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Geo. A. Peabody
Haverhill
Mass
Robt. Dippman
Shirley
W. W
Butterfield
Auburn
Charles M. Robbins
Hancock
William P. Dodge
Chester
Theo. L. Parker
New York City
N. Y
United States
Electrus Co
Wood
Syracuse
Suit over alienation of affection from Harvard student
Virgile Multer of Marlboro sues John and Etta Knibbs of Worcester, parents of his wife Lila Knibbs, for $3000 alleging alienation after the couple eloped from Phillips Exeter. Read letters show a mix of devotion and rejection as the court hears testimony in East Cambridge.
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Hitchcock
Middlesex Court
East Cambridge
Virgile Multer
Marlboro
Harvard
John
Etta Knibbs
Worcester
Billy Knibbs
Dartmouth
Multer
Knibbs
Phillips Exeter
Witness
Lila
Y M C A Celebrates Its 54th Birthday in Boston
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union at 48 Boylston Street opened its doors for a 54th anniversary reception. The Salem Cadet Band canceled plans for a Knights Templar parade, and gave a concert in the library while the Raymond string quartet and Apollo male chorus performed for upper hall promenaders. An exhibition in the gym featured John Y. Smith attempting to break the world heavy weight record. the 274 pound weight proved too heavy after 10 trials.
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Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Boylston Street
Salem Cadet Band
de Molay Commandery
Knights Templars
Raymond
Apollo
John Y. Smith
Mr. Smith
Fitzgerald Freed After 28 Years In Prison
Thomas Fitzgerald of Fall River, aged around 60, walked free from Charlestown State Prison after a 1877 wife murder sentence. Governor Douglas signed his pardon, aided by lawmakers from Fall River and Boston. He planned to seek shoe shop work or open a repair shop and thanked supporters.
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Charlestown State Prison
Thomas Fitzgerald
Fall River
Douglas
Bridges
Fitzgerald
Tommy
No. 9
Fennelly
Parks
Butler
Suffolk
Sullivan
Thamas Shea
Thomas Power Butler
Hillside Street
Boston
State Board of Charities
Russell
Alarms For Laundry Fire Destroys Proctor and Currier Steam Laundry
Fire at 2 15 this morning gutted a four story brick building between Engine 3 house and fire HQ on Bristol street. Patrolman Cleary found it burning all through as three alarms rang and an east wind worsened the blaze threatening nearby tenements. Residents fled with little as the laundry was destroyed.
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Proctor & Currier
Fire Department
Bristol Street
Cleary
No Bids For Basin Work Causes Controversy
City Affairs reports that Charles River Basin contracts were awarded without public bids. Four contractors received cost plus 15 percent for labor and 6 percent for materials, with no advertisement. Names include Metropolitan Contracting Company Henry H. Carter and H P Nawn, Joseph B Graham, and Simon J Donovan.
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Good Government Association
Charles River Basin
Harry Nawn
Democratic City Committee
John A. Sullivan
Simon J. Donovan
Joseph J. Corbett
Metropolitan Contracting Company
Henry H. Carter
H. P. Nawn
Charles River
Newbury Street
Fens
Joseph B. Graham
John R. Freeman
Donovan
Inspectors Nab Alleged Queen of Pickpockets
Inspectors Lynch and Sherlock in New York garb nab Laura Johnson known to police as the 1 of Pickpockets as she prepared to move through the parade crowd yesterday.
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Lynch
Sherlock
New York
Laura Johnson
Governor of Baku assassinated in bomb attack
In Baku Caucasia on May 24 Prince Nakachidze the Governor of Baku was assassinated at 3 p m when a bomb was thrown at his carriage authorities report the fatal attack occurred this afternoon marking a violent political incident in the region.
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Baku
Caucasia
Prince Nakachidze
No Probe for State Asylums in Massachusetts
Representative Mark N. Skerrett of Worcester urged an investigation into commitment and care of the insane in Massachusetts. The House refused to entertain the resolve. He cited alleged irregularities at Medfield and claimed inmates in Tewksbury may be sane. He noted letters alleging abuses and delays in inmate releases.
