Exeter Man Thurston Found Dead After Fire and Revolver
In Exeter New Hampshire Chase W Thurston 42 was found dead in his South Street home. The upper body was badly burned with an empty revolver nearby. Police theorize the revolver discharge set clothing on fire and he died before extinguishing flames. The medical examiner ruled death from burns and left fire causes and revolver presence to authorities. A neighbor found smoke in the kitchen around 9 o'clock with Thurston's body in a corner.
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Exeter
N. H
Chase W. Thurston
South Street
Art Critics Clash Over State Houses Bronze and Marble Statues
Harvard professor Charles Eliot Norton tops a protest against bronze figures in the State House Memorial Hall arguing for marble sculptures of John Adams John Quincy Adams and John Hancock. The dispute involves a 1904 memorial commission and a battle over placement in the hall of flags with three marbles and one bronze niche.
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Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
State House Memorial Hall
Governor Guild
State House
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Hancock
Bartlett
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Professor Norton
Edward Robinson
Allen
Brockton
Norton
Hall of Flags
Stevenson
Higginson
Memorial Hall
Colonel Higginson
Boston Woman Murders Husband Then Self in Fire Trap
In a Chicago flat at 418 Jackson Boulevard, William S. Sears and his wife were found dead. Mrs Sears had written notes to relatives declaring intent to kill her husband and herself. A letter to Carrie Metzer explains the motive. Pocketbooks near the scene held over $1000 in jewels, willed to her brother John Clark of Newport New Hampshire.
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Chicago
William S. Sears
Mack
Boston
Jackson Boulevard
Sears
Carrie Metzer
Throop Street
Root Won't Meddle in Congo Affairs
Secretary Root states the American government has no opportunity or power to investigate Congo conditions and has no plan to supervise Central Africa. The letter was sent to Representative Denby of Michigan outlining U S stance on Congo Free State and governance by powers in the region.
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Washington
Congo Free State
Central Africa
Root
Denby
Michigan
Fall River Telegram Rush Prompts Extra Boston Post Circulation
A brief Fall River telegram notes a Sunday rush for the Boston Post with plentiful extras and plans for more next Sunday. DuCKET reports the scene on February 2 with strong demand and quick production.
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Fall River
Boston Post
the Post
Ducket
Circulation Manager Notice from Boston Post
Regular order all sold with a few copies remaining. E S Smart Rochester New Hampshire February 25.
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Boston Post
E. S. Smart
Big Boston Post sale notes from four towns
Circulation updates from Boston Post report all copies sold in Lynn Beverly Manchester and Salem areas on February 25 with managers R S Bauer L T Mead A F Goldsmith Company noting remaining stock and sold out status across territories.
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Boston Post
Lynn Territory
Lynn
R. S. Bauer
Sold out Sunday Posts at 11 o'clock in Boston
Circulation manager announces all Sunday Posts are sold out at 11 am.T. H. Kelley & Sons Lawrence reports the notice dated February 2.
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Boston Post
T. H. Kelley & Sons
Lawrence
Died in arms of fiancé in Beverly tragedy
Blanche Munroe Bartlett, engaged to Frank Appleton, died at about 10 pm after a self administered dose of carbolic acid. Foster mother Mrs Hattie A Munroe found her unconscious in bed. Appleton stayed at her bedside, seeking a parting word as despondency over illness is blamed. Funeral planned private Tuesday at 2 pm from her adoptive parents' home.
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Beverly
Blanche Munroe Bartlett
Hattie A. Munroe
Miss Bartlett
Frank Appleton
Baptist Church
Sisters of Holy Cross endorse Father John's Medicine
Nashua New Hampshire nuns advocate Father John's Medicine to relieve colds throat and lung troubles claiming prevention of pneumonia and grip and curing cold symptoms.
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the Sisters OF Holy Cross of
Nashua, N. H
Father John
Father John's Medicine Heals Throat and Lungs
Promotion claims the remedy cures sore throat and lung issues with a guarantee. Uses bold assurances and medical language to appeal to readers seeking quick relief.
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John
Mystery couple linked to sudden wealth in flat raid
Police probe the true identity of a couple who moved into a flat in November and vanished with money and jewels. Sears and his wife acted as if penniless but paid rent within five days. Known as William Mack to a hatter, Sears had a prior robbery linkage and Knights of Pythias cards surfaced among his effects.
