Trial Brings Mother of Victim to Tears
In the McGraw murder trial, Isabella Farwell testified through tears about her son Benjamin F. Farwell, a 28 year old licensed engineer, last seen April 2, 1904. Witness described belongings and location, while others recounted the fatal confrontation and subsequent statements by Robert McGraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McGraw
Benjamin F. Farwell
Isabella Farwell
Templeton Street
Ashmont
American Gauge Company
Massachusetts Avenue
Benjamin
O’neil
Farwell
Straine and Mrs Duncan Held After Kidnapping Tale
Dorothy Straine testified of an attempted kidnapping by her guardian Straine and his companion Mrs Duncan at Wellesley. Police intervened as the plot unfolded with a plan to move a victim and a private prison described in statements and corroborating witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straine
Mrs. Duncan
Dorothy
Mme. LeBlanc
Miss Straine
Wellesley
John W. Williams
Albion Street
Nellie Glancy
James Street
Angus B. McDonald
Cures Drunkards The Great One The Day of Miracles
A first person narrator recalls a dramatic transformation from a hopeless drunkard to renewed life. He describes a last great miracle that happened to him and asserts the day of miraculous cure is near.
Testimony Details Fatal Camden Street Tragedy
Officer Leaverett and city architect Mahony described plans and a bullet path nine feet high through a canvas to a wall. Dr. Draper testified the deceased was a 28 year old man found at Camden works with multiple bullet wounds and coal dust on the face and body. autopsy noted five entry wounds and internal damage. Court adjourned to nine oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Leaverett
John J. Mahony
Frank W. Draper
Camden Street
City
Salem Scout Salem to be christened by mayor’s daughter
Miss Lorna Pinnock daughter of Salem Mayor will christen the scout cruiser Salem at Fore River Shipbuilding Quincy on Saturday July 27. Her maids of honor are schoolmates Jeanette Lee and Doris Lee. Pinnock born January 12 1894 is a high school junior and regarded as an outstanding student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorna Pinnock
Pinnock
Salem
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Jeanette Lee
Doris Lee
Miss Pinnock
Southern visitors charm Wonderland at Revere Beach
A 24 member Southern confectioners delegation from Jacksonville, Florida visited Wonderland in Revere Beach with wives to reconnect with Alligator Joe of Palm Beach. Joe hosted a shore dinner at McDonald's and showcased his crocodile and alligator farm, entertaining guests with animal stunts and a dramatic dinner for the largest pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wonderland
South
Jacksonville
Fla
Revere Beach
Alligator Joe
Palm Beach
McDonald's
Amateur games to be feature of Old Home Week
The grand athletic meet will be held on the Common Thursday August 1 under the New England Association of Amateur Athletes. Handicap events include 100 yard dash 440 yard run 880 yard run one mile run open team race running high jump running broad jump putting 16 pound shot five mile run Entries close Monday July 29 with M F Winston 21 Bromfield street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Association of Amateur Athletes
M. F. Winston
Bromfield Street
Boston
Hub yacht prizes awarded at Boston Yacht Club race
Big wind scrapped day yields class winners Elaine Sunshine Hydriad in first class with Golden Rod beating Shivyessa by half a minute. Nut meg wins second class with Kit taking third. Three extra prizes awarded in this class. several boats compete in harbor race this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Yacht Club
Elaine
Sunshine
Hydriad
Rembha
Chief
Christine
Polyp
Gobbo Burgomaster
Naturus
Kit
Junnona
Portland Yacht Fleet Races To Portland Breakwater In Fine Southerly
The Boston yachtsmen enjoyed improved winds for a 25 mile run to Portland with all sails set. The first class race featured Shiyessa and Golden Rod. Golden Rod won by 80 seconds. Nutmeg beat Mariel in the second class. Kit and Katherine led the third. The fleet anchored by 2 pm with celebrations and a city talk planned that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magend
Cor
Flaine
A. Wae
Sunshine
F. Hydriad
L. Gay
W. Chapin
Golden Rod
G. EB. Bruce
Shiyessa
Alfred Douglass
Orilla
D. ©. Roberts
Arthur Merritt
J. ER. Doherty
Magnolia
ER. P. Boynton
Ju Rima Donna
W. CG. Lewis
Wasaka
C. E. Adams
Ween
Papoose III
A. B. Freeman
Rembla
F. M. Vinson
Idella
B. D. Amsden
Zula H B Bailey
Otamanu
E Cc. Curtis
Polen
Gobbo
L. P. Soule
Burgomaster
Rh. Chatham
Naturus
R. W. Topham
Kit
H. B Whittier
Eres
Juanana
H Lundberg
Sanderling
J. Nh. Glidden
Clithero
Waiterean
Gringo
W Brown
Clique
Portland
Boston
Isles of Shoals
Cape Porpoise
Boynton
Boston V. C
Cape Elizabeth
Douglas
G. E. Bruce
Portland Head
Spring Point Light
Nutmeg
Mariel
Katherine
Cape Ann
Portland V. C
Mead Dies From Injuries After Hose Wagon Collision
Franklin Mead, 87, of 27 M Street South Boston, was struck and run over by Engine 7’s hose wagon while responding to a South Boston fire on Saturday afternoon and died yesterday at the Relief station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Mead
M Street
South Boston
Newburyport Girl Plans Seattle Wedding
