Sneak Thief Loots Dwight Street Lodging House
A major daytime burglary at 10 Dwight Street yielded about $250 in cash and $300 in value stolen from two trunks. The thief also took clothing, jewelry, a revolver and other items, escaping likely by cab. Other thefts include six cloth pieces from McKay & Cook and outerwear from 382 Commonwealth Avenue.
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Dwight Street
William Medford
Congress
McKay & Cook
Harrison Avenue
Grossman
Commonwealth Avenue
Burglar Attack Targets Ill Farmer in Greenbush
Two burglars broke into D S Jenkins’s Greenbush farm last night while he sat ill in an invalid chair. They battered doors and windows, shot at Mrs Jenkins, and stole about $100 in cash a $300 check and papers. Neighbors alerted after shots and a party formed to guard the Jenkins family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbush
D. S. Jenkins
Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
Mr Jenkins
Described Man Found Dead in Disturbed Clothing
A man about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 165 pounds, dark complexion, dark hair and heavy mustache, was found wearing a dark brown coat, dark trousers, brown soft hat, and a striped shirt. He carried a short clay pipe in a pocket showing signs of hurried rummaging.
Lippert Freed After Embezzlement Doubt Cleared
George Lippert who surrendered to Chief Inspector Watts on Thursday believing he faced embezzlement charges was released after his uncle proved the missing funds. the Prudential Insurance Company says Lippert embezzled 65 dollars earlier this month. He left the city yesterday noon to return home and avoid further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lippert
Watts
Phillipsburg
N. J
Lippert
Prudential Insurance Company
Knockout Drops Turns Death Case Into Gambling Probe
New York detectives report three more arrests in the Frank P. Arbuckle death case. George Stevens a saloon keeper Joseph Davidson a stenographer and Frederick Menger a bartender are accused of being with Arbuckle the night before his death. Davidson says Arbuckle gave him his card and planned a meeting today.
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New York
Central Office
Frank P. Arbuckle
George Stevens
Joseph Davidson
Frederick Menger
Arbuckle
O’brien
Stevens
Davidson
Luchow
Menger
Harlem
Prince Louis Plans Quiet Tours Amid Society Demands
Prince Louis will join several city events during his visit, with no fixed itinerary yet. He may attend a Monday banquet, a Tuesday city drive, and a Wednesday Brookline pigeon shoot, while Misses and clubs seek his presence. The cruiser sails Saturday and a large Italian lantern parade is planned for Monday night.
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Quincy
Somerset Club
Brookline
Jack Gardner
Louis
North Square
Moon
Fleet
North Bennet
Salem
Charter
Battery
North
Richmond Streets
Atlantic Avenue
Lewis’ Wharf
Prince
State Street
Merchants Row
North Market
Hanover
Washington
Boylston
Dartmouth Streets
Prince Louis
Brindisi
Wolcott
Charles Eliot Norton
Eliot
Harvard
Miler
Fee
Amadeo
Spain
List of Companies Names From a Historical Ledger Page
A long OCR fragment lists numerous firms and partners including Hooper Lewis & Co Walter C Brooks co The Horace Patridge Company Wright Ditson Smith McKenney Damreil Upham Isang B Rich Frank A Bird Co James Test Gilman Bros Samuel Ward Company Danis Pratts Sons Goodyear Rubber Company J N Engle Hyde Wheeler Baton Dry Goods Richardson Smith Chase Blodgett Ord way Webber G H Goodhue Co George H Leonard Co Russ Elevith Ingalls Williams Page Pitts Kimball Lewis North Wilke Co White Bros I H Sampson Lovett Hart Phipps Co Barton Manivold Pierce Washburn Credit House M Lowney Cutter Stoughton Rubber Company March Bros Pierce J Peavy Spitz Bros Mark Neves Bros James W P Perce Co Phister Vogle Leather William
Third Bow Street Holdups Leave Charlestown in Fear
Within forty eight hours three men were robbed and beaten by young assailants on Bow street Charlestown. The latest injury occurred near 10 20 last evening to William Cronin of 20 Nashua street North Pond. Cronin was leaving a sick friend when two youths attacked him and fled after a brief chase. Officer Chapman and Bail Commissioner Reynolds pursued and arrested one suspect later identified as Thomas Stillman of 16 Main street. Earlier a woman on Bow street reported being assaulted by two men and another man was attacked by several youths the same night.
