Alleged boy thief claims he acted as fence in Boston thefts
Willie Sullivan, 16, is under arrest in Cambridge for looting students' rooms in Boston's North End. He tells reporters he is a millionaire's son from Chicago and merely a go-between for disposing loot. Police doubt his claim and say his tailor father will not intervene. Students identified jewelry, watches, fur, clothing, and other items among the stolen goods.
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Willie .Sullivan
Cambridge
Boston
North End
Young Sullivan
Mt., Auburn Street
Sullivan
Mrs Chandler Named First Lady of Somerville Charities Interest
Mrs Leonard B Chandler wife of Somerville's newly inaugurated mayor is described as the first lady of Somerville. A Massachusetts native from East Princeton she moved to Somerville after marrying in 1874. She supports sick and needy, with four sons and active in Hep torean Club Daughters of Rebekah Home Circle and New England Order of Protection. She champions all good works for the city's improvement.
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Leonard B. Chandler
Somerville
Chandler
Hattie Stuart
Eben M
Jane M. Stuart
Massachusetts
Princeton
West Boylston
Leonard Dexter Chandler
Tech
Willard Dalrymple Chandler
Harry Stuart Chandler
Cedric Lincoln Chandler
Grammar
New York City
Dr Campbell Accepts Cambridge Call From Central Square Church
The Rev Dr J S Campbell of New York has accepted the First Baptist Church Cambridge call. He sent a personal letter to a church member rather than reading a letter at yesterday morning's service.
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J. S. Campbell
New York
First Baptist Church
Central Square
Cambridge
City Mobilizes Snow Clearance Amid Great Rush
City crews press to clear streets after a major snowstorm with about 2500 workers, 80 carts, 90 horses and 1500 road laborers deployed. Two long Sunday shifts aimed to recover eight hours twice, risking meals as overtime pay promised double wages. Elevated lines and city divisions mobilized, with projected city costs around 7000 dollars and company costs up to 40000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
Middlesex Hibernian Ladies Vote Against 35 Cent Assessments
Natick January 10 Middlesex county board of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians voted unanimously not to pay the 35 cent assessment levied by the national executive board. The action mirrors Suffolk county and may influence other auxiliaries resisting the assessment while losing representation. Mrs Catherine E Burke presided. The year saw four new divisions with 179 members, 416 left, 289 suspended, 17 died, and sick and death benefits totaling 2505 dollars against 4766 for other purposes, leaving about 44000 in hand. Auxiliary No 1 of Lowell will host the next quarterly convention on the first Sunday in April.
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Natick
Middlesex County Board
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Hibernians
Suffolk County Board
Catherine E. Burke
Somerville
Lowell
Officers Elected by Waltham City Committee
Waltham January 10. The city committee met and elected officers for the year George H. Doty as chairman John A Tolman as secretary and E W Mosher as treasurer.
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Waltham
George H. Doty
John A. Tolman
E W. Mosher
Cohasset Rich Men Oppose Electric Trolley Franchise
In Cohasset a clash erupts over a proposed electric street railway franchise. Wealthy summer residents resist, while natives push for the line that would pass through private land. The dispute centers on eminent domain use and the impact on large estates along the route. The town’s summer population opposes. year-round residents largely support. The area from North Cohasset to Scituate hosts high value properties, with Back Bay and Brookline interests owning vast holdings.
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Scituate Line
Cohasset
Ripley Road
Jerusalem Road
Hull Street
North Cohasset
Henry M. Whitney
Brookline
North Cohasset Station
Henry D. Hyde
M. F. Dickinson
John Alles
William N. Fisher
Matthew Luce
Grenville D. Braman
Albert C. Burrage
Albert S. Bigelow
Joseph Bigelow
B. Preston Clark
W.F. Parker
Benjamin W. Hyde
Joseph B. Moors
George N. Swallow
Hor
Ace W. Wadleigh
Alason Bigelow
Edward A. Taft
Morton
Crehore
Glades
Scituate
Back Bay
Will of Dr Charles F Winslow Reveals Eccentric Cremation Plan
A 25 year old will from Dr Charles Frederick Winslow, a Nantucket naturalist who died in 1877, specifies that his heart be removed and preserved in a glass vessel for burial with his mother on Nantucket, while his cremated ashes should lie with his wife near Cambridge Massachusetts. The testament, dated May 3 1876, names executors and indicates a costly temporary furnace was built in Salt Lake City to perform the cremation.
