Men Sentenced in Roxbury Assault Robbery Case
Emile Brunet and John Dempsey pleaded guilty to assault and robbery of 84 year old Emily Harrison at 33 Taber Street Roxbury. Dempsey got 15 years with 10 minimum and Brunet 11 years with seven minimum in State prison, solitary for one day. A 16 year old, David Misenbaum, confessed to Tremont Street robbery and was sent to reform school. 15 year old John L Kaderer, also committed to reform school, had prior bad character noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile M. Brunet
John Dempsey
Emily M. Harrison
Taber Street
Roxbury
Schofield
Superior Criminal Court
Messrs
James Fitzgerald
J. F. Sullivan
McLaughlan
Dempsey
Brunet
David Misenbaum
Tremont Street
Reform School For Boys
Reformatory
John L. Kaderer
Divorces Move Through Busy Court Docket
The third week of the divorce term reports 19 cases ready for trial with one case of Sylvester M Morrell and Etta J Morrell leading a cross libel. Judge Fessenden dismisses the Morrell libel and keeps the wife’s claim under consideration while ordering the daughter remain with the mother. Edwin D Denison, a theatrical man, married Ada M in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester M
Etta J. Morrell
Charles Cronan
Fessenden
Morrell
Edwin D. Denison
Ada M
Independent Thinkers Swap Coffee for Postum Cereal
A Davenport Iowa school teacher recounts switching from rich coffee to Postum and regaining health. She reports relief from heart palpitations stomach trouble and headaches after five years as a Postum user and notes her father also attributes his health to daily Postum consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Joseph Warren resigns as counsel to police board
Joseph Warren, who has served as counsel for the Board of Police for 10 months since Reginald Bangs left, tendered his resignation yesterday afternoon. The resignation takes effect June 1 and is attributed to business reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Warren
Police Board
Board of Police
Reginald
Rice
Washington
Decree Granted In Domestic Dispute Over Alcohol
In Washington in 1889 a man testified that his wife had developed a drink habit. In February 1900 after a quarrel she left home to stay with her parents declaring she would drink as she pleased. The court allowed the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Trial on Hyde Park school expulsions ends in disagreement
Dedham May 20 In actions of tort by Mary B Hammond and J Forrest Hammond against Hyde Park inhabitants for 1902 public school expulsions the Superior Court jury reported a hung verdict after being sworn before Judge DeCourcey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Mary B. Hammond
J. Forrest Hammond
Joseph W. Hammond
Hyde Park
DeCourcey
Chandler Street Robbery Suspect Bailed For Superior Court
Alexander Hanson appeared in court charged with attempting to rob Nichols's drug store on Chandler Street and assaulting clerk Roscoe A. Smith. He waived examination and is held for the Superior Court in the sum of $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hanson
Nichols
Chandler Street
Roscoe A. Smith
Superior Court
Woman Held on Forgery Charge in Melrose Case
Mrs Gertrude Andres was arraigned in Malden district court before Judge Bruce on three forgery charges. She waived reading of the complaints and was held in total 500 dollars. She is a bookkeeper for John M Hamlin of Melrose. Hamlin was held for the grand jury in Boston in 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Gertrude Andrews
Melrose
Bruce
Andrews
John M. Hamlin
Boston Municipal Court
Costliest Dinner Honors Actress Ethel Barrymore
Clarence Jones of New York hosted a lavish dinner at the Ort on Hotel in London in honor of actress Ethel Barrymore. The event featured American Beauty roses, ten guests, and gifts of chains and hand painted fans for the attendees, with the dinner estimated at 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Barrymore
London
Clarence Jones
New York
Orton Hotel
Miss Barrymor
Jones
Colored Birdseye View Map From Mt Washington
Boston and Maine issues a circular colored birdseye map of the White Mountains from Mt Washington. It shows ravines lakes peaks and valleys with numbers and a bottom key. Available by mail for six cents in stamps to Boston & Maine passenger department Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Washington
Q&e
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
White Mountains
Hires Ginger Ale: American entry from Malvern Hills
The Charles E. Hires Company launches Hires Ginger Ale made with Jamaica ginger root lime juice pure cane sugar and artesian water from the Malvern Hills. It is alcohol free citric acid free and uses Natrona bicarbonate gas, aiming to rival foreign ginger ales this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Malvern Hills
Pennsylvania
House of Charles E. Hires
Jamaica
Hires Rootbeer
Alex
Plain Talk to Unitarians Challenges Church Unity and Action
Harvard professor Francis G. Peabody urged Unitarian leaders to fuse churches amid trusts and industrial era changes. He warned division weakens democracy and called for unified ethical action from factory floors to rich households. Other speakers included Rev. Hale and Dartmouth’s Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. Peabody
Harvard College
Unitarian Association
Tremont Temple
Peabody
Church of God
E. E. Hale
Bradford
United States
George A. Gordon
D. D
William J. Tucker
Dartmouth College
Cyrus A. Roys
Uxbridge
Sage Outwitted Over Fifth Avenue Ground Rent
Russell Sage, famed financier of New York, loses $1000 in rent to Elbridge T. Gerry but accepts the increased ground rent for his Fifth Avenue home at 506 between Forty first and Forty second streets. Gerry owns the ground beneath the Sage residence, a block shifting toward commercial use as rents rise from 11500 to 12500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russell Sage
Elbridge T. Gerry
Mr. Gerry
Fifth Avenue
Sage
Bristol
Forty-second Street
Rupture Cure Letters Signal Medical Revolution
A flood of letters from across the country describe unheard of cures and a revolutionary rupture treatment. One correspondent writes there is but one effective appliance, sparking a nationwide response now on file at the office.
