Mystery Robbery and Poison Plot Haunts Lynn Home
Joseph Calvert, his wife, sister in law, and young daughter Sadie faced a crime wave in Lynn. A teapot was found filled with carbolic acid and $155 vanished from Calvert’s trunk after a January fire. Police call the case baffling with possible ties to an old murder arson scheme.
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Lynn
Joseph Calvert
Sadie
Shoe City
Sherlock Holmes
Pervear & Co
Miss Peavey
Hanover Street
Calvert
Cubans Respond to Harvard Summer School Invite
Cuban teachers rush applications as Alexis E. Frye explains Harvard tuition will be free while board costs are paid by applicants. Cuban furniture bids are opened with Major Baker Lieutenant Brooks and Frye to select the winning bid. The Autonomist party has formally dissolved.
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Havana
Alexis E. Frye
Harvard Summer School
Harvard University
United States
Cuba
Frye
Baker
Brooks
Autonomist Party
First Inspection Night at St Alphonsus Hall Roxbury
Last night opened a six night series at the new Young Men's Mission Church Association hall on Smith Street Roxbury. From 7 30 to 10 o clock members and friends were received during the first inspection night.
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St. Alphonsus Hall
Young Men’s Mission Church Association
Smith Street
Roxbury
Mission Church
Ma crum Seeks Probe Backed by Censored Letters
Washington reports Charles F. E. Ma crum former Pretoria consul claims new proof supports his charges against U S administration and British officials. He possesses letters opened by the censor and vows to prove every statement true. San Francisco confirms support from ex Consul Grote ready to testify.
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Washington
Charles FE. Macrum
Pretoria
Macrum
South Africa
United States
Transvaal
South African Republic
San Francisco
C. F. Grote
Miss d Arville Engaged to Wealthy Western Mine Man
Philadelphia report confirms Camille d Arville engaged to Frank P Crellin a wealthy wine merchant of Oakland California The singer met him last summer in California and calls him delightful The wedding date is not set and she notes she is Boer by birth and heart Her friends expect she will lead another company of her own after marriage
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Philadelphia
Camille d’Arville
Frank P. Crellin
Oakland
Cal
California
Crellin
Miss d’Arville
Holland
Louis Wilson
Vienna
Wilson
Europe
Fitzgerald Denies Franked Mail Claim Over Pamphlet
Washington despatch reports Congressman Fitzgerald denied James W. Stillman’s claim that Fitzgerald granted use of his frank for mailing Stillman’s pamphlet The President's War of Criminal Aggression. Fitzgerald says he offered office envelopes and expected plain mail, with Stillman seeking to send to members and Senators. He stated he could distribute via Capitol post offices if packages were routed through his office.
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Washington
James W. Stillman
Fitzgerald
Stillman
French-Canadian girl Eva Roch awakes after long sleep
Eva Roch of Montreal who had been asleep since December 23 has awakened on February 19 and shows signs of recovery. Doctors report she may live.
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Montreal
Eva Roch
Rev Father J J Fawley Promotes Roxbury Catholic Clubhouse
Catholic community leader Rev Father J J Fawley helped spearhead the erection of a new clubhouse for Catholic young men in Roxbury, marking a significant development for local youth activities and parish involvement.
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Consin
J. J. Fawley
Roxbury
New Parish Hall Attracts Visitors For Opening Night
Hundreds of parish members and guests toured the new Mission Church hall, admiring its decorations paintings and statuary. Father Crawley guided tours from the furnace basement to the theatre while guests praised the building and its rooms including the gymnasium baths trainer and card room. Next Monday a theatre entertainment series will begin.
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Father Crawley
Mission Church
Association
Father Donahue
St. Thomas’s Church
Jamaica Plain
O’reagan
James Oswald
Neil Tracey
Indian after money moves toward Ottawa in claim
Jean Louis Le gare formerly surrendered Sitting Bull and hundreds of Sioux to U S authorities in 1881 1882 has traveled from the Northwest en route to Ottawa to press his claim for 13 400 dollars plus interest dating back eighteen years with Dominion government support expected.
