Russians Retreat as Japanese Take Key Coastal Positions
London dispatches report Japanese forces dominating the Liaotung peninsula except Port Arthur and poised to take Niuchwang and Kinchou at the Gulf of Liaotung head. Russian retreat extends along the line, while General Zasealitch loses command after the Yalu defeat. more war news on page 5.
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London
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Niuchwang
Kinchau
Gulf of Liaotung
Manchuria
Zasealitch
Yalu
Donovan and M Namara Save Girl From Drowning in Atlantic City
James Donovan and Jeremiah J. Melara, Boston officials, were praised after rescuing a young woman from heavy surf at Atlantic City. They swam to the distressed swimmer, brought her ashore, and aided her until she could walk. The pair received public congratulations for the daring riverine rescue.
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Atlantic
Boston
Jeremiah J. Melara
Avengers gang terrorizes Italians in North End plot
Police hold Rafaele Rapucci on charges of attempting to poison the Inagliozzi family. They warn of the Avengers a brutal gang feared to kill those who oppose them. Italians fear reporting crimes as blackmailing Mafia influence looms in Boston’s North End.
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Rafaele Rapuc
Perngliazzi
North End
Nave’ Hotel Iitormes
Cavagnaro
Station 1
Rapucci
Inagliozzi
Watts
Rafaele Rapucci
Joseph Quagliozzi
76 Charter Street
Wood
Starvard
Quaglioral
Grace Blackman Bound to Wed Despite Father
Cambridge girl Grace Blackman hides from her father Alma Blackman while planning to marry John Fitzgerald of Douglass Street. She sent him a letter saying she dislikes him and will only wed Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald family knows her location but won’t reveal it. Grace says she prefers her current home on Ox Street. Mrs Fitzgerald denies the son is missing, stating he slept at her house last night and feared police outside the Fitzgerald home. Blackman asserts danger from friends and plans to remain until daughter is found. he will not depart for Philadelphia.
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Grace Blackman
Harold Place
Cambridge
Alma’e
Philadelphia
Fitzgerald
Boy 5 Killed by Ice Wagon in Brighton Street
Witnesses say the 5 year old Joseph Farrell was crushed beneath the rear wheel of a heavily laden ice wagon on Waverley street near St Columbkille's School. The accident happened at about 2 pm as about 200 school children watched. Stephen Falkner rushed the boy to a physician’s office but he died.
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Joseph’. Farrell
Joseph Farrell
Market Street
Brighton
St. Columbkille’s
Stephen Falkner
McKay Held In $1500 Bond For Jury Arraignment
John B. McKay arrested at 5 Fitchburg Street on a charge of stealing books from the Somerville library valued at 1000. He was arraigned in Somerville court, pleaded not guilty, waived examination, and held for the grand jury in 1500 bond.
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John B. McKay
Fitchburg Street
Somerville
Cloudy Showers Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
The forecast cites cloudy skies with occasional showers in Boston and nearby areas on Wednesday and Thursday. A light rain risk accompanies the unsettled pattern, with temperatures staying mild and breezes from the southeast.
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Boston
Vicinity
Fine whiskeys and family trade at Corky’s Lincoln’s
A short notice notes Corky’s long standing family whiskey trade based at Lincoln’s on 21 Essex Street. The item highlights years of service and dedication within the store.
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Lincoln's
Essex Street
Every Box Guaranteed Dr Carleton’s Dyspepsia Treatment
An advertisement touts Dr Carletons Dyspepsia Treatment promising guaranteed relief for indigestion and assured proper digestion with a money back or similar guarantee. The copy emphasizes reliable stomach comfort and digestion improvement via the product.
Abduction case ends with discovery near Foss home
In Hamilton on May 17 police Chief Whipple and Officer Poole found Robert Foss and Helen Frear at a farmhouse four miles from town. Frear claims she left home of her own free will to escape her father’s harsh treatment and would return to keep house if allowed, describing frequent horse whipping and bruises. Foss denied abducting her, and Frear says she willingly went with him.
