Mutilated murder at Pawtucket candy store
Mrs. Alexander Henderson was found killed in her 181 Brooks Street candy shop in Pawtucket Rhode Island. Authorities say an axe caused fatal head injuries after a cash drawer was rifled. A boy aged 11 witnessed the bloodied scene and police suspect a local assailant linked to prior daytime hold ups.
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Alexander Henderson
Pawtucket
R. IL
Brooks Street
Henderson
Ralph Bennett
Brook Street
Train Wrecked Near Bellingham After Embankment Fall
A passenger train on the New York Hartford line left Woonsocket at 9 10 p m and was wrecked at Baker s Lodge near Bellingham. Two cars derailed rolled over a 15 foot embankment and were destroyed by a lamp explosion. One passenger Jacob Talotsky a Boston woolen goods dealer was killed with others injured. Continued on Page 5 Second Column
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Bellingham
Midland Division
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Woonsocket
R. I
Boston
Baker's Lodge
Jacob Talotsky
Wasse
Sanford Costs Spark Cheap Ginger Health Panic
A brief report notes that the phrase dangerous two cent economy affects the cost of ginger used in remedies, causing sudden ills as Sanford's prices shift slightly.
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Sanford
Mystery death of Charles I Hayes under state police inquiry
Natick reports state police will review the case with Middlesex County District Attorney Sanderson after Charles I Hayes was found shot in his home. Initial family statements suggested suicide, but police now consider foul play pending autopsy results and a secret investigation.
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Natick
Sanderson
Middlesex County
Charles I. Hayes
Brown
Hayes
Child’s Block
Florence Hayes
Dressmaker Helen Manning Endorses Father John's Medicine
Miss Helen H Manning of 4636 Aspen St West Philadelphia endorses Father John's Medicine after a long standing cough improves immediately following use. The endorsement cites a read in a Sunday school paper and presents the product as an old family remedy.
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Helen H. Manning
Aspen St
West Philadelphia
Father John
Brown's Bronchial Troches Offered In Boxes
An advertisement notes irritation of the throat and hoarseness relief from Brown's Bronchial Troches. Sold only in boxes in 2i6c, bc, and $1 pricing.
Four Hurt In Coasting Accident Report
Charles Simms of Arsenal Street suffers a broken arm and contusions. Albert Butters of Main Street has a broken arm and a cut on the head. Edward Wright of Irving Street sustains a broken arm. Joseph Kelley of 82 Main Street has cuts to the face and hands and contusions.
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Charles Simms
Arsenal Street
Albert Butters
Main Street
Edward Wright
Irving Street
Joseph Kelley
Seven Watertown boys injured in coasting accident
Four boys suffered severe injuries and three others were shaken after a high speed coasting run down Palfrey street ended when a sleigh pulled from Spring street blocked the path. The sled struck the sleigh and toppled the riders. Police may ban further coasting on the hill.
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Watertown
Spring
Palfrey
Watertown High School
Joseph Kelley
M. J. Kelley
Spring Street
Palfrey Street
E. C. Hall
Joseph Barnes
Barnes
Mrs Farrow Dies After Malden Coasting Accident
Malden reports Mrs Elizabeth Farrow 40 died at a hospital after a coasting crash last night. Her daughters Myrtle and Sylvia aged injured with leg fractures, James Welsh also hurt, and husband Albert Farrow now in Vermont. Seven daughters named.
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Malden
Elizabeth Farrow
Tremont Street
The Kings Whiskey Royal Arms Scotch
A notice announces The Kings Whiskey Royal Arms Scotch available widely. The product is presented as obtainable everywhere, signaling broad distribution and accessibility.
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the Kings Whiskey
Royal Arms
Nesbit to testify against Thaw in lunacy bid
New York Feb 27 interest in the Thaw trial centered on District Attorney Jerome who hinted at a lunacy commission to assess Thaws mind. Howard Nesbit brother of Evelyn Nesbith Thaw may testify that his sister claimed brutal treatment by Harry Thaw.
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New York
Thaw
Jerome
Howard Nesbit
Evelyn Thaw
Harry Thaw
Dr. Evans
I White
Evans
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Delmas
John T. Deemar
William Thaw
Wagner
Jerome Aims to Call Dr Hamilton as Rebuttal Witness
Jerome intends calling Dr Allan McLane Hamilton as a rebuttal witness. Hamilton, an alienist first employed by the Thaw defense, had not previously figured in the trial. He recently returned from Europe and was quoted reporting Thaw as insane at the time and still insane now.
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Charles F. Bingaman
Pittsburg
Thaw
Bingaman
Delmas
Jerome
Ingaman
Allan McLane Hamilton
Hamilton
Europe
Longfellow Day At Cambridge Theatre Draws Massive Crowd
Hundreds of women shivered in the cold as they clamored for admission to Sanders Theatre for Cambridge Longfellow day exercises. Police kept order as the venue filled and hundreds were turned away while readings from Norton and letters from Riley Mitchell Stedman were read. President Eliot recalled Longfellow’s pursuit of perfection and service to others.
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Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Charles Eliot Norton
Norton
James Whitcomb Riley
Donald G. Mitchell
Jos. Bigelow
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Eliot
University
Longfellow
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Charles T. Copeland
Harvard
Aldrich
Boston crowd riots for poet eulogy at theater
A Boston audience waited in near riotous excitement to hear an American poet eulogy last night. Police were summoned to control the crowd before the program began. Notables in attendance included Governor Guild and Harvard professors Royce Palmer James Münsterberg and Goodwin.
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Greater
Boston
Governor Guild
Royce, Palmer, James, Muensterberg and
Goodwin
Harvard
Fair and Cold Forecast for Boston Area
Washington reports a New England forecast with fair and continued cold conditions Thursday. Friday brings increasing cloudiness and snow or rain in the south portion, with warmer air and northeast winds forming as west winds shift to the northeast.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Temperature Readings and Weather Note Distorted
Fragmented OCR shows a daily temperature log with numbers and stray text. The readable data include an average temperature around 18 degrees and a vague reference to yesterday and a year ago, followed by an unrelated advertisement for Horlicks Malted Milk.
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Thermmores
Tompeon’s Spa
Ashington Street
Cave Saes
Dione
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the Moving Picture
Frothingham
Fitzgerald
Norman
the Highway Commissioners
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Cor. Ashburton Pl. and
Bowdoin St
Partridge
Florence M. Hayes
Agi
Iwm
Cillette
Vaevilie
Clarice, Vance
Chas. F. Lemon
Jack Whitford
The
Carmens
Mastuz and
Maszett
Tells and
Berry
Watertown Hill
Mrs. Farrow
Evelyn
May McKenzie
Lane
Mr. Jerome
Sanders Longfellow
Horlick
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