May Alice Blake's Boston marriage shocks South Framingham
Albert H. H. Warren and his wife in South Framingham fear May Alice Blake has married Anthony Cook in Brooklyn, while still seeking a divorce from Eden Blake. Police recall Blake's youthful elopement in 1894 and her prior three-year sentence at Lancaster Industrial School.
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South
Framingham
Albert H. H. Warren
Brooklyn
N. Y
May Alice Blake
Anthony Cook
Crescent Place
Boston
Warren
Eden Blake
Post
Cook
Gardner
Mass
F. E. Emerick
Grace Congregational Church
May
New York
Salem
Lancaster Industrial School
Dog Creates Panic at Lincoln Primary School
A large Irish terrier caused a half hour panic at Lincoln Primary School in Newton. Patrolman B F Burke shot the dog to prevent injuries as it rushed through the main room snapping at children and overturning furniture.
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Newton
Lincoln
B. F. Burke
Change in Big Type Bill Excludes Newspapers
Albany and the large type bill, intended to regulate printer type in New York, was amended tonight to exclude newspapers from its scope. The action narrows restrictions and leaves newspaper sizes unaffected.
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Albany
N. Y
Would-be thief caught at kitchen window break-in
At 6 o clock last evening Officer Connolly on Columbia Road heard breaking glass and caught 18 year old rank P. Fitzgibbins of 107 Milton Avenue at the rear of 795 attempting to gain entry through a kitchen window. The would be thief had not secured any of the ball players property.
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Connolly
Tion 11
Evening readings at South Boston church
A large audience gathered at the parish house of the Church of the Redeemer in South Boston for an entertainment event last evening. Miss Lilian Whitney and Mr. Oscar Fay Adams read from their works, with several bass enone performances by Mr. William Gaston Bargean.
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Church of the Redeemer
South Boston
Lilian Whitney
Oscar Fay Adams
William Gaston Bargean
Somerville School Board Backs Oral Hygiene Instruction
The Somerville School Board adopted a measure by Mr. Sanborn to teach physiology and hygiene orally in primary and grammar schools with a single desk book for teachers and focus on body care rather than anatomy. He also pressed a separate plan to install proper fire escapes, naming Latin Bell Pope schools as needing upgrades to protect pupils.
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Somerville
Sanborn
Ward 5
Japan Must Fight Russia Says Matsui
London dispatch reports Mr Matsui first secretary of the Japanese legation in London warns Japan will fight Russia over Korea and Manchuria. Despatches say Japan mobilizes ships to Korean waters while unrest grows in St Petersburg and other Russian cities.
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London
Matsui
Legation
Japan
Russia
Korea
Manchuria
Mikado
Korean
China
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
Fores Office
Miss Yonges Style and a London English Writer
The piece notes Charlotte Mary Yonge who died in Winchester England on Sunday and was a popular story writer for adults and children. It describes her limpid style rich in incident and character drawing with sample passages from her works describing settings portraits and a tale about Lucy and a doctor's visit amid a bed bound day.
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Charlotte Maryong
Winchester
England
Amelia
Lucy
Neta
Brady Faces Second Embezzlement Trial in Postal Letters Case
James N. Brady, a former Boston postal clerk, is brought before Judge Lowell for a retrial on charges of embezzling letters from the mail. His prior trial ended in a hung jury after an extended inquiry into the post office division where he worked for years.
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James N. Brady
Boston
Lowell
United States District Court
Brady
Post Office
Boston Russians Talk on Student Riots Outcome
In Boston the Russian community discusses the student riots and their likely consequences. Residents express varied views on how the unrest will affect public order and local sentiment.
Rioting in St Petersburg Reported by St Peters burg Mail
London dispatches detail clashes in St Petersburg between the people and missionary students with several students killed or wounded. A separate despatch notes Sunday evening violence between the military and factory hands, numerous arrests, and bloodshed.
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London
Intschau
St. Petersburg
Thely Mail
Daily Mail
Wheeler's Axe Falls On Two City Laborers
On Thursday last Superintendent Wheeler dismissed John Howard Carey and Patrick Geoghegan from the street department with an hour’s notice for the “60% of the service.” Geoghegan, in service over twelve years, and Carey, thirty years with the city, both professed surprise and offered no clear reason.
