness and beauty in a vintage ad. The copy urges sending 10 cents for samples and booklets featuring Bea ple lenis John Woodbury, referencing 3" Wiss Wit tet tse in the text.
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Woodbury
Bea
Lenis
John x
New England Mills See Idle Looms Replaced By Boom
Prosperity returns as thousands of spindles idle for weeks resume operation in Lowell Fall River Lawrence and other centers. Amoskeag Manchester mills reopen Sept 6 after a month shutdown boosting employment and promising sustained demand for cotton goods.
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New England
Lowell
Amoskeag Corporation
Manchester
Amory
Fall River
Good Times at Hartford
Hartford business improves as Mountville Woollen Co in Palmertown near Norwich and Quadri Woollen Mills near Putnam report high orders and longer hours. Dingley tariff boosts prospects. Boston capitalists eye a new woollen plant near New London. Candee Rubber and Eastern Machinery in New Haven show strong summer output. Atwood Machine Co in Stonington revives operations for a Moscow shipment. Connecticut Valley paper trade picker lifts with four years of decline ending this fall.
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Hartford
Conn
Mountville Woollen Company
Palmertown
Norwich
Quadri
Putnam
Boston
Great Brook
New London
Candee Rubber Company
New Haven
Eastern Machinery Company
Farnsworth
Atwood Machine Company
Stonington
Moscow
Russia
Charlies Fetherstone
Connecticut Valley
Faure in Russia Welcomed Aboard Imperial Yacht Alexandria
President Faure arrives in Cronstadt and meets Tsar Nicholas II aboard the Alexandria. A grand procession to Peterhof greets the French leader with cheers as the Czar honors him with the Grand Collar of St Andrew and a cordial exchange on deck.
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Grand Duke Alexis
Pethueu
Russia
Grand Duke
Alexis
President Faure
Pathuan
Alexandria
M. Faure
Eailors
Nazinoff
Dupuy de
Imperial Guard
Wheat Pit Turmoil Ends With Net Two Cent Drop
In New York, Aug 2, traders unloaded wheat broadly causing a two cent per bushel decline from Saturday’s close, with 14 000 000 bushels traded. Foreign selling intensified near the close while Liverpool futures spurred some bulls before foreign offerings swamped the market. December opened at 1.04 and closed around 1.02 while September moved 1.08 down to 1.063-4 and settled at 1.031-2.
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New York
Liverpool
Chicago
New Shoe Company Forms in Holbrook Massachusetts
A new firm named Howard Platts and Paine Company is incorporated in Holbrook to manufacture medium and high grade shoes at the former Paine Shoe Company factory now closed. The town sees renewed prosperity as orders are booked. another Holbrook shoe corporation, White and Wilbur Shoe Company, is moving machinery into the Edmund White factory and beginning work in several departments.
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Holbrook
Mass
Paine Shoe Company
Massachusetts
Howard Platts'& Paine Company
Edmund White
White & Wilbur Shoe Company
Mills Booming All Around
Mills in Fall River resume operations after five weeks idle as workers return. Saundersville Whitinsville Linwood North Uxbridge mills go full time with about 1000 workers employed. North and South Carolina mills to resume full time after recent suspensions due to cotton shortages.
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Fall River
Iron Works
Worcester
Saundersville
Whitinsville
Linwood
North Uxbridge
Whitins
New York
Charlotte
N. C
North
South Carolina
Dodge Bros Shoe Firm Assigns in Newburyport
Newburyport August 23 Dodge Brothers shoe manufacturers assign to Elisha P Dodge. Liabilities and assets unknown but business to continue under same management. Labor strife and weak market mood blamed for the failure. Three hundred workers employed.
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Newburyport
Dodge Bros
Elisha P. Dodge
Brockton Builder Plans New Plant Annex
D W Field a leading Brockton shoe manufacturer bought a large tract beside his plant to construct a new building to be operated with the existing manufactory expanding the company’s footprint and production capacity.
