Webster man tried to kill son and self in fire incident
George Reibe attempted arson at his Webster home and fired at his son Frank, then shot himself twice. He was taken to Worcester City Hospital in critical condition. Officials believe he is temporarily insane and note a prior suicide attempt in Germany. The fire caused minor damage.
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Webster
George Reibe
Worcester
Relbe
Germany
Reibe
Frank Reibe
Webster Green House
Rockland's Fourth Starts With a Bang
Rockland July 3 reports a chaotic Fourth as Judge Kelley leads a non union Plymouth Boys drum corps parade amid a crowd swelling from 5000 to 10000. The town plans include 300 prominent women groups and 12 police officers. A shoe worker, Timothy Crowley, suffered two leg fractures after colliding with an Abington car.
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Rockland
Ladies’ Relief Corps
Ladies’ Aid Society
Hartsuff Post
Darius H. Everson
Everson
Gettysburg
Judge Kelly
Liberty Street
Plymouth Boys’ Fife and Crim Corps
C. M. Perry
Rockland Glee Club
Glee Club
William R. Lord
Unitarian Church
Rebecca Collins
Whitman
Hanover
Norwood
Abington
Hingham
Brockton
Holbrook
Rumor Links Louis Lemp to Actress Estelle Earle
Boston gossip centers on millionaire brewer Louis Lemp and actress Estelle Earle amid chatter from Castle Square players. Reporter notes unconfirmed reports of a marriage while citing an apparently authoritative source. Lemp, 55, son of late William Lemp, has vast St Louis fortune. he visits Boston regularly.
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Louis Lemp
Estelle Earle
Castle Square
Lemp
William Lemp
St. Louis
Castle Square Company
Post
Lindsay Morison
Miss Earle
Boston
Packers to Furnish Bail For Indicted Packers Officials
Chicago July 3 Indicted Packers traffic officials and corporations will be arraigned Wednesday before Judges Bethea or Landis. Most defendants expected in court. after custody a possible injunction may block US attorney proceedings. Some attorneys plan seeking habeas corpus via the Supreme Court. Assistant Attorney General Pagin calls the grand jury coup unprecedented for securing witnesses and evidence.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Bethea
Landis
United States
United States Supreme Court
Pagin
Roxbury Man Sustains Severe Lacerations at Work
Last evening Thomas Dailey aged 72 of 66 Westminster street Roxbury was badly injured while at work in the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad yards Rogers avenue operating a steam drill His hands and face suffered deep cuts and he was taken to the Relief Hospital for treatment.
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Thomas Dailey
Westminster Street
Roxbury
N. Y
N. H
Lemp Jr Denies Louis Marries Miss Earle Report
William J. Lemp Jr. told the Post-Dispatch that his brother Louis did not marry Miss Earle or anyone else, denying a rumor of a marriage.
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ST. Louis
William J. Lemp, Jr
Post
Louis
Earle
Unable to Locate Husband Misses After Long Search
Mrs. Vernon Tempest of Dartforth England says she has traveled over 3000 miles and plans to return to her parents as she cannot find Vernon Tempest. She describes his distress after inheriting little and moving to America then to Mamaroneck New York, with letters unclaimed at the New York post office.
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Vernon Tempest
Dartforth
Eng
Post
Cambridge
England
America
Mamaroneck
N. Y
New York
New York Post Office
Dynamite Found in Newton House Before Fourth
Newton July 3 Patrolman Tainter found sixteen sticks of dynamite in a vacant Crescent street Auburndale house owned by Mrs. J J Emerson. The blast material, overheard by boasting boys, was turned over to the building department as the search for the owner continued past midnight.
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Newton
J. J. Emerson
Crescent Street
Auburndale
Taintor
Tainter
Fruit peddler hurt as wagon struck by electric car
Toney T. Diblace, fruit peddler of 15 Hale street, had his cart hit by an electric car on Adams street near Caton square Meeting House Hill. He dislocated a collar bone and broke two ribs. fellow rider Joe Concannon of 380 North Margin street suffered cuts to hand and face. The horse bolted but was stopped by a bystander. Both men were taken to the city Hospital.
