Christmas Swindle Nets Clothier $132 From One Buyer
A young man posing as a Brown Durrell & Co. representative bought a $38 suit at Browning King & Co. for $170 on a forged check. He received $132 in cash while the shop delivered the suit, then fled. Police later arrested him. alias George W. Smith, 28, of 24 Oak St. He confessed to forgery, and will be arraigned. Previously had been sent to Concord Reformatory for a $600 theft in Colorado Springs.
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Browning, King & Co
Washington Street
Brown, Purrell & Co
McCausland, Cleary
Wolf
F. C. Garmon
Garmon
Cleary
Park Square
Mr. Garman
New York City
Ryder
Watts
George W. Smith
Oak Street
Black’s
Rogues’ Gallery
Brown, Durrell & Co
Bradley
Garman
Howard National Bank
Warren Stevens
James Bradley, Jr
Colorado Springs
Malden
Concord Reformatory
Gloucester Schooner Jennie Seaverns Sold After Wreck
New England happenings report the Gloucester schooner Jennie Seaverns wrecked at St Pierre hauled off damaged and sold by underwriters for 800 dollars. Malden hosts a home wedding as Miss Crace C Richards wed Mr John F Goodwin of Boston. Amesbury reports James Cook arrested for assault and attempted robbery of Richard Moore near Nayson's court. Auburndale Lasell girls celebrate Christmas with a tree and dinner at the seminary.
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Jennie Seaverns
Gloucester
St. Pierre
Malden
O. Dearborn
Pleasant Street
Crace C. Richards
John F. Goodwin
Armstrong Transfer Company
Boston
B. H. Bailey
Unitarian Church
Amesbury
James Cook
Richard Moore
Moore
Cook
Nayson
Great Bankrupt Winter Clothing Sale at Yankee
Great Bankrupt Sale of Winter Clothing at Yankee 91 Summer Street offers coats overcoats suits and pants at deep discounts. Men's wool cashmere and worsted suits priced far below value with items like overcoats and dress suits advertised as bargains. Open evenings and Saturdays with car fare paid for distant customers.
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Sething Lane
Carr
Melton
Brookes
The
Post
Yankee
Summer St
Brock Seen As Likely Street Superintendent Candidate
Nathan F Brock a Brighton resident MIT man about 30 seeks the street superintendent post with strong support. He has engineering work in Massachusetts sewerage and bridge dept apprenticeship plus Basin 6 water dept project. Rival talk puts Engineer Carson of the subway forward as a contender. Democratic leaders insist on a first class engineer for the job and may favor entrusting the post to proven municipal hands. Ex Senator Leary supporters expect a City Messenger caucus within days, possibly by Saturday, with open ballots likely this year to reveal how council members vote. The contest against Colonel Peters is expected to be bitter.
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Nathan F. Brock
Brock
Brighton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts
Basin 6
Water Department
Quincy
Leary
City Messenger
Galvin
Peters
Christmas at the White House Delights Cleveland Children
Christmas at the White House featured a vast Christmas tree in the library as Miss Ruth Esther and Marion hung stockings. Santa delivered a sea of gifts while President Cleveland and his wife kept to a quiet family day and the building remained closed to visitors.
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Washington
White House
Cleveland
Ruth
Esther
Marion
Santa Claus
Christmas in the Boston jail with condemned Angus Gilbert
Angus D. Gilbert, awaiting execution for the slaying of Alice Sterling, spends Christmas in Corridor 29 of the Charles Street jail. He greets the day with church music, reads religious works, and enjoys a roast turkey dinner while maintaining calm and routine as the February 27 execution looms. His sister and a unnamed pastor are regular but absent on this day.
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Charles Street
Angus Gilbert
the Law
Gilbert
Alice Sterling
Trinity Church
Angus D. Gilbert
Mus
Boston
Beacon Street
Two Shots Fire in South Manchester Tragedy
Thomas Ryan a Cheney Bros. silk mill employee entered the George Mallen house and fired twice at Fred Williams who was playing a banjo. Williams wounded, taken to hospital. Ryan killed himself with a pistol shot at the town hall steps. he died at home soon after. Williams seriously injured but not fatally.
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Hartford
Conn
Thomas Ryan
Cheney Bros
South Manchester
George Mallen
Fred Williams
Williams
Willams
Ryan
Old Stoughton Musical Society Holds 110th Annual Meeting
The 110th annual meeting and sing of the Old Stoughton Musical Society, the world’s oldest, convened in Stoughton on December 25. Officers elected included President Daniel H. Huxford of Randolph and vice-presidents Sanford H. Capen, James T. Stevens, John B. Thayer, and Henry S. Porter. A rehearsal followed with about 260 members, conducted by Edwin A. Jones and Nelson Mann. Supper was served at G. A. R. Hall, with remarks from local dignitaries. The evening program at Stetson Hall featured the society’s collection, with Laura Burnham as soprano and Hiram Wilde, Isaac Juittlefield, and Mace Gay in principal roles.
