Missing North Somerville station master vanishes with wife and child
Thomas Holloway, station agent for the Boston and Maine railroad at North Somerville, left home with an overcoat and other clothes. His wife, 57 Winchester Street, says he was last seen Monday afternoon. A note for eight dollars announced he had left for good while audits awaited.
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Thomas Holloway
North Somerville
Boston & Maine Railroad
Southern Division
Winchester Street
J. A. Mulcahy
Holloway
Boston
Murder Charges Shake San Francisco Bookkeeper Case
Theodore Figel, a bookkeeper for Isaac Hoffman, is arraigned amid claims of deliberate murder. Attorney Henry Adix says the firm’s partners seek truth as Figel admits false ledger entries to cover excessive drafts. Figel says only he can balance the books, having made many entries known only to him. His racing agents Edgar L. Atkinson, C. Burlington, and William Taylor ran the stable and wagered over $1000 on a single race for him.
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San Francisco
Theodore Figel
Isaac Hoffman
Henry Adix
Figel
Hoffman
Edgar L. Atkinson
C. Burlington
William Taylor
Rockets Firework Blast Shatters Chicago Factory
A carelessly dropped match at Mr. Shure's fireworks factory in Chicago caused a large explosion. Many workers were injured, windows shattered, and the four story building damaged and ablaze. Firemen fought the blaze as stock and structures were destroyed with estimated losses of sixty thousand dollars. One man, struck by a rocket, was knocked unconscious and hospitalized.
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Chicago
Shure
Parson Shot by Son in Kentucky Cornfield
In Barbourville Kentucky Rev Berry Lawson a Methodist preacher was killed by his 15 year old son Isham who fired a shotgun blast as the father worked in a cornfield. The youth fled the scene and remains at large.
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Barbourville
Berry Lawson
Isham
Parricide
Man claiming to be healer Schlatter arrives in Cleveland
A man who says he is Francis Schlatter, the alleged healer who was believed dead in Mexico, arrived in Cleveland with a New York associate. They plan to open an institution here. Proof is difficult since the man has shaved his beard.
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Cleveland, O
Francis Schlatter
Mexico
Cleveland
Huron Street
Hollandberger
New York
Schlatter
Butler Found New Colored Reserve Policeman Assigned
Jacob 8 Butler, one of the newly appointed reserve officers and the third colored patrolman on the force, has been officially notified of his duty assignment. He has been assigned for duty at the police precinct.
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Jacob
Butler
Glaziers Strike After Failed Settlement
The Sheet and Plate Glass Glaziers announced a strike after a breakdown in talks with master glaziers. The union demands are nine hours on five days and eight on Saturdays year round. A strike committee and pickets were appointed, with seventeen shops involved.
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Hanover Street
Master Glaziers
Grand Preparations for the Ander son Perkins Nuptials
Lavish preparations for the wedding of Miss Isabelle Perkins and Larz Anderson unfold at Arlington Street Church in Boston. The bride’s fortune is projected at over 20 million in five years, with extensive decorations, gowns by Worth and Doucet, and a detailed rehearsal held yesterday as part of the grand ceremony planned for tomorrow.
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Arlington Street
Boston
America
Isabelle Perkins
Lucky Larz Anderson
Anna Gould
Count Castellane
Marlborough-Vanderbilt
Paget-Whitney
Whitney-Vanderbilt
New York
United States
Worth
Doucet
Faxon
Miss Perkins
Taederson
Elizabeth Andersourse
Hursday
Res Fliner Gray
Boridesmaids
Ase Theodora Knight
Susan Dalton ‘Bury
Bessie
Mr. Anderson
Charles Francis
Anderson
Ams
Miss Anderson
Whishers
Jerry O'Sullivan Relaxes In County Jail Cell Visit From Warden
Salem reports Jerry O'Sullivan resting in a small County Jail cell on St. Peter Street. He contrasts his bare room with Booker Chapman’s Washington prison and receives unusual attention from jail staff and visitors as supporters vow to stand by him.
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Salem
Jerry O'Sullivan
St. Peter Street
County Jalil
Johnson
Clarence Murphy
Sammy Mitchell
Lynn
Warden Bridge
Hastile
O’sullivan
Jerry
Booker Chapman
Washington
Mr. O'Sullivan
Essex County
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Barrister
Daniel Frank & Co
North Somervile
The
Highland Coal Company
Gheng
Brighton
Grove Street
Boston & Albany Railroad
Columbia
Hartford
Penn Og
Pope Manufacturing Co
Columbus Avenue
Tremont
Riding Academy
Colored Reserve
Glaziers
Isabel Perkins
Commonwealth Avenue
Anderson-Perkins
Marlborough- Vanderbilt
Castellaine-Goulde
Paget
Whitney
Whitney- Vanderbilt
M. Mamlock & Son
Massachusetts Clothing Co
My Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Chapman
Him
Pierce
Green Gage
Damson
S.S. Pierce Co
Tremont Building
Cor
Beacons and
Tremont Sta
Copley Square
Central Wharf
Coolidge’s Corner
Brookline
Juars
New
York
Sterliy Ale
Bre
Highland
Rueter
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