Miss Borcher Found In Sanatorium After Night in Distress
Anna Borcher, a Harvard Summer School student, was located in a St Joseph's Home for Working Girls in Boston in a highly nervous condition. A doctor connected to Gilbert School traced her movements, noting she purchased carbolic acid in a drugstore and sent a farewell postal from Station A. She was later moved to a private sanitarium for treatment as authorities notified Pinkerton detectives and Miss Campbell.
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Harvard
Anna Rosa
Borcher
St. Joseph’s
West Brookline Street
John E. Clarke
Clarke
Gilbert School
Winsted
Miss Campbell
Miss Borcher
Dr. Clarke
Franklin Square House
North Station
Mary Carroll
Union Park
Miss Carroll
Boston
Montreal
Whistler the Noted American Artist Dead in London
James Abbott McNeil Whistler dies in Chelsea at 74 after a long career that made him a leading and controversial figure in European art. The Lowell Mass native studied at West Point before turning to Paris and London, gaining fame as an etcher and color innovator and author of Pen O Clock and On the Gentle Art of Making Enemies.
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England
McNeil Whistler
George Washington Whistler
General Whistlers
Lowell
Mass
West Point
Paris
Glover
London
Whistler
Frederick Wedmore
Boston
du Maurier
Joe Sibley
Balore
St. Anne's Pari Lowell
Chaynewalk
Chelsea
Whistier
Trolley Crash In Providence Injures Four
A serious collision in Providence on July 17 injured four people and shook up about 35 others. Motorman George H. Covill suffered severe back injuries, and passengers including Mrs. G. J. Vesta and Charles A. Fitzgerald sustained back and facial injuries as an express car struck an Auburn Eden Park trolley at Hempstead street and Elmwood avenue. Conductor George W. Arnold escaped by leaping to the street.
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Providence
R. I
G. J. Vesta
George H. Covill
William O. Pratt
Charles A. Fitzgerald
Auburn
Eden Park
Hempstead Street
Elmwood Avenue
Covill
George W. Arnold
Wanted 10 to Be Soldiers Nine Boston Boys Detained in Newton
Nine Boston youngsters hoping to join the Second Brigade camp at Framingham slept in Newton police headquarters after police intercepted them while en route. Names include John Donovan 11 and Thomas 13, John McManus 13, John Heffernan 12, George Kelcher 12, William Hurley 13, John Gibert 13 and Thomas 15, and Joseph Murphy Jr. of East Dedham Street. Police were asked to find three missing boys believed to be headed that way.
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Newton
Boston
Framingham
John Donovan
Thomas
Andrews Street
John McManus
Harrison Avenue
John Heffernan
George Kelcher
Village Street
Fight at Central Wharf Ends With Wounds
John Douglass and Neil Devine were badly cut in a 2 AM quarrel at Central Wharf with an unknown Greek aboard the Grecian. The Greek used a ship’s clamp and fled. Douglass and Devine were taken to Relict Hospital.
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John Douglass
Endicott Street
Neil Devine
Union Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Central Wharf
Tornado Toll Mounts in Illinois as Storm Hits Mendota and Streator
Tornadoes struck Mendota and Streator in Illinois on July 17. In Mendota four people were killed and 10 others seriously injured as the eight mile storm path leveled all in its track. In Streator five people died, a heavy number were injured and property losses reached about two million dollars.
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Mendota
Ill
Streator
Arrest in Roxbury Case Supect Nabbed in Bronx
New York July 17 Charles Jackson a Negro driver arrested at his home suspected of killing Charles W Roxbury a tea taster last week on River avenue in the Bronx He denies knowledge of the murder A pawn ticket for Roxbury s watch was found with Jackson s wife
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New York
Charles Jackson
Charles W. Roxbury
River Avenue
Bronx
Roxbury
Jackson
Abner M Kinley Taken to the Country
Somerset Penn July 17 This afternoon Mr McKinley started for a long drive to the country accompanied by his wife and his family physician
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Somerset
Penn
McKinley
Boston Weather Forecast Shows Warmer Weekend
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair and warmer Saturday with increasing cloudiness at night. Sunday brings showers and southwest winds turning fresh to brisk. New England overall expects fair weather becoming unsettled.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Secretary Hay Goes to Sunapee for Summer Stay
Secretary Hay departed Washington for his summer home on Lake Sunapee New Hampshire where he will reside there until autumn according to the announcement.
