Love Letters Pistol and Whip In Court Case
Testimony in the $2,000 cross action between Mrs. Mary Goldsmith and Miss Mary E. B. Cowles revealed a music room confrontation on West Street with a whip, reading of intimate letters, and alleged alienation of affections. Witnesses described jealousies, alleged improper relations, and a plan involving a revolver. The case resumes at 9 AM.
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West Street
Mary. ©. Goldsmith
Mary EB. Cowles
Sheldon
Superior Court
Miss Cowles
Clarendon Street
Chandler Street
Lucy J. Miller
Columbus Avenue
Goldsmith
Mr. Goldsmith
T. W. Proctor
Yankees Guns to Awe Santo Domingo Rebels
Washington reports Jiminez rebels tearing up the railroad between Puerto Plata and Santiago in Santo Domingo. The State Department ordered a warship to the former port as shells still drop in Santo Domingo City. French, Spanish cruisers and a French steamer are noted with continuing fire and damage.
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Washington
State Department
Jiminez
Puerto Plata
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Troude
Rio de la Plata
San Thomas
Europe
Waters Still At Large After Prison Escape
Police and prison officials hunt Edward Waters who vanished after escaping a state prison last Wednesday night. A young woman who visitor him is under surveillance as authorities believe Waters may be hidden near the prison or in nearby Cambridge Somerville areas. It is unclear if he fled town by freight or is inside the local area with limited funds.
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Boston
Cambridge
Somerville
Malden
Chelsea
Edward Waters
Bridges
Waters
New York
Warden Bridges
Post
Convict Waters Known in Somerville With Prior Escapes
Edward Waters, an escaped Charlestown State prison convict, is well known in Somerville after breaking into H. M. Fowler and Charles I. Teague homes on Aug. 27, 1908, stealing jewelry. Arrest followed, and he received sentences in Cambridge and Boston totaling six to eight years. Known aliases include Pennington and William H. Smith among others. Native of Baumore Md., 27, 5 ft 5 in, 125 lb, blue eyes, brown hair, with numerous distinctive tattoos.
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Waters
Somerville
Edward Waters
Charlestown
H. M. Fowler
Charles I. Teague
Boston
Cambridge
Pennington
William H. Smith
Nolston
Norris
Wayson
Baumore
Maryland
House of Refuge
Admiral Bowles predicts Japanese victory in war
Rear Admiral Francis T Bowles reviewed the eastern war outlook and said the Russian army will not match the Japanese on land. He argued Russia should seek peace after the annihilation of its fleet but would likely persist, noting Japan’s mobility, modern arms, and superior gunnery as decisive factors in any future battles.
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Francis T. Bowles
Bowles
Russia
St. Petersburg
Japan
Manchuria
Corea
Corean
South Africa
Pekin
Fort Arthur
Russia Aims for Empire as War Shifts Eastern Balance
A historical map analysis argues Russia would claim Manchuria and Corea if victorious, aiming to dominate China. Shaded lines show ambition, while dotted routes trace the Baltic and Black Sea fleets’ sea voyage to join wartime operations, nearly a half world away.
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Manchuria
Corea
Russia
China
Baltic
Black Seas
Europe
Asia
Boston Mayoral Advisory Council Proposed by Ward 10
Councilman Ferber introduced in the Common Council a proposal for an advisory council for the city of Boston. The roster would include city leaders and heads of major institutions and firms with five year terms, meeting monthly to advise on city welfare and progress.
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Ward 10
Common Council
City of
Boston
Ht of
Board of Aldermen
Commons Council
School Committee
Harvard University
Institute of Technology
Tufts College
Boston University
Chamber of Commerce
Iton Bar Association
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Merchants’ Association
Shoe and Leather Exchange
Board of Fire Underwriters
Boston Board,of Appeal
Republican and
Democratic City Committees
Public School Association
Good Government Association
Board of Trustees
Amer
Superintendent of Public Buildings
United Irish League Plans Campaign Fund
A Boston meeting of the Boston Central Council and the United Irish League endorsed a fund drive for the Irish parliamentary party. The group praised Colonel Arthur Lynch’s release, vowed renewed support, and formed a committee to draft an appeal to branches. The next council meeting is set for March 4.
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Boston Central Council
Boston
United Irish League
American House
Timmins
M. J. Jordan
Arthur Lynch
United Irish League of Boston
Boston Labor Union to Hold Open Meeting at Faneuil Hall
The Boston Central Labor Union will host an open meeting at Faneuil Hall on Sunday Feb 21 at 3 pm to hear Frank K Foster of Typographical Union 13 reply to President Eliot of Harvard. Invitations go to mayors, manufacturers, employers, business leaders, state officials, and Harvard leaders.
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Wells Memorial
Faneuil Hall
Eliot
Harvard University
Frank K. Foster
Typographical Union 13
Massachusetts
John L. Bates
State Senate
House of Representatives
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Dennis D. Driscoll
Cambridge tax rate up after budget committee vote
Cambridge finance committee completed the budget work raising the appropriation by 1000 over the mayoral recommendation of 1,911,856. The tax rate will increase from 16.90 under Mayor McNamee to a range of 18.40 to 18.90 per thousand.
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Cambridge
Daly
McNamee
Big Bargain Clothing Sale at 55 Hanover Street Boston
Crowds flood the closed out sale at Building No 55 Hanover Street as smoke damaged stock from a recent fire prompts deep discounts. Hundreds of items including suits pants coats coats and shoes priced well below real value with store open late and money back offers on select pieces.
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Hanover St
Oxford
Whitman Fellowship Meets at TreMont Social Hall
Boston branch of the Walt Whitman Fellowship gathered at Social Hall Tre Mont Temple. Rev Samuel M Crothers of Cambridge spoke on The Sentiment of Freedom in Milton Shelley and Wordsworth. He called literature a record of humanitys liberty warfare and praised Shelleys advocacy of liberty.
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Whitman
Boston
Walt Whitman
Tremont Temple
Samuel M. Crothers
Cambridge
Milton
Shelley
Wordsworth
Dolliber Makes Failed Self-Destruction Attempt
James W Dolliber, 67, of 20 Verndale Street Brookline, suffering chronic insomnia and melancholia, shot himself in the head yesterday morning. His wife daughter Mrs Tubb aided him and a bandage was applied before he was moved to Massachusetts General Hospital where doctors believe he will recover.
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Nathaniel F. Glidden
Mr. Goldsmith
Verndale Street
Brookline
Tubb
John Adams
Colliber
Massachusetts General Hospital
Union Engineers to Release Sunday Report on Signatories
The scale committee of the Coal Hoisting Engineers' Union 74 will report Sunday afternoon which employers signed the new working agreement and which did not. The union will meet at its new headquarters at 934 Washington Street.
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Engineers
Washington Street
Police Boat Rescues Craft in Icebound Harbor
The Guardian battled dense ice as it freed lece-locked boats and carved a channel for barges Tobyhanna and Tulhannock. Later the Watchman aided Sergeant Benjamin and crew headed to Governor's Island from Commercial Wharf, and the Buttress captain was helped to his icebound craft on the South Boston flats.
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Guardian
Bird Island Flats
South Boston
Buttress
Boston Flats
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