Roxbury Pocketbook Robbery Seized by Poet Suspect
Margaret M. Francke of Roxbury was knocked down on Harrison avenue and East Brookline street and robbed of $20. Joseph Veaudry, a 40 year old poet from Eaton street, was captured after a fierce struggle with Officer Robert Pierce. Francke suffered facial swelling but no serious injuries.
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Margaret M. Francke
Lawn Street
Roxbury
Harrison Avenue
East Brookline Street
Joseph Veaudry
Eaton Street
Robert Pierce
Station 5
Miss Francke
Robbery and assault in busy East Brookline street
About six o'clock Miss Francke was attacked on East Brookline Street by Veaudry who knocked her down, stole her pocketbook, and warned her not to follow him. A crowd and Officer Pierce pursued and subdued him. Veaudry gave a vacant Eaton Street address, kept by Bertillon and rogues gallery procedures.
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Miss Francke
Veaudry
Eaton Street
Mayor Faults Boston Business Men Over Commerce
Mayor Fitzgerald sharply denounced Boston business interests for neglecting commercial opportunities at a City Hall hearing on placing the new High School of Commerce in Fort Hill square. He accused property owners in Boston’s business district of neglecting property maintenance, saying many buildings show wretched conditions unmatched by other large cities.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
City Hall
High School of Commerce
Fort Hill Square
Fort Hill square school site hearings draw objections
A public hearing on placing a new Fort Hill square school drew few attendees with six speakers. Objections cited breathing space, light and air, fire apparatus vista, noise affecting pupils, and property depreciation. Leaders from the Chamber of Commerce and Barnard Memorial opposed the Fort Hill site, urging Warrenton Common Street as preferable. Mayor Fitzgerald outlined cost overruns and legislative limits, suggesting saving the square for breathing spaces elsewhere.
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Fort Hill Square
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber of Commerce
B. F. McDaniel
Barnard Memorial
Arthur A. Shurtleff
Wilton L. Currier
Francis C. Welch
William
Warrenton-Common Street
Logue
Warrenton Street
Telephone Company
Fort Hill
Pleasant Street
Meeting House Hill
Ward 19
Brighton
Rothwell
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
R. Clipston Sturgis
Schoolhouse Commission
Custom House
F. McDaniel
Warrenton- Common Streets
Firemen Fall Ill as Cambridge Church Fire Damages Third Congregational
Two alarms for a Third Congregational United Church blaze on Austin Street Cambridge left two firemen overcome by heat and smoke and another injured by a falling plank. An 8 year old girl was knocked down by Ladder 1 and taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital. Damage valued at 12000 to 15000 dollars. The fire began on the roof from painter’s material and spread to the belfry. repairs are planned by a pastor attending a conference in Europe.
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Third Congregational Unitarian Church
Austin Street
Cambridge
Henry Cutting
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Walter Allen
W. L. Hayes
Cornelius Crowley
Hayes
Martha Hendricks
Austin
Prospect
Crowley
Allen
Ladder 1
H. H. Saunderson
Europe
Roosevelt tunes out of politics at Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt told visitors at Sagamore Hill he plans to stay in the background in the upcoming campaign, avoiding a prominent role to prevent accusations of dictatorship. He said he would act as a private citizen and not extend his involvement beyond that.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt cautious on declaring party support
In a broad interview Colonel Roosevelt said he would aid men who backed his policies but remained noncommittal about openly favoring Republican candidates nationwide. He urged forgetting factional lines to serve national interests, yet offered no decision on timing. He discussed Ohio and Nebraska politics only briefly, avoiding comment on Bryan’s temperance bills.
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White House
Hamilton Fish
William H. Hotchkiss
Ohio
Roosevelt
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
No air flight for Mrs. Sage in strong winds
New York July 27 Mrs. Russell Sage nearly 80 years old has never flown. She traveled by car from Lawrence S A to Mineola to view the aviation field. After several hours of waiting she learned there would be no flight due to high winds and left disappointed.
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New York
Russell Sage
Lawrence
S. A
Mineola
Cannot Spend Their Millions
New York July 27. Dr Leslie D Ward of Newark N J founder of Prudential Insurance disinherits heirs until age 50. His will appoints son Leslie P Ward and granddaughter Helen Ward as residuary legatees with income for life and 10 000 a year in quarterly installments until age 50, plus further sums from trust income. Special bequests total 120 000 to relatives and servants.
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New York
Leslie D. Ward
Newark
N. J
Prudential Insurance Company
Leslie P. Ward
Helen Ward
Ward
Leslie P
O Hares Arrested After Lamp Attack in West Roxbury
Peter O'Hare and his wife of 3507 Washington Street West Roxbury faced drunkenness charges after an altercation ended when a lighted kerosene lamp was hurled at the wife. The lamp shattered, oil spilled and a small fire started but was put out by the fire department with slight damage.
