Suspect Witt Detained After Prowling In Somerville Home
Hailing from New York, 24 year old Hordant Witt entered Albert Abbott’s parlor yesterday, listened to a daughter play piano, then fled. He was intercepted at Warren avenue and Union square and held by Chief Parkhurst for investigation after claiming to be German. Witt carried a New York bank book with over 100 dollars and more than 90 dollars in his pockets and later claimed associations with R G Dun & Co Boston.
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Hordant Witt
New York
Somerville
Witt
Albert Abbott
Munroe Street
Abbott
Miss Abbott
Balzarini
Billy’ Johnston
Boston
R. G. Dun & Co
Summon Boys for Burglary in Newton Lower Falls
Three boys from Newton Lower Falls aged 10, 7, and 10 face district court summonses for burglary in the home of J. Johonett on Pine Grove avenue. They allegedly entered by a rear window while the family was out, stole $2.50 from a drawer after foraging the pantry, and are to be arraigned next Wednesday.
Burglars Busy in Brookline
Brookline reports six burglaries in two weeks as a daring gang targets homes while occupants are away. Affected sites include J. H. Stoughton, F. S. Sprague, Thomas J. Kelly, Mounted Police Officer John Crorey, E. H. Hotchkiss, and McPherson J LeMoyne. Police deploy all available men but elude capture.
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Brookline
Corey
J. H. Stoughton
Dean and
Clinton Road
F. S. Sprague
Cypress Street
Thomas J. Kelly
Boylston Street
John Crorey
Davis Avenue
E. H. Hotchkiss
Cypress Place
McPherson J LeMoyne
Pleasant Street
Nick and wife leave for Paris from Beyreuth
July 29 report says Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth spent nearly a week at Beyreuth aside from one automobile trip to Austrian baths. They depart today via Nuremberg and Munich bound for Paris and will sail back to the United States next Saturday.
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Beyreuth
Nicholas Longworth
Nuremberg
Munich
Paris
United States
Woman Escapes Retreat From Westchester County
Police in New York issued a general alarm for Mrs Mary H Howard a prominent Brooklyn woman who wandered from a Westchester retreat where she was a voluntary patient with melancholia She is 88 tall slender with gray hair and was last seen Thursday wearing a white shirt waist a black skirt and a black straw hat roaming near the Connecticut New York line
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New York
Mary H. Howard
Connecticut
New York State Line
Westchester County
President Roosevelt attends special service at local church
In Oyster Bay New York on July 29 President Roosevelt and his family joined a special sermon at the Presbyterian Church. Rev Charles L Thompson secretary of the Board of Home Missions delivered the address while the president normally worships at Christ Episcopal Church.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Presbyterian Church
Charles Ll. Thompson
Board of Home Missions
Christ Episcopal Church
Steamer Bors Wrecked Near Port Mouton Island
The Norwegian steamer Bors carrying 800 tons of coal ran ashore on Port Mouton Island near Liverpool N S after being driven off course by a strong west wind. The vessel was eight miles from its course during thick fog and will likely be a total loss. News of the accident reached Halifax today.
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Halifax
N. S
Bors
Louisburg
Yarmouth
Port Mouton Island
Liverpool
Sued by a Poor Farm Woman in Randolph
Mrs Margaret Pierce, resident at Randolph town farm after eviction by A H Nichols of Boston, sues for 2000 dollars claiming assault and battery during a forced removal. Pierce alleges Nichols used an axe to batter the door, striking her as she resisted entry.
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Randolph
A. H. Nichols
Boston
Margaret Pierce
Hunters Seek Bandits in Bethlehem Woods Amid Roaring Robberies
Bethlehem New Hampshire July 29 Terrified by bold highwaymen whose late night attacks have increased residents plan a scouting party to hunt suspicious strangers in the woods. A masked robber forced a traveler on Whitefield road to surrender his purse, and last night two bandits attempted a holdup on a team but the rider escaped by whipping his horse.
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Bethlehem
N. H
Whitefield Road
Pittsfield Doctor Arrested in Boston on Larceny Charges
Harvard graduate Dr. Frederick F. Moore formerly of Boston was arrested in the South End on charges of larceny and passing worthless checks tied to crimes in Pittsfield. He allegedly stole $3 from Dr. L. H. Hendee and passed a $24.50 check to a Rosenthal dealership. Moore, a social figure, denied the charges and will be taken back to Pittsfield for arraignment.
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Harvard
Frederick F. Moore
Boston
Moore
Pittsfield
Dr. Moore
L. H. Hendee
Pittsfield General and Emergency Hospital
Rosenthal
Flaherty and Jackson
Station 5
Hendee
South End
Flaherty
Jackson
Harvard College
Harvard Medical School
Allston
New York
McCausland
House of Correction
Lynn Men Club Forms to Back Labor Candidates
Representatives of 25 labor unions met in Lasters' Hall and organized a wage earners' club to support men for political offices who pledge to favor labor unions. Officers named include President John E. Cullea and Vice President J Edward Cohen.