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Mark N. Skerrett
Worcester
Massachusetts
Skerrett
Mr. Skerrett
Medfield Insane Asylum
Tewksbury Institution
Taylor Opposes New Boiler Inspection Bill
Senator Taylor of Boston opposes a boiler inspection bill requiring annual internal and external checks and insurance reports to the State police chief. He cites Brockton as a caution and notes attempts to raise state inspectors are defeated. The bill was sent to engrossment.
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Taylor
Boston
Brockton
Senate
Senate Defeats London Gas Plan Amendment
An amendment to investigate the London sliding scale for capitalizing a gas company as gas prices fall was defeated in the Senate by 4 to 17. The resolve then passed under suspension of the rules to be engrossed.
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London
Senate
Minors Religion Bill Advances After Senate Vote
The Senate reconsidered the bill to protect minor wards in the religion of their parents and passed it to engrossment by a rising vote of 17 to 10.
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Senate
Railroads Seek Freight Power For Street Car Lines
Railroad commissioners issued a general order allowing street railway companies to carry freight. The action follows petitions from the Taunton and Pawtucket Taunton and Buzzard s Bay and Western Massachusetts street railway companies seeking authority to act as common carriers.
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Taunton & Pawtucket
Taunton & Buzzard’s Bay
Western Massachusetts Street Railway
Train kills Woburn man walking tracks
Woburn on May 24 Peter McCaron a 25 year old farm hand was killed when he was struck by a train while walking along the railroad tracks. He was unmarried.
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Woburn
Peter McCaron
McCaron
Dixon Replies to Matthews Over Sermon on Clean Money
The Rev. A. C. Dixon of Ruggles Street Baptist Church replies to Prof. Shailer Matthews of the University of Chicago who charged misrepresentation in Dixon’s sermon. Dixon says he meant President Harper, though he did not name him until Matthews challenged him.
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A. C. Dixon
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Shailer Matthews
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Chicago University
Europe
Dixon
Harper
Matthews
Divorces Debate Rules Tie In Unitarian Vote
The American Unitarian Association voted 88 to 41 to table Professor Francis G. Peabody’s divorce resolution from Harvard. The debate centered on requiring ministers to avoid marrying divorced persons until a year after divorce and on protecting the marriage bond amid national concerns.
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American Unitarian Association
Francis G. Peabody
Harvard
Charles G. Ames
Peabody
John W. Day
St. Louis
Paul Revere Frothingham
Henry Parker
Woburn
F. J. Gould
Leominster
Kenneth Evans
Chico
Benjamin R. Bulkeley
Very
George H. Ellis
H. R. Secrist
Dorchester
W. M. Backus
Chicago
W. H. Pulsford
Dr. Ames
Empire Day Celebrated by Boston British Societies
The Exchange Club dining room shone as about 250 guests from British societies in Boston gathered to honor Empire Day the birthday of Queen Victoria. Attendees included Rudolph Lemieux Eki Hioki Samuel Hughes William Wyndham Arthur Woodhouse G A Ham Albert Clarke A P Upham Osborne Howes and Eugene N Foss. Represented societies were the Victorian Club Canadian Club Scots Charitable and the British Naval and Military.
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Exchange Club
Boston
Queen Victoria
Rudolph Lemieux
Canada
Eki Hioki
Washington
Samuel Hughes
M. P
Ontario
William Wyndham
Arthur W. W. Woodhouse
G. A. Ham
United States
Albert Clarke
Home Market Club
A. P. Upham
London Club
Osborne Howes
Eugene N. Foss
Victorian Club
Canadian Club
Scots Charitable
Labor unions address wage enforcement and hiring rules
Electrical Workers' Union 103 will be addressed by Walter V Batson next Wednesday night. Ladies auxiliary holds social tonight. Boston unions urge enforcement of hiring laws and protest non citizen employment in schoolhouse projects. Bay State Lodge 102 admitted six applicants and approved eight applications with 20 sick benefits. Bar tenders and barber unions back a union laundry or cooperative laundry label plan. Piano and Furniture Movers' Union reports ten admissions and five new applications.
