Man Arrested on Charge of Threatening to Burn Sharon Chief’s House
After a two month search State Officer Silas Smith arrested Michael D. Corbett 22 of Norwood on a charge of threatening to burn the house of Sharon Chief Charles S. Curtis. Curtis received a letter signed Firebug listing 14 houses to burn including his. Corbett denied knowledge but allegedly broke down when shown evidence. A warrant issued and he was located in Norwood. He faces Stoughton Court today for the threat claim.
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Silas Smith
Michael D. Corbett
Norwood
Charles S. Curtis
Sharon
Curtis
Shaw
State Police
Smith
Corbett
Stoughton Court
Havoc at South Boston lunch room over 30 cent meal
Walter A. Nolan of Broadway attacked a corner lunch room keeper after a 30 cent bill. He smashed sugar bowls and mustard dishes, hurled chairs and bottles, then chased by police hurled a dish of beans at officers while climbing a pole. He was captured and taken to Station 6.
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D Street
Broadway
Boston
Walter A. Nolan
Nolan
Station 6
Child Dies of Poison in Chelsea Home
An 18 month old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Frank J Bunker, of 49 Suffolk street Chelsea, died at 5 o clock last night from drinking a solution containing poison at their home.
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Suffolk Street
Chelsea
Pretty Pastoral Watteau Festival At Havens Estate
On the Havens estate in Beverly Farms a 18th century Watteau themed rural fête drew 40 couples in period gowns for an outdoor garden party to aid the Talitha Cumi Home of Boston. Notables attended as the cast performed minuet dances, May pole sequences, pantomimes, and songs with tea served afterward under the direction of Joseph Lindon Smith.
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North Shore
Havens Estate
Sol
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Talitha Cumi
Boston
F. I. Amory
Oliver Ames
Bryce Allan
R. S. Bradley
H. J. Coolidge
L. C. Fenno
Robert C. Hooper
H. P. King
Guy Norman
Neal Rantoul
P. S. Sears
S. W. R. Crosby
Baron
Baroness von Sternberg
Norman Reid
Margaret Winthrop
John Caswell
Esabel Morrison
Joseph Lindon Smith
Margaret de Ford
Crosby Greene, Jr
Watteau
Mary J. Amory
Barbara Higginson
Dorothy Jordan
Helen Thomas
Ray Atherton
Thomas P. Beals, Jr
Seymour Blair
Robert Jordan
Lucy Blair
Leslie Bradley
Evelyn Curtis
Edith Fitz
Helen Hooper
Carrie’ L. Munn
Hilda Rice
Faith Simpkins
de Ford ‘Beal
Fred G. Bradley
Charles Cotting
John Hodges
Lawrence Morgan
Franklin H. Ross
John Simpkins
David Sohier
Checks Paid Water Bills Still Missing in Malden
Malden reports three stolen checks replaced with paid water bills for the Boston Rubber Company T F Tuttle Silver Company and the Blaney estate. City Treasurer Hitchcock confirms settlement. missing checks unresolved as postal authorities continue investigation.
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Malden
Boston Rubber Company
T. F. Tuttle Silver Company
Blaney
Hitchcock
Drowning Rescue Drama Near Houghs Neck Ends in Tragedy
In a bay accident at Lower Houghs Neck a two months old Boston terrier pup drowned after falling from a cat boat. Mollie Underwood, 10, was pulled from the water by her father John Underwood who with two doctors revived her after over an hour of effort. The puppy's body remains missing.
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Quincy
Hough’s Neck
John Underwood
Brockton
Mr. Underwood
Mollie
Edward L. Brooks
James McMahon
French cook Croninni ramblings lead to Deer Island cell
Croninni a French cook roamed Washington street at 4 am claiming he was dead and seeking his body. He smashed plate-glass windows and rode in cabs in wild acts. A police officer apprehended him and he was later confined in the Deer Island insane ward.
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Croninni
Washington Street
Deer Island
Coffee blamed for stomach troubles and Postum praised
An Oregon man details a 25 year coffee related illness and dramatic recovery after switching to Postum on December 2, 1902. He credits Postum with ending pain, sickness, and weakness and endorses the product and a ten day trial, urging readers to try it and read The Road to Wellville.
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Oregon
Postum
First National Bank
Trust Banking Company
Grant’s Pass
Ore
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
PISTOLS SCARE NEW BEDFORD RIOTERS
A New Bedford strike disrupts pay and work claims as carmen refuse to surrender badges and company property. Union officials weigh wage talks and rehire conditions while police and city leaders address transport and franchise concerns amid heavy horse overuse and crowded barge lines.
Union's Statement From Car Men's Union in New Bedford
The executive board declares no prior public statement but outlines grievances against President Crapo. It blames his refusal to negotiate a wage and working conditions agreement, notes mass organization rights, and cites mass dismissals and reinstatements by national officers amid a disputed wages scale.
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Crapo
New Bedford
W. EB. Cleary
Albert Ainsworth
Joseph F. Taylor
Arthur J. Sisson
J. S. Hutchinson
Car Men’s Union
Car
Betwen
Cured by the Cuticura Remedies
A woman from Lisbon New Hampshire praises Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for curing twenty years of eczema on her hands after two months of treatment. She notes small family use cost about five dollars and recommends the products for teething sores and facial complexion.
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H. E. Gilman
Lisbon
N. H
Beautiful Skin Promoted by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
cuticura Soap and Ointment touted as the great skin cure for preserving purifying and beautifying the skin. it claims to cleanse the scalp treat dandruff stop hair loss soften whiten and soothe hands aid baby rash and other irritations sold worldwide by otter drug and chemical corp in boston mass mail free how to cure torturing humons
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Otter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Masa
Zion City property declared trust estate in Dowie case
Judge Landis ruled Zion City and church property worth up to 21 million dollars are a trust estate not owned by Dowie or Voliva. John O. Hately named receiver with a 25000 dollar bond. An overseer trustee election set for September 18 by Zion City church members.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Veliver
Christian Catholic Church
Zion
Zion City
M.landis
United States District Court
Landis
John O. Hately
Chicago Board of Trade
Zion Properties
Alexander Granger
Voliva
Dowie
Landidis
Hately
Kennedy arraigned for larceny on Boston and Northern line
Malden July 27 Edward J Kennedy 25 of Melrose was arraigned in District Court on larceny charges for stealing railroad fares from the Boston and Northern line. Superintendent Gray hinted more arrests to come, noting Kennedy joined the road May 1.
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Malden
Edward J. Kennedy
Melrose
Boston & Northern Railroad
Kennedy
Gray
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