Smith Denies Assault in Hyde Park Trial
Dedham December 17 All evidence is in the case of Howard E K Smith of Hyde Park charged with assault on 10 year old Elizabeth McGregor at Hyde Park August 7 1902 Judge Sherman will charge the jury tomorrow Smith testified denying the assault and said he did not see Miss McGregor on August 7 He claimed Miss McGregor was pointed out to him on August 9 Other witnesses testified about his movements that day as jurors were excused due to illness in two families The defense presented his mother and other witnesses including his sister The trial featured Smith’s assertion of alibis and his use of a south Boston switching engine and train ride to and from work as the jury prepared to retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Howard EK. Smith
Hyde Park
Elizabeth McGregor
Sherman
Miss Meger
Smith
Miss McGregor
Mathey
Mitchell
Belle Anne Smith
Howard
John W. Howard
South Boston
First Street
Roundhouse
South Terminal
Mr. Beaver
Dudley Street
Fairmount Station
Miss Clarke
Grant
Wentworth
Farrell
Norfolk County
Ethel B. Smith
Killed His Wife Given Life Sentence in Court
In the Superior Criminal Court James F. Elisha was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife on Phillips street. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder after changing his answer in court. The judge ordered three days in solitary confinement as part of the sentence. Elisha, an ex convict, killed his wife in mid April out of jealousy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
James F. Elisha
Phillips Street
West End
Justice Stephens
Manning
Mr. Manning
Mr. Sughrue
Travel Deals For Holidays To Canada And West
Those returning home for the holidays are advised to contact Thomas Wynne, a traveling passenger agent for Grand Trunk. The notice lists Boston fares to major cities including Chicago 17 dollars, Detroit 12.75, St Paul Minneapolis 28.50, Denver 44.40, San Francisco 67.40. Personally conducted tours depart Boston Mondays and Wednesdays for Colorado and the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
West
Thomas Wynne
Grand Trunk Railway System
Washington Street
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Denver
San Francisco
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Endorsed as Internal Cure
An article promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal, non opiate remedy for catarrh affecting the nose throat stomach and liver. A public speaker testifies the tablets cleared his head and throat after years of winter colds and voice issues. The advert claims the tablets are pleasant to taste and harmless suitable for children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
McInerney
Stuart
Delightful Party in Honor of Miss Macrone
Miss Rita Macrone celebrated her eighteenth birthday with a surprise party at 137 Gladstone Street East Boston. Some 40 or 50 friends attended, decor bright with plants and fern, music and refreshments, guests gave gifts including a gold watch and chain, and Miss Macrone performed several ballads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Macrone
D. B. Macrone
Boston
Gladstone Street
Mderone
William Hardnett
Watches and Imports Shift in Philippines Trade, 1902
War Department figures show Philippine imports for 11 months to May 1902 valued at 13,937 dollars, up from 11,193 in 1901. The United States leads in import value at 3,484 dollars, Japan 2,996, Germany 2,103, with Britain, France, Hong Kong also contributing. Watches imports fell from 135,603 in early 1901 to 106,026 in the same period this year, while U.S. exports to the Philippines surged to 61,356 dollars over 11 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Philippine Islands
United States
Japan
Germany
Miiten
France
Hong Kong
Philippines
General Peanuts Dead in New York
The Japanese circus performer known as General Peanuts, a famed midget and clown with Barnum’s and Morepaugh and Sells’s circuses, was found dead in bed in New York on December 17. He stood 2 feet 1 inch tall and was 38 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Peanuts
Barnum’s
Morepaugh
Sells
Grace Stevenson Found In Another Fake Tale
A dawn walk near Beacon Street sparked a rumor that Grace Stevenson, missing over five years, was found in New Rochelle New York and placed in a convent. Brookline Wakefield officials and detectives denied any truth to the tale, calling it the annual Stevenson fake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Beacon Street
Grace Stevenson
New Rochelle
N. Y
Stevenson
