Auto Collision Injures Dorchester Family in Brookline
A Dorchester avenue collision near Mather street injures Dr F J Purdy of Brookline his wife Michael J Merrick the chauffeur and Thomas Casey driver of a lumber pung The auto a total wreck and all passengers escape serious harm They were taken home to Brookline.
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Dorchester Avenue
Mather Street
F. J. Purdy
Vernon Street
Brookline
Michael J. Merrick
Thomas Casey
Merrick
Hold & Bugi Bhee
Gloucester Fire Threatens Tappan Block in Cold Blast
A major blaze in Gloucester on Malin street near the Tappan Block caused $150 000 in losses and risked nearby stores. Firemen battled ice coated equipment as two firefighters Samuel McQuinn and Frank Smith were injured, Smith with a broken leg and McQuinn with multiple rib fractures and burns, before rescue from a 15 foot coal hole. The fire likely started from an overheated furnace and rapidly spread through the two story Tappan Block housing Tappan Clothing Company M Silverman and Robert W Phelps with Cattilo dry goods and Proctor Bros Gloucester Daily Times.
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Samuel McQuinn
Frank Smith
Smith
McQuinn
Tappan Block
Gloucester
Tappan Clothing Company, Inc
M. Silverman
Robert W. Phelps
Tappan
Alexander Cattilo
Proctor Bros
Gloucester Daily Times
Governor grants four month reprieve for Mrs Rogers
Mary M. Rogers, sentenced to die today in Windsor Vermont, received a four month reprieve from Governor Charles J. Bell. High Sheriff Henry H. Peck announced the stay as she had just completed Catholic last rites and heard prayers for the dying. Tears of joy followed the news.
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Mary M. Rogers
Windsor
Henry H. Peck
Charles J. Bell
Fatal Assault by Wife Ends in Death at Barn
Jonathan B. Severance, 70, died from injuries after his wife, 50, allegedly struck him with an axe during barn chores. She is confined in Danvers Insane Hospital as mentally irresponsible. The incident occurred Saturday night and he died today from the effects of the wounds.
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Reading
Jonathan B. Severance
Brave rescue as steamship Caledonian fire rages
A long six hour blaze aboard the steamship Caledonian of the Leyland line endangered sailors and firemen. 11 men were overcome by smoke with many treated ashore. Superintendent Balderson of the New Haven docks risked his life to rescue two men, praising duty over danger as water drenched the burning vessel and listed to 45 degrees.
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Caledonian
Leyland Line
Balderson
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston
Edward Swallow
Mrs. Rogers Thanks Through The Post For Reprieve
Mrs Mary Rogers thanks reporters and supporters after learning she has been reprieved. She praises Governor Bell and acknowledges those who worked for her relief and saved her life.
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Rogers
Mary Rogers
Governor Bell
Governor Bell Grants Reprieve in Mrs. Rogers Trial
In Montpelier Governor Bell explains he bears sole responsibility for granting the reprieve. He says the trial was fair and just, yet if doubt remains the defendant should have the benefit of it. He insists justice must be done and departs from sending a misjudged or guiltless woman to death.
Governor Bell Grants Mary Rogers a Reprieve
Governor Bell grants Mary M. Rogers a reprieve until June 2 1905 to present new evidence before the Supreme Court. He states he does not judge the facts of the case and preserves Vermont's policy against altering capital punishment despite critics. Details continue on Page 4 of the Post.
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Mary M. Rogers
Supreme Court
Vermont
Commonwealth
Post
Mrs Rogers Reprieved Pending New Trial Request
The Supreme Court will convene in May to hear a petition for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. The evidence concerns hereditary insanity in the Rogers family, Mary Rogers physical condition at the crime, and Leon Perham's alleged confession. If the court refuses the new trial, the execution set for June 2 will proceed.
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Rogers
Supreme Court
Mary Rogers
Leon Perham
Bell
Reprieve Delivery Set For Mary Rogers Governor's Aide Flies To Windsor
Charles T. Walters secretary of civil and military affairs left Waterbury at 5 45 pm with the governor's reprieve staying Mary Rogers's execution. He will deliver it to High Sheriff Peck in Windsor tomorrow morning arriving about 7 20 am after stops at White River Junction and a later train.
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Waterbury
Charles T. Walters
Mary Rogers
Peck
Windsor
White River Junction
Boston Area Forecast: Fair and Cold Tomorrow
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies and continued cold conditions on Friday. Winds light, nighttime lows near freezing, daytime highs in the mid 30s.
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Boston and
Vicin
Miraculous Cure Claimed for Chronic Catarrh by Austrian Drug
Reports from physicians and asthmatics across states attribute dramatic recoveries to a new Austrian remedy for chronic catarrh. Patients with obstinate cases reportedly improve after 500 drops, with a palatable dose of seven drops twice daily. The Austrian dispensary at 6 East 6th Street, New York, offers free mail distribution to those writing for it.
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New York
East Mth Street
New York City
Reverend Lennon Endorses Father John's Medicine
Rev. Father H. C. Lennon of Coos New Hampshire praises Father John's Medicine for a persistent cough noting almost immediate relief and calling it the best medicine for the prescribed ailments.
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H. C. Lennon
Coos, N. H
John
Boston Weather Breeds Colds Lung Euro Cures Coughs
A brief note from the era links cold snaps in Boston to widespread illness and mentions European remedies promoted to ease coughs and colds.
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Boston
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Pr. Purdy
Mass
Malin Street
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Severance
The
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Boston Globe
Big Brother
E. A. Grozier
Edwin A. Perkins
McDonald
Ladder
Thomas J. Muldoon
Chemical
D. J. Coffey
Edward J. McIntyre
John Harkins
Charles Neary
D. J. Hurley
William Colpoys
Hoseman Smith
Mrs. Rogers
Gov. Bell
Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
Reese Sane
Father Lennon
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