Stores Suffered as Police Crack Shoplifting Ring
Chief Inspector Joe Knox led an investigation after Charlotina A. Woods, a resident of Camden Street, was arrested for shoplifting at Jordan Marsh and R H Whites. Police recovered over 200 worth of goods from Woods’s home on Camden Street and concluded the thefts spanned two months. Woods faces larceny charges. she is to be taken from Deer Island to face trial.
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Joe Knox
Charlotina A. Woods
Camden Street
Deer Island
Jordan, Marsh & Co
R. H. White’s
Mr. Woods
Knox
Police
Hamburg
Boston Crook Arrested in Providence Burglary Case
Providence reports George W. Cook of Boston, 33, in custody on charges of breaking and entering two liquor stores in South Providence earlier today. He also pays a $20 fine plus costs for stealing an overcoat from George L. Thurber a few days prior.
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Providence
George W. Cook
Boston
South Providence
George L. Thurber
Patent Medicine Claim Covers Wide Range Of Aches
A vintage advertisement touts a sugar based remedy to relieve numerous ailments from colic and croup to sore throats and teething. It promises rapid relief for inward and outward pains and even skin and digestive issues, urging every mother to keep it on hand.
Shell game suspects fall to Boston inspectors
Police Inspectors Abbott and Gilmore arrested four men aged 23 to 28 for shell game activity in Boston. John Keefe, J. P. Lerry Livingston, John D. Oliver, and John J. Kelly were taken to headquarters, warned against the scam, and told to leave the city with promises of release. A separate case tied to Tuttle of Readville who lost $250 to the scheme. John Hennessey was also arrested and will face action at Hyde Hennessey Park after Tuttle identified him as the swindler responsible for $260.
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Abbott and
Gilmore
Boston
John Keefe
J. P. Lerry Livingston
Temple Street
John D. Oliver
Howard Street
John J. Kelly
Leverett Street
Old Shell
Tuttle
Readville
John Hennessey
Hennessey
United States
Hyde Hennessey Park
Hayden's Third Revealed in Boston Marriage Case
Charles Taylor of Charles Town seeks his sister Emma Taylor who vanished with Morris A. Hayden of Boston. Hayden, 87, allegedly wed Emma secretly after she left home. Family says Hayden already has two other wives in New Orleans and New York, one of whom has written to confirm. Emma's brother believes Hayden may be in Portland.
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Portland
Charles Taylor
Main Street
Charlestown
Emma Taylor
Morris A. Hayden
Boston
Hayden
New Orleans
New York
Miss Taylor
Civil Service Changes Reach Boston Custom House
President Cleveland orders civil service reforms affecting about eighty Boston Custom House positions. Changes extend to unclassified offices, requiring examinations for new vacancies and abolishing salary line. Messengers, assistant messengers, watchmen, and others shift to classified service. postoffice inspector clerks also come under civil service, making two Boston posts permanent.
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Cleveland
Custom House
Warren
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Boston
Boston schooner Mary L Peters reported missing at sea
The schooner Mary L Peters of Boston with Captain Frank E Brougham of Lynn and a crew of eight is feared sunk eighteen days overdue from Galveston after departing Sept 28. Vessel weighs 605 tons, built 1874, value 3000, cargo cotton seed meal worth 14000 insured. Agent I H Conant & Co holds hope but fears loss amid four tropical gales and easterly winds.
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Mary L. Peters
Boston
Frank E. Brougham
Lynn
Galveston
Peters
I. H. Conant & Co
Mr. Conant
New York Maritime Register
Conant
Brougham
Cobb Loses Bid to Quash Brookline Voter List
J Storer Cobb's petition for a certiorari to quash Brookline voters list was denied by Judge Morton in Superior Court. Registrars rejected Cobb for lacking evidence of poll tax assessment as a town resident last May, per section 3, chapter 271. Cobb argues unconstitutionality of the tax evidence requirement, challenging Article 3 of constitutional amendments. The case, deemed a test, will proceed to the full court.
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J. Storer Cobb
Brookline
Morton
Cobb
Boston man in trouble in New Haven fraud case
Luther M Brackett of Boston has been arrested on fraud charges by Henry A Pullman a New Haven real estate dealer He is in custody on 1000 bond Brackett claimed ties to United States Savings and Loan Society and American Fire Extinguisher Co He brought Robert Faulkner Collier to New Haven and coaxed him into a wholesale peer business Collier later transferred his interest to Pullman amid fears of reprisal The story notes Brackett led a carefree life and won the affection of a local businessman's teenage daughter
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New Haven
Conn
Luther M. Brackett
Boston
Henry A. Pullman
Brackett
United States Savings & Loan Society
American Fire Extinguisher Company
Pullman
Tuttle
Robert Faulkner Collier
Collier
Pallman
Brackett Missing in Boston and New Haven Family Hopes for Answer
Tuither M Brackett a veteran wholesale paper dealer was last heard from in New Haven then telephoned plans to travel to Boston. His wife and four children are wintering in Boston while his mother Mrs Sarah H Brackett at 160 Newbury street awaits word. Friends deny any trouble and expect clarification to prove his innocence.