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Bow Street
Charlestown
Wiliam Cronin
Nashua Street
North Pond
Cronin
Shim
Urry
Chapman
City Uare
Thomas Stillman
Main Street
Waldoboro man on trial for brother’s death in drunken quarrel
Orrin Mank of Waldoboro faces trial in Wiscasset for shooting his brother Edwin on September 20 after a dispute fueled by cider and home-made wine. The brothers, neighbors across the street, had a history of drunken quarrels with Orrin warned he would kill Edwin. Evidence is in and the case will be argued tomorrow with manslaughter conviction expected.
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Wiscasset
Orrin Mank
Waldoboro
Edwin
Orrin
Man Held for Grand Jury in Brookline Break-In
Charles F. McKenna was yesterday held for the Brookline Court grand jury on charges of breaking and entering a house on Ixent Street and stealing 159 pounds of lead pipe. He was arrested while attempting to sell the stolen material.
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Charles F. McKenna
Brookline Court
Ixent Street
Jeweller Kaufman Convicted in Fur Coat Theft Case
In Superior Criminal Court yesterday the jury found Isadore Kaufman a jeweller guilty of receiving two fur coats knowing them stolen. The jury could not agree on a verdict for Dr. George L. Twilock on the same indictment.
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Mason
Superior Criminal Court
Isadore Kaufman
George L. Twilock
Prince Louis of Savoy and the Spanish throne
After repeated assassination attempts and abdication, the text notes that if he had remained in possession Prince Louis of Savoy would now be King of Spain, implying a shift in European royal fortunes.
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Prince Louis of Savoy
Spain
Norlander Arrest Amidst Escape After Court Case
Charles O F Norlander a former convict and restaurant buyer faced a larceny warrant after appearing before Judge Cowing. He escaped from the Criminal Court building sparking a chase. Norlander had accused Jennie Coaner and Kate Young of robbery and kept money given by Caroline Cloakman for a Cortlandt Street restaurant purchase.
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New York
Charles O. F. Norlander
Cowing
Criminal Court
Norlander
Jennie Coaner
Kate Young
Hugh Coleman
Caroline Cloakman
East Twenty Eighth Street
Notable Dry Goods Firms Listed in Market Directory
A list of clothing and leather firms includes A. Stetson & Co. B. F. Thompson & Co. A den B. Shep r Zeg Esman & Co. Stikes Wilson Leather Couply Spalding & Bus. H. Leonard & Co. Keith Leather Company W. JL. Montgomery James D. Bacon Charles F. Phipps Alfred R. Gales Franklin A. Wyman Gaston A. Stetson and many others in the sector.
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A. Stetson & Co
B. F. Thompson & Co
A'den B. Shep R
Zeg, Esman & Co
Stikes
Wilson Leather Couply
Spalding & Bus
H. Leonard & Co
Keith Leather Company
W. JL. Montgomery
James D. Bacon
Charles F. Phipps
Alfred R. Gales
Franklin A. Wyman
Gaston A. Stetson
Jury Awards Schoepflin $600 in Coffey Libel Suit
A Buffalo jury found for ex Assemblyman Schoepflin against State Senator Coffey, awarding $600 on a $50 000 claim for slander and libel. A Cleveland business block owned by ex Congresssman R C Parsons and leased to W H Luckemeyer & Sons burned, with losses totaling about 176 000 on building and 100 000 on stock. Three staff were injured. Lind Hotel owners Al Pollock and his two daughters were killed crossing a street when struck by a train in Concord Kentucky.
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Buffalo
Schoepflin
Coffey
Cleveland
R. C. Parsons
W. H. Luckemeyer & Sons
al Pollock
Lind
Concord
Humane Society honors Cornelius J. Desmond for rescue deeds
The Humane Society awarded a silver medal to Cornelius J. Desmond of South Boston for gallantry saving Louis Betzga and two associates from drowning at the L street bath house on August 15. A jury awarded Mary A. Kenney 1562 in the first Superior Court session against West End Street Railway Company over injuries from alighting a car on Washington near Bedford. The police boat Protector becomes the John Howard under institutions department.
