Courthouse Builder Walter S. Sampson Dies at Winthrop Beach
Captain Walter S. Sampson, Civil War veteran and builder of the Suffolk County Courthouse, died at his son’s home in Winthrop Beach at 10 45 p m from diabetes He served in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and the Twenty second United States Volunteers and was active in G A R circles and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Born February 22 1835 in Kingston Mass he later settled in Boston and erected many prominent buildings including the courthouse He was past commander of Charles Russell Lowell Post 7 G A R and remembered for bearing the state flag during a notable visit to England
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Walter S. Sampson
Massachusetts Regiment
Minutemen
United States
Walter S., Jr
Winthrop Beach
Sampson
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
England
Suffolk County
Walter Sampson
Kingston
Mass
Benjamin
Sarah
Bradford) Sampson
Boston
Mason
Army of the Potomac
Charles Russell Lowell
Thieves Take Rare Paintings From Frames in Pittsburg
Five price-less paintings have been cut from their frames and stolen in Pittsburg within weeks. A cross depicting Christ crucified from St Pauls Cathedral has also been taken. Col lector C C Mellor reported four of his best paintings missing after discovery of cuts.
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Pittsburg
Penn
St. Paul's Cathedral
Christ
Cc. C. Mellor
Patrolman Fined For Riding On Street Cars On Duty
Somerville patrolman Frank H. Graves was fined three days pay by Mayor Grimmons for riding street cars while on duty. Earlier Patrolman Belzarini received five days pay for loitering in a drug store.
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Frank HE. Graves
Somerville Police Department
Grimmons
Belzarini
Quincy Leader Horace Spear Dies Suddenly at 85
Horace B Spear a longtime finance figure in Quincy collapsed outside Adams Academy from heart disease. Founder of Quincy Savings Bank and former treasurer, he leaves a widow two daughters and a son who serves as Mt Wollaston National Bank cashier. He was 85.
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Quincy
Horace B. Spear
Adams Academy
Mt. Wollaston National Bank
Pastor Struck In Pulpit By Falling Ornament
Washington Feb 2 The Rev Dr Frank Bristol pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church escaped death when a 10 pound plate ornament fell from the ceiling 50 feet and struck him on the head. He collapsed unconscious and bled from a scalp wound though his condition is not considered serious.
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Washington
Frank Bristol
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
Groundhog Declares Winter to Return After Shadow
The groundhog emerged on Candlemas Day in Greater Boston, saw his shadow and retreated to his hole, signifying six more weeks of winter. Citizens hear a hedgehog rhyme about the annual weather prophecy and prepare for continued cold.
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Ground Hog
Greater
Boston
When is a dress a fit debated in Dedham court
Dedham February 2. The case of dressmaker Nellie Josselyn versus Louise H Schulz will resume Monday in the local court to decide when a dress is a fit. Dressmaking experts testified on seams pleats gussets plaquets and related terms as attorneys clashed over details.
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Dedham
Nellie Josselyn
Louise H. Schulz
Roosevelt commends Reno priest on celibacy critique
The president approves a Reno Catholic sermon by Rev. Fr. Rubman delivered January 19. Roosevelt’s letter endorses the priest’s views on death by one’s own hand and argues that celibacy is false to God country and self.
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Reno
Nev
Rubman
Theodore Roosevelt
Ten Cadets Expelled At Virginia Tech For Hazing
Ten cadets were expelled from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg for hazing. The faculty considered each case and informed the students that the decision was final.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Boston Probate Notice for William C W HURLL Will
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Probate Court cites heirs to show cause why Charlotte Temple Hurl l should receive letters testamentary for the estate of William C W Hurl l Boston. court to convene February 6 1908 at 10 am in Boston. Public notice required weekly for three weeks and notices mailed seven days prior. Judge Robert Grant presiding. Register Arthur W Dolan.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Bridget McFarland
Boston
Mathew J. Mullen
Boston Post
Robert, Grant
Esquire
Arthur W. Dolan
Register
William C. W. Hurll
Charlotte Temple Hurll
Robert Grant
Eliza J. Woodroffe
Winnifred Harrington
County of Suffolk
Dedhaim Street
Dedham Street
Daniel B. Newhall
Daniel B. Ford
Mel‘vin
Zenas Litchfield
William J. Williams
Pemberton Bidg
Mass
Highland Storage
Massachusetts
Julia Angs
Nellie Vail
E. Miller
B. D. South
Tick Quirk
Alger
A. Frazer
James Deary
Catherine Jackson
Hugh Gillis
E. Geary
Dearington
Florence Newton
A. Eee
Sra Powers Azie “Smond
Nason
Carmody
BE. G. Richardson
Donance
T. S.grénin
A. d. Sullivan
Bertha Christenson
McDermott McAusland
R. Knights & CO
Tremont St.ard
Catherine
Daly
Mary McCarthy
Henrietta Gaines Robbins
Medora Robbins Crosby
Massachusetts Probate Notices of Admin Actions 1908
Public notices in Boston Massachusetts announce petitions for letters of administration for Catherine Daly Henrietta Gaines Robbins and Martha Lucas. Citations require appearance dates in February and publication in The Boston Post with kin notices and bond requirements. Administrators named Gheorghe Clarendon and Innie M Esdaile take on duties with claims due from creditors.
