Police surveil two Somerville suspects amid arson case
A Somerville police official told a Post reporter that two residents, a man and a woman, are under watch for violence and possible exam ination and arrest. He also said more bodies will be exhumed from Mrs. Mary Kelleher’s family lot as she remains jailed in East Cambridge on arson charges. The suspects are well known in the area where Mrs. Kelleher once lived.
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East Cambridge
Kel Icher
Eliot
Hreedom
Ex Mayor Urges Fitzgerald Retirement As Candidate
Senator elect James H. Doyle former streets sup under Mayor Fitzgerald backs James Donovan as next city committee chairman and calls John F. Fitzgerald to retire for Boston mayoral race Doyle demands a single act violating oath to prove his claim and quit if found.
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Fitzgerald
James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
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Timilty
Tre
William H. McClellan
East
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Post
Police probe linked arsenic prep used before deaths
A Somerville investigation centers on a man who buys a rodent poison with high arsenic content and a woman who knows its fate. Officers catalog multiple purchases near deaths while also probing Mrs. Mary Kelleher and suspicions over $8000 from relatives' deaths.
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Somerville
Christmas shopping list for men and boys
A brief gift guide lists value priced items from gloves and handkerchiefs to fur caps and slippers. It notes wide price ranges from under a dollar to several dollars and mentions decisive price reductions on substantial men’s and boys’ apparel.
Open Thursday Until 10 P.M Closed Friday Adams Square
A brief notice states Adams Square venues will stay open until 10 PM on Thursday and close on Friday for unspecified reasons providing basic operating hours.
Morgan buys 15 Caxtons for Amherst library
A Manchester paper reports J Pierpont Morgan paid 120000 dollars for 15 Caxtons from the Amherst library of Lord Amherst of Hackney recently sold at public sale.
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Manchester
Eng
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lord Amherst
Hackney
Higginson Celebrates 85th Birthday at Cambridge Home
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, aged 85 yesterday, received greetings from many friends at his Cambridge residence. An informal afternoon reception featured evergreen and floral decorations. He joked that proximity to students keeps him young and mused that A Lawrence Lowell should be ten years younger to be Harvard president.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
Higginson
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Eliot in spirited debate at Harvard head—Wentworth criticizes Eliot
Franklin H. Wentworth at the Economic Club banquet assailed Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot over Socialism as an attainable ideal. Eliot rose and left the head table, exiting the room without bidding farewell to other guests.
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American House
Franklin H. Wentworth
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Eliot
Five Generations of Baillies to Gather Christmas Day
Five generations will meet at the Main street home of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Baillie on Christmas Day. Amy Hazeltine, four months old, is the youngest. the oldest is Mrs. Mary K. Brown, mother of Mrs. Baillie, who turns 84 in May. Attending are Mrs. Baillie, Mrs. Stephen Hazeltine, Annie E. Hazeltine, Leon S. Hazeltine, and Raymond Clough, with Mrs. Hazeltine and Mrs. Clough representing the third generation from Somerville. Brown’s lineage traces to the Pilgrims.
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Germany
Harvard
Russia
Haverhill
David E. Baillie
Main Street
Amy Hazeltine
Mary K K. Brown
George B. Clough
Somerville
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Annie E. Hazeltine
Leon S
Raymond Clough
Pilgrims
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Annie
Two Women Appointed Postmasters in South Shore
Washington news announced Alfred A. Sevearns of North Scituate retired after ten years as postmaster and his daughter Harriet Sevearns named his successor. Lizzie Dickerson becomes postmistress at Plympton Green, succeeding Z. P. Parker. The veteran plans to move to Middleboro to farm.
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Washington
Alfred A. Sevearns
North Scituate
Sevearns
Harriet FF. Sevearns
Middleboro
Lizzie Dickerson
Plympton Green
Plympton
Z. P. Parker
Herald Square Theatre Fire Traps Broadway Cast and Patrons
Smoke and flames drove chaos at Herald Square Theatre in New York as patrons and crew rushed for exits. Police directed evacuation while actors and stage crew, including Clifton Crawford and Jessie McCoy, fled through hazy corridors. The burning building, formerly Park Theatre, opened in 1894 with Arms and the Man marking its debut.
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2Essie McCoy
Frances Kennedy
Mr. Crawford
Miss McCoy
Herald Square Theatre
New York
Park Theatre
Colosseum
Richard Mansfield
Bernard Shaw
Miss Annie Peck Returns From Andes Summit
Miss Annie S. Peck of Providence Rhode Island returns home aboard the Alianca from Cristobal after a two trip ascent of Mt Huascaran 24000 feet high in Peru She credits two Swiss guides with key aid and claims she surpassed the existing Himalaya height record by up to 1000 feet.
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Cristobal
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Andes
Rockies
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Himalaya
Diamond Theft Charged In Munroe Street Case
Lynn December 22 Aaron Marcus of East Boston arraigned in Police Court on larceny of $1000 in diamonds and jewelry from employer William Brown over 20 months. Accused admitted guilt to Inspector Frank Wright. elder brother allegedly sought restitution. Marcus to answer grand jury, held on $1000 bond.
Jewel Theft Suspect Nabbed In Christmas Shopping District
Police allege a jewel thief was caught after A Stowell & Co. on Winter street helped arrest a man claiming to be Joseph Carroll, 24, of Buffalo. The ring swap valued at 30 dollars versus 550 sparked the case, with authorities identifying him as Albert J. Chalmers alias Albert J. McCrossin alias Albert Crossin, who reportedly served a year in New York for a prior swindle.
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Winter Street
Rogues
Joseph Carroll
Buffalo
Albert J. Chalmers
Albert J. McCrossin
Albert Crossin
New York City
Order of the Fifteen Founder to Aid University Inquiry
Homer Curtiss a senior Penn medical student and organizer of the Order of the Fifteen promised to submit all correspondence to an investigating committee led by Dr Edgar I Smith. Dr Smith said university authorities seek full facts as Charlotte Abbey accuses improper teachings. Curtiss named two Philadelphia clergy as members, while Abbey alleges free love in the group's literature. James Cortelyou announced an independent post office inquiry.
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Penn
K. Homer Curtiss
University of Pennsylvania
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Edgar I’. Smith
Provoest
Smith
Curtiss
Ununiversity
Charlotte Abbey
Order of the Fifteen
Order
Dr. Smith
Dr. Abbey
James T. Cortelyou
Two Held in 5000 Larceny Charge
Walter B. Lockett 31 of Watertown and Arthur G. Curran 28 of Everett were held in 5000 each for the grand jury on larceny charges. They allegedly stole 2031 in four counts from Samuel K. Casson of 80 Court Street in December 1904. Police say the money was loaned on goods later alleged to be worthless.
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Walter B. Lockett
Watertown
Ana
Arthur G. Curran
Everett
Samuel K. Casson
Court Street
Maine Woman Takes Life in Roxbury
Emma Wyman of Auburn, Maine, committed suicide by gas in a Roxbury residence on Waban street after illness. Discovered by morning, a shawl wrapped around her head, and authorities alerted by a medical examiner 24 hours later.
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Emma Wyman
Auburn
Waban Street
Roxbury
Hmima
Inxxaminer MacDonald
Roxbury Watchman Patrick Moran Dies Suddenly at 55
Patrick Moran of Roxbury longtime watchman at the Roxbury yard died suddenly last night while at work. He was 55, born in Roxbury and living at 125 Devon Street. He belonged to Mt. Pleasant Court, M C C O F.
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Roxbury
Roxbury Yard
Devon Street
Mt. Pleasant Court
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