Minister weds maiden of fourteen in Philadelphia church
Miss Alice A. Hall aged 14, who does not reach 15 until November, married Rev. Charles T. Pffeiffer 29 at the Church of the Annunciation. The couple met about 18 months ago when she was a Sunday school pupil. her parents consented after discussion of scripture and engagement.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Alice A. Hall
East Chelten Avenue
Germantown
Charles T. Pffeiffer
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Old Home Day Celebrations Across 25 New Hampshire towns
In Concord New Hampshire groups across 25 towns observed Old Home Day activities. Bow featured ex Congressman Henry M Baker as host. Salisbury held events near the Norway Pines honoring Governor Samuel Pin gree. Compton staged a large program led by Henry W Blair. Hanover opened a new town library with a Dart mouth College professor delivering the address.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Bow
Henry M. Baker
Gallinger
Salisbury
Norway Pines
Samuel E. Pingree
Compton
New Club Formed by Theatrical Men in Boston Area
A club named the Raspberries of Boston has been formed by theatrical men and others in Roxbury and Cambridge. Officers elected include President John Keating Vice President Theodore Wehrle Secretary Harry M. Peyser Outside guard Walter Wehrle Sergeant at arms Barney Casey and board members Joseph Noonan G Harry Hodgkins John Callahan and John O Malley. An outing is planned for tonight at Nantasket.
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Roxbury
Cambridge
Raspberries
Boston
John Keating
Theodore Wehrle
Harry M. Peyser
Walter Wehrle
Barney Casey
Joseph Noonan
Dorr Named Savings Bank Commissioner by Governor Douglas
Governor Douglas appointed Andrew M. Dorr as savings bank commissioner to replace Frederick B. Washburn who resigned. Dorr, 47, of Dorchester, has 17 years as Germania Co operative Bank secretary and 30 years with American Sugar Refining. He was born in Boston to German parents and is married with three sons. Michael J. O'Meara appointed to State Board of Insanity succeeds Albert L. Harwood.
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Douglas
Andrew M. Dorr
Frederick B. Washburn
Mr. Dorr
Thomas J. Gallagher
Gallagher
John J. Flaherty
Gloucester
Dorr
Everett Avenue
Dorchester
Boston
Germania Co-operative Bank
American Sugar Refining Company
Michael J. O’meara
State Board of Insanity
Albert L. Harwood
Newton
Worcester
Vermont Girl Bandit Jailed
Levina Lamphere of Bennington County and Daniel Brockway, both tied to a famed outlaw gang, received prison terms from Judge E L Bates. Lamphere gets two and a half years for lewdness at the house of correction in Rutland, while Brockway serves fourteen years split between Windsor State Prison and the Bennington county facility. Reed remains at large.
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Rutland
Levina Lamphere
Bennington County
Daniel Brockway
E. L. Bates
Bennington
House of Correction
Windsor
Grand Jury
Reed
Bar Association refers Atty Gen Moody plan
At the American Bar Association meeting in Narragansett Pier Rhode Island the plan by United States Attorney General Moody to extradite criminals across districts and issue special bench warrants was sent to the committee on jurisprudence for study during the three day conference.
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
American Bar Association
New Mathewson Hotel
United States Attorney-General
United States
Committee On
Byron Ames Andrews Dies at 73 in North Smithfield
Byron Ames Andrews former State Senator and longtime town clerk of North Smithfield IL died at his home on August 23 from a complication of diseases at age 73.
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North Smithfield
R. IL
Byron Ames Andrews
Do Girls Who Err Reform Do They Reform
Boston women recount mixed results of reform for erring girls with Matron Stevenson noting reform is possible but not common. She cites pride and decency as motivators and urges mothers to guide rather than scorn, while Mrs. Whittier of the Children's Aid Society supports reform and calls for employment and family support to keep girls on a better path.
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Boston
New York
Marsh Again In The Toils
George Lawrence Marsh, once released after imprisonment on a Chicago murder suspicion, was rearrested as a deserter from the U S Army. Taken to Fort Banks, Winthrop, he faced a warrant alleging enlistment in the Eighteenth Infantry on Sept 11 1962 and desertion on July 8 1903. His father George R Marsh appealed to Governor Douglas for clemency.
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Brockton
Boston
George L. Marsh
Eighteenth Infantry
United States Army
Fall River
Lyons
George R. Marsh
Douglas
Wives may read husbands pockets says magistrate
In Williamsburg New York Mrs. Walsh searched her husband Richard Walsh’s pockets and found a letter from another woman. Magistrate Furlong ruled wives may examine their husbands’ pockets as a prerogative. Walsh charged with abandonment must support his wife.
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Williamsburg
N. Y
Furlong
Lee Avenue
Richard Walsh
Parkway Baths
Coney Island
Evans Murder Hearing Resumes This Morning
In Somerville Police Court the preliminary murder hearing resumes this morning after a day’s recess. Attorneys will begin arguments as the case, ongoing for several days, proceeds with the principal parties present.
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Evans
Somerville
Yeoman Howett in Navy Franklin Suicide at Norfolk
Guy Earle Howett a yeoman on the receiving ship Franklin at the Norfolk navy yard shot himself through the heart. He left a note guiding his personal effects and requesting shipment of his body to his father in Chicago. The motive remains unknown.