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Brockton
D. W. Field
Wheat Tumbles as Market Closes Lower Yet Shows Mixed Signals
The September option surged to 1.0212 per bushel on the curb before plunging to 96 1 2 cents in early trading, closing down 41 1 2 cents. December eased to 33 8 under Saturday, with corn and oats also dropping amid heavy realizing. Provisions were steady to 10 cents lower as flaxseed fell six cents. world shipments and visible supply shifted, leaving markets mixed by session end.
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Chicago
Ocean Passage
Somerville Hearing on Street Grade Change Sparks Protest
The Somerville City Council held a hearing on lowering the grade of Middlesex Avenue near the new boulevard. Frederick O Reed and heirs of F L Ames urged opposition saying it would ruin property value and offer no city benefit. The remonstrance failed though, 4 to 6 with two absentees. An order to appoint a joint committee to oppose a Cambridge Street hotel license was approved, with Aldermen Huntley and Lamont named.
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Somerville
Middlesex Avenue
New Boulevard
Frederick O. Reed
F. L. Ames
Charles F. Choate, Jr
Boston Police Commission
James McCabe
Cambridge Street
Charlestown
Huntley and
Lamont
Time Overboard on Henry Morrison Steamer Theft
The excursion steamer Henry Morrison left Pickett's wharf with West End youths when stewardess Annie Knight reported her gold watch and a $25 gold chain stolen from her stateroom. Captain Swift halted the ship. police boats joined the search. An 11 year old boy named Allen reportedly dropped the watch overboard. no arrests were reported and Knight does not wish to press charges.
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Henry Morrison
Swift
Pickett’s Wharf
West End
Castle Island
Annie Knight
Guardian
Patrol
Allen
Boston
Miss Knight
Marines Parade Before Czar and President Faure
A detachment of marines with colors flying marched past the Czar and President Faure who reviewed them amid cheers. A twelve Victoria and four landau procession followed to Peterhof Palace where bouquets greeted the imperial carriage. Faure and Bilderling later met the Czarina at Alexandria Palace for a private luncheon and visits to the grand dukes.
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President Faure
M. Hanotaux
Count Muravieff
Guard of Honor
Peterhof Palace
Victoria
Alexandria Palace
Faure
Bilderling
Alexandria
Banquet Toasts in Peterhof Palace Mark France Russia Ties
Emperor Nicholas hails M Faure at a grand Peterhof banquet with a warm welcome and vows to strengthen Franco Russian friendship. Faure responds recalling a Paris visit, pledging unity and closer ties between France and Russia as the Marseillaise plays.
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Peterhof Palace
Nicholas
M. Faure
Monsieur le
France
Russia
Monsieur le President
Russian Banquet Ends as Nicholas and Faure Receive Ovations
At a banquet, Emperor Nicholas and M. Faure appeared on the balcony as crowds gathered around the cascade. The moment drew ovations from the assembled attendees, reflecting a mood of reciprocal fidelity and peace.
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Nicholas
M. Faure
Labor Day Parade Order Issued By Chief Marshal Kneeland
Chief Marshal Fred J. Kneeland issues parade instructions for Labor Day from Headquarters Building Trades at 49 Bennett Street. Teams must line up by 9 55 a m to avoid delays. parade starts at 10 a m from Copley Square moving along Boylston Columbus Dartmouth Dedham Washington Eliot Park Square Charles Beacon School Washington Milk to Post Office Square for review. Merchants along the route urged to decorate in support of the labor movement.
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Fred J. Kneeland
Headquarters Building Trades
Bennett Street
Copley Square
Boylston
Bermuda captain jailed in Jamaica for law violation
Advices from the steamer Brookline report Captain Murphy of the Cuban filibustering Bermuda jailed in Kingston for thirty days in lieu of a £100 fine for an international law violation while commanding the British steamer Laurada. The Brookline carried cabin passengers including P J Sondheim and J W Stearns.
