Whitney Sued by a Woman in Brookline Estate Incident
Mary N. Blankenhorn sues Henry M. Whitney for 10000 alleging a January 18 fall on icy steps at his Brookline estate left her bodily injured. Attorneys Greenhood and Greenhood filed the suit. Whitney's team Hurlburt Jones and Cabot responded with a demurrer and general denial.
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Dedham
Henry M. Whitney
Mary N. Blankenhorn
Greenhood
Brookline
Hurlburt, Jones and Cabot
Empress Narrowly Reaches Boston After Fearful Atlantic Passage
The British lumber schooner Empress anchored off East Boston after a two week voyage from Bridgewater Nova Scotia bound for Boston. Aboard the crew fought relentless gales for days with 25 inches of water flooding the hold. Pumps failed for hours as deck load shifted endangering lives, yet the exhausted crew kept pumping to stay afloat.
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Empress
Boston Flats
Bridgewater
N.S
Boston
Buchanan
Desperate Maine smuggler Sam Tompkins jailed six months
Samuel Tompkins longtime Maine and New Brunswick liquor smuggler was sentenced to six months in Portland jail after pleading guilty to four smuggling counts and one liquor law violation. Officials say he crossed from New Brunswick biweekly, traded liquor across Limestone Ashland and Portage Falls, and resisted arrest after a stormy pursuit. He reportedly boasted he would outrun authorities and carried a navy revolver during runs.
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Portland
Samuel Tompkins
Maine
Caswell Plantation
Grand Falls
United States
Tompkins
New Brunswick
Limestone
Ashland
Portage Falls
Easton
W. B. Burns
Arbutus Battered by Big Waves on rough passage
Gloucester reports schooner Arbutus arrived with a large catch after a 14 day voyage. Captain Albert Flygore cites successive gales and hurricane force winds that impeded the trip and drove high seas across the vessel.
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Gloucester
Arbutus
Albert Vflygore
Boy 11 Credits Father John’s Medicine For Cold Cure
Eleven year old Fred H. Dugan of 80 West Seventh Street South Boston completed a cold cure with Father John's Medicine. He notes the remedy works within a week for his family of four and that a bottle is kept at home.
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Fred H. Dugan
West Seventh Street
Lawrence School
Boston
Father John
Fred
Malden Woman Prepares to Repel Intruders with Rifle
Malden reports Mrs. Josephine Van Dirne of 11 Maynard avenue Linden kept a 22 Winchester loaded after an unknown man prowled her home last Monday night. She fired through a kitchen window, causing the intruder to fall. She has faced repeated loiterers and a prior Chelsea robbery of $100.
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Malden
Josephine van Dirne
Maynard Avenue
Linden
Mass Meeting Planned by United Irish League
The Central Council and Central Branch of the United Irish League met at American House to prepare for a mass meeting and a reception scheduled for Sunday evening October 27 at the Hollis Street Theatre.
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Central Council
United Irish League
Hollis Street
Typhoid Fever Outbreak Reports in Somerville
Twenty six typhoid cases are reported in Somerville with most in West Somerville. Dr. W T Lee of the board of health notes a mild city epidemic and states the number is the largest ever at one time.
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Somerville
West
W. T. Lee
Board of Health
Lawson
Massachusetts
Whitney not a gubernatorial candidate this year
A political pamphlet plan targets Henry M. Whitney with a mass pamphlet campaign and a numbered voting estimate book. The author warns Whitney will not run and promises free editions, a $1000 prize for the closest forecast, and a public distribution to delegates, amid calls from Democrats and Republicans.
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Henry M. Whitney
Co Gany
Mr. Whitney
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Whitney
Moran
Moran Denounces Whitney Over Lawson Campaign Letter
Boston attorney Moran demands an apology from Henry M Whitney for a speech claiming Moran expected a ten thousand dollar contribution from Lawson. Moran cites Lawson letters from 1906 detailing funding talks and asserts Whitney's remarks unjustly harmed Lawson and Moran.
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Daily Papers
Boston
Lawson
Quincy House
Daily Press
Mr. Lawson
Democratic Party
Douglas
Thayer
Quincy
Sullivan
McNary
Labor unions consider eight hour day strike plan
Web Pressmen's Union discussed rejecting the eight hour day by the International Typothete and will vote at the next meeting on a referendum to strike. Boston Bartenders' Union 77 calls a special meeting Sunday afternoon. Stablemen's Union 407 demands new wages for hostlers this week. Five hundred Boston plasterers received a wage increase arranged last spring.
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Web Pressmen’s Union
International Typothete
International Pressmen’s Union
Boston Bartenders’ Union 77
Stablemen’s Union 407
Boston
Halifax
Fancy worsted suit in Regent pattern at Brattle street window
New arrivals include a Morse made gray overplaid suit priced at 22.50. Features a 3 button Regent cut, wide lapels, a 5 button vest with collar, and full conservatively cut trousers. Other suits range from 10 to 40 dollars.
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Brattle Street
Regent
Topcoat Sale Announcement
Be sure to get in on our Topcoat Sale with limited stock and special pricing. Customers are urged to visit the store this week to take advantage of the discounts.
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C.C.A
Police Promotions Announce Patrolman and Regular Hire
An order by Commissioner Stephen O Meara assigns Wesley A Gordon from Station 7 reserve to Patrolman at Station 146 and appoints Michael Walsh from Station 10 reserve to the regular force, ordered to report for duty and be sworn in at police headquarters this morning.
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Stephen O'Meara
Wesley A. Gordon
Michael *. Walsh
Widow of Lew Wallace Dies in Indiana
Crawfordsville Ind Oct 2 Mrs Susan E Wallace widow of General Lew Wallace died last night She had great literary ability and assisted her husband in his writings.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Susan E. Wallace
Lew Wallace
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