Farrington death by own action mystery mates fortune to new wife
Eben R. Farrington a retired Boston businessman killed himself in his Bowdoin Street lodgings last Tuesday evening leaving a fortune to a woman who had been his wife less than 48 hours. His widow Mrs Farrington remains distraught and refuses to see visitors as details unfold.
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Eben R. Farrington
Boston
Bowdoin Street
Farrington
George K. McKee
Hubbard Avenue
North
Cambridge
A. H. Hew Pottery Company
Miss McKee
McKee
Mrs Maxwell Names Mason as Suspect in Assault
Mrs Carrie A Maxwell of 6 Dilworth street travels to Cambridge to identify Alan Gregory Mason, once calling himself Gregory Hall, as the man who assaulted her at her home three weeks ago. She recalls meeting him in a real estate office and later encounters, with the pair discussing property before the man vanished.
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Carrie A. Maxwell
Dilworth Street
Cambridge
Alan Gregory Mason
Mason
Florida
Hall
Greenwich Park
Police Tie Mason and Perry to Further Crimes in Boston
Police believe additional offenses are chargeable to Alan Mason and George L. O. Perry. Mrs Maxwell aims to identify Mason as the man who assaulted her three weeks ago. Perry, recently identified by Mason, asserts witnesses will confirm his story. Detectives push to expose a gang, with Mason as a possible white member, while Perry’s tale faces skepticism.
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Perry
Mason
Alan G. Mason
Miss McPhee
Miss Morton
Boston
Maxwell
Dilworth Street
Alan Mason
Gregory Hall
Lyman School
Franklin Park
Cambridge
George L. O. Perry
Proctor and Letteney
Proctor
Carrie A. Maxwell
Struggle at Windsor Street Inmate Barno Attacks Police
Luke Barno, a colored inmate at 42 Windsor Street, terrorized fellow inmates for two hours, smashed furniture with an axe, and hurled a lit lamp at officers from Station 10. He was overpowered after a dash for the stairs and suffered burns before being admitted to City Hospital.
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Luke Barno
Windsor Street
Station 10
Barno
Man Fleeing Imaginary Sluggers Tries 4-Story Elevator Escape
J Anderson 32, an assistant janitor at Hotel Union, allegedly became unbalanced, fleeing up to the top floor then sliding four stories down the elevator shaft to the basement. He cried for mercy as patrolmen intervened and he was taken to the station and then City Hospital after a doctor’s examination.
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Jack the Slugger
J. Anderson
Hotel Union
Shawmut Avenue
Wright
Division 5
McQueeney
Anderson
Dolan Reports Beating At Relief Station
Michael Dolan, 40, of 262 Shawmut Avenue, arrived at the Relief station last evening with lacerations to head and face. He said he was beaten by an unknown man but could not recall when or where the assault occurred.
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Michael Dolan
Shawmut Avnue
Boston Area Weather Forecast for Monday and Tuesday
Local forecast shows Monday is fair with slight temperature changes, while Tuesday remains fair but cooler with fresh to brisk north to northwest winds. The outlook covers Boston and surrounding areas with no precipitation expected.
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Boston
Vicinity
Prisk
Temperature records at Thompson Spa building
The thermometer at Thompson Spa 219 Washington street logged yesterday readings at multiple times from 3 a.m. to midnight. The daily average was 41.11.24 at the spa with year ago average 47.1.21.
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Thompson Spa
Washington Street
Diphtheria Germs Found in Most Throats Warned
Health board reports show many diphtheria cases. Germs lie in the throat of almost everyone. Children and the elderly avoid illness when healthy. weak or pale children are at risk. Father John’s Medicine praised as nourishing aid for growing children and throat troubles, claimed to contain no poisons.
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the Health Board
Father John
Wildey Savings Bank Notice at 52 Boylston St Boston
Money deposited on or before November 16 will draw interest from that date. Bank confirms interest start for early deposits at Wildey Savings Bank located at 52 Boylston Street Boston.
Two Men Die In Queens Boiler Explosion
New York Nov 9 Two men were killed and one pumping station at Queensborough’s water works destroyed when a boiler exploded. Victims were William Dihey engineer and James Nelson fireman. The blast ripped the building apart bricks flew over a thousand feet and the boiler was hurled twenty feet from its bed. The other boiler lifted from foundations and moved a hundred feet. Dihey’s body landed about 150 feet away. Officials suspect boiler scaling caused the blast.
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New York
Queensborough
William Dihey
James Nelson
Unknown Man Falls Unconscious on Tremont Street
An unidentified man about 30, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 150 pounds was found unconscious on 5620 Tremont Street. Patrolman Wright brought him to Dedham Street Station, then to City Hospital after Dr. McQueeney diagnosed a fractured skull. The light complexioned man has sandy hair, brown hair, and wore a gray overcoat, patent shoes, black coat and vest, and dark striped trousers.
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Tremont Street
Wright
Division 5
Dedham Street
McQueeney
City Hospital
Burglars Loot Soap Office in Pittsburg
Burglars looted the Walker & Stratman soap makers office in Pittsburg early today. Two of four safes were dynamited, about $600 stolen and the building sustained $6000 in damage.
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Pittsburg
Walker & Stratman
Bride Widow Heiress All In One Week
Asheville N C November nine On the bed he died after marrying his nurse and making a will leaving his estate valued at over a million dollars to his bride Miss Henrietta C Wolf Providence R I The late William Gibson may have arranged a life interest for his mother or his sons shares may revert to her on death It remains to be seen if the will was valid or if prior family arrangements permitted the bequest
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Asheville
N. C
John McCormick Gibson
Cincinnati
Henrietta C. Wolf
Benno Wolf
Providence
R. I
William Gibson
Gibson
Mystery death in Malden shocks Lowell friend
Lowell reports a woman named Sarah A. Davis died by suicide in Malden. She left a note naming her only friend, Mrs. Alexander Adams of 1190 Lawrence Street, Lowell. Adams was interviewed and plans to go to Malden to identify and arrange burial.
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Lowell
Sarah A. Davis
Malden
Alexander Adams
Lawrence Street
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Nemser
Mrs. Maxwell
Carrie Maxwell
Westboro
Mason & Hamlin
Cambridgeport
Ferry
Brown
Waverley
Clara Morton
Dolan
Wildey Savings Bank
Mase. Laws
Boylston St
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