Death of Davidson A Mystery
William H. Davidson of 39 Barry Street Dorchester died after midnight at City Hospital from a gunshot to the head believed to be from his own revolver. His wife gave multiple accounts of the shooting, first saying it occurred during a struggle as he tried to take the weapon, then that it was accidental while cleaning, and later that it happened while she was fooling with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Davidson
Barry Street
Dorchester
City Hospital
Elis
Davidson
Woman in Apparent Self Defense in Adams Street Shooting
Mrs. Davidson, apparently involved in a fatal shooting of her husband Davidson, gave multiple accounts before Chief Dugan. Initial claims said the revolver went off during cleaning. later she admitted a scuffle over the weapon, with the gun discharging as he tried to restrain her.
Life Insurance or Death Insurance Which?
A promotional note argues Eckman’s Alterative cures consumption and related lung diseases. It presents Arthur Webb’s affidavit of recovery after failing to respond to standard medical care and urges readers to seek the booklet and evidence from Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Webb
Houghton & Dutton's Drug Dept
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Cure of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies Described
Mrs Alfie Elson recounts a nine year battle with severe itching and bleeding eczema. After trying many doctors she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resoivent with relief lasting nine years. She urges others to write for details and cites Potter Drugs Chem Corp as proprietor.
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Han
P Erson
Alfie Elson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Mich
Potter Drugs Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Mass
Boston's Multilingual Opera Guests Arrive With Train of Trunks
Boston welcomed a cosmopolitan company of operatic artists led by Mme Lydia Lipkowska for a new American season. The party included her seven year old daughter and cook Edmond Nowatowski, who traveled aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam. Also arriving were Mlle Fely Dereyne and sister Ida, plus Polluchin the kitten in a jeweled portable cage. Several Russian and European stars accompanied by families and entourages, with grand plans and peculiar travel anecdotes.
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Mme
Lydia Lipkowska
Boston Opera Company
Boston
Russia
Lipkowska
Edmond Nowatowski
Nieuw Amsterdam
Edmond
United States
Madame
Mlle
Fely Dereyne
Boston Opera House
Ida
Polluchin
Buenos Ayres
Dereyne
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
New York
Mile
Meniouw
Mlle. Dereyne
Ponlachun
George Baklanoff
Leon Sibiriakoff
Boito
Mefistofele
Leo Devaux
Celine Bonheur
Janka Czaplinsky
France
Poland
M. Letol
Charles River Basin Clear of Boat Houses After Removal
The Union Boat Club structures and many piles left from river wall work clutter the Charles River basin from Cottage Farm bridge to the new dam. The yesterday deadline required removal of all boat houses and floats, with clubs that supported Boston rowing seen to have towed and moored items in spots approved by the Metropolitan Park Commission above Cottage Farm bridge.
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Union Boat Club
Charles River
Cottage Farm Bridge
Boston
Metropolitan Park Commission
Cattage Farm Bridge
Court upholds life sentence in Fort Worden murder case
The Federal Circuit Court of western Washington denies interference with James H. Holt’s life imprisonment for the Henry E. Johnson murder at Fort Worden barracks. Justice Holmes notes trial judge acted within discretion and that jurors were competent to assess the confession.
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Federal Circuit Court of Western
Justice Holmes
Holmes
Portsmouth Veteran Died From a Shock
Charles W. Shannon a 72 year old Civil War veteran and father of Chelsea Chief Gaspar P. Shannon died after a shock He served with Company B 35th Massachusetts Regiment and enlisted from Newburyport Mass He later served as assistant chief of police in Portsmouth worked as a carpenter at Portsmouth navy yard and was last employed at Boston navy yard as a ship watchman Survived by another son Guy E Shannon and three daughters
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Charles W. Shannon
Gaspar P. Shannon
Chelsea
Massachusetts Regiment
Newburyport
Mass
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Boston Navy Yard
Guy E. Shannon
Newton
Mitts
Wood praises state head at temperance banquet
The annual no license workers banquet and conference at Ford Hall featured ex Governor John D Long as president and speakers including Charles W Eliot and Bishop William Lawrence. Robert A Wood praised Governor Draper for backing the Bar and Bottle bill while noting Foss opposed temperance and the two Democrats who won the gubernatorial nomination were foes of temperance.
