Desperate North End fight ends in eight shots fired
A fatal exchange occurred near Prince Street and Lafayette Avenue in North End at about 1 AM. Leopoldo Santoniello Gaetano Torino and Pagano fired ten shots at Crecienza Pa olo, injuring him in the head, thigh, and groin. Officers intervened as a crowd rioted, and Pa olo lay critically wounded at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Italians were reportedly of previously decent character.
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Prince Street
Lafayette Avenue
North End
Leopoldo, Santoniello
Gaetano Torino
Crecienza
Paolo Prince Street
Torino
Pagano
Hanover Street
Leopoldi Santoniello
Lafayette Street
Christian E
Sheehan
McCauley
Lamb
Station 1
Massachusetts General Hospital
Governor Greenhalge Visits Naval Yard Under Rain
Governor Greenhalge inspected the Raleigh and Wabash in a wet Navy Yard visit. Rain drove crowds, sailors, and cadets into shelter as gun drills and torpedo salutes echoed across the harbor, followed by formal supper aboard the Wabash.
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Navy Yard
Greenhalge
Massachusetts
Boston
Chelsea
Raleigh
Pellmell
Salem Damaged by Storm and Flooded Streets
Salem was hit by a cloudburst this afternoon causing cellar flooding and impassable streets. A rheostat in a Willows car burned but no injuries occurred as trees and wreckage clogged multiple roads.
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Salem
Louisburg Square Posts Notice of Private Ownership
Signs in Louisburg square dated July 22, 1808 alert that the square and adjacent mall and streets are privately owned and that public travel is only permissive. Propriety owners deny any public easements and warn that they may block access, with deputy sheriff attesting to the posting.
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Boston
Mass
Louisburg Square
Benjamin BK
Williams
H. Seavey
Post
City
Tornado Hits McLennan Mountain Halifax Region
A Canadian tornado swept McLennan Mountain in Pic Tou county on Sunday. A cloud burst caused torrents washing hillside trenches ten feet deep and wrecking watercourses. Farms owned by Squire Downie Alexander Mackay and Charles Fraser suffered severe damage to potatoes and wheat, with losses running into thousands of dollars.
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Halifax
Pictou County
McLennan’s Mountain
Squire” Downie
Alexander Mackay
Charles Fraser
Lightning Strikes Expressman in Watertown
July 30. Mr. Patrick Nally an expressman in Watertown was struck by lightning while driving along Main Street. The bolt traveled along the trolley wire of the electric railway, jumped from it and struck him. He was knocked unconscious but not seriously injured.
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Watertown
Patrick Nally
Main Street
Nally
Barrister Club Sails in Harbor Cruise
The Barrister Club on the yacht Barrister sailed in the harbor Monday. Commodore Fred J. Collins and Clarence McGuire led the party with Edward T. Kelly Timothy McLaughlin Billy Wiling Charles Gillespie and several Misses. they disembarked at Hull and dined at the Oregon.
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Barrister Club
Barrister
Fred J. Collins
Clarence McGuire
Edward T. Kelly
Timothy McLaughlin
Billy Wling
Charles Gillespie
Miss Slattery
Miss Harty
Miss O’brien
Miss Downey
Miss McCann
Miss Wilson
Hull
The
Oregon
Newport excursion tickets urged before slots run out
Do not delay buying tickets for the Newport trip as numbers are limited. The special train departs Park Square Station at 9 30 a m and returns from Newport at 6 p m, allowing ample time to enjoy the popular excursion.
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Newport
Park Square Station
Elusive fate of Mrs. Gardner in Boston mystery
Nebraska Christian Endeavor delegate Mrs. E T Gardner vanished after arriving in Boston for the convention. Reports reveal her ill health, letters home, and a chilling telegram. A remarkable July 15 letter from a caretaker confirms her death on Sunday with few details of burial plans.
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Gardner
Christian Endeavor
Nebraska
Mrs Gardner Elopement Suspected in Mysterious Missing Wife Case
A letter mailed in South Boston on July 15 hints Mrs. Gardner faked death and fled with a supposed acquaintance from Michigan. Inspector Glidden calls it elopement likely after belongings, Bible, and ring vanish. husband Michael Brown of 115 West Seventh Street is linked to a single M. J. Brown in the city directory.
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James W. Landers
Arcadia
Landers
Inspector Glidden
Watts
Gardner
Brown
Convention Committee
Michigan
Alberta Stuart Mystery Deepens with Clue from West End Man
Police say a clue has been obtained in the Alberta Stuart case and an arrest may come soon. A West End businessman denied value in a letter to Officer Houghton, while two Cambridge women linked Alberta to a Green Street sighting. A Lane girl report and gym connections are noted as investigators analyze river currents and a Nova Scotia bequest worth several thousand dollars.
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Stuart
Houghton
Stuart House
West End
Post
Station 3
New York
Revere Street
Alberta Stuart
Green Street
Cambridge
Annie Lane
Lane
Alberta
Charles
Charlesbank Gymnasium
Miss McMartin
Farrell
Charlesbank Park
Park Bank
Westchester
Nova Scotia
Edith M. Hayes
Myrtle Street
Miss Hayes
Maria's Story Corroborated in Saloon Stabbing Case
New York dispatch reports Maria Barberi's claim of Cataldo wielding a stiletto may be supported by a witness located by George Borcia. The unnamed man says Cataldo put a hand to his breast pocket as Barberi approached, potentially framing the act as self defense pending full verification.
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New York
Maria Barberi
Cataldo
Evans
George Borcia
Borcia
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Christian Endeavor Convention
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