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Salt Lake
Utah
James
Robert Irving
West One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
New York
Charles Frederick Winslow
Samuel Woodward
Joseph
Winslow
Nantucket
Cambridge
Mass
United States
Cigar Dealers Protest Company Order and Plan Meeting
Retail cigar and tobacco dealers in Boston oppose a recent American Tobacco Company order requiring dealers to handle only the company's products. The firm offers higher rebates, but experts fear the policy could squeeze independents. A mass meeting of the trade is planned as the executive committee prepares notices this week.
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American Tobacco Company
Boston
Cigar and Tobacco Dealers’ Association of America
Fugitive Jernegan Linked to Philippine School Teaching
Arthur L. Griffiths, Yale 1901, traveling in Japan and the Philippines, reports meeting Rev P F Jernegan, famed salt water gold fraud promoter, while staying with a teacher in Vigan Ilocos Sur. Jernegan is said to be teaching in the Philippine Islands as his wife and children remain in the United States.
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Rev
P. F. Jernegan
Salt , Water Gold Fame
Philippines
Arthur L. Griffiths
Yale
Japan
Islands
P. F., Jernegan
New England
Jernegan
Vigan
Mr. Griffiths
Boston
United States
Ilocos Sur
Luson
Philippine Islands
Ship Clarence S. Bement Burned at Sea in South Atlantic
Advices to Lloyds report the American three masted iron ship Clarence S. Bement was burned at sea while sailing from Philadelphia to San Francisco via Newport News. No fatalities. Built in Philadelphia in 1884, 1727 tons net, crew about 25, commanded by Captain Grant. Owner G. W. Hume of San Francisco.
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London
Lloyds
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
Clarence S. Bement
Philadelphia
Newport News
San Francisco
Grant
G. W. Hume
January Thaw Forecast Quiet Weather Across Nation
Weather predictions anticipate a January thaw bringing mild conditions in Boston and across the country. Frost and snow will melt into slushy rivulets, with no storm or cold spell expected for several days, easing travel but possibly causing discomfort and health complaints.
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Boston
Skipper Merriman Dead After Fire Damaged Ship
Captain Robert W. Merriman, longtime master of the Commodore T. H. Allen, died in Alameda California after a career at sea spanning more than five decades. Born in Brunswick Maine he was a revered figure among Boston sailors. Known as the terror of land sharks he kept them off his vessel until departure and often carried revolvers while visiting his brokers.
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Robert W. Merriman
T. H. Allen
New York Harbor
Alameda
Cal
Brunswick
Boston
Merriman
Raid on 41 Delle Avenue Leads to Liquor Investigation
Police from Station 10 raided the residence at 41 Delle Avenue Saturday afternoon and suspect more suspects in similar liquor law violations. The crackdown follows reports of illegal bulk beer bottling sold wholesale to private individuals, underselling licensed saloons. A broader inspection of bottling operations and bulk beer sales is planned.
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Carl Settinger
Delle Avenue
Settinger
Lowell Man's Skull Crushed in Newark Lodging House
Owen McGowan of a wealthy Lowell family was found dead in a cheap Newark lodging house with a crushed skull. Lodger reports say Michael Cusick, a watchman, threw him down stairs and was held for investigation.
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Newark
N. J
Owen*McGowan
Lowell
Mass
McGowan
Michael Cusick
Holyoke Labor Union Drive Urges City Workers Join
Leading labor men visited Holyoke on January 10 and urged workers of all trades to affiliate with organized labor in speeches at City Hall. Speakers included James R. Crozier and D. D. Driscoll of Boston.
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Holyoke
City Hall
James R. Crozier
D. D. Driscoll
Boston
Captain Carlisle Funeral Notice in Everett
The June Captain George W. Carlisle attended his funeral at 2 o'clock today at the residence of his daughter Mrs T P Lennox 29 Webster Street Everett A large number of business associates and friends were present The service was held at the Universalist Forest Hills and other details were noted
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Everett
George W. Carlisle
T. P. Lennox
Webster Street
Universalist
Forest Hills
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