Fence Row Sparks Wollaston Anger Over New Haven Fence
Wellaston residents fear the Wollaston Heights fence blocks a short cut to the station. They claim the barrier creates longer travel via the Beale street bridge and stairs provoking threats to remove the fence. local officials and railroad leaders face criticism from business and civic figures.
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Wellaston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Wollaston Heights
Wollaston
Main Street
Beale Street
Poison Draught Ends Life of Jennie Borgadus in Tremont Street Hotel
Jennie Borgadus, 24, took cyanide to escape a surgical fate at Massachusetts General Hospital. She checked into the Bixby House on Tremont Street as Mrs Wester, died in Room 9 after a morning of groans and screams, with medical aid arriving too late.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennie Borgadus
Bixby House
Tremont Street
Eliot Street
Wester
Fence on Main Street Triggers Rail Depot Controversy
Citizens protest a wooden fence erected by railroad officials at the depot area in Wollaston challenging safety and accessibility. Business owners and residents condemn the move as shifting responsibility, citing a dangerous bridge and blocked routes to the post office and station.
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Wollaston
Main Street
Beale Street
Boston & Albany
Charles Backus
Nominations Expected for Deep Waterway Commission
The president is anticipated to name three commissioners before Congress adjourns to study a Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean deep waterway. The body may involve $200 million in potential expenditure and include Chicago Civil Engineer Cooley, Detroit Civil Engineer Wisener, and Major Raymond of the U S engineer corps active on New Jersey coast projects.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Chicago
Cooley
Deep Water Commission
Chicago Drainage Canal
Wisener
Detroit
Brazos River
Texas
Raymond
United States Engineer Corps
New Jersey
Record Rainfall Surges in Boston in Five Minutes
A Boston weather note reports five minutes of sudden rain from 10:00 to 10:05 producing 3-10ths of an inch, a record for the city. Had the downpour continued, streets would have flooded. daily rainfall for yesterday reached 12-10th inch, far above the typical hourly and daily averages.
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Boston
Cleaning equipment price list and repair shop contact
Colby wringers priced at 3 3 50 and 5 dollars. Ball bearing wringers at 4 4 50 7 and 8 dollars. Combination roll wringers from 1 25 to 2 60. Bissell carpet sweepers from 125 to 4 dollars. American Wringer Company at 8 Arch Street between Franklin and Summer Streets offers repair services.
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Colby
Bissell
American
Arch Street
Franklin
Summer Streets
Missing Boston man Abe Schuster linked to Drysdale bed theft case
Abe Schuster, 28, of West End Boston, disappeared July 12 while facing charges over $350 in beds stolen from George H. Drysdale of Chelsea. Relatives and employer posted $2000 bail. Berkmans pressed to pay. Schuster's trial was scheduled for August.
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Boston
Abe Schuster
Lowell Street
West End
W. Finkel
Leverett Street
Barnett
Abraham Berkman
Brighton Street
Hyman Lieb
Cetting Street
David Krivitsky
Schuster
Hines
McKay
Hyde Park
George H. Drysdale
Chelsea
Mr. Drysdale
Finkel
Berkmans
Krivitsky
Lieb
Federic
Cambridge woman mystery linked to two graves found
A physician found a white mixture in a tumbler beside a bed and notified the medical examiner. The body was identified by William F. Perry of East Cambridge, with items including an alligator pocketbook and a cemetery card guiding investigators to two graves, one infant and one woman, in 1892 and 1896, prompting further inquiries into Jennie Borgadus formerly of New York and her connections to a man named Thompson.
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Jones
William F. Perry
Fifth Street
East Cambridge
Cambridge
Warren
Williams. Thompson
Florence A. Smith
William SF. Perry
Miss Borgadus
Uriton
Green County
New York
Mr. Perry
Jennie
Harvard Square
Thompson
Sister's death prompts woman to end life
In June 1896 she returned to care for her sick sister Mrs Perry and stayed until her death. After the burial Undertaker Jones sent telegrams for instructions. Mr Perry last saw her on Tremont street and she boarded a Norfolk House car to avoid him. He believed she chose death over another operation. He later identified the body.
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Perry
Washington Street
Tremont Street
Norfolk House
Arliton
Jones
Mr. Perry
Miss Borgadus
Strikers Attack Miners at the Hite Mine
In Fairmont West Virginia on July 22 armed deputy sheriffs guard the Hite mine at Kings three miles above the city after drivers join the strike. Crawford Temple, a Monongah miner, sways the union effort while miners clash with operators who bring in replacements. A Winchester is used to quell defiance as talks promise a wave of joining miners tomorrow.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Hite
Kings
Tygarts Valley
Crawford Temple
Rolf Hite
Ratchford
Monongah
Derby street stable altercation ends with minor injuries
Two Shaughnessey stable milk strikers on Derby street Somerville fought with a hook and pitchfork. They were punished by coworkers and the incident was kept quiet. no police involvement or court action expected. Names not learned.
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Shaughnessey
Derby Street
Somerville
Gilmore's Market Robbed of 288 Dollar Box
The West Lynn grocery of George W. Gilmore was burglarized this afternoon. A box containing 288 dollars was stolen after the owner, misplacing the box, hid it in the office. He returned to find the back window forced and the office ransacked with the money missing.
No Chelsea Oil Station Battle Ends With Mayor Opposition
Residents of the Highland district in Chelsea appear to have won against Leonard and Ellis seeking permission to open an oil station. Mayor Pratt opposed the Aldermen’s consent, calling the plant a health and welfare detriment. The aldermen tabled the mayoral communication by 7 to 6.
