Father hunts for missing child after identifying daughter
Edward Hackett of Brooklyn identified the dead girl as his daughter Maud Smith. He vows to find her child, last known to be with Addie Hall in North Salem, as police search yields no clues. The body was viewed at a Relief station mortuary and later moved to Lynn for funeral services at St Mary's Church.
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Spencer Street
Lynn
Mr. Hackett
St. Mary's Church
Waite
Police
Boston
Brooklyn
Murder Widow to Get Money
Freeport Long Island detectives investigate the strangling of 73 year old Elmira Simonson found by her daughter. The victim kept a cloth bag with cash always ready for emergencies, a habit blamed by relatives as a motive for robbery. Two laces, a shoe string and a corset cord, were found under the kitchen table where the bag likely hung.
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New York
Freeport
L. I
Elmira Simonson
Gerrish Fate With Mayor Over Deer Island Master
After three hearings the case of James R. Gerrish, deposed master of the house of correction, is with Mayor Fitzgerald. He is expected to be kept deposed, with a new appointee likely. Bartlett warns of court action if the Mayor rules against Gerrish.
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James R. Gerrish
House of Correction
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Gerrish
Charles W. Bartlett
Bartlett
Penal Institutions Department
Kane
Martin
Deer Island
Chauffeur Clark Found Not Guilty in Slaying Case
James P. Clark of Dorchester, chauffeur for the son of R. H. Stearns of Boston, was found not guilty of manslaughter in the May 6 death of Benjamin Joffe of Chelsea. The court ruled the incident accidental after witnesses testified racing occurred before the collision with an Everett square to Chelsea square car.
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Malden
James P. Clark
Dorchester
R. H. Stearns
Boston
Bruce
Benjamin Joffe
Chelsea
Charles B. Gibbs
Everett Square
Chelsea Square
Suburban Newsdealers Banquet Addresses by Gen Taylor and Cole
General Charles H. Taylor of the Boston Globe and Speaker John N. Cole spoke at the Suburban Newsdealers Association banquet at the United States Hotel. More than 100 attended. George E. Martin presided saying it was the largest gathering of newsdealers in Boston.
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Gen. Taylor
Cole
Charles H. Taylor
Boston Globe
John N. Cole
House of Representatives
United States
George E. Martin
Lynn
Boston
F. A. Easton
Worcester
Martin
Winchester
General Taylor
Stead
London
Ale
Shoe Machine Men Beaten in Senate
The bill passed to be engrossed under suspension after a Senate committee hearing. The vote on the bill lists 19 in favor including Bromberg Buttrick Cas sidy Cox Galland Grimes Hall Hayes Jenney Leavitt Lineden Mitchell Morse Riley Salter Stevens Taft Vahey Wheatley and others, 11 against and several present but not voting.
Bride waiting forty years ends long romantic chase
Millersburg Ohio reports W S Fortune, famed by town as a world figure, finally wins a bride after forty years. A shingle note to Martha Middaug’s father led to consent when found in a razed barn. Fortune returns West, vows marriage upon summons.
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Millersburg
W. S. Fortune
Martha Middaug
Tiny twenty year old woman found in smallpox outbreak
In Michigan on May 14 a 20 year old woman, less than two feet tall, was diagnosed amid a smallpox outbreak in Tyrone. Dr. F W Shumway attended several cases of varioloid. the diminutive patient appeared acutely ill yet showed remarkable vitality and is expected to recover as her parents kept her affliction closely guarded.
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Stroudsburg
Penn
Clarence Nace
Pennsylvania
Lansing
Mich
F. W. Shumway
State Board of Health
Tyrone
Oen
First degree murder verdict limits capital punishment
A legislative vote records a first degree murder verdict that shall not carry capital punishment. The bill passed 20 to 17 with 20 supporters Bullock Cassidy Chace Clarke Curley Dixon Feiker Grimes Hall Hayes Keith Linehan Macleod McManmon Mellen Mitchell Schuster Shaw Stevens Vahey and 17 opponents Bromberg Buttrick Cox Dean Faxon Galland Garfield Jenney Leavitt Mahoney Morse Prouty Riley Salter Taft Wheatley.
