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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1903

Page

5

Wolfe Murders Old Friend In Break In Shooting

Wolfe, a tall young man, killed Moore on Ruggles street after forcing entry to Moore’s room. His wife, present but unseen by Moore, fled the scene shouting murder. Wolfe surrendered at Station 9 claiming justification and planned to shoot his wife next. He is charged with murder. Mrs Wolfe provided her account. Moore’s body was taken to City Hospital morgue. Medical Examiner notified. Wolfe to be arraigned in Roxbury court.

Moore Wolfe Ruggles Street Mrs. Wolfe Thompson Station 9 Washington Street Roxbury Court

Dr Greene’s Cure for Nervous Stomach Troubles

Dr Greene claims to cure nervous dyspepsia and stomach trouble completely. He guarantees relief and offers free consultation by visiting 84 Temple Place Boston or writing. Office hours are nine to five and Sunday forenoon.

Will Strike Lynn Shoe Plant Sends Union to Walkout

Lynn June 18 Three hundred Boot and Shoe Workers Union members at Harney Bros voted to strike after the firm surrendered the union stamp and reinstated Knights of Labor cutters and stitchers. Every department except cutting and stitching will be affected. the plant was among the first to adopt the stamp and a major target in the strike. The week before the action, the company declared the shop free.

Lynn Harney Bros Knights of Labor Boot and Shoe Workers Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union

Labor Men Criticise Veto of Eight Hour Bill

Boston trades unions are surprised by Governor Bates vetoing the eight hour labor bill while noting the nine hour law passed under Crane. They argue both measures share a similar character and expect the eight hour bill to return next session. they claim signing could have reduced hours for many workers without strikes or friction.

Trades’ Unionist Boston John L. Bates Crane

Remedies Worse Than Disease Kidney Wort Tablets Claim Benefits

An advertisement argues that liquid kidney remedies with alcohol worsen kidney disease and promotes Dr Pettingill s Kidney Wort Tablets as alcohol free. It quotes a grateful user from St Regis Falls Neb and lists early signs of kidney trouble and urging prompt use of the tablets without delay.

Charles Bostil

All Night Wrangle Over School Matters in Cambridge

Cambridge school committee session ran from 8 pm to 2 am amid heated disputes. Mayor McNamee pressed for justice for a staff member and attacked what he called graft over private tutoring and pay for idle work. A petition sought naming a new school after Rue H Fletcher, with committee and ward roles debated. Resignations and new nominations were noted as transfers and approvals followed.

Cambridge School Committee McNamee Piper Albert L. Ware Rindge Manual Training School Rue H. Fletcher Thorndike School Walker Tie Stone Mary E. Bassett Shepard School Fannie C. Flanders Sleeped Katherine RB. Smyth Putnam M. Lizzie Hewett Peabody Almira W. Bates Margaret S. Bradbury Latin School Emma J. Hoolihan Allston Louise J. McWhinney Russell Ruth EF. Foxcroft Mabel R. Coombs George B. Colesworthy Henrietta DeRochmont

Reliance Set to Race Again After Topmast Work

After stopping the new topmast, the Reliance was towed by the Sunbeam to New Rochelle and will be ready for the next race.

New York Reliance Sunbeam New Rochelle

Debating the Irish Land Bill Delayed in Parliament

London, June 18. Parliament pushes further consideration of the Irish land bill to June 29. Talks of another Irish convention surface to decide the Nationalist party stance. The government threatens withdrawal unless core points are agreed. Liberal splits over fiscal policy grow, with some calling for a vote of censure. Nationalists seek concessions from Wyndham while aiming to keep the government in power.

London Daily Mail Henry Campbell-Bannerman Socialist Party Westminster Great Britain Wyndham

Brighton High School Graduation Honors 1903

Brightly decorated Brighton High School gym hosted the senior and advanced class graduations last evening with 46 girls and 15 boys in the senior group and 9 girls and 5 boys in the advanced class receiving diplomas and honors. Relatives filled the vast concourse as asparagus vines, flowers, and green plant displays framed the ceremony and the graduates' attire enhanced the event.

Brighton High School

School’s gala graduation marks class gift and honors

The old hall hosted a gala graduation with a joint musical and literary program by both classes. Ruth Davenport was valedictorian, Ellen Ellis salutatorian, and Mary H. Ross orator. Diplomas were presented by Charles L. Burrill and George E. Brock, with Jessie Nutter presenting the class gift picture.

Ruth Davenport Ellen Ellis Mary H. Ross Charles L. Burrill George E. Brock Jessie Nutter

Washington In Fight Over Warship

Continued from first page, discussion centers on delaying ship work despite private firms’ financial issues. Upon launch of the Galveston a gunboat may accompany her to Norfolk. Officials do not expect a naval show of force to enforce orders.

Galveston Norfolk

Russia Grants Hebrew Rights Amid Kishineff Protest

In a geable gram from Odessa Leon A. Berezniak reported that Russia will ease Hebrews from crowded urban confinement. A 59 member Odessa Hebrew committee met in St Petersburg with ministers Von Piekwe and Witte and Kronstadt church head. Villages will be reclassified as cities and Hebrews may reside there, with the frontier restriction removed nationwide.

Chicaco Odessa Leon A. Berezniak St. Petersburg von Piehwe Witte Kronstadt

Saint Joseph's Seminary 18th Commencement Held at Brighton

The 18th annual commencement exercises at St. Joseph's Seminary Brighton featured readings and a one act French comedy by pupils. An art display and sewing works were shown in adjoining rooms. Four students earned diplomas: Margaret Sheridan Watertown Susan Sheridan Watertown Agnes McCarthy Brighton Florence McGue Brighton. Sheridan was valedictorian and McCarthy salutaorian. Cleary won $20 for top academic average.

St. Joseph’s Seminary Brighton Margaret M. Sheridan Watertown Susan V. Sheridan Agnes G. McCarthy Florence McGue Elizabeth Cleary

Gypsy Camps Searched for Missing Louis Buckley in Charlestown

Five year old Louis Buckley of 5 Lexington Street Charlestown vanished after noon on Wednesday following an Italian street musician. Revere police searched gypsy and Italian camps, with Division 13 police deploying ten officers but finding no clues about the child.

Little Louis Buckley John Buckley Lexington Street Charlestown Louis Buckley Revere Division 13 Sullivan

Cardinal Vaughan Nearing End After Illness

London June 18 Cardinal Vaughan long troubled by heart disease worsened today and is gradually sinking. Officials fear the end may be near as the famed clergyman battles a grave health decline.

Cardinal Vaughan London

Two Stevedores Injured On Lancaster at Grand Junction Docks

At eleven last night William Coughlin and Sylvester Cotter fell into the Lancaster steamer hold during work at Grand Junction docks. Coughlin sustained a shoulder fracture while Cotter was crushed by the fall. They were transported to the Relief station for treatment.

William Coughlin Sylvester Cotter Lancaster Grand Junction Docks Cotter

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