Tragic Love Triangle Ends in Double Tragedy
Lizzie Coleman, 18, is slain as Herman Ledtke, a troubled drifter tied to the Leonard and Harding families, shoots and kills himself. The fatal act follows a months long jealousy over Lizzie with Ledtke targeting Eben Harding and Mr. Coleman as threats loomed, and the tragedy unfolds near Osterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Coleman
Herman Ledtke
Bissie
Ledtke
Barnstable
Hyannis
Osterville
S. Leonard
Leonard
West Barnstable
Marston Mills
Ledtk@iway
Coleman
Mr. Coleman
Lizzie
Lédtke
Hardings
Eben Harding
Colerans
Leonards
Harding
Aie
Lissie
Young Haring
Coleeos
Indictment Tied to 1892 Brockton Barber Murder
Plymouth county grand jury indicts Arthur A. Albee for the killing of Col lins A. Leaman, the Satucket block barber, on April 26, 1892. Police and Pinkerton investigators among others narrate a chain of evidence from the attack to Albee’s alleged actions and alibis.
Self-defense claim in fatal Boston shooting ties to Albanian suspect
The murder case in a Boston yard centers on Albani and Sullivan with the gunman claiming self defense. Sullivan, a Welsh-born, Boston resident married six years, was shot after an argument near a blacksmith shop. The Medical Examiner examined remains at the morgue, while investigators seek witnesses to identify the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Wales
Lowell
Boston
Draper
Wolfson
Albani
Silver coinage crusade gains momentum in South
Gustav H. Schwab reports Southern support for sound money rising after the Memphis convention. Kentucky conventions push for sound money as Mississippi, Alabama, and other states prepare alignments, signaling the silver craze nearing its culmination nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Gustav H. Schwab
Memphis
Kentucky
Mississippi
Colonel Patterson
Alabama
South
Defends the Veterans Bill in House Vote
The House approved the veterans preference bill 172 to 23 despite Governor Greenhalge's veto. Supporters argue merit exams create a professional class, while opponents favor patriotic service as the strongest qualification for office. Washington's example is cited to show military training can fit broader duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Greenhalge
House
Washington
Civil Service Examiners
Putnam Nail Works Founder Dies at 72 in Neponset
Silas S. Putnam founder of Putnam Nail Works died of Bright's disease Monday night at 241 Neponset Avenue Neponset aged 72. He was a descendant of General Israel Putnam and inventor of the Putnam self adjusting curtain and early nail manufacturing machinery. His partner was cousin Harriet L. Packer of Brooklyn. The Neponset River factory site has housed the business since 1859. Government contracts during the war supplied horseshoe nails. In 1878 the firm became a stock company and later a corporation. He retired about five years ago leaving a widow and eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas S. Putnam
Putnam Nail Works
Neponset Avenue
Neponset
Israel Putnam
Putnam
Harriet L. Packer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Neponset River
Putnam Nail Company
Dispute Over Will of A H Allen Heads to Supreme Court
Heirs of Aaron H. Allen seek Supreme Court guidance on the will involving over 250000 dollars of real estate left to a widow and a daughter. The widow would receive half the income while the daughter claims the other half, though others contend the daughter should receive only one quarter until a mortgage is funded. The case may go to the full court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Allen
Aaron H. Allen
Knowlton
Supreme Court
Allen
Boston Post to Award Poem Prize for Welcome to Christian Endeavor
The Boston Post offers a double gold eagle prize to the author of the best welcome poem for the Christian Endeavor convention. Submissions must be received before the stated deadline at the Christian Endeavor Exchange, The Post in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Great Christian Endeavor Convention
Christian Endeavor
the Post
Boston
Defendants Were at Home When Foster Was Killed
Lowell June 11 The defence in the Foster murder case opened with witnesses asserting Sullivan Foley and Nagle were in bed from 10 30 pm until after 4 am the next morning. They contend Foster was intoxicated the prior evening and that the fight did not involve the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Foster