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Brookline
Jamaica
Murphy
Bermuda
Kingston
Cuba
P. J. Sondheim
J. W. Stearns
John Cashin
John Perry
John Moody
George Robertson
F. W. Fraser
Pritchard
Cunard
Scythia
Boston
Liverpool
Queenstown
Sherman Hoar
Yarmouth
Lewis Wharf
Lewis
Felix
Sears
Pasque Island
Quick’s Hole
Collins and
Hasseltine
Custom House
Haddock
Lynn
Elihu Thomson
Annie W.weston
Philadelphia
Garlick
Rialto
Daniel O'Neil
Pemberton
Parker Shannon
Richard Brennan
Charles E. Harley
Lem McCarthy
Vaquero Captures Van Winkle Cup in Newport Race
Vaquero won the Van Winkle cup and sweepstake at Dyer's Island course in Newport Rhode Island under a northeast breeze. The victory was decided this afternoon on the familiar stretch off the coast.
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Newport
R. I
Vaquero
Dyer's Island
Letter to the Discussion Editor on Wringer Prices
A reader from Boston requests space for a short opinion about pricing on wringers and carpet sweepers. The note lists price ranges such as 3 to 3.50 for wringers and 4 to 8 for ball bearing models, cites combination roll wringers 1.2 to 2.5, and mentions American Wringer Company on Arch Street between Franklin and Summer. The piece comments on repair specialty and urges a concise view.
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the Post
Boston
Colby
Bissell
American Wringer Company
Arch Street
Franklin
Summer Streets
Specialty
Resignation of Boston Park Commissioner Hodges Details Turmoil
The resignation of Edward C. Hodges as chairman of the Boston Park Commissioners was announced. Details allege a rift with John F. Cusick over park contracts and a contention over a lease involving J. J. Dooling. The dispute centers on refectory management and a disputed catering deal.
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Edward C. Hodges
Board of Park Commissioners
Josiah Carnegie
City of
Dew
Park Oo
Boston
W. C. Hodges
Cusick Responds to Hodges Resignation Over Refactory
Mr John F Cusick declines public comment on Hodges resignation stating Hodges gave no reasons and notes Mayor Quincy acted to protect public interests regarding the refectory closure. He praises Curtis for joining the campaign staff and cites rumors Hodges successor could be John B Martin or Cusick.
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John F. Cusick
Hodges
Quincy
Curtis
City Hall
John B—~ Martin
John F Cusick
Harvard Man Won Bar Harbor Golf Match for Hinkle Cup
William Woodward of New York defeated Co L Tappin of the St Andrews Club at Kebo by two holes in a 36 hole contest for the A H Hinkle cup. Woodward led by two down in the morning and the match was tied at 3 holes in the afternoon before his win with an eight handicap. Woodward was accompanied by Coach Lehmann and coached by notable Scottish players during Europe trip.
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Bar Harbor
A. H. Hinkle
William Woodward
New York
Harvard
Co. L. Tappin
St. Andrews
Kebo
Tappin
Woodward
Mr. Woodward
Lehmann
Europe
Blues Beat Yellows in Polo Clash at Karlestein
Blues defeated the Yellows 6 to 5 at Samuel B. Warren grounds Karlestein. Poor footing from recent rains made conditions tough but play remained sharp and fast.
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Dedham
Bedham Polo Club
Samuel B. Warren
Karlestein
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Kiling
Mrs. Luetgert
Grocer
Tyler Street
Hood
Misa
Gramma
Hooksett
H. Hood
New England Industries
Lawrence
Sanford
Porter
French Republi
Gzar
Him
Geous
The
Czarina
ST. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Peterhof
Legion of Honor
Czar
NEW Shoe Company
J.P. Colby
Public Accountant
Chamber OF Commerce
City Council
Ohnson & C & CO
A. Johnson
Ingalls
Bangor
Rs Johnson & CO
Custiun Louse St
Labor Day
Leaves Park Board
Mr. Gurls
Mr. Cusick
Hodges J
Franklin Park
Perkins
Cusick
Park Commissioners
J. J. Dooling
Wheelwright
Pettigrew
Dooling Catering Company
Wilson Bros
Fremont Row
Clark
Maria L
George H. Clark
Madison Street
Roxbur Anys Quseden
Murray
Roxbury
Miles Murray
Nolan
Kevin Nolan
Thomas McDonald
Tacust Street
St. James Church
Harrison Avenue
Bert Lits
Qeeman
Sharpe
John RB. Sharpe
Simpson
Hampton Beach
John K Simpson
J. Newman & Sons
Si Tremont
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