District Attorney Moran Returns to Review Chinese Trial
District Attorney John B. Moran came back to his office from the Adirondacks to study the mass of evidence in the famous Chinese trial. He will decide on the request for a second trial for four condemned men after perusing the material before him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigor
John B. Moran
Adirondacks
Post
Boston
Colorado
Moran
Charles W. Bartlett
Wong Duck
Wong How
Dong Bok Ling
Yee Chung
Boston lodging house owners urge abolition of city commission
Fifteen members of the Boston Protective Landladies and Real Estate Owners Association met at City Hall to demand abolition of the Lodging House Commission appointed by Mayor Hibbard two months earlier. They pressed for an immediate report, planned a petition, and scheduled a larger meeting likely to move to a Ward 12 schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Protective Landladies’ and Real Estate Owners’ Association
City Hall
Lodging House Commission
Hibbard
Boston
Boudrot
Augustus D. McLennan
Ward 12
John A. Cronan
St. Germain Street
Angelica C. Post
West Springfield Street
Provincetown
Association
Marie Lassell
Spencer Will Bars Ashes Return to America
In a will valued over 1 million dollars Albert Spencer, once American but long resident in Paris, orders cremation and forbids bringing ashes to the United States. The estate includes Massachusetts state bonds, cash, and Paris real estate. He leaves $200,000 to his widow and similar sums to Paris resident Madame Holtz and nephew Albert J. Middlebrook, plus $150,000 to cousins and relatives.
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New York
Albert Spencer
Paris
America
Albert J. Middlebrook
Bridgeport
Conn
Wash Skirts for Warm Summer Days
Lightweight skirts described as ideal for the warm season. Emphasizes suitability for hot weather and casual wear.
Seasonable Skirts Offered in Wide Size Range
Garment section promotes a line of skirts in multiple sizes priced 1.50 2.25 2.75 and 4.50. Notes that the low prices are achievable by controlling a large manufacturing plant.
Bishop Potter Dead After Long Illness
The Rev Henry Codman Potter bishop of New York since 1887 died after a protracted illness. He led the diocese, built the Cathedral of St John the Divine and authored works including Law and Loyalty. He was known for charity in the slums and wide church friendships.
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New York
Horatio B. Potter
St. John the Divine
Central Park
Potter
Episcopal
Episcopal Academy
Philadelphia
Theological Seminary
Virginia
Christ Church
Greensburg
Penn
St. John’s Church
Trinity Church
Boston
Grace Church
New York City
House of Bishops
Europe
London
Edward
Westminster Abbey
Prince and Princess of Wales
P. & G. Naphtha Soap Promises Faster Washing
A persuasive ad compares modern P. & G. Naphtha Soap to a faster train and stresses its savings in time and fuel. The message urges housewives to try the soap, claiming an hour saved washing pays for itself multiple times and highlights the value at five cents per cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Bell Ringer Still Vigorous at Harvard
Austin Jones Harvard Hall bell ringer for half a century is reported well and active in Cambridge. Rumors of illness were denied at Mayor Wardwell's house where Jones, father-in-law of Mayor Wardwell, lives at 465 Broadway.
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Austin Jones
Harvard
Cambridge
Wardwelli
Harvard Hall
Walter Co. Wardwell
Broadway
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
The Rev. Allen A. Stockdale plans a special service for the Knights of Pythias on Aug 9. The Supreme Lodge of the K P will meet Aug 3 to 10 in Boston with Stockdale, grand prelate of Massachusetts, playing a key role. Baptist groups discuss a congress on church topics, and Bible schools across the city report strong attendance including Maverick Church. Some Lincoln Park Baptist Church attendees who left over baptism practices are returning, amid debate.
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Allen A. Stockdale
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge
K. of P
Stockdale
Domain of
Massachusetts
Maverick Church
Lincoln Park Baptist Church
Snell
Hoboken diver suffers skull fracture at Midland Beach
Peter Peterson of Willow Avenue Hoboken dived from a high pole at Midland Beach and struck bottom, fracturing his skull. At S R Smith Infirmary doctors say his chances for recovery are very slim.
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New Brighton
S.T
Midland Beach
Peter Peterson
Willow Avenue
Hoboken
S. R. Smith
Thomas B. P. Knox Dies in Los Angeles After Operation
Thomas B. P. Knox aged 77, elder brother of Senator P. C. Knox, died in Los Angeles following an operation. He had interests with the senator in several western ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Thomas B. P. Knox
P. C. Knox
Los Angeles
Knox
Conductor Levy Fined for Car Fare Stole
David Levy a Roxbury division conductor with the Boston Elevated was fined 25 dollars by Judge Clark in Dorchester District Court for lar ceny of car fares July 11. Levy arrested a week ago and sentenced after his case was tried yesterday.
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David Levy
Roxbury
Boston Elevated
Clark
Dorchester District Court
Levy
Watertown Woman Shoots Neighbor in Street Incident
A Watertown woman shot a neighbor after a confrontation in the street. Jalilian fled to his home and was later found by Chief Cooney. Both defendants posted $500 bail. Mrs Boghohian married in Watertown at age 13. Jalilian reportedly has a wife and child in Armenia.
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Jalilian
Chief Cooney
Beautiful Armenian Resents the Attentions of an Unwelcome Visitor
In Watertown Mrs. Kaga Boghohian shot Kerop Jalilian in the jaw claiming self defense after he taunted and pursued her. Jalilian was charged with an attack. Mrs Boghohian with assault with a dangerous weapon.
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Kaganosh Boghohian
Kerof Jalilian
Watertown
Daniel Boghohian
Crawford Street
East Watertown
Kerop Jalilian
Jalilian
Boghohian
Massachusetts Avenue
Mrs. Boghohian
Divorce Rumors Tie Sothern and Virginia Harned
Gossip swirls as Sothern and Virginia Harned seek divorces in parallel with Hackett and Miss Mannering. Reports allege a New York society woman as corespondent in Mannering Hackett suit, with custody and settlement talks not yet resolved and no trial date set.
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Mr. Hackett
Miss Mannering
Mr. Sothern
Miss Harned
James K. Hackett
New York
Hackett
Farmer Charles Leighton Dies by Self Inflicted Shot Near Augusta
In Augusta Maine today Charles Leighton 46 a local farmer three miles from town shot himself in a field. Despondency over business matters and ill health are believed to have led to his death.
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Augusta
Charles
Leighton
Tragic Runover Fatality In Bangor Youth
Bangor Maine 10 year old John McGuff was struck by a freight train and died within an hour after the accident on July 21. The incident occurred in Bangor and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Bangor
John McGuff
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Meyer Jonasson & Co
Tremont and Boylston Sts
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Greater Boston
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Peterson
Senator Knox
Vorenhenry
Washington, Hanover and
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Friedman
Peacedale
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Sothern
Miss Marlowe
Hacketts
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