Lawyers Volunteer to Defend Lee in Charlestown Trial
Thirteen lawyers volunteered to act pro bono for Gus Lee, charged with killing George Warren on the U S battleship West Virginia. Lee awaits trial in the naval prison at Charlestown, with the first court martial ever held there set for Monday.
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Gus Lee
United States
West Virginia
Lee
Naval Prison
Charlestown
Charlestown Navy Yard
Archibald N. Donahue
Gloucester
Post
George Warren
Fall River
Culebra
Target Bay
Porto Rico
Warren
Bac
Labor unions plan mass meeting and support actions in Boston
United Garment Workers Council 9 arranges a general mass meeting. Boiler Makers 431 elect delegates to Boston Building Trades Council and announce Walter S Weeks will visit next week. Boston Cigar Factory Strippers Union votes $10 to aid Troy collar starchers locked out. Team drivers unions pledge aid to Horseshoers in push for Saturday half holiday. Stonemasons 9 donates to striking Chicago teamsters.
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United Garment Workers’ Council 9
Boiler Makers’ Union
Boston Building Trades Council
Walter S. Weeks
Boston Cigar Factory Strippers’ Union
Troy
Boston
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Horseshoers’ Union
Stonemasons’ Union 9
Teamsters of
Chicago
City Fathers Battle Over East Boston Hospital Bill
The East Boston hospital bill sparked a fierce council clash with Alderman Linehan and Councilman Fitzgerald fighting in the ante room. Police cleared the room as protests and threats followed a heated debate on reconsideration and rule suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
East Boston Hospital
Frank J. Linehan
Florence H. Fitzgerald
Robert Sexton
Ward 1
East
Boston
Somerville man arrested for larceny from local express association
George B. McLaughlin a married express clerk and treasurer of the Expressmen's Relief Association of Boston living at 24 Ibbetson Street Somerville was arrested by Inspector Gustafson on a $798.37 larceny charge after a chase from the South station express rooms through Dewey square to South street. President George E. Conner participated in the pursuit. bail was not furnished.
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South Station
Dewey Square
South Street
George B. McLaughlin
Ibbetson Street
Somerville
Expressmen’s Relief Association of Boston
Gustafson
Expressmen’s Association
George E. Conner
McLaughlin
Conner
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promised Cure
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal female remedy. It claims to cure female complaints including ovarian troubles and uterine issues, ease backache, and assist with menopause and nervous symptoms, urging readers to write for confidential advice. It also promotes kidney complaints and backs it with the Morton company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Bostonians in Bad Train Wreck Aboard Injured
Mrs Watrous traveling to Denver Colorado was seriously injured in a wreck and may die. Michael McMullin a former Boston patrolman was en route to St Paul Massachusetts passengers near the crash site sustained injuries and shock.
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Bostonians
Watrous
Denver
Col
Michael McMullin
Boston
St. Paul
Mrs Jennie Cook Injured in Flint Train Wreck
Mrs Jennie Cook of 321 Dudley Street was injured in a Flint Michigan train wreck yesterday while en route from Boston to Los Angeles to join her husband Frank D. Cook who has lived in California for health reasons. She traveled with her two year old child. a telegram reported she had a slight shock and would continue her journey. A brother of the injured woman was killed within two years near the accident site.
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Jennie Cook
Dudley Street
Flint
Mich
Frank D. Cook
Boston
Los Angeles
Cal
Exoneration for Taunton Insane Hospital over Grace Darby escape
The Taunton Hospital board of trustees adjourned after secret sessions and cleared the institution of blame in Grace Darby’s sensational May escape. Chairman Nathaniel Borden announced that except for three staff found guilty of misconduct, the hospital’s management—from Superintendent Brown onward—faces no charges. The board cited a staff member’s provision of a key used by Darby and stated the state of Maine would assume custody of Darby.
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Grace Darby
Maine
Mark N. Skerrett
Worcester
Taunton
Massachusetts
State House
Nathaniel B. Borden
Taunton Hospital
Borden
Fall River
E. Chamberlain
Brockton
Henry R. Stedman
Brookline
James P. Francis
New Bedford
Elizabeth C. M. Gifford
East Boston
Susan E. Learoyd
Wakefield
William C. Lovering
Miss Darby
Taunton Insane Hospital
Brown
Mrs Watrous Aims To Join Son After Westward Fortune
Mrs. Cora B. Watrous about 50, en route to Denver to meet her son Frank who has made a fortune in Cripple Creek. She was fatally injured in a Flint Michigan train wreck and lies in a hospital. Daughter Helen accompanied her, they lived in Roxbury. Frank previously worked for Peck Bros. in Boston and Denver, and planned a summer home at Davis Col.
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Denver
Col
Cripple Creek
Cora B. Watrous
Flint
Mich
Watrous
Boston
Omaha
Helen
Schuyler Street
Roxbury
Frank
Peck Bros
West
Davis
Frank Watrous
Temple Court
Nebraska
South
Mr and Mrs Christie Injured in Grand Trunk Wreck
Mr and Mrs Joseph L Christie were injured in a Grand Trunk train wreck at Flint Michigan while on a pleasure trip. They had resided at 1371A Washington Street West Newton and Christie was a carpenter and former Newton fire department call member.
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Newton
Joseph L. Christie
Grand Trunk
Flint
Mich
Washington Street
West Newton
Christie
Train wreck report sends Grace Robinson to Flint
Mervin Parsons, a passenger in the Flint Michigan wreck, telegraphed Miss Grace Robinson that George Buffon was seriously injured and urged her to come at once. He also told his brother Charles Parsons that he was unharmed.
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Framingham
Mervin Parsons
Flint
Mich
Grace Robinson
George Buffon
Charles Parsons
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