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Tuither M. Brackett
Cumberland Street
Brackett
Boston
Sarah H. Brackett
Newbury Street
New Haven
Application for Receiver In Roberts Bros Firm
In the Supreme Court Judge Morton heard a claim by Rhodes Lockwood and Arthur Lincoln as special administrators of Thomas Niles estate seeking the appointment of a receiver for Roberts Bros publishers. They allege Niles bought half the firm in 1872 for 12009 dollars and remained a partner until his death May 18 184, leaving the surviving partner Lewis A Roberts to wind up the business which has valuable books plates copyrights contracts and goodwill estimated at 75000 dollars. Roberts objects and the hearing will resume tomorrow.
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Roberts Bros., Publishers
Rhodes Lockwood
Arthur Lincoln
Thomas Niles
Lewis A. Roberts
Milton
Supreme Court
Morton
Niles
October furniture bargain surprises with $38 easy chair
An Octob er offer from Paine's Furniture Company astonishes readers with an easy chair priced at $38, far below its usual $65 mark. A newspaper representative toured their showroom and saw the chair firsthand, noting the mystery of the deep discount.
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Paine
Exhibition Praises Realistic Chicago Reproduction
Reverend Thomas Norris of the House of the Angel Guardian in Roxbury commends a display at The Managers Casino, 541 Tremont Street, for its lifelike recreation of Chicago’s remembered beauties and its poetic and intellectual appeal. He recommends it to friends in a letter dated November 2, 1894.
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Managers Casino
Tremont Street
Chicago
Thomas Norris
House of the Angel Guardian
Roxbury
Real Estate Firm Opens Spacious Devonshire Offices
ASSOCIATED IN REAL ESTATE announces new offices at rooms 4 5 and 6 118 Devonshire street. Henry F Wills handles Newton and Wellesley properties and develops Indian Springs estate at Wellesley Farms as managing trustee. Robert W Williams specializes in Back Bay Brookline property mortgages and insurance. John T Hosford covers Boston Highlands Roxbury Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury real estate and mortgages.
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Henry F. Wills
Robert W. Williams
John T. Hosford
Henry W. Savage
Devonshire Street
Wills
Newton
Wellesley
Indian Springs
Wellesley Farms
Williams
Back Bay
Brookline
Hosford
Insurance exchange approves term business rate hike
The New England Insurance Exchange accepts a special committee report, raising mercantile risk rates by 2 percent and five year rates by 331 3 percent starting December 1. The increase mainly affects Massachusetts, especially Boston where term writing dominates.
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New England Insurance Exchange
Massachusetts
Boston
Germany Trade With United States in 1890s Reveals Shifting Flows
Washington reports Treasury Bureau statistics detailing Germany's import and export ties with the United States from 1890 to 1898. The U S share of Germany's trade sits around a tenth, with sugar and breadstuffs as major import and export items. Cattle exports to Germany declined over the period while U S breadstuffs led in agricultural trade totals.
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Washington
Germany
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
United States
Springfield man leaves region for Brookline move
George M. Stearns of Chicopee and Springfield departs his long-time home after forty-two years in Hampden County. The Hampden County Bar Association offered a complimentary dinner which he declined due to ill-health. He will stay at Adams House in Boston for a week before moving to Brookline and plans a Florida winter.
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Springfield
Mass
George M. Stearns
Chicopee
Brookline
Hampden County Bar Association
Stearns
Adams House
Boston
Florida
Death by own action THE THEORY AVON
Avon residents lean toward suicide as the cause of William Hill's death on Thursday evening. A factory engineer, discovering arsenic and strychnine in Hill's coat pocket, notes Hill had previous hints of self harm and once sought arsenic to end his life. His wife arrived home to learn he believed he would be buried.
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Avon
William Hill
Hill
Vanderbilt Duped by Bronze Door Copy
New York reports Cornelius Vanderbilt paid $125,000 to acquire a bronze doors copy of the San Giovanni baptistry. The panels proved not solid bronze but a wooden frame with thin metal backing, prompting plans to replace them with solid doors by Bonnard and other parties.
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New York
Vanderbilt
Bonnard
Back Up Russell Today Tariff Reform Seen Near
Tariff reform advances with Prosperity on the heels as supporters rally around Russell. Advocates argue reforms will boost industry and trade, while opponents express concerns over impact on consumer prices and regional jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Judge rules for Santa Fe stockholders in injunction case
Judge J C Foster ruled for defendants in the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe stockholders injunction dispute denying the Protective Association’s bid to restrain board elections by any method other than cumulative voting. The afternoon session saw re election of the existing board with two changes P I Bonebrake replacing L Severy and E Wilder replacing Alden Speare.
