Boston Prize Package Scheme Targeting Children
The Post investigates a lottery like “Capital City Grab Package” sold near Henry Kelly's store at 1135 Harrison Avenue. Boxes contained trivial items and a promise of money in nearly every package, violating the law. Inspectors found limited prizes. prosecutions likely as Chairman Martin vows action to stop such schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry Kelly
Harrison Avenue
Capital City
Leggett and Cleary
Kelly
Dover
Dudley Streets
Post
Bridget Leonard
Leonard Woman’s
Rosa Magee
Guards Daughters. Freeman Arrested in New York
Walter J Freeman, an electrical engineer from Boston, was arrested in New York by Gerry Society agents on a charge of abducting 15-year-old Sarah Knight. The girl had been lured to New York months earlier and kept at a boarding house, with her married sister Anna Field. Mrs Knight, Sarah’s mother, arrived in the city and reported Freeman’s pursuit of Sarah, who is living with Mrs Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter J. Freeman
Gerry Society
Sarah Knight
Boston
West Twenty-fifth Street
Anna Field
Freeman
Knight
Anna
Field
Society
Police commissioners push to curb merriment in courtrooms
Police officials vow a stricter courthouse demeanor after Deputy Pierce observes officers in blue refraining from laughter and tobacco while cases are heard. He later reports good behavior inside the court but notes resumed joking afterward in Pemberton square and on the steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldredge
Pierce
Pemberton Square
Capital City Grabs Package Sparks Parental Concern
A citizen criticizes penny and nickel prize packages aimed at children, arguing they teach gambling and unhealthy habits. The concern centers on how such items influence youths, with a parent voicing worries to the Post about potential long term effects.
Rutland's Parade Brings Crowds to Worcester’s Aug 29
Rutland hosts its first coaching parade with coaches from Rutland Princeton Holden Jeffersons Barre Brookfield Leichester Oakham and decorated private carriages. The route from the Common to the Rufus Putnam mansion and back ends with a 1000-seat tent dinner and afternoon games. Proceeds fund a new Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Rutland
Henry Converse
Princeton
Holden
Jeffersons
Barre
Brookfield
Leichester
Oakham
General
Rufus Putnam
Jockey Club Denies License for Saugus Meeting
NO RUNNING AT SAUGUS NY Aug 29 Special to the Post The Jockey Club refused to grant a license to James O Gray for a proposed meeting at Saugus citing lack of incorporation and that licenses are not issued to individuals Consequently Gray documents his abandonment of the plan and will depart for Boston in the morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jockey Club
James O. Gray
Saugus
Wool Prices Rise Quietly as Tariff Bill Favored in London
In London on August 29 a representative of Winieler & Co said the American tariff bill would benefit the English wool market. He noted a large U S stock and doubt about a permanent rise as American dealers demand cheaper raw material. Yorkshire brokers welcomed the tariff and anticipate more business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Winieler & Co
United States
Yorkshire
Police to Probe Children Prize Scheme In Stores
Jealous over a scheme called children’s lotteries the Post reports officials will prosecute offenders and curb the vice. Investigations trace the practice to poorer areas where small stores push prize packages, while reputable traders abstain from such scams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeet
Board of Police Commissioners
Fatal horse car accident in Cambridge claims Patrick Mannix
Patrick W Mannix thirteen was killed instantly in Cambridge when he leaped from a Garden street horse car. He landed poorly and was crushed under the rear wheel while attempting playful mischief with companion Leo Quinn as conductor Rinaldo Hall collected fares. Son of James C Mannix foreman for Niles Bros. provision dealers.
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Patrick W. Mannix
Cambridge
Garden Street
Morris B. Cook
Young Mannix
Patrick
Young Quinn
Ross
Boylston Street
Swan
James C. Mannix
Appleton Street
Mannix
Niles Bros
Tragic Brighton Carpenter Shoots Self in Public Garden
Michael Keefe a 25 year old Brighton carpenter living with his wife child and parents ended his life in the Public Garden near Marlboro street at 6 30 pm yesterday after firing four shots into the ground then placing the revolver to his head. He had been unreliable and showed signs of distress and had threatened self harm. The body was taken to Lewis Jones funeral establishment on Lagrange street after the news was delivered to his father.
