Natick killing shocks town as Ring is freed on bail
Richard Meagher was shot dead at Hiram Ring’s Walnut street home after an 11 o’clock argument. Ring fired from his room, hitting Meagher in the head on the piazza. Meagher died within an hour. Ring was arrested, then released on $6000 bond with sureties Riley Peebles and W D Parlin.
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Natick
Richard Meagher
Lincoln and
Sherman Streets
Hiram P. Ring
Walnut Street
Foskett Court
Ring
Meagher
Bunker
H. C. Mulligan
Riley Peebles
W. D. Parlin
Permanently Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla in Olive Carl Case
A long cited testimonial states Olive Carl, aged eight, suffered whooping cough, measles, and multi joint pains. After starting Hood's Sarsaparilla the pain lessened, swelling subsided, and mobility returned from crutches to walking with one crutch, marking a permanent recovery per a mother's letter.
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Olive Carl
Hood
Olive
Hood's Sarsaparilla credited with saving child’s life
Mrs J A Carl of Reynoldsville Pennsylvania forwards a photo of her daughter, saying Hood's Sarsaparilla cured her after a severe illness and left one leg crooked no longer a concern, expressing profound gratitude for the recovery and life saved.
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Hood
J. A. Carl
Reynoldsville
Penn
Ring shooting case shocks South Framingham town
Richard Meagher was shot in the head at close range at Ring's boarding house after a confrontation with Meagher and Davis during an attempt to find a job. Ring, 60, fired the fatal shot and was later bailed after inquest proceedings led by Medical Examiner Z B Adams. Attorney H G Sleeper represents Ring as inquiries continue amid town turmoil.
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Richard Meagher
Michael Glynn
South Natick
Mr. Ring
Meagher
Kelly
Davis
Ring
John Meagher
Patrick
James
Richard
Millis
Cochituate
Ring's
J. W. Wolcott & Co
Ring’s
Edward F. Blake
Harrison Harwood
Blake
Drs. G. A. Bancroft
W. H. Sylvester
Father Reagan
Bunker
Adams
South Framingham
Bancroft
Sylvester
Mulligan
Sleeper
Costello Adams Clears Clark’s Camberl Old Bottle Whiskey
J H Costello & Co advertise Clark's Camberl whiskey from Maryland as a guest and best stip at one dollar per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.H. Costello & Co
Clark's Camberl
Mountains
Hlande
Maryland
Natick Shooting Leaves Meagher Dead And Ring Detained
Meagher a Natick resident and local sportsman was shot and died, while Ring, a boarding house operator, is held after the incident. Witnesses and officials describe a tense scene as residents mourn, with Meagher’s father and brothers gathering and plan to seek Ring’s rearrest for murder. The blast in Ring’s cellar earlier caused property damage amid strife over employment by foreign workers.
Along the Tracks: Rail appointments and service notes
Mr N B Dana named local ticket agent of Boston and Maine succeeding John A Demeritt. William E Barrett promoted to director of New Haven and Northampton. Frank A Gross becomes Northern Pacific district passenger agent with HQ on Washington Street. D H Smith resigns from Great Northern. Grand Trunk runs cheap weekly excursions Boston to California and Western points in six days. Some railroads grant stockholders extra sums to cover income tax on dividends. A G Lorion named division freight agent for Fitchburg. South Carolina Railroad Commission issues first joint freight rate 20 percent below local rates. Pennsylvania Railroad contracts for 30000 tons of steel rails with major mills.
