Fire devastates Quebec town leaving hundreds homeless
A noon fire in St Hyacinthe Quebec destroyed the Cote Bros shoe factory and several mills and hotels, burning 230 houses and displacing about a quarter of the population. Montreal steamers aided, but water pressure failed. losses estimated at 400000 dollars as flames reached Market square and nearby blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Hyacinthe
Que
Cote Bros
Montreal
St. ‘Antoine Street
Yamaska
St. Antoine
Hudon & Allard
Duplessis Pegging & Sewing Company
C. A. Hamel & Co
Lussier Bros
J. Girouard
J. Mathew & Co
Frontenac
Union
Ottawa
Man With Mental Illness Plotted Derailment Of Colonial Express
May 20 Mansfield report describes a 25 year old Polish man Michele Windle who attempted to place heavy ties on the northbound track to derail the Boston bound Colonial Express. Herbert Rand a Mansfield baker stopped the act, aided by Deputy Sheriff Perry and Dr. Latham. Windle was captured and detained as a possibly feigning insanity. police note prior similar attempts along lines between Herronville and Middleboro. Windle carried envelopes from Rockway Brick Works in his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Colonial Express
Boston
Herbert Rand
Mansfield Baker
New York, New Haven & Hartford
East Mansfield
Taun-ton
Michele Winchle
Latham
Perry
Herronville
Middleboro
Windle
Quinnebaug
Shore Line Division
Minchles
Taunton
Hebronville
Bailey’s Bridge
Rand
Washington Express
West Mansfield
Fole
B. M. Latham
Brigsoner
Hazlehurst
Hillhouse
Railroad Special
Baker
Webster
Rockway Brick Works
Rockway
N. Y
Editor Geddes Warns Her Sisters to Be Extra Careful When Marrying
Cambridge Press editor Miss Alice Spencer Geddes, in a paper run entirely by women, issues a cautionary editorial urging women to preserve personal development after marriage. She warns against sacrificing talents for a husband and notes that work for food or drink can be demeaning. Geddes plans marriage to a physician, prompting gossip among Cambridge girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geddes
Alice Spencer Geddes
Cambridge Press
Cambridge
Today's Cooler Weather Expected After Warm Spell
A cooler east wind kept temperatures down to 71 for the day yesterday with a 79 high and 59 low around 6 am. By evening a west to southwest shift offset the sunshine relief, and the night was cooler. Authorities anticipate similar or cooler conditions today.
Grandparents Win Custody Bid After Long Transit Across Nation
Mr and Mrs Edward F Swain of Allston pursue custody of Kenneth Swain Parsons through a writ of habeas corpus served in Paterson New Jersey. Vice Chancellor Stevenson ordered the child placed with a custodian while Boston court proceedings continue. The Swains allege the father is unfit and claim alleged misconduct by the step mother and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Swain
Allston
Paterson
N. J
C. J. Parsons
Boston
Kenneth Swain Parsons
Stevenson
Annie D. S. Swain
Swain
Post
Parsons
Parsonses
Brookline
Children Fall Far but Escape Death
Three children narrowly escaped fatal falls while playing near home. Agnes Monahan 28 lived at 15 Flagg Street South End fell from a second story and was treated at City Hospital for concussion. Frank Boyd aged 3 from Bangor Maine fell head first from a third story window and is treated for internal injuries. Catherine Collins 2 from 63 Albany Street fell from a chair to the sidewalk and is hospitalized with a broken shoulder blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Monahan
Flagg Street
South End
Frank Boyd
Bangor
East Lenox Street
City Hospital
Catherine G. Collins
Albany Street
Ieimergency Hospital
Man Injured After Fall From Moving Car Near Rutland Washington
Walter I Kingford, of Roxbury, was thrown against a pillar while attempting to board a swift moving car at Rutland and Washington. He rode to Dudley street station unconscious with a fractured skull. He later collapsed walking home and was taken to City Hospital, placed on the dangerous list. recovery doubtful.
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Rutland
Washington Streets
Walter I Kingford
Dudley Street
Cliff Street
Roxbury
Kingford
Praise for the heavies militia drill in Massachusetts review
The Association of Military Surgeons lauds the First Heavy Artillery M. V. M. drill at the South Armory. Major Dyar commands the display with bronze medals awarded to long-serving members as Lt Gov Guild and local officials observe. Russian Colonel B Wreden and Canadian Major Jones commend Massachusetts militia training and ambulance corps readiness.
