Fire at Norfolk House Roxbury Highlights Private Wire Rescue
Fire at the Norfolk House, Roxbury, prompted by an overheated furnace in the basement, caused minor damage but was contained within minutes thanks to a private fire-wire to the nearby station. Manager W W Davis praised Clerk Eaton and staff for rapid response. insurance covered the loss, estimated at 380 dollars.
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Norfolk House
Roxbury
W. W. Davis
Eaton
Davis
Russell
Jon Harris
Patrick Sullivan
Dick Maton
Abla Ames Estate
A. Jones
Davis and His Bride Wedding Reception at Clark Residence
Ceremony for Mr. Davis and his bride followed by a lavish breakfast and festive entertainment at the Clark home. Guests included Mrs. Gibson and Miss Barrymore. notable wear featured on attendees with hats, gowns, and jewelry. The event entertained enduring scents of hospitality and family esteem with music by Lawson pinks and Tolman’s Orchestra.
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Bride
Clark Cotlege
Marion
Miss Barrymore
Gibson
Cissy Loftus
Miss Draughn
Daly
Mr. Davis
Clark
Boston
Sm Il
Lawson
Tolman
New Bedford
Llerbert
Kerker
Loftus
Forever Cottage
Manila
Roosevelt
Chicago
Cruel husbands dominate divorce court session
In the Superior Court division, Alberta Ross revealed she was twice married, detailing abusive acts by her first husband and a broken toe from being crushed between a door and casing. Mary FE L Thresher sought a divorce after spying her husband with a woman, with proceedings paused to assess alimony based on the husband’s income.
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Alberta Ross
Fessenden
Mary 5
L. Thresher
Mabel Pevere
Isset
Chicago
Mary FE. L. Thresher
Widow of Cespedes Likely Aims for Cuban Presidency
Havana May 4. The widow of Arios Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada, Cuba’s first president and social leader, is believed poised to have her son elected chief magistrate. General Gomez frequents the Cespedes home and supports the son’s candidacy, while political tensions threaten Gomez in some provinces. Mme. Cespedes, witty and influential, lived in New York during her son’s war duties.
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Mme, Cespedes
Havana
Arios Manuel de Cespedes Y Queseda
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Cespedes
Mme
Gomez
New York
New York City
General Cespedes
Jose Martillo
Santiago
Drew
Missing Montana brewer in New York mystery
Mrs. Yetta Trim seeks a general alarm to locate her husband Joseph Trimborn manager of the Montana Brewing Co after he vanished from the Grand Hotel in New York midweek. He left behind a large sum in the hotel safe and was last seen Sunday after meeting his wife who was returning from Europe.
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New York
Yetta Trimborn
Great Falls
Mont
Joseph Trimborn
Montana Brewing Company
Grand Hotel
Europe
Trimborn
Hoboken
The Di Blas Case Opens Delay Tactics Seen
Captain Cain reports a letter from Lieutenant Rosatto now in Italy with Chief Inspector Watts. They expect to be detained abroad until September. The note suggests the Di Blasi murder trial in Italian courts may be prolonged and signals defense counsel seeking delays to tire Boston police seeking a conviction.
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Cain
Station 1
Rosatto
Italy
Watts
di Blasi
Illis
Boston
di Biasi
Fractured Skull Sinks Child After Fall at Home
Three year old Peter F Fay of East Dedham Street fell down a full flight of stairs last evening. He was found unconscious and taken to Station 6 then City Hospital where doctors diagnosed a fractured skull. His condition remained critical on the dangerous list. Fay was married with a family.
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Peter F. Fay
East Dedham Street
City Hospital
Fay
Strike Looms Over Great Lakes Shipping
Buffalo May 4 The grain shovellers and the freight handlers issued an ultimatum to the Lake Carriers Association at a mass meeting. They warned that if their demands are not met by tomorrow noon the lake commerce from Buffalo to Duluth would be tied up. About two thousand men attended the gathering.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Carriers’ Association
Unuifalo
Duluth
Man Shoots Self in Deed at Lakeport
Sidney Arnold 41 of Union avenue Lakeport shot himself in the heart and died instantly. He leaves a widow and two children. Insanity allegedly prompted the act, believed to be sunstroke induced. His father hanged himself in the same locality about ten years earlier.
