Brother charged after handkerchief dispute turns violent
Samuel Weisberg, 20, lay critically injured from a fractured skull in City Hospital after a fight with his brother Frederick, 18, who fled the Dover Street scene. Neighbors reported a fierce brawl with a frying pan and kettle over a share of a handkerchief lot. Police searched the area as the crowd grew, and Frederick remained at large.
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Samuel Weisberg
Dover Street
City Hospital
Frederick
Weisberg
Samuel
The Green Diamond Smuggling Narrows In 1902 Delhi Theft
Synopsis of previous instalments follows a famed gem theft in Delhi. A trader hires Harvey Crook to smuggle twelve magnums of Tokay wine containing the Hue of Goona diamond to England. Merrick buys the bottles at auction, sparking pursuit and a murder charge. The tale tracks disguises, police leads from Southampton to London, and Merrick’s scheme to mislead investigators as the case unfolds.
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Delhi
Hahn
Harvey Crook
England
Lyman W. Merrick
Crook
Basil Clifton
Merrick
Fortune
Pritchard
Isaacs
Mr. Merrick
Daisy Merrick
Maine Battleships Smoke Nuisance Sparks Navy Inquiry
The Navy plans a board to investigate excessive smoke from several new battleships, especially the Maine, which clouds signals and maneuvers. The Maine may undergo radical changes and dry docking at Charles Town. photographs of dense smoke are noted and Rear Admiral Barker moved the ship to the rear to keep vision clear.
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Navy Department
Maine
Europe
Barker
Charlestown
Particular The Lady and The Penny Inquiry
The Lady questions a penny given to Tired Tim as he confesses his plan to sterilize it in alcohol out of fear of germs.
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Tim
Tremont St
Col
Bromfield
Frank E. Burbank
Sec’y and Treas
Advice Columns From A Curious Era On Love And Loyalty
A reader asks Miss Champagne about handling three suitors in winter and whether to pursue the one she loves. Another inquiry seeks guidance after a breakup and missing contact from a young woman who vanished while a ring and gifts linger. The columnist advises considering motives, not pursuing unworthy matches, and urging direct explanation or parental inquiry to resolve troubling romance questions.
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Miss Champagne
Deceived Dear Miss Champagne I Have Been Keeping Company
A brief note states that the writer has been courting a young lady for about a year and seeks attention or remedy for a perceived deception. The fragmentary missive hints at a personal matter awaiting clarification or response.
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Miss Champagne
Boston Horse Show Banned Over Frigid Box Social Scene
The New York Sun reports Boston will not host a horse show this season due to social seating flaws at Mechanics Hall. Boxed sections cramped socializing, leaving exhibitors ignored and leading promoters to skip Boston. Sarah Bernhardt visit momentarily enlivened the scene, but the overall mood remained cold and formal.
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The
New York Sun
Boston
Boston Society
the Sun
Mechanics’ Hall
Madison Square Garden
John Gerken
Jack Gardner
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
the Bernhardt
Thought husband dead, woman donates coat to coal driver
Melrose, Dec 11. Mrs. David Flynn of 169 Winton Street, believing her husband was dead from a pneumonia hospital letter, gave away her winter coat to a passing coal driver. She then told the undertaker to call for the remains and went to the hospital to learn details. The sick man, not dead, wonders when he will have a coat.
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Melrose
David Flynn
Winton Street
Rome
The Night Train Robbery Wife Who Could Shoot to Kill
A sleepy passenger recalls a Western train robbery where two masked robbers seized the car, and a pale woman seated behind the narrator calmly fired a pistol to stop one attacker. She was revealed as Jack Hinton’s wife en route to join him on his ranch, and she returned the narrator’s dropped bank roll to give to Jack.
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Chicago
Jack Hinton
Jack
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John T. Manning
Winter St
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Jordan
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Workincmens Co-Operative Bank
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