Boy 8 Walks Six Miles To Bathhouse Adventure
Eight year old Patrick O Leary son of Cornelius and Mrs O Leary of 170 West Fourth Street South Boston wandered away from home and rode a furniture van to L street baths. He then roamed along Strandway to Marine Park and Castle Island and reached a rowboat off the southern shore where he was found two hours later by Sergeant James J Watkins. He was returned home. The meeting was declared off for lack of a quorum.
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Patrick O’leary
Cornelius O'Leary
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Patrick
Long Castle Island
James J. Watkins
City Point
Brave Nuns Battle Incendiary Fire in Worcester Church
Three Sisters of St. Anne discovered a fire in the sanctuary of Notre Dame Church Worcester and helped extinguish it. The blaze, started in three spots, was confined to the communion cloth and carpet, and considered incendiary. Rev Louis Grenier and the janitor assisted in dousing the flames.
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St. Anne
Church of Notre Dame
Louis Grenier
Woman acquitted earlier found guilty of larceny
Mary Lambert, previously acquitted of manslaughter, was found guilty in the Superior Criminal Court yesterday of larceny. The charge stems from allegedly stealing a watch and $9 from George A. Colgan on April 29. Sentencing is to follow.
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Mary Lambert
Superior Criminal Court
George A. Colgan
Common Council Quorum Shrinks with 25 Members Present
Only 25 members of the Common Council appeared at last night’s meeting, limiting quorum and delaying votes. The absence of several members raised questions about attendance and future agenda items.
Party Refused Landing at Long Wharf Known as Driscoll's Landing
George Fitzpatrick of East Boston owned the so called public landing at Long wharf and refused a party permission to land there last night. W E Jacobs stated his launch party was only allowed to land after a long discussion.
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Driscoll
Melrose School Board Bars Secret Societies
The Melrose School Board voted that any pupil initiated in or taking part in any secret fraternity would be denied privileges in school activities including athletics literary and musical, with attendance only allowed.
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Melrose
The Old South Stands Amid the Great Fire
The poem recalls a late nineteenth century blaze that destroys marble halls and iron pillars while a lone spire rings above the flames. Firemen battle the inferno as dawn returns and praise to freedom endures, comparing the scene to biblical history and the first Shekinah flame.
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Old South
Wife of Gordon Hager Sues for Absolute Divorce
Mrs. Hager of 22 Pico Avenue Winthrop, mother of two, lies in a dangerous condition after learning her husband has a second wife in New York suing for absolute divorce. She is cared for by her mother Mrs. Alexander H. Gillis at 55 Johnson Avenue Winthrop.
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New York
Jacob A. Eiis
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Miss Phillips
Riis
William
England
France
St. Louis
Boston Divorce Case Tangles Harvard Pitcher’s Past
Mrs Hager sister in law of Walter Clarkson the Harvard pitcher now with the Cleveland AL team learns in New York of a second wife held by Hager Warren. Jeannie R Warren claims absolute divorce. Judge Bischoff to rule soon. Family details place Hager in Cambridge Roxbury Winthrop and Boston. Neighbors note frequent disputes and a chilly reception.
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Rochester
N. Y
West
Warren
Boston
Hager
Winthrop
Miss Molly Mack Drives Cab in Chicago Sensation
Miss Molly Mack stage actress in Fifty Miles from Boston at the Colonial drew Chicago attention by obtaining a cab license and working as a cabbie. She wore a victoria and livery on the box seat, drawing crowds for over ten days. She is the first American woman to adopt Parisian couchettes in the Windy City.
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Molly Mack
Boston
Colonial
Chicago
Windy City
Molly
Miss Mack
Paris
Ice Price Conspiracy Cases Postponed to October
Judge Lawton of the Superior Criminal Court postponed the ice price conspiracy cases until October on a motion by Herbert Parker with assent from the district attorney. Parker will defend the ice dealers, citing excessive August heat as the reason for the delay. The cases have been in the public eye for over a year and have seen three months of prep.
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Lawton
Superior Criminal Court
Herbert Parker
District Attorney’s Office
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