Tiny Boy on Trial as Burglary Leader
Ralph Shea, 9, youngest defendant in Berkshire county Superior Court history, faces a jury for leading a gang that broke into a Pittsfield hardware store a year ago and stole revolvers watches knives a rifle and an electric flashlight. He was committed to charity but appealed, and the trial continues with Chief Justice Aiken presiding.
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Pittsfield
Ralph Shea
Superior Court
Berkshire County
Aiken
Shea
State Board of Charity
Unsafe attic beam threatens Newburyport high school
A beam in the Newburyport high school attic has been in an unsafe condition for months and could crash through the floor at any moment. City officials will take immediate action before schools reopen.
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Newburyport
Boston Man Claims Bride in Pittsburg
Mr and Mrs F P Robbins of Pittsburg announce the marriage of their daughter Helen to Rens Edwards Schirmer of Boston. The ceremony was held Tuesday evening at the Robbins residence. The couple will reside in Idaho Springs Colorado.
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F. P. Robbins
Pittsburg
Helen
Rens Edwards Schirmer
Boston
Robbins
Well Known Boston Tourists Sail on Cymric to England
The White Star liner Cymric departed Charlestown for Liverpool and Queenstown carrying 70 saloon and 275 steerage passengers. Notable first class travelers include Rev. Dr. C. D. Ussher and Mrs. Ussher with family, Mrs. Joseph A. Dennison, Mme. Ella De Roches, Colonel J. Webb, Mrs. Spencer A. Over, and many others. The ship left with light cargo, featuring 600 tons of provisions, 300 tons of lumber, 651 cattle, and three freezers of frozen meats. an Irish-born man, Thomas Mannix, age 30, was taken aboard to be deported for insanity.
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White Star
Cymric
Mathias
Charlestown
Liverpool
Queenstown
C. D. Ussher
Ussher
Neville Ussher
Eleanor Ussher
Sydney Ussher
Van
Armenia
Illinois
Mme
Ella de Roches
J. R. Griffith
Vera Griffith
J. ©. Webb
Massachusetts
Spencer A. Over
Providence
Thomas Mannix
Ireland
Boston
W. E B. Barber
Nathaniel Barstow
A.L. Bartlett
Alice E. Brett
William Butcher
Alice R. Chevalier
Je. Be. Clapp
H. L. Clapp
P. G. Clapp
P. Davis
Mary E. Devlin
W. R. Duckett
C. E. Eager
Eager
Marcy Eager
Clara R. Jackson
Meets Father After 18 Years in Malden
Charles W. Cove Jr. reunited with his father after 18 years when they met in Moore's drug store at East ern avenue and Faulkner street. Cove Jr. had been a miner in the West and Canada seeking his father, who had moved from Waltham to Malden.
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Malden
Charles W. Cove, Jr
Cove
Moore's Drug Store
Eastern Avenue
Faulkner Street
Canada
Waltham
New Ship Sails with No Masts in Transatlantic Run
The Norwegian freighter Bismarck cleared West Hartlepool on her maiden voyage to New York, becoming the first mastless transatlantic vessel. At 3053 tons register and 4938 gross, she carries 30 crew and uses four hollow steel double derricks that double as cargo ventilators, signaling steam over canvas in a Ropner improved trunk ship.
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New York
Atlantic
Collins
Cunard Lines
Bismarck
West Hartlepool
Car cleaner suffers fracture after fall at Grove Hall stables
Thomas Leonard, 60, a car cleaner, fractured his left arm when he lost balance and fell from the top of a car at the Grove Hall stables. He was taken to City Hospital and treated by Dr. J. D. Lucas. Leonard resides at 8 Rock Terrace, Dorchester.
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Thomas Leonard
Grove Hal Stables
City Hospital
J. D. Lucas
Leonard
Plasterers Union Calls Citywide Strike
Plasterers' Union 10 voted to strike all plasterers on city jobs for 65 cents an hour. About 100 members face the impact, while 400 others are promised raises. National Vice-President Triple of Philadelphia arrives to lead efforts. Members report to Appleton Hall this morning to plan the campaign.
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Plasterers’ Union 10
Triple
Philadelphia
Boston
Appleton Hall
Appleton Street
Died Trying to See Crab Swim on Dorchester Trestle
John Walsh eight drowned after losing balance on a Savin Hill Avenue trestle bridge between Savin Hill Beach and Freeport Street Dorchester. Albert Eckwell witnessed the fall and alerted Walsh’s mother at 22 Freeman Street as police searched all night for the body in the 20 foot deep water.
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John Walsh
Savin Hill Avenue
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Albert Eckwell
Freeman Street
Walsh
Eckwell
Savin Hill Beach
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Ling Black
India
Madras
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le Serge
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Idea
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Nea
Morocco
REX Bicycles
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S& Piano
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Swift
Ular
Aize
Dull Finis
Sion
Ther Ik
Tiny Boy
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Riko
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One & Lm
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One
Morchester Ave
Washington St
Columbia Ave
Rox
Ben St
Somerville
Hyde Park
Forest Hills
Green St
Jamaica Plain
Outlet Co.ught
Main St
Medford
Central Sq
East Boston
Mass. Ave
Cambridge
Broadway
Everett
Minin St
Dorchester Ave
Cambridge St
Alliston
England
Joseph A. Dennison
Ingraham
T. F. Ingraham
P. W. Ingraham
Ethel Ingraham
C. W. Randall
Millicent Raper
H. S. Shaw, Jr
James Shea
H. Sidebotham
Sidebotham
G. H. Ware
Eleanor M. White
Cc. D. Winsor
Masis
W-L.douglas Steel
Cory Cah Boys Shoes
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
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Washington Street
Court Street
Howard Street
Hanover Street
Summer Street
Lincoln Street
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