Insane Mother's Crime Stuns Peabody Patrol
Mrs Richard Hurley, a 42 year old former Danvers asylum patient, confessed to murdering her 12 year old daughter Mary and injuring her 7 year old son Thomas with a bootjack in a Peabody cottage. Police and doctors found both children severely wounded. Mary died, Thomas shown faint signs of life. Hurley, described as mentally unbalanced, was jailed as an investigation continued and a return to Danvers Insane Asylum was anticipated.
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Peabody
Richard Hurjey
Mary
Thomas
Danvers Insane Asylum
Wiggin
Sturleys
Bleachery Road
Foster
Oor. Tucker
Hurley
Miss. Hurley
Danvers
Post
Tom
Tommy
Starleys
Turley
Avi
Firebug caught at John Wanamaker’s during basement blaze
Philadelphia December 1 a special officer stopped a man named Michael Morgan as he prepared to strike a second match amid wicker baskets in Wanamaker’s crowded basement. The fire was quickly put out, Morgan jailed on $2000 bail with two boxes of matches and turpentine found on him.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Michael Morgan
Morgan
Ohio Liner Towed for Docking at Jeffries Point
Towboats failed to dock the Wilson liner Ohio at New England docks in South Boston. At high water the tugs pushed the bow into Simpson's dry dock opening at Jeffries Point but the vessel could not be anchored for examination and repairs, leaving her moored outside.
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Baker
Drydock Company
Furness
Borderer
Ohio
New York
Naval Drydock
Charlestown Navy Yard
New England Docks
Boston
Peaceful
Jeffries Point
Mr Pray’s endorsement of Warren’s Formula 8B cures cold after Yale game
Albert J T Pray of Boston describes severe cold and sore throat after the Harvard Yale game in New Haven. He follows Dr Warren’s Formula B directions and recovers by Monday. He asks for three bottles and praises the remedy as a household cold cure at 25 cents a bottle.
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New Haven
Albert JT. Pray
Milk Street
Dr. Warren
Mr. Pray
Boston
Warren Medicine Co
Yale
Albert IT Pray
John F. Pray & Son
Bofton
Wreck of the Portland Feared to Hold More Bodies
Four eight cases remain in doubt as hopes fade for recovery aboard the steamer. Many believe the hull lies beneath the sea, prompting talks of patrols to locate the wreck and recover cargo, books, and remains. Agent C F Williams, among the first on scene, faces questions from anxious relatives while confirming the captain disobeyed orders and that escape chances are vanishing. Continued on Page 5.
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Province
Towa
Dee
Portland
Cape Cod
New Maghind
Capetod
C. F. Williams
Steamboat Company
Agent Williams
Williams
Liscomb
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Lovell’'s
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Washington St
Highland Light
Wrecin Agh
Bernard Wolf
Massachusetts Clothing Co
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Richard Hurley
Insane Asylum
Sturley
Blaney
Willie Campbell
John P. Lovail
Rosenbaum Brostom Tailors
Tremont Row
Wanamaker
Simpson's
Oak Hall
Washington
New England
Union Rat GO
Hanover St
Cor
Union
Nantucket
James W
Tufts
Congress Street
Atlantic Avenue
S. Harris & CO
Wade
H. White & CO
Boylston
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