Irishtown Bride Interruption Ends In Drunken Reversal
In Irishtown a planned marriage between Bridget Kennedy and Michael Rooney collapsed after Rooney got drunk. Kennedy’s son and brother opposed the match and the clergyman refused to wed. Rooney claimed the license was issued at Kennedy’s request. Kennedy said she was joking.
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Lynn
Irishtown
Nahant
Bridget Kennedy
Michael Rooney
Michael
Timothy Lahey
Kennedy
John J. Kennedy
J. D. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Arthur J. Teeling
St. Mary’s Church
Father Teeling
Rooney
Repor
Holy Gross Wins as Worcester Runners Dominate Yale Opponents
In a standout meet, Holy Gross wins for Worcester, with the best selected fruit brand S.S. Pierce Co. highlighted while Worcester runners show strong effort against Yale opponents.
Holy Cross Hosts Second Annual Games in Worcester Gym
Holy Cross Athletic Association staged its second annual meet at the college gym tonight drawing athletes from Harvard Yale Princeton Brown Boston College Worcester Tech and Boston Technology. Holy Cross won the Yale 30 yard sprint and the 2 mile relay while Kilpatrick of Holy Cross claimed a half mile match against A L Remington. Dick Grant of Harvard and W H Fox of Holy Cross starred in sprints and dashes with several prizes awarded to Holy Cross competitors.
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Worcester
Holy Cross Athletic Association
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Brown
Boston College
Worcester Technology
Boston Technology
Holy Cross
Kilpatrick
Dick Grant
A. L. Remington
New York Athletic Club
ER. W. Mills
Boston
C. H. Bean
W. H. Fox
Little Punner
H. Fox
Hal Cross
al . F. O’brien
K. Ge
J. N
Crossman
Sean Gourd
Bee Aaei
O. H. Kilpatrick
A. L. Bean
B. W. Mills
Chauncy-Hali
Bean
J. Kane
Ara Handica
F. McTigue
Holy Cros Yan
GO. H. Conway
Holy Cross Yoyas
Boardman
Ellen Coleman Found Dead in North Cambridge Home
Ellen Coleman, unmarried, living with her brother John Coleman at Burn's Court, North Cambridge, was found dead in bed yesterday morning. Medical examiner Swan ordered the body to Litchfield's morgue for autopsy. Death attributed to natural causes.
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Ellen Coleman
John Coleman
Burn'‘s Court
North Cambridge
Swan
Litchfield
Wreck and flood derail Chesapeake & Ohio train at Glen Station
A washout caused by heavy rains derailed the Chesapeake & Ohio No. 1 express at Glen Station Kentucky. The crash left a twenty foot by fifteen foot ditch, with most cars derailed or destroyed while sleeping cars remained intact. Road Master Stout died at the scene. several crew and passengers were injured. About thirty-five passengers were aboard.
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Washington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Glen Station
Stout
Fairhead
Cincinnati
H. Myers
Covington
Richart Maddock
Portsmouth
William Wolf
R. J. File
M. A. Faulkner
Wose
F. D. Bradley
L. C. Turner
Booneville, Va
John Arvin
Porter
Norfolk Western Train Wreck Leaves Two Dead
A Norfolk and Western passenger train struck a washout near Lavallette West Virginia. The wreck damaged the engine two coaches and the baggage car. Baggageman Kennedy and Fireman Mayfield were fatally hurt. Engineer Pennington was badly injured and the passengers escaped with slight injuries.
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Ashland
Norfolk & Western
Lavallette
W. Va
Kennedy
Mayfield
Pennington
Wreck on Pennsylvania Line Near Ebensburg Injures Several
A mail train from Cresson struck a loaded freight car on a side track near Ebensburg Penn due to yard switching errors. Several people were injured though none fatally, as reported on February 22 year.
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Ebensburg
Penn
Cresson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Rivers Work Death and Damage Over Their Banks
Floods across Kentucky and parts of West Virginia force evacuations and report drownings and property losses. Kentucky River carries logs. Pineville Cumberland River reaches courthouse doors. Frankfort losses include flooded houses. Richmond water works reservoir overflows displacing 100. Big Sandy floods affect log booms. rail traffic halted. In Huntington many families flee lowlands. Tig River valley losses and livestock drown. landslides disrupt Worfolkfolk Western. business paused.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Harlan
Perry
Leslie and Letcher
Pineville
Cumberland
Gallatin County
Eagle Creek
Charles Halton
Ohio
Viretiesade Geet
Virginia
Huntington
W. Va
Guyan
Twelve Pole
Big Sandy
Tig River
Worfolkfolk Western
President-Elect Still Ill Keeps McKinley indoors in Canton
Bain keeps the President-elect indoors as doctors bar visitors while crowds gather at Canton hotels. Major McKinley remains indisposed and Hanna expected tomorrow with Colonel J. J. McCook a possible caller. Unverified talk links Colonel John Hay to Britain ambassadorship.
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Canton
Bain
Major McKinley
Mr. Hanna
J. J. McCook
New
Blondin dies in London suburb after diabetes
Blondin, famed for crossing Niagara Falls on a tight rope on August 17, 189, died in Ealing, a London suburb, from diabetes.
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Niagara Falls
London
Blondin
Ealing
Cave-In Disaster Injures Two Men in Brockton
A cave-in at Pleasant and Main streets in Brockton injured two Polish workers, John B and Assonia, who were excavating a cellar for the Douglas block. John B sustained a fractured left arm nearly torn from its socket and extensive bruising. Assonia had contusions and a scalp wound. Both were rushed to Brockton Hospital after fellow laborers freed them.
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Brockton
Pleasant
Main Streets
John B
Assonia
Brockton Hospital
Tunnel cave‑in at Chicago water works crib
The 68th street tunnel to the water works crib in Lake Michigan caved in late this afternoon two miles from shore. Initial reports said forty men were at work and feared dead. later authorities said no men were in the tunnel at the time of the collapse.
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Chicago
Sixty-eighth Street
Water Works
Lake Michigan
Boston Poet's Son and Woman Shotself Tragedy
In Boston two suicides are linked to heartbreaks. John Luis Roche son of James Jef frey Roche editor of the Boston Pilot, attempted suicide at Castle Square Hotel after a love dispute. Miss Ethel Emerson adopted daughter of Rev Dr Emerson of Bangor Me survived after ingesting laudanum and gas exposure. Both cases sent to City Hospital with Roche in critical condition.
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Miss Emerson
Dr. Emerson
Bangor
Union Church of
Worcester
United States
Gaffney
Emerson
Dr. Heffern
John Luis Roche
James Jeffrey Roche
Boston Pilot
Castle Square
Roche
Tremont Street
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Mechanics’ Hall
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