Death by Own Action Ends Life of Local Businessman
Frank A. White 35 of 14 Greenwich Park and R H Blodgett & Co 30 Bromfield Street killed himself at the Hotel Plaza. He registered as F A Wendall Gardner Mass and left a note to his wife asking forgiveness. Recovery of a notebook and evidence suggest a planned act after departing from his Greenwich Park home.
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Frank A. White
Greenwich Park
R. H. Blodgett &Co
Bromfield Street
Hotel Plaza
McDonald
White
F. A. Wendall
Gardner
Mass
Mr. White
Whaler Beating Old Records in Indian Ocean Cruise
Captain Horace Smith returns to New Bedford aboard the Josephine after a 21 months voyage in the Indian Ocean. He reports 20 whales caught in five months with profits near 125000 dollars if bone quality remains high. The cargo included 80 casks of sperm oil, 5000 barrels of whale oil and 12000 pounds of whale bone valued at 3 to 6 dollars per pound.
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New Bedford
Horace Smith
Josephine
Indian Ocean
Crosette Islands
Cape of Good Hope
Madagascan
Arabian
Old Curiosity Shop to Be Demolished
The Old Curiosity Shop in Portsmouth street Lincoln's Inn Fields London is set for demolition. American tourists have spent thousands of pounds there in past years.
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London
Portsmouth Street
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Unique electrical arch to greet Old Home Week in Boston
Boston plans a new electric arch on Summer and Federal streets by South station to welcome returning residents. The feature, designed by C Howard Walker, will be lit nightly and is part of a week of musical events led by Josiah Quincy. Free organ recitals, concerts, and a Handel and Haydn Society reception cap the program with ticketed access.
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Boston
New
Josiah Quincy
Steinert Hall
Boylston Street
A. M. Kanrich
Charles K. North
Louis C. Elson
City of Boston Music Department
Symphony Hall
Handel and Haydn Society
Emil Mollenhauer
English High School
Elson
Mrs Ferguson Under Arrest In Gloucester
Sandy Ferguson prize fighter and fisherman returned to Gloucester with a Boston officer. Mrs Ferguson was arrested on a liquor nuisance complaint in Boston, bailed by Deidrich Vose, and her husband tried to gain custody of their children before leaving them with his mother in law.
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Gloucester
Sandy Ferguson
Boston
Winlock Bride-To-Be Ties to Dublin Man in September
Miss Elizabeth Winlock daughter of Professor William Crawford Winlock formerly of the Smithsonian will wed Alphonsus J. Murphy of Dublin Ireland in St Peter's Episcopal Church in September Rev W H Allen to officiate Miss Winlock is granddaughter of the late Joseph Winlock of Boston.
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Narragansett Pier
Elizabeth Winlock
William Crawford Winlock
Smithsonian Institution
Alphonsus J. Murphy
Dublin
Ireland
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
W. H. Allen
Miss Winlock
Joseph Winlock
Boston
West Begs for Maids of Ware
Worcester July 14 relief is in sight for Ware where the Board of Trade says the town is overburdened with girls from two Western States Minnesota and Illinois send letters from eligible bachelors seeking Worcester county wives one asks for names by return mail another from Ed Johnson Atwater Minn says he has a good position and wants a housekeeper Bloomington Ills E L Rhodes says he wants to reduce the surplus and asks permission to correspond with a girl Go West young girl go West.
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Worcester
Ware
Board of Trade
Minnesota
Illinois
Worcester County
Atwater
Minn
Ed Johnson
Bloomington
Ill
E. L. Rhodes
Hfe
Emily Peters in Somerville Burn Fire Critical Condition
Four year old Emily Peters of Somerville remains in very critical condition after her dress ignited from a bonfire. The accident left her with severe burns and she is hospitalized undergoing treatment.
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Emily Peters
Somerville
What Became of Marshall Missing Man Stirs Cambridge Officials
Cambridge police and Cambridge Relief Hospital seek John Marshall of 16 Spring Street after he vanished amid a hospital scene where he had been injured in a wagon accident and restrained on an operating table. He disappeared after repeatedly slipping bonds as staff feared further danger.
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Cambridge
Buehler
Marshall
Clue in Dream Restores Lost Purse in Nashua
Mrs. Lizzie H. Marden reported a valuable handbag missing on Orange street. A newspaper man found the bag and told gatekeeper E Story Clement, uncle to Mrs. Marden. That night she dreamed of asking him, leading to the purse’s recovery and return by the store.
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Nashua
Lizzie H. Marden
Orange Street
Newpaper
E. Story Clement
City Station
Mr. Clement
Laws Declared Unsound Mind Over Bryan Speeches
Lawrenceburg Ind July 14 Harry G Laws 37 a longtime southern Indiana teacher has been declared of unsound mind He obtained all of Bryan s speeches and spent more than a month memorizing them and repeating Bryan s speeches day and night.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Harry G. Laws
Indiana
Bryan
Laws
Fine new cars for the Fisherman special
Four new cars designed for the daily Boston trip have been secured by the Boston and Maine for the Fisherman private train. The service runs in summer on the Rockport branch serving residents at Manchester by the Sea Magnolia Pride's Crossing and other stations.
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Boston
Boston & Maine
Rockport
North Shore
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Magnolia
Pride’s Crossing
There is a Cure for Brown Tail Pox oning
The Household Surgeon offers Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil with a refund if it fails. The ad notes the product costs 25 cents and promises healing for brown tail poisis.
Griggs Family Represents Four Generations in City
Robert D. Griggs, 83, heads a four generation Griggs clan. The veteran police officer, a member of the "49ers," is followed by son Charles Robert Griggs, 61, Civil War veteran Charles H. Griggs, 34, and grandson Charles Robert Griggs, 8, in this city.
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Griggs
Robert D. Griggs
Mr. Griggs
California
Charles Robert Griggs
Charles H. Griggs
Boston
Charles R. Griggs
Robert H. Griggs
Ryder Dies of Burns After Lamp Explosion at Home
James A. Ryder died at Somerville Hospital from burns sustained Saturday night when a lighted lamp exploded in the cellar of his home at 258 Highland Avenue. He had gone to the cellar to inspect batteries when he was overcome by a fainting spell and the lamp fell and exploded.
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James A. Ryder
Somerville Hospital
Highland Avenue
Ryder
Strict Rules for Autoists by Safe Roads Organization
An automotive group named the Safe Roads Organization forms to improve road safety. It adopts rules for proper display of registration numbers and warns owners, with potential license revocation by the Massachusetts Highway Commission. The society will notify misdisplayed plates and assist authorities if offenses recur.
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Safe Roads Organization
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Parish Event in Cambridge Tonight for July Field Day
Members of St Pauls parish Cambridge plan a dancing party and concert at the River side boathouse to raise funds for the parish field day on July 27. Young ladies of the parish have organized extensive preparations to ensure a successful social and financial outcome.
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St. Paul's Parish
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Riverside Boathouse
Rival Drum Majors Set For Webster Contest
July 14 report says Peter Dumas and George Shaw plan a baton twirling contest to head town parades with a $100 stake. Dumas pursues the trial while Shaw has yet to respond as both rehearse new twirling wrinkles drawing local interest.
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Webster
Peter Dumas
George Shaw
Dumas
Shaw
Wonderful clock presented to Czar at Peterhof
In Peterhof Palace the Czar received Franz Karass a peasant who unveiled an extraordinary self made clock. The device records time months and days day and night sunrise and sunset and the moon phases along with the earths movement around the sun.
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ST. Petersburg
Peterhof Palace
Franz Karass
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