Death in Boston store equals possible accidental gas poisoning
Charles H Hooper senior partner of Hooper Lewis Co stationers and blank book makers at 8 Milk Street Boston was found in a store closet with gas fumes. The physician suspects accidental death after a Sunday routine at the shop and a half burned match near a gas jet. The Hooper family and firm face a period of shock amid competition pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hooper
Hooper, Lewis & Co
Milk Street
Hooper
Boston
Tappan Street
Brookline
Best Society
Mr. Hooper
Hingham
Kennedy
Mrs. Hooper
Riot in Cienfuegos as American officers fire on crowd
June 2 in Cienfuegos three American officers involved in a disturbance in a house of ill repute fled arrest and fired on police wounding Policeman Ortega. Officers and troops, aided by a mob, pursued to the railway station where guards and a money wagon safe were hit. A planter and two civilians injured by Krag-Jorgensen. Cuban authorities intervened. officers detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cienfuegos
Ortega
Senor Frias
Esquerra
Bowan
Tage goes to sea to test carrier pigeons in Dreyfus case
Brest France June 25 The French cruiser Tage reportedly set sail to experiment with carrier pigeons a move seen as unprecedented for a vessel of its size The return voyage with Captain Dreyfus is debated with gendarmes and the League of the French Fatherland leader arriving to mobilize support in Brest
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Brest
France
Tage
Sfax
Dreyfus
Stax
League of the French Fatherland
Paris
Sermon Calls Chelsea to Global and Local Mission
The Rev. R C Houghton of Chelsea’s First Congregational Church decries religious indifference among Chelsea residents, estimating 30 percent never attend church, 20 percent attend irregularly, and 50 percent attend regularly. He urges a local evangelization drive, arguing Chelsea should match mission work abroad with efforts at home, and proposes a citywide convention after summer holidays to craft a “work of grace.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Houghton
First Congregational Church of
Chelsea
Africa
Houghton
Asia
Heaven
Christ
Congo Valley
Chelsea Churches Unite for City Awakening Movement
Church members in Chelsea vow to convene for prayerful planning to fund and drive a systematic, economical, self sacrificing forward push aimed at awakening and converting irreligious people, asserting pastors and lay leaders supply most of the citys moral leadership and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Forge orders found in Pittsfield case against G Albert Learned
An ongoing Pittsfield forgery case shows former acting City Auditor G Albert Learned forged and inflated orders. Shortage estimated near $1000 with forged indorsements and raised sums, cashed by local storekeepers and officials. Learned, jailed, to be arraigned tomorrow as further charges and complaints are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
G. Albert Learned
Ann Maloy
Learned
Five Deaths in Cuba Yellow Fever Outbreak
In Santiago de Cuba on June 2 a yellow fever outbreak reports thirty three cases and five deaths since the start of the present outbreak. One death was among the Fifth Infantry and four were civilians. Captain Fabricius dies, while Cubans mark San Juan with patriotic displays notable for lack of American flag and limited upper-class Cuban participation. One Spaniard nearly killed by a mob during the celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago DE Cuba
Fifth Infantry
Fabricius
San Juan
Three Men Fatally Wounded in Long Island City Brawl
A drunken dance at Mrs. Mary McFadden’s saloon in Laurel Hill, Long Island City sparked a deadly melee. Hugh O Neill stabbed Flynn and Huston, nine shots fired, all three men wounded. O Neill and Flynn likely to die, Huston has slim chances. Patrick A Miskel arrested for the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laurel Hill
Long Island City
Mary McFadden
Hugh O'Neill
Dominick Flynn
William Huston
O’neill
Huston
Flynn
Patrick A. Miskel
Charlestown Boy Hurt In Rhode Island Train Accident
Joseph Bulger, 14, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, lost a leg after a Horton Grove freight engine struck him near the Smith street bridge in Providence. He was riding the moving train, tried to alight as it slowed, fell beneath the wheels, and surgeons amputated the mangled limb at Rhode Island Hospital.
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Providence
R. I
Joseph Bulger
Charlestown
Mass
Rhode Island
Horton Grove
Smith Street
Bulger
Arrest of George Pramdhart for assault on Blue Hill avenue
George Pramdhart age 22 of 22 Stamiwood street was arrested last night on June 22 for assault and battery on John H. Daley on Blue Hill avenue. The charged individual faces potential court action.
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George Pramdhart
Stamiwood Street
John H. Daley
Blue Hill Avenue
Miss Edith Crane Falls Twenty Feet From Conservatory Fire Escape
Miss Edith Crane of Arlington studying at the New England Conservatory suffered serious injuries from a twenty foot fall from a fire escape at the East Newton Street building yesterday morning. She was taken to City Hospital. the scene overlooks the graveyard between the James Street extension and Washington Street where fire escapes have remained since the St. James Hotel era.
