Battle Over Reward for News Leading to Elopers
A $100 reward offered by Joseph Hallian of Hull spurs a dispute as Julia Roper, a Falmouth Hotel operator, and Daniel Brassit claim the bounty for information facilitating the elopement of Fern Hallian and Louis Eisenman. Brassit’s lawyer seeks payment. Hallian hints Roper may receive the award.
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Hull
Fern Hallian
Louis Eisenman
Seth
Julia Roper
Daniel Brassit
Elopers
Castle Square
Portlands
South Lawrence
Brassit
S. D. Wells Loses Yacht Off Cape Elizabeth
The sloop yacht named Norma Is wrecked off Cape Elizabeth after being left at a supposedly safe anchorage. S. D. Wells of Boston and five friends had spent the previous night nearby and returned to find the yacht demolished on the ledges.
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Portland
Cape Elizabeth
D. Wells
Boston
Norma
Vic tor Levasseur Fatally Injured Jumping From Train
Victor Levasseur of Lawrence Massachusetts was brought to Sacred Heart Hospital Manchester after a fall while trying to board a moving train at Derry New Hampshire. He apparently jumped from a platform lost his footing and was dragged under the train.
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Manchester
N. H
Victor Levasseur
Lawrence
Mass
Sacred Heart Hospital
Derry
Free Water for Horses Proposal From Boston Work Horse Relief
A letter to the editor urges residents to allow teamsters access to outdoor faucets for horse watering. The Boston Work Horse Relief Association offers free painted signs reading Free Water for Horses with arrows to guide teams, noting metered water costs as few pails per cent.
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Boston Work Horse Relief Association
William H. Smith dies at 74 in Watertown
William H. Smith 74 president of Seymour Smith & Sons cutlery and hardware makers died after a short illness in Watertown His widow and two sons survive the family business firm of Seymour Smith & Sons was noted in local notices.
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Watertown
Conn
William H. Smith
Seymour Smith & Sons
Never Again Dr Munyon Declares Divorce Victory
Philadelphia July 8 Among those freed from matrimonial troubles in the summer divorce mill was James M Munyon the patent medicine man granted a decree from his wife Pauline Louise Neff Munyon on grounds of desertion He said this is my last venture and vowed happiness with friends not another marriage He noted she deserted him years ago while acting in stock companies near New York and refused to live in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
James M. Munyon
Pauline Louise Neff Munyon
Dr. Munyon
Pauline Neff
Posed as Vera Cruz hero arrested in Manchester
George S. Marks of Boston posed as a United States Marine and Vera Cruz veteran at the Manchester YMCA. He mimed leading a Marine advance and claimed battle wounds, but was found to have stolen money and clothing from lodgers and confessed his uniform was borrowed.
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N. H
Vera Cruz
Georges.marks
Boston
Mass
Marks
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
R. F. Badger
Louis Pierce
Mexico
Gallups Island
Auto Truck Removal Suit Over River Incident
William H. Ellis of East Boston sues William B. de las Casas head of the Metropolitan Park Commissioners in Superior Court for 1000 dollars for work in recovering an auto truck from the Charles River after it went overboard from the Harvard Bridge killing the driver. A parallel action is filed against the Commonwealth.
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William H. Ellis
East
Boston
William B. de Las Casas
Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Charles River
Harvard Bridge
Commonwealth
French Chamber Approves Panama Exposition Funding
The Chamber of Deputies adopted the appropriation bill to cover expenses of French official representation at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The vote was 461 in favor and 36 against.
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Chamber of Deputies
San Francisco
Plague Inspection Planned for Southern Gulf Cities
Surgeon General Blue of the public health service told the Treasury Department from New Orleans that a thorough investigation will be conducted in several gulf cities to prevent the spread of bubonic plague.
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Washington
Blue
The
Public Health Service
Treasury Department Today
New Orleans
Two Men Found Dead Under Wrecked Auto
Edwin Bailey of Sayville a former State senator and John Brooks of Patchogue were found dead today under the hood of Bailey's wrecked car on the village outskirts. The two had been driving toward town when the automobile skidded and overturned.
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Patchogue, L. I
Edwin Bailey
Sayville
John Brooks
Bailey
Richardson Sues Chatman Over Note Balance
Otis Weld Richardson sues Lilian Ames Chatman to recover 49064.20 on a note indorsed to him. The note originated from the Frederick J. Quinby Company to Maitland F. Griggs and was indorsed by Chatman in this city.
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Otis Weld Richardson
Lilian Ames Chatman
Frederick J. Quinby
Maitland F. Griggs
Possible rediscovery of the passenger pigeon
Athol July 8. S S Billings, agent for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said today he believes he has found a passenger pigeon once thought extinct. He expects days of tests to confirm whether the bird is the original wild specimen.
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Athol
Billings
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
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