Memory gaps end in New Haven mystery man identity match
New Haven, June 3. Charles Von Osten, Grace Hospital patient famed for his amnesia, has been identified by photograph and description. He is shown to have lived with his wife and two children in Hoboken, New Jersey, until 143. His two children were taken by relatives to Germany and the family now reportedly resides in Leipsic or Dresden or Berlin.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles von Osten
Grace Hospital
Hoboken
N. J
Leipsic
Dresden
Germany
Berlin
Quarry Strike Ends at Milford Quarry Demands Met
Milford June 3 A strike at the Massachusetts Pink Granite Quarries Company ended today after 10 days when the firm agreed to discharge Foreman Frank Hanson meeting the workers demand.
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Milford
Massachusetts Pink Granite Quarries Company
Frank Hanson
Will Bequest Of 50000 To Memorial Association
Edwin Clapp of Weymouth left most of his estate valued at about one million dollars to his widow in a will filed in Dedham Probate Court. A bequest of 50000 was given to the Davis Bates Clapp Memorial Association.
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Dedham
Davis-Bates-Clapp Memorial Association
Edwin Clapp
Weymouth
Anonymous donor funds Holbein portrait for nation
London report confirmed that an anonymous phil anthropist, believed American, subscribed sufficient funds to acquire Holbein's portrait of Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, for the nation, as reported yesterday.
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London
Holbein
Christina of Denmark
Duchess of Milan
Property owners win damages from Boston Elevated Railway
In Superior Court owners and lessees of 518 540 Atlantic Avenue were awarded a total of 57 475 for damages. Samuel Wells and others of Boston Real Estate Trust owned the property while Library Bureau, now largely moved to Cambridge, acted as lessee. Damages to the property totaled 40 000 with 5 923.68 interest, and the Library Bureau received 11 551.32.
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Atlantic Avenue
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Superior Court
Samuel Wells
Boston Real Estate Trust
Library Bureau
Cambridge
Birt's Head Wash Promises Healthy Scalp and Glossy Hair
An old advert explains sebaceous oil, dust, and dandruff clogging pores causing hair loss. It promotes Birt's Head Wash as superior to common soap, claiming it cleans to the scalp, moisturizes, and yields silky hair with a natural sheen. Ingredients listed include refined seas, glycerin, egg white, coconut oil, and salicylic acid. Price 50c.
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Birt
Not a Citizen After 34 Years of Voting
Detroit June 3 Richard H A M Wittenberg faces citizenship woes after a first application failed when a key witness could not qualify Silas Page testified that his father was a citizen applicant but that did not prove Page’s own status He lamented after voting for 34 years that he is not a citizen
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Detroit
Mich
Richard H. A. M. Wittenberg
United States
Hosmer
Silas Page
Page
Cole
Retired Patrolman Reuben Marsh Ends 34-Year Service
Patrolman Reuben Marsh, tied to the police department for 34 years, retires from active service due to age. His final assignment was with Division 18.
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Reuben Marsh
Police Department
Division 18
Other Woman Causes Arrest in New York Honeymoon
Miss Katherine A. Carney of Chicago obtained a warrant and had Mr. Oliver Addison Tibbetts arrested at the Hotel Astor as his wife Susie Lee looked on. The 57 year old was taken from the lobby amid dramatic scenes after Carney claimed she was denied marriage.
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New York
Oliver Addison Tibbetts
Hotel Astor
Katherine A. Carney
Chicago
Tibbetts
Winfield Sullivan
Gildersleeve
Miss Carney
Mexico
Boston
Europe
Woman foil's alleged thief at fruit store doorway
At 323 Somerville Avenue Somerville Mrs. Therese Franzesco stopped William Cartwig in a doorway and held him prisoner until Patrolman Dwyer arrived to arrest him for allegedly taking $40 from the till. A second man escaped. Cartwig denied involvement. Police found $9 on him. He claimed to be from New York City seeking health.
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Somerville Avenue
Somerville
Therese Fantesco
William Cartwig
Dwyer
Monster shark slain by five crewmen aboard Buema
Captain Anthony Brown reported that a 10 foot 150 pound monster shark fought five crew members of the fishing schooner Buema at Cash's Bank. They subdued and killed it after a fierce struggle at 3 pm on Wednesday. The head and tail were severed and sold to an Italian.