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N. B. Dana
Boston& Maine
John A. Demeritt
William E. Barrett
Boston
New Haven & Northampton Road
Charles M. Pondon
Barrett
Northampton
Frank A. Gross
New York Central
Utica
N. Y
Northern Pacific
Union Station
California
New Mexico
Washington
Chicago
A. G. Lorion
Fitchburg
South Carolina Railroad Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennia Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Cambria Steel Com
Lackawanna Steel Company
Outside Help Needed To Prevent Deaths In Nebraska
Greely Nebraska January 20 distress in the region is appalling hundreds of families lack food fuel and clothing children are nearly naked keeping them from school one fifth of county residents are county charges draining the treasury and devaluing paper relief is urgent only outside aid can avert deaths as farmers lose livestock and shift to charity while many residents own homes and cannot secure securities for credit
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Greely
Neb
Is It High Binding
Chester Lee a Japanese laundry owner in Chelsea fights alleged high binding foreclosure by three men including a Chinaman, a lawyer's clerk, and Officer Gaillac. The shop is looted except fixtures, as Lee claims a Chinese Laundry Union seeks to ruin him over wartime tensions. He vows to reopen and settle the dispute soon, while a price list is posted.
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Chester Lee
Broadway
Chelsea
W. H. Gaillac
Sam Hing
Boston
Chester Lef
Public Library Paintings by Abbey Shown in London
Five of ten large paintings for the Boston Public Library on The Quest of the Holy Grail are displayed in London’s Conduit galleries. Notables, including Hubert Herkomer and Alfred Parsons, attend, praising Abbey’s bold design and color scheme. Abbey says the remaining five are sketched and to be finished in two years after five years of meticulous work and archival research.
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London
Boston Public Library
E. A. Abbey
Conduit
Hubert Herkomer
R. A
Alfred Parsons
F. D. Millett
Burne-Jones
Forbes Robertson
Henry Irving
King Arthur’ Company
Abbey
Ballantine Divorce Case Stirring New York Boston Courts
In Paris and Boston intrigue surrounds George A. Ballantine and Miss Mabel Lothrop as divorce suits for adultery and counterclaims proceed. Ballantine, a Newark bred millionaire and architect, and Lothrop married four years ago, spent time in Paris, with rumors of infidelity involving Count Jean de Madre. Ballantine seeks separation with alimony. she counters alleging damage to reputation.
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Paris
New York
Boston
Ballantine
George A. Ballantine
Newark
Mabel Lothrop
Ballantines
Jean de Madre
Etretat
United States
Count de Madre
Funeral of George E Morse Dedham Oldest Constable
Dedham January 20 funeral services for George E Morse oldest constable of the town were held at his Willow street home. Rev William H Fish Jr of the First Unitarian Church led brief rites and floral tributes included a large ivy and white lilies wreath from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for whom Morse served as local agent for 25 years. The casket was interred in Brookdale Cemetery receiving tomb.
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Dedham
George E. Morse
Willow Street
William H. Fish, Jr
First Unitarian Church
Dedham Centre
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Brookdale Cemetery
Reading Strike Ends at E. B. Richardson Shoe Factory
Reading Jan 20 The strike by fifty four girls at E B Richardson shoe factory ends with all but four returning to work on the old wage schedule. The workers had struck two weeks earlier over a new price list that cuts wages by 15 to 20 cents per day.
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Reading
E. B. Richardson
Sudden Death Strikes New Bedford Officer James Carr
James E. Carr, 69, an officer at the House of Correction and prominent Odd Fellow, died suddenly from heart disease yesterday in New Bedford. The well known citizen was described as a respected local figure and longtime community member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
James E. Carr
House of Correction
Grip Epidemic Warns of Malady and Self Care
In dire terms the grip is spreading due to cold damp weather and poor street conditions. Doctors urge precautions such as staying warm and well fed while avoiding overwork and wet feet, with a push for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a tonic to strengthen digestion and immune response.
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Grip
Duffy
Old Sandwich Glass Works to Resume at Sand which
Matters have assumed favorable shape for resuming the glass business in Sandwich after a meeting of workmen and citizens last night. Fires will be lighted tomorrow in the old Boston and Sandwich glass factory, idle for years, then furnaces will be heated and repairs completed. Over $25,000 has been subscribed by citizens and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandwich
Boston & Sandwich
Rockport Man Found Dead In Cape Pond Woods
Herbert Rowe of Rockport disappeared after leaving home. His body was found in Cape Pond woods with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a revolver nearby. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Gloucester
Herbert Rowe
Rockport
Cape Pond Woods
Armenians colleges closed and 35 American professors jailed
A letter from Mrs M G Papazian, formerly of Rowley and now in Aintab Turkey, reports that Armenian colleges have been closed by authorities and thirty five American professors have been imprisoned.
