Braintree Cockpit Raid Leads to Cockfight Bust
In South Braintree officers seized fighting cocks and paraphernalia after a Sunday cockfight. Birds, spurs, oil, and meals were taken, with several bills found. Ryan and Kean bailed. they face Quincy District Court on the charge of being present at a cockfight on the Lord's day. Owners retrieved teams from multiple local stables later.
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Ryan
Kean
Quincy
Avery
South Braintree
Cain
James O’leary
Pleasant Street
Brockton
D. M. White
Westwood Street
Newton
William Furbush
Brown
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Raiders Collapse Ruffians in Bird Pit Raid
A police action near Braintree ends a organized cockfighting ring. About 50 men are arrested after officers trail from Washington street to woods by Great Pond, seizing three dead cocks, 18 carryalls, and multiple birds while a lookout on the pond escapes notice.
Sheriff Visits Canobie Lake Park Sabbath Closings Prompted
Law enforcers served warrants at Canobie Lake Park after clergy complaints led to Sunday closures. Sheriff Marcus Corless arrested Southern New Hampshire Traction manager Franklin Woodman who agreed to be responsible. Officials Bowser and Carl Braun were summoned to Exeter court.
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Lawrence
Canobie Lake Park
New Hamp Shire
Salem
N. H
Eastman
Kelley
Marcus Corless
Portsmouth
Franklin Woodman
Southern New Hampshire Traction Company
Corless
Woodman
Bowser
Carl Braun
Collinsville
Cambridge Creates New Parish of the Blessed Sacrament
Cambridge forms the Parish of the Blessed Sacrament from St Mary's Anunciation branch. Masses were held yesterday in a Pearl street building, soon to be replaced by a brick church at Pearl and Lake streets. Fr Doody presided with Fr Crowe named rector and Fr Killilea to assist. Three masses on Sundays 7 9 and 10 30. Over 3000 dollars spent on preliminaries with plans to raise more, including a 1000 dollar contribution from Fr Doody.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Charles River
John A. Crowe
Maynard
Bartholomew T. Killilea
Boston
Father Doody
St. Mary’s Church
Two Boston Men Drown While Canoeing at Nonesuch Pond
Weston, July 2. Two young men Michael Gogilina of 10 Fleet Street and Frank Lanzilo of Commercial Street were drowned today while canoeing with three others on Nonesuch Pond. A third man was rescued, and the bodies had not been recovered by night.
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Weston
Michael Gogilina
Fleet Street
Frank Lanzilo
Commercial Street
Boston
Nonesuch Pond
Gogilina
Lanzilo
Barbers Arm for Stricter Wages Union Sets Terms in Boston
Boston journeymen barbers union voted to push a new contract. The wage scale limits apprentices, requires only union members in shops, and sets pay with 12 dollars weekly base plus increments. Shops close by 8 p m except certain days, with set holiday hours and specific haircutting charges.
Typographers Prepare Eight Hour Day Campaign in Boston
Boston Typographical Union 138 plans a Labor Day demonstration to push for an eight hour day starting Jan 1 1906. The plan calls for New England unions to send reps to a conference in Boston the Sunday before Labor Day and to stay for the parade and a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall with speaker International President James Lyneah.
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Boston
Typographical Union 138
New England
A& Mass
Faneul Hall
International
James Lyneah
Union 13
Hygeia Ice Co Signs New Wage Agreement in Boston
The Boston Central Labor Union reports a new contract with Hygeia Ice Co granting Firemen Union 3853 membership for firemen oilers and coal passers Eight hour day minimums of 17 a week for firemen 14 for oilers and overtime at 45 cents per hour Also mentions Daniel Harris in New York visiting Chicago and unionist Matthew Cummings of the Ancient Order of Hibernians as upcoming speaker and a grocery clerks union dispute over Wednesday afternoon closings.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Hygeia Ice Company
Oilers
Daniel Harris
New York
International Cigarmakers’ Union
Chicago
Matthew Cummings
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Union
Boston
Hub Punch Suggested for Independence Day Celebrations
For the proper celebration of the Nation s Independence July 4 there is nothing more convenient to have in the house year in and year out than Hub Punch Your licensed dealer will supply Hub Punch and your callers will be grateful that you had the forethought to provide it for their entertainment Three or four bottles of Hub Punch and a liberal quantity say three to six quarts of lemonade will usually satisfy 80 to 40 callers Put Hub Punch on your wants NOW.
