Arrest on Day of Marriage Upends Bridgeport Couple
John J. Hines a 25 year old Bridgeport resident and ex Metropolitan Life worker was arrested in Bridgeport on a larceny warrant for 92.04. He planned to marry Annie Marion McCormick a 22 year old former Waltham Watch employee who had left College Hall to return home.
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John J. Hines
Bridgeport
Conn
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Newton
Annie Marion McCormick
Wellesley College
Martin H. Garrity
Newton Agency
Hines
Crescent Street
Waltham
College Hall
Waltham Watch Company
McCormick
Mary Flannery
South Station
Abington
Patrolman Michael Driscoll Shot in Holyoke
Patrolman Michael J. Driscoll was shot early this morning on East Cabot Street in Holyoke while attempting to arrest Alfred Garipay who fired five shots. Garipay, 22, of Willimansett fled and had not been captured by 2:45. Driscoll, on the force since 1901, was hit in the chest and likely fatally injured. he leaves a wife and daughter.
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Holyoke
Navy
Michael J. Driscoll
Alfred Garipay
Willimansett
Garipay
East Cabot Street
Driscoll
Sayres to Go to Europe
A dispatch from Williamstown Mass reports Mr and Mrs Francis Bowes Sayre will move to New York and sail at 10 oclock Saturday aboard the North German Lloyd steamship George Washington from Bremen for Europe.
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New York
Williamstown
Mass
Francis Bowes Sayre
Sayres
George Washington
Bremen
Man Leaps From Third-Story Window In West End Fire
A man jumped from a third-story window during a blaze at 5 Gilson Court West End. About a dozen residents were helped to the street as James Young is hospitalized in serious condition at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Gilson Court
West End
James Young
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mrs. Francis I. Stanley Injured In Bradford Car Crash
Mrs. Francis I. Stanley of Newton was hurled from a touring car in Bradford and suffered probable fatal injuries after the vehicle struck a telegraph pole. Her husband, driver of the car, escaped with minor injuries. They were en route from Amesbury to Boston with Stanley Motor Carriage Company cars.
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Haverhill
Francis I. Stanley
Centre Street
Newton
Stanley Motor Carriage Company
Watertown
Bradford
Hale Hospital
Stanley
W. W. Ham
Haverhill Cement Stone Company
Amesbury
Boston
Merrimac
Main Street
Boston & Maine Wins Approval for Freight Rate Rise
The Boston & Maine railroad nearly secures permission to raise local class rates by 10 cents a ton. The move is expected to boost annual local class freight revenue by over $500,000.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Railroad Corporation
Joint commission approves Boston and Maine rail freight rates
A joint commission vote approves a new local class freight rate for the ton and Maine network though subject to final sign offs by Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Vermont and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plan links rates to population density, with impacts on trucking and regional shippers. Commissioner Prouty defers minutes and promises a public report soon.
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Railroad Commissions
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commission of
Boston
Prouty
Washington
Real estate broker dies at wife’s new grave
William A. Finlay 30 a Roxbury-born broker with offices at 95 State street died at Forest Hills Cemetery by cyanide after selecting his wife’s freshly made grave as the scene. A can of poison and water were found beside his body and carnations lay atop the wife’s remains. He and Lena Schafer had lived at 1058 Walnut street Newton Highlands. The death was discovered at 5 pm yesterday and a note asked G A Rothfuss and Dr H W Broughton be notified.
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William
EF. Finlay
State Street
Leary
Forest Hills
Finlay
Roxbury
Lamont Street
Lena Schafer
Johnn W. A. Schafer
Boston
Walnut Street
Newton Highlands
G. A. Rothfuss
Zamora Street
Jamaica Plain
H. W. Broughton
Zelaya Arrested on Murder Charge in New York
United States agents arrested former Nicaragua president General Jose Santos Zelaya in a West End Avenue apartment, charging him with murder after awakening him in his bed late tonight. The raid followed a Justice Department warrant.
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New York
Department of Justice
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
West End Avenue
Steamer Collision Shuts Merrimack in Jacksonville Slip
The Clyde line freighter Carib rammed the Merchants' and Miners' steamer Merrimack as she backed from a slip in Jacksonville. The Carib bound for Boston sustained little damage while the Merrimack suffered a crushed port side about 30 feet from the aft rail.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Clyde Line
Carib
Boston
Merchants’ & Miners
Merrimack
Baltimore
Seize Ton Of Stolen New Cloth In Mass Arrests
In Fall River on November 26 private detectives uncovered an organized two year robbery ring. Twenty four mill workers from American Printing Company and Algonquin Printing Company were arrested along with five suspected fences, accused of stealing print goods and one ton of white cotton cloth worth fifty thousand dollars. The operation led to extensive seizures and wide crack in the theft network.
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Fall River
American Printing Company
Algonquin Printing Company
Detectives Arrest Suspects in Regional Mill Robbery Case
Ten detectives from the John F. Sheehan Detective Agency in Boston teamed with Fall River police to arrest all principals in what is described as the most widespread employer robbery in the region. Weeks of undercover mill work by three detectives per mill led to the arrests, with two detectives continuing investigation.
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John F. Sheehan Detective Agency
Boston
Fall River
Sta
Ban Johnson Moves to Close Boston Red Sox Deal
Ban Johnson declares readiness to take over Western syndicate holdings in the Boston club. The Taylors, John J. Taylor and General Charles H. Taylor, held 50 percent of Red Sox stock but have not directed club affairs since the 1911 takeover. Johnson traveled from Boston after two days of talks with the Taylors about transferring the Western interests.
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New York
Boston
James R. McAleer
John J. Taylor
Charles H. Taylor
Ban B. Johnson
McAleer
McRoy
Red Sox
Johnson
The
Taylors
Night Sky and Dates with Historic References
The note lists ports Portland Gloucester Newport Sherton and Risea with times and a moon phase. It marks Thanksgiving as a legal holiday, recalls the 1898 loss of the Steamer Portland, and notes a past pardon of Albert I. Patrick from Sing Sing and an Adrianople fire by aircraft.
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Boston
North End
Portland
Albert I. Patrick
Sing Sing
Adrianople
Weather forecast for New England and Boston area
Forecast notes unsettled conditions in southern New England with possible light rain or snow and cooler temperatures. Northern New England expected fair but unsettled with local snow chances and moderate northwest to north winds. Yesterday’s temperatures are listed with daytime highs around the 40s. Running water engine notice from Boston maker at 68 High Street.
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Boston
Charaday
Washington
New England
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McAleer Syndicate
Boston Club
Back Bay
Miss Jones
Homebury
Europe
White House
NEW American House
Nimrod Nat
Tampico
Mexico City
Bravo
F. E. Stanley
Joint~ Board
Ton & Maine
Boston & Maine
Elliott
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Brattle St. and
Brattle Sq
Savings Department
Fidelity Trust Company
State ST
James R. Maleeh
Fall River Mills
Maxim
Harrison Ave
Essex
Beach Streets
Ban Johnson
Gloucester
Newport
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Rature Spa
A. & B. Church
High St
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