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Ford Hall
John D. Long
Charles W. Eliot
Cambridge
Harvard University
William Lawrence
Robert A. Wood
Draper
Foss
Long
Eliot
Massachusetts
Boy Hunter Killed In Accident Near North Smithfield
Woonsocket R I Oct 31 Raymond Hebert 18 son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Hebert of North Smithfield was accidentally shot and killed by his chum Ovila Marcure 16 Sunday afternoon. The boys were returning from a hunting trip when Marcure's gun discharged and the bullet entered Heberts abdomen. He died a few hours later.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Raymond Hebert
Abraham Hebert
North Smithfield
Ovila Marcure
Marcure
Hebert
Prove it Yourself by Cutting Out Free Hair Coupon
George describes a dramatic hair growth using Crystalis claiming it restored natural color. He recounts years of baldness and failed tonics before the treatment produced a claimed miracle effect, contrasting with previous unsuccessful remedies like Bay Rum grease and tonics.
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George
Crystalis
Crystalis Hair Growth Coupon From Scranton Lab
A promotional coupon offers free information on Crystalis, the new discovery for growing hair. Cut out and mail to Laboratories, Dep. No. 441, Scranton, Pa., with coupon No. 441. Contains claims about baldness dandruff and itching scalp.
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Crystalis
Boston Post
Scranton
Kosten
Bankrupt Woman Broker Owes $10000 in Debts and Arrests
Mrs. McKenzie of Boston, linked to a bucket shop, surrendered at police headquarters on January 6 facing indictment for running a bucket shop. Her clerk Irwin Pollard pleaded guilty earlier and was fined $100. Her bankruptcy petition notes a no-fee case for $30 government fee, with creditors listing numerous claims totaling $5635.
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Power Bleriot
Grahame-White
Miss Liberty
Mrs. McKenzie
Boston
Irwin M. Pollard
McKengie
Exchange Place
Westland Avenue
At & Exchange Place
McKenzie
United States
Potter
Potter's Hotel
H. P. Robbins
St. James Avenue
S. B. Hinckley
Potter's Hotel Proprietor Denies Credit Inquiries
Mrs Annie M Potter of Potter's Hotel Roxbury says she never heard of the woman McKenzie and has had no dealings with her or any stock dealings. She suspects her name was used without consent. Also noted are unlocated figures Mrs H P Robbing and S B Hinckley once at 54 Devonshire Street who left six months ago and vanished.
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Annie M. Potter
Potter's Hotel
Washington Street
Roxbury
McKennie
McKenzie
H. P. Robbing
St. James Avenue
S. B. Hinckley
Devonshire Street
Ile
Sembrich Recital Delights Audience At Symphony Hall
Marcella Sembrich drew a large appreciative crowd yesterday afternoon in Symphony Hall. She offered Schumann Brahms and Sehnbert lieder, displaying distinctive artistry though with moments of effort and pitch wobble. Accompanist Frank La Forge received high praise for his attentive, intuitive support.
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Marcella Sembrieh
Symphony Hall
Sehnbert
Schumann
Brahms
Mme. Sembrich
Leased Holland House to Wood's company for 10 years
C A Wood of the Hotel Bellevue has leased the famed Holland House in New York City from the Whiting estate. The 10 story Fifth Avenue and Thirtieth Street hotel, built in 1891 at a cost of 2.5 million, will be managed by Wood's company with expected 2 million in rent over the term.
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C. A. Wood
Bellevue
Whiting
New York City
Mr. Wood
South
Piedmont
Atlanta
Wood
Holland House
Mary van Doran
George Edward Harding & Gooch
Kinsley & Bauman
Peters Explain W Dudley Cotton Jr at Lime Street Rally
ASHS Peters argued in favor of his Republican congressional bid in the 11th district at a Lime Street Ward 11 rally last night. He assailed opponent Peters on tariffs and Cannon rules while Lifegin Frothingham Holden Tinkham and Grafton Cushing spoke, urging voters to question the opposing candidate’s stance on cost of living and political leadership.
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W. Dudley Cotton, Jr
Congress
Lime Street
Frothingham
George Holden Tinkham
Grafton
D. Cushing
Peters
Cannon
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Dugan
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Kingsley
Adams Street
Dr. Kingsley
Cuticura
Czar’s
Boston Opera
Czar
Charles River Basin
Scott
Portsmouth
N. H
STATE
Boy Hunter
Chum
Wixen
Line
McArdle
Wight
Columbus Avenue
Willey
Braintree
Nelson
Patterson
Ida Pierce
Clayton
Charles Street
Pinney
C. A. Wood Heads Company
Ashs Peters
Cotton
Henry Siegel Co
New England
Orchestra
Uch Organisation
Richmond
House of FE. & T. Pink
London
England
Tadian
Ceylon
Oxford
Schumaker
Milford
Sunshine Bakery
Florida
Ym Snek
Warwick Brand
Apkins
Ime
Anese
Pat Ccierne
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