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Rowley
M. G. Papazian
Aintab
Turkey
Armenia
American Wringer Co. Product Makers and Repair Service
The American Wringer Co. at 138 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers meagles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders promptly attended to by telephone Tremont 74.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Tremont
Impeachment Talk Sparks Haverhill Rally and Debate
In Haverhill on January 20 Nathaniel C Bartlett denounces any impeachment of Judge Carter and defends his fairness. He cites factory wages, city vice rumors, and a Boston audience critique by Agent Pomeroy. A strike rally, charity concert, and a planned petition drive to impeach Carter or close the Police Court are noted.
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Haverhill
Carter
Nathaniel C. Bartlett
Post
Judge Carter
Agent Pomeroy
Boston
Pomeroy
Back Bay
Henry Somerset
Frances Willard
Merrimac Street
City Hall
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Rowley
Georgetown
Max Miller
Jacob Rattner
Samuel Rosen
Samuel Lander
Chick Bros
Spiritual Temple Seance Features Moving Hands On Walls
An announcement by M S Ayer led many to attend Sundays services at the First Spiritual Temple. The walls appeared to move with hands while white robed figures did not appear. William S Colville spoke on the New Woman addressing suffrage and gender roles. He criticized some wives luxury dependence and praised women joining journalism literature art science. He noted stand in crowded streetcars and urged independence. After collection he delivered an impromptu poem. Ayer handed out messages from the other world to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Ayer
State Street
Newbury and
Exeter Streets
William S. Colville
Albany
Edward Everett Hale
Ayer
Turkish spies in Lynn inflame Armenian tensions
A Lynn meeting reported a committee found an Armenian man, Gustav Bostosian, who allegedly acted as a Turkish emissary. Supposed evidence claims Armenian leaders were watched and names sent to Constantinople. Families face threats and possible beatings if Armenians return to their homeland. Bostosian reportedly left Lynn for Armenia.
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Lynn
Armenia
Society of Armenians
Constantinople
Boston
Gustav Bostosian
Mutiny Reported On Whaling Bark Josephine
Wanton Beauvais first officer on the Boston bark Josephine states the crew shipped at San Francisco was the worst he had seen and that they would be gotten rid of if possible.
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New Bedford
Wanton Beauvais
Josephine
Boston
San Francisco
Tug Nellie Rescues Moss Rose Crew at Cuttyhunk
NEW BEDFORD January 20 Tug Nellie saved Captain Lohnes and crew of British schooner Moss Rose at Cuttyhunk. Captain Lohnes will return to the vessel while the crew, from the provinces, depart for their homes tomorrow. Prospects of saving Moss Rose are about one in fifty.
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New Bedford
Nellie
Cuttyhunk
Lohnes
Vermont midwife held on malpractice charge in death
In St. Albans Lydia E Stephenson was arrested today on malpractice charges after the death of Miss Estella Houghton of Swanton. Stephenson is scheduled for a hearing tomorrow.
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ST. Albans
Lydia E., Stephenson
Estella Houghton
Swanton
Antitoxine Saves Five-Year-Old in Bridgeport Diphtheria Case
In Bridgeport Connecticut a severe diphtheria case in a five year old boy, son of John McManus, was treated with Behring anti-toxine after two injections. Dr J C Lynch, who just returned from Europe with serum, gave the first dose Friday evening as the child neared death, and a second dose Saturday. The patient is now out of danger.
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Bridgeport
Conn
John McManus
J. C. Lynch
Europe
Behring
Frankfort
Germany
Midland Railroad tests direct dock to London passenger run
A trial train ran from Liverpool dock today transporting passengers from the United States to London. The experiment proved successful and direct transport from the dock to London will begin soon.
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London
Midland Railroad Company
Liverpool Dock
United States
Mayor’s Sunday liquor watch triggers druggist seizures
Lawrence reports mayor ordered police to monitor druggists for illegal Sunday liquor traffic. Inspectors visited several stores and seized liquor products. Includes an ad for Davis Menthol Cough Drops at five cents.
