Woman Trips Over Death by Own Action in Fenway
Miss Ada J. Clark of 77 Bay State road tripped over the body of a man found dead from suicide in the Fenway yesterday morning. She distracted local children and alerted police after discovering William Duffy of 17 Langdon Street Roxbury, who had shot himself while despondent over unemployment. Foreman Frederick J. Plyer observed Duffy on the Fenway arch bridge earlier that morning.
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Fenway
Ada J. Clark
Bay State Road
William Duffy
Langdon Street
Roxbury
Duffy
Frederick J. Plyer
Clark
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promises Pure Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It notes a sworn purity statement with each bottle and offers a free sample by mail to Boston Daily Post readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Human Chain Rescues Plunging Youth From Bridge Girders
An 18 to 20 year old man, hatless and coatless, dangled from a girded span of the Broadway extension bridge about 60 feet above water. Boston journalist John J. Murphy and Broadway extension conductor J. D. Kelley formed a human chain with passengers to lower and pull him to safety. He was taken to Lagrange Street Station 4 for identity efforts, muttering about a friend while a woman on the bridge cried for help. No clear account of his companion or fate of the friend was found.
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Hudson Street
Broadway Extension
John J. Murphy
Boston
J. D. Kelley
Broadway
Lagrange Street
Station 4
Kelley
Murphy
Washington
Odell
Harry
Platt
Miss Wood
Middleton
Janeway
Mrs. Janeway
Lodging House Commission Power Under Debate
Question arises over Mayor Hibbard's lodging house commission authority. It may be appointed without an ordinance, but cannot spend funds or enter tenements. Ex Health Commissioner Hayes notes the panel has no current power and a special ordinance or adjunction to the Board of Health may be proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodging House Commission
Hibbard
Board of Health
Hayes
Clergyman Kills Wife Amid Insanity Fit
In Fairmont West Virginia Rev S A Coffman a leading Methodist Episcopal minister killed his wife during a bout of insanity. He was reportedly in a violent mental state at the time and the authorities were alerted. The tragedy occurred in the home where Coffman and his spouse resided prompting an investigation by local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
S. A. Coffman
Mae Wood Details Secret Marriage Claim To Senator Platt
Mae Catherine Wood testifies in New York Supreme Court for absolute divorce from United States Senator Thomas C Platt. She claims a secret 1901 marriage at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with letters and a forged certificate. Platt denies the marriage and the suit proceeds with further cross examination.
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New York
Mae Catherine Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
O’gorman
Supreme Court
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Miss Wood
A. H. Hummel
Lillian Janeway
Woman's Death a Mystery at Abingdon Square Hotel
In New York on May 18 a guest registered as Miss Emma N. Crosby of Boston was found dead on the pavement of an areaway four stories below her room at the Abingdon Square Hotel. The woman, in a night dress, appeared dead for several hours. she seemed about 25.
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New York
Abingdon Square
Emma N. Crosby
Boston
Unclear cause in Oxford Plains death case
Police report room contents offer no clear cause of death for Miss Emma N. Crosby. No suicide notes or letters indicate intent. Letters and a postal card from family were found among clothing and a wicker suitcase. no money was found.
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Vance
Emma N. Crosby
Chariton Street
Oxford Plains
Mass
George
Former Webster Resident Crosby Found Dead in New York
Miss Emma N. Crosby, a former Webster resident aged 29, was found dead in New York. She had moved with her mother from Webster ten months earlier, lived in Oxford Plains and Boston, worked at hotels, and was born in Galveston, Texas. Brothers George L. Crosby of Boston and Vance Crosby of Brooklyn are named.