Sullivan
Foley
Nagle
Billerica Road
Woburn
Mary Foley
Timothy Crimmins
Cornelius Sullivan
John Coughlin
Duray Foster
Pierce Haynes
Margaret Sullivan
Patrick
John Sullivan
Boston
Lyons
Cambridge Water Employees Decide on Summer Schedule
Workers at the Cambridge Water Board faced a choice between adding a half hour daily for a Saturday half day off or maintaining current hours and finishing at 3 30 on Saturdays. The board ruled that staff may take the half hour extra and enjoy Saturday afternoon off or finish early on Saturdays by leaving at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Water Board
Water Board
Sea Moss Farine Packaging Claims and Recipes
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Sea Moss Farine as nutritious and economical with toothsome texture. It mentions a package offering data recipes and receipts with each package, allegedly available from grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eac
Miss Edith Rockefeller Engagement Quietly Noted
The Rockefeller sisters are praised for common sense and education. Edith sits on the devotional committee of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Young People's Association. Her sister is active on the finance committee. Both support women’s hospitals and housing and host charity events for less fortunate sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rockefeller
Edith
Young People’s Association
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Milfords Railroads Seek New Milestones in Milford
A Milford committee of local businessmen went to New York to attract capitalists for a Medway street railway project. They expect subscriptions to fund construction and report franchise promises from Milford and Medway selectmen. The Holliston and Medford line aims for rapid start after franchise approval with interchanges at South Framingham. The Hopkinton line hinges on Hopkinton approval, anticipated by stockholders upon petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
New York
Medways
Medway
Holliston & Medford Street Railway
South Middlesex
South Framingham
Hopkinton-Milford
Hopkinton Selectmen
Statute Stolen Statue Case In Albany Cafe Suspects Named
Two young men William S. Munroe and William E. Hannon visited Albany cafe on Washington street last evening. Munroe allegedly took a $12.50 statue from the cafe and left it at a nearby hotel. Cafe manager followed them to Court square, alerted Officers Kane and Kennedy, and had them arrested for larceny. Munroe, ? old, of 611 Massachusetts avenue, and Hannon, 21, of Beaumont street, were turned over to Lagrange street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Munroe
William E. Hannon
Albany
Washington Street
Munroe
Hannon
Court Square
Kane and
Kennedy
Division 2
Lagrange Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Lves
Beaumont Street
Albee Denies Deed in Brockton Murder Case
Plymouth June 11 Deputy Sheriff Willard Torrey served papers on Arthur Albee the alleged Brockton murderer. He denies committing the crime and will be arraigned soon as the court assigns counsel. Officers report a swordfish crime was committed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Plymouth County
Arthur A. Albee
Collins A. Leaman
Ashport
Appleton
Albee
Seaman
West Elm Street
West Elm
Lexington Streets
Lexington Street
Peleg Leach
Shoe City
Hanscom
Pinkerton
Boston
Leaman
Barber Leaman
Arthur
A. W. Keene
Charles W.tilton
Elia Brett
Holliston
Dedham
Appileton
Plymouth
Willard Torrey
Arthur Albee
Sister Claims Rights Over Big St Bernard Roaming Grounds
Text notes a sister asserting proprietary rights over a large St Bernard dog that she occasionally romps with in the grounds. The fragment hints at ownership or control disputes but provides limited context or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Harold McCormick Engaged to Chicago Social Leader's Daughter
Chicago reports Harold McCormick aged 23, a member of a leading Chicago family, is engaged to a prospective wife a year and a half his senior. The engagement surprised society, the McCormick family confirms the match, and he is described as handsome, well built, and well dressed with refined tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harold McCormick
McCormick
Woman's Club House elects ten directors and votes on officers
