Meara Rebukes Sensational Boston Papers Over Dorchester Crime Reports
Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara denounces sensational Boston papers claiming a Dorchester crime wave. He cites a factual list of Feb 6 to Mar 1 incidents and accuses editors of exaggeration to oppose the division's new captain. He calls for responsible reporting and accuses editors of leveraging personal spites.
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Dorchester
O'Meara
Boston
Division 11
Matthew Workman
Washington Street
Karl Forsberg
Savin Hill Avenue
Weiss & Park
Glue Hill Avenue
House of Correction
Division
Edward
England
Stephen O'Meara
Fire at Nurses Home Disrupts Emerson Hospital in Forest Hills
Early yesterday morning a fire swept the nurses home at Emerson Hospital 8 Orchard Avenue Forest Hills. Eleven nurses and staff escaped as smoke and flames filled three stories. Damages estimated at about 2000 dollars. cause believed to be overheated furnace.
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Emersons Hospital
Orchard Avenue
Forest Hills
Madge Della
Miss Mallory
Mulligan
Grace Dunn
Jacob Sleeper
Morton Street
Hen Sarah Bernhardt Sets Court Hens on Edge
Malden District Court judge Bruce laughs when a black hen with Titian hair named Sarah Bernhardt nests on the bench and lays an egg. Property dispute ends with Judge Bruce awarding the hen to William B. Parker of Woodlawn after a seared warrant leads to a custody claim between Parker and Sturgeon Clarke.
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Malden
Bruce
Malden District Court
Sarah Bernhardt
William B. Parker
Woodlawn
Sturgeon
Clarke
Parker
Sarah
Hughes Club Wins Harvard Republican Presidency
The Hughes Club at Harvard University captured the newly formed Republican Club presidency without contest. A vote by separation showed strong support for W. H. Powers over A. P. Loring, as cheering surged when the Powers side filled the room.
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Hughes Club
Republican Club
Harvard University
Union
B. S. van Rensselaer
Hughes
Taft
Faulk
A. P. Loring
W. H. Powers
Powers
Praise for Mayor Hibbard and college unity event
At the Hotel Brunswick Beta Theta Pi from Stanford met with Harvard Bowdoin and other colleges as Brown and Dartmouth supporters united. Rev W W Bustard praised Boston’s city administration and criticized Mayor Fitzgerald for high salaries and political favors.
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Hotel
Brunswick
Beta Theta Pi
Leland Stanford University
Harvard
Bowdoin
Boston University
Brown
Dartmouth
W. W. Bustard
Dudley Street
Fire devastates Noda Soy town in Japan
A major blaze in Noda Soy near Tokio destroyed four hundred of its one thousand houses. Damage is estimated at about 2.5 million dollars. Other items report German inquiries about German children in Cleveland school disaster, Professor Watson leaving Chicago for Johns Hopkins, and the death of Father Walsh at 67 after pneumonia.
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Tokio
Noda Soy
Berlin
von Buelow
Ohio
Cleveland
Chicago
Watson
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Worcester
Father Walsh
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St Mary's Sexton Falls Beside Church Stairs
Thomas McElany a 58 year old sexton of St Marys Church on Cooper Street fell on stairs in the church basement last night and sustained serious injuries. He was found unconscious by a priest and removed to the Relief Hospital. His condition is reported serious.
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Thomas McElany
St. Mary's Church
Cooper Street
Relief Hospital
Dawn Ledge
Paul Gore Street
Jamaica Plain
Pasquale Rubino
Charter Street
City Hospital
Bangor
Thomas Tyrrell
Thetford Mines
Que
Bangor & Aroostook
Glenburn
Bridgeport
Portland
Portland Water Company
Standish Water Construction Company
Portland Water District
Middleboro
Alice le Baron
Grace A. Tinkham
W. A. Andrews
C. H. Bates
Laborer Dies After Dynamite Blast at Dorchester Sewer Project
Thomas Collins 52 of Roxbury was killed when he drilled into an old dynamite stick at Hawes avenue Dorchester while workers laid sewer and gas pipes for new houses. A blast shattered windows and left torn clothing and body parts nearby as others fled the site.