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The
Humane Society
Cornelius J. Desmond
South Boston
Louis Betzga
L Street
Bath House
Superior Court
Bishop
Mary A. Kenney
West End Street Railway Company
Washington
Bedford Street
Institutions Department
John Howard
Washington Street
J. Bennett
Maher
G. H. Mellen
James Murnaghan
West End Street Railway Co
Gargan & Keating
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
Dewey
Margaret Landy
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Lynde & Harding
Badger
Rachel Connors
New York
New Haven & Hartford Railway Company
Celia Connors
Stoughton Station
O. A. Marden
O. F. Choate, Jr
Fesenden
Anne FE. Bradley
City of
Boston
Alexander Street
H.B. Holles
C. N. Sturgiss
J. T. Wheelwright
Yanline W. Burkhardt
Old Colony Railroad Company
Providence Division
Station Street
Roxury
M. Morse
Cogswell
J. M. Benton, Jr
A. F. Clarke
Gaskill
Louis Tafferstein
David Bown
Lareeby
J. H. Wolff
J. H. Blanchard
Market Report Describes Dull Friday Trading And Stock Movements
A Friday market note portrays a dull session with bear dominance and no clear catalysts. West End railway fell to 64 1 2, amidst circulars by Jackson and Bowditch alleging influence by Kidder Peabody Morgan and urging proxies. It covers Boston, New York, and Chicago holdings of Chicago Burlington & Quincy, notes on Butte & Boston strength, and remarks on Bay State Gas and Standard Oil activity with readings on Reading and copper market steadiness.
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West End Railway
Messrs. Jackson and Bowditch
West End
Kidder Peabody-Morgan
Elevated Railroad Company
Boston
New York
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago
Butte & Boston
Moseley
Charles Head
Butte
Bay State Gas
Standard Oil
Lake Copper
Pinkham
One - Ili Steel Ss
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Fitchburg
Union Paciée
Ane
Vt & Mass
Seeeseess
Arnold
Atlantic
Mont
Santa Yasaabel Seer
Tamarack
Eee
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Tecumseh Seeeseees
Wolverine Eeeee Televphon EE
Bell
Cccess
Erie
Weer Wweeee
Elec
Eeeeeere
Ill Steel
Death mystery surrounding Fred Walther and Fred Hoffman
A man identified the body at City Hospital morgue as Fred Walther rather than Fred Hoffman who died at the hospital. Walther, long estranged from relatives, had lived as Hoffman and faced suspicion tied to Joseph Bodan, accused of pushing him down stairs on Lenox Street. Bodan, once linked to a horse swindle gang, is missing. the case prompts an autopsy by Medical Examiner Draper.
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City Hospital
Fred Hoffman
Fred Walther
Sanfrancisco
Walther
Joseph Boden
Lenox Street
Draper
Bodan
Portland Street
West End
Worcester Square
Notable Obituaries from Across Cities
Obituary notices report the deaths of several notable figures: Rev Dr Isaac Henry Tutte rector emeritus of St Luke s in New York at age about 70, former rector for forty one years. Sir Edmund Hornby authority on international law in London. Noel Parfait French politician and author in Paris. Prince Otto of Stolberg Wernigerode in Berlin aged 59. Dr William E Barrows surgeon and veteran in Fall River aged 46. Harvey P Hinckley Blue Hill representative elect to Maine legislature in Ellsworth aged 38.
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New York
Isaac Henry Tutte
St. Luke’s Espiscopal Church
Miss Roberts
Paris
Noel Parfait
Berlin
Prince Otto of
Barrows
Providence
Massachusetts Regiment
Ellsworth
Harvey P. Hinckley
Blue Hill
Insolvency Proceedings and Local Incidents Reported
The New England happenings note insolvency filings in Bridgeton and New Haven with estimated liabilities near 16 thousand and assets around 11 thousand. Abduction of a five year old son in New Haven is reported, and a Peterboro accident left a railroad worker dead after a surprise party. A Nashua bank case involves bondsmen facing a $35,000 suit with trial timing set by Judge Parsons.
