Lifespan on a House Top Ends with Sanity Question
A religious frenzy ends with James Robert Donegan 2 being restrained on a roof near 8 Emerald street. Police Hoisington and Waite subdue the maniacal figure amid a crowd nearly 1000 strong. He is taken to the station for a mental evaluation.
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James Robert Donegan
Anderson Street
Emerald Street
Virginna
Hoisington and
Waite
Division 5
Donegan
Wuld
Insane Youth Shot His Mother and Sister in Roxbury
Herbert E Hill twenty one years old, suffering delusions of incurable disease, shot and killed his sister Mrs Francis B Riley and critically wounded his mother Mrs Amelia Hill at 1 Waverly street Roxbury. He fled for seven and a half hours, evading 160 policemen and newspaper men until a conductor named Ernest Johnson overheard his confession and steered him toward poison. Hill was captured, identified as Herbert Hill of Brockton, and jailed after a tense police interview. He claimed brain illness and could not remember the killings.
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Herbert .E. Hill
Francis B. Riley
Amelia Hill
Waverly Street
Roxbury
Young Hill
Hill
East Milton
Ernest Johnson
Milton
Johnson
Lower Mills
Boston
Readsdale Road
Valley Road
Brockton
Pierce Square
Archie
Will
Dorchester Avenue
William A. Harrington
Harrington
Arthur Armstrong
Field's Corner
Herbert Hill
George Hill
Statesman First Official Post Nomination Debate
The piece reports on a Massachusetts Republican power struggle over who should preside at the State convention. Ex Secretary Long declines interest, while Senator Lodge, Lieutenant Governor Bates, and Mr Murray vie for influence as factions form around the chairmanship amid rifts with Lodge allies and Bates supporters. The dynamic hints at a convention clash shaping party leadership and potential U S Senate considerations.
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Post
Henry
Long
Ien
Campos Odge
Maica Plain
Michael J. M
Republica Pire
Lea
Mr. Murray
Murray
Senator Lodge
Ruble
Crary Murray
Bates
Ory
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Marthe State Committee
Ity
Lodge
Isong
McKinley
Canton
State House
United States
Heard
Governor Crane
Crane
State Committee
Cuba Big Cigarro Sale Surges Above One Million
A fragment reports Cuba cigar sales soaring past one million monts or units as a promotional push highlights the cost efficiency of individual cigars. The text references quantity, packaging, and perceived quality connected to Brothers and a rear packet distribution.
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Cuba
Colombia After Warship Arrives With British Passengers
General Po therez and Colonel J H Gregory arrived tonight from Colon on the steamer Allianca to discuss buying a warship for the Colombian war effort. Also aboard were Sir Ralph Paget, head of the British legation to Central American republics, and William Renshaw.
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New York
Potherez
J. H. Gregory i Payrte Blan
Colon
Allianca
Ralph Paget
William Renshaw
Local Boston Area Forecast Warmer Midweek
Boston and vicinity expect Wednesday to be fair and somewhat warmer. Thursday will also be fair and continue warm with fresh southerly to westerly winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Belgian Queen Marie Henriette in alarming condition
Brussels July report says Marie Henriette queen of the Belgians has been ill at Spa for some time and has suddenly grown worse in an alarming condition.
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Brussels
la Chronique
Marie Henriette
Spa
Belgium
Chinese Attack Bagpipe Men in Chinatown
Two Scotch bagpipers were saved from a mob in Chinatown near midnight after police arrived. They had slept in a doorway on Oxford Place and began playing as engines neared a nearby fire. Chinamen swarmed from the Joss house with improvised weapons, threatening the players until Patrolman McCormick intervened and the men fled the area.
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Chinatown
Oxford Place
Joss House
McCormick
Woman Jumped From Window in Harrison Avenue Mystery
A celebration at 181 Harrison avenue ended with a woman leaping from a second story window. Passers-by were startled at about 6:30. Minnie Mc Laughlin of 21 Pine street was found with a broken ankle after landing on a shed. She claimed she thought she was at Revere Beach and was hospitalized at City Hospital.
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Harrison Avenue
Minnie McLaughlin
Pine Street
Revere Beach
City Hospital
Man Charged After Circus Dog Fight Fight Turned Assault
Brockton July 8 James F Burke an employee of Walter R Mains circus was arrested this afternoon on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. The incident occurred on the circus grounds during a dog fight when Burke allegedly struck a boy and then fought with James Marrow who later received a severe throat wound from a knife Burke drew. Marrow a Whitman resident and amateur boxer was injured but a physician attended him.
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Brockton
James F. Burke
Walter R. Main
James Marrow
Whitman
Burke
Marrow
Inquest Set for Motorman Harris Death in Marlboro
In Marlboro the inquest into Motorman John H. Harris’s death from the electric car collision will be held in South Framingham next Friday forenoon. State Officer Dunham is leading the investigation and 15 witnesses have been summoned by Deputy Sheriff Whitman to testify.
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Marlboro
John H. Harris
South Framingham
Dunham
Whitman
Windward Overdue After Atlantic Passage to Sydney
The Peary Arctic steamer Windward, which departed New York last Thursday, has not reached Sydney by July 8 and is two days overdue. Heavy northwest winds are suspected to have delayed the vessel.
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Halifax
N. S
New York
Sydney
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