Woman Tries Pistol Revenge at Clinton Mill
Clinton June 12 Mrs Kate OBrien 31 was arrested on an attempted murder charge after firing at William J McRell in the Clinton Wire Cloth mill. The bullet pierced his hand, she said McRell persecuted her prompting the act. she was later arrested at home with her husband. The couple says the discharge followed disputes over pay and working conditions. The bullet escaped through a door and was recovered on a mill room floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Kate O’brien
William J. McRell
Clinton Wire Cloth Company
McRell
Thei
Clark Street
Mc Rell
Lawyer in insolvency files voluntary bankruptcy petition
Frank W. Lewis a well known lawyer with offices at 53 State street filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. He lives at 1437 Beacon street Newton and states he owes 63079.25 with assets of 33150 including real estate in Lincoln Nebraska that is valueless due to claims on the property. He reports 23 creditors and would say nothing further. He mentions a mining claim but says he has not speculated, only lost in ordinary business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Lewis
State Street
Lewis
Beacon Street
Newton
Post
Lincoln
Neb
Reception of East Boston High School Graduates
At East Boston High School last evening about 400 advanced and senior students attended a reception. Andrew J. Porter, president of the class of 1904, gave the welcome. Entertainment followed with songs by Irene Welsford and Sadie Cornell, a violin solo by Edward M. Evarts, and a dance. The event featured 12 numbered items and was organized by Miss Sadie Kirk and Miss Alice McCarthy with floor director Porter assisted by A G C Berman and J P Magrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston High School
Andrew J. Porter
Irene Welsford
Sadie Cornell
Edward M. Evarts
Putnam
Jacobus
Sadie Kirk
Alice McCarthy
A. G C. Berman
J. P. Magrath
C. W. Rollins
William Hart
Michael Dorgan
Charles Pomponio
Harold B. Kelly
Williamson for the Temple pastor candidate named
Tremont Temple considers Rev. Mr Williamson of St. Louis as a potential pastor. He will preach a July Sunday for evaluation. Deacon Wentworth cites strong church support and a crowded St Louis church, while deacons anticipate no immediate vote. The meeting discussed rain blessings and ongoing temple tensions.
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Tremont Temple
Williamson
St. Louis
Wentworth
Post
Beere
Charles E. Boyd
Deacon Bradbury
Holman
German defendent fined for slapping waitress in New York court
Mathias von Below, a German defendant, faced Judge Bolster in a Municipal Court civil suit over slapping Miss Ida Crossman at Stark Supply. The court found him liable, awarding the plaintiff $100, while von Below admitted the act but claimed it was not a fist and promised to appeal.
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Mathias von Below
Bolster
Ida Crossman
United States
Germany
Stark Supply Company
Northampton
Washington Streets
Adams
Commonwealth Avenue
Chinatown
von Below
Cambridge Singer Regaining Voice After Milan Loss
Cambridge soprano Miss Elizabeth Driver the daughter of Dr and Mrs Stephen W Driver of Brattle Street Cambridge is rapidly regaining her singing voice which she lost during a 1901 illness in Milan. Her career spanned studies in Paris Vienna and England with notable encounters including the Welsh Gorsedd ceremony in 1899 and letters from Ambassador Choate. After a pneumonia attack in Milan her voice faded for over a year and a half but is now nearly fully recovered and her supporters await a complete return.
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Elizabeth Driver
Stephen W. Driver
Brattlestreet
Cambridge
Milan
America
Paris
Mme. Viardot Garcia
England
Wales
Vienna
Bosenhoefer Hall
Miss Driver
Joseph Choate
Metternich
Italy
Germany
Riviera
Europe
Continents
Conversion and Blasphemy Debate at Alton Church
Rev. George C. Bliss of Alton N H joined the church after leaving Congregationalism and becoming an evangelical preacher. Rev. Dr Evarts condemned blasphemy and a Harvard novel as blasphemous. A stray tom cat wandered the aisles, created a stir, and was removed by a deacon.
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George C. Bliss
Alton
N. H
Evarts
Harvard
Baraboo Woman Endorses Peruna For Summer Cold
Mrs. Sarah E. Page curator of the French Section of the Ebell Club writes from Baraboo Wisconsin praising Peruna. She details a summer cold that worsened into throat catarrh and notes that after a Peruna trial she recovered enough to sing without effort and recommends the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Page
Baraboo
Wis
Ebell Club
Fifth Ave
Peruna Endorsed By Daughters Of American Independence Leader
Grand Recorder Miss Kate Fauser of Detroit writes of a severe lung cold she suffered last summer. One bottle of Peruna brought relief and three bottles cured her. The ad quotes testimonials from Mrs. B. F. Henderson of Milwaukee praising Peruna and urges readers to request a free book of testimonials and consult Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
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Kate Fauser
Brewster St
Detroit
Mich
Grand Recorder of Daughters of American Independence
United States
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
B. F. Henderson
Journey of Liberty Bell to Boston the First Made for Patriotic Purposes
Philadelphia expects to loan the Liberty Bell to Boston for Bunker Hill Day celebrations. The bell has traveled before for exhibitions in Allentown New Orleans Chicago Atlanta and Charleston. This trip marks the first to be undertaken primarily for patriotic purposes.
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Liberty Bell
Boston
Philadelphia
Penn
Bunker Hill
Weaver
Union
Allentown
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Charleston
Dory Race Across Atlantic Launches From Swampscott
Swampscott yesterday afternoon saw the launch of two dories bound for an Atlantic crossing. Captain and crew include Joseph Chavres of Boston, a Portuguese sailor, who wagers he will beat Howard Blackburn of Gloucester to the other side despite Blackburn having an eight day head start.
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Swampscott
Atlantic Ocean
Joseph Chavres
Boston
Howard Blackburn
Gloucester
Charles
Atlantic
Blackburn
Leitner Cowie Engagement Prominent Webster Dinner
Miss Emma Jeane B Cowie of Webster announced engagement to Mr Claude E Leitner of Boston at a unique dinner at the Thorndike Hotel attended by many friends and graduates of the Normal Art School. Cowie, a Webster resident and Boston Normal Art School graduate, is known for her art work. Leitner is a Boston businessman. Fannie Fisk performed whistling solos after the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Jeane B. Cowie
Webster
Claude E. Leitner
Boston
Thorndike
Normal Art School
Miss Cowie
Boston Normal Art School
Leitner
Fannie Fisk
Philadelphia officials visit Boston to arrange Liberty Bell committee
D Eck Engleman messenger and G W Skxochersperger chief clerk of Philadelphia Common Council arrived in Boston to arrange accommodations for the Liberty Bell committee. They were entertained at Parker's by City Messenger Leary and Clerk of Committees Dever at dinner.
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D. Eck. Engleman
G. W. Skxochersperger
Philadelphia Common Council
Boston
Parker’s
Leary
Dever
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Promininglus
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Grand Recorder Daughters of American Independence
Peruna
Dory
Leitner—Cowie
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Down Town
Washington St
Pony Bay
Boylston St
Parker
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