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Lawrence
Rutter
Free Medical Services Until Cured by Dewey Medical Co
The advertisement offers free medical services for all diseases by the Dewey Medical Co at 74 Boylston Street Rooms 7 and 8. Examinations and treatments are free with hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays 10 to 4.
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Dewey Medical Co
Boylston Street
Boston Aldermen to hear stable building petition at 4 February
The Board of Aldermen will hear John McMorrow on February 4 at 8 p m regarding consent to erect a stone stable at 318 Adams Street Ward 24 Boston with 20 stalls. Notice to be published in Boston Post and Evening Transcript three times and served on adjacent owners.
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State House
Boston
Committee On Banks and Banking
Commissioners of Savings Banks
James Cushing Leach
Louis P. Howe
Board OF Aldermen OF
Sespenteeyy
Adams Street
Ward 24
John McMorrow
City OF
Board of Aldermen
Boston Post
Evening Transcript
J. M. Galvin
Along the Water Front Landsman Item and Shipping Moves
Bark Sarmiento under Captain Hutton loads lumber at Mystic wharf for Buenos Ayres with option to Rio de Janeiro at seven dollars per thousand for the former port and a higher amount for the latter. Charles Hunt & Co charter the vessel. Public opinion debates navy needs and the House naval affairs committee backs building two more battleships and twelve torpedo boats. The Kansas is due January 31 after leaving Liverpool. Adrian H Booie joins Wilson Steamship Company. The Buffalo from Hull arrives. Henry B Hyde set a swift 1893 San Francisco to Great Britain passage, beating rivals. Captain Whittemore leaves Richard Hill for B H Jones. Fannie E Wolston reappears in European service after three years and many sightings. The Landsman.
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Sarmiento
Hutton
Mystic
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Messrs
Charles Hunt & Co
State Street
New York Evening Post
United States
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Warren Line
Kansas
Murdock
Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce
Adrian H. Booie
Wilson Steamship Company
Wilson Line
Buffalo
Malet
Hull
Eng
Henry B. Hyde
San Francisco
Great Britain
Whittemore
Rockland
Richard Hill
B. H. Jones
Fannie E. Wolston
Atlantic
Hydrographic Office
Spontaneous Coal Fire Ravages Gloucester Shed
A blaze in several hundred tons of coal at the electric light company shed in Gloucester caused major damage before firemen stopped it. The fire burned for some time and ruined much coal. there was no insurance on the property.
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Gloucester
Electric Light Company
Taunton Man Hangs Self in Jail Cell
George Busby, condemned to Taunton Jail for throwing a lit lamp causing his wife’s death, took his own life in his cell this morning. His body was transported to Fall River for burial.
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Taunton
George Busby
Fall River
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Hood’s
First Baptist Church
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Saxonville
the Dead Man
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Moagnen
Nebraska
City OF Greely
Public Library
Peter Ballantine
George
George Frelinghuysen
Frelinghuysen
Robert Cummings
Clark Thread Company
Ofd'a
Boylston ST
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Court Street
OLD Sandwich Glass Works
Rockpot Man
A. W. Wheeler & Co
Hanover St
American House
C. E. Davis
Park Sa
Sion
Bartlett
Peach
Henry Carter
Swanton, VT
Lonton Railway
Hotel Crenoble
17Th Street
7Th Avenue
NOBLE
HOTEL
Empire West
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Columbia
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Long Island and
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Second District
P. O
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South
Mass
William R. Livermore
U. S. Army
Second Lighthouse District
Commissioners of Public Institutions
Azacon St
Thos. L. Jenks
Beacon St
TBH
JS. L. Jenks
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Joint Committee On Judiciary
Comptroller of County Accounts
Law Library Associations
William B. Durant
David F. Slade
Committee On Federal Relations
Charlestown Navy Yard
George A. Reed
Mark B. Mulvey
Central Production CO
Fourth Ave
Pittsburg
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