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Lynn
Lasters’ Hall
John E. Cullea
J. Edward Cohen
William B. Doherty
C. R. O’connell
P. Farrell
Heat Struck Dog Frightens Crowds at Rowe's Wharf
A cocker spaniel suffering heat and thirst ran through hundreds of beachgoers near Broad Street and the Revere Beach line. Patrolman Hildreth captured and drowned the dog in the harbor after it threatened the crowd, with no injuries reported. The owners were not identified.
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Rowe's Wharf
Hildreth
Court Square
Broad Street
Revere Beach & Lynn
CLAIM BLACK LIST IN EFFECT IN WALTHAM STRIKE
At a meeting of Bleachers and Dyers Union members in Waltham last night the charge of blacklisting workers seeking new or other employment was raised. Union members cite refusals and discharge of their colleagues for union ties and condemn the injunction against them. A mayor led committee will seek settlement with Aldermen, with a State Board of Arbitration as backup. The strike has strained families, but union ranks hold firm. The case of Jerry Pellegrini accused of assault will be heard tomorrow morning.
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Waltham
Waltham Bleachery
Bleachers and Dyers’ Union
Board of Aldermen
State Board of Arbitration
Jerry” Pellegrini
Robert Walsh
Watertown
Walter Gay Honored with Legion of Honor in Paris
Walter Gay of Boston, pupil of Bonnat, decorated with the Legion of Honor. A regular salon exhibitor and Metropolitan Museum fellow, he gains recognition for interior decorations. His Paris hotel, a meeting place for American writers and artists, reflects his distinctive style.
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Paris
Legion of Honor
Walter Gay
Boston
Bonnat
Gay
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Pretty Greek Wedding Across Peanuts and Beans Crowd
The wedding of Vasilike Toumbura to Louis Bardulias in Union Park Hall drew about 200 Greeks in the South End amid showers of peanuts and beans. George Razas, who sought an injunction, vanished earlier. guards stood by and the ceremony finished with a handkerchief dance and a late-arriving pastor.
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Vasilike Toumbura
Louis Bardulias
Union Park Hall
George Razas
Vasilike
Albany Street
South End
Tyler Street
George
Lynn
Swampscott Couple Secretly Wed in Providence
Harry Orin White, 24, Swampscott station agent, and Irene F. Moulton, 18, a Lynn hello girl, secretly married in Providence to avoid publicity. They planned to reveal the marriage in October but a Post reporter uncovered them departing for Revere Beach. They will live apart briefly before house keeping in Swampscott.
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Swampscott
Providence
Harry Orin White
Irene F. Moulton
Lynn
Irene
Harry
Post
Young White
Revere Beach
Boston Heat Drives Thousands to Beaches and Parks
The city sweltered as unseasonably high humidity and heat spurred crowds to oceanfront and park areas. Early at 72 degrees rose to 85 by midafternoon with a high of 85 at 3 pm, about 15 degrees above normal amid 89 percent humidity.
Drowning Incident Mistaken for Show At Paragon Park
Crowds at Nantasket Beach watched Napoleon Tetrault drown in a lagoon during a pelican exhibit. Attendant Jean Lajoie pulled him to safety. he was revived at the park emergency room. The day drew a huge crowd amid overcast skies and crowded piers with 100 yachts in Nantasket Bay and 200 total for the day.
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Nantasket
Paragon Park
Napoleon Bonaparte Tetrault
Rostock
Tetrault
Jean Auguste Lajoie
Nantasket Point
Revere Beach Draws 200000 as Lifeguards Save Two Visitors
A crowd of about 200000 gathered at Revere Beach with many staying past midnight. Lifeguard Moffit Flaherty rescued a 16 year old swimmer who cramps dragged to the raft, and later Frank Droese and team revived him at the emergency room. Lifeguards Flaherty and Moore aided a woman who sank in shallow water after noon, aided by an hour at the ER before she left.
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Revere Beach
Lad
Bath House
Moffit Flaherty
Frank Droese
Boston
Flaherty
Moore
Stabath House
United States
Providence
R. I
Joseph Reffkin
Jacob Millman
Jacob
Joseph
Blackstone Street
Wonderland
Revere
Man Seeks Police Help Over Unwanted Phone Advances
A man named Burbank called Winthrop police asking for protection from a persistent woman who keeps inviting him to outings by telephone. Officers traced a Burbank staying at the Winthrop Hotel who had just left with his suitcase before authorities could intervene.
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Winthrop Police
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Nick
Wife
Cuba
Estabrook & Eaton
Sean
Frederick M. Moore
Hub
Lenox
Dr. Hendee
Third National Bank
White
Hanscom
Back Bay
Lynn Men Club
Rowe’s Wharf
State Board
Sale Cor
Portland and Sudbury Sts
Cupid
Court
Lyon
Burrell Street
Wyoma
Washington Street
The
Boston Tailoring Co. Jewelers Building
Washington and Bromfield Sts
Beaches
Russia
Thayer
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