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Concord
N. H
Monitor
Lakeport
Sidney Arnold
Union Avenue
Templars Elect Officers Portland Grand Commandery Names
The Grand Commandery of Knights Templars met in Portland on May 4 at 2 p.m. Elected officers included Grand Commander Herbert Harris of Fast Machias and Deputy Grand Commander Albert M. Spear of Gardiner. Reported results showed nineteen commanderies, 343 members, and 1 knighted.
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Portland
Knights Templars
Herbert Harris
Fast Machias
Albert M. Spear
Gardiner
Clayton
Farrington
Lewiston
Gilman P. Lombard
Belfast
Frederick W. Plaisted
Augusta
Frederick ('. Thayer
Waterville
Eewin Howard Vose
Calais
Leander W. Fobes
Stephen Kerry
Provincetown Man Named Agent for New York Underwriters
Angus McKay a noted local businessman and former sea captain received wire notification of his appointment as agent for the New York Board of Underwriters. The news brings general satisfaction to the Provincetown business and shipping community.
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Provincetown
Canm Ain Angus McKay
New York Board of Underwriters
McKay
Marion Wedding of Richard Davis and Cecil Clark
A gala Marion ceremony marks the wedding of Richard Harding Davis and Cecil Clark of Chicago at St. Gabriel's Church. Guests from Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts arrive aboard trains, with Miss Ethel Barrymore as maid of honor. The event features holiday crowds, lavish floral decor, and a festive reception at Drever Cottage.
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Jaggers
Cecil Clark
Chicago
Richard Harding Davis
St. Gabriel's Episcopal Chapel
Marion
Mass
Atlantic
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Dainty Cecil Clark
St. Gabriel’s Church
Boston
Middleboro
Philadelphia
Percy Browne
Wirt Dexter
Katherine Dexter
Charles Dana Gibson
Langhorne
Charles Davis
Cissy Loftus
Franklin McVeagh
Touraine
Pegram
Nancy Pegram
Providence
Arthur Caton
J. J. McVeagh
Horace Howard Furness, Jr
Albert Leeds
Charles Hellier
Broadhead Gilder
Harvard
Richard Watson Gilder
Charles I. Thayer
Thayer
Nora Davis
Maurice Richardson
George M. Crocker
Richard Dow
Townsend Davis
R. S. Dow
L. H. Russell
Coolidge
Charles Belmont Davis
Bruce Clark
Arthur Nf. Lee
R. A
Washington
Lloyd Griscom
John Fox, Jr
J. Davis Broadhead
Robert Howard Russell
Thomas W. Ramsden
St. James Episcopal Church
New Bedford
Wedding News Signals Changes in Village Life at Clark Cottage
The piece notes a June 6 wedding between Clark and Miss Nancy Pegram and describes their honeymoon at the Clark residence in Mare 3ruce Providence. It mentions plans for the Pavis couple to spend weeks in Marion and possibly sail, while hints of another engagement with Ethel Starrymore and Arthur Byron loom, reflecting social spectator interest in the era.
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Rrcom
Clark Cottage
Clark
Nancy Pegram
Mare
Chicago
Theark Mansion
Ethel
No Prison Labor Maintained at Long Island Institutions
Trustees deny claims that vegetable farming on Long Island is being abandoned. They note added outside work aid was approved last Monday and all able male inmates will assist the farmer. They argue prison labor benefits the pauper institutions and lifts standards, resisting a return to former methods.
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Long Island
Cleveland Expected to Accept New York Trust Presidency
Washington May 4 Friends of former President Cleveland say his acceptance of the presidency of a New York trust company is very probable.
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Washington
Friends of Forever
Cleveland
New York Trust Company
Mills Meetings Prolonged Invitation For Next Season
Inquiries rise over continuing Mills meetings next season as 70 000 attendances and quadrupled contributions mark the past year. The Mills committee and Mr Mills are gratified and a large petition supports expanding the work though he reserves a reply. A farewell social is planned at Odd Fellows Hall Tremont Street Friday evening.
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Mills
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Tremont Street
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Dexter
George E. Crocker
Clara Childs
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