Stabbing Near East Boston Home Leaves Injured Man
Peter H. O Connell of 204 Bremen Street East Boston lies in a dangerous condition at East Boston Relief Hospital from a deep stab wound in his left side. It is alleged his brother in law W J Etridge inflicted the wound yesterday with a bread knife following a dispute over the children being prepared for mass. The quarrel began when Etridge boxed the child s ears and ordered them to stay inside as Mrs O Connell saw to mass.
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Peter H. O’connell
Bremen Street
East Boston
East Boston Relief Hospital
W. J. Etridge
Laundress Claims Royal German Kinship in Dover
Mrs. Irving A. Paine of Dover says she is a half sister of Kaiser William and that Chancellor Bismarck saved her as an infant. She asserts a mysterious birth and an eventual fortune from Germany, while tending neighbors’ laundry and living with her husband. She has 24 children and hopes to be recognized in Berlin.
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Dover
Irving A. Paine
Kaiser William
Germany
Bismarck
Frederick
Mrs. Paine
Prussia
Emma Stone
New York
Troy
Pittsfield
Berlin
Mass
Etridge Attacks Brother in Law with Knife
In a heated quarrel Etridge seized a bread knife and slashed his brother in law O Connell, wounding his forehead and chin before stabbing the side near the heart. O Connell is on the dangerous list after immediate surgery. Etridge is jailed on assault and attempt to kill charges. Mrs O Connell, a sister of Etridge, claims the act was accidental and that her husband was attacked amid drinking.
Great Surf at Winthrop Beach Tops Boulevard in Flood Threat
A record surf at Winthrop Beach drew hundreds as Saturday night’s storm churned rough seas. Large waves broke on the beach and surged toward the boulevard near Sturgis Street, with spouts of water rising near electric poles while cesspools relieved excess water and Crest Hall watchers stayed dry in oil skins.
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Winthrop Beach
Sturgis Street
Crest Hall
Taft Accepts Seat on Hampton Negro School Board
At the Hampton Institute commencement a Taft letter announced his acceptance of a trusteeship role for the education of the negro and the Indian, signaling his involvement with the Hampton school generally.
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Taft ON Negro School Board
Hampton
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Taft
Firemen Save 12 000 Blocks at Boston Rubber Shoe Co
Maiden May 23 Fire in the Boston Rubber Shoe Company blockhouse destroyed half of its 25 000 blocks. Firemen cleared 12 000 blocks from the drying room to curb the blaze. Chief Turner led crews under intense heat and smoke, completing the removal in under 15 minutes. Loss estimated at $5000.
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Maiden
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Turner
Farewell Banquet For AOH Delegates In Dublin
Matthew Cummings president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the United States and Rev Father P H O Donnell state chaplain of Massachusetts were hosted to a farewell banquet at the Gresham Hotel by the Gaelic League executive committee After a reception delegates from Sinn Fein Dublin attended the event during their six week visit to Ireland
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Dublin
Matthew Cummings
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
United States
P. H. O'Donnell
Massachusetts
Ireland
Gresham Hotel
Gaelic League
Sinn Fein Organization
Elevator Tragedy Claims Hotel Worker In Fitchburg
Miss Mary Cronin 50 dies after being wedged between an elevator car and shaft at the Johnsonia Hotel while ethered during rescue. Firemen doctors and two officers fall when car drops to the fourth floor. several injured.
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Fitchburg
Johnsonia
Mary Cronin
Burbank
Miss Cronin
S. N. Sulloway
John Beglin
Fire Department
Francis M. McMurray
Edward F. O'Malley
Mil ler receives twin sons from fourth wife in Tennessee
In Knoxville on May 23 a Confederate veteran, Andrew Jackson Miller, age 76, welcomed twin boys weighing nine pounds each, born to his fourth wife who is 48 years old.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Andrew Jackson Miller
Young couple’s forged marriage fuels jail plea in Fall River
Mrs Emma Curtis Morrisette 16 and her 18 year old husband Alfred Morrisette face withdrawal appeals as he remains jailed in New Bedford on $500 bail for forging parental and spousal signatures on their wedding permit. Ida Curtis, the bride’s mother, pleads for reconciliation while the pastor recalls he did not detect any forgery. Friends seek a settlement, and the couple vows to stay united despite family opposition.
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Fall River
Alfred Morrisette
Emma Curtis
New Bedford
Morrisette
Grand Jury
Ida Curtis
Blacksmith's Daughter to Sing in Grand Opera
Miss Anna Case a 21 year old blacksmith's daughter from South Branch New Jersey signs a year contract to sing grand opera in New York next winter. Herr Direktor Dippel scouts her after hearing a church anthem and plans to train and send her to Europe for further study after the season.
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New York
Anna Case
South Branch
N. J
Herr Dippel
Plainfield
Herr Doppel
Miss Case
Herr Direktor
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Thanks Men Are Better Petted and Coddled
Miss Margaret G Toyre of Dorchester Centre Boston criticizes Miss Floretta Vining in a letter to the Post. She argues many young men 18 to 25 thrive only when pampered by parents while those punished at school or raised without indulgence show deficits. Toyre links parenting style to conduct and earnings, noting context from Boston’s working classes and local town decline.
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Floretta Vining
Miss Vining
Boston
Wireless to Beat Storms at International Conference
Washington May 23. Meteorologists from principal nations convene in London June 21 to thresh out uniform storm signals and wireless marine weather reports. Professor Willis L Moore cites seek for international agreement on standardized observations for cross nation comparability.
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Washington
London
Willis L. Moore
Chatham Bluffs Doom in Northeast Gale Threats Hotel and Homes
High tides and a northeast gale have eroded 14 more feet of Chatham bluffs endangering Hotel Mattaquasson and Charles R. Byram’s summer home. Sea encroachment threatens to wash away the cliff edge, with residents calling for state assistance and a costly seawall or breakwater to save frontage.
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Chatham
Chatham Bluffs
Mattaquasson
Charles R. Byram
Boston
Byram
H. Fisher Eldredge
James F. Shaw
Clif
Somerville Seeks Leader of Youth Train Wreckers
Police guard a house near the Cambridge line as they await the alleged gang leader who rained three attempts to ditch trains on the Boston & Maine subway near Cambridge station. Kenneth C. Foster, arrested Saturday, to be brought to Somerville court, likely postponed pending leader’s arrest. Foster confessed after third degree questioning to involvement in wreck attempts on a Chicago express and three local trains. Some youths in the case admit reading Dare-Devil Dick literature and viewing train wrecking and robbery films.
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Somerville
Cambridge
Sacramento Street
Boston & Maine
Kenneth C. Foster
Foster
Chicago
Cling to Blazing Launch as Fire Rages on Hudson
In New York on May 23 two men and a youth clung to the sides of a blazing gasoline launch in the Hudson River. Albert Hartog and his sons Albert Jr. and Frederick helped douse the flames with water until rescue. All were saved and the damaged craft towed ashore after a gasoline tank exploded.
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New York
Hudson River
Albert Hartog
Albert, Jr
Frederick
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