Hold Up on Boston Common: E J Bishop Assaulted
E J Bishop of 10 Hancock Street Salem reports to Station 3 near Joy Street that four men on the Common robbed him and beat him. He shows a scalp wound and says his silver watch, umbrella, and $12 were taken. Police doubt his tale as officers scour the Soldiers Monument area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Station 4
Soldiers’ Monument
E. J. Bishop
Hancock Street
Salem
Joy Street
Peabody
Bishop
Boston
Union Station
Thompson
Mr. Bishop
Democratic Mayors Elected in Four Massachusetts Cities
Democratic mayors win in Haverhill Marlboro Brockton and Pittsfield. Lawrence and Quincy see defeats while Gloucester Haverhill Brockton gain licenses. Mayor Perry wins Somerville by 2000 plurality amid close races in Malden Springfield and Waltham.
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Haverhill
Marlboro
Brockton
Pittsfield
Gloucester
Perry
Somerville
Malden
Springfield
Waltham
Ayor
Fitchburg
Rockwell
Dickinson
Taunton
Fish
Tate
Fall River
Jackson
Davis
Ind
Farnham
Quincy
Sears
Garfield
Newton, Cobb
Haverhill Chase
Northampton
Miller’s Wonderful Six Day Ride In Bicycle Race
Miller leads in the six days bicycle race, approaching 900 miles at midnight after 48 hours. Waller fades as Stephanie and Rice rise in the standings. seven thousand spectators watch the riders around the saucer track amid rainbow colors and grueling pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miller
Waller
Stephanie
Rice
World cycling race drama with Zimmerman and Bald
The report describes Arthur Zimmerman the former world champion and Eddie Bald competing intensely for many laps. Chase drew a big crowd and Rice led early, recalled for last year’s near record ride. A relentless pace marked the day and night as Miller, a Chicagoan, endured 47 hours of racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Zimmerman
Eddie Bald
Chase
Rice
Hale
Miller
Chicago
Armed Group Arrests After Refusing Burial Remains
A faction known as SAD HER BODY RAi 21 arrests occur after refusal to surrender remains for burial. Police report heightened tensions as communities react to enforced detentions and disputed funerals. Officials urge calm while investigators seek missing evidence and motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAI
Police Surround Buckingham Poker Game Interruption
In Montague Massachusetts Miss Mabel G A Opperman died after arranging burial terms with Mrs Ella Barnes. A separate raid by Captain Thomas Brown captured 21 colored gamblers at the Caterers Club on Buckingham Street, seizing 1322 poker chips and 25 decks of cards. The men, all colored, were jailed overnight to await arraignment.
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Montague
Mass
New York City
Mabel G. A. Opperman
New York
Mabel
W. E. Opperman
West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
Miss Opperman
Barnes
Thomas Brown
Hquor
Buckingham Street
Brown
Saxton
Tohart
Augusta, Keene
Cohart
Caterers’ Club
Board of Police
Henry W. Harding
Dartmouth Place
William H. Price
Winchester Street
Albert Ellis
Putnam Avenue
George Johnson
James B. Elliot
George Williams
William Mathews
Woodbury
Henry Thomas
Henry Pleasant
Truro Street
George Anderson
Claremont Street
Charles Price
George Gray
Kendall Street
James W. Reed
Burchard Street
Charles H. Bryant
Burbank Street
Crawford Griggs
John H. Jones
Granville Place
Fred. W. Smith
William Williams
Harwich Street
Benjamin Reed
Warrenton Place
Louis Blount
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Hackman Jer ry Leary Arrested for Assault on Son
Jerry Leary a hackman living on Essex Street Springfield was arrested for assaulting his young son Edward in a fit of uncontrollable passion. The child was choked into sensibility and beaten about the face with uncertain chances of recovery.
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Springfield
Jerry Leary
Hackman
Essex Street
Here
Edward
Policy Slip Raid at No 30 Anderson Street
Officers from Station 3 raided No 30 Anderson Street seizing policy slips and arresting Henry Thompson John Williams and John Murphy for being present at the premises.