Farmers to Form Shipping Association in Great Plains
Topeka Kan December 17 The Farmers' Co operative Grain and Live Stock Association will foundation a new group named the Farmers' Co operative Shipping Association with capital of 200000 and aims to own and control a line of grain elevators across Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Farmers’ Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Association
Farmers’ Co-operative Shipping Association
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Steamer Dewey Sails to Jamaica From Long Wharf
Steamer Admiral Dewey under Captain Israel departed Long wharf at 10 o clock yesterday morning bound for Jamaica with cabin passengers including S. D. Barrett and family, Eliza beth Sturgis, Grabow and spouse, F. S. Preston, Moraler, Johnson, Barber, Carstang, Baker, Levy, and others aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Israel
Long Wharf
Jamaica
S. D. Barrett
F. A. Barrett
F. R. Sturgis
Elizabeth Sturgis
E. R. Grabow
Grabow
F.S. Preston
Moraler
Frederick Johnson
A. G. Barber
Con Keefe Liquor Catalogue at 109A Dartmouth St Boston
An advertisement for Con Keefe at 109A Dartmouth Street Boston offers a wide selection of wines and spirits with guaranteed or refunded goods. It lists quart bottles of various wines and strong spirits with prices, promises best quality, and mentions free price lists and discreet shipping. It invites customers to visit Dartmouth Chambers near Back Bay station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Keefe
Cambridge Street
Boston
Muscatel
Malaga
California
Dartmouth Chambers
Dartmouth St
Back Bay Station
New Hampshire Honor Teed by Boston Boot and Shoe Club
One hundred fifty merchants attended the Boston Boot and Shoe Club dinner at Hotel Brunswick with Co. C. Hoyt presiding. Naval officer James O. Lyford spoke on New Hampshire's pivotal role in U S history, highlighting Portsmouth fort capture, Bunker Hill, Portsmouth shipbuilding, Peterboro library, and notable NH figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
New Hampshire
Co. C. Hoyt
James O. Lyford
Boston
United States
Lexington
Portsmouth
Fort William and Mary
Peterboro
N. H
Franklin Pierce
Henry Wilson
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Charles Carleton Coffin
Benjamin P. Shillaker
James T. Fields
Joseph Worcester
Henry Durant
Wellesley College
Saber Clark
Wesleyan University
David Parsons
Amherst College
Newton mayor urged police department probe into Chief Tarbox
A written request signed by many Newton citizens asks for an investigation of the police department, effectively targeting Chief Tarbox. The mayor and the chief declined to discuss specifics, noting the inquiry may or may not proceed and promising fuller word next week. For months, anonymous letters and threats of a shakeup on Jan 1 have fueled tensions between Tarbox, his department, and influential critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Sec
Weeks
Police Department
Chief Tarbox
Post
Tarbox
Mrs Grant's Funeral Plans Not Yet Complete
New York Dec 17 The Grant Monument Association executive committee met to discuss final resting place arrangements for Mrs Ulysses S Grant. The timing depends on General Frederick D Grant reaching Washington. A top of the granite sarcophagus will be lifted and a committee including Dodge Root Hayden Bliss and Blakeman was formed with Blakeman traveling to Washington to arrange details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grant Monument Association
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant Monument
Frederick D. Grant
Washington
Granville M. Dodge
Elihu Root
Henry W. Hayden
Cornelius N. Bliss
A. Noel Blakeman
Blakeman
Grant
Rockefeller Gift Prompts Record Oil Dividends For 1925
New York December 17 Wall Street experts predicted Standard Oil would pay shareholders next year not less than 60 million dollars in dividends, a rate that could be exceeded, as earnings for the trust reach new highs. The predicted payout follows John D Rockefeller’s Christmas gift of one million dollars to Northwestern University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Northwestern University At
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Trust
Wall Street
Standard Oil
Giant Sunny Jim Sign Covers Broadway Corner
New Yorkers gaze at a 15 416 square foot painted sign on two all story buildings at Broadway and Spring Street. The Sunny Jim figure towers 112 feet 6 inches with a 17 foot 6 inch hat and a 50 foot cane, advertising Force. The brief text proclaims Vigor Vim Perfect Trim Force made him Sunny Jim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Spring Street
