Drummer Foils Suspected Cambridge Jail Break
A drummer who passed East Cambridge jail on Thorndike street spotted a rope dangling from the prison hospital window and alerted officials. Guards chased a man named Farrell who had just been released for six months on larceny, but no evidence tied him to the rope. A steel fork bearing a note and a small hacksaw were later found on the premises.
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East Cambridge
Thorndike Street
Court House
Third Street
Farrell
War on Liquor Selling Rages in Brighton and Newton
A renewed anti-saloon campaign unfolds in Brighton and Newton as a letters exchange between the Police Board and the Brighton Public Order Association highlights licensing timing. March 22 1904 to March 23 1904 see questions on when boards may receive publish investigate and act on liquor licenses for May.
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Brighton
Newton
Police Board
Brighton Public Order Association
William H. Howes
Franklin Street
Allston
Sir
Board of Police
W. H. H. Emmons
Mass
William H. H. Emmons
Boston Police Commission
R. S
Mayor Weed Seeks Halt to Illegal Sales in Newton
March 23 Newton report notes ministers' union opposing additional Brighton liquor licenses. City fears Brighton saloons menace Newton, drawing patrons from Newton to Boston late cars, causing resident complaints and public unrest. Brighton Public Order League signals demand for prompt police action and political accountability.
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Hearn
Alonzo R Weed
Newton
Ministers’ Union
Weed
Brighton
Boston
Rhythm and dance as path to health and spirit
Dr G Stanley Hall from Clark University argues rhythm governs life from daily and weekly cycles to lunar and yearly patterns. He extols ancient sacred dances over modern ballroom forms, claiming dancing heals, renews vitality, and even helps the elderly reclaim vitality and happiness.
Legislature Refuses Gift to Mrs H A Clapp
The Massachusetts House debated paying the balance of the late Henry Austin Clapp's salary to his widow. A substitute bill was rejected 78 to 48 after arguments about charity, legality, and precedent. Other actions included streetcar fender requirements and a bill to allow parade of bodies with imitation firearms. A separate proposal would separate male and female defendants in court.
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Representative Vinson
Boston
House
Yesterdy
Committee On Ways and Means
Henry Austin Clapp
Supreme Judicial Court
Committee On Military Affairs
Committee On Probate and Chancery
Finn
Lawrence
Bombs damage Odessa College in striking attack
New York reports from March 22 that an attempted bombing at Odessa University in Kieff on Friday led to two explosions that damaged an inside wall and shook the quadrangle. Nine other bombs were found with failed fuses.
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New York
Kieff
Odessa University
Senator Otis M. Gove Returns Home From Hospital
Waltham March 23 Senator Otis M Gove has recovered from blood poisoning and has been moved from Waltham Hospital to his home He can move about with crutches and hopes to be active again in a few days
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Waltham
Otis M. Gove
Waltham Hospital
Explosion at Spectacle Island garbage plant injures three
An explosion at 5 o clock yesterday damaged the Spectacle Island plant owned by the New England Sanitary Product Company. Three men, Patrick J Burns John H Bryne and John Dolan, were injured and treated at Relief station and City Hospital. The digester cap weighing nearly a ton was hurled away and the building suffered extensive damage.
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Spectacle Island
New England Sanitary Product Company
City Hospital
Patrick J. Burns
Lagrange Street
John H. Bryne
Camden
John Dolan
Washburn Street
Boston
Sanitary Company
Addie dismisses legacy in Minchin will case
In a Minchin will dispute Miss Addie, a legatee of $5.00, told lawyer Bouve she aimed to answer her own lawyer and not the cross-examiner. She said she visited executor Mr. Green, was told to call, and would have letters sent to York Beach, adding she does not care about the legacy if not awarded.
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Minchin Wiil
Addie
Bouve
Naphen
Green
York Beach
Medical Journal Advises Against Kissing Practice
The New York Medical Journal notes kissing risks from bacterial infection when lips are breached and warns of harm to the nervous system in neuropathic individuals. It contrasts kissing with nose rubbing in Lapps and Maoris and cites Japan as largely unaware of the custom.
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Medical Journal
Japan
New York Medical Journal
Cleveland boomed for governor of New Jersey
In Trenton New Jersey March 28 Democrats asked how Cleveland would fare as a Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey. It was said Cleveland would not refuse the chance of governing his adopted state before ending his political career.
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Trenton
N. J
Cleveland
New Jersey
Americans Kill 16 Filipinos in Manila Clash
Manila dispatch reports Captain Dewitt with constabulary and Lieutenant Pitney with scouts engaging Macario Sakao the so called president of the Filipino republic. Sakao and 15 followers were killed. the rest captured with no American casualties.
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Manila
Dewitt
Pitney
Macario Sakao
Sakao
Connecticut business man's sudden death at Meriden firm
George C. Merriam prominent Meriden businessman collapsed and died of heart failure yesterday afternoon while talking with friends in the furniture supply rooms of Hight & Merrill at 102 Union street during a brief city business trip.
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George C. Merriam
Meriden
Conn
Hight & Merrill
Union Street
Mr. Merriam
William Goulding of South Boston Dies at 32
William Goulding of South Boston died at his home in Thomas Park yesterday afternoon. The 32 year old had lived in St Augustine's parish all his life and worked as a cigar salesmen. He leaves a father a sister and a brother.
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William Goulding
South Boston
Thomas Park
St. Augustine’s Parish
U S Torpedo Fleet Sails For Colombo
The Navy Department reports by cable that the torpedo boat flotilla departed Bombay today bound for Colombo Ceylon as part of ongoing naval operations.
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U. S
Colombo
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Bombay
Ceylon
Tufts Students Talk of Hearst Club Formation
In Medford on March 23 excitement rises as followers of George Williams plan to organize a Tufts Hearst club. The Tufts Democratic Club, anti Hearst, was founded earlier and has wielded some influence.
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Medford
Tufts College
George Fred Williams
Tufts Hearst Club
Tufts Democratic Club
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Corning
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