Autopsy Call Over Braley Case Spurs Braley Family Probe
In Danbury New Hampshire the selectmen debate exhuming Jennie Braley’s body amid the Elwin Braley disappearance. Officials consider an autopsy after reports of bruises on Jennie and a questionable death certificate citing gastritis. A large search for Elwin yields no clue despite a $200 reward.
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Danbury
N. H
Elwin Braley
Board of Selectmen
Jennie Braley
Ernest
Sadie Braley
Frank Gallop
L. V. Knapp
Bresley
John V. Ford
South Danbury
Wilbur Webster
Fred Taylor
Post
Philadelphia Woman Death by Own Action in England
In Blackpool England May 8 the bodies of Robert Rushton Shaw and his wife Elizabeth were found shot in a field with a revolver beside them. Police believe double suicide though no motive is known. The couple, married in Philadelphia five years ago, planned a US trip to visit Mrs Shaw's mother. They leave two children. Shaw had learned of his wife’s past alleged intrigue two years before their marriage.
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Blackpool
Eng
Robert Rushton Shaw
Barmley
Elizabeth
Philadelphia
United States
Plan Catholic New Parishes in Boston Diocese
The Boston diocese will establish two new parishes soon one in Egleston Square Boston and one in Cambridgeport. A large land tract from St Mary’s of the Annunciation in Cambridgeport includes 13000 feet with two frame buildings touching Erie Pearl and Lake streets. The Boston parish will serve parts of St Thomas Aquinas Jamaica Plain and St Joseph’s Roxbury near Egleston Square.
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Diocese of
Boston
Egleston Square
Cambridgeport
Archdiocesan
St. Mary’s of the Annunciation
Edmund Reardon
Erie
Pearl and
Lake Streets
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
Jamaica Plain
St. Joseph’s Parish
Roxbury
Fair Tessie Mooney Weds Rich Club Man
A quiet Dorchester wedding at St. Peter's Church joining Tessie A. Mooney of the Daly family and J. Frank Hale, Boston real estate broker and clubman. The bride, 21, wore white lace and roses. Hale, 24, heir to a $4 million Hale estate, recently opened an office at 60 State Street.
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Tessie Mooney
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Tessie A. Mooney
Daly
J. Frank Hale
Boston
New York
Peter Rowan
St. Peter’s
Joseph Mooney
Minnie Gallagher
Hale
Haverhill
State Street
Man throws hot tea at wife in divorce case
In a Brockton Superior Court session, Mrs. J. C. Briggs described her husband James C. Briggs as abusive with witnesses claiming he choked and struck her. Olive Raymond testified Briggs threw a teapot containing hot tea hitting his wife, with motive tied to dissatisfaction over the table setting.
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Brockton
J. C. Briggs
Superior Court
James C. Briggs
Woman Sues for 5000 Over Alleged 1905 Assault
Alice G. Twigg of Somerville seeks transfer of 5000 from Mary A. Harrington of Cambridge claiming an assault on February 13, 1905. Suit filed in Middlesex County Clerk of Courts office.
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Alice G. Twigg
Somerville
Mary A. Harrington
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Alleged Assault Suit Filed Against John D McDonald
Frank Rogers has filed a suit seeking 8000 dollars claiming the defendant John D McDonald assaulted him. The complaint outlines the alleged incident and seeks damages.
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Frank
Rogers
John D. McDonald
Medford Girl Wins Her Case in Bigamy Trial
Dolly Beekman Scott Kelley of Medford helped lure Harold E. Kelley into a bigamous marriage scheme that led to his conviction in Calais, Maine for having three wives. Flora Allen Kelley and Winnie Pyne testified. Kelley’s insanity defense failed.
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Medford
Dolly Beekman Scott Kelley
Calais
Harold E. Kelley
Dolly Scott Beekman Kelley
Dolly Scott
Dolly Scott Beekman
George Beekman
Kelley
Flora B. Allen Kelley
Harwich
Mass
Roxbury
Hebrew Social at Potter Hall in Boston
A large audience attended the annual Boston Section Council of HebrewWomen meeting at Potter Hall. The group, formed six years ago, numbers over 400 and operates probation services for Juvenile Court cases, helping more than 60 delinquents last year. Delicate program featured Felix Fox led Choral Society with Jessica Morse soprano, Van Viet cello, H L Gideon choral rendition, and remarks by Rabbi Fleischer and Max Mitchell. Officers elected for 1905 1906 include President May Andrews and others.
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Potter Hall
Boston
Council of Hebrew Women
Felix Fox
Saint- Saens
Jessica Morse
van Viet
H. L. Gideon
Wagner
Evening Star
Rabbi Fleischer
Max Mitchell
Julius Andrews
E.S. Goulston, Sr
Jacob Heilborn
Alexander S. Lauferty
Julius Falkenberg
Amelia Greenbaum
Enormous Business of Pref'ered Mercantile
Miss Laura A. Dooley testified in the Stillings contempt case and, after a harsh cross-examination, showed keen interest as a spectator. Government expert Edwin L. Pride testified the Preferred Mercantile Company handled huge volumes, with receipts near $489,075 in a year and a small end balance, while agents earned fees and officers drew large salaries.
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Laura A. Dooley
George BE. Stillings
Stillings
Parker
Preferred Mercantile Company
Edwin L. Pride
G. E. Stillings
Man Overboard Rescued Off Commercial Wharf
Edward Dixon and William J. Hart rushed to the north side of the Commercial wharf after cries of Help, found a man overboard. They pulled him from the water. he collapsed from shock and was sent to Relief Hospital. The man, 45 year old William Bashen, had no home and claimed to be wandering the wharf.
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Commercial Wharf
Edward Dixon
Alderman Dixon
William J. Hart
William Bashen
New Soloist at Trinity Church Appointed
Mr. F. Morse Wemple began duties as baritone soloist at Trinity Church on Easter Sunday. He teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music and has an exceptionally quality baritone voice.
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F. Morse Wemple
Trinity Church
Wemple
New England Conservatory of Music
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Danbury Board of Selectmen
Selectman
Gastritis
Braley
Board of Health
Irving B. Watson
Concord
State Board of Health
Horace Webster
Ernest Braley
John Tobine
Braleys
Nelson Gifford
Thomas F. Hoyt
Grafton
Claude N. Murray
Murray
England
Plan Catholic New Parishes
Regal
Chickering
Tessid Mooney
East Whitman
East
Seal Brand Coffee
Seal Brand
Medford Girl
Thean
Jefferson King
King
Rapgers
King Dental Parlors
Coston
Washington
SS Fountain
PEN Hospital
PEN Exchange
Tremont St
Paddock Bidg
Pref'red Mercantile
Mr. Pride
Robert W. Nason
George KE. Stillings
Commercial
Cluett, Peabody & Co., Makers
Cluett and Arrow Collars
Trinity
J. S. Waterman & Sons
Paneral Undertakers
Washington St
Dudley Street
Tel
Crowley
Mary
Patrick Crowley
North End
Decatur Street
Church of the Holy Redeemer
Lewiston
Crawford
John J. Crawford
McMullen
Randolph
Ellen
Joseph McMullen
Plaistard
Union Street
St. Mary’s Church
Swift
William H. Swift
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
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