Works in vain over dead man at Somerville Theatre
Arthur Everton, under arrest for causing the death of Robert Simpson, hypnotized the man at the Somerville Theatre last night. Simpson lay in a cataleptic state and was given attempts to revive him this afternoon with the help of another hypnotist, Professor Davenport of Orange, New Jersey. Three doctors stood by in autopsy-ready aprons.
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Somerville, J
Arthur Everton
Robert Simpson
Somerville Theatre
Simpson
Davenport
Orange
N. J
Everton
Dr. Halstead
Bellis
W. H. Long
Boston
Gardner M. Lane
Arthur Fairbanks
M Museum
Copley Square Museum
Eben S. Draper
Froethingham
Hibbard
Eben S
Dorothy Draper
Jack Gardner
Bayard Thayer
L. Carteret Senna
Eric Pape
Philip Cabot
Leon H. Vincent
Denman W. Ross
J. H. Benton, Jr
Quincy Kilby
Barbara Kilby
Orlando Tompkins
Eugene Tompkins
Horace G. Wadlin
Otto Fleischner
Charles H. Taylor
Edwin S. Morse
I. H. Caliga
A. Shuman
Henry S. Rowe
Edwin TF. Atkins
Phelps Coombs Knapp
Henry HH. Kelt
Thomas N. Carver
Henry Lee Higginson
Cyrus Dallin
Beiler H. Pratt
Ross Turner
Ernest Major
Josiah H. Benton
Thomas N. Hart
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Samuel B. Dean
F. H. Lake
Albert H. Pitkin
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Francis Lee Trigginson
Henry Sargent Hunnewell
Nathaniel Thayer
James H. van Allen
Arthur Little
Francis Bullard
Joseph Randolph Coolidge
Robert JD. Evans
Augustus Hemenway
Georgianna Goddard Eaton
Roger Wolcott
Autopsy debates follow Boston man’s death after revival attempt
In Somerville a man accused of manslaughter after attempting to revive Simpson faces an upcoming autopsy. Doctors dispute immediate autopsy while police and prosecutors authorize it. Death appears due to ruptured aorta from natural causes, with evidence suggesting long aneurysm prior to revival. Meanwhile Boston opens a new Museum of Fine Arts attracting 5000 art lovers and dignitaries to view expanded spaces and galleries.
Butler’s Law Partner Dies in Melrose
Frank L. Washburn aged 60, a well-known attorney and long time law partner of the late Benjamin F. Butler, died at his home 49 Wyoming Avenue after a brief illness. He was born in Peterboro New Hampshire on May 1 1849 and was a descendant of John Washburn first secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Company and a relative of ex governor and ex US senator P C Cheney.
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New Hampshire
United States
Mrs Taft Attends Boston Symphony Concert at National Theatre
Mrs. Taft and much of Washington society attended the Boston Symphony Orchestra's first concert in the new National Theatre this afternoon.
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Mrs. Taft
Washington, D. C
Rev Joseph Asher Noted Scholar Dies in New York
The Rev Joseph Mayor Asher aged 38, professor of Biblical exegesis at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and renowned Talmudic scholar, died tonight at his New York City home.
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New York
Joseph Mayor Asher
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Brass Candle Shade Adds Artistic Glow for Home Decor
Designer tips outline a brass candle shade as a focal decor piece for the living room. Emphasizes warm metal tones and minimalist motifs to suit a contemporary or vintage-inspired space.
Spurrs celebrate golden wedding in Melrose
Melrose residents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Francis Spurr marked their 50th wedding anniversary at home on 390 Ashland Street. They were married at King's Chapel in Boston on November 9, 189, and four living children attended the felicitation along with many guests.
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Melrose
Flenry Francis Spurr
Ashland Street
King’s Chapel
Boston
Large Sale on Boylston Street Estates Sold to Gardiner
The firms W. Whittier & Brother sold two Boylston Street estates numbered 314 and 318 to Robert H. Gardiner as trustee. No. 314 belongs to William H. Rothwell and No. 318 to G Gorham Peters and others as trustees. Combined assessed value totals 250000 with land 228600 and building 21400. Leases expire next summer and extensive alterations are expected then.
