Swell Ballin Statue Fund Campaign Continues in Boston
The Appeal to the Great Spirit statue by Cyrus E. Ballin, an Indian on horseback, is to stay in Boston if renewed efforts by the Metropolitan Improvement League succeed. A previous $8500 fund raised years ago failed to grow. last week representatives secured $1000 from Boston's wealthy and patriotic citizens to reach the $12,000 purchase price.
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Cyrus E. Ballin
Boston
Metropolitan Improvement League
Big fire destroys two Stoneham ice houses at Dikes Pond
For the second time in 48 hours Stoneham faced a major blaze as two ice houses on the shores of Dikes Pond near Parkway burned to the ground yesterday at noon. The structures were empty and valued at $10,000, owned by M. D. Fisk.
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Stoneham
Dikes Pond
Parkway
M. D. Fisk
Coats Imported Suits Described In Sale Ad
Two coats described as imported worsted and boyish in cut with double breasted fronts and patch pockets offered at 18.50 to 20. Also corduroy and velvet Norfolk models full length with satin lining and interlining priced at 25.
Imported corduroy full length coat description
A detailed listing describes an imported corduroy full length coat priced at 22.50. It features buttons to one side, button trimmings, a broad cloth collar, cutts, satin lining throughout, and warm interlining.
Double faced Zibeline Boy Style Coat
Describes an 18.50 boy style coat in double faced Zibeline with patch pockets lapel and button, satin lining to waist and sleeves.
Cost Of Living Cut In Half Ad Claims Big Savings
An advertisement promises half price costs on Teas Food Products Soaps Toilet Articles and other household supplies when bought directly from manufacturers. It boasts factory prices about half the usual retail and savings remove middlemen expenses and profits.
Boston Police Seek Hickey in Postcard Murders
Description of J Frank Hickey an expert mechanic and mechanical engineer sought in connection with postcard confessions detailing the murders of three boys and attempts on twelve others. He is educated 45 to 50, 5 6 tall about 150 pounds with black hair and bald top wears nose glasses and fashionable dress. No warrant issued yet.
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Gilson
Lackawanna, N. Y
J. Frank Hickey
Hickey
Mysterious postal threat linked to Dorchester murder note
A Buffalo police report notes a second card from a killer claiming three boy deaths. Inspectors searched Dorchester for clues but found nothing. The message threatens murder of a child before Sunday, prompting Chief Inspector McGarr and Superintendent Pierce to intensify the hunt across 18 districts.
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Poston
Dorchester
Buffalo
Boston
McGarr
Pierce
Warren
Hart
Conway
Field’s Corner
Hart, Conway and Burke
South End
Field's Corner
George Hall
William H. Pierce
St. Peter's Parochial School
Meeting House Hill
Missing 14-year-old linked to suspect after car seen
Mrs. Samuel Kramer of Lynn reports her son Israel last seen Sept 4 with a man about 50, a clue tying to a series of postcard confessions. Boston inspectors doubt a Dorchester Field’s Corner card as a credible hint, while investigators pursue a mobile killer case across Dorchester and Buffalo reports.
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Samuel Kramer
Wyman Street
Lynn
Israel
Kramer
Boston
Chief Regan
Buffalo
Crank
McGarr
Buffalo and Lackawanna
Hart
Conway
Dorchester
Field's Corner
Frank Harrington
Wendell Jones
Harrington
Captain Hall
Meeting House Hill
Essex Street
Tremont House
Tremont Street
Pleasant
Boyle
Not the Syrian boy’s murderer in Stearns case
Chief Gilson of Lackawanna examined George H. Stearns in Rochester and ruled him not the suspect, though Stearns’ description matches a man identified by authorities. Stearns has been in the city since November 8.
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Rochester
N. Y
Gilson
Lackawanna
George H. Stearns
Stearns
Two Men Caught as Snippers in Greater Boston
Two men known as Jack the Snipper were arrested after a spree of braids snipping in Lynn and Boston. Karl C. Mann, an electrician, was nabbed in Lynn for clipping three girls. John B. Batchelder, alias Derby, a Lynn barber, was caught on Tremont Row for an attempted snip of Miss Annie Wyman of Winchester. Both men have prior sentences and will be arraigned in Lynn and Boston courts respectively.
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Jack the Snipper
Greater
Boston
Karl C. Mann
Lynn
John B. Batchelder
Derby
Tremont Row
Annie Wyman
Winchester
Batchelder
Mann
Lynn Court
Concord Reformatory
Deer Island
Bartlett
Lynn Y. M. c. A
William Nealon
Station
Thorne
Colby
Fred H. Bean
Hanover Street
Hanover
Portland Streets
Hoffman and
Fichlein
West End
How Do People Afford Automobiles in Chicago
A Chicago Record-Herald quotation notes that many people without sufficient income struggle to finance automobiles. The remark questions where funds come from for car ownership and implies a broader issue of affordability among working residents.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Danderine Promises Soft Beautiful Hair For Girls
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline claiming light fluffy abundant hair after a Danderine cleanse. It promises reduced dandruff improved scalp health and new hair growth with continued weekly use and a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
Five Tons of Boots and Shoes Stock at Elmira Firm
The Beebe Shoe Company stock of 9222 pounds at 137 East Water Street Elmira N Y is offered to customers at an average 50 percent of regular prices. The ad lists brands including J A Banister Johnson Murphy Upham Ralston Health Shoes Dorothy Dodd and Queen Quality.
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C. F. Beebe Shoe Company
East Water Street
Elmira
N.Y
J. A. Banister Company
Johnson & Murphy
Upham Brothers
Ralston Health Shoes
Dorothy Dodd
Queen Quality
Dakota Dan Testimony Near Close
William R. Scharton, attorney for Dakota Dan, aims to finish the claimant’s side in two days and has sent men to gather witnesses in Melrose. Several Melrose residents testified to Daniel Blake Russell’s identity, with teachers and neighbors confirming ties to the Russell family and noting the claimant’s resemblance to the senator.
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William R. Scharton
Dakota Dan
Russell
Melrose
Fresno
Dan
Scharton
Alonzo G. Whitman
Melrose High School
Daniel Blake Russell
William
Senator Russell
Frank Gibbons
Aaron L. Tay
Glen Avenue
Annie Lord
Addie Coombs
Sharton
Fall of Monastir Bluff to Turkey Reported
Turkish dispatches on the Chatalja operation are seen as unreliable and likely depict only artillery preparation at Monastir. The victory would harden Servian resistance to Austrian aims, while consular tensions between Austria and Servia risk harming talks. Reports of Scutari fall to Montenegrins are unconfirmed. A cholera outbreak leads Bulgaria to summon Dr Roth to headquarters.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Priszend
Mitrovitza
Austria
Servia
Vienna
Prochaska
Prisrend
Scutari
Battle resumes at Constantinople amid gale and fog of war
The battle restarted this morning near Marmora as Turkish lines held firm despite Bulgarian pressure. Correspondents may approach the front as artillery volume appears down from Sunday while infantry assaults increase, and a military attache notes Bulgarians wasted 300 shots without hitting a man or gun.
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Constantinople
Marmora
Peruna touted as catarrh remedy by Dr Hartman
Dr Hartman explains catarrh as chronic congestion of mucous membranes and urges internal remedies. He promotes Peruna for catarrh affecting nose throat stomach kidneys and other organs, warns against local treatments, and notes old Peruna version Katar-no for спрашев.
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Peruna
Bright
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Turkey
Roth
Dover
Dover Stamping & Mfg. CO
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Goodyear
Russia
Women’s Union Sui Weight
Hartman
S. B. Hartman
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