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Wheeler
John Howard Carey
Patrick Geoghegan
Geoghegan
Haddock
Post
Carey
Miles Returns to Washington From Cuba with Platt Amendment Hint
Lieutenant General Miles reports to Secretary Root that Cubans would accept the Platt amendment. He notes the strong condition of the fort batteries around Havana after his Cuba visit.
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Washington
Miles
Cuba
Root
Havana
Eustis Appointed Third Secretary to London Embassy
William Corcoran Eustis is named third secretary at the U S embassy in London to fill the post left by the resigning Joseph H Choate Jr son of the ambassador Eustis is ex Vice President Morton’s son in law and will depart for London after March
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Washington
William Corcoran Eustis
United States
London
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Choate
Warward
Eustis
Morton
Malden Masquerade Ball Dances to Towne's Orchestra
Last Friday evening in Auditorium Hall Malden Mr Carle Cubberly hosted an annual masquerade ball. About 160 couples danced until midnight with Towne's Orchestra. Miss Lottie M Newton and William Blakeley won first prizes for best costumes portraying a Russian prince and princess in pink satin trimmed with ermine.
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Malden
Carle Cubberly
Towne
Lottie M. Newton
William Blakeley
Chelsea Aldermen Railroads Committee Votes on Streetcar Franchise
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen committee on railroads met last night to consider an order seeking an opinion on who may revoke the Chelsea and Revere Streetway Company franchise. The committee voted unanimously to report in favor of adopting the order.
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Committee On Railroads
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Alderman Beck
Chelsea & Revere Streetway Company
Five sailors survive sinking barge ordeal off Cape Hatteras
Captain P C Thompson engineer Frank W Payne steward John Holmgren and seamen F E Hackett and Thomas McBride recount their rescue after the Pizzati sank in a March storm. They reached the Atlas and were towed to the Honduras coast, then landed in Boston aboard the Admiral Dewey. An $81 relief gift from Admiral Dewey passengers aided the shipwrecked crew.
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P. C. Thompson
Frank W. Payne
John Holmgren
F. E. Hackett
Thomas McBride
Cape Hatteras
Atlas
C. W. Morse
Honduras
Boston
Admiral Dewey
United Fruit Company
Port Morant, Jr
Thompson
Cape May
N. J
Payne
Hackett
Anarchists in Monk Disguise Follow York Parade
A Malta despatch to the Daily Mail reports several suspected anarchists disguised as monks were arrested as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York passed through the streets on Monday.
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York
Malta
Lonton
Daily Mail
Cornwell
Sermon by Fr. Rockwell Draws 3700 at Immaculate Conception
The Church of the Immaculate Conception hosted a large Catholic men’s retreat with about 3700 in attendance. Rev. Joseph H. Rockwell preached on avoiding sin, living for God's justice, and the dangers of temperance and bad associations, urging men to be moral and religious stewards.
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Adam
God
Israel
St. Paul
Kingdom of Heaven
Boston
Sodom
Sermon Urges Temperance at Men's Retreat
The Rev. James B. Troy spoke at the cathedral retreat on The Enemy of Life urging total abstinence from intoxicants. He argued drunkenness burdens taxpayers and crime, warning moderate use leads to ruin and praising complete temperance as a duty to self and society.
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James B. Troy
Cathedral
Father Oy
Chicago's Nineteenth Century Mayor Race Grows Confusing
Chicago March 2 The city gears up for a close mayoral race between Democrat Carter H Harrison and Republican Elbridge Hanecy. Democrats split while Republicans claim victory though contest remains heated with days to election.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Elbridge Haneey
Hancey
Hanecy
Williams Town approves license at annual meeting vote
Williams Town held its annual meeting with a narrow license vote of 281 Yes and 264 No to approve liquor. The meeting also discussed taxing Williams College property including all college rental properties except dormitories and President Carter’s residence. Elected officers include Clerk E B Novel Treasurer W B Clarke Selectmen A B Andrews C G Sanford G W Sweet and School Committee member Professor L Mears Tax Collector D J Neyland.
