Man Arrested for Assault at Revere Beach with Brass Knuckles
James M. Benner of New York was arrested by Patrolman Smith at Revere Beach after a struggle. A set of metallic knuckles was found in his hip pocket, deemed a dangerous weapon, with arraignment likely on assault and battery and weapon charges. He carried $87 and a gold watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere Beach
James M. Benner
New York
Smith
Metropolitan Force
Herbert West
Chelsea
Benner
Malden Merchant Seeks Police Help Over Mysterious Follower
Wellwood King a leading Malden merchant reports repeated late night intrusions by a mysterious man around his Medford street market and home. He and his son were followed after hours and his daughter has seen a man matching the description near the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Wellwood King
Medford Street
Mr. King
Madison Street
Woman Causes Man's Arrest in Cambridge
Edward McCloskey, 56, was arrested at Station 3 Cambridge on a serious charge after a neighbor reported screams from a 12 year old girl living in his home. The girl will be interviewed by City Physician Brousseau. McCloskey denies the accusation.
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Edward McCloskey
Station 3
Cambridge
Scully
McCloskey
Charles Street
Brousseau
Looking for Lost Brother Clyde Gammon Missing in New England
Clyde FE Gammon is reported missing by his sister Miss E Gammon of Mechanics Falls Maine. He left Jamestown Virginia in June while employed on the Norfolk and Portsmouth electric road and was last heard from in Providence Rhode Island. News of him is anxiously awaited.
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Clyde FE. Gammon
E. Gammon
Mechanics Falls
The
Post
Jamestown
Norfolk & Portsmouth
Providence
R. I
Dublin Men's Association Outing at Peddock's Island
The Dublin Men's Association of Boston hosted an outing on Peddock's Island with president Charles F. Forrester and Mr. Kelly in charge. Guests included county men from Lynn, Haverhill, and Brockton and clubs from Galway to Fermanagh. A Balfe Quartet led music with bagpipes. baseball pitted the Dublings against the Peddocks, 10 to 6. John Reilly won a boys' wrestling match. John Gillespie took the potato race. Mrs. G. J. Coughlin won the fat ladies race.
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Dublin Men’s Association
Peddock’s Island
Dublin Men's Association of
Boston
Charles F. Forrester
Mr. Kelly
Thirteen Acres
Stephen’s Green
Strawberry Beds
Lynn
Haverhill
Brockton
Galway
Mayo
Roscommon
Leitrim
Clare
Tipperary
Waterford
Cork
Meath
Limerick
Kerry
Fermanagh
Balfe
Hensworth
Carrol
John Reilly
Winthrop
John Gillespie
Chelsea
G. J. Coughlin
Philadelphia coal firm declines large foreign orders
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co could not fill a 200000 ton anthracite order tendered by a Austro Hungarian Chamber of Commerce representative. A 200000 ton bituminous coal offer from the Italian government has little chance of acceptance due to delivery costs. Foreign demand rises as navies expand, straining native coal supplies for government and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Tron Company
United States
Quiet Day at the Beach and Upcoming Carnival
A calm beach day at Revere drew fewer bathers than last Sunday as the season winds down. A two week carnival starts Monday, with extensive preparations planned to surpass prior efforts. Police found a dog bite story false. two dogs knocked down a child, causing a minor facial wound. Fishermen pursue a school of herring offshore. The State bath house closes at 8 p.m. September 15 and on the next day cars may use the boulevard all day.
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Revere
Woman's Horse Causes Trouble in Maiden Neighborhood
Mrs Rebecca Kurinskey of Broadway Maplewood has faced two city ordinance cases over her buckskin horse that wandered into neighbors yards destroying flower beds. Judge Bruce ordered her to keep the horse confined. She alleges local boys unfasten the rope and chase the animal. Neighbors say she is being unjustly persecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Kurinskey
Broadway
Maplewood
Bruce
Kurinskey
Venezuela Replies to U.S. Claims on Diplomatic Note
Caracas says the five American claims against Venezuela are not a matter for diplomatic intervention. The government’s reply mirrors prior notes to American minister W. W. Russell.
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Caracas
W. W. Russell
Venezuela
Mrs Gilman Leading Candidate for National President
Mrs Mary J L Gilman past president of the Massachusetts W R C will be the candidate of local delegates for national president at the Saratoga Springs convention next month Her large Massachusetts membership of 14000 gives her one delegate at large and 21 others plus officers backing likely to overwhelm rivals.