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Webster
Emma N. Crosby
New York
Charlotte Crosby
Crosby
Oxford Plains
Worcester
Boston
Abingdon Square
Miss Crosby
Galveston
Tex
George L. Crosby
Village Street
Vance Crosby
Brooklyn
N. Y
Campbell's Soup Advertises Modern Methods and Purity
Arthur Dorrance explains Campbell’s Soups are made with advanced machinery and strict quality control. He notes consumer misconceptions about home style preparation, cites 21 varieties, and invites housewives to visit the Jersey plant to see canning from seed to seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Dorrance
Jersey
Ten New Bishops Motion at Methodist General Conference
Baltimore May 18 reports say the committee on episcopacy will recommend ten bishops for election at the Methodist Episcopal general conference with eight as a possible final number. The Disciples line on amusements remains unchanged after a strong committee vote, rejecting bishops recommendations to lift bans on dancing and card games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. General Conference
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Navy bids open for 100000 pounds of tobacco
Washington May 18. Bids will be opened June 9 for 100000 pounds of tobacco for the navy. This adds to existing contracts as the Jackies chew so much the original shipment would be short.
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TARS
Washington
Navy
Autopsies Identify Female Among Seven Unmarked Graves
In LaPorte Indiana on May 18 autopsies of seven unidentified bodies exhumed from Mrs Belle Guinness private burial ground found one was a woman. Doctors F T Wilcox and George R Osborne conducted the autopsies under Coroner Mack.
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Laporte
Ind
Mystery Deepens Over 1904 Jennie Olsen Case
Reported visits to Jennie Olsen's home in 1904 by a man and woman preceded her disappearance for a Los Angeles college. The following morning Jennie and the couple were gone and a body later identified as a woman was exhumed from the same burial hole that also held Ole Budsberg of Iola Wis and another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Olsen
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Called Czar At New York Meeting
John Kirby Jr president of Dayton Manufacturing Company attacked President Roosevelt at the National Association of Manufacturers meeting at the Waldorf Astoria, branding him a czar and denouncing his policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Kirby, Jr
Dayton Manufacturing Company
Dayton
Ohio
Roosevelt
National Association of Manufacturers
Waldorf-Astoria
How Young Westerner Has Made a Success
L T Cooper touts a New Discovery that corrects the stomach and improves digestion to restore health. Brooklyn customers report relief after four weeks of use. engineer Martin G Fannon and his daughter share dramatic improvements in appetite, strength, weight, and vitality. Boston agents Jaynes Drug Stores promote the medicines as highly popular preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton
L. T. Cooper
Brooklyn
Cooper
Martin G. Fannon
Bath
Duffield Street
Mr. Cooper
West
Boston
Cooper Medicines
Jaynes Drug Stores
Investment broker thrown from carriage on Commonwealth Avenue
Robert H. Stevenson, an old Harvard athlete and investment broker, was thrown head first from his carriage near Beacon Street late last evening. He escaped injury as the horse continued running while pedestrians aided him and an auto was hailed to pursue the runaway with the chauffeur in pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Stevenson
Harvard
Commonwealth Avenue
Beacon Street
Working Girls Face Health Risks from Long Hours
The excerpt notes women employed in harsh conditions suffer from organic feminine disorders due to standing, sitting cramped, and walking in bad weather. It argues that many letters show the need for greater assistance to working-class women.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Claims
The ad cites women from Nelsonville Ohio and New York praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing feminine ailments including headaches back pain and fatigue. It touts thirty years as the standard remedy for feminine ills and urges others to try it.
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Abby F. Barrows
Nelsonville
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lillian Ross
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O’callaghan
Washington Street
Richard Schwarz Toy Shop
Despond
Hay
Human Chain Rescue
Mae Wood
U. S
Lillian Janeway Platt
Edward W. Rice
Wood
Mae C. Wood Platt
Mr. Platt
Omaha
Mr. le Barbier
Abraham H. Hummel
J. Martin Miller
Hummel
Justice O'Gorman
Mr. Rice
Catherine
California Fig Syrup CO
Czar
Brooklyn Reporter
Ingeilor
Br. Jos. Grady
Tremont St
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