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Electrical Workers’ Union 103
Walter V. Batson
C. E
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Wells Memorial
Thomas Keough
Boston Wood Lathers’ Union 72
Boston Building Trades Council
Boston Schoolhouse Commission
Bay State Lodge 102
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America
Bartenders’ Union
Barbers’ Union
Laundry Workers’ Union 66
Women's’ Trade Union League
Piano and Furniture Movers’ Union
J. F. Dolan
The
Legal Protective League
Will of Hyde Park Millionaire Prompts Love Question
Hyde Park May 24 The brainard will of late Amos H Brainard a Hyde Park mill owner raises questions if his former nurse Blanche Parmentier will be provided for The 30 year old French woman was his wife in 1902 as his children balked at a younger stepmother After Brainard later took a third wife Blanche may sue executors if not provided for in the will
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Hyde Park
Amos H. Brainard
Blanche Parmentier
Miss Parmentier
Mr. Brainard
Blanche
Lost mute girl found near Parrsboro in Nova Scotia
Eva Taylor seven year old deaf daughter of Captain Taylor of Lynn Massachusetts disappeared in woods near Parrsboro for two days. About 200 volunteers scoured miles around before she was found five miles from town near Five Islands roads, not badly affected by exposure or hunger. Found by Thomas Gallagher and William Smythe of the search party.
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Parrsboro
N. S
Eva Taylor
Captain Taylor
Lynn
Mass
Five Islands
Thomas Gallagher
William Smythe
Gun Squad Officers Fail To Find Burglar At Greenwich Park
From Station 5 officers led by Sergeant Goff entered the building at 29 Greenwich Park with drawn revolvers in search of a burglar. After a thorough search they found nothing. Henry F. West, who lives behind the house, believed he saw burglars and telephoned police.
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Station 5
Goff
Greenwich Park
Henry F. West
Man Dies on Cambridge Street While Walking Home
Andrew Keiper aged 36 of 39 Cambridge Street collapsed and died last evening opposite the cigar factory at 251 Cambridge Street West End. He felt ill before a stroll with companions Charles Dornan and Fergus Chittick. He was taken to the Frank Smith factory and pronounced dead by Dr. Piper from hemorrhages.
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Fellows
Andrew Keiper
Cambridge Street
West End
Keiper
Charles Dornan
Fergus Chittick
Frank Smith
Dr. Piper
Milton Boy Injured After Amherst Victory Celebration
George B. Crafts of Milton Massachusetts Wesleyan freshman was carried to Middlesex Hospital with severe injuries from a celebration fall after the baseball win over Amherst. He reportedly was pushed over a high fence tearing thigh muscles and breaking the hip possibly leaving him crippled for life.
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Middletown
Conn
George B. Crafts
Milton
Mass
Wesleyan University
Middlesex Hospital
Crafts
Amherst
Firebugs Terrorize South End With Street Fire at 12 Hamburg Street
Patrolmen from Station 5 pursue a gang of six youths, aged 16 to 20, accused of lighting a blaze at 12 Hamburg Street in the South End. The incidents have unsettled residents for weeks as police hunt the offenders.
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Station 5
South End
Hamburg Street
Tot survives three-story fall in Roxbury yard
A 2 year old, Charles Klotter, fell from the roof of a three story brick building on Blanch avenue Roxbury into the back yard. Doctors at City Hospital found no injuries and his mother took him home afterward.
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Charles Klotter
Blanch Avenue
Roxbury
City Hospital
Malden appoints John E. Phipps as police chief
In Malden May 24 the Board of Aldermen confirmed Captain John E. Phipps as chief of police. The move names Phipps to lead the department amid local governance changes.
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Malden
Board of Aldermen
John E. Phipps
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