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Braintree
John B. Thayer
Randolph
Henry 8. Porter
Brockton
Edward A Jones
Stoughton
Nelson Mann
William Porter
Lucius Payne
Holbrook
Lewis
Porter
Sanford E. Capen
Elisha A. Thayer
Marcus M. Porter
Edwin A. Jones
G. A. R. Hall
Billings
Daniel H. Huxford
Wilde
Thayer
Lowe
W. H. Hall
Elijah J. Capen
Stetson Hall
Laura Burnham
Hiram Wilde
Dorchester
Isaac Juittlefield
Avon
Mace Gay
Kittie E. Goenes
Herman L. West of
Georgie M. Howard
Twenty Mile Pigeon Sweep Sets New Record in New England
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on December 25 the largest twenty mile pigeon sweep in New England drew 23 entries from Sharon Heights and returned all birds home on time. Prizes totaling 100 dollars were distributed with McCready's third placing first.
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Pawtucket
R. I
New England
Sharon Heights
McCready
Whittaker
Parkinson
City BREVITIES A broad crime and accident roundup in Charlestown Dorchester and Jamaica Plain
Officer Thomas Moore and Detective McEleheny arrest John Flav in Charlestown for attempting to pawn brass valued about 30 dollars. he, 23, a railroad employee, faces arraignment. A late night fire on 88 Shamrock street Dorchester caused 15 dollars damage from a candle blaze. David Jones is slashed after a Christmas dance. assailant fled. James P. Kelly thrown from a grocery team on Christmas Eve. leg broken. Jeremiah OConnor of 20 Corning street arrested for selling liquor in city crackdown.
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Thomas Moore
McEleheny
Fichburg Railroad
John Flav
Charlestown
M.hleheny
Moore
Flavony
Shamrock Street
Dorchester
Johns O’leary
James Birkhardt
David Jones
Castle Hall
Tremont Street
Jones
Cutter
James P. Kelly
M. 8
Morton
Washington Street
Jamaica Plain
Kelly
Union Terrace
City Hospital
Jeremiah O'Connor
Corning Street
New York Aims to Host Democratic National Convention
A New York sub-committee of 25 organized to secure the next Democratic national convention in the city. Members include Robert B. Roosevelt EB Ford and John D Crimmins with Isador Straus and Daniel Butterfield ex officio. They plan to enlist business support raise funds and hold open Madison Square Garden dates. Crimmins has already paid 600 toward preliminary expenses. Sub-committees formed by trade to solicit subscriptions.
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New York
Board of Trade and Transportation
Fifth Avenue
Robert B. Roosevelt
EB. S. Ford
John D. Crimmins
Isador Straus
Daniel Butterfield
Uniown Business Men’s Association
Constable
Madison Square Garden
Northwest
Chicago
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
National Committee
Roosevelt
Crimiins
William F. Sheehan
Hill
Murphy
Crimmins
Democratic National Committee
Straus
Match Game of Racquet Ends in Close Scores
George Standing of the Racquet and Tennis Club defeated Harry Boakes of the Chicago Athletic Association in New York at Forty-fourth Street club house. Final scores were 16-12, 15-14, 18-17 with Boakes allowed five aces in the first game and six in the second. From the North to the South Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is the preventive of
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New York
George Standing
Harry Boakes
Chicago Athletic Association
Forty-fourth Street
Boakes
Robbery at Huber and Chittenden Dry Goods Store
In New London Connecticut burglars used dynamite to blast the safe at Huber and Chittenden a major eastern Connecticut dry goods firm. They stole about $600 in cash and $77 in silver while leaving stock intact. Two men seen in the store earlier are suspects.
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New London
Conn
Huber & Chittenden
Connecticut
Bank Street
State Street
Fire in Gardner block causes $10,000 loss in Haverhill
A serious fire swept the Gardner block on Granite street at 5 30 this morning in Haverhill. The building housed E W Noyes Hussey Hodgdon and H S Sprague shoe manufacturers. Fire began in Hussey Hodgdon's shoemaking department on the third floor and was confined there, but all occupants suffered water damage. Loss placed at 10000 and insured. Origin of the blaze not known.
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Haverhill
Gardner Block
Granite Street
E. W. Noyes
Hussey & Hodgdon
H. S. Sprague
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Lasell Girls
Auburndale
Lasell
Professor Bragdon
William T. Shepherd
Bessie Bhepty
Wagner
O’brien
Stoughton Singers
Rhode Island
York
READY
Cyclopedia
ART Dept
Boston Post Building
the Post
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