Lee gives court account in breach of promise suit
Robert Emmons Lee testified in Middlesex Superior Court at East Cambridge in a $30,000 breach of promise case brought by Charlotte Helen Bates McNally. He described meetings from 1894 through 1903 with the plaintiff then a schoolgirl and later an actress, noting gaps in their contact and a 1903 encounter at the Park Theatre.
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Robert Emmons Lee
Charlotte Helen Bates McNally
Judge Bishop
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Miss McNally
Helen Bates
Park Theatre
Boston
Savoy
Ice Embargo Cripples New England Shipping
A harsh ice embargo grips New England ports with many facilities closed. Vessels ashore include Avalon and C. S. White, while Nantucket Shoals lightship and Admiral Sampson face ice threats. Dover area lines, Duck Island light, Wood’s Hole and Nar ragansett Bay report heavy floes, with Penobscot Bay and Chesapeake Bay iced in and New York Harbor shipping hampered.
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New England
Avalon
Philadelphia
C. S. White
Calais
West Chop
Vineyard Haven
Nantucket Shoals
Admiral Sampson
Pea Patch Shoals
Delaware
Cornfield Reef
Duck Island Light
Westport
Conn
H. C. Rowe
Providence River
Wood’s Hole
Narragansett Bay
Newport
Penobscot Bay
Chesapeake Bay
New York Harbor
Boston Harbor
Police Aid Sought In Vermont Governor Bell Letters
State police join Vermont Attorney General and Boston police in tracing violent letters sent to Governor Bell from Boston area. Quincy police report no clues. letters written on coarse brown paper with educated handwriting disguise. Authorities emphasize effort to identify and arrest the author.
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Boston
Bell
Vermont
Fitts
Parker
Shaw
Quincy
Assassination in Helsinki Targets Finland’s Procurator General
In Helsinki Finland Sotsalon Soininen procurator general and former Johnsson was killed in his private study by a young man who used a French name Alexandre Gadd and claimed Russian service. The shooter and Soininen's son were wounded in a later duel. The motive appears political as Soininen supported pro Russian government factions.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Sotsalon Soininen
Johnsson
Soininen
Alexandre Gadd
Child Dead in N H Fire
Harriet Pratt aged 75 and Lulu Smith aged 5 were burned to death in a house fire that destroyed Charlie Smith's residence in Meredith New Hampshire early today.
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N.H
Pratt
Lulu Smith
Charlies Smith
Fight Opens In House on Railroad Freight Bill
Congress debates regulating freight rates and ending rebates as Democrats and Republicans clash over amendment rights. Key leaders include John Sharp Williams and Southwick Vreeland. the rule passes 166 to 140 and the Townsen d Esch bill moves to committee for rate fixing and a special court. President Roosevelt cited in urging bipartisan action to avert a national crisis.
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Washington
Congress
House
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Messrs. Southwick and
Vreeland
New York
Gaines
Tennessee
Committee On Rules
Williams
United States
Palzell
Currier
N. H
Richardson
Ala
Roosevelt
Williston Dormitory Fire Victim in Mysterious Accident
East hampton February 6 William C Porter a Williston Seminary senior and son of a New York physician was found unconscious in his room as North Hall burned with an estimated 20000 in damages. Porter suffered stomach injury but no burns or smoke inhalation doctors suspect assault or other cause while other residents lost most possessions and fireman Thomas Ryan was mildly injured.
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Easthampton
William C. Porter
Williston Seminary
New York
North Hall
Porter
Oliver C. Cobb
Thomas Ryan
Exposure to the Storm and Father John’s Medicine Claim
Exposure to storms can lead to grip pneumonia and consumption says an old advertisement. Father John’s Medicine is advertised as preventing pneumonia curing colds bronchitis throat and lung troubles and making strength with a fifty year history guaranteed not a patent medicine.
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Father John
Sampson Goes Ashore at Pea Patch Shoals
A dispatch from Reedy Island Del reports the steamship Admiral Sampson of United Fruit Company running between Philadelphia and Port Antonio ran aground on the lower end of Pea Patch shoals. The note mentions an ice embargo and a Boston Worcester Trolley Air Line line for travel.
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Spatch
Reedy Island
Del
Admiral Sampson
United Fruit Company
Port Antonio
Pea Patch Shoals
Best for Children and Public Health Remedies Ad
Best for children is Sanford's Ginger for colds cramps pains and indigestion. Cures sore hands and feet by bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment. Public speakers use Piso's Cure to strengthen voice and prevent hoarseness.
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Sanford
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Girl
Babe
Dewey Square
Pneumonia
Tremont ST
Scollay SQ
Nantucket
King Chemical Co
Mass
Boston Post
A. J. Woollard
Tagonism
Williston
Sampson
Philadelpha
A_ de
Boston Worcester Trolley
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