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Gilman
National
W. R.C
Mary JL. Gilman
Department of Massachusetts, Women’s Relief Corps
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Gil
Massachusetts
Nan Patterson in Limelight Again Near Pittsburg
Nan Patterson once more draws attention in the Pittsburg area after threats and escapades including clashes with a steel magnate, who arranged her departure East amid rumors guiding her away from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan Patterson
Limelight
Pittsburg
Cesar Young
New York
Washington
Boy and man injured when wagon overturns after collision
On Commonwealth avenue near Babcock street Allston last evening a market wagon driven by 14 year old Thomas Magarty of Cochituate loaded with corn was struck by an inbound Newton and Brighton car and overturned. Magarty and 50 year old John B. McElroy of Cochituate were slightly injured.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Babcock Street
Allston
Thomas Magarty
Cochituate
Newton
Disliked Deer Island job led to Hoffman resignation
Mayor FitzGerald stated former Deer Island House of Correction Captain Frederick G. Hoffman resigned after less than three months because the post was not congenial. He said Hoffman cited distance from city life and friends and that no city politicians interfered, with Hoffman leaving Sept 1 and selecting Sept 15 as possible successor transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Hoffman
Deer Island
Hoffman
Martin
Dead Sailor's Body to Be Buried Today
Friends of Charles Mathiensen of East Boston deny he was the towboat Charley. His body found Friday seven miles off Swampscott will be brought from Lynn to Woodlawn Cemetery for burial at 4 o clock this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mathiensen
Liverpool Street
East Boston
Swampscott
Charley
Friends of
Mathiensen
Srea
Lynn
Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Hydrophobia Deaths From Cat and Dog Bites
In Newington Connecticut Mrs. Alice M. Ward died from hydrophobia after a cat bite that spoiled her wound and left her demented at times. In New Jersey Mrs. Rachael D. Berry died of hydrophobia seven weeks after a dog chased a cat and scratched her on the Eatontown road.
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New Britain
Conn
Alice M. Ward
Newington
Long Branch
N. J
Rachael D. Berry
Amos C. Berry
Eatontown Road
Alleged bail graft at Charles Street jail investigated
Reporters detail claims of a bail commissioner monopoly at the Charles Street jail as a woman offered 000 bonds to free a prisoner. An officer showed cards with names and addresses, prompting questions about how bail is arranged and the need for stricter scrutiny.
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Charles Street
Jaiil
Durance
Post
Crack Irish Athletes to Compete Here
Don Leahy and Denis Murray, noted Irish athletes, sailed for New York to take part in the world championship events at the Jamestown exposition. Leahy is the champion high jumper and Murray once held the sprinting title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Don Leahy
Denis Murray
New York
Jamestown Exposition
Leahy
Murray
Broncho Drags Boston Man Through Malden Streets
Joseph Katz, a Boston merchant, was dragged by a broncho after harnessing the animal to his buggy at Hanscom's livery. The buggy wheels caught a car track, Katz fell, became tangled in the reins, and the broncho bolted toward City Hall and Ferry Street before being stopped. He received medical attention and is confined to bed with serious injuries.
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Malden
Joseph Katz
Boston
Almont Street
Hanscom
Dartmouth Street
Katz
Pleasant Street
City Hall
Ferry Street
Boy Reunited After Four Years With Captors Story
Ten year old Walter Cutler, missing four years, appeared at his grandmother’s South Chicago home. He said he was kidnapped by gypsies from South Bend Indiana and travelled with them for four years.
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Chicago
Walter Cutler
Sheffield Boys Trade in Rattlesnake Skins
Sheffield August 25 A thriving business in rattlesnakes has been established by Harold Royce and William Pounds, enterprising Sheffield boys who find a ready market for snake skins highly prized by summer boarders. The boys snare the snakes with a looped cord and use a stick to keep them from slithering closer.
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Sheffield
Harold Royce
William Pounds
Elevator Boy Missing From Roxbury Hotel
Darrell Henry Griffin, 16, son of Mrs Henry Griffin of 191 Cabot Street Roxbury, vanished after 7 am to 8 pm shifts at the Warren Hotel. His mother fears foul play by a neighborhood gang. Griffin is 5ft 4in, 138 pounds with brown hair and blue gray eyes. He has not returned home for two days and may have left for Eastport Maine, but is now believed absent.
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Darrell Henry Griffin
Henry Griffin
Cabot Street
Roxbury
Henry
Warren Hotel
Eastport
Lenox entries expected for Housatonic show at Great Barrington
Secretary Fuller of the Housatonic Agricultural Society confirms Lenox will enter horses at the September show to be held at the farmers fair in Great Barrington. The Lenox horse show was abandoned due to a shortage of fine carriage turnout vehicles.
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Great Barrington
Sereretary Fuller
The
Housatonic Agricultural Society
Lenox
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Leon Martin
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Allege
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