Earth Strata Settling Tied to New England Quakes
Harvard astronomer Professor W H Picker ing says the state is settling and that the Attleboro tremor arose from local earth strata disturbance. He notes East Hampton Connecticut shocks were not tied to the San Francisco disturbance and dismisses widespread quake fears. The Attleboro event is an independent disturbance unlikely to be repeated.
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W. H. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
New England
Attleboro
East Hampton
Conn
San Francisco
Connecticut
Fate of Roxbury Wife Grunham Linked to Death
Mrs. Katherine Grunham 32 of 5 Weston Place Roxbury died yesterday afternoon. Her husband Patrick J. Grunham 35 is held at Station 10 awaiting autopsy results. Swedish lodger Rose, named as a witness, is also in custody amid alleged domestic trouble.
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Katherine Grunham
Weston Place
Roxbury
Patrick J. Grunham
Sar Rose
Grunhams
Sea tragedy as two East Boston tots found in seaweed on Maverick flats
Two young sisters Mary Francis Fitzgerald 2½ and Sarah Elizabeth Fitzgerald 4½ were found drowned in seaweed on the Maverick flats near Lamson street. Richard F and Annie Fitzgerald of 35 Samson street grieved as neighbors helped search. The missing children were last seen playing near 10 am while the father said they wandered to the flats to dig for clams. A boy Tommie Driscoll 6 said he found Mary’s face among seaweed, James Russell helped uncover the body and carry it to the smokehouse. The bodies were taken to an undertaker in Lynn and burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery Malden.
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East Boston
Maverick Flats
Lamson Street
Richard F
Annie Fitzgerald
Samson Street
Mary Francis
Sarah Elizabeth
Sarah
Mary
White
Thomas Driscoll
Houghton Court
Little Tommie
James Russell
Everett Street
Neal
Irah
Lynn
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Bishop
Sudbury Street
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Munroe
Joy Street
Portland Street
Mosher
Boston Nationals Edge Quakers 7 1 in Baseball
Boston Nationals defeat Philadelphia Quakers 7 to 1 as Americans fall 11 to 4 to Athos. English High beats Boston while Haverhill wins 5 1 in 10 innings over Lynn. Harvard and Williams clash in Cambridge with Crimson freshmen facing Exeter. Harvard crew posts fast Charles River time. Interscholastic tennis crowns Sione’s Schoolboy. Volkmann secures team title. Baldwin and Goodman duel at Chelsea. Overseers may address football today.
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Sione
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Baldwin
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Chelsea
Charles River
Inquisitor
Jamaica
Schaefer
Slosson
John’s Medicine and Minard’s Liniment Advert
A summer health note warns against neglecting weak lungs and bronchial trouble and promotes John’s Medicine as preventing consumption. It claims nourishment aids recovery, that the remedy cures colds, and that Minard’s Liniment is the King of Pain.
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Minard
Liniment
Drowning in Penobscot River Tragedy Near Old Town
In Old Town Maine on May 8 Harry F. Semen of Philadelphia and William B. Russell of Boston perished when a canoe overturned in the Penobscot flood while heading for Indian Island. Companion William B. Ramsden was rescued from the water near the new concrete dam.
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Penobscot
Harry F. Semen
Philadelphia
William B. Russell
Boston
William B. Ramsden
Indian Island
Haase Captured After Months on the Run
Edward Haase alias Haase, famed oculist swindler and fugitive wanted in multiple states, was arrested by Fair Haven detectives in New Jersey after a dramatic escape in Boston. Massachusetts officers prepared requisition papers as Hartford Providence and Attleburg authorities already held warrants.
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Haase
Hodges
South Terminal
Fairhaven
N. J
Massachusetts
House
East
Massachusetts State Police
Buffalo
Greenfield
Mass
State Police
Taunton
South Station
Shaw
Massachusetts Police
Hartford
Providene
Attleburg
Boston House Backs Midnight Liquor Referendum Measure
The midnight liquor bill cleared its third reading and goes to a Boston city election referendum. The House vote was 113 yes to 60 no with only four opposed from Boston. An amendment to limit hotel sales was defeated 40 to 145 as lawmakers favored moving quickly with the referendum.
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Guild
Boston
Conway
Mock
Ward
Staller
Weeks
Shiels
South
Lawson Moran meeting fuels bribery probe claims
The day’s notable development centers on Thomas W. Lawson and District Attorney Moran's two hour closed conference over bribery allegations connected to the bucket shop bill. Lawson’s letter to Moran asserts information on bribery and spurs rumors of expanding state house investigations. Luce of Somerville defends the Legislature as honest despite Lawson’s scornful open letter.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Moran
Lawson
State House
Luce
Somerville
Beacon Hill
Lawson Moran Meet Spurs Bribery Probe Hopes
After a two hour session at Moran's office District Attorney Moran is believed to have new State House bribery evidence following a conference with Thomas W Lawson. Lawson offered 25000 to secure indictments of legislators. He declined to discuss details after leaving.
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Thomas W Lawson
Moran
Lawson
State House
District Attorney's
Ashae
Man Arrested After Lodger's Threats and Wife's Death
Granham is held after neighbors report frequent quarrels and a violent exchange with the lodger Rose before his wife Rose Granham died of possible heart trouble. Doctors found facial bruises but none clearly proving cause of death, while a mob chased Frank White after an alleged stabbing incident in West End.
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Altvin
Grunham
Frank White
Bowdoin Street
West End
Thomas Bishop
Charlestown
Court
Sudbury
Possible Showers Forecast for Boston Area
Weather note for Boston and vicinity predicts Wednesday partly cloudy with possible showers and Thursday fair with light westerly winds. States conditions in readable forecast form.
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Boston
Vicinity
Weather Memo From an Unclear Source
An unclear excerpt references a weather-related note or greeting. The fragment mentions a weather man and a public voice but lacks concrete events, places, or names to identify a specific incident or date.
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