Charmed a Man Robbed Him With Hypnotism and Whiskey
A New York report details Dot Sonwell, a dime museum snake charmer, arrested for hypnotizing and robbing R A Malone, a Fayville Massachusetts contractor, who sought a reservoir bid. Malone, drunk after a night with Sonwell, missed $400 and was later freed from further losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dot Sonwell
West Thirtieth Street
R. A. Malone
Fayville
Mass
Malone
Jerome Park
H. A. Malone, Son & Co
Hotel Imperial
West Thirty-fifth Street
West Thirty-seventh Street
Waitzfelder
Eighth Avenue
Dot
Thirtieth Street
Sixth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Coney Island
West Thirty-sixth Street
Massachusetts
Popular Boston to Newport Excursion on New Haven Line
A special train excursion from Boston to Newport via the New York, New Haven & Hartford line is planned for Thursday July 25. Departs Park Square at 9 30 a m returns Newport at 6 p m. round trip tickets cost 1. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 3 Old State House and Park Square station, limited to seating capacity to ensure comfort. Newport midseason attractions are at their peak. buy early to avoid disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Park Square Station
Old State House
Park Square
American Wringer Co Manufacturers and Repair Services
The American Wringer Company advertises at 13 and 15 Broadway extension as manufacturers of wringers marbles spring beds and carpet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers and attend to mail orders promptly with telephone Tremont 764.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Holmes Linked to Chicago Murders in Boston Cash Ties
The report details H. H. Holmes, the alleged insurance swindler, arrested in Boston after a Philadelphia conspiracy charge. It traces his movements from November 18, 1894, to Adams House, Hancock Street, and Derne Street, outlines Minnie Williams as an accomplice, and connects the Pietzel children’s deaths to Holmes’s cases. The piece notes money advances for his defense, the body identifications, and inquests including medical testimony from Dr. Craven and Dr. Harrington, with adjournment to the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Holmes
Fidelity Life Insurance Company
Pinkerton
Adams House
Washington Street
Glidden, Whitman and
McGarr
H. M. Howells
Denver
Col
Boston
Hancock Street
Derne Street
H. H. Holmes
Watts
Minnie Williams
Comafitt
Tremont Street
Boylston
Minnie
Cora
Peitzel
Dr. Holmes
Chicago
Jeptha D. Howe
Howard
Little Alice
Mr. Pietzel
Alice
Detroit
Prescott
Ont
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Burlington
Mass
Craven
University of Toronto
A. J. Harrington
R. B. ‘Orr
Chiild
Etta Alice
Two Murders Suspected In Holmes Case In Chicago
Detectives dig in a Chicago basement at 701 Sixty third Street seeking the bodies of Minnie Williams and her sister Anna once housed with Dr H H Holmes during the World's Fair era. Minnie, from Fort Worth Texas, left $2000 in cash and a $50 000 estate later tied to Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Central Station
Sixty-third Street
Minnie Williams
H. H. Holmes
Philadelphia
Benjamin Pietzel
Holmes
Pietzel
Williams
Dr. Holmes
Toronto
Williams Sisters
Fitzpatrick
United States
Miss Williams
Fort Worth
Tex
Campbell-Yates Company
Anna
Germany's Victory Celebrations and Political Shifts
Berlin reports outline Franco-German war commemorations and a socialist agenda favoring agrarian reforms including land nationalization and state insurance. Baron Von Hammerstein's Reichstag seat vacancy prompts conservative calls for resignation amid his anti Semite ties and lavish private spending. Rumors of Russo-Chinese loan purchases are denied as Emperor William begins a northern voyage then Kiel canal transit en route to Cowes for the regatta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prussia
France
Wissemburg
Sedan
Breslau
Socialist Party
Baron von Hammerstein
Kruz Zeitung
Reichstag
Rhine Gazette
Electors of
Minden
William
Hernosani
Herpo
Kiel
Cowes
Hobbs Swindle Case Leads to Empty $3000 Package
Providence July 20 Charles Harold Hobbs in Cranston Jail hears detectives found a sealed package Hobbs left at the United States Hotel in Boston valued at 3000 marked on the envelope. Opened here it held only blank insurance papers, undermining prior claims of valuable assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Charles Harold Hobbs
Cranston
Boston
United States
Hobbs
Iowa Senator Hosper Davidson Nomination Ends Deadlock
The Iowa Republican senatorial convention at Sibley ended a deadlock with Hosper getting 23 and Davidson 12. Davidson’s delegates made the nomination unanimous. Henry Hosper, born in 1830 in the Netherlands, emigrated to Iowa, founded the Holland colony at Orange City in 1870, and chaired the Sioux County Board of Supervisors for sixteen years. He has served two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Hosper
Davidson
Henry Hosper
Netherlands
Iowa
Holland Colony
Orange City
Sioux County Board of Supervisors
House of Representatives
Kansas City businessmen to tour New England cities
A group of twenty Kansas City business leaders from both sides of the State line, led by Mayor Webster Davis and Mayor George J. Twiss, departed for a New England manufacturing cities tour hosted by the Kansas City Times. The plan includes Springfield and Hartford in Connecticut, Worcester and Boston in Massachusetts, and several other key cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
State Line
Webster Davis
George J. Twiss
Kan
New England
Kansas City Times
Springfield
Mass
Hartford
N. H
Lawrence, Mass
Providence, R. I
Fall River, Mass