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Association of Military Surgeons
South Armory
Ambulance Corps
Perlie A. Dyar
Frye
Guild
Clifford A. Harris
John E. Brewer
Arthur P. Fiske
John C. Barrett
Roderick B. Young
Louis TH. Mars
A. B. Chick
W. A. Rolfe
Wallis L. Pratt
William J. Tarle
B. Wreden
Russia
Massachusetts
Major Jones
Canada
Half Million Suit Involving Baxter and Jacobs Relives Darlington Land Dispute
In Pawtucket Rhode Island Judge Dubois rules for plaintiffs Ruth Baxter Ernest S Bishop and Marguerite J L Bishop in a test trespass and ejectment case against Alfred B Brown. The ruling triggers about eight similar suits over a disputed Darlington pine lot once deeded to Delinda Jacobs in 1812. Plaintiffs descend from Jacobs children and seek the land now containing a church schoolhouse fire station electric car barn and 80 buildings valued around 500000.
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Pawtucket
Delinda Jacobs
Jacobs
Darlington
Free Baptists
Rhode Island Company
Three Men Rob Appleby Grant Coal Firm at Tremont Street
Police seek three well dressed men about 30 who robbed the money drawer of Appleby Grant coal dealers at 14389 Tremont street yesterday afternoon taking 50 dollars. Appleby alone was in the office while the others distracted him with coal questions and escorted him to the rear guard. The gang waited at the white post and boarded a Brookline car. no clues yet.
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Appleby & Grant
Tremont Street
Mr. Appleby
White Post
Brookline
Sloop Yacht Capsized Off Folly Cove
Two men narrowly escaped death when a small sloop capsized off Folly Cove Lanesville. James Clark and Albert West initially hid their names but confessed as John Irwin and Michael Murphy. They were revived after hours of medical care and are at the police station awaiting condition improvement pending a police investigation.
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Gloucester
Folly Cove
Lanesville
James Clark
Shurtleff Street
Chelsea
Albert West
Tremont Streeet
John Irwin
Michael Murphy
Newburyport
All American Rifle Team Named for Bisley Trip
The three day competition ended this afternoon with the selection of the All American rifle team to travel to Bisley on July 11 for the Palma trophy. Names include Capt Horace Bell Lt K R V Casey Sgt George Doyle Lt Thomas Holcomb Jr and others from New Jersey New York D C N G Massachusetts and Ohio.
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SEA Girt
N. J
England
Bisley
Horace M. Bell
New Jersey
K. Kr. V. Casey
New York
George Cook
George Doyle
Thomas Holcomb, Jr
United States Marine Corps
J. H. Keough
Massachusetts
H. H. Leizear
Pennsylvania
William B. Martin
W. D. Short
Charles B. Winder
Ohio
Samuel B. Wetherald
A. E
Albert S. Jones
National Rifle Association
W. M. Farrow
Holcomb
Ottawa
Martin
Casey
Leizear
Cook
Bell
Fair Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
Fair weather expected with light winds Thursday and probably Friday. Winds will be generally westerly.
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Boston
Vicinity
Brighton liquor licenses spark Watertown protests
Watertown officials discuss Brighton licenses at a Board of Trade dinner. Chairman Emmons says liquor dealers have property rights but must obey the law and urges arrest of intoxicated Watertown residents who come to Brighton. He notes Brighton’s 14 licenses and past franchise issues.
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Watertown
Brighton
Emmons
The
Police Board
Citizens of
Boston Police Board
Board of Trade
Grand Army
Masonic Hall
Fred E. Crawford
E. Bixby
Macurda
Boy Dead and Arrest Made in Schoolyard Tragedy
12-year-old John Young of 970 Parker Street is jailed at Station 10 on a manslaughter charge after his 14-year-old chum John O'Brien of 10 Min den Street died from a head wound. The boys, Lowell School pupils, argued over candy tickets and a split haul, leading Young to strike with a lead pipe and O'Brien to fall ill and die despite hospital care.
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John Young
Parker Street
Station 10
John O’brien
Minden Street
Young
O'Brien
O’brien
Miss Young
City Hospital
Lowell School
Centre Street
Lightning Strikes Engineer at Rockport Quarry
Rockport May 20 William Perkins an engineer at the Rockport Granite Company's quarry was struck by lightning during an electrical storm this afternoon. He was cut on the head and knocked unconscious, in critical condition but may recover per reports.
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Rockport
William Perkins
Rockport Granite Company
Perkins
Ice Wagon Kills Boy in Charlestown
Joseph Brewster, five, of Charlestown, was fatally crushed when an ice wagon from the Boston Ice Company started suddenly near Gilbert avenue and Fred street. The accident occurred yesterday at about 1 30 PM. Driver John Steele of Somerville was not blamed.
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Joseph Brewster
Charlestown
Joseph
Boston Ice c Company
Gilbert Avenue
Fred Street
John Steele
Tennycourt
Somerville
Brewster Boy
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Quebec
Michelo Vinchlo
Little One
Escana
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
WILLIAM H. =. EMMONS
Ice Wagon
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