Death claims John P. Norton former Post staffer
News of John P. Norton, a former Post staffer and city editor, shocks colleagues in New Bedford and friends. A versatile graphic writer, Norton left Boston health concerns for the West and Denver Times before returning to New Bedford, where he died at 24. Burial is set in New Bedford today.
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John P. Norton
Post
Norton
New Bedford Times
West
Denver
The
Times
New Bedford
Massasoit Again Aground Off Maine Coast
The freight steamer Massasoit of the Mains Coast Transportation Company, blown ashore at Cutler Harbor on January 8, was refloated by the revenue cutter Woodbury but dragged her anchors in the last night’s gale and grounded anew near the original struck point in Machias Maine.
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Machias
Massasoit
Mains Coast Transportation Company
Cutler Harbor
United States Revenue
Woodbury
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Itemizes Arrivals and Departures
Sun rises at 6 57 sets at 5 p m length of day 10 hours 2 minutes. Arrived steamers Prince Arthur Kinney Yar mouth N C and several passengers to Gloucester Dizer Baltimore via Norfolk to A M Graham Calvin Austin Pike St John N B via Easter and Portland to C E Laech ler Persian Italy Philadelphia to A M Graham Old Colony Healy New York H M Whitney Howe New York schooner Massasoit Tullock Newport News via Portsmouth N H steamer Kanawha Johnson Norfolk Va Sailed wind NW gale steamers for Glasgow Nicolai Dan aka Menominee Antwerp via Philadelphia May Newport News Va and peat Py Fe A W Perry Halifax Herman Winter and Bunker Hill New York Nacoochee Savannah tugs Coastwise Philadelphia towing barges Henry Clay Marion Robesonia Monocacy towing 3 barges Ashland Langhorne Manatawny Lykens towing steamer Chippewa for Jacksonville and Charleston DC.
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Kinney
Yarmouth
N. C
J. F. Masters
Gloucester
Dizer
Baltimore
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
Calvin Austin
Pike
St. John
N. B
Easter
Portland
C. E. Laechler
Illaly
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Healy
New York
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Howe
Massasoit
Tullock
Newport News
Portsmouth
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Kanawha
Johnson
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N.W
Glasgow
Nicolai N
Menominee
Antwerp
Philadelpha May
Peat
Py Fe
A. W. Perry
Halifax
N. S
Herman Winter
Bunker Hill
Nacoochee
Savannah
Coastwise
Henry Clay
Marion
Robesonia
Monocacy
Ashland
Langhorne
Manatawny
Lykens
Jacksonville
Charleston
D. C
Woman Found Dead in New York Hotel Chelsea
A 37 year old Milwaukee milliner Almira Wilcox was found dead in her Hotel Chelsea room. Police say powders suggest overdose of insomnia narcotic. She had ties to Rutland Vermont and Castleton. An unattended letter and sentimental postal note were found on her desk.
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New York
Almira Wilcox
Milwaukee
Chelsea
Castleton
Dr. Everett
Miss Almyra Wilcox Dies In Rutland Area
Miss Almyra Wilcox, known in Rutland and Castleton, died under unclear circumstances. Her brother Henry and nephew Dr F H Everett were among relatives. An undelivered incoming letter hints at possible insomnia affecting her mind. She previously ran a millinery business in Rutland and other towns in Vermont and across Ohio and Massachusetts.
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Rutland
Almyra Wilcox
Castleton
Henry
F. H. Everett
Wilcox
Athol and
Orange
Mass
Cleveland
Along the Water Front Fish Trade in Storms and Port Arrivals
A damaging southeasterly storm and a blizzard reduce fish pier receipts with only two fares, while offshore boats report catches of haddock cod and hake. Several ocean liners and freighters are due today including Queen Alexandra Indrashama Cambrian and Limon. The harbor tug Scylla changes ownership, and three schooners are chartered for Baltimore loading. Barrel totals rise sharply from last year.
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Natalie J. Nelson
Georges
Pontiac
Queen Alexandra
Calcutta
Indrashama
China
Japan
Philippines
Thomas Wayman
Seville
Cambrian
London
Scylla
Tha M. Dalby
Atlantic Works
Boston
Commercial Towboat Company
Hastern Dredging Company
Henry Doane
McKie. Lighterage Company
Commercial Company
8. B. Blackburn
Fannie Palmer
Edward E. Barry
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Washington St
J. Keezer
Newfoundland
S. B
Central Sq
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Cutter Shorthand School
Boylston St
New England
Te George F. King Co
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Blue Hill Ave
Rox
O.ce
Boston Auto School
Market Sq
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Haverhill St
James Coyne
M. B
d&Sutt I
Lockport
Rand, McNally & CO
Fifth Ave
New A
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San SR RE Neun
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Fall River
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Boston School OF Piano
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Toledo
Ohio
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Bow St
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Charles H. Egan
Admr
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Monument Ave
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Mark Stone
Harry Mann
Admi
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Joseph Grady
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