Brockton Oil Official Electrocuted in Office
Harry O D Marsters 49, Brockton Standard Oil general manager for southeastern Massachusetts, died in his Mulberry Street office after a defective electric wire caused a circuit. He had telephoned his daughter Helen. assistant bookkeeper Merrill heard a crash and burning flesh, found him on the floor, supervisor Marston shut off circuits, and an investigation will seek blame. Marsters was active in Odd Fellows Masons Y M C A and the Commercial Club, and served as Brockton alderman.
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Sachusetts
Mulberry Street
Brockton
Mr. Marsters
Helen
Mr. Merrill
Merrill
Paine
Marsters
Odd Fellows and Masons
Commercial Club
Helen Marsters
Newbury Street
Stephen B. Higgins
N. G
Higgins
Hill
Adams
Frank Hale
Harvard
Hale
McGilvary
Nicholas W. Hertel
Mes KE. Collins
Tragedy ties up town as police name Chapdelaine suspect
Leicester residents await a possible arrest in the Mrs. Brigham murder case. Police maintain they have the right man in Ovide Chapdelaine, aided by witnesses linking him to the crime scene and brush-cutting route. Selectmen urge clearing a sighting clue near the brook to relieve the town.
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Leicester
Brigham
Ovide Chapdelaine
Chief Shaw
Boston
Chapdelaine
Francis Musgrove
Harry Daw
Japanese Capture 203 Metre Hill at Port Arthur
Imperial headquarters announced that sour force advanced from trenches near the summit and fought for the southeastern fort portion at 10 o'clock. A fierce battle persisted at 7 o'clock. Japanese forces have captured 203 Metre Hill and now hold the summit commanding Inner Port Arthur.
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Tokio
Imperial
Port Arthur
Were They Themselves Victims Police Say Riot Hearing Admits No Strikes
Police officers testifying at the Tech riot hearing deny striking students and say they did not see anyone struck amid student injuries. Sergeants Fitzgerald Arnold and others recount clashes as lawyers challenge recounting with pointed questions and loaded humor.
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Hill
Tech
Mr. Hin
Fitzgerald
Fire rescue at Roxbury house saves two residents
John T. McDermont of Roxbury acted quickly yesterday afternoon to save Miss Mary McMurray an 80 from smoke and flames at a first floor room. He reentered to find John Moran of South Boston sleeping in a smoke filled room and helped him to safety. The fire started by a disinfecting lamp explosion and confined to the front first floor room which was demolished.
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John T. McDermont
Dean Street
Roxbury
Mary McMurray
John Moran
Broadway
Boston
McDermont
Boston Weather Outlook Becomes Colder With Strong Westerlies
The Boston area will see a fair and colder day on Thursday with fresh westerly winds. Friday remains fair, maintaining the dry spell and cool air across the region.
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Boston
Father Johns Medicine Cured Me Of Acute Bronchitis
James De La Hunte of 407 State Street Brooklyn asserts Father Johns Medicine cured his acute bronchitis and cured colds.
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Father John
James de la Hunte
State Street
Brooklyn
Finale of Newton Chadwick case nears a finale
New York November 30 The Newton Chadwick case appears to be nearing its end as Mrs Chadwick via her New York lawyer Philip Carpenter plans an extended statement to deny being the De Vere woman She was seen with 150000 dollars in cash after leaving the Central Bank of Commerce Then counsel Percy Carver arrived to discuss the case saying Mrs Chadwick can pay and will pay Newton's claim The Cleveland proceedings have been postponed until Saturday morning
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New York
Philip Carpenter
Chadwick
de Vere
Holland House
Central Bank of Commerce
Nassau Street
Percy Carver
Eaton, McKnight & Carver
Neviton
Rapid chronology of Mrs Chadwick mystery case unfolds
Chronicle of events from November covering Herbert New i Nagai Chadwick of Cleveland and Mrs Chadwick. Detectives link her to Lydia De Vere while suits mount from Euclid Avenue Savings and Trust, American Exchange National Bank, Savings Deposit Bank of Elyria, and Citizens National Bank of Oberlin. Notes allege 500000 collateral signed by Andrew Carnegie denied by Carnegie. Reports place Mrs Chadwick at the Holland House, with ongoing legal actions and Pinkerton scrutiny surrounding her assets and alleged schemes.
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Herbert B. New i Nagai Chadwick
Cleveland
Pear SR Ac Elle
Toledo
Chadwick
Mme
Lydia de Vere
Euclid Avenue Savings and Trust Company
American Exchange National Bank of Cleveland
Savings Deposit Bank of
Elyria
Ccsvecesees Citizens’ National Bank of Oberlin
Holland House
New York
Andrew Carnegie
J. D. Chadwick
Franklin, Penn
Cottrell
Tenderloin
Halland House
Mire
Indianapo
Mme. Alabe
eSee Seare
Pinkerton Diring
Newton
Terrible Slaughter at Port Arthur
In Port Arthur on November 30 Japanese losses reached about 5000 lives in a two hour attack.
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Port Arthur
Russians Pursue Japanese After Retreat From Sintsintin
Despatches from St Petersburg report Japanese forces withdrawing below Sintsintin after four days of heavy, inconclusive fighting with Russians in pursuit. Tokyo claims two forts captured at Port Arthur, but corroboration is lacking. Mukden faces fuel and forage shortages, with a commission moving to secure supplies.
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ST. Petersburg
Sintsintin
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Mukden
Dead convict alive rumor shocks Vermont towns
A long circulated tale claims Clarence Adams, once jailed for burglary and thought dead in Windsor State Prison, is alive in Canada. Reported grave tampering at Cavendish and a Windsor Hotel sighting in Montreal fuel the rumor of Adams feigning death, exhuming his coffin, and escaping with accomplices.
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Burlington
Clarence Adams
Chester
Windsor State
Canada
Adams
Cavendish
Springfield
States
Windsor Hotel
Montreal
Boston & Worcester Trolley Air Line Highlighted
The Boston and Worcester Trolley Air Line is noted as the longest double tracked interurban trolley in New England. A cold remedy, Piso’s Cure, is advertised as highly effective for colds.
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Boston & Worcester Trolley
New England
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Harry OD. Marsters
Standard Oil Co
Southeastern Mas
Inquiry
Tragedy
Mrs. Brigham
Vec Ps
Mrs
Cassie Chadwick
Metre Hill
Emmons
Adams and
Curtis
Mr. Hill
Arnold
John B. O’neil
J. F. Murphy
John A. McGilvary
Division 16
Lawyer Hill
A. T. Holleran
Smith
Holloran
Rogers
Amfric
All America Shoe Shops
Tremont Bldg
Tremont Ae Eee
Opposite & Dtal
SOR S & Charlton
Washington St
South Aston
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