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Timothy Crowley
Abington
Boston City Hospital
Toney T. Diblace
Hale Street
Adams Street
Caton Square
Meeting House Hill
Joe Concannon
North Margin Street
Theity Hospital
Steamer Sinks Schooner in Gloucester Passage
A steamer sank a schooner built at Gloucester in 1878, eight tons gross, carrying four crew who escaped by boats and planks except for one man who went down with the vessel. The Austin reported to the pilot boat Liberty and continued to St John. The schooner was owned by William Cromwell of the city, used as a coaster between Maine ports and Boston.
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Austin
Pike
Liberty
St. John
Gloucester
William Cromwell
Maine
Boston
Norway backers pack Boston hall for pro independe nt act
A large Norwegian gathering at Lorimer Hall Tremont Temple Boston last night praised Norway's break from Sweden. Speakers mainly in Norwegian urged unity for Scandinavia with equal rights. A cable to Prime Minister Michaelson expressed pride in Norway's move.
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Boston
Lorimer Hall
Tremont Temple
Norway
Sweden
Bernard FE. Bergensen
Bergensen
Scandinavia
Oscar
Frederic Peterson
Michaelson
People’s Meeting
Record Two Hour Motor Race Ends with Moran Victory
In the four horse power event at Revere the lead changed hands multiple times. Moran overtook Walthour after a mid race push and held the lead to the finish setting a new two hour record for the class. Caldwell and MacLean also featured with sustained pace and wheel changes.
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Caldwell
Moran
MacLean
Walthour
Chelsea
Pope Struggles With Unbearable Heat in Vatican
Rome reports the heat reached 103 in the shade as the Pope suffers in seclusion at the Vatican gardens. Rumors say he may break the prison legend and government plans to move to Castle Gandolfo for order and honors. Sunstroke deaths rise among hay workers.
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Rome
Vatican
Castle Gandolfo
Clericals and Conservatives Win Big in Rome Election
In Rome on July 2, clericals allied with the Conservatives swept the municipal election, gaining 13 000 votes more than the Liberals and Subversives who trailed. The victory follows the June 19 encyclical granting Catholics liberty in temporal matters.
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Rome
Four Men Dead in Explosion Near Axton Virginia
Four men were killed and seven injured when a threshing machine exploded near Axton in Henry county Virginia. Several of the injured may die. The accident happened in an interior area and full details are scarce.
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Danville
Axton
Henry County
Putnams Sue Hospital Over Baby Death and Loss
Mrs Clara B Putnam and her husband Charles of Kensington Chambers Cambridge sue the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Corporation for 195000 alleging improper treatment caused blood poisoning leading to their baby's death and left Mrs Putnam disabled. Attorney C H Burtt represents them. The suit references events starting April 2 1904 in the maternity wards and subsequent hospitalization.
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Clara B. Putnam
Charles R. Putnam
Kensington Chambers
Cambridge
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Corporation
Putnam
C. H. Burtt
Haverhill Woman Dies by Her Own Action
Haverhill July 3 Mrs Ellen Beale 68 died by asphyxiation at her son in law Dr E S Goodwins home in the city. Despondency is believed to have prompted the act.
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Haverhill
Ellen Beale
E.S. Goodwin
Macabre Guillotine Experiment Sparks Debate Across Europe
An editorial in the New York Tribune reports Dr Beaulieu's grisly 1st and 2nd inspection of Henry Languille's head after decapitation, with Paris medical professor Hartmann denying lasting life or pain post decapitation. The piece notes strong press reaction and a mockingly critical editorial from Gil Blas.
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New York Tribune
Orleans
Dr. Beaulieu
Henry Languille
Languille
Hartmann
Medical
Paris
Gil Blas
Eel
Quiet Cambridge Romance Brings Marriage of Ray and Belden
Randolph Campbell Ray son of Rev W W P Ray of Cambridge married Marion Belden daughter of H Eugene Belden of Brookline in a surprise June 27 ceremony. Ray 24 and a Harvard Union clerk, the couple’s romance began in childhood.
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Randolph Campbell Ray
W.W. P. Ray
Cambridge
Marion Belden
Providence
Miss Belden
H. Eugene Belden
Brookline
Mr. Ray
Harvard Union
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