Bullets Near Perkins Bones
Westfield reports revived interest in the Robert A. Perkins case after hunters found cartridges and a gold stickpin with a diamond chip near the woods where his skeleton was found. Police Chief Foulton says no evidence changes his conclusion that Perkins died by accident or self-inflicted harm, noting no bullet wounds were found on the skeleton.
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Westfield
Robert A. Perkins
Here
Foulton
Perkins
Twelve Burned in Mine Blast at Port Blanchford
Twelve men were badly burned by a gas explosion today in No 14 colliery of the Erie Coal Company at Port Blanchford near Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. It is feared some may die.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Erie Coal Company
Port Blanchford
Is This Fair Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer
An advert invites readers to trial Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claiming they digest and enrich body fluids to cure stomach troubles. It lists ingredients and praises aseptic pepsin, bismuth, and ginger with a free trial offer and price of 50 cents, urging readers to request a mail sample from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
United States
University of Michigan
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
Stop Frowning at the Waiter Featured in Medical Pitch
An advertising letter urges readers to buy Dr. Burkhart’s Vegetable Compound Vic for digestion and liver issues. It promises a free treatment to prove its claims and assigns responsibility for health outcomes to the reader, signed by Dr. W. Burkhart of Cincinnati.
Old man weds young widow at Freeland ceremony
William Klose 61 marries Mrs. Frank Vanhorn 24 in Freeland Pennsylvania. The groom is a stationary engineer and a grandfather. Children protest and may seek mental-competency action. The bride, widowed six weeks earlier, was helped from the cemetery during services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland
Penn
William Klose
Frank Vanhorn
J. J. Kuntz
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Elose
Jury to Hear Kelleher Case In Cambridge Grand Jury
Several more summonses were issued for witnesses in the Mary Kelleher poison mystery as the Cambridge grand jury sits. District Attorney Higgins will present the case tomorrow and seek at least one murder indictment. The arson case involving Mrs. Mary Kelleher for setting fire to her employer’s Cambridge home will also be presented.
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Kelleher
Grand Jury
Cambridge
Higgins
Mary Kelleher
Luncheon Farewell for English Suffragists in Boston
The young English suffragists, famed in Boston over the past ten days, were hosted at a farewell luncheon by Mrs. Stanley McCormick and Mrs. Wirt Dexter. Attending guests included Mrs. James A. Parker, Mrs. Rob ert Fearing, Mrs. B. H. Clement, Mrs. George H. Page, Mrs. Hartley Demmett, Mrs. John E. Crowley, Miss Wambaugh, and Mrs. R. Y. FitzGerald.
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Boston
Stanley McCormick
Wirt Dexter
James A. Parker
Brookline
Robert Fearing
Beacon Street
B. H. Clement
George H. Page
Hartley Demmett
John E. Crowley
Wambaugh
Cambridge
R. Y. FitzGerald
President reduces Lt. Evans sentence at Manila waters
Washington March 2 The President, acting on Secretary Newberrys recommendation, cuts Lt Frank T Evans sentence from 14 numbers to 50 demerits and a reprimand. Evans son of Rear Admiral Robley D Evans was court martialed for various offences while the Atlantic fleet operated in Philippine waters.
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Washington
Newberry
Frank T. Evans
Robley D. Evans
Evans
Philippine
Thief Scorns Gems but Steals Garters
In Wilkesbarre Penn a burglar who entered John Stetzer’s house at night took a cuckoo clock a shirt waist an apron one dozen hairpins a flour sieve a dish drying towel and a pair of men s garters while ignoring valuable diamonds jewelry and silverware police chief Price of Pittston leads the search noting it the most notable loot in the area.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Marche 2
Price
Pittston
John Stetzer
Navy Scouts to Dock for Hull Cleaning in Boston Yard
Under Navy Department orders, the coaling of scout cruisers Birmingham Salem and Chester at Bradford has been suspended. The ships will be sent to the Boston navy yard for hull cleaning before trials and will receive new propellers.
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Newport
R. I
Navy Department
Birmingham
Salem
Chester
Navel
Bradford
Boston Navy Yard
Maiden Man Ends Fight of Three Years for His Children
James Harrison Sully, once wealthy from Malden Massachusetts, killed himself in a Janesville Wisconsin hotel after a three year legal battle to gain custody of his two daughters Reita and Winifred from their aunt Mrs Isabella Fenwick of Denver. The case drew in Massachusetts Colorado Canada and even the British government with extradition attempts. Sully’s death ends the litigation and leaves Fenwick to return with the children to Boston area property interests.
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Denver
Col
Isabella Fenwick
Pearl Street
James Harrison Sully
Malden
Mass
Janesville
Wis
Sully
Massachusetts
Colorado
Canada
Denver Times
Reita
Winifred Sully
Montreal
Sally
Boston
State Department
Washington
Fenwick
McDonald
Vermont liquor vote swings with town by town results
Vermont voters reopened saloons in St. Albans by 588 to 491 while Franklin county towns Swanton and Bakersfield shifted to no liquor. Vergennes and Westmore stayed or became wet. Northfield and others altered status as Montpelier and Barre kept dry or narrow majorities.