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Antonio Enos
Buema
Anthony Brown
T Wharf
Cash
Enos
Fines
Blue and Gray favor reunion in Washington next year
Telegraph reports from leaders of both Grand Army and Confederate Veterans show broad support for a Blue and Gray reunion to be held in Washington next year under War Department supervision. G A R Commander H M Nevins wants the proposal advanced before Salt Lake encampment in August. Confederate chief Clement A Evans says war passions are gone in the South.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army
Washington
Secretary of War
H. M. Nevins
G A. R
Salt Lake City
Clement A. Evans
The
Confederate Veterans
South
French birth rate higher in 1908 data
Paris reports official vital statistics for 1908 showing an excess of 46 441 births over deaths, reversing the 1907 excess of 19 892 deaths over births and offering more optimistic outlooks for the French race.
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Paris
France
Jackson Urges High Pressure Fire Service Plan
City Engineer Jackson told the committee on cities that immediate need exists for a new high pressure fire service. The hearing reviewed Mayor Hibbard’s petition to borrow 1.09 million dollars for the project with an estimated ultimate cost of 2 million.
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Jackson
Committee On Cities
Hibbard
Boy Revives After Overstudy Slumber in School
In Trenton on June 3 Max Lewis fell asleep during class and could not be awakened by teachers or students. A doctor was powerless until the boy was taken home, where his mother cried out his name in alarm. He woke immediately, with the doctor attributing the episode to overstudy.
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Trenton
Max Lewis
Father of Ten Children Dies in Stone Yard Accident
James Marino, 55, was crushed at Webb Tanning Company's plant when stones slipped from a groat box connected to a derrick. He died five minutes after being taken to the company office. Marino leaves a widow and 10 children.
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Milford
James Marino
Webb Tanning Company
Marino
Pittsfield Street Railway Strike Ends With Wage Increase
Pittsfield street cars ran normally as conductors and motormen returned to work after a strike that began yesterday. A conference between railway officials and Amalgamated Association leaders lasting from 7:30 PM to 2:00 AM produced an agreement granting the two main demands: higher wages and a straight ten hour day.
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Pittsfield
Pittsfield Street Railway Company
Amalgamated Association of Electric and Street Railway Employees of America
Sisters Aid Firemen In Mt Hope Academy Fire
Sisters of the Catholic order that runs St. Clare's Academy joined Hastings firemen to battle a blaze that threatened the academy's main building at Mt. Hope on June 3.
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Hastings
N. H
the Catholic Order
St. Clare’s Academy
Mt. Hope
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
Columbus woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring energy and ability to work during change of life. Another Vermont testimonial notes relief from nervousness and health recovery. The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for female ills backed by thirty years of use.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Como
E. Hanson
East Long St
Graniteville
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Charles Barclay
R.F.D
Gifts for the Cruiser Salem Washington Honored
Salem Mass will present gifts to the warship Salem scout cruiser including a city coat of arms. The ceremony occurs July 25 in Salem Harbor with Commander Albert L Key accepting for the Navy Department. The Salem sails from Quincy June 6 to join Chester and Birmingham and return with Liberian Commission members by July 1.
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Washington
Salem
Mass
Salem Harbor
Navy Department
Albert L. Key
Quincy
Canary Islands
Chester
Birmingham
Liberian Commission
United States
Weston Walks On After Alkali Water Illness
LARAMIE Wyo June 3 Edward Payson Weston the pedestrian suffered yesterday and last night from poor food and too much alkali water and did not resume his journey westward from Laramie until about 11 oclock this morning He declared he felt much better and continued his trip.
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Laramie
Wyo
Edward Payson Weston
Children Die in Gasoline Fire in Byron Village
In Byron Genesee county the Lynch children at the Byron Hotel house set a gasoline fire by turning on faucets and igniting the oil. Three year old Gladys Lynch perished in the blaze as she could not escape the rear gasoline house near a hardware store.
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Rochester
James Lynch
Byron
Genesee County
Gladys Lynch
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