Marlboro Ex-Chief John C Rock Dies at 43
John C Rock longtime Marlboro police chief and eighteen year head of the fire department died at his West Main Street home at 5 30 in the morning liver trouble. Born in East Boston forty three years ago he moved to Marlboro at age thirteen and ran a grocery business before joining the cooperative boot and shoe company He is survived by his wife and two children Funeral services are set for Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
John C. Rock
West Main Street
Mr. Rock
East Boston
Cooperative Boot and Shoe Company
Manville Mill to Expand in Pawtucket Factory
Contracts signed to add a 100 by 200 foot wing to the Manville big mill in Pawtucket. The expansion raises looms to 3000 and employees to 1809 as the firm, maker of fancy dress goods, plans completion by November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
Manville
Boy 7 Struck By Bicycle In Marine Park Incident
At about 6 pm Daniel O Leary of 163 Silver Street was knocked down on the boulevard at Marine Park by an unknown rider on a bicycle. He sustained a cut over the right ear, was dressed at the station house, and then taken home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel O'Leary
Silver Street
Marine Park
Mary Livermore backs mercy for Maria Barberi in murder case
Mrs Mary Livermore urged executive clemency for Maria Barberi sentenced to death for murdering her betrayer Dominico Cabaldo. She argued for a jury of peers, condemnation of men not women, and argued Barberi deserved pardon and care in an institution after release. Support grows as petitions circulate and appeals are filed with Sing Sing officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Livermore
Post
Maria Barber
Dominico Cabaldo
New York
Massachusetts
Maria Barberi
Livermore
Morton
Maria Barbert
Muss Barberi
Sherborn
New York State
Sage
Sing Sing Prison
General Sessions
Iron Moulders Convention Adopts Work Hours Limit and Pay Changes
Chicago July 20. At the Iron Moulders convention a rule sets stove plate moulders to seven hours daily. New offices created include financier at 1000 dollars yearly and editor of the Moulders Journal at 1200 dollars. Treasurer's pay rises from 300 to 900. A sick and disability benefit of 5 dollars weekly for up to twelve weeks is approved. Overtime and Sunday holiday work pay is set at one and a half times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iron Moulders’ Convention
Moulders’ Journal
Mayor blocks Pinkerton guards in Norwich steamer strike
New London July 20 Mayor Johnston refused to swear in Pinkerton men as constables over the Norwich line steamer strike. He said he would swear in citizens as special constables if needed, but not Pinkertons, trusting the workers who quit were law abiding citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Johnston
Pinkerton
Open Air meeting backs eight hour movement at Electric Grove
South Weymouth Mass July 20 The Boot and Shoe Workers International Union of Rockland held an open air meeting at Electric Grove this afternoon in support of the eight hour movement Addresses were made by Edward L Daley Lynn Alvin C Howes Middleboro John F Tobin and Miss Mary A Nason There was a large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Weymouth
Mass
Boot and Shoe Workers’ International Union of Rockland
Electric Grove
Edward L. Daley
Lynn
Alvin C. Howes
Middleboro
John F. Tobin
Mary A. Nason
American Watch Factory to reopen with full staff
Waltham reports the American Watch Factory will reopen Monday morning with a full complement of hands after a three week closure. During the shutdown many workers remained at the plant, and payroll stood at over 1700 names, with expectations of growth before September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
American Watch Factory
Hull Firebug Rumors Spread As Officials Deny Roots
Hull residents debate a non existent firebug amid rumors of arson. Fire Marshal Whitcomb reports three men searched for weeks with no solid evidence while Fire Board and Selectmen defend Dick Augusta, calling gossip harmful and unfounded. Only one fire verified by officials, insurance talk rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Selectmen
Fire Board
Dick Augusta
Fire Department
Board of Selectmen
Post
Augusta
Whitcomb
New England Insurance Exchange
Wade
Taylor
Pemberton
Nantasket
Hull Yacht Club
The
Forged General Martin Signature Tells of Court Order Scam
Boston police search follows a forged General Martin signature on a postal card sent to Mrs. Mary Gorham of Bolton Street. The card ordered her to appear in court for an assault and artery case, prompting Captain Hoffman of Station 6 to assign a top man to pursue the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Martin
Boston
Police Commission
Hoffman
Station 6
Mary Gorham
Bolton Street
Martin
Father and son killed by live wire in Philadelphia shop
James Lower and his son John Lower died instantly at their wheelwright shop at Frankford road and Belgrade streets after contact with a live wire. The elder was shocked above the heart and the son was struck across his foot. death likely occurred instantly in both cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
James Lower
John Lower
Frankford Road
Belgrade Streets
Lower
Corbett’s column lampoons dog days and daily life
BH. A. Corbett lampoons weather superstition and public trivialities. He mocks claims about dog days, notes cheap clothing in Boston, and jokes about a New York gunpowder accident and a New York orator on bicycles. The piece surveys poverty, advertising, rolls with butter at Cook’s Cafe, and miscellaneous notes on Kansas papers, Michigan knickerbockers, and England’s weather.