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Anderson Street
Henry Thompson
John Williams
John Murphy
Kearsarge Naval Veterans Mark Final Anniversary Banquet
About 350 members and guests attended the tenth anniversary banquet and dance at the American House. Rear Admiral Martin L. White presided. Paymaster Stephen B. Clapp received an elegant gold watch after dinner, with Historian John H. Doherty delivering the presentation.
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Kearsarge Naval Veterans’ Association
Martin L. White
Stephen B. Clapp
John H. Doherty
C. W. Wilcox
David King
G. Almeada
B. F. Sands
Chelsea Board Proceeds On Gas Light Co License
At a Chelsea Board of Aldermen meeting a hearing approved a license for the Chelsea Gas Light Company to erect and maintain six stationary engines. The company agreed to leave damages to the board. A special committee reported success in securing free transfers on multiple Lynn and Boston railroad lines, including Everett square to Revere line and Revere Beach to Washington avenue. The committee was thanked by Alderman Cheney.
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Chelsea
Everett Square
Revere
Washington Avenue
Revere Beach
Cheney
Eight-Year Sentence For Embezzlement In Cambridge Case
Thomas H. Snow former head book keeper for the Barbour Stockwell Company of Cambridgeport was sentenced to eight years in the State Prison for embezzlement in the Middlesex Superior Criminal Court at East Cambridge yesterday afternoon. Snow pleaded guilty on twelve counts Monday.
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Thomas H. Snow
Barbour, Stockwell Company
Cambridgeport
Middlesex Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Snow
Mob hangs murderer in Genoa after Gardnerville killing
Abram Uber, who murdered Hans Anderson at Gardnerville last week, was taken from Genoa jail dressed, hanged by a mob of about twenty five from Gardnerville, his body riddled with bullets.
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Carson
Nev
Abram Uber
Hans Anderson
Gardnerville
Genoa
Municipal elections reshape cities with mixed party gains
Seventeen of thirty two cities voted yesterday with Republicans winning most mayoralties while independent and non partisan gains grow. Haverhill sees non partisan Daniel F. Chase win signaling end of partisan nominations. Marlboro chooses a Democratic mayor for first time. Newton adopts a new single charter with one mayoral candidate. Legislative and alderman shifts follow, with several cities moving to no license or remaining pro license amid close local contests.
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Haverhill
Daniel F. Chase
Marlboro
Newton
Lawrence
Malden
Springfield
Somerville
Waltham
Brockton
Gloucester
Fall River
Perry Wins Re election in Somerville Municipal Contest
Mayor Albion A. Perry of the Municipal League defeated Representative Franklin F. Phillips by about 2000 votes after a tight race across Somerville's four wards. Phillips carried only Precinct 1 Ward 3. Perry won his precinct and the mayoral race, with league success sweeping several aldermanic seats and a school committee member in Ward 2.
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Post 139
William E. Robinson
Municipal League
Board of Aldermen
L. Herbert Huntley
F. Dewitt Lapham
James F. Davlin
F. O. J. Tarbox
F. M. Kilmer
A. A. Lamont
John
Somerville
Albion A. Perry
Franklin F. Phillips
Phillips
Perry
Francis M. Kilmer
Silas L. Cummings
School Committee
A. B. Dearborn
James W. Kenney
David D. Lord
Arthur P. Vinal
Ual
David W. Crocker
John F. Foster
Paul J. Smith
Isaac M. Story
S. Newton Cutler
Frank H. Gardison
George A. Miles
Dearborn
Olive A. Vasque
Dr. Dearborn
City Hall
Alderminic Chamber
Lamont and Huntley
Burrows
John Herbert
Central Club
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Massachusetts
Lawrence and
Bernard M. Worr
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Millers
Mites
Enternaia
Ingly
Bell’s
Aes
Berwick
Fred Lambert
Lowells
Lowell
Washington
New England
Cobb, Aldrich & CO
California
Washington and Kneeland Streets
Opperman
Buckingham
Caterers Club
Bond
United States
Fame
Kearsage
Naval Veterans’ Association
Charles E. Coffin
Falmouth Street
Thayer
Henry Mears
Brooklyn
N. Y
Public
A. A. Perry
Cirl
Lynn Branch
Union St
Washburn Credit House
Washington St
Jordan, Marsh
Strops
Everthing
Easy Star
Smith Bros, Cutlers
Bromfield Street
The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Amsterdam
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