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Topeka
Kan
J. C. Foster
United States District Court
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
L. Severy
Emporia
E. Wilder
Alden Speare
New York
Bomb Explodes Before Lord Escher Heir Home
A bomb exploded outside Reginald Brett’s residence in London last night. The device consisted of two iron pipes joined and detonated by a chlorate of potash and picric acid mix, injuring no one reported.
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London
Reginald Brett
Lord Escher
Bell S Cleansed Warranted For $81.00 at Temple Place
An itemized spring transaction records Bell S cleaning service billed at 81.00, with location noted as 2 Temple Place. The brief entry lists payment and address details in a local business notice style.
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Temple Place
Widow of "Number One" dies in Providence
Providence nov 6 Mrs Frank Byrne widow of the alleged Number One of the Phenix Park murders in Dublin died here this morning. She had been a paralytic since the birth of her first child in jail in England.
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Providence
Frank Byrne
Phenix Park
Dublin
England
Fresh Start Against Fall Illnesses with Hood's Sarsaparilla
A historical medical ad notes fall weather brings bronchitis grip erysipelas and other severe diseases. It warns beginnings are slight and often disregarded and cites recurring cold and catarrh as forerunners of trouble, endorsing Hood's Sarsaparilla as the safe remedy.
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Hood
Exeter Out as Andover Rival. Lawrenceville to Meet Nov 14
Exeter will not face Andover this year as Lawrenceville Academy rises as Andover's rival. The first football game between Andover and Lawrenceville is set for November 14 at Lawrenceville. Both schools boast strong teams and the matchup draws wide speculation following Andover’s 5 to 2 baseball win last spring.
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Andover
Exeter
Lawrenceville
N. Y
Rev John Moore Defends Elopement Case In Boston Return
The Rev John Moore known as Professor Moore arrives in Boston denying involvement in Annie Thompson and Sam Pearce elopement. He claims a Chicago license proves they wed October 4 1894 and says Pearce and Annie may have married and left for san Francisco then Australia.
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John Moore
Annie Thompson
Sam Pearce
Woburn
Boston
Professor Moore
Chicago
Seaver House
Annie
Pearce
Samuel S. Pearce
Annie M.thompson
Stone’s
Brattle Street
Thompsons
Thompson
Moore
Australia
A Vote for Russell for Growing Prosperity
A brief political message urging support for Russell, urging voters not to back policies or leaders associated with M'Kin Leyistic evils and promoting forward economic growth.
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Russell
Parkman Park Street Claim Against the City
The Parkman case in Jamaica Plain was submitted to a Superior Court jury by Judge Richardson. Experts’ averages show petitioners’ land value at 152,384 square feet totaling 77,715.80 and buildings at 9,369, while the city's figures are 26,543 for land and 7,704 for buildings. Jury assessment to be announced tomorrow.
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Francis Parkman
Prince Street
Jamaica Plain
Superior Court
Richardson
Dray Horse Rampage Disturbs Cambridgeport Transit
A bulky dray horse attached to a heavy wagon went on a run down Main Street Cambridgeport yesterday around noon. It barreled through the doorway of The Old Curiosity Shop at Pearl Street corner, throwing the driver into the gutter unharmed. The storefront doorway was wrecked and a dray shaft broken. No other injuries were reported.
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Cambridgeport
Main Street
Pearl Street
One Year Term Imprisonment for Article Insulting President
Paris Gera ult Richard was sentenced to one year in prison and a 4000 francs fine for publishing an article the court found insulting to President Casimir Perier.
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Paris
Gerault Richard
Casimir Perier
Cheap Bread Prompts Boston Bakers to Consider 5 Cent Loaves
A Boston baker argues two-pound loaves can be sold for 5 cents if market conditions mirror New York. He notes small shops face higher costs per loaf due to rent and operating expenses, while large bakers can absorb tiny profits. The piece contrasts local habits where most housewives bake themselves and highlights price sensitivity amid cheaper flour and rising competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Post
J. McNally
Cambridge Street
Siossom Street
Anderson Street
No More Hurts at Boston Dental Parlors
An advertisement for the Boston Dental Parlors at 681 Washington Street touts painless tooth extraction without gas. Dr. A De Colvagne oversees a new facility claiming modern apparatus and up-to-date methods, promising relief for toothache sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Today
Boston
Washington Street
A. de Colvagne
American Wringer Co. Catalogs Broadway Extension Makers
The American Wringer Co. of 13 and 15 Broadway extension markets wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs on all kinds of wringers and sweepers are offered with prompt mail orders. Telephone Tremont 764 for inquiries.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Tremont
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Chestnut Street
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Eastern Medical Institute
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