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Montreal
Jean Louis Legare
Sitting Bull
United Sates
Northwest
Ottawa
Dominion
Ear of corn exhibits lengths and whiskey claims
An ear of corn from Kansas measures 23 1/2 inches long and 12 1/2 inches around at the base. The Kernels count is not stated but substantial. The ad promotes G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and G. O. Taylor Pure Rye Whiskies as well aged and pure, sold by licensed dealers with proprietor’s name on the label and cork, in sealed bottles.
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Kansas
G. O. Taylor
Lawyers Seek Divorce as Dual Professionals in North Dakota Case
In Fargo proceedings, Taylor Crum and Ida M. Crum, both lawyers and business partners, seek divorce. Mrs Crum initiated the suit and later filed a cross bill for alimony after an attack by her brother on Crum, who is crippled. The case remains on trial and under advisement in Fargo.
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ST. Paul
Miss Wilkins Romance Tied to Secret Early Marriage
Atlanta society figure Julia Wilkins daughter of Grant Wilkins wed New Yorker William Andrew Hayes in a secret match revealed now. The union followed her protest against enrolling a colored girl at an art school and her dramatic withdrawal.
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Atlanta
Julia Wilkins
Grant Wilkins
William Andrew Hayes
New York
Miss Wilkins
Cox’s Passion Sparks Disorder Charge in New York
Edward Cox a metal polisher of Twenty fourth Street and Lexington Avenue was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge brought by saloon keeper Earnest Ordeman of No 392 Sixth Avenue. Cox, infatuated with Louise Crine a domestic in Ordeman’s household, bombarded the home with snowballs after being refused access. The incident occurred near Ordeman’s Sixth Avenue residence and Cox was locked up at the Thirtieth Street station.
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New York
Edward Cox
Twenty-fourth Street
Lexington Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Earnest Ordeman
No. 392
Sixth Avenue
Cox
Louise Crine
Ordeman
Louise
Ordeman’s
Man Accuses Cat Cause of Firenote and Missing Money
An insurance firm attributes a fire to a cat overturning a lit kerosene lamp. Calvert received 125 dollars from the settlement and says he placed more funds in a trunk. He claims another acquaintance knows the money’s location but will reveal the name only to police.
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Nsurance Company
Calvert
Poison Plot At Lynn Theatre Leaves Family Uneasy
Mrs Calvert, her sister, and child visited the Lynn Theatre. On return, a tea cup tasted by the parents carried carbolic acid, though the teapot remained untouched. A burglary of $155 from Calvert’s trunk followed, with motive and suspects unclear as police investigate. Calvert blames police and ties the crime to a fire claim settlement and house fittings.
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Calvert
Chase
Storm Survivor recounts wreck and lifesaving rescue tale
A longtime seaman recounts a brutal storm that wrecked his ship, killing most aboard while he clung to a mast for hours and was rescued near a life saving station. He notes later luck with a Three-Star Ring Good Luck Box and praises seller Henry Parker of Boston, who markets the box nationally.
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Weather Bureau
Pal Mueller
Parker
Henry Parker
Toston
New England
United States
Deaths from Roxbury and suburbs listed with services
Death notices for Thomas C Curley 29 from Roxbury at 24 Faxon Street funeral Feb 21 8 am mass 9 am Mission Church Susan M Ler ned 79 at Woburn funeral from daughter Mrs Timson 32 Nashua Street Feb 17 1 pm Nelly Green wife of Dr J G Green West End funeral Feb 20 11 am at 23 Chambers Street West End
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Curley
Roxbury
Thomas C. Curley
Faxon Street
Mission Church
Lerned
Woburn
Susan M. Lerned
FE. R. Timson
Nashua Street
Green
West End
Chambers Street
Nelly
J. G. Green
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