Folding bed traps couple in bunkhouse crash
In Providence on a Saturday night, a patent folding bed collapsed trapping Boston visitors Mr. and Mrs. Crocker inside the bed at 546 Broad Street. The pair suffered severe compression and injuries but no bones were broken, with Mrs. Crocker especially affected. Dr. L. S. Hill treated them, noting a near fatal shock and repeated vomiting overnight. The cause remains undetermined.
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Providence
Mrs. Crocker
Boston
T. J. Hamilton
Bing House
Broad Street
Mr. Crocker
L. 8. Hill
Thick morning haze delays Maine voyage and gun practice
Newport Rhode Island December 18 haze prevented the United States steamship Maine from going to sea for inspection. The heavy gun practice yesterday was also interfered with by haze.
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Newport
R. I
United States
Maine
Boston University Men's Club Faces Court Suit Over Debt
The Men's Club of Boston University was summoned to appear in court on January 4 over debts owed to Macdonald & Son, a Boston bookbinding firm. The club claims the university annual issue drained finances, with failed ads and sales, while several firms settled portions of the original sums. Deputy Sheriff Kelly served twenty five summonses amid student distress over the publicity and actions of the binder.
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Boston University
Macdonald & Son
Contern of
Boston
Macdonald
Kelly
Post
Barrett on Chaffey linked to burglaries in prison visit
Inspectors Watts and Dugan and State Detective Whitney questioned William Barrett in Charlestown prison. Barrett stated Chaffey was implicated in burglaries and that Chaffey handled stolen goods, including silverware, sometimes melting it to remove inscriptions. He said Chaffey traded with crooked associates and often worked on weekends, usually not alone.
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Watts
Dugan
Whitney
William Barrett
Charlestown
Chaffey
Barrett
Nivne
Khown
England
Alway
Fortune myth haunts Hyacinthe Ringrose in Fall River
Hyacinthe A Ringrose a Boston Brockton Fall River lawyer once linked to a large inheritance leaves the city amid creditor pressure. A bill of sale dispute with Mr Martel and dealings with piano and sewing machine creditors triggers a swift relocation as moving vans enter. Mrs Ringrose falls ill from the excitement during the scene on Park Street.
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Fall River
Hyacinthe A. Ringrose
Boston
Brockton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wanamaker
George Munroe
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company
Constable McLaughlin
Martel
Constable Bhon
George Ringrose
Clerk Foote
Lincoln & Hood
Philip Reagan
Hyacinthe
Albert ©. Chace
Commonwealth
Ringrose
Park Street
Globe Investment Company legal hearing spanned forenoon
A dozen lawyers argued before Judge Barker in the Supreme Court about Globe Investment Company securities. The proceedings aimed to obtain the court’s instructions for Receiver Wyman amid ongoing efforts to settle the company’s affairs. Judge Barker will rule later.
Ploughman Farmers Meeting on Spraying Principles
The first Ploughman farmers meeting of the season will be held Saturday morning December 14 at 10 o'clock in Room 605, John Hancock building, 178 Devonshire Street. The session will feature an essay on the Principles and Practice of Spraying by H H Lamson of the New Hampshire Experiment Station, Durham, N H, followed by discussion.
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Ploughman Farmers
John Hancock Building
Devonshire Street
H H. Lamson
New Hampshire Experiment Station
Durham
N. H
House smiths end four week strike at Cornell and Millikin firms
New York news reports that the house smiths who had been on a four week strike against J. B. & J. Cornell and Millikin Bros. agreed to return to work at noon. They resume duties under the pre strike conditions and with an understanding to adopt a uniform practice among the Iron League members, including on matters of wages.
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New York
J. B
J. M. Cornell
Millikin 'Bros
Iron League
CAPT HILL VANISHES FROM RUTLAND PARK HOME
Captain Reuben A. Hill, treasurer of a car tender business, real estate man and G A R member, disappeared after last Sunday. Accounts say he left with a stranger from his Rutland Park rooming house after a night of intoxication, with $1790 allegedly owed to the Taylors. He was rich from Chicago dock property and a party at a Spiritual Temple, once involved in a seance scene.
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Mrs. Kelley
Rutland Park
Captain Hill
Kelley
Mr. Hill
Rogers
Taylors
Hill
Chicago
Phil
Grant
M. & Ayer
Knox
Julius Caesar Recital At Berkeley Hall
Marshall Darrach of Newark gave a Julius Caesar recital at Berkeley Hall at 2 30 yesterday afternoon before a fair sized audience largely comprised of students.
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Marshall Darrach
Newark
N. J
Berkeley Hall
Julius Cesar
Newton Grade Grossings Plan Seeks Depressed Rails
Newton plans a $3,000,000 grade separation with 17 steel bridges. Boston & Albany and Newton officials sign an agreement sharing costs 60 percent to the railroad 25 percent to the city and 15 percent to the state. A commission will be appointed to settle disputes with a hearing set for December 17.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
Bliss
Rothfeld
Railroad Corporation
Brighton
Faneuil Station
Rowe Street
Auburndale
Washington Street
Newton Centre
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Harvard
Walnut
Chestnut
Highland
Washington Streets
West Newton
Greenwood Avenue
Centre Place
Richardson Street
Lewis Terrace
Lowell Street
Putnam Street
Commonwealth Avenue
St. James Street
Bellevue Street
Newton Board
Bost & Albany
Superior Court
Civil Service Reformers Elect Officers in Washington
The Civil Service Reform League re-elected its officers. A reform committee led by Charles J. Bonaparte noted many additions to the classified service by President Cleveland and discussed the consular service order. The group urged passage of Lodge and Morgan bills for reforms and highlighted talks by Herman Justi, C J Bonaparte, and Herbert Welsh on the South, an officeholding oligarchy, and workers’ interests.
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Washington
Civil Service Reform League
Charles J. Bonaparte
Cleveland
Olney
Friends of
Lodge
Ulsters For Cold Weather By Leopold Morse Co
Ulsters for cold weather offered by Leopold Morse & Co with all wool frieze ulsters at $10. Late pattern cuts, good lining and trim. Boys overcoats and ulsters priced from $5 to $8 for boys. Irish frieze ulsters advertised as a rare bargain noted with substantial savings.
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Leopold Morse & Co
Hurd Arraigned in Murder Case at Biddeford
Alfred S. Hurd, who confessed to murdering his father James M. Hurd, was arraigned before Recorder Weymouth in Biddeford Municipal Court. His counsel waived examination and entered a not guilty plea. He was bound over to the January term of the Supreme Court and committed to the county jail.
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Biddeford
Alfred S. Hurd
James M. Hurd
Weymouth
Hamilton
Supreme Court
Hurd
Governor Greenhalge Eyes Court Martial for Officers
Governor Greenhalge has decided that Captain Anthony D. Mitten of Company M Ninth Infantry MV M will be court martialed as recommended by the court of inquiry. Lieutenant Frank B. Parsons of Company D Naval Brigade MV M will be ordered back to his command. Orders will be issued in a few days.
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Greenhalge
Anthony D. Mitten
Ninth Infantry
Frank B. Parsons
Naval Brigade
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