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Williamstown
Williams College
College Carpenter
Carter
E. B. Novel
W. B. Clarke
A. B. Andrews
C. G. Sanford
G. W. Sweet
L. Mears
D. J. Neyland
Quaker Oats Advertises Superior Nutrition
The ad claims Quaker Oats is more nutritious than wheat foods, with higher protein fat and minerals and a better balance. It urges readers to cook the free sample exactly as directions on the package prescribe.
Allston Fights Against Saloon Over Cambridge Street License
Allston residents oppose new licenses as a remonstrant paper with many signatures is lodged with the Police Commission. Protestants and Catholics unite after petitions gather for action at Pemberton Square. Frank H. Ricker and Mrs. Ricker seek licenses on Cambridge Street, with Support from S. B. Shapleigh and William H. Howes in a broad anti saloon effort.
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Allston
Cambridge and
Linden Streets
Police Commission
Pemberton Square
St. Anthony’s
Allston District
Frank H. Ricker
Ricker
Cambridge Street
Allen Building
Antis
S. B. Shapleigh
Victor
Shapleigh
Allston Heights
William H. Howes
Boston
Universalist church funds aim for United States church growth
The Universalist movement plans a major fundraising push in America led by Rev. George L. Perin. Aiming to raise at least 100,000 dollars for church extension, the effort has 58,000 dollars pledged and adds 2000 to 5000 dollars weekly, with no foreign missionary funds. The article notes existing missions in Japan and two colored people missions in Virginia.
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George L. Perin
Churches of England
Congregational Church In England
Methodists of America
Universalist
Perin
America
Universalist Church
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Sendai
Shidzuoka
Virginia
Norfolk
Suffolk
Enos Arrested in East Boston Man Slain by Lamp
Frank Enos aged 8 percent years of 7 percent Lon don street East Boston was arrested on a manslaughter charge after his wife Rachel died from burns after a kerosene lamp was thrown during a violent altercation at their home. The deceased woman accused Enos before death. physicians report fatal burns, not wounds. Enos’s arrest follows police statements and testimony from a house inmate. Miss Christie Morrison supports Enos.
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Frank Enos
London Street
Boston
Flynn
Station 7
Rachel
Massachusetts General Hospital
Enos
Hartnett
Christie Morrison
East Boston
Irish Filibustering Delays House by Long Night
Irish members filibustered in the House of Commons, consuming time until 4 45 a m while debating money votes. Obstruction by Irish MPs marked the session.
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House of Commons
Devastating Citywide Tornado Strikes Districts and Church
An early report details a violent tornado ripping through the city from the Second Presbyterian Church area to dense residential blocks. It demolishes homes, injures or buries residents, and leaves a path of flattened cottages and uprooted trees across East and central neighborhoods.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Avenue H
Fifteenth Street
Eighteenth
H and I
Nebraska Trains Stalled Amid Snowbound Cruise
Snow storms keep four Ogallala overland trains sidelined with passengers cared for in hotels and on trains. Winds gale strong as plows struggle to clear lines. Union Pacific reports blockaded President Burt car and five freights trapped near North Platte. Elkhorn line train remains at Long Pine and Rock Island reroutes to avoid snow banks.
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Omaha
Neb
Ogallala
Rce
Burt
Union Pacific
North Platte
Elkhorn
Long Pine
Rock Island
Denver
Manees City-St. Joseph
Unionacific
Trains Delayed as Bridge Fire Hits Route
Trains from the east and west run six to eight hours late after a Rio Grande Western bridge near Deseret Utah was burned overnight. One report says a two car orange train struck the blaze and burned out, but no injuries are reported.
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Denver
Deseret
Utah
Cyclone Strikes Pavilion Near Kalamazoo Michigan
A cyclone hit Pavilion a village southeast of Kalamazoo causing house wrecks uprooted trees and damaged telegraph lines. No fatalities are reported among ill residents but many were injured.
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Detroit
Mich
the Tribune
Kalamazoo
Pavilion
Cotton Mill Destroyed by Storm in Georgia
A dogpatch message from Lynnville Georgia states that the large cotton mill at Lynnville owned by the Boneville brothers of Rome Georgia was destroyed by the storm.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lynnville
Boneville Brothers
Rome
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