No trace found of children slain by insane mother
Brockton police pressed a search for Mary Grace Ball and her brother Thomas Ball who vanished a week earlier as investigators scoured Avon reservoir and nearby woods. A signet ring with initial B was found but not linked to the case.
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Brockton
Police Department
Mary Grace Ball
Thomas Ball
John Ball
Avon Reservoir
Kingman
Water Department
S. F. Bailey
Marshal Ixingman
Ball
Campello Po
Holbrook Avenue
Mr. Ball
Oak Street
City land deal cited by Greenhood sparks grand jury session
District Attorney Moran scheduled a December 23 grand jury session after Elisha Greenhood alleged in East Boston that $1170 from the Codman street sale to the city was split among several figures including a current alderman and a city department head. Greenhood claimed no direct knowledge of the mayor’s involvement and said civil action might follow.
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Grand Jury
Moran
Elisha Greenhood
East Boston
Cadman Street
Greenhood
Post
Fitzgerald
David Greenhood
Codman Street
Sughrue Probes Cadman Street Sale Remark by Boston Lawyer
Attorney Michael J. Sughrue of the Finance Commission was directed to thoroughly investigate statements made Sunday night at Commonwealth Hall East Boston by Boston lawyer Swisha Greenhood regarding the Cadman Street land sale to the city.
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Michael J. Sughrue
The
Finance Commission
Commission
Commonwealth Hall
Boston
Swisha Greenhood
Cadman Street
Mother appeals to Post to locate missing son John Martin
Mrs Olive M Martin of 192 Franklin Street Lynn seeks her son John H Martin last seen Sept 4 1897 when he was 17. Describes him as auburn hair brown eyes 5 feet 7 inches tall 150 pounds. She hopes the Post publicity will help locate him and asks for any information.
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Post
Olive M. Martin
Franklin Street
Lynn
John H. Martin
Martin
Lomasney Questioned Over Hendricks Club Support
In Boston politics last night Martin Lomasney publicly backed Fitzg erald while Hendricks Club members and lieutenants gave mixed signals. Reporters noted a growing revolt within the club as Dan Kiley and Dan Whelton broke with Lomasney and refused to comment.
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Lomasney
Louis A. Frothingham
Post
Hendricks Club
Fitz
Fitzgerald
Joe Lomasney
Martin
City Hall
Ward
Martin Lomasney
Dan" Kiley
Dan’ Whelton
Kiley
Whelton
Riley
Hendricks
Dans
Two Women Eloped With Stranger in Worcester
George H. Marshall and Augustus E. Hartford report to officers that their wives, sisters, eloped yesterday with a well dressed dark complexioned stranger. The women left the town. Mrs. Marshall left a note reading Good by, love, I'm gone.
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Worcester
George H. Marshall
Augustus E. Hartford
Spencer
Ramer
John Norton
Salem Jail Fire Tied to Escape Plot Suspected
A prisoner at the Essex County Jail in Salem allegedly threw a lit match into a ventilator starting a fire in an apparent escape bid. The blaze was extinguished quickly by a chemical stream, preventing mass suffocation and a prison-wide panic. Sheriff Johnson will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident and its possible links to inmates seeking to flee.
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Salem
Essex County
Johnson
Parker Bros
Moran Supports Hibbard in Election Endorsement
District Attorney Moran announced from his office yesterday that he will vote for George A. Hibbard. He dismissed Coulthurst’s effort and stated his belief that Hibbard will win.
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George A. Hibbard
Coulthurst
Mr. Hibbard
Moran
Moran backs Hibbard under pressure in late race
A semi official Boston Post ledgers a district attorney would endorse Hibbard at the 11th hour. Moran refused an official statement but indicated he would vote for Hibbard. The move supports prior Post reporting that Moran would shift to Hibbard if Coulthurst and Hibbard did not withdraw in favor of John H. Casey.
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Boston Post
Hibbard
Mr. Moran
Indorsing Hibbard
Post
Coulthurst
John H. Casey
Moran
Niece of Late Sen Hoar Leaves Public Bequests
The will of Mrs. Caroline Hoar Greene of Burlington, a niece of Sen George F Hoar, provides lifetime use for husband Samuel B Greene and divides 3500 after his death among the American Unitarian Association, Unitarian Sunday School Society, and Unitarian Temperance Society. It also leaves 1000 each to the Perkins Institution for the Blind Hampton Institute and Radcliffe College. Small gifts go to Concord Mass parish groups and a Concord home for the aged. In Washington, George Otis Smith of Skowhegan was confirmed as director of the US Geological Survey and about 60 postmasters were approved.
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Sen. Hoar
Burlington
Caroline Hoar Greene
United States
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Samuel B. Greene
American Unitarian Association
Unitarian Sunday School Society
Unitarian Temperance Society
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Hampton Institute
Radcliffe College
Women's Parish Association
First
Concord
Mass
Home For the
Harvard Captain Chosen to Lead Varsity next Season
Francis Harden Burr was elected captain of Harvard's varsity football team for the coming year. Burr, a junior and former left guard, moved to left tackle this season and impressed despite the transition. He is a Greater Boston product from Noble's school and Andover Academy and may favor reappointing coach Joshua Crane, with Burr to defer official coaching decisions until the Harvard athletic committee acts.
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Harvard Union
Francis Harden Burr
Burr
Harvard
Greater Boston
Noble's School
Andover Academy
Walter Camp
Crane
Harvard Athletic Committee
Joshua Crane
Yale
Cambridge Pair Held In Break and Enter Suspect Arrest
Cambridge police held Patrick Burke 17 and Phillip J Flynn 28 for the grand jury in 600 bail after they were arrested Sunday for an attempted break and enter at Gaffneys drug store at the corner of Charles and Third streets Cambridge. A third member fled after a shot from Gaffneys revolver and remains at large.
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Patrick Burke
Phillip J. Flynn
Gaffney
Charles and
Third Streets
Cambridge
Almy
Bath Trust Co Resumes Business After Suspension
Bath Maine December 9 The Bath Trust Company formerly controlled by C. W. Morse the steamshipman resumed operations today after a weeks long suspension restoring local banking services and finances.
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Bath Trust Company
Bath. Me
C. W. Morse
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Melrose
Edward Kain
Sughrue
David H. Greenhood
Dorchester
Fred A. Perkins
Elias A. Perkins
Elisha
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Tex
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