Sunny Jim
United States
United Kingdom
Stage matters in Boston theater listings this season
The Tremont will open sales for James K Hackett's The Crisis next Tuesday amid strong public interest. Dan McAvoy, from Sally in Our Alley, is now engaged with Klaw and Erlanger. Ramsay Morris's Ninety and Nine is billed here and may appear before season end at the Boston Theatre. Carrie de Mar and Joseph Hart play Dec 29 at the Boston Theatre, while Sleeping Beauty and the Beast comes to the Colonial. Cissy Loftus will be Ophelia to E H Sothern's Hamlet in Boston. Maude Adams in repertoire is announced by Hollis. King Dodo to come to Tremont early next year. Arthur William Row stars in What Happened to Jones at the Tremont. Mary Mannering in The Stubbornness of Geraldine comes to Hollis in January. Charlotte Graves, not Graves, of The Sultan of Sulu, has been honored by a Boston artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Hackett
Tremont
Dan McAvoy
Our Alley
Klaw
Erlanger
Ramsay Morris
Boston
Joseph Hart
Carrie de Mar
Klaw and Erlanger
Colonial
Cissy Loftus
Ophelia
E. H. Sothern
Hamlet
Sultan of Sulu
Sultans of Sulu at Tremont Delight Boston Audiences
George Ade's Sultan of Sulu continues to draw full houses at the Tremont Theatre with one week left. A Christmas matinee is announced. Other offerings include Du Barry at Hollis Street, Sally in Our Alley at Boston Theatre, Not Guilty at Grand Opera House, The Toreador at Colonial, and upcoming Hamlet at Castle Square. The Children’s Theatre, Park and Keith’s bills feature varied acts, with Mrs. Leslie Carter's Du Barry praised and a crowded program of vaudeville, magic, and bands upcoming through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ade
Tremont Theatre
du Barry
Hollis Street
Boston
Grand Opera’ House
Colonial
Martin Harvey
Sydney Carton
Kyrie Bellew
France
Magdalen
Amelia Bingham
Henry E. Dixey
Wilton Lackaye
E. M. Holland
Ford Gottschalk
J. K. Tillotson
Castle Square Theatre
Charles Frohman
Colonial Theatre
Trumph
Fels-Naptha Promotes Easier Washing Methods
A brief note extols the Fels-Naptha brand as a simple solution to washing many small items on days besides the usual wash day, emphasizing its ease of use and practicality.
Police Nab Alleged Policy Writer Edward Keough
Division 5 officers arrested Edward Keough of 23 Savoy Street on an alleged policy writing charge. They found a large batch of slips during the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division 5
Edward Keough
Savoy Street
Red Fox Ale Sales Rise Sharply Daily
Sales of Red Fox Ale show a steady daily increase as demand grows. Local retailers report rising consumer interest and broader distribution expanding reach across the area.
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Elisha
James Elisha
Miss Macrone
Miss Stevenson
Western Farmers IN Shipping Association
DEWEY
MAY “Lexow” Chief
A. Shuman & Co
Dickens’ Booth
Shuman Corner
London Music Hall
Keith's
Glincerrettis
Demore
Oneida
Salambo
Olivette
Rousseau Brothers
Winscherman
Harmony Four
the Howard
Manhattan Comedy Four
la Belle Rosa
Austin & Stone’s
Egypt
Fred S. Stuber
Hollis and Howard
Miss May Mooney
Jennie Dehaan
Charles E. Gould
Music Hall
B. L. Benevolent Association
Dorothy Morton
Lenna Howe
Ladies’ Military Band
Dolan
Lenhart
Handel and Haydn Society
Symphony Hall
Set Geen Lawrence McCuarty
Lederer
Grand Opera House
Dover ST. “L” Station
Matinee
George W. Magee Lessee
Mgr
Hone
Autarg
Extrek
Peck
Jack
Norworth
Keith
Boston Museum
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Lin
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Rich, Harris & Chas. Frohman
Everyman
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Parks Theatre
Nixon & Zimmerma
Francis Wilson Company
London Gaiety
Oxford
Hamle
Square Theatre
Bowdoin
Coon Hollow
NEW Henry
Far Egypt
la Helle Rosa
George Ade Sultan
Sulu
Edward H. Crosby
Herald
H. M. Ticknor
GLOBE
S. Howard
L. C. Strang
K. E. Edwards
G. T. Richardson
Omenhauer
Messiah
Popeae
Helen Henschel
Ernestine Fish
Glenn Hall
Jos. Baernstein
Sopran
Anita Rio
Helen A. Hunt
Ian Jacks
L. B. Merri
Tel
B. B
Wright Picca
Washington St
Hollis Rae
Rem
Isaac B. Rich
David Belasco
Leslie Carter
Numph
Beaco
Gus Hill
Zeb & Zarrow
Big Dorothy Morton Dolan
Femmane Lenna Howe
Ladies
Eh Children’s Theatre
Japanese Garden
Columbia
Talk OF
the Town
Ruth Fortesque
Ananae
W. A. Barclay
Nickelodeon
Topsey Turvey
Haymarket
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