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Matz
Sears
Spira & Co
Hatmakers
Peoria Street
William Mack
William Sears
William Wrenn
Mack
the Knights of Pythias
Dorchester
Mass
Was This The Couple Sears Housed On Shawmut Avenue
A year ago Christmas a Mr and Mrs William F Sears described as the couple from Chicago roomed with Mrs Engelhardt on Shawmut Avenue. They stayed nine weeks then moved to a nearby house. Engelhardt recalls trouble at times and says the couple arrived from New York with the man claiming to be a Boston native and the wife from Newport New Hampshire. He worked as a hatter on Devonshire Street. She could not say whether jealousy drink or disloyalty caused the disturbance.
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William F. Sears
Chicago
Engelhardt
Shawmut Avenue
New York
Boston
Newport
N. H
Devonshire Street
Change Stars to Dollar Marks in Harvard Sermon
Dr Lyman Abbott in Appleton Chapel urges replacing In God We Trust with Be Successful HonestLy if You Can but Be Successful citing wealth worship among youth. He contrasts baby to business life and notes many accept money as measure of man while pickpocketing morality.
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Lyman Abbott
New York
The
Outlook
Harvard University
Appleton Chapel
Dr. Abbott
Former Speaker Henderson Dead at Dubuque
Dubuque Feb 25 Former Speaker of the National House David B Henderson died at 2 PM after a four month illness. Funeral next Thursday at the Episcopal church with Grand Army services. George D Perkins of Sioux City to deliver the oration. Body to lie in state at the church. A long biographical note recounts his Scottish birth March 14, 1840, emigration to Illinois, and rise as a famed wrestler and orator leading to his U.S. House role.
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Dubuque
National House
David B. Henderson
Episcopal Church
Grand Army
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
Senderson
Scotland
National House of Representatives
United States of America
Old Deer
Ministers Warn Missionaries to Seek Coast
U S Minister Rockhill cautions missionaries to seek the coast as recall comes amid tension in China. Reports from Pekin say Chinese bandits near Tsinwantao have prompted German and Irish to keep forces at Shan Kwan Tsinwantao and Tonegshan with orders to shoot suspicious Chinese. German officers who once dined at Shan Kwan hotel are now barred from the streets after nightfall.
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London
Pekin
the Tribune
Tsinwantao
Ireneh
Shan-Kwan
Tonegshan
Double Guard Placed About the City of Pekin
Pekin February 25 United States Minister Rockhill warned all American citizens to move at once to treaty ports on the coast fearing immediate slaughter. He fears some have already suffered from revolutionaries and Boxers in interior towns where attacks on foreigners are reported amid an uprising.
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Pekin
United States
Rockhill
Uprising Fears Grow Within Forbidden City Circles
Reported revolt against the Manchu dynasty sparks heavy security around Beijing’s Forbidden City. Guards around palaces doubled. police armed. Empress Dowager factions clash with young rulers. Dynamite was not found outside the gate. About a hundred Chinese students in Japan head home to aid the movement.
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Forbidden City
Forbidden Grounds
Tokio
Japan
Emmons Leads Crusade Against Illegal Doctors in Boston
The fate of Annie Russell, a Charlestown choir singer who died from peritonitis after criminal surgery, spurs renewed police efforts to shut down illegal doctors and hospitals in Boston. Judge Emmons vows these places must not exist and to direct measures for their suppression.
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Annie Russell
Charlestown
Boston
Emmons
Search for Miss Childs in Russell death blames abduction
All day yesterday police searched the city for Miss Mabel Childs, Miss Russell's missing friend, with no success. Chief Watts led the pursuit as authorities declared Childs is the living secret behind Miss Russell's death.
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Miss Mabel Childs
Miss Russell
Watts
Miss Childs
Boston Area Weather Forecast Today and Tomorrow
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity shows rain Monday morning with clearing thereafter. Tuesday is expected to be fair and colder with light westerly winds.
Weather Poem Reflects Warm Day Turning Gloomy Night
The poem contrasts a warm day with a damp night as clouds hide the stars and bring gray skies. It humorously blames the Weather Man for washing away Old Winter and bringing rain and gloom.
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