The Woman's Club House Association met at the New England Woman's Club to elect ten directors. Nominees included Mrs. Margaret F. Cole and Mrs. Jennie K. Adams among others. Two offices held by members of the same club were declared vacant with a second vice president re elected and the treasurer position postponed to a later adjourned meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club House Association
New England Woman's Club
Park Street
E. M. H. Merrill
Ednah D. Cheney
Margaret F. Cole
Castilian Club
Jennie K. Adams
Misa Helen M. Winslow
Emily F. Pope
E. Florence Barker
Soldiers’ Home Association
Sybilla Bailey Crane
Kate C. Phelps
Moral Education Association
Charlotte Porter
Browning Society
State Federation
Annie EH. Morse
New Hampshire
L. Shannon Davis
Fog Delays Large Fleet at Sandy Hook Harbor
Heavy fog off Sandy Hook delays incoming steamers from Glasgow Nomadic Liverpool Hevelus Brazilian ports Suram Shields. Vessels anchored below due to dense fog reported since last evening. Observer notes continued fog at noon likely to slow more arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anchoria
Glasgow
Nomadic
Liverpool
Hevelus
Suram
Shields
Sandy Hook
Hook
Beecham's Pills For Constipation Ad
Advertisement noting Beecham's pills priced 10 and 25 cents for constipation relief and urging readers to obtain the book from their druggist. Nonsensical trailing line references anneal losses over 600008 benca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham’s
Mayor and Police Arrested in Jacksonville Riot
In Jacksonville Illinois on June 11 Republicans arrested Mayor Widmayor and the entire police force for riot. The action follows a clash with the Republican council after the mayor expelled the old police department from the jail to install his own men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ill
Widmayor
Republican Council
Missing Somerville carpenter leaves family short tale of a week
Frank P. Sears aged 36 has been missing from his home at 390 Washington Street Somerville for a week. A carpenter with a wife and two children he left to look for work and told his wife he would write within three days. He wore a black coat and dark trousers when he departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Sears
Washington Street
Somerville
Tramps Sentenced to Six Months Each in Municipal Court
Six transients were sentenced to six months in the House of Industry by Judge Brown after being arrested by Officers Connolly and Clark on the Common. The men reportedly used the Common as their headquarters for a month, gathering by day and sleeping on settees at night. They were observed at the pond and drinking fountains where soap and towels were displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Industry
Brown
Connolly
Clark
Horse Alarm at Rail Crossing Injures Two Women
While returning from Milford last night in Hopkinton a horse frightened by the Ashland train at the Deer Brook crossing of the New York & New England road threw both Mrs. Fred Whittemore and Mrs. Frank Haven from the wagon. Mrs. Haven suffered a broken collarbone in two places and a severe scalp wound. Mrs. Whittemore sustained facial and shoulder bruises but noneLife-threatening.
Fragmentary text about health terms and names
A garbled excerpt lists terms like agne or pimples and comedones, with unclear references to a place and people. It reads as a damaged OCR snippet containing scattered words and partial names, lacking coherent events or context.
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Shawmut Furniture Co
Shawmut Ave
England Piano Co
Tremont St
Agen
Brockton Crime
Grand Jury
Desistous
Orkier
Silas Putnam
C. E
Mrs. Foley
Cambridge Water
Edith Rockefeller
Chicago University
Rockefeller
Alta Rockefeller
L. A. Crandall
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Efeler
Misses Rockefeller
Carnegie Hall
Damrosch
Seidl
Thomas
Mr. Rockefeller
Ogontz Seminary
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
Countess de Castellane
Milford’s Railroads
Woman's Club House
Benca
Atkinson Furnishing CO
Saami
Gommon
Alpheus M. Stetson
Kilby Street
Oe Downs
Temple Pl
West Somerville
B. A. Rice
Willow Ave
Watertown
G. S. S. Gleason
Male St
Purope
Rita H
Causeway St
West Medford
G. Ludwig
North Market St
Water St
Court St
City Hall
Board of Assessors
Frank A. Drew
Board OF Street Commissioners
City of
Columbus Avenue
Morrison
Agne
Jioston
Taventer
Abe
Tee Bisa
Seni
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