Highwaymen Hold Up Near Stony Brook Reserve Go Unseen
Boston police from Hyde Park and Dedham scoured the wooded areas after an armed highwaymen raid near the Stony Brook reservation. One officer was wounded as a pistol flashed in the dark, and residents report suspicious figures while investigators pursue local suspects from Dedham and nearby areas.
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Stony Brook
Germantown
Boston
Hyde Park
Dedham
Andrew Nolan
Nolan
Forest Hills
Chestnut Hill
Melrose Hospital
Frank Smith
Smith
Desperate Moros Battle Ends in Fort Surrender
News of a major Philippine campaign reports Sultan Bayan's principal Moro fort captured after hand to hand fighting. One officer and seven enlisted men killed, four officers and 87 enlisted men wounded. Survivors marched out. prisoners held as hostages debated.
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Washington
Philippines
Chaffee
War Department
Sultan Bayan
George W. Davis
Bayan
Raja Muda Bayan
Sultan Bandaptan
Frank D. Baldwin
Tiave
Datto
Malabang
Sultan Tarlac
United States
Queen Wilhelmina Said to Be Dying in The Hague
The latest report from The Hague says Queen Wilhelmina is dying. She was prematurely confined at six Sunday evening and doctors including Professor Rosenstein and Dr Roessingh attended. By eleven Sunday night her condition was critical and little hope for recovery remained.
Archbishop Corrigan Placed In Critical Condition
New York May 4 Arch bishop Corrigan is described as in a grave state by Dr Keyes his attending physician after a bedside visit the archbishop is very weak cannot stand and cannot retain solid food while doctors stress the seriousness they note no immediate danger and warn of possible sudden deterioration in the coming days
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New York
Corrigan
Keyes
Abso
Dr. Keyes
Boston Area Weather Forecast with Possible Showers
PARTLY CLOUDY Local forecast for Boston and vicinity. Monday may bring light showers or thunderstorms with warmer conditions and fresh southwesterly winds. Tuesday expects fair, cooler weather with light westerly winds. The forecast from Washington notes New England showers Monday and fair Tuesday with winds turning variable. An endorsement of Father John's Medicine is cited from Rev. N. W. Matthews of Lowell Mass.
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Boston
Washington
Mednday
New England
John
N. W. Matthews
P. M
Lowell, Mass
Cuba Big Brother Cigarros Aimed At New England Buyers
In a court scene dialogue, the speaker notes Cuba Big Brother Cigars are reasonably priced and suitable for 100,000 bankers merchants and manufacturers in New England. They claim the cigars are affordable for youth at ten cents.
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Cuba
Potter Palmer Dies Noted Chicago Millionaire at Home
May 4 Potter Palmer a leading Chicago businessman and multimillionaire died at his Lake Shore Drive residence after a weeks long nervous disorder. He collapsed at 6 40 pm with no known organic cause. He leaves Mrs Palmer and two sons Honore and Potter Jr. Funeral plans pending with burial likely in Chicago where he built his fortune. Born 1826 in Potts Hollow Albany County New York Palmer started as a store clerk at age 18.
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Chicago
Potter Palmer
Lake Shore Drive
Palmer
Medford Church Faces Pastor Feud With King's Daughters
May 4 in Medford Union Congregational Church, a feud with the King's Daughters over pastor Rev. Isaac Pierson prompts threats of resignation by key members. A church-wide meeting will decide if Pierson remains, amid claims of a church majority backing the group. Pierson delivered a sermon on The Lord is my shepherd without addressing the dispute.
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Medford
Isaac Pierson
Union Congregational Church
King's Daughters
King’s Daughters
Pierson
Priest Urges Rogation Prayers Against Beef Trust
Father Thomas I. Gasson of Immaculate Conception Church asks parishioners to pray during rogation days for divine intervention against the beef trust and other trusts harming the poor. He urged prayers for fair distribution of earth’s products and protection of the needy.
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Father Gasson
The
Immaculate Conception Church
Beef Trust
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harrison Avenue
Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
Rome
Team Drivers Vote to Strike After Union Meeting
At 45 Eliot street the Team Drivers Union No. 191 debated wage raises from 9 to 10 dollars for single teams and 11 to 12 for doubles for transporting building materials. A conference committee reported broad contractor support from 245 drivers and about 400 more from smaller firms. The joint committee may order a strike against the remaining large firms when deemed wise.
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Co. L. U
Eliot Street
Joint Committee
Boat Capsizing on Housatonic River Kills Three
A fishing trip tragedy near Great Barrington ends with the drowning of Alfonse Nordin 2 Emil Bredin 44 and Charles Plancon 33 after their boat capsized on the Housatonic River late last night William Pomerantz narrowly escaped with others pulling to shore divers scour the river for Plancon's body while Nordin and Bredin are recovered by dawn
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Great Barrington
Housatonic
Alfonse Nordin
Emil Bredin
Charles Plancon
William Pomerantz
Pomerantz
Nordin
Bredin
Plancon
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Charles
Newton
Charles River
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Lehman
Adna R. Chaffee
Moro Fort
Wilhelmina
Queen Wilhelmina OF Holland
Archbishop Corrigan
Theodore Metcalf Company
Court Street
Tremont St
Kent’s
Prout’s
Tillbury’s
Metcalf’s
Theodore Metcalf Co
Tremont Street
Reynolds Collateral Bank
School St
Napoleon
Big Brothers
Ers
Poet Union
Lo¢Cigar
Wildey Savings Bank
Boylston St
Mechanics
William
Butler
Tremont
Miss Cummings
Metropolitan Park Commission
Green Street
Charlestown
Riverside
Sdaughten
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