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Edith Crane
Arlington
New England Conservatory of Music
East Newton Street
City Hospital
James Street
Conservatory
Washington Street
St. James Hotel
How Miss Crane Was Hurt
Miss Crane fell from a fire escape platform about twenty feet to a yard below near her room. She landed on turf, remained conscious, and was taken to City Hospital with serious right hip injuries. Parents from Arlington arrived and visited. prognosis uncertain, but lifelong lameness feared.
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Miss Crane
City Hospital
Arlington
Licenses Expected as Crowds Gather in Nantasket
Wet weekend drew notable crowds to Nantasket hotels amid Watch and Ward Society patrols. Police reported stiff enforcement at venues, with many venues turning away customers due to crowding. Rainbow over the shore sparked hotel hopes for license approvals next Sunday. Everett Litchfield, a Hingham Street Railway conductor, suffered severe injuries when a car struck a trolley post. His left forearm bones and a hand bone were broken. he was treated locally and then transported to Dr Spooner’s care in Hingham.
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Watch and Ward Society
Everett Litchfield
Hingham Street Railway Company
J. Winthrop Spooner
Hingham
Spooner
Crescent Beach a Banner Day Dampened by Weather
Crowds at Crescent Beach were smaller than expected as cool air intermittent rain and 67 degree sea cooled interest. About 25 000 passengers traveled from Boston on the Narrow Gauge with only 600 seeking state bath house accommodations. Chief West and Manager Gilman predicted record attendance but were disappointed. The piece notes varying crowds by day and mentions illicit liquor activity near the reservation and the discharge of Patrolman Sweeney after accusations of off beat activity and bribery exposure.
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Crescent Beach
Boston
North Shore
State Bath House
Old Ocean
Chief West
Metropolitan Park Police
Gilman
Revere
Rhoades
Sweeney
Board of Selectmen
Death in stairway found due to natural causes
Ellen Brennan years old was found dead at the foot of a stairway at 4293 Tremont Street Saturday evening. Police deem death from natural causes with heart failure as she was descending. Body at City Hospital morgue. Medical Examiner Draper to file report today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Brennan
Tremont Street
City Hospital
Draper
Sudden Deaths In Fall River District This Week
John Driscoll aged 39 died after a stair fall at 1 Robeson street his neck broken he died in an ambulance en route to hospital. William H. Stone aged 80 a known livery stable man fell dead at his Walnut street home last night.
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Fall River
John Driscoll
Robeson Street
William H. Stone
Walnut Street
Chicago Roused By Statue Of Laughing Nymphs
A fountain group of laughing nude water nymphs by Lorado Taft on Chicago’s lake front drew swift public debate. Officials and Mayor Harrison praised its artistry while some residents urged modesty. The piece, part of commencement exercises, may be temporary unless funding for bronze replication appears. vandals already started damaging the sculpture as public opinion swayed.
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Chienago
Art Institute
Lorado Taft
Chicago
Boston
Macmonnies
Bacchante
Harrison
Lake Front
Man Struck by Lightning in Lynn Woods
During a thunder storm in Lynn near the Peabody line George Watts aged 60 sheltered under a pine tree when a bolt struck the tree. He was stunned and injured by splinters, crawled to the main road, and passengers on a street car heard his cries. A physician on board ordered his removal to hospital where recovery is expected.
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Lynn
George Watts
Lynn Woods
Peabody Line
Watts
Church Closes in Brockton After Worship Ties
The First Presbyterian Church of Brockton will cease to exist as its affairs are wound up. Members voted after careful consideration that there is no mission for a Presbyterian church in Brockton at present. Earlier, over half the membership left to form an independent body, and tensions rose when the session forced the resignation of Rev. Theophilus McLeod against the majority’s wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
First Presbyterian Church
Theophilus McLeod
Death of 19 year old by mistaken drug administration
Calais Maine reported the death of Mrs Allie Phinney age 19 at Ledge New Brunswick following ingestion of carbolic acid mistaken for an opiate. Local authorities are investigating the incident and no further details were released.
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Calais
Allie Phinney
Ledge
N. B
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Hanover and
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Beacon Pharmacy
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Lithia
Hanson’s
Vichy
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Hanson
Beacon Pharmacy Bromfield
Gienfuegos
Dr. Houghton
First Church
Santiago
Conservatory of Music
RAIL
PALM
B. F. Larrabee & CO
Crescent
Nantasket
Ductor
McGann
Carpenter
Lynn Man
Seth Arnold
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