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Co. W. Whittier & Brother
Boylston Street
Robert H. Gardiner
William H. Rothwell
G. Gorham Peters
Allston Golf Club Votes to Lease Grounds
At a special meeting the Allston Golf Club unanimously authorized the governing board to lease the grounds housing the clubhouse and golf links for five years or longer.
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Allston Golf Club
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
A promotional urging readers to buy Pape's Diapepsin for quick stomach relief. It claims one dose ends indigestion heartburn and gas, improves digestion in five minutes, and offers many benefits from a single 50 cent case. It advises telling the pharmacist to ensure a thorough cure.
Ten Defendants Face Conspiracy Trial Over Bankrupt Marshall Hay and Grain
Ten defendants including eight men and two women pleaded not guilty before Judge Dodge in U S District Court on conspiracy to conceal assets of the East Boston bank rupt firm. Names include Canner Freedman Wolfman Berman Greenberg Jacobson Miller Mandelstam and Goldfine with two more arrested but not tried. Witnesses described cash payments mortgage details and missing ledger pages in the asset concealment scheme.
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Abraham Co. Berman
Abraham Greenberg
Levi Jacobson
Louis Miller
Isaac W. Mandelstam
Morris
Bernard Goldfine
Mandelstam
Morris Goldfine
John H. Marshall
Miss Ella Ripley Weds Charles Peabody in Boston Church
Miss Ella Belle Ripley of Revere, longtime soloist at First Presbyterian Church, married Charles Arthur Peabody of Brockton at the First Presbyterian Church on Columbus avenue and Berkeley street. Rev. James Alexander and Rev. F A MacDonald officiated. Maid of honor Florence Coffin. Best man Charles Wiswell Harvard 07.
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First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Ella Belle Ripley
Revere
Charles Arthur Peabody
Brockton
James Alexander
F. A. MacDonald
Florence Coffin
Charles Wiswell
Ihlarvard
Needlework designs for towel ends in Next Sunday's Post
The notice invites needlewoman readers to submit designs for towel ends. It appears in Next Sunday's Post, signaling upcoming feature content and potential pattern ideas for home crafts.
Giant merger linked New Haven and Boston & Maine
The likely election of Charles S. Mellen as president of the Boston & Maine signals a vast railway consolidation. The path favors uniting New Haven with B and M and possibly adding Pennsylvania System, Santa Fe, and other lines into a transcontinental system of over 380,000 miles.
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Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Atlantic Coast
San Francisco
Pacific
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
New’ Ha‘ven
Boston & Maine
New York, Ontario & Western
Maine
New Haven
Charles 8. Mellen
New Haven Road
New England
Mellen
Tuttle
Ships Collide in the Sound
In the Sound the Bennett sank after collision with the Merrill C. Hart. Filipinos swam amid wreckage while rescuers hauled sixteen men ashore through breakers. The Hart, built in 1866 in Bristol Maine, carried 182 net tons and 97.9 feet length. the Bennett, a newer ship from Liverpool Nova Scotia, 299 tons, coppered hull. Three men required medical aid.
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Bennett
Merrill C. Hart
Bristol
Dunn & Elliott
Thomaston
John S. Bennett
Gilbert Transportation Company
Fleet wrecked as gale drives ships onto Cane Cod canal beach
A sudden northeast gale at dawn scattered a small vessel fleet laying a Cane Cod canal breakwater. By noon two lighters ran aground and were wrecked while a tug sought shelter in Provincetown and a schooner was driven ashore, leaving sixteen saved.
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Sandwich
New Cane Cod Canal
Provincetown
Mother of four sentenced to jail in liquor case
Mrs. Bridget Sullivan of Lowell was sentenced to 10 months in Cambridge Superior Court for violating liquor laws. She pleaded for leniency saying she sold liquor to support her four children as her husband had left her. the youngest is an infant.
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Bridget Sullivan
Lowell
Morton
Cambridge Superior Court
Swindler Suspect Nabbed After Con Artists Swindle Man
Joan Mironick of 58 North Margin Street says two confidence men swindled him of 115 dollars on Hanover Street yesterday afternoon. He grabbed a man on Tileston Street and held him until police arrived. The arrested man claimed to be Joseph Ladoni, 336, of 166 Salem Street.
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Joan Mironick
North Margin Street
Hanover Street
Tileston Street
Joseph Ladoni
Salem Street
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