Back Bay Fire Rescues Aged Women From Four-Story House
A blaze at the corner of Falmouth Street and Massachusetts Avenue drove dense smoke through three apartments. Two elderly residents were carried to safety and two men helped from a third floor window. One firefighter suffered a minor injury from an acetylene lamp explosion. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Falmouth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Joseph H. McManus
McKenna
Falmouth
Malden Woman Seeks Divorce On Alleged Abuse
Mrs Annie R. French of 460 Main Malden filed for divorce alleging repeated abuse by husband Albert D. H. French a prominent Malden merchant. She claims he threw dishes and biscuits at her pulled her hair choked her and expelled their four children from the home. The couple married 19 years and seek custody of Gladys 18 Albert 15 Beatrice 14 and Phillis 12.
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Albert D. H. French
Malden
Annie R. French
Main Street
French
Phillis
Rural Carrier Arrested in Marked Money Larceny Case
William J. Garvin a rural free delivery carrier from Westwood was arrested by Post Office Inspectors Pierce and Jennings for larceny from the mails after a marked money test letter vanished and was traced to him. He was to be arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes.
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William J. Garvin
Westwood
Post Office
Pierce and
Jennings
Garvin
United States
Hayes
Fourth Divorce Suit Filed by Wellman in Eight Years
In Malden area history, Alexander R. Wellman files a fourth divorce suit against his wife. Three prior filings were defeated as Mrs. Wellman contested each time. Yesterday she altered the order and entered a plea for divorce on grounds of desertion and non support.
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Alexander R. Wellman
Malden
Ash cart injures 7 year old in South Boston collision
Annie Faluta, seven, living at 523 Second Street, South Boston, was seriously injured last night around six o'clock when an ash cart owned by Frank J. Hannon of 579 Hast Broad Way, South Boston, knocked her down as she attempted to cross Dorchester Street.
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Annie Faluta
Second Street
South
Boston
Frank J. Hannon
Broadway
Dorchester Street
Bethel Hatter Confesses To Eight City Fires
Charles Ochs a 22 year old hatter was arrested by the state police in Bethel Connecticut on charges of starting eight fires in recent months causing about 50000 dollars in damage Two factories burned and one blaze spread to his own home destroying it He reportedly confessed he started the fires while intoxicated A hearing is set for tomorrow.
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Bethel
Conn
Charles Ochs
Ochs
Professor Nichols Confirmed to Die by Own Action
Inquest report filed at East Cambridge finds Professor Alfred B. Nichols formerly of Harvard and late of Simmons College committed death by his own action around September 9 the day he vanished from his home Judge Elihu G. Loomis of the Concord District Court reported yesterday
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Alfred B. Nichols
Harvard
Simmons College
East Cambridge
Elihu G. Loomis
Concord District Court
Ulster Unionists raise 5 million for indemnity fund
Belfast dispatch reports Captain James Craig announces a 5 million dollar indemnity fund for relatives of Ulster Unionist volunteers who may be killed or wounded resisting home rule. He says the amount raised already exceeds the required sum as Unionists plan armed resistance, with a provisional army led by former British officers. Government proclamations have blocked arms imports and seized several consignments in Ulster.
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Belfast
Ireland
Ulster Unionist
James Craig
East Down
Ulster
Dublin
New Trial Denied for 1912 Murderer William A Dorr
The Massachusetts Supreme Court denied a motion for a new trial by William A. Dorr of Stockton California convicted of first degree murder in the 1912 killing of George E Marsh a Lynn soap manufacturer. The court ruled the Essex county location a question of fact for the jury and upheld the death sentence unless the governor intervenes.
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William A. Dorr
Stockton
Cal
Salem
George E. Marsh
Lynn
Walsh
Supreme Court
Dorr
California
Lynn Marshes
Essex County Superior Court
C. Neal Barney
Barney
Essex County
Marsh
Suffolk
Where Women’s Votes Have Changed Results
Alice Stone Blackwell argues that women’s votes have altered election outcomes in multiple cities. She cites Denver reelecting Judge Lindsey against party machines, Seattle recalls of Mayor Gill, New Orleans drainage funding won by women, and years of attempts to close high schools halted by women voters.
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Frank Foxcroft
Denver
Lindsey
Seattle
Gill
New Orleans
Alice Stone Blackwell
Dorchester
Mass
Rogers sworn in as first assistant U S district attorney
Leo A. Rogers, previously secretary to Police Commissioner O Meara, was sworn in as first assistant United States district attorney yesterday by Miss Mary I E Prendergast, deputy clerk of the United States District Court and personal friend of the new appointee.
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Leo A. Rogers
O'Meara
United States District Attorney
Mary IE. Prendergast
United States District Court
Rogers
Four Deaths From Smallpox On Warship Ohio
The Navy Department reported another death from the smallpox epidemic on the battleship Ohio. The latest victim is LeRoy, bringing the total number of deaths to four as the ship continues quarantine and sanitation measures.
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Washington
Ohio
Navy Department
LeRoy
Veteran killed aged housekeeper on Hughes farm in Valencia
Grann y Ward an aged woman who served as housekeeper for Civil War veteran Michael Hughes was shot and killed on the Hughes farm near Valencia. Hughes was arrested as police allege he fired both barrels of a shotgun at her while milking.
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Butler
Penn
Jan
Granny" Ward
Michael Hughes
Hughes
Valencia
Man suffers fractured skull in scaffold collapse
While helping to tear down a building at 290 East Fifth Street South Boston, Joseph Macheo of 168 School Street Waltham was knocked from a scaffold by falling wall section and struck on the head. He is in serious condition at City Hospital.
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East Fifth Street
Boston
Joseph Macheo
School Street
Waltham
City Hospital
Grant Stingley Dies at Guantanamo Detention Camp
Grant Stingley machinist mate dies yesterday at the detention camp in Guantanamo Cuba. The report notes his age and service, with authorities confirming the death occurred at the camp as part of ongoing wartime casualty releases.
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Grant Stingley
Guantanamo
Cuba
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