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Michael Keefe
Market Street
Brighton
Keefe
Marlboro Street
Lewis Jones
Lagrange Street
North Conway Parade Charms With Oriental and Icebound Coaches
The North Conway mountain hotel parade dazzled crowds with thirty decorated coaches and ornate outfits. Notable displays included an Orient-inspired Kearsarge House chariot and an Icelandic snow coach, backed by judges Governor J. B. Smith and staff, with extensive pageantry from Boston and New York participants.
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North Conway
N. H
East Side
Kearsarge House
McMillan
Orient
C. Alger Hawes
Boston
L. J. Ricker
A. B. Clark
F. Hanson
Ella Wilson
Gertrude Allen
Lizzie Joy
Nelson
Maud Holt
Laconia
Dora Penkowske
Max Aronson
Ervin Lederer
Jackson Falls House
William Pitt Fessenden
Helen C. Fessenden
Carrie Childs
Mary Childs
Ned Childs, Jr
Alice Rowe
Newton
Frederick W. Allen
Providence
Mabel Thorp
Westerly
R. I
Mamie Reec
Phenix
Mary Lutes
Indianapolis
Frederick Herbert
Brooklyn
George Trickey
Jackson
Twin Mountain House
Edwin Tucker
New York
Mary B. Garlicks
Ida Wright
Chicago
Belle Witte
Charleston
Josephine Barrow
Newburyport
F. C. Record
Lawrence
Herbert Hwer
Newburyport Fountain Donated in Memorial Park
John T. Brown presents a memorial drinking fountain for his wife placed at Fountain Park Three Roads. Dedication services feature Rev D T Fiske and ex Mayor John J Currier. Andrew R Curtis accepts for the city as about two thousand people attend. Brown also donates a large flag pole for the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
John T. Brown
Fountain Park
D. T. Fiske
D. D
Brown
Andrew R. Curtis
Common Council
John W. Dodge
John J. Currier
Albert W. Hitchcock
Mr. Dodge
J. EB. McCusker
The
Water Company
Mr. Brown
Weather forecast for New England states and Maine
Washington dispatch reports Thursday outlook for Maine shows increasing cloudiness with variable winds turning southerly. New Hampshire and Vermont are set for more clouds and showers with warmer southerly winds. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut will see rising clouds and warmer southeast winds turning to southwest.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Eighteenth Century Buffet Described In Antique Study
The winter 1894 96 catalog notes a charming Eighteenth Century Buffet with graceful lines and buttressed corner joints. It stands about six feet long, lower in height, with a carved claw foot frame and floor reach. A galleried top, mirror tiers, and contrasting curves enhance its historic design and practical capacity. Prices are presented as unique and unlikely to be repeated.
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Silver Grill
Silver Drill Cafe
Water Street
Alex Brown
Martin
Henry Kelly’s Store
Guards Daughters
W. J. Freeman
Waitt & Bond
Blackstones
London Electrical Institute
Tremont St
Sight of Common
Mass
S. Life Ins. CO
J. T. Phelps
Brute Agt
Dev
North Conways
Lowell
Jim McGoldrick
Kearsarge
Richard R. Ricker
Ann Hanson
Portland Harbor
Casco Bay Steamship Line
Little Diamond Island
Gerrish
Philadelphia
Bickford
Dunham
Phillips
Thompson
Fogg
Raymond
Smith
Tinker
Farrington
Trickey
Griffin
Cutter
Foulde
Burrowes
Snow
Harmon
Foss
Douglass
Larrabee
Bibbidge
Wild
W. C. Allison
G. H. Hood
Longwood
A. H. Crocker
Langdon Mountain Wagon
William P. Parker
Salem
Mary F. Frosss
Dorothy Upham
Bessie Faben
Arie Faben
Frank Faben
Louise Creig
Dorothy
Newburyport’s Fountain
TR Lotwits
Rueter & CO
Paine Furniture CO
Canal ST
Isin
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