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Committee On
Bromberg
Buttrick
Cassidy
Cox
Galland
Grimes
Hall
Hayes
Jenney
Leavitt
Lineden
Mitchell
Morse
Riley
Salter
Stevens
Taft
Vahey
Wheatley
Bullock
Chace
Clarke
Dean
Donovan
Faxon
Feiker
Garfield
Johnson
Keith
Macleod McManmon
Prouty
Schuster
Williams
Curley
Dixon
Mahoney
Mellen
Shaw
Linehan
Macleod
McManmon
Hissed Chapple as Vote on Veterans Preference Fails
Senator Taft protested the incident as the chamber refused to reconsider a bill granting Spanish War veterans a 10 percent preference in civil service exams. A non Senator hissed Chapple during the 20 to 20 tie before the measure was disposed of. Doorkeeper Davis identified the man and asked him to leave.
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Chapple
Senate
Taft
Davis
Gratuity Bill Passes House After Contested Battle
The Schofield gratuity bill awarding 125 to Civil War veterans who never received a bounty advances after a 42 to 157 House vote to forward it despite prior vetoes by Governors Bates Douglas and Guild. Ex-Senator Schofield led the push as debate touched constitutional questions and meritorious service.
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Schofield
House
Bates
Douglas
Guild
Senate
Supreme Court
Walker
Brookline
Brigham
Marlboro
Senate Sends Florence Spooner Bill to En Grossment
Senator James H. Vaney secured passage to engrossment for the Florence Spooner bill. The measure allows a jury to qualify in death penalty related procedures, signaling a potential shift in capital punishment handling.
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James H. Vaney
Senate
Florence Spooner
Legislative Deadlock Over Two Measures
The Legislature remains deadlocked on two measures. The recess committee on insurance power dispute pits Senate against House with a conference committee to be arranged. A second clash over Boynton bicycle railway also stalls as House and Senate disagree on which charter governs.
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Senate
House
Boynton Bicycle Railway
Boynton
Shoes Bring Fatal Poisoning To A Young Teacher
In Utica New York on May 14 a 20 year old school teacher Miss Margaret Kelley died after a pair of new shoes caused a blister that became infected. Despite trying to break them in the blister worsened leading to blood poisoning and death.
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Utica
N. Y
Margaret Kelley
Harrisburg man fined after assault on white woman prompt racial backlash
In Harrisburg Illinois Horace Gray a wealthy Black man faced a $1000 fine in court after pushing a white woman off the sidewalk nearly sparking a race war. A second Black man received a $35 fine for a similar offense.
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Harrisburg
Ill
Horace Gray
Linehan Discovers A New Disease In Senate Chamber
Senator Frank J. Linehan declares a new disease named itch on the palm during a Senate attack on a bill to consolidate Webster Electric and Southbridge Gas Electric. Senators react with blank looks as the chamber stands by yesterday’s vote authorizing the consolidation.
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Frank J. Linehan
Senate
Webster Electric Company
Southbridge Gas & Electric Company
Linehan
Fitchburg railroad purchase Conway electric railway approved
The bill letting the Fitchburg railroad buy the Conway electric railway and the anti-bucket shop bill were enacted without debate yesterday. On Senator Buttrick's motion the bill to prevent monopolies was postponed until today.
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Fitchburg Railroad
Conway Electric Railway
Buttrick
Jamestown Transportation Estimated to Cost 10000
A legislative resolve allocates 10000 for the Governor and state officials to travel to Jamestown. It covers the Governor, lieutenant governor, three council members, governor staff, Senate president, House speaker, federal relations committee, a two Senators and three Representatives panel, clerks, sergeants at arms, doorkeepers, and the Massachusetts commission secretary for the exposition.
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Jamestown
Senate
House
Massachusetts
Anti Trust Law Invoked in Inheritance of 1890 Case
In a Superior Court equity session today Edward D. Robins of the city seeks to restrain Standard Package Company from merging with Amington Paper Tube and Package Company until about 17000 owed to him is settled. Robins claims the consolidation would violate the federal anti trust act of 1890 by creating a monopoly in shared products. He also targets subscriptions for preferred stock to cover debts, naming several subscribers including Albert B. Bigelow, Benjamin P. Cheney, William R. Driver and others.
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Superior Court
Edward D. Robins
Standard Package Company
Amingtoon Paper Tube & Package Company
Standard Company
Robins
Twe
Albert 8. Bigelow
Benjamin P. Cheney
William R. Driver
Henry H. Fay
Stillman F. Kelley
John E.thayer
Nathaniel Thayer
Grant Walker
Andrew G. Webster
Charles G. Weld
Lyman Nichols
Neighbor’s Shot Misses Cat Poisoned Night Fire
Attleboro police say a stray bullet fired Sunday night into the house of Miss Katherine McClure a Merritt Place boarding mistress was aimed at a stray feline and not at people.
