Springfield Man Identified in New York Acid Death Case
Springfield resident Hugh Allerton Sherman is identified as the man living in New York under the name Harry A. Scheib. The victim is Elizabeth O Grady daughter of Connor C O Grady and stepdaughter of Mrs O Grady of 37 Thomas Street. The couple traveled city to city on petty larceny acts evading police.
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Springfield
New York
Post
Harry A. Scheib
Hugh Allerton Sherman
Elizabeth O'Grady
Connor C. O’grady
O’grady
O'Grady
Thomas Street
Sherman
Levi Kitchener
Union Trust Company
Elopers returned to Hillsboro under sheriff escort
Henry Bailey 35 and Grace M Snickles 17 were brought back to Hillsboro New Hampshire after being arrested here for alleged abduction. Bailey claimed they eloped believing he had a divorce and said he would wed Miss Snickles if not legally separated.
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Lynn
Henry Bailey
Grace M. Snickles
Hillsboro
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Frank D. Gay
Bailey
Miss Snickles
Bailey's Vow to Marry Miss Snickles Sparks Local Scandal
Bailey, hired six weeks ago in Hillsboro at the deputy's lumber yard, declares he has a wife in New Boston, New Hampshire, and plans a divorce to wed Miss Snickles, the yard office clerk. The girl's farmer father initially approved before learning of the existing marriage.
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Bailey
Hillsboro
Miss Snickles
New Boston
N. H
Ray
New Bouton
Reading of letters dominates Vaughan will contest hearing
In Alfred Maine on May 31 the Vaughan effort to overturn Ole Bull Vaughan's will focused on letters from Norway showing affection between Olea Bull Vaughan and her mother. Whipple argued a key undue influence clue appeared in a letter dated Aug 15 to her brother Joseph Thorp, an executor, asking to forward documents while noting cost of visits.
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Olea Bull Vaughan
Ole Bull
Whipple
Mrs Hibbard Talks of Her Coming Stage Career
Mrs George A Hibbard prepares for a professional stage debut in Dorchester with the stock company role of Sylvia Simpson in The Chorus Girl. She stresses a grandmother’s fit for the stage and hopes to guide others through life and home experience.
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Mrrs
Hibbard
George A. Hibbard
Post
Jane Gilbert
John Drew
Ellen Terry
Sarah Bernhardt
Anniversaries Mark Key 18th Century and Lincoln Fast Day
Boston port bill becomes operative marking a 1774 Fast Day. Brigham Young born 1801, Eben Tourgee 1834, Hugo Munsterberg 1862. National fast day observed for President Lincoln death in 1866.
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Boston
Brigham Young
Mormon Church
Eben Tourgee
New England Conservatory of Music
Hugo Munsterberg
Lincoln
Germany Honors Harvard Professor Pickering
Berlin May 31. The nomination of Professor Edward Charles Pickering director of the Harvard Observatory to be a knight in the Prussian Order of Merit was gazetted today.
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Berlin
Edward Charles Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Boston Area Weather Forecast Brisk Winds Expected
Boston and vicinity will see Thursday showers then Friday fair and somewhat warmer. Moderate easterly to southerly winds shift to brisk west winds from Washington with a risk of southwest conditions.
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Boston
Washington
Diaz bids farewell to Mexico before exile
General Porfirio Diaz announced he would die in Mexico while aboard the steamer Ypiranga departing Veracruz for Spain. He warned that the government must resort to his methods again to restore peace, addressing a small guard of soldiers and his family.
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Mexico
Diaz
Spain
Vera’ Cruz
Porfirio Diaz
Panic at Fire in Gloucester Threatens City District
Fire destroyed a wharf and coal pockets at the Gloucester Gas Light plant and for an hour menaced the Andrew W. Dodd Oil Company. Explosions from machine oil and coal tar sent flames high and caused a crowd panic on Railway avenue as women and children were knocked down. At least a dozen youngsters were bruised. Sparks rained on roofs until a shower and rain saved the city roofs.
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Gloucester
Gloucester Gas Light Company
Andrew W. Dodd Oil Company
Railway Avenue
Baseball results and notes from national and league play
National League games show St Louis beating Cincinnati in the first game and Cincinnati winning the second by 15 runs as other games were rained out. American League action includes Washington and New York after six innings due to rain. Exeter defeats Dartmouth and Groton beats St Mark’s in an aes game. Holy Cross player signs with the Athletics.
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Cincinnati
Washington
New York
Exeter
Dartmouth Fres Groton
St. Mark's
Holy Cross
Athletics
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Joseph G. Thorp
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