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Highland
Chelsea
Leonard & Ellis
Pratt
Samalion
All Concern
Rowe
Keefe
One Confession in Stormy Session at Court
Attorney-General Knowlton appeared in a black suit as James Wood testified under aggressive cross examination by Dowlin. Wood, a reputably cautious young man, described drinking with O Neil and the social circle around him. O Neil offered a ten dollar bill later which Haller accepted after the dispute over a seven and a half cent debt.
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Knowlton
Mr. Dowlin
James Wood
O’neil
Mr. O'Neil
Haller
O'Neil’s Money Involved in Woodward House Incident
Witness details a $5 bill handoff by O'Neil and a request for whiskey. O'Neil boasts of luck getting change for $1 at Woodward House. He sits detached in court, faces pale, while testimony notes a woodshed trip and a fall in a pool room after an injury.
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O'Neil
Woodward House
O’neil
Trial of O Neil for McCloud murder at Greenfield Court House
Exterior view shows O Neil on trial for Mrs McCloud's murder. Witness recounts meeting Dennis O'Brien on Clement Street after 6 pm before O Neil walked toward Ward's Corner, denying meeting Mrs McCloud en route.
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Greenfield
O’neil
Dennis O’brien
Clement Street
Ward’s
Defence Gains a Point in O Neil Case Trial
A cross examination yields a key moment as the defense scores by confirming the witness did not swear he did not say a disputed remark about O Neil. The testimony tracks O Neil’s movements from early evening to the depot as details emerge about the death of Mrs. McCloud and the last sightings of O Neil and friends.
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O’brien
O’neil
Reuben Fenton
Dennis O’brien
O'Neil
Wood
Leon B. Woodward
Woodward House
Mr. Dowlin
Haller
Boston
Baldwinsville
Woodward and Coulard
Jenk
Beer
Concord
Rhodes
Dan Davis
Walter Curtis
Greenfield Reformatory
Mr. Toole
Shelburne House
Morrissey
Adolph J. Haller
ONeil Trial Sways Greenfield Court Attendance
In Greenfield this afternoon ONeil appeared under trial pressure with a tense demeanor as Morrissey testified that weeks prior he had not seen money in ONeill's possession. The cross examination yielded little of consequence and Dr Upton noted ONeil's illness linked to alcoholism and emotional strain.
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O'Neil
O’neill
William P. Morrissey
O’neil
Charles Upton
Knowlton
O’ Neil
Witness testimony details in O Neil murder trial
Court heard varied testimony from witnesses including Morrissey, Davis and Woodward about alleged statements, cash exchanges, and the timing of events. The court session noted surprise at a new witness appearance and adjourned at 5 30 with Davis and O Neil connected to the case.
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Davis
Clarence B. Davis
Shelburne Falls Bank
Woodward
Morrissey
O'Neil
Jack
Charles Woodward
Buckland
Wood
Jenks
Movements of O Neil Traced in Court Testimony
Edward Heathcoat placed O Neil on the street between 8 30 and 8 45 in the morning. Tim P Kennedy on crutches corroborated prior testimonies and added that O Neil spoke of bruises and a hobo hit him Saturday noon. Dowlin questioned drunkenness and weight of O Neils remarks about the hobo. Morrissey drank with O Neil Friday night from a shared bottle.
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Edward Heathcoat
Haller
O'Neil
Tim” P. Kennedy
Tim
Sheldon
Fon
Kennedy
William P. Morrissey
ONeils Alleged Confession in Murder Trial Testimony
Witness D Davis testifies at the Greenfield jail about ONeils alleged confession on February 22. He says ONeil claimed innocence and implicated OConnell in the murder, mentioning $10, meeting places, and a bathhouse later discussion. Curtis present and officers implied they knew where to find him.
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D. Davis
Ashfield
Massachusetts Reformatory
Davis
O’connell
O'Connell
Bath House
O’connel
Q. Curtis
Curtis
Hammond Responds to Davis Testimony in Davis Case
District Attorney Hammond says the strategy was to put Davis on the stand and that no further sensational developments will occur. He calls O Neill’s confession false and states O Connell is not implicated while Attorney General Knowlton signals forthcoming comments to the jury.
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Greenfield
Hammond
Post
Davis
O’neil
O'Connell
O’connell
Mr. Hammond
Knowlton
O’connnell
McCoy Defeats Moore in Twenty Round Bout at Buffalo
Olympic Athletic Club drew a crowded crowd for a catchweight main event with Kid McCoy facing Dick Moore the Northwest champion. Referee Kelly gave Baty the only points decision in the opening undercard, while McCoy dominated early and floored Moore with a left and right hook in round two.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Olympic Athletic Club
Kid’’ McCoy
Dick Moore
Northwest
McCoy
Jim Daly
Frank Erne
Frank Connolly
Homer Selby
Patsy Haley
Jack Smith
Jack Grace
Moore
Tremont Temple to Host Moonlit Prayer Meeting
The Tremont Temple Church announces a moonly prayer gathering this Friday at 7 o'clock in Lorimer Hall led by Rev. Dr. MacArthur of New York who will also preach Sunday at the Temple. Public cordial invited. The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church on Liberty Street Everett reports pastor Rev John T. Johnson of Lynn to replace Rev Carl Henderson with services at 10:30 a m and 7:30 p m Sunday. Thursday prayer meeting at 7 45 p m.
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Tremont Temple
Lorimer Hall
MacArthur
New York
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