Jack the hair slasher strikes again in Boston North End
Police and a hostile crowd hunted the elusive offender known as the hair slasher after he again attacked 13 year old Rose Finkelstein on Baldwin Place in the North End. The girl suffered severe hair cutting and disfigurement as he escaped once more despite weeks of pursuit by authorities and residents.
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Boston
Jack the
North End
Little Rose’ Finkelstein
Abraham Finkelstein
Baldwin Place
Sixth offence shocks Cooper and Salem as girl slashed
A man slashed a girl near Cooper and Salem at 6 30 PM in what witnesses call a pattern of attacks. The Finkelstein child, returning with milk, heard a noise, saw a man pocket a braid of long black hair with a pink ribbon, and fled home. Her father alerted Station 1. Captain Kimball led a search but the suspect remained at large past midnight.
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Cooper
Salem
Finkelstein
Cooper Street
Kimball
Workmen Blown Up In Salem Fatality and Injuries
A blast at a Salem site leaves one worker dead and several injured. Giuseppe Cerromi of 14 High Street is dead, while Giuseppe Spilva of Vine Street suffers mangled lower limbs. Ramo Pigindra, 14 High Street, has both arms broken, and others including Cafido Fallizucio of 7 Gidney Street, Chescenzo Be Chiaro of Salem with a broken jaw, and Talabine Antonio listed with serious injuries. Names, addresses, and injury descriptions are recorded from the incident.
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Giuseppe Spilva
Vine Street
Salem
Ramo Pigindra
High Street
Cafido Fallizucio
Gidney Street
Chescenzo BE “Chiaro
Explosion at Salem lodge injures six. one dead
In Salem, an accidental dynamite blast during work on an electric line near Highland avenue caused instant death to Giuseppe Cerromi and wounded six others, including Giuseppe Spilva. Foreman J J Maney blamed a piece of unexploded dynamite from a previous blast as the likely trigger, noting the rock slide and flying debris tore through the laborers.
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Salem
Jan
Highland Avenue
Thomas Farm
Boston & Northern Railroad
Salem Turnpike
Lynn
Giuseppe Cerromi
Giuseppe Spilva
Cerromi
Spirva
J. J. Maney
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Governor Guild Plans Liquor Exemption For Hotel Touraine
Governor Guild proposes a liquor law fix to exempt a hotel bar from the 400-foot schoolhouse rule if the bar sits beyond the limit. The plan, favored by temperance and liberal members on the liquor committee, aims to relieve Hotel Touraine from its embarrassment and diverges from the committee’s earlier 400-foot rule requirement allowing hotels with 200 rooms to sell liquor within the limit if streets separate them from the schoolhouse.
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Hotel Touraine
Second Victim Is Dead After Forest Hill Grade Horror
Salem reports another fatality from the Forest Hill grade incident as Mrs. Daniel T. Haggerty dies after 18 hours of agony. Her injuries include smashed ribs and a torn face from the crash, while her sister in law also perished. John H Cameron recounts warnings waved at the crossing as the express neared. The tragedy shakes the Salem community with two young social leaders lost.
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Salem
Forest Hill
Daniel T. Haggerty
Boston Street
Will le
John H. Cameron
Boston & Maine
Miss Alice Roosevelt Wedding Shopping in New York
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Congressman Nicholas Longworth shopped for their wedding in New York yesterday. A prominent New York clergyman praised the couple’s freedom and responsible behavior, noting it as an illustration of young American women’s independence.
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Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
New York
Alice Roosevelt on New York wedding shopping trip
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth finish a busy day in New York amid crowds and cameras after a shopping trip with Mrs. Robert W. Goelet. The pair, seen by Jersey City residents as lovers, were briefly halted by a policeman in the traffic district before a luncheon at Sherry’s. Later, they planned a trip to Washington with Comtesse de Chambrun arriving on the Kaiser Wilhelm.
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New York
Robert W. Goelet
Alice Roosevelt
Nick
Comtesse de Chambrun
Washington
Alice
Mrs. Goelet
Nicholas Longworth
Miss Roosevelt
Jersey City
Sherry’s
Burglary Parades Diamonds Stolen Near Eliot Street Pawnshop
A desperate New York burglar barricaded a pawnshop door on Eliot Street and threw a brick through a plate glass window to steal nearly $2000 worth of diamonds. A mile long chase led to him dropping over $1200 in gems across the district. After a mob of hundreds pursued him to LaGrange Street station, a clash with a clerk ended with the thief captured amid hours of district-wide gem recovery.
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Eliot Street
New York
Lagrange Street
Boston
Simon Robinson
Robinson
Joseph Schindler
Grove Street
Schindler
Tremont Street
Warrenton
Washington
Hollis
Tremont
Pleasant Street
J. D. Firmen
John Wilson
New York City
Wilson
Thomas Moore
Washington Street
State Farm
Bridgewater
Risked life to save dog from Boston house fire
Mrs. Frederick Rucker of 28 Moreland Street Somerville was overcome by smoke but rescued by Captain Hutchins and Ladderman Mills of Ladder Company 2. Patterson aided but descended the ladder after both were saved. The dog was found safe in a room after the perilous ascent.
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Frederick Rucker
Moreland Street
Somerville
Hutchins
Charles F. Mills
Ladder Company 2
Joseph Patterson
Mrs. Rucker
Wilfert Young
Engine 1
Hutchings
Miss Rucker
Dobson
Fair and Colder Outlook for Boston Area
Fair and colder in Boston and vicinity with fresh westerly winds on Wednesday and Thursday. Forecast from Washington notes New England and eastern New YorkExpect fair conditions Wednesday with afternoon and night chill, then fair but somewhat colder Thursday as winds shift from south to northwest.
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Washington
New England
New York
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