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Thomas Collins
Perch Street
Roxbury
Dorchester
Hawes Avenue
China
Collins
Brisk Blaze Destroys Sudbury Building On Fourth Floor
A brisk blaze on the Sudbury building's fourth floor started in Marcey Chemical Company rooms and fed by inflammable material. Tim Donohoe alerted Charles Donley. firemen faced cramped access and detours as engines blocked Hawkins and Sudbury. Damage about 50 dollars. cause probable spontaneous combustion.
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Sudbury
Marcey Chemical Company
Timothy Donohoe
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Charles Donley
Hawkins
Thaw Gains 20 Pounds in Matteawan Prison
Albany March 6. Dr. A W Ferris head of the State lunacy commission says Harry K Thaw has become a model prisoner at Matteawan Asylum and has gained 20 pounds during his confinement.
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Albany
N. Y
A. W. Ferris
State
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Ferris
Thaw
Matteawan
Gary elected U. S. Senator
Columbia news reports F B Gary elected to succeed A S Latimer in the United States Senate. The announcement states Latimer steps down and Gary takes the seat. Local coverage notes the March timing and confirms the statewide result.
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Columbia
8. C
F. B. Gary Today
Asbury C. Latimer
United States
Senate
Charming dancer wears no corsets on stage
Laura Guerite, star of The Gay White Way at the Majestic, answers fan letters about corsets. She wears no corsets on stage as they hinder dancing, preferring a heavily bespangled bodice for the role of the French girl.
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Charming
Laura Guerite
Majestic
Miss Guerite
New Haven Brakeman Dies in South Station
Willis A D Hadley 45 of Winthrop Massachusetts died suddenly in Room 291 South Station. A railroad employee found him on the floor and Dr Orton of Emergency Hospital pronounced him dead. Hadley was a brakeman for the New York New Haven Hartford railroad.
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Willis A. D. Hadley
Trident Avenue
Winthrop
South Station
Hadley
Dr. Orton
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Monument for Shakespeare To Be Erected in 800th Death Anniversary
London report states a committee backing the World’s Tribute to Shakspere plans an architectural monument and statue to be finished on the 800th anniversary of his death. The project is estimated to cost about 1 million dollars.
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London
Movement For the “World
Shakspere
Piles Cured in 14 Days with Pazo Ointment
Guarantee promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Product priced at 60 cents. Representation emphasizes rapid relief and refund policy.
Cape Codders Reunion Set for Neponset Church
The fourth annual reunion of the Boston Cape Codders with Nantucket and Vineyard groups will be held at Trinity Congregational Church in Neponset next Tuesday evening at eight. Arrangements include Captain Thomas Pattison, E. S. Keith, William A. Morse, Representatives M. Small, E. B. Coleman, Professors T. F. Lewis and Bates, Postmaster G. W. Jones, Commodore E. P. Braggs, and a sailor detail from the WU Ss. S. Wabash courtesy of Captain A. P. Nazro U. S. N.
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Boston Cape
Henry Siegel Co Announces Major New England Challenge Sale
Henry Siegel Company launches the New England Challenge Sale in all 75 departments of its Washington and Essex streets store. Henry Siegel tours Boston with executives from Simpson Crawford and Siegel Cooper to highlight week long price undercutting and guaranteed quality. The Boston shop also becomes sole Boston agent for Stein Bloch men’s wear and Globe-Wernicke bookcases, and now Patrician shoes for women. The new shoe department opens Monday with spring styles in walking boots oxfords and slippers.
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New Englands
the Gook
Henry Siegel
Washington and Essex Sts
Boston
New England
Henry Siegel Company
Washington
Essex Streets
Simpson-Crawford Company
Fourteenth Street
New York
Siegel-Cooper Company
Chicago
Stein-Bloch
Globe-Wernicke
Siegel Company
Commonwealth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Bronchitis and Weather Change Relief Promised
Weather shifts trigger bronchial troubles and bronchitis news. Brown's Bronchial Troches are advertised as giving prompt relief and contain nothing injurious.
Think It Over Health Key to Enjoyment
In this period ad style piece health is framed as the core of pleasure. It urges precaution against colds and pneumonia and promotes Graves Maryland Malt Whiskey as a preventive aid. The pitch emphasizes purity and effectiveness and asks readers to request a full quart bottle from licensed druggists, grocers, or dealers and to note the Graves & Sons signature on the neck labels.
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Maryland
Graves
Chester H, Graves & Sons
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Wall OF Vworses
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ST. Mary’s
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Harry Thaw
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The
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