Missing witness sought in Chase will case at Swampscott
Private detectives and police forces have been called by the Phillips family to locate Maria Johnson, a former Chase household employee, who may provide evidence of undue influence on Jennie P. Chase in the will. The Swampscott woman was found dead from gas or poisoning, prompting the inquiry.
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Salem
Jan
Phillips
Jennie P. Chase
Swampscott
Maria Johnson
Chase
Murdered for not squeaking in East Side
New York report says Giuseppe Riccobono was killed in a small East Side cellar with a razor blade broken into two pieces placed on his chest in a cross. His left hand was partly severed and his throat cut. Police say a band of Italians murdered him for refusing to reveal information about a recent murder.
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New York
Giuseppe Riccobono
East Side
Riccobono
Boston Weather Forecast Brief
The forecast for Boston and nearby areas calls for snow or rain on Wednesday with warming and increasing east winds in the afternoon or night. Thursday will bring rain and then clearing in the afternoon.
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Boston
Weather Outlook for New England Wednesday and Thursday
For Wednesday and Thursday New England sees rain in the south and snow in the north. Temperatures rise Wednesday then rain returns Thursday with fresh north winds shifting to the east.
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New England
Mayor Fitzgerald Drops Contracts and Cracks Down on Graft
Mayor Fitzgerald pursues a reform agenda after overturning Whelton-Lomasney measures. He cancels nearly $200,000 in contracts, halts stone crusher operations tied to graft, and reshuffles key posts as corruption leaks surface. Superintendent Donovan resigns. Logue appointed interim. Corbett to leave at month end.
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Fitzgerald
Whelton-Lomasney
Whelton
Babson
Donovan
Logue
Corbett
Mayor shuts six city stone crushers in graft probe
Mayor Fitz gerald ordered the closure of six city stone crushers to allow investigation of operation conditions and to inspect the facilities. Reports allege contractors used the plant for graft and favored Donovan supporters in the primaries. A thorough probe is planned.
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Fitzgerald
Vored
Edward J. Donovan
Mayor Fitzgerald speaks at Charlestown Catholic Literary Union installation
Mayor Fitzgerald attended the Charlestown Catholic Literary Union officer installation with about 250 people. Edward M. Gallagher presided, and the mayor discussed key points from his inaugural address, elaborating at length on each.
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Fitzgerald
Catholic Literary Union
Charlestown
Edward M. Gallagher
Hotels License Decision Pending After Essex Hearing
Police commissioners to rule today on hotel licenses after hearings on the Hotel Essex application. Counsel for Essex, General Francis Peabody, and others attended. arguments lasted over two hours. Board may grant a new license with conditions, possibly involving surrender or purchase of a license and partial fee refunds under the 1905 liquor law amendment.
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Moran
Essex
Hotel
Francis Peabody
J. F. Quinn
Essex Hotel
Edmund Ek. Arnold
United States
Melvin O. Adams
Young’s
Parker House
Police
Inquest Hearings Resume As Chase Case Probes Deepens
Desperate searches continue for Miss Johnson with hearings resuming January 23. A long time Chase family maid, she may become a key witness about the dead Mrs. Chase, her husband, and the adopted son. Handwriting experts confirm a note was written by Mrs. Chase but debate timing. The inquest also features Lun Sam the Swampscott household servant who may shed light on arsenic and medicines.
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Miss Johnson
Chase
Tucker
Mrs. Chase
Lynn
Fought Flames in Dorchester Block Fire Meet Tenants’ Stand
Police describe an attempt to set fire at the Hoyt block near Glover's Corner Dorchester early last evening. Tenants, including men women and children, detected the blaze and prevented it after a stubborn fight with flames.
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Hoyt
Glover’s Corner
Dorchester
Fire on three story wooden block sparks local panic
Tenants form a bucket brigade as flames lash clap boards of a long wooden building. Firemen respond to Box 917. Damage is slight. Police suspect an outside firebug and note several prior fires in the area in the last six months.
Second Honeymoon News Drives Rich Man's Ex Wife to Hopeless Act
New York Jan 2 Grief over the remarriage of her former husband Miller who made a fortune in Boston and is now on a Southern honeymoon drives Emma Isabel Peabody to suicide in her West Sixty ninth street apartment. She had won a divorce, kept a life income, and learned of his marriage to a Southern woman five years after their separation. Her body was taken to Senior's undertaking and later to Boston. An elderly wealthy benefactor had supported her, providing a $15000 year income for life which ends at her death.
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Emma TI. Peabody
Brookline
New York
Miller
Boston
South
Emma Isabel Peabody
West Sixty-ninth Street
Peabody
Distress Linked to Mrs Peabody Before Tragic Brookline Death
Mrs Emma Isabel Peabody suffered mental anguish during a visit with her mother Mrs Edith Leavitt of Brookline. She confided distress in her married life and later news of her daughter's violent death left Mrs Leavitt in a precarious condition at her Brookline home with Mrs Charlotte Whaler.
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Emma Isabel Peabody
Nea Leavitt
Edith D. Leavitt
Washington Street
Brookline
Peabody
Leavitt
Akron Couple Learns of Belle Peabody’s Death
In Cleveland on January 2, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Leavitt of Akron learned from a reporter that Belle Peabody had died by suicide. Leavitt, her brother, reacted with disbelief and sorrow while Mrs. Leavitt cited a prior sunstroke in New York last July and ongoing ill health as factors in her death.
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Cleveland
Percy Leavitt
Akron
Belle
Two Visitors Stricken Die In Boston Hotels
Two out-of-town businessmen died last night in Boston after sudden illness while visiting for New Year. M. E. Porter of Danville Vermont collapsed at the Quincy House dinner hour. he had come from Concord and planned to buy horses. W. J. Wilson, about 45, registered at Castle Square Hotel Monday and died at about 9:30 with presumed brain hemorrhage or consumption. a traveling bag marked Eastern League of Commercial Travellers 1654 was found among his effects.
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Boston
M. E. Porter
Danville
W. J. Wilson
Porter
Quincy House
Concord
N. H
Smith
Warren Street
Relief Hospital
Wilson
Castle Square
Cote
Eastern League of Commercial Travellers
City Hospital
Bridgeport Woman Praises Remedy For Pneumonia Cure
Mrs A S Burgess of Bridgeport Connecticut recounts how medicine saved her life after being threatened with pneumonia. The letter endorses the treatment and expresses relief at recovery.
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Gre
A. S. Burgess
Bridgeport
Conn
Sure Results Asthma Relieved by Lung Kuro
A new study reports asthma relief linked to Lung Kuro, with patients showing improved breathing after treatment. Researchers from prominent medical centers note faster relief in preliminary trials and call for larger studies to confirm safety and efficacy.
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Adolph Lundin
Tremont Street
Shuman
A. Shuman & Co
Contract Department
Milk Street
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Big Four
Cole
J. P. Chase
Self
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Howard Street
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