Lava Dust Sale for Margie Stokes Raises Funds
The Post at the Post building housed a Mont Pelee Lava Dust sale to aid Margie Stokes. Phials sold at 10 cents each drew many buyers who donated extra dimes, with $10 from J M Prendergast added to the fund. Proceeds support the St. Pierre orphan’s care and education.
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Margie Stokes
Post
Mont Pelee
St. ‘Pierre
Marizie Stokes
The
J. M. Prendergaat
State ‘Street
St. Pierre
Girl Arrested in Sharon Says She Was Stolen
A 17 year old girl in boy's clothes in Sharon claims she was kidnapped as a child and forced to beg and steal by a gang led by a woman named Mrs Thomas. She identifies as Ernestine Hamilton or Lydia Simmons and traces origins to Cape Cod with connections to Paris or New York. Police, guardianship efforts, and family questions surround the case.
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Dedham
Mrs. Thomas
Montgomery Street
Brooklyn
Ernestine Hamilton
Paris
New York
Cape Cod
Ernestine
Sharon
Curtis
Jimmy O'are
Theodore Hamilton
H. R. Hamilton
E. Vose
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Lydia Simmons
Thers
George. H. Peabody
Boston
Bandit Shakedown Ends With By-Stander Shot
A bold highway robbery attempt in South Cove ended with the bandit pursued by Special Officers Goff and Keely. An elderly man, James Flynn, was battered and a bystander, John Shine, was wounded in the upper arm as the suspect Thomas Gettington fled toward Harrison Avenue. Shine declined to report the injury at first. Gettington was captured after a chase.
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South Cove
Thomas Gettington
Middlesex Street
Goff
Keely
Ash Street
Nassau Street
James Flynn
Locust Street
Boston
Harrison Avenue
Flynn
John Shine
Hudson Street
St. James Church
Shine
Gettington
Ledwell
Samcaaney
Arrest of Leonard Lewis in Chelsea Fire Case
Leonard Lewis was arrested by Charlestown police for the May 13 fire in a stable behind 70 Parker Street Chelsea. He allegedly entered the stable lit a match to see what he was doing and started the blaze causing $6,000 damage and leaving eight families homeless.
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J. J. Curry
Jerry’ O’brien
Charlestown
Leonard Lewis
Chelsea
Parker Street
L Lewis
Lewis
Tennis at Longwood Intercollegiate singles results
Good matches were played on the Longwood courts in intercollegiate and Longwood competitions. In singles, Amherst's Plimpton defeated Bowdoin's Libbey 6 2 6 1 in the first round. Wesleyan's Herrick beat Williams' Lyon 6 0 6 4 in the semifinals.
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Longwood Oe
Plimpton
Amherst
Libbey
Bowdoin
Plimate
Wallace
Eer
Herrick Wesleyan
Lyon
Williams
Memorial Day Bas-Relief Honors Late President Mc Kinley
A finely crafted Bas-Relief memorializes the late President Mc Kinley in the form of a 10 by 18 inch cameo like sculpture. The copy of an unfinished marble bust will be distributed on Thursday May 29 the day before Memorial Day.
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McKinley
Dust from lava attracts attention at Harvard
The Post lava dust reached Harvard and drew interest from professors and students. Geology instructor J Goldthwait noted the eruption could loft dust seven miles, with fine particles suggesting violent expulsion and possible long distance travel by strong air currents. He did not analyze the sample.
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Harvard
College Yard
J. ‘ Goldthwait
Goldthwait
Banquet Honors Captain Bolton with Republican Praise
A Roxbury banquet at the American House honored Captain Fred E. Bolton now paymaster of the Sixth Regiment M V M and secretary of the Republican city committee. Speakers included General Curtis Guild Jr and Timothy W. Coakley as the crowd cheered Bolton and his ties to the party and militia.
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Fred. E. Bolton
Roxbury
Bolton
Timothy BE. McCarthy
Republican City Committee
Curtis Guild, Jr
Willam M. Olin
Joseph B. MacCabe
Olin
Hibbard
McCarthy
Sheriff Seavey
Curtis
Lounsberry
The
Sons of Veterans
Lounspl
Sperding
A Morgan
A Rockefeller
Charlies B. Bolton
Colonel Olin
Mr. Bolton
Charles K. Darling
Captain Bolton
Maccabbe
Aldermen
Ward 21
D. Murray Travers
South Framingham
W. W. Blackmar
Grand Army
Thomas J. Olys
Artillery
Philadel Re
Plain Bolton
Charles M. Draver
Ee - 8
Balon
Leonard’ W. Ross
Republican State Committee
Lton
Fred E.’ Bolton
Lumber Drivers May Strike In Boston Area
Lumber teamsters in Boston threaten a strike over wage demands with about 40 000 workers potentially affected. Union 112 submitted demands on May 13 for 14 a week for single team drivers and extra pay for teams, as building operations inBoston and nearby areas brace for disruption.
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Boston
Pbuilding
Union 112
le Calle
Boston Man Seeks Adoptive Care For Margie Stokes
Henry K W Hall of Boston, a Fitchburg resident, plans to adopt Margaret Stokes, the orphan girl from the Caribbean, after learning of her misfortunes. He and his wife consider adding the child to their home at 179 Devonshire Street, hoping authorities approve the guardianship. Ruth, their 4 year old daughter, asks for a sister and inspires the proposal.
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Henry
Martinique
Boston
New York
Ruth
Hal
Margaret
Ruthie
Henry Hall
Hall
Caribbean
Miss Margaret
Sailors Union Tie Forces Schooner Departure
Captain Michael Powers prepared to sail his schooner for the fishing grounds after unloading a good fare when the cook was found not to belong to the crew union. The crew refused to man the vessel until the cook joined. she joined immediately and the schooner sailed from the harbor.
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Cook
Union
Michael Powers
Cleveland Ball Players Practice Without Signed Contracts
Lajoie and Bernhardt practiced with the Cleveland club but had not signed contracts today. Officials arranged the session as the team nears official decisions on player agreements.
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Lajoie and Bernhardt
Cleveland, CO
Ballers
Bopphartt
Cleveland
Lajoie
Bernica
Owes It His Life to Father John's Medicine
A Lowell man J J Whalen credits Father John’s Medicine with curing his bronchitis and asthma after he had given up work. He signs the statement thanking the remedy and endorsing its healing power.
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John
J. J. Whalen
Lowell
Ase
Fair Boston Area Forecast With Light Westerly Winds
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will edge upward into Friday with a gradually rising heat. Winds expected from the west, increasing slightly later.
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Boston
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