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Attleboro
Katherine McClure
Merritt Place
Reception at Boyle Home Honors 50th Birth Anniversary
A large gathering at the Boyle residence on Commonwealth Avenue celebrated the 50th birthday of E. J. Boyle with a blush rose and jonquil decor, a Savoy Sextet performance, and a receiving line led by Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Boyle and Miss Catherine McLaughlin. Over 80 guests attended, with many sending flowers or gifts. Notable attendees included Mr. and Mrs. George Leghorn, Senator and Mrs. William Taylor, and numerous friends and relatives such as the Moriarty, Murray, Plunkett, Murphy, and Ball families.
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Commonwealth Avenue
T. F. Boyle
E. J. Boyle
Boyle
Savoy Sextet
Catherine McLaughlin
Mr. Boyle
George Leghorn
Mary Kenney
Hannah E. McDonald
A. O. Chartier
J. B. Hardy
John Small
James Boyle
Britt
Lord
G. A. Spaulding
Norma Santer
B. F. Lord
Katherine Hemenway
Frederick Smith
Mary Carroll
Robs
Tyler Brigham
James Farrell
William Fay
Alexander McLoughlin
Lena Yetten
Caroline Yetten
James Canning
Webber found guilty in Boston court on two counts
William F. Webber son of former police and fire chiefs faced Superior Criminal Court on breaking and entering and larceny charges. A jury convicted him on both counts after a short hearing and he faces sentencing Thursday.
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William F. Webber
Webber
Fire Department
Superior Criminal Court
Virginia Man Sentenced to Four Years for Saloon Assault
Thomas O. Stuart, a colored resident of Virginia, received a four-year term in the house of correction from Judge Bond of the Superior Criminal Court. He was convicted of assaulting a man in a South End saloon several weeks prior.
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Thomas O. Stuart
Virginia
House of Correction
Bond
Superior Criminal Court
Stuart
South End
Charles Wilder the blind newsboy buried in Chelsea
Charles Wilder a longtime blind newsboy known at Broadway and Bellingham corner Chelsea was buried yesterday afternoon from his sister’s home at 44 Maverick Street.
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Charles Wilder
Broadway
Bellingham Street
Chelsea
Maverick Street
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Maud Smith
Clark
Portland
Union Pacific
Columbia River
Willard Massey
N.E.F
P.A
Washington St
Boston, Mass
BLUE
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Blue Store
Mammoth Blue Stor
Dudley Street
An € Furnishers
ST al
Greater Boston
Hissed Chapple
Veterans’ Prefer
Wyne
Jaynes
Bell’s
Sheffield
Lyon’s
Woodbury’s
Hind’s
Msfagance D
Wm. B. Riker & Son Co
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Hanover
Wash. St
Warrenton
Bedford
Summer St
South
Mass
David J. Ingraham
Winter Street
Washington Cushing Medical Supply
Hayward
Wees
Paper Tube and Package Companies
E.J
Young Ladies’ Catholic Club of
South Boston
Bethesda Hall
City Point Catholic Association
Winthrop Yacht Club
Colonial Theatre
Richard Carle
Carle
George A. Francis
Montgomery Street
Alfred E. Whiston
Lowell
Station 4
Lagrange Street
Whiston
William C. Grecor
Washington Street
Eromfeld St
HOTEL
ST. Denis
11Th Street
New York City
Wanamaker
Wm. Taylor & Son, Inc
Martinique
38Rd Street
THE
White Dental Parlors
Opp
R. H. White
Joseph Grady
Lesron
Sun
Neo Pain
Harvard Dental Coo
D& Holmes
Court St
Bowdoin
Alberts
Maria Alberta
Marcella
East Boston
Mrs. Collins
Woodlawn
Keenan
Edith Keenan
Annie
Charles Keenan
Border Street
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Charlottetown
Kelman
Everett
Nellie
Charles C. Kelman
Robbins Street
Michael D. Mognahan
Long Island
English
Thayer
J. Newman & Sons, Corp'n Florists
Tremont St
Court Sq
Kimball Bldg
Boston Eye
EAR
Blake Dental Parlors
Udbury ST
Diamonds ON Credit
Akon
Ilverware Suffolk
Sina
Peet Tal Ele
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