Electrus cure advertised for rupture and hernia relief
An extended advertisement claims the Electrus device provides a complete home cure for rupture and varicocele. It touts no surgery, universal success, and a 80 page book for men and a 60 page book for women, with free copies by mail. Shipping notices and vessel movements follow in the notice section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Lambert
Syracuse
Electrus Co
Wood
N. Y
William R Dyer Quits Socialist Party Over Atheism Case
William R Dyer resigns from the Socialist Party citing suppression of free speech and opposition to its stance on unions and the Martha Moore Avery affair. He vars the party undermines labor unity and coalitions, and notes his departure as Boston city treasurer and Ward 7 chair. Dyer cites long service with the Machinists Union and United Mine Workers as proof of his economic unionist focus. He lists his address in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Moore Avery
Socialist Party
William R. Dyer
Avery
Boston Socialist Club
Dyer
Boston
Massachusetts
James F. Carey
Squire E. Putney
City Committee
Socialist
Socialist American Labor Union
West
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Workers of America
American Labor Union
Western Miners’ Federation
Coal Commission
The
Shawmut Avenue
Mass
Unidentified Woman Buried in Pottersfield Grave
Early yesterday the body found in the Charles River Saturday night was buried in Pottersfield. Police retain articles found on the body in case someone can identify them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles River
Pottersfield
Saxonia Sets Passenger Records For Port Arrivals
The Cunard steamer Saxonia under Captain Robert Warr returns from Queenstown to East Boston with 2297 passengers, aiming to break previous port records after previous trips of 2283 and 2348 aboard. Other vessels and cargoes noted include the Geneva charter to Sierra Leone at 5500, Henry B. Fiske lumber shipment, Gloucester mackerel fleet near Halifax, and the Bulgarias near Halifax with nearly 3000 aboard. The tug Vesta rejoined the fleet, fish pier cargo totals show haddock, cod, hake, pollock sales, and Captain Bat Whalen reports $50,000 gross in 12 months for the Catharine and Ellen. The torpedo boat Lawrence tours harbor, and the Red Star line steamer Chicago sails to Antwerp with 5700 tons cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Saxonia
Robert C. Warr
Europe
Queenstown
East Boston
Liverpool
Geneva
Bjorklund
Fiske
Sierra Leone
Boston
Brunswick
Henry B. Fiske
Nova Scotia
Halifax
N. S
Priscilla Smith
Marguerite Haskins
Annie M. Parker
Fortuna
Diana
S. F. Maker
Kentucky
Earth M. Prior
Mary &. Harty
Bulgaria
Vesta
Joseph Kemp
East
Zetes
Juno
Active
Elsie
Fish Pier
Olivia Sears
Yankee
Rose Standish
Tecumseh
Olivia Domingos
Mattie Brundage
Fore River Ship and Engine Company
United States Navy
Navy Yard
Chicago
Red Star Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Antwerp
Hot Weather Clothing Exhibit At Oak Hall
Oak Hall at the Washington and Elm corner announces an exhibit of desirable hot weather clothing designed to attract nearly every man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hall
Washington and
Elm Streets
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Jim
Sunny Jim
ALA Force
Orce
Jane Evans
Hammond
Charles E. Hires
Rootbeer Fame
Shipping News
Indianapolis
Ind
Mancunia
Wattley
Rio Grande
Nic
Bosnia
Ger
Prehn
Hamburg
Portland
Admiral Sampson
Higgins
Port Antonio
Jam
Katahdin
Chisholm
Georgetown
Seaboard
Road
Parthian
Smith
Philadelphia
Bay State
Oliver
City of Rockland
Pierce
Bangor
Wennebec
Marr
Josephine
Robinson
Bear River
William K. Park
Lee
Luis G. Rabel
Wyman
Mary F. Cushman
Wallace
Lucy May
Pinkham
Millbridge
Gamecock
Pratt
Machias
Annie Sargent
Tibbetts
Rockland
Julia Baker
Perkins
Arthur Clifford
Frazier
Mt. Desert
Chester R. Lawrence
Grinnell
Rockport
David Baird
Fernandina
Elvira J. French
Kennebec
Major Pickands
Savannah
Harold B. Cousins
Apalachicola
William Duren
Lubec
Wascano
Quaco
N. B
Julia I
Figueira da Foz
Nashville
Key West
Seminole
Jacksonville
Charleston
Kidsvold
Louisburg
Reading
Kershaw
Baltimore
Norfolk
Chattahoochee
Penobscot
St. John
Eastport
Admiral
Ohio
Newport News
Beverly
Catawissa
Glendower
Newburyport
Brookside
Gloucester
Draper
Piedmont
Washington, D. C
Shawanese
Baronet
Bonanza
James Woolley
Phenix
Lynn
J. H. Bowers
Bravo
Nantasket Roads
Fred A. Small
Hillsboro
Ada G. Shortland
Samas
Murrell
Daisie
Salem
Thaxter
Dunlo
Devon
Spartan
Franklin
Chinists’ Union
Falk
Walthour
Bill
Duffy
Walthour and Bilm
Duffy's Pure
Duffy's
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
Crawford
Oxfords
Summer St
Dewey Sq
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