Excitement at Filing for Republican Nominating Papers
Councillor Isaac B. Allen demands redress in court against city committee head Joseph B. Maccabe after vacancies were filed without absent officers. A police guard kept order as Hardy and Allen clashed, while a citizens movement for Mayor Quincy forms led by General Collins with cross party backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac B. Alien
Republican City
Joseph B. Maccabe
Frank H. Briggs
Maccabe
Major Briggs
Republican City Committee
Samuel C. Jones
Allen
New York
Briggs
Fiske
Allen Hitch
Alderman Codman
Dorchester
Councillor Allen
William H. Hardy
Alderman Dyar
Hardy
Citizens’ Movement
Josiah Quincy
Citizens
Martin
Hugh O’brien
Samuel A. Green
Collins
Thomas J. Gargan
Charles E. Stratton
Jonathan A. Lane
A. Shuman
Nathan Matthews
Quincy
Union Station
Boston
General Collins
Brighton
Winthrop Line
Charlestown
Trials Likely Delayed For Olive Pecker Mutineers
Judge Robert W. Hughes releases a press statement outlining that the grand jury will meet November 17 to hear witnesses, with trial not expected before late December or early January. Andersen’s double murder case may proceed sooner, while arson defendants argue they were overpowered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Olive Pecker
Robert W. Hughes
United States District Court
Andersen
Morris
WHITMAN'S FRIEND Captain Hall to Testify in Whitman Case
Captain Jack Hall of Rockland Maine will be a key government witness at the Norfolk grand jury hearing in the Olive Pecker case. Hall, a trusted associate of Captain Whitman, asserts Whitman was not the tyrant the defense seeks to portray and will testify about Whitman’s character and conduct at home, in business, and at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack” Hall
Rockland
United States Grand Jury
Norfolk
Olive Pecker
Boston
South
Captain Hall
Captain Whitman
Whitman
Andersen
Hall
Packer
Saunders
Incendiary Fires Raze Dorchester Unoccupied Homes
Three suspicious fires in unoccupied Dorchester buildings damaged properties including 600 at 29 Norton Avenue owned by Hon. George Fred Williams. A young man seen near the Williams residence is sought as investigators link the blazes to a local firebug. The same arson pattern recurs at Bowdoin Street and Draper Street. Fire Marshal Whitcomb to take over the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
Norton Avenue
Station 11
Won
George Fred Williams
Bowdoin Street
Ladder 7
Engine 17
Draper Street
Hendry
Williams
Daley
Reid
Cambridge
Whitcomb
To Cure a Gold in One Day
An ad claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in a day with a 25 cent price. The genuine tablets bear L. B. Q. on each tablet.
Government Plans Reindeer Relay to Reach Starving Whalemen
News reports a U S government relief plan to save 265 whalemen stranded near Point Barrow Alaska. The Bear under Captain Tuttle along with Behring Sea patrol crew will ferry 600 reindeer from Norton Sound overland toward Point Barrow in a 500 mile trek. The scheme features dog teams and moss feeding along the coast and aims to reach the sailors by mid February with a multi‑part rescue effort approved by Admiral Kirkland and Lieutenant Stoney.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Orca
Belvedere
Jessie H. Freeman
Rosario
Norton’s Sound
San Francisco
Shoemaker
Revenue Cutter Service
Hooper
Behring Sea Patrol
Tuttle
Kirkland
Alaskan
Norton Sound
Port Channel
Port Clarence
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Bernard M. Wolf
My Clothier
Massachusetts Clothing Co
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Cheirman Maccabe
Senator Folsom
Citizens’ Movement For Mayor
Gobbler
Turkey
New England
Mall
C. H. Robinson
Washington St
Adams Square
Dock Square
Deer
Grand Jury
Judge Hughes
Anderson
Fkbigs
Arctic
Discovery
Capt
Monennapmiess
Ekson
Washburn Credit House
Washington Street
Opp. Jordan, Marsh & Co
Fes
Celine Mesto
Washington
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vicinity
Tri-Mount Cigar
Stau
Stacore
Infield Street
Tifires ‘Bros
Cutler
Washington ‘S
George M. Stoney
Mare Island Navy Yard
Stoney
Java
Ginter Grocery & Produce Co
Tremont St
Cor. Eliot
Union St. Cor, Elm
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