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Peter O'Hare
Washington Street
West Roxbury
O'Hare
Boy forced to umpire sun victim Maiden incident
William MacCourt a 13 year old boy chose to umpire a baseball game over facing a beating by 18 players. He collapsed from sun exposure after nine innings and remains under a physician's care at his home, 64 Thatcher Street, fearing death.
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Maiden
William MacCourt
Thatcher Street
Boy Referee Abused At Edgeworth Park Game
MacCourt faced 18 players who threatened to punch him when he tried to officiate a local Edgeworth district ball game. He refused at first, then reluctantly took the role as abuse mounted after every close call. He fled home in fear, sunburned and hysterical, and a physician warned his condition was serious and worsening.
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MacCourt
Craddock Park
Edgeworth
Miniet Rebel Leader Captured Near El Caney
Havana reports General Miniet, who started an uprising near El Caney two days ago, was surprised in camp and captured by rural guard under Lieutenant Carillo. One insurgent died, Miniet and two others were taken prisoner. others fled. Prisoners sent to Santiago for trial on armed rebellion charges. Another armed party still in field. Colonel Jane said to be at home near Guantanamo.
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Havana
Miniet
el Caney
Carillo
Santiago
Jane
Guantanamo
Boy Burglar Sent to Lyman School
Malden July 27 Benjamin Wyzan sky 138 of 23 Alden street was committed to the Lyman school today by Judge Bruce at the juvenile session for breaking and entering the home of David Wies at 35 Newton street last April. He pled guilty to stealing a revolver and a diamond stud. The revolver was recovered under the piazza of his home, but he claims to have lost the stud.
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Malden
Benjamin Wyzansky
Alden Street
Lyman School
Bruce
David Wies
Newton Street
William J. Cole Denies Russell Case Quotes
William J. Cole of Denver denied in full yesterday and again last night that he made any remarks attributed to him by a newspaper report in the Russell will case. He claimed the quotes came from bellboys, waiters, and porters and insisted no one offered money or threatened to reveal anything.
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William J. Cole
Denver
Col
Russell Will
Daniel Blake Russell
William J Cole Confusion Over Russell Case Deepens
Boston coverage follows the Fresno claimant saga as William J Cole denies being a pretender and demands retraction. Cole explains he arrived after newspaper clippings misrepresented him and insists he only seeks to prove his identity, while other Russell claimants dismiss sensational reports and prepare for further testimony with hundreds of witnesses ready in the fall.
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Cole
Boston
Revere House
William J. Cole
Daniel Blake Russell
Mr. Cole
Russell
Chicago
Bostonians
Fresno Dan
North Dakota
Trolley Car Drags Child at Quincy
Margaret Donnelly seven was dragged along the tracks after tripping on Houghs Neck car tracks as a passing trolley struck her fender. Two women aboard fainted. infant on board was saved. Dr John H Ash took the girl to Quincy Hospital with a dislocated hip a fractured upper leg and possible internal injuries.
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Quincy
Margaret Donnelly
Hough’s Neck
John H. Ash
Quincy Hospital
Schooner Matiana Loses Man in Dense Fog
At T Wharf yesterday the Boston knockabout schooner Matiana arrived with 31 000 pounds of fish. Captain Fred Chetwynd said crewman Thomas Hines vanished in thick fog in the South Channel grounds Tuesday morning. The vessel searched events with foghorns but Hines was not found. the captain believes another vessel may have picked him up.
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T Wharf
Boston
Matiana
Fred Chetwynd
Thomas Hines
South Channel
Hines
Stomach Troubles Promoted by Horsford's Acid Phosphate
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a strength builder for weak and disordered stomachs, claiming it promotes healthy activity and digestion.
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Horsford
Union strike case resumes with officers on stand
The hearing reopened with Charles Jewis testifying about calling the strike after the court ordered notice. Former Folsom & Sunergren workers denied leaving due to union threats, with one left over a friend’s job and another due to a changed view on taking another's work. Louis Kohlmetz, organizer from Chicago, testified to union efforts and pay, while others described pressure but no coercion from the union. The case will continue at noon.
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Folsom & Siegren
Richardson
Charles Jewis
Th Union
Folsom & Sunergren
Sunergren
Charles Lewis
Noble
Lewis
Denie
Edward Sparrow
Louis Kohlmetz
Essex
Washington Streets
Kohlmetz
Eliot Street
Philadelphia
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Georges
Georges Model
Washington St
York
Henry A. Cutting
POST
Austin Street Unitarian Church
Mrs. Sage
Boy
Sun Victim
LYMAN
Russell Estate
Fresno
William C. Russell
Dover
N. H
Jamaica Plain
Dakota
Welsbach
Nas Dies Wa Wut Furniture
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