Tear Down of Old Prison Ends South Boston Fight
The old House of Correction on City Lands at L and Fourth streets is being torn down to clear space for a new monster power plant by the Boston Elevated Railroad. Removal of small buildings and the east wing roof marks the end of a long struggle to move city institutions from South Boston. The prison opened in 183 and closed in 1902 after Deer Island facilities were completed.
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Old House of Correction
L and
Fourth Streets
Monster
Boston Elevated
South Boston
Post
Boyle gets four months for North End store robbery
Anthony Boyle, previously serving short terms totaling 14 years, was sentenced to four months for the robbery of Michaele Dimarco at a North End store on Saturday night.
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Anthony Boyle
Michaele Dimarco
North End
Woman awarded weekly support in Probate Court clash with mother in law
Lavinia Clapp wife of Charles P Clapp of 10 Shawmut avenue appeared before Judge Grant in Probate Court seeking separate support. After a long hearing she was awarded 3 a week and the case continued for final disposition. The judge suggested the couple live separately from Mrs Clapp's mother and then resume cohabitation. During cross examination Addie Williams Clapp declared she thought she was a match for any lawyer.
Mother-in-law testifies amid family strife over marriage
Mrs. Lavina Clapp recounts years of trouble with her son and daughter-in-law starting in 1906. She claims the daughter-in-law was unfriendly and abusive, while Clapp denies mistreatment and says he has not sent money since his wife left for Marblehead.
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Lavina Clapp
East Lynn
Beachmont
Lynn
Marblehead
Clapp
Funeral for Harvard English Professor Adams Sherman Hill
Funeral services were held at noon in Appleton Chapel for Professor Adams Sherman Hill a longtime Harvard English instructor. The ceremony was led by the Rev Edward Moore with near tailing colleagues and officials including Edgar H Wells acting dean and Chester N Greenough assisting. Honorary bearers included President Lowell and President Emeritus Eliot, with private interment.
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Adams Sherman Hill
Harvard
Appleton Chapel
College Yard
Edward ©. Moore
D. D
Parkman
William Parkman Blake
Hill
Edgar H. Wells
Chester N. Greenough
William R. Castle, Jr
Howard Maynadier
Ernest Bernbaum
K. G. T. Webster
Lowell
Emeritus Eliot
Henry Pickering Walcott
Corporation
le Baron R. Briggs
Byron S. Hurlbut
William G. Farlow
John Trowbridge
Bliss Perry
George P. Baker
F. N. Robinson
Curious Lion Yawn Trick Ends in Hospital
In San Francisco on December 28 John Kellert visited a wild animal show and learned he could make a lion yawn by tickling its chin. Afterward the lion ceased yawning and Kellert was rushed to a hospital with two fingers missing.
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John Kellert
Man recovers after Oklahoma shooting in Kansas hospital
Claude Stafford 19 of Peru Kansas is conscious and talking after five square inches of skull and a portion of brain were removed. He was shot by Talala Oklahoma town marshal last Saturday and is recovering in Independence Kansas hospital.
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Independence
Kan
Claude Stafford
Peru
Talala
Okla
Stafford
Died After Drinking Cold Coffee in McKees Rocks
Joseph Grohoe aged 45 a boarder at 2/7 Bell Avenue McKees Rocks drank three dippers of cold coffee at 11 yesterday morning and collapsed. He was found dead shortly after while awaiting dinner authorities investigate the sudden death.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Grohoe
Bell Avenue
McKees Rocks
Pastor and Deacon in Chewing Contest in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas on December 28 the Rev D J Jones pastor of Mount Zion African Church fought with Deacon Morton Nichols and bit off Nichols nose after losing his razor early. Nichols chewed off Jones right index finger. Both men went to the police station with Jones released on bond. The feud started over church matters.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Morton Nichols
D. J. Jones
Mount Zion African Church of
Forth Worth
Nichols
Gold Nugget Found In Chicken Craw In Beaver Falls
Mrs. Fred S. Brown wife of Conway Borough secretary found a gold nugget in a chicken's craw at Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. The nugget is valued around ten dollars and draws a crowd to the chicken lot amid high excitement.
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Beaver Falls
Penn
Fred S. Brown
Conway Borough
Man Stops Watches By Own Magnetism In Indiana
Thomas Carr Jr of Oxford Indiana earned the nickname the man who stops watches after a watch he carried stopped and would not run until he touched it again. A jeweller said Carr was too magnetic and seemed to charge the watch. Since then Carr has owned ten other watches with the same result.
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Oxford
Ind
Thomas Carr, Jr
Carr
Woman 70 Makes Her First Train Ride at Last
Mrs Amanda Sollenberger over 70 from near Waynesboro Pennsylvania rode a Western Maryland Railway train to Chambersburg after much persuasion. She endured some dizziness but handled the trip well for her first railway experience.
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Waynesboro
Ypenn
Amanda Sollenberger
Western Maryland
Chambersburg
Caged Like Wild Beast 45 Years In 10 Foot Cell
Deaf mute and violently insane most of his life Cornelius N Dayton 71 a Civil War veteran has lived 45 years in a 10 foot square iron lattice lined room. Humane agents visited the Andrus farm near Winsted Conn after complaints by other veterans about his confinement. Dayton's 93 year old mother also resides there and was present during the visit.
Dayton veteran cared for by sister as pension noted
Despite contrary reports, a Dayton veteran receives care from his sister Mrs Andrus. He is said to be better cared for than at a state asylum. The veteran receives a monthly pension of 72 dollars and his condition is traced to sunstroke on the battlefield.
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Andrus
Dayton
Half Brother and Sister Seek Marriage License
Paul Lannon of Buffalo and Miss Bette Moss of Philadelphia, a half brother and half sister, applied for a license in Wilkes Barre but were refused. Deputy register William P. Gallagher said the law does not permit such a union. The couple argued it is nobody else’s business.
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Wilkesbarre
Paul Lannon
Buffalo
Bette Moss
Philadelphia
William P. Gallagher
Lunnon
Man Dies After Taking Fatal Bichloride Dose
Pittsburg news reports Elmer Dese swallowed 27 grains of bichloride of mercury twelve days earlier. He appeared recovered before Christmas Eve illness worsened, leading to his death yesterday, 12 days after the self-administered dose.
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Pittsburg
Elmer Dese
Engine Breaks Down On Express Train Near Brighton
The New York Express, leaving South Station at 5 52 p m for New York, blew a cylinder head through Brighton at 45 miles per hour causing a 15 minute delay. Passengers were shaken with a few bruises, no serious injuries. A replacement engine arrived shortly and the trip resumed.
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New York Express
South
Boston & Albany
New York
Brighton
Anothe
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