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Park City
Bridgeton
Conn
Mary
Sarah E. Hawes
Hanna Sheehan
William Gherardi
Springfield
Mass
St. Francis Orphan Asylum
New Haven
Ars
Cambridge
Herbert W. Fe
Gloucester
Albert L. Felch
Boston & Maine Railroad
Peterboro
Fitchburg Railroad
N. H
Frank A. McKean
Indian Head National Bank of
Nashua
Parsons
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Court ST
DR. Hallock Medical Institute
Vien
Ite Kina
Fatling
Hood
Dr. Halock
Hallock Medical Institute
Court Street
Casia
Patt
Colombo
NG Bertolini
MauRizio Beli
Italy
DR. Brindy Akia Ny Consay
Erone
Hall the Fringe
Shuman Corner
Manhattan
Edison Electric Illum. CO
Mead Place
Columbus Avenue
George Munroe
Police
Caliban
John H. Woodbury
I Winter
E.t
You Walt
Carlo Fenzi
Boston Mail
Arpuckle
Kaufman
F. Norlander
Edward Hayes
Bay State Gas and
Miscellanegas Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
Terminal City
Hale Sarasin Champion
Mauss
Swift & Ce
Revere Beach
Uynn Rescca
Boston & Cripple Creek
Brunswick
Penobscot Bay
Land
Heela
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Stock Exchange
Denver
I’. C. Davis & Co
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Anaconda
Trangkok Ae
Kates
Isabella
Tetterson
Justice
Lincoln Boy
Mineral Rock
Mollie Gibson
New Zealand
People's
Puritan
Portland
Sacramento
Union Gold
Anne
Seven Hills
NEW York Stock Sales
Am Cotton Oileen Eee
Atchison
SOO Tite
Chesapeake & Ohio
Tis
Chicago Gas
Pi Cgo & St Louis Pref
Rhe Gas
Delaware & Hudson
Hocking Valley
Illinois Central
Kansas & Texas
Lake Shore
Long Island
Louisville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Mobile & Ohio
Iowa Central
New Jersey Central
New York Central
Ny, Ont & Western
Northern Pacific
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Oregon Navigation “Co
Pacific Mail
Rock Island
St Paul
Omaha
Tenn Coal & Kon
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
den & Gulf
Wabash Ee
Western Union
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Bay State
Walter
New England
Somerville
Blanchard
School St
New England Mutual Lfe Ac. Company
Massachusetts
Benj. F. Stevins
Alfred D. Foster
F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Bumstead Hall
Winter Street
Joseph J. Corbett
Democratic City Committee of
Philadelphia
Kneeland St
Best Shore Iiner
Wy Sandal-Wood
J. Fer @ n Co
Irou
Puarmiacien
Pams
Ali Crue Sera
Chichester
Caichester
Ladion
Mali
Chichester Chemical Ca
Dadiaon
Psilada
Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch Street
Revere House
Hargvod Medical College
Wemar
WiLcox Medicine
DY CO
Tremonts
J. E. Bishop
Tolman
Tremont St
Dr. Warren
Warren Remedies CO
Rvoom
Mrs. Stanley
P. O
DR. Bpll
Cazenove St
Columbus Ave
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex Street
Board of Street Commissioners
Real Estate Exchange and Auction Board
Exchange Place
Morris Gutton
Walter R. Dyers
Catherine M
A. Ward Lamson
Simeon Marcus
John M. Ward
Henry W
Catherine D. Perry
Fissex Street
Nathaniel H. Taylor
Supreme Judicial Court For
the Commonwealth
Field
Allen, Knowlton
B. Kendall
B. G. Davin
Suffolk
Badle
Middlesex, Es
Agnes Cooney
George E. Hobb
C. F. French
Allin & Mayberry
Annie M. Kittredge
Newton
R. M. Saltonstall
Slocum
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