Edith Hay Annis of Newburyport leaves for Seattle to marry Henry Alvin Shaw, a former city resident now employed on the Pacific coast. She is a Newburyport High School and Training School graduate and曾 a popular teacher including two years as Tem ple Street School principal. Shaw, a Providence native, once worked at the Towle silver shop in Newburyport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Seattle
Edith Hay Annis
Wash
Henry Alvin Shaw
Pacific Slope
Annis
Frank Annis
Newburyport High School
Training School
Temple Street
Shaw
Providence
Towle
Boston Adopts Matthews Method for City Oversight
Boston plans a non partisan committee of businessmen to probe the city finances. Ex Mayors Nathan Matthews and John A Sullivan are linked to the effort while ex City Treasurer George Crocker joins representing the Clearing House Association. Mayor Fitzgerald defers judgment on committee personnel as the investigation proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Nathan Matthews
Massachusetts
Fitzgerald
Matthews
John A. Sullivan
Associated Board of Trade Selection
Citizens
Sullivan
Simon J. Donovan
Fenway
Good Government Association
French
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Moran
Crocker
George A. Crocker
Clearing House Association
Manning Held in $500 Bail
Edward M. Manning of Boston was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal James Ruhl and held in $400 bail for a Friday hearing on a charge of embezzling a letter from a rural free delivery box in Hudson. The letter, addressed to Mrs Emma Bruen care of James Ordway Hudson, was taken while Manning was staying on vacation at Boom Pond near Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Bruen
Hudson
Edward M. Manning
Boston
U. S
James Ruhl
Manning
Boom Pond
Emma Bruen
James Ordway
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Offer Free One Month Cure
A Boston area medical promotion by the Osmo-Chemic Physicians advertises a free month of treatment and medicines for all patients who apply by July 31st. The offer claims a guaranteed cure for many chronic diseases using the perfected X-ray for diagnosis and a Light treatment. Testimonials from patients in Cambridge, Dorchester, Roxbury, Natick, Reading, and Boston accompany the ads.
Cured Patients Endorse Osmo-Chemic Physicians in Ads
Rev D C Bixby of Haverhill Mass and Mrs A M Emery of Haverhill Mass share testimonials claiming cures for tongue cancer and tumors via the new light treatment. Mrs Margaret E Gilufling of East Cambridge reports success with ovarian and rectal tumors. Charles Whitehouse of Farmington New Hampshire and William A McCoy of Roxbury also testify to cancer cures through the same methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Heaton
Pond St
Natick
Mass
Washington St
L. S. Bidwell
Woodlawn St
Jamaica Plain
C. L. Welch
Marlboro
Masa
Henry Fleming
Maple St
Sherborn
Edward Swenson
South Boston
A. F. Bigelow
Maples&j
Natick, Mass
D. C. Bixby
Haverhill
A. M. Emery
P. O. Box
BE. Haverhill
Margaret E. Gilufling
Cambridge St
East Cambridge
Rao
Chas. Whitehouse
Farmington, N. H
William A. McCoy
Bartlett Terrace
Roxbury
Left Society to Become Nun in Roxbury Carmelite Order
Ada Sullivan a friend of Cardinal Merry del Val and niece of ex Mayor James D. Phelan entered the Carmelite order in Roxbury at 61 Mt Pleasant Ave. The order preaches strict mortification with poverty and vow of wealth disposal. Nuns wear coarse serge gowns and walk barefoot in sandals in season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Sullivan
Merry del Val
James D. Phelan
San Francisco
Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Roxbury
Shoe Strikers Still Out at Long Shoe Works
In South Framingham on July 16 the R H Long Shoe Manufacturing Company and Local Union 19 failed to reach an accord. A mass meeting led to a committee visit to president Mr Long, who offered positions for most workers but not lasters. The strikers rejected this and asked for full reinstatement and arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Framingham
R. H. Long Shoe Manufacturing Company
Mr. Long
State Board of Arbitration
Long
Osmo-Chemic System Offered at Boston Address
Fragmented notice advertises a medical system at 18 Boylston Street Boston with hours 9 AM to 12 PM and 2 to 6 PM and 8 PM daily until closed Sundays. Requests 2 cent stamp for book on chronic disease. Contact details unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.nkett Dicine
Boylston Stesonton
Mass
Chinese gamblers fined after cow game roundup in Suffolk
A group of 19 Chinese gamblers were rounded up by Sergeant Bowley of Division 4 at 33 Harrison Avenue. They pleaded guilty before Judge Ely in Municipal Court and paid fines totaling 95 dollars with 5 dollars per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
Sergeant Bowley
Harrison Avenue
Ely
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McGraw
Patrick Burns
Whiskey
Mary
J. W. Haines
Glenn Ridg
Cincinnati
Ohio
Duncan
Laura Pinnock
Shivyessa
A& Yrace
BY Harry B. Center
Mead
Boylston Street
Dominic Doherty
Cambridge
Ethel Hamilton
Northern Park
Dorchester
Geo. Wild
Harrison
Ave
Helen Kirlin
Blue Hil Ave
Melville A. Stone
Reading
Wm. McConnell
Summer St
BB. H. Perkins
Windsor St
Carmelites
Long Mfg. Co
Framingham
S. Anargyros
New York
Pabst
Pabst Blue
Milwaukee
L. Speidel & Co
Sleeper St
Frontier Asthma CO
Delaware Ave
Buffalo, N. Y
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