Cassels Ready for the Midnight Execution at Charlestown
John D. Cassels awaits execution in Charlestown death house as Warden Bridges plans to carry out the sentence at midnight. A highly educated man from Ohio, Cassels faced nerves and stomach trouble while writing final letters to friends and wife, with prison clergy affirming his readiness for death.
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Bridges
John D. Cassels
Charlestown
Storti
Amilian
Cassels
Massachusetts
Warden Bridges
Earth
Ohio
Drary
Death House
Springfield
McLaughlin
Mr. Barnes
Barnes
Funeral for Miss Louise Duffield in Quincy
The remains of Miss Louise M. Duffield were interred at Mt. Wollaston cemetery after a funeral at her mother's home 11 Cherry Avenue Quincy officiated by Rev BE Butter. Duffield a native of Quincy, recently moved to Boston to work as a manicure and was found dead in an apartment on St. Germain Street. The family denounces sensational reports and seeks privacy.
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Quincy
Louise M. Duffield
Boston
Mt. Wollaston
Cherry Avenue
BE. EB. Butter
First Unitarian Church
Boston Highway Robbery Case Leaves Mob Ensnared
Desperate three man gang robs a streetcar near Grove Street and lapses into the woods. Conductor John Morgan off duty. Motorman George Whittemore fights back as Officer Andrew Nolan fires at the robbers. Police doubt identifications while patrols continue with no decisive clues.
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Lagrange Street
Grove Street
Christian Perry
Muddy Pond Road
Hyde Park
Forest Hills
Washington Street
John Morgan
George Whittemore
Andrew Nolan
Nolan
Dedham
Whittemore
Morgan
Pierce
Watts
Germantown
Roslindale
Boston
Sullivan
Jamaica Plain
Potter Palmer Dead and Chicago Pioneer Remembered
Potter Palmer, a leading Chicago merchant and real estate magnate, built the Palmer House and the North Shore drive. He organized vast property interests after the 1871 fire and supported civic projects while declining political office. His wife, Mrs. Palmer, was a prominent charitable leader and national figure in women’s work.
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Potter Palmer
New York State
Lockport
Chicago
Palmer
Chicago Unlimited
Embryo Dry Goods
New York
Europe
State Street
Palmer House
Connecticut Mutual
Green
Connécticut’ Mutual
South Park
North Shore Drive
Young Men’s Christian Association
William Bross
Briggs House
George M. Pullman
Mr. Palmer
Grant
Interior
Italy
Vatican
America
Captain Wynne Confirms Chicago Officers Mobbed
First Assistant to the General Wynne received direct word from Chicago about officers being mobbed in Venice. The message from his son Frank, captain of marines on the Chicago, says a mob attacked a brother officer but that there is no cause for worry.
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Wynne
U.S. 8
Chicago
Venice
Frank
Clover Club to Stage Mister Bob Comedy
The Clover Club of the North End presents its annual comedy Mister Bob tomorrow evening in their hall at the Industrial Home on North Bennet Street. Leading roles go to Agnes L Thompson Ella Nowlan Grace Gibbons and Agnes Corcoran with Thompson new to a lead.
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Clover Club
Mister Bob
North End
North Bennet Street
Agnes L. Thompson
Ella Nowlan
Grace Gibbons
Agnes Corcoran
Miss Thompson
Blue Law Relaxation Observed Amid Friday Sales Surge
The third Sunday of Boston’s blue law regime showed uneven enforcement with suburban districts lax and shops selling candy and soda more openly. In Dorchester and Charlestown police largely stood by while Back Bay and other areas reported more leeway though officials claimed strict enforcement would continue.
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Boston
Charlestown
Dorchester
Captain Hunt
Station 11
Back Bay
Pierce
Mission of the Church Critiqued by Rev Knight
The Rev William A Knight at Berkeley Temple argued the church should engage with daily life not just pastor duties and social affairs He warned that neglecting Christ's teachings could harm the church and hinder solving pressing social problems
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William A. Knight
Berkeley Temple
Christ
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Z. W. Day & Son
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Edmund Giles
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J. A. Sullivan & CO
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Broadway
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Sullivan & Starzyk
Chelsea
Monroe Shoe CO
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Danvers
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Lawrence
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Monroe St
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Medford
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J. J. Moroney
Natick. Mead & Morrill
New Bedford
Union Boot and Shoe CO
Newburyport
Little's Shoe Store
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Read Inc
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Salem
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Philip Eberle
South Framingham
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WM. H. Horne
Taunton
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Reed & Son
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Concord
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W. S. Heath
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Lincoln Rubber Company
Albany Building
Wwe
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Castoria
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