Missing Tucker witness Mabel Walker dodges authorities
The disappearance concerns Mabel Walker who is a Tucker witness. A Massachusetts summons sought her return. She vanished from Damariscotta Maine on December 28 and reappeared January 27, then vanished again after her uncle’s home visit on January 28. She is expected to appear today if summoned again.
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Mabel Walker
Maine
Tucker
Massachusetts
Miss Walker
Damariscotta
Hall
Charles L. Tucker
Sheriff Rafter
Mabel
Hearing Today on Mary Rogers Hanged Case
A Friday hearing will determine if Mary Rogers must be hanged as prosecutors report a decisive vote against her defense strategies. The report notes the prosecution repulsed the defense’s entire line of attack.
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Mary Rogers
Russian freedom predicted as revolution spreads
Abraham Cahan told a Faneuil Hall crowd that the Russian revolution has begun and will emancipate the Russian people. He cited czarist hypocrisy and repression, said he is in touch with revolutionary committees, and noted dispatches indicating broad national arousal.
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Russia
Abraham Cahan
New York City
Faneuil Hall
New York
Forward
America
Mr. Cahan
Japanese Manchurian advances report heavy losses and pursuits
Telegraphed dispatch from Manchurian headquarters says detachment actions near Liutiako Heikoutai and Feitssaihotzu repulsed enemy counterattacks. Forces pursued retreating units to the Hun River while capturing 500 officers and men. Casualties under investigation.
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Liutiako
Feitssaihotzu
Heikoutai
Fire devastates six story Beach Street building
A three alarm blaze at 14 16 18 and 20 Beach Street last evening caused $70 000 damage to the building owned by the Brigham heirs and to occupants including Robert Judson & Co Marker & Co J Horle Waters Press New England Waste and Allen Press. Chief Cheswell ordered alarms as flames forced a long fight amid ice slick streets and water flooding sidewalks.
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Beach Street
Robert Judson & Co
Cheswell
Brigham Heirs
Marker & Co
J. Horle
the Waters Press
New England Waste Company
Allen Press Company
Local Boston Weather Outlook
Monday skies over Boston and vicinity stay cloudy with likely snow in the forecast. The muted conditions suggest possible accumulation as the system moves through the region.
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Boston
Vicinity
Bennett Claims Cure From Father John's Medicine
T. E. Bennett of 178 Harrison avenue says he was cured of a hacking cough and bronchitis by Father John’s Medicine.
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T. E. Bennett
Harrison Avenue
Father John
Sneezing Indicates a Cold
A brief note suggests sneezing signals a cold. The report mentions a group named Kuro claiming a positive cure.
Brookline Promoter Arthur Appleyard Faces Buffalo Warrant
Arthur E. Appleyard of Brookline, a financier linked to railway schemes, awaits a potential arrest on a grand larceny charge tied to the German Bank of Buffalo. Brookline police and Buffalo officials dispute who will take him into custody. his attorney says extradition decisions will follow once a warrant is served.
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Arthur E. Appleyard
Brookline
Warran
Buffalo
Beacon Street
State Street
Post
Appleyard
German Bank of Buffalo
Taylor
Fred H. Williams
Roasted to Death in Steam Bath in Hester Street
Two young tailors, Abraham Pasternak and Peter Roos, were scalded to death in a New York Russian bathhouse on Hester Street. Attendants found blood-stained plaster and body bruises, indicating frantic attempts to escape. Proprietor Abraham Stern and five attendants were arrested as police investigate. Evidence suggests the men were left in the steamroom after entering last night, with a gas jet unlit and no visible exit.
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New York
Hester Street
Abraham Pasternak
Peter Roos
Norfolk Street
Abraham Stern
Roos
Pasternak
Britain Orders For Japan Put Warships In Trade
Tokyo reports that Britain has received orders for several large warships destined for Japan. The announcement highlights growing naval procurement and ties between the two nations during the period.
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Tokio
Great Britain
Japan
Murphy Paroled After Embezzlement Sentence
Clarence Murphy, who served in the State prison for embezzling funds from the Salem Savings Bank, has been paroled. He stays with brother Franklin Murphy in North Beverly and is considering business propositions as he awaits developments. He was sentenced May 29 1896 and served all but 16 months.
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Saliom
Clarence Murphy
Salem Savings Bank
Franklin Murphy
North
Beverly
Airship Flight of 45 Minutes Over Los Angeles
Roy Knabeshue piloted Captain Baldwin's airship The California Arrow in a 45 minute flight over Los Angeles. He circled within about a one mile radius and performed a variety of maneuvers before landing inside the baseball ground enclosure where the flight began.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Roy Knabeshue
Captain Baldwin
Knabeshue
Woman Fights to the Last for Save Mary Rogers
Windsor Vermont January case reports Mary Rogers facing execution for murder. A stay of execution and new trial petition on insanity grounds was to be heard by the Vermont Supreme Court with support from pro‑woman advocates. Sheriff Peck announced duties unchanged. Rogers maintains calm and vows to meet fate with bravery as proceedings continue.
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Mary
Mabel) Rogers
Vermont
Mary Rogers
Supreme Court
Mrs. Rogers
William J. Bleckensderfer
Stamford
Conn
Henry H. Peck
Russians Admit Retreat From Sandepas After Failed Offensive
Soviet lines admit Russian forces were compelled to retire from Sandepas due to inability to carry a re doubt. Sakharoff confirms the withdrawal and Russian dispatches at the front have ceased, seen as sign of a failed operation and a distraction from home front concerns.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Sakharoff
Sandepas
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W. J. Blickensderfer
Peck
Czar
Liudaku
Hun River
Chenchiehpao
Likajentan
ééIn
Helkontai
Mistchenko
William Graham
O’brien
Division 4
Cornhill
Harrison Ave
Gang Kuro
SAY
England
Murphy
Windsor
Sheriff Peck
Windsor County
Tonig
Severt
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