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Hamilton
Whipple
Poole
Robert Foss
Helen Frear
Foss
Mr. Frear
Walking Bank in Bellevue Posed as Boston Doctor
A man in New York on May 17 claimed to be Dr. John Page of South Boston and presented two checks totaling 10 000 dollars and nearly 500 dollars in cash. He sought big bills and left, but no Dr. Page exists in the Boston directory.
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Bellevue
Boston
New York
John Page
Broadway
Dr. Page
Boston Directory
Woman Resists Robbery on Elm Hill Avenue
In a secluded Elm Hill Avenue stretch of Roxbury at dusk yesterday a woman returning home was confronted by a man who demanded her satchel and $9 in bills. The assailant fled without regaining the satchel and no injuries were reported.
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Elm Hill
Roxbury
War on Sunday Refreshments
mmops has declared war on Sunday sales of fruit and pastries by small victuallers. Police have been instructed to arrest any person continuing transactions on Sunday without the necessary license. Large confectionery booths near stations or drug stores will be spared.
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Mmops
Atores
Rmit
Cossacks clash with Japanese near Kuandian
General Europatkin telegraphs to the Emperor dated May 1 recounting May 10 clashes with a Japanese force near Kuandian. A battalion of infantry and two cavalry squadrons of the guards division engaged in a fusillade lasting an hour and a half.
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ST. Petersburg
Europatkin
Kuandianjian
Girl Nearly Drowns in Public Garden
Flossie McNamara of 70 Harrison Avenue nearly drowned in three feet of water in the Public Garden pond last night while out rowing with two companions. They capsized during a seat change. the other two escaped. Patrolman Hobbs of Back Bay rescued McNamara, who was insensible after the ordeal amid a crowd of spectators.
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Flossie McNamara
Harrison Avenue
Satie
Hobbs
Back Bay
Miss McNamara
Miss McN
Mathieson Not Drowned Says Examiner Harris
Medical Examiner Harris ruled John Mathieson died from violence, not drowning, after skull fracture noted in autopsy on a body recovered from water off Long Wharf. Details from North Grove morgue and Hanover Street station indicate police began further investigation led by Lt Rosatto and officers.
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Mathieson
Harris
Harbor
John Mathieson
Hanover Street
Long Wharf
North Grove Street
Hanover ‘Street
Rosatto
Egan
Cavagnaro
Election of eight bishops to be held at Methodist conference
Los Angeles May 17 The episcopacy committee recommended electing eight bishops and the conference adopted the recommendation. The vote tally listed Andrews 686 Vincent 585 Walden 573 Mallalieu 515 total 663. A heated debate between James M Buckley and Thomas B Neely preceded adoption of a judiciary report finding the conference has no executive authority to district the episcopacy or replace itinerant bishops.
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Los
Angeles
Cal
Methodist Conference
Andrews
Vincent
Walden
Mallalieu
James
Buckley
Thomas
B. Neely
Methodist Church
A .Diocedan
Men Held for Wilsons Death
Charged with first degree murder, two principals in the shooting that killed Sergeant J A Wilson of the Water Town arsenal were arraigned in Municipal Court before Judge Wexgtworth. Held without bail for grand jury. both waived examination. Holbrook gave alias Harold Ralph Willard, married with wife in Whitby Ontario, former bill poster for Brothers circus. claims no memory of a weapon or shooting. Other prisoner identified as William Mooray, 28, homeless, in Boston for several weeks.
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J. .A. Wilson
Watertown Arsenal
Wexgtworth
Holbrook
Harold Ralph Willard
Whitby
Ont
Brothers’ Circus
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Zassalitch
Horner
Donovan
McNamara
Avantic City
Avengers
Aleged
Imperial Dockyard
Yokosuka
Sey c
Grace K. Blackman
MKAY
Sks
Benadihed
Caneseres
Wilson
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