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Hay
Sunapee
Washington
Lake Sunapee
N. H
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Beverage Tonic
Advertises Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a refreshing cooling beverage and strengthening tonic that restores the appetite.
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Horsford
Pope Leo's Illness Bulletin Shows Mixed Signs
Latest Vatican notes indicate the Pope had periods of rest with slightly improved spirits yet serious relapse earlier on July 18. Reports describe breathing, temperature, and pleural effusion measurements, Papal visits by doctors and confessor, and the Pontiff's wish to attend mass despite pain and restlessness.
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Rome
Leo
Lapponi
Mer. Pifferi
Gardinal Rampolla
Albany Street Gang Clashes With Patrolman Over Prisoner
Patrolman Frank McKee of Dedham Street Station 5 fought a wild battle with a mob on Albany and Rochester streets last night while restraining Patrick Riley of 23 Harrison Avenue on drunkenness. The crowd attacked, bricks shattered a helmet, and McKee threatened to shoot with his revolver before Riley was recaptured and five others arrested for drunkenness as the wagon arrived.
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Frank McKee
Station 5
Dedham Street
Albany
Rochester
Patrick Riley
Harrison Avenue
Riley
McKee
Manning
Albany Street
Beavers Indicted in Post Office Bribery Case
A bench warrant was issued in Brooklyn for George W. Beavers former Post Office Department salary chief based on a federal grand jury indictment charging a bribe of 840 dollars. Investigators traced payments to the Brandt Dent Cash Registering Machine Company with Beavers linked to Nassau Trust Company deposits and checks from ex Congressman Driggs.
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New York
Thomas
United States Circuit Court
Brooklyn
George W. Beavers
Postoffice Department
Federal Grand Jury
Brandt-Dent Cash Registering Machine Company
Beavers
Nassau Trust Company
Driggs
Grand Jury
Bristow
Conger Recalled from New Chwang Over Treaty Moves
United States Minister Conger is recalled from New Chwang to attend urgent business linked to the American commercial treaty with China. Russia’s pledge to open Mukden and Ta Tung Kao ports is seen as insufficient without Russia securing Prince Ching’s signature. Japan fears Russia’s maneuvers in Corea and Manchuria persist.
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Pekin
United States
Conger
New Chwang
China
Russia
Mukden
Ta Tung Kao
Prince Ching
America
Japan
Corea
Manchuria
Fitzgerald signals support for Collins renomination
Former congressman John F. Fitzgerald warns he will not seek mayoral office while signaling support for Patrick A. Collins renomination. The piece outlines internal party tensions as officials worry about July agitation and the “agony” of City Hall consultations amid a bare Democratic top-to-bottom government.
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Fitzgerald
the Republic
Republic
Patrick A. Collins
John F. Fitzgerald
Josiah Quincy
Ague
St. Vitus
Jane
Boston
General Collins
William S. McNary
Mr. Thayer
Worcester
City Hall
Democratic City Committee
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Collins
Jocosely
Agony Corner
Washington
London
Collins ‘Nolo Contendere
Jumped From the Steamer
Alfred Lee Cavalier of 39 Hawkins Street Roxbury attempted suicide by leaping from the fishing steamer Philadelphia off Governors Island. He was rescued by a passing schooner crew, cared for, and taken to the city prison for specialist examination today.
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Alfred Lee Cavalier
Hawkins Street
Roxbury
Philadelphia
Governor’s Island
City
Jamaica Plain Man Missing
Charles E. Rogers, 36, has been missing from his home at 7 Knoll Street Jamaica Plain for two weeks. Police from Division 13 investigate. He is married, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 160 pounds, sandy complexion, last seen in a gray suit and black derby hat after leaving July 7 as usual.
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Charles E. Rogers
Knoll Street
Jamaic Plain
Division 13
Rogers
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Boston’s
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Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
Mazzoni
Centra
St. Leo
Leo XII
Mgr. Mazzolini
Albany Street Gang
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