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Vermont
St. Albans
Vergennes
Northfield
Orwell
Mt. Tabor
Barnard
Williston
Fletcher
Westmore
Fairhaven
Franklin County
Swanton
Bakersfield
Orleans County
Burlington
James E. Burke
Burke
W. FE. Bigelow
Washington County
Middlesex
Morristown
Lamoille County
Arthur W. Norton
Harvey Ketcham
Montpelier
Ir. R. Dawley
Barre
John Robbins
Frat House Tax Decision in Orono Case
Bangor March 2 A clerk of courts for Penobscot county received a writ in the case of inhabitants of Orono vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society The issue is whether a college fraternity house on campus is taxable The court under Associate Justice Cornish decides the house is taxable awarding the plaintiffs $84 plus interest.
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Bangor
Penobscot County
Orono
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society
Cornish
Enlarge Quarters for Postal Officials at Federal Building
Internal revenue offices plan to vacate the second floor at the Federal building to free space for postal staff. Collector James D. Gill and about 50 staffers may move to private offices as government buildings are crowded. The Postmaster General ordered a special investigation to create eight large rooms for the postal service, with corridor narrowing on the Postoffice square side.
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Federal Building
United States Internal Revenue
James D. Gill
Internal Revenue Department
Postmaster- General
Elsie Janis Spurns Suitor In Berlin Romance
New York March 2 Miss Elsie Janis rejects Heinrich von Koogleman of Berlin who courted her with daily orchids and American Beauty roses. The American actress remains unmoved despite his persistent declarations of love and grand gestures.
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New York
Elsie Janis
Heinrich von Koogleman
Berlin
Janis
Willing to Be Divorced
Worcester news reports Augusta Tusini formerly Augusta Whiting plans to attend her husband's un contested divorce hearing in 1905 after an alleged jealous incident in Albany theatre. She says she will not contest the petition and will await the decree with content.
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Worcester
Augusta Tusini
Post
Albany
Tusin
Tusini
Fr Gasson to Address Knights of St Rose
The Rev Thomas I Gasson 8 J president of Boston College will speak on Ireland the Home of Saints and Scholars to the Knights of St Rose at Boston College Hall on March 17 A program of Irish songs will accompany the lecture Large attendance expected from the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters and other Catholic groups in Greater Boston
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Ireland
Thomas I. Gasson
Boston College
Knights of St. Rose
Boston College Hall
Father Gasson
Licely
Young rider beats Roosevelt ride in 120 miles relay
Dr G Throck Morton, five years old, rode three horses in relays from Sidney through Piqua to Troh and back, totaling 120 miles in 13 hours 45 minutes, defeating Roosevelt's military gait over 96 miles.
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Piqua, O
Dr. G
Throckmorton
Roosevelt
Sidney
Piqua
Troh
State proposes deportation upon prison release for certain aliens
Albany March 2 Superintendent C V Collins of the State prison department urges legislation to deport foreigners who become inmates of New York State prisons upon their release as a measure against undesirable aliens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
C. V. Collins
State Prison Department
Prohibition Candidate Calls Roosevelt Not Great
Eugene W. Chafin of Evanston Illinois says Roosevelt will be history as a near great man and cites two missed opportunities at McKinley monument dedication and Lincoln birthplace. He also faults Samuel W McCall for not taking Dartmouth College presidency. Charles R Jones of Chicago heads Prohibition committee at a New England conference at Bowdoin Square Baptist Tabernacle.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Evanston
Prohibition
Roosevelt
McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
Dartmouth College
United States
Charles R. Jones
Chicago
Prohibition National Committee
Mr. Chafin
New England
Bowdoin Square Baptist Tabernacle
Malden Assessor Violations Noted In Finance Report
Malden Finance Commission reports assessors abated taxes on 1.1 million dollars of personal property over ten years without sworn statements, violating law. City debt stands at 8.56 million with sinking fund shortfalls. The panel cites large estates under taxed and missing value lists, prompting a special Aldermen committee review.
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Malden
Finance Commission
Loase
FUGITIVE CHARGED AFTER MIDNIGHT CHASE
Patrol officer arrested Antonio Mucei of 12 Parmenter street after a midnight pursuit that followed an assault on Lyman Paine of Lynn. Mucei reportedly knocked Paine down at Washington and Hanover, fired a shot in the air at Friend street station, but no weapon was found. He faces an assault and battery charge in court.
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Friend Street
Visit to Lydia E. Pinkham Lab in Lynn Massachusetts
A 5 by 2 foot sign invites public inspection of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound lab and business methods. The ad questions authenticity, asserts confidentiality, and urges doubters to verify claims by seeing for themselves and hearing from millions of women who report cures.
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Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Minister Hills Maniac Who Terrorized Town
The incident ends with Rev. Harvey Eastman killing Marcotte in self defense during a siege at the Miller family estate. Eight villagers armed with shotguns surrounded the home as Marcotte fired toward the clergyman. Eastman shot first, fatally wounding the assailant. An inquest found no action taken.
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Miller
Harvey Eastman
William Davidson
General Miller
Marcotte
Davidson
Mr. Eastman
Eastman
James Miller
Lundy's Lane
Misery from Indigestion Vanishes with Papes Diapepsia
A 50 cent Diapepsin case promises rapid relief from dyspepsia and indigestion. The ad claims five minute digestion, improved appetite, and cleaner stomach and bowels, urging readers to share the remedy with family.
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Conway
Hallet & Avis
Hallet & Davis
Hallet & Davis Piano CO
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England
Winifred and
Reita Sulley
Winifred
Palas
FR. Gasson
Teddy
America
Hills Maniac
The
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
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Riker- Jaynes Drug Co
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Orrine CO
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