Norwegians to Celebrate in Tremont Temple Tonight
Boston area Norwegians will celebrate the formation of the new state with an event at Tremont Temple. The program includes orations patriotic songs and a cablegram greeting from the Norwegian government. Rev Bernard E Bergesen of the Norwegian Lutheran Church will preside and notes his family’s long public service in Norway.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
Bernard E. Bergesen
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Bartlett Street
Mr. Bergesen
Norway
Storthing
Bergesen
Sewell Beats Millionaire for Aroostook Revenue Post
Island Falls Me July 2 William W Sewell wins a political contest and will be named collector of internal revenue for the Aroostook district after teaching Theodore Roosevelt to hunt in Maine decades ago. Sewell already serves as island Falls postmaster under Roosevelt. The president signals a change from the current incumbent Thomas H Phair of Presque Isle.
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Island Falls
Theodore Roosevelt
Maine
William W. Sewell
Sewell
Roosevelt
Aroostook
New England
Thomas H. Phair
Presque Isle
Hunter
Harvard College
Big Bill
Harvard
Aroostook, Mo
Internal Revenue
CambridgeYouth Killed On Crane At Boston Bridge Works
Timothy Sullivan twenty of Tremont Street Cambridge was killed Saturday at the Boston Bridge Works while at work on a crane. He was caught by the machine and suffered fatal back and internal injuries. He died at General Hospital after being removed there in an unconscious state. Police were not informed of the incident and an inquiry failed to determine the cause.
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Timothy Sullivan
Tremont Street
Cambridge
Boston Bridge Works
Sullivan
General Hospital
Bridge
Roosevelt eulogy at Dudley Street pulpit
The Rev W W Bustard delivered a sermon at Dudley Street Baptist Church on Theodore Roosevelt praising him as unspoiled by wealth. He contrasted Roosevelt's later riches with how wealth failed to entangle him and noted riches were his great disadvantage in youth.
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Theodore Roosevelt
W. W. Bustard
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Battleships' Crews Prepare for Provincetown Athletic Meet
Rain interrupted a busy day as over 100 sailors from each ship went ashore at Provincetown to train for the Fourth of July games. Teams from Alabama, Maine, Kentucky, Kearsarge and Missouri held practice with a base on the hilltop camp, while Terry the Maine goat watched the action. Sailors packed the pier as 700 men embarked in orderly fashion using a new perpendicular ladder amid cheers.
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Provincetown
United States
Alabama
Maine
Terry
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Missouri
Poer
Day Leaves the Hospital After Daring Rescue
John Day aged 40 of 189 Harrison avenue is discharged from City Hospital after treating injuries from diving to rescue George McCrea of 31 Common street who slipped into the tideway while trying to board the sloop yacht Sunrise at Congress bridge. Day saved McCrea but collapsed and was hospitalized briefly.
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John Day
Harrison Avenue
City Hospital
George McCrea
Common Street
McCrea
Sunrise
Congress Bridge
Day
Milford railway chief resigns after collision review
Herbert M. Young superintendent of the Milford Attleboro and Woonsocket street railway resigned following a head on collision between a Milford car and a special at Bellingham last Tuesday. Investigation found a strict rule violated that extras may not run between regular cars.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Herbert M. Young
Milford, Attleboro & Woonsocket Street Railway
Milford
Bellingham
Bellingham Centre
Bellingham Four Corners
Young
Battleship Massachusetts Bound for Provincetown Sighting
The battleship Massachusetts was sighted by the Highland light wireless station at 8 PM in the South Channel en route to Provincetown to join Rear Admiral Evans squadron. It was expected to reach Provincetown around midnight.
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Highland Light
Massachusetts
Provincetown
Evans
No Memory Of Being Married In Runaway Union
Hartford judge refuses Mrs. Clayton R. Blake's plea to annul her 1906 marriage to Blake in New Haven. She says fear and threats forced the union. she recalls only the certificate shown by Blake. Rev. William E. Beardsley performed the ceremony. Judge Roraback calls it last minute repentance and denies the petition.
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Hartford
Conn
Roraback
Clayton R. Blake
New Haven
Blake
William E. Beardsley
St. Thomas’ Church
Palmer of Somerville Declares He Is Alive
A rumor spread in Somerville that John E. Palmer proprietor of Gilman’s Express had died. He later confirmed by phone that he is alive, in good health, and will resume business as usual.
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J. E. Palmer
Somerville
John E. Palmer
Gilman’s Express
Mr. Palmer
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