Dorchester Social Favorite Burleigh Ends Life In Gas
Mrs Helen M Burleigh a wealthy Dorchester social favorite formerly of Rochester N Y killed herself at 10 Glenarm Street The 30 year old widow left a note indicating unbearable illness and asked relatives in Rochester be wired Her household included a seafaring couple a young man and a servant girl and she had threatened self harm before Doctors and the medical examiner were notified authorities reported She owned valuable property and was born in Rochester where her aunts and uncle reside
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Helen M. Burleigh
Dorchester
Rochester
N. Y
Glenarm Street
Europe
Salem
Mrs. Burleigh
Fitzgerald Wins Partial Victory in Voter Registration Dispute
Senator Fitzgerald secured a partial win in his battle with the Police Board over voter registration. The meeting at police headquarters with Judge Emmons and city officials yielded agreement to study supplementary listing, with Emmons promising to act under Luce law sections 4 and 7, and to consider listing outside headquarters hours in several districts. An early decision is anticipated.
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W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Police Board
Democratic City Committee
Emmons
Luce
Fitzgerald
Curtis
Adams
Pierce
Republican City Committee
Bolton
O ‘Her
Boston
Charlestown
South Boston
Dorchester
Roxbury
Jamaica Plain
Brighton
Rescued at Wellesley Hills but Died Soon After
Mary Morgan a 13 year old girl from South Natick suffered two and a half hours in the sewer between Natick and Wellesley Hills before being found unconscious alive. She died shortly after rescue despite medical effort. Her father works for the water works at South Natick and alerted authorities after she disappeared.
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Wellesley
Mary Morgan
South Natick
Natick
Here
Mary
Wellesley Hills
Oldham
Water Works
Riot at Revere Indignation Meeting Ends in Disorder
Amid near a thousand spectators at Grand Army Hall Revere Chief Oakes and a squad of officers struggled to restore order after a heated indignation meeting. Dewing faced interruptions while demanding voice, with crowd shouting to arrest him and accusing local officials of graft and incompetence. The event dissolved in chaos as attendees fought to exit and a temporary calm followed.
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Oakes
Grand Army Hall
Revere
B. Dewing
Selectmen and Police Department
W. H. Derby
H. Colcord
Dewing
Colcord
Chief West
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Boosts Concentrated Brain Work
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate is described as increasing mental capacity for concentrated effort. It serves as a tonic in run-down nervous conditions, valued for its purported restorative effects.
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Horsford
Labor Leader Murphy Guilty Verdict in Larceny Case
In New York on July 27 the jury found Lawrence Murphy, treasurer of the Stonecutters Union, guilty of grand larceny in the first degree for funds stolen from the union. He was remanded for sentencing on Friday. Murphy claimed the money was illegally taken from employers.
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New York
Lawrence Murphy
Stonecutters'’ Union
Murphy
Boston Weather Forecast: Fair Tuesday Warmer Wednesday
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Tuesday with fresh westerly winds. Wednesday should be fair and warmer. In Washington on July 27 the New England forecast notes fair Tuesday and Wednesday with slowly rising temperatures and diminishing northwest winds.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Temperature Record At Thompson's Spa Averages Show 65
Readings taken at Thompson's Spa on 219 Washington Street show yesterday's average temperature at 65 degrees. Historical comparison notes yesterday's value near 65 and the prior year's around 66.
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Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
Not a Glue to Farmer
A manhunt for Arthur M. Farmer, who escaped from a moving train while being transported from Denver, continues with no clues found. State police, Newburyport Marshal, and Chief Manning seek any trace. Farmer, hatless and hungry, may have found concealment or boarded a freight car and moved on.
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Farmer
Manning
Boston Lawyer Arrested on Larceny Charge
Arthur J. Mailloux, a Boston lawyer formerly in Ware, was arrested by Chief Fitzgerald on a warrant accusing larceny from the estate of AlphONSE Beauregard. Louis N. Dupont is the complainant. Mailloux had been appointed administrator two years ago and was removed by Hampshire county Probate Court in November for failing to provide an accounting and inventory. The case cites about $300 involved.
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Ware
Arthur J. Mailloux
Boston
Fitzgerald
Alphonse Beauregard
Louis N. Dupont
Mailloux
Hampshire County Probate Court
Electr ic cars scramble in rush on Fourth street hill
Twenty passengers on an open street car escaped a collision with a runaway on Fourth street in Fall River as work crews altered rails. Superintendent Holmes steered a derailed car uphill but it broke free again, several buffer maneuvers saved passengers, and a final derailment left the runaway crippled while a passenger car remained uninjured.
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Fall River
Fourth Street
Albert E. Holmes
Arthur Goff
Holmes
Goff
Charles Estes
Estes
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Arthur B.curtis
Revere Indignation
Fitzrfrain
Bete Dt
F. Irving Weston
Board of Selectmen
A. H. Child
Law and Order League
Bates
A. A. Weeks
Cakes
King’s Bohemian Beer
Oston’s Beer
Chas. J. Page
LABOR
Faif
Ayer
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