Brown's Hunting Eels Ends in Tragedy
Six year old Herbert A. Roundey of 556 Lynn street Revere drowned in a creek near Linden after slipping on ice while attempting to move a cake of ice with a stick. He disappeared into the water as two schoolmates fled for help, and a 13 year old boy recovered the cap before workers retrieved the body. The boy's mother collapsed on the street and was taken home then fell ill.
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Herbert A. Roundey
Lynn Street
Revere
Linden
George F. Norris
Everett Anderson
Roundley
James Dolan
Arthur Lyons
Albert Fease
Willard J. Irving
Freckles Vanish Overnight with Ethine Double Strength
A society woman credits ethine double strength with clearing freckles after doctors said nothing could remove them. Applied at night, many freckles disappear by morning and the rest fade. An ounce suffices even for severe cases. She cites Houghton & Dutton or Riker Drug Co for the product, guaranteed with a money back offer if it fails.
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Xesk Houghton & Dutton
Rikeres Drug Co
Gas theft scheme exposed at Worcester street lodging
Boston gas officials uncovered a by pass pipe connected to the main line at 143 Worcester street, yielding over 1000 dollars of gas theft in seven years. Anna B. Middleman, 55, formerly Hadley, was arrested on a complaint by gas company attorneys, pleaded not guilty, and released on 300-dollar bail as police anticipate further arrests.
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Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Worcester Street
South End
Anna B. Middleman
West Newton Street
Sullivan
Ernest Barker
John A. Hyde
Gas Company
Middleman
Anna B. Hadley
Hadley
Novia Scotia
Drugs Found in Nurse’s Commonwealth Ave Apartment
Physicians in the same building believe the drugs found in Miss Amelie M. Leonard’s Commonwealth Avenue apartment were samples intended for them. A marble shelf in the front hall held morphine atropine and many hypodermic syringes were discovered in a chest.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Amelie M. Leonard
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
Baltimore reader shares a testimonial about curing her fifteen year old daughter Alice after doctors diagnosed Green Sickness. The letter claims three bottles restored health and urges other women to try the product.
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Baltimore
Alice
Lydia’ E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
L. A. Coreran
Rutland Street
Baltimore, Md
Lydia E.pinkham
Nurse Miss Leonard Linked to Lockwood Heist Case
Detectives tracing a missing trunk and jewelry from Miss Mary Lockwood raise the prospect of recovering much of the $6162.50 confessed stolen by nurse Miss Leonard. The case heads to the grand jury as officials stress the death certificates’ accuracy and investigators pursue the nurse’s alleged connections to a Harvard student described as a foster brother.
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Brunswick
Mary Jane Lockwood
Miss Leonard
Miss Lockwood
William A. Gaston
Shawmut National Bank
Hamilton DeForest Lockwood
Pacific Mills Corporation
Pelletier
Grand Jury
Patrolman FordSuspended Over Bribe Claim on Tremont Street
An investigation into city traffic squads follows the suspension of Patrolman Edward J. Ford of Division 2 who is charged with soliciting and accepting a bribe from teamster Theodore H. Simpson of Nobscot Mountain Spring Company. Simpson supplied marked bills and a bill was later taken from Ford. Superintendent Pierce refused comment yesterday on the case which centers on a Tuesday afternoon incident near King's Chapel.
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Edward J. Ford
Division 2
Theodore H. Simpson
Nobscot Mountain Spring Company
Ford
Simpson
Pierce
Tremont Street
King’s Chapel
Simpson Driver Says Traffic Fine Payment Claim
Simpson recounts leaving his team outside 43 Tremont Street for minutes not 19 as Officer Ford alleges. He says he found evidence of a marked bill exchange and Ford later faced investigation. Ford claimed the incident was cooked up. Ford, suspended, is married with four children and stationed at Tremont Court junction.
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Simpson
Tremont Street
Ford
Teamsters
Corwin Street
Dorchester
Court Street
Jews Oppose S P C A Bill on Animal Slaughter
A committee of 100 prominent Jews including physicians plans to oppose House Bill 738 at a State House hearing at 10 30 am. The bill requires humane stunning of animals before slaughter, opposing traditional shechita ritual. Dr Francis H Rowley of the S P C A says the group aims to protect animals without disputing religious custom.
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State House
Francis Hf.Rowley
Adamson's Balsam Cold Remedy Active Claim
Fragmentary ad note spots Adamson, Balsam product for colds. Mentions druggists and a “never failing” claim in a vintage pharmacy promotion.
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Adamson
Funeral Poem Read At Sam Walter Foss Funeral
Funeral services for Sam Walter Foss poet author and longtime librarian were held yesterday at Park Avenue Church West Somerville. The services honored Foss with poems music and eulogies by local clergy and Brown University alumni. The body was taken to Providence for burial and city hall libraries closed with flags at half staff.
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Sam Walter Foss
Somerville Public Library
Park Avenue
West
Somerville
George B. Dean
Harley Wv. Maxwell
First Universalist Church
George A. Stiles
Adelphi
Sanford Hanscom
City
Brown Alumni Association of
Boston
Foss
Sons of
Brown
Sam Walter
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Church of St. John the Evangelist
Post
Ward Cameron
Harvard College
Pemberton Square
Watts
S.P.C. A
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Lamson & Hubbard
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