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Yeoman
U. S. S. Franklin
Washington
Guy Earle Howett
Franklin
Norfolk Navy Yard
Howett
W. A. Howett
Parkrow
Chicago
Roosevelt boys start 10 day bear hunt in Deadwood
Kermit Roosevelt, Stanley Bullock, and Paul Martin depart Deadwood for a 10 day hunting trip under Captain Seth Bullock with guides Burt Tilley and Will Hardin. Kermit hopes to beat his father Theodore Roosevelt’s bear hunting record.
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Kermit
Papa Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Stanley Bullock
Paul Martin
Seth Bullock
Burt Tilley
Will Hardin
Edna Pitts Faces Experimental Graft After Injury
In Louisville on August 23, Miss Edna Pitts who suffered severe scalp injuries from a factory belt is to receive a skin graft using skin from a brown sheep to cover her skull and neck.
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Louisville
Edna Pitts
Buddhists Rise Kill Christians in Yunan Province
News from Pekin reports a mob of about 1000 Buddhist lamas attacked French Catholic establishments along Sawaho coast in Yunan province. The premeditated assault wrecked a church and killed 18 priests, reflecting renewed anti Christian hostility during the colonial era.
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Vancouver
B. C
Empress of China
Yunan
Pekin
Sawaho
New Catholic Total Abstinence Union Elects Officers
The Boston Catholic Total Abstinence Union announces new officers: President Rev. Francis J. Butler Dorchester. first vice-president Thomas F. Phelan Roxbury. second vice-president Miss Mary A. Mullen Charlestown. secretary Otho T. O’Leary Boston. treasurer James F. Dooley Roxbury. sergeant-at-arms William T. Cassell Boston. spiritual director Rev. John T. Mullen Boston. First meeting set at St. Leo’s Dorchester Sunday 2:30 p m to discuss annual parade on Oct 10.
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Boston Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Francis J. Butler
Dorchester
Thomas F. Phelan
Roxbury
Mary A. Mullen
Charlestown
Otho T. O’leary
Boston
James F. Dooley
William T. Cassell
John T. Mullen
St. Leo’s Church
Union
Veteran Firemen Plan Second Company in Waltham
Plans are in progress to form a second veteran firemen's company in Waltham to be strong and stationed on the north side. The group intends to purchase a tub for entry in the Labor Day muster in the city.
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Waltham
Great Clearance Sale at T H Lane & Co
Seldom have better opportunities to obtain bargains in men's furnishing goods been offered than at the midsummer sale now going on at the store of T H Lane & Co 884 Washington street corner of Franklin street. The line is sold at prices often equal to wholesale rates to clear stock for fall styles. Specialties include eating suits shirts hosiery fancy waist coats and neckwear.
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T. H. Lane & Co
Washington Street
Franklin Street
Counterfeit Money Makers in Charlestown Outfit Found
Police discovered a crude counterfeit operation in Charlestown when a box containing tweezers a long-handled spoon sand lead and composition was found in Sullivan square playground. Reserve Patrolman John Murphy opened the box after a cautious approach and found the hidden items along with two shirts.
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Sullivan Square
John Murphy
Woman Ends Life By Jumping In River in Hartford
The body of Miss Nettie McBride 46 of Holyoke Massachusetts was found in the Park river near the Capitol grounds and retrieved by a policeman. Witnesses say she left bed during the night wearing a night robe and walked to the river in a state of mental derangement.
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Hartford
Conn
Nettie McBride
Holyoke
Mass
Park River
Capitol Grounds
Str. J. Putnam Bradlee Returns to New York
The old J. Putnam Bradlee steamship, in service since 1874, will be sent to New York after being renamed Adelaide and replaced by the Monitor on city routes. It now rests at Richard T. Green's Chelsea shipyard for repairs before departing tomorrow to operate between New York and Long Branch, New Jersey.
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J. Putnam
Bradlee
City
New City
Monitor
Adelaide
New York
Metropolis
Long Branch
N. J
Richard T. Green
Chelsea
Four Men Escape Fire From Window ledge at 414 Washington
Four young men stood on a third story window ledge as smoke poured from a back area of a granite building at 414 Washington Street. Fire, whose cause is unknown, forced the men to cling to the window frames before drifting back into the offices. Damage is estimated at 50 dollars.
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Washington Street
H. W. Chase
Romance Hinted In Actress Disappearance At Canobie Lake
Miss Catherine Hayes of the Canobie Lake opera company abruptly left the group and neighbors hint at a romance or elopement. Walter S. Douglass of Lawrence had camped at the lake for weeks amid wedding rumors, while a wealthy Boston suitor arrived and altered the tale of fate.
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Lowell
Catherine Hayes
Canobie Lake
Waiter Arrested in Hotel Murder of Mrs. Mize
In Chicago on August 23 a hotel waiter was arrested for the murder of Mrs. H. E. Mize of New York near the Hotel Del Prado. Mrs. Mize and Mrs. E. F. Wilson were guests when two men demanded money. Mrs. Wilson fled while Mrs. Mize struggled and was shot. Domestics who witnessed the shooting provided the arrest information.
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Chicago, Ill
H. E. Mize
New York
Washington Avenue
Your Heart and Nerve-Force The Key to Health
A health note explains the heart as a tireless pump driven by nerve-force and warns that fatigue fright and stimulants weaken nerves causing heart strain and symptoms like shortness of breath and dizziness. It ends by recommending a safe remedy.
Dr Miles Heart Cure Praised By Boston Doctor
A Boston physician endorses Dr Miles Heart Cure describing it as a marvelous remedy that strengthens the nerves and muscles of the heart and provides energy. He notes it meets indications and guarantees satisfaction with the first bottle benefiting or money back.
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Miles
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