Filibuster expedition lands arms for Cuba near Jamaica
Kingston Jamaica July 20 A vessel sailed from Ocho Rios carrying filibusters and war material hidden for months in a vault to evade British seizure. The ship anchored Monday and faced no interference, while Cuban sympathizers celebrate the dispatch of the expedition awaiting chances to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Cuba
Ocho Rios
Man injured after fall from electric car in city street
Philip Kohne of 1016 Harrison avenue fell from an electric car in front of 3002 Washington street last evening and received a cut on his head. He was taken home by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Kohne
Harrison Avenue
Washington Street
Baltimore Woman Honored At Home of Mr Walker
Miss Phebe Simon of Baltimore was entertained at a reception hosted by Mark Abrams and Theodore Walker at 177 Biliot street last evening. About twenty five friends attended including Mr and Mrs Simon, Mr and Mrs Abrams, Miss Pauline Abrams, Miss Bessie Abrams, Miss Kittie Bingham, Miss Pearl Flood, Miss Ossie Cohn, Miss Marie Chapman, Mr Mark Abrams, Mr Theodore Walker, Mr Louis Peyser, Lew Morgan, B Peyser and Eddie Goldman. Music and singing were provided by Miss Ollie Abrams, Miss Phebe Simon and Miss Kittie Bingham with Mark Abrams assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Simon
Baltimore
Mark Abrams
Theodore Walker
Walker
Biliot Street
Simon
Abrams
Pauline
Bessie Abrams
Kittie Bingham
Pearl Flood
Ossie Cohn
Marie Chapman
Louis Peyser
Lew Morgan
B. Peyser
Eddie Goldman
Ollie Abrams
Lent-OHare wedding at Richwood House parsonage
William H. Ler night clerk and Miss Sarah O’Hare of Portland were married last evening at St James Church parsonage by Rev Father Galligan. Best man Joseph T. Palmer and bridesmaid Maggie Carroll stood with the couple. After the benediction they hosted friends at the hotel dining hall and departed for Philadelphia, the groom’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Ler
Richwood House
Sarah O’hare
Portland
St. James Church
Father Galligan
Joseph T. Palmer
Maggie Carroll
John Ornsbee
Lent
Philadelphia
Oldest Greenfield resident Mrs Tirza Williams dies at 98
Greenfield reports the death of Tirza Williams 98 the town’s oldest inhabitant. Her husband served as postmaster and town clerk for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Tirza Williams
Swan Boat Rides At Public Garden Lake Free for Youths
The Boston Post offers four swan boats on Public Garden lake for youngsters under thirteen. Runs Monday to Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free rides for Boston children. Tickets appear on the newspaper's first page upper right corner. Be there early for a welcome ride.
After the Accident Eliza Confronts Rastus
In a tense exchange, Eliza asks what Rastus is doing, and he dryly replies he is up to his neck. The dialogue hints at danger or trouble following a recent accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza
Rastus
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Methyl Dental Co
ISI Tremont
Masonic Temple
Telephone
Roll
Winthrop
Winthrop Beach, Mass
Cape Cod
eatTiarwich
Dr. J. Hl. Holmes
California Wines
Anchard & Farrar
Dock Square
Hal Savare
Germany
Hood
Pinkertons
Sly
Marshal Whitcomb
Hunt
Hanover
Massachusetts Clothing Company
Miss Willard
Major Burke
America
Russell Sage
Russell
Cook’s Cafe
Avon Street
Putnam County
Ohio
Kansas
University of Michigan
England
Prince of Wales
A. Corbett
Patriots
Lent—O’hare
Swan Boat Rides
Boston Post
Woodward's
Horticultural Hall
Faneuil Hall
Cradle of Liberty
Jockey, Club
Ayl
Woodward’s Horticultural Hall
Tremont St
Joseph Tondorf
Washington St
Oor
Valentine St
Boylston ST
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
Highland ST
Joseph
Kingsbury ST
Forbes ST
Joseph Tondori
Sawyer ST
Seph Tondorf
Call ST
Edgewood ST
Warren ST
Ashington St
Nhar
J 'H Tondorf
Thwing ST
Washington S
Egleston Square
H. Walker & CO
Boston Common
Harvard Sq
Cambridge
Harvard
Cobleigh
Harvard St
Allston
Villa Ave
Everett
Powder Point Avenue
Duxbury
Soule
Tooms and Bath
East Sixth St
South Boston
South End
Brighton
Butler Causeway
Dennis J
Catherine
Jeremiah Fitstald
IAM
Woburn
Mary C
Teas
G. Meriam
Pearson
North Cambridge
George W. Pearson
Putnam
Rebecca Sopam
George Haven Ree
Dorchester
Headloss OP Awin F Richardso
Somers
Elizabeth Somers
Eagle Brand
Roo Excelsior Paint and Roofing CO
Duane St
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