Rioting in Bridgeport over nonunion trolley crews
Bridgeport officials clashed with crowds when Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company ran cars with nonunion workers. Rioters attacked six cars, injuring at least 16, while sheriffs struggled to restore order. Mayor Mulvihill and Sheriff Hawley clashed over control, with threats to supersede authority if violence continued.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Hawley
Mulvihill
Barnum Avenue
Biggest Crowd at Revere Beach and Boston Parks
Thirty five thousand people thronged Revere Beach in May heat, with extra cars on the Boston & Northern line and hotels busy along the boulevard. Public venues at Boston Common and Public Garden drew large Sunday crowds for prayer meetings and social forums, including the Morgan Memorial and People's Forum, while the Park’s floral displays brightened the day.
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Revere Beach
Boston & Northern
Boston
West
Parkway
Asylum
Lynn
Boston Common
Monument
Frog Pond
Charles Street Mall
Boylston Street
Beacon Street
People’s Forum
E. J.helms
Morgan Memorial
Shawmut Avenue
New Grass
G. K. Littlefield
Win Cook Lewis
Dr. Pfeiffer
Numbisr
Lively raid in Chelsea on gaming house
Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Gaillac and Reserve Officers Harrison Spinney and Flynn raided the premises of George E Perkins at 39 Beacon Street Chelsea under a warrant for keeping a gaming house. An assault on Officer Harrison was alleged during entry as Perkins shouted warning. Four men were found on the premises but no illegal activity was proved. Perkins was arrested on the warrant and charged with assaulting an officer. Cards poker chips and money were seized.
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Gaillac
Harrison, Spinney
Flynn
George E. Perkins
Beacon Street
Chelsea
Harrison
Perkins
Where is Mrs Cohen in Moody Merrill case
Mrs Sarah Cohen a key figure in the Moody Merrill case remains missing from 1356 Blue Hill Avenue. Her daughter cannot confirm a return date and police seek her whereabouts as Merrill faces extradition after the 26th deadline for a requisition ends.
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Moody Merrill
Blue Hill Avenue
Merrill
New York
Cohen
Crowds Fill North End Streets On Warm Italian Day
Large crowds packed the North End as warm weather drew thousands to North Square. Men, women, and children lined sidewalks from New Prince Street to Sun Court Street, with families gathered along curbs and doorsteps throughout the side streets.
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North End
North Square
New Prince Street
Suncourt Street
Sunny Italy
Explosion at National Fireworks Plant Injures Worker
An explosion at the National Fireworks Company factory in Hanover today badly damaged the building and seriously injured A. W. Shepard, an employee at a machine. He suffered a compound fracture, severe burns, and a leg injury, and was taken to a Boston hospital. No other workers were hurt.
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Wipst Hanover
National Fireworks Company
A. W. Shepard
Boston
Special Meeting of Coal Hoisting Engineers' Union 74
On Sunday May 31 a special meeting of the Coal Hoisting Engineers' Union 74 will discuss ways to increase union strength and improve craft conditions. A mechanical expert will speak on technical features of the engineer's science.
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Union 74
No Suspect Now in Medford
Medford May 17 Today was quieter for police than in the days after the Nellie Sturtevant murder and it is evident the case is virtually closed. Sergeant Ewell and Detective Kane halted the Hillside suspect line, and it is admitted that the man under surveillance was another victim of circumstantial evidence.
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Medford
Nellie Sturtevant
Ewell
Kane
Greater Boston Gaelic Club Picnic May 30 on Locust street grounds
The Greater Boston Gaelic Athletic Club plans a May 30 picnic and games at Locust street grounds featuring football hurling and tug of war with $50 in gold for each event. Entries go to J M Cronin 284 Cambridge street Boston. Committees on printing advertising music transportation sports and speakers appointed.
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Greater Boston
Veranda collapse on King Philip Street kills woman in Fall River
May 17. A veranda collapse on the third story of a King Philip Street house in Fall River kills Mrs. Vitaline Vergernon, 55, and injures Mrs. Octave Frenette, 34, and Eugene Vergernon, 29. Alfred Vergernon, 7, survives a 49 foot fall. Seven others escape with minor injuries or none.
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Fall River
King Phillip Street
Vitaline Vergernon
Octave Frenette
Eugene Vergernon
Josephine Croteur
Vergernon
Frenette
Eugene Ver
Anniversary of Saratoga Street Church Marks 50 Years
The Saratoga Street Methodist Episcopal Church East Boston celebrates 50 years since its formation on May 15 1838 with morning sermon by Rev William Ingraham Haven and a 3 pm Sunday School program featuring past superintendents Richard Beeching John O Atwood and Willard S Allen. A historical address followed by evening remarks, tracing growth, repairs, and pastorates through 1890s. The event concludes next Wednesday with a social and dinner and guest speakers.
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Saratoga Street Methodist Episcopal Church
East Boston
William Ingraham Haven
D. D
Richard Beeching
John O. Atwood
Willard S. Allen
Caroline Crane Tilton
Julia Betts
George H. Spencer
Meridian Methodist Episcopal Church
Bennington Hall
Davis Westgatt Clark
W. R. Clark
John W. Hamilton
Church Society
Dorchester Boy Drowned Near Neponset River
The body of 10 year old Malcolm Ainsley of 86 River street Dorchester was found in the Neponset River near Central Avenue bridge yesterday afternoon. He had last been seen playing on the riverbank last Friday morning and probably fell in by accident. Jacob Taylor and William Warner found the body while rowing to return it to his parents.
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Malcolm Ainsley
River Street
Dorchester
Neponset River
Central Avenue Bridge
Ainsley
Jacob Taylor
Temple Street
William Warner
Stabbing at Dover Leaves Man Wounded in Stable
May 17 Dover New Hampshire. Napoleon Cote, a jobbing expressman, suffers three severe cuts to neck and back. James Gorman is held at the police station on charges of inflicting the wounds with a knife. The attack occurred at Cote's stable with no spectators. A blood stained knife was found on Gorman. Gorman claims a bruise on his head came from a whip by Cote.
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Dover
N. H
Napoleon Cote
James Gorman
Cote
Gorman
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