Thugs Beat Wife to Death in Brooklyn Boarding House
John Smith a mill hand reports being attacked by three men as he and his wife returned to their 662 Broadway boarding house. The wife died from her injuries the next day and police probe a possible three assailants amid neighbors’ accounts and an autopsy pending by Medical Examiner Dow.
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Lawrence
Broadway
John Smith
Smith
Park Street
Charles Houle
Smiths
Dow
Woman held in Maine incineration case with excuse
Mrs. Vina Tourtelotte was jailed in Belfast awaiting arraignment on incendiarism after entering Charles Gray's cottage days before a fire that destroyed several cottages. She claims a warm day, a disarranged hair curl, a lamp to fix it, and denies starting the blaze. She mentions a sister in Berkshire Hills Massachusetts and a brother in Milo but will not name them.
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Northport
Vina Tourtelotte
Oldtown
Charles Gray
Belfast
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Milo
Memorial Unveiled for Patrick Collins in Boston Park
A public memorial to Boston mayor Patrick Andrew Collins was unveiled at Charlesgate West facing Commonwealth Avenue. The granite monument features a bust of Collins with figures of Erin and Columbia, honoring his Irish birth and American service. Present were Jerome Jones, Archbishop O Connell, ex-Governor Long, Mayor Hibbard, and Collins' family.
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Boston
Patrick A. Collins
Charlesgate West
Camonwealth Avenue
John D. Long
Somerset
Jerome Jones
Citizens’ Memorial Association
Hibbard
William H. O’connell
Jones
Colling
Paul
Henry H. Kitson
Quincy
Maine
Collins
Erin
Columbia
Ireland
America
L.L. B
Harvard
Massachusetts
Congress
United States
London
Charles D. Maguinis
Park Department
Hotel Somerset
Long
Patrick Andrew Collins
Emerald Isle
Conductor George Moore Sentenced for Fare Larceny
Conductor George Moore of the Boston Elevated was tried in Somerville District Court for larceny of fares. He was found guilty and sentenced by Judge Wentworth to 30 days in the House of Correction.
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George Moore
Boston Elevated
Somerville District Court
Wentworth
House of Correction
Langford Refaces O'Brien Bout With Harris in Philadelphia
Sam Langford of Boston will now fight Morris Harris at the State A C of Philadelphia after the New York match with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien was canceled the promoter announced.
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Philadelphia
Sam Langford
Boston
Jack O’brien
New York
Morris Harris
State A. C
O’brien
Second Child Born to Jere Cooke and Floretta Whaley
A second child was born to Floretta Whaley of Hempstead and Jere K. Cooke now in California after a warrant charged him with abduction. The couple, who eloped earlier, had lived as man and wife under assumed names while Cooke served as minister before being unfrocked. The first child arrived last winter.
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New York
Floretta Whaley
Hempstead
Jere K. Cooke
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Cooke
California
Miss Whaley
Drunkenness Described as Curable Disease and Orrine Offer
The piece frames drunkenness as a progressive disease and presents Orrine as a scientific cure sold by The Orrine Co. from Washington, D. C. with a money back guarantee. It promotes Orrine No 1 and No 2 at one dollar each and lists Riker Jaynes stores as local sellers.
Portland Boxer Triumphs Over Arthur Cote in Stx Round Bout
Tom Saw yer defeated Arthur Cote in a six round match at the Pastime Club in Portland. The bout took place tonight with Saw yer winning decisively in the stx round.
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Portland
Tom Sawyer
Arthur Cote
Biddeford
Make Better Cough Syrup At Home In Minutes
A cheap home recipe yields a pint of cough syrup in five minutes costing about fifty four cents. Mix granulated sugar syrup with Pinex and water, then take a teaspoon every one to three hours. The Pine Extract is claimed to relieve deep coughs and bronchial ailments with a pleasant taste and good shelf life.
No More Bald Heads Brings Birt's Head Wash to Boston Stores
A newly discovered remedy called Birt's head wash is on sale in Boston at Houghton & Dutton Co R H White Co the Riker Jaynes Stores and other druggists. It claims to prevent baldness and hair loss and is said to cure dandruff and scalp diseases with one or two applications. A full supply costs 50 cents.
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William Orr
Ninth St
South
Boston
Huntington Near Mechanics Ipulsuller
Birt
Houghton & Dutton Co
R. H. White Co
Riker-Jaynes
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the Tay Company
Bailey
Jason
Park Theatre
Panama
National Spring
Mrs. Smith
Rious
Rence
Gale & Kent
Court Street
Back Bay
The
Free
Green Isle
Oversea
Ecrolis Bett
Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth
Paine
Canal Street
Estsmarket Square
Mission Qrhe
Ccc
Ccee Essen
Sa Cdtes
Langford
Harris
Chesterfield
Adler
Vorenhexag
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
Jere Cooke
Orrine Co
Washington, D. C
Riker- Jaynes
South Boston
Treatment Ave
Boston, Mass
Bestling
Sawyer
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