Cambridge Highwaymen Rob Milk Wagon on Magee Street
John Brown a 17 year old milk wagon driver for B F Baldwin was attacked on Cambridge Magee Street. Two young men followed him and grabbed him from behind while a third searched his pockets taking 15 dollars. Brown sustained bruises as the robbers fled after an alarm.
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Magee ‘Street
Cambridge
John Brown
Brown
Jay Street
Somerville
B. F. Baldwin
Magee Street
Waltham Impostor Tries to Collect Flour Bill
A man posing as H. A. Johnson of Boston visited Hammond's bakery in Waltham and attempted to collect a flour bill. The proprietor refused, notified police, and Boston’s Johnson denied sending anyone. An arrest was pursued but the impostor had fled.
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Waltham
H. A. Johnson
Boston
Hammond
Low Rates For Unitarian Conference Tickets
The Royal Blue Line will sell Boston Washington round trip tickets at one and one third fares for the Unitarian Conference October 21 to 24. Fare is 12 dollars and 67 cents. Tickets valid for travel October 38 to 21 and return by October 28. Obtain from A J Simmons, N E P A, 211 Washington street, Boston.
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Boston
New York
Washington
Unitarian Conference
A. J. Simmons
Washington Street
Parliament of Man Meets at Street Church at Noon
The Parliament of Man will convene at Street Church in the park at noon today. Spokesman W. H. Baldwin, president of the Young Men's Christian Union, will present the topic American Citizenship.
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Parliament of Man
Park ‘Street
W. H. Baldwin
Young Men’s Christian Union
Mrs Grant buys Edmunds mansion in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Mrs A B Grant and daughter Nellie Grant Sartoris purchasing ex Senator Edmunds Vermont house for 60000 dollars. They will make Washington permanent home, with Olney's den and notable drawing room, and plan to host social events while Vanderbilt prepares a separate grand New York residence with lavish second-floor drawing rooms and frescoed ceilings.
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Washington, D. C
A. 8. Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Edmunds
Vermont
Washington
Blaine
Grant
Olney
Supreme Court
Virginia Hills
Potomac River
Mrs. Grant
Mrs. Sartoris
Vanderbilt
Duchess of Marlborough
Seventy-second Street
Madison Avenue
Graystone House
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Marble House
Newport
Mistresa
Duke of Marlborough
Vanderbilt Bridesmaids and Robes Prepare for the Dowry Show
New York reports on Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt’s forthcoming wedding plans at St. Thomas Church. Details describe gowns of pompadour silks, lace, and sable trimmings, a tan velvet travel wrap, ivory brocaded satin petticoats, and extensive jewelry gifts from Marlborough and foreign duchess connections.
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New York
St. Thomas’s Church
Fifth Avenue
W. K. Vanderbilt
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Dresden
Valenciennes
William Beresford
Consuelo
Mra
Left Her Boy Husband for His Drinking Ways
Mrs Horace Daley aged 75 from 322 West Thirty-second Street has left her 25 year old actor husband after a brief marriage of about two months. She cites his chronic drinking, unemployment and flirtation with a boarding-house lifestyle. She plans no support and remains living with friends in Jersey City. Daley remains at the boarding house and aims to tour with a company next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Horace Daley
West Thirty-second Street
Mr. Daley
Kendals’ Theatrical Company
Daley
John Shumar
Jane M. Mortimer
Weriends
Jersey
Mrs. Daley
Mrs Rogers located in Wausau after abuse claim
Mrs Susie Rogers of San Francisco is found in Wausau staying with her sister Mrs J C Clarke wife of Justice Clarke. She says she left her husband because he abused her and that his description of the Durrant trial is unfounded.
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Wausau
Wis
Susie Rogers
San Francisco
J. C. Clarke
Justice Clarke
Clever Boston Woman Plans Jail Connexions
Paris Maine October 13 A Boston woman Mrs Bigelow wife of Arthur H Bigelow devised a scheme to let county jail inmates communicate. She used twine weighted with a stick to pass messages between cells and then linked through the corridor to others. Prisoners signaled via stove funnels enabling private notes. The jailer uncovered the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Boston
Bigelow
American Wringer Co Crafting and Repair Services
The American Wringer Co located at 13 and Broadway Extension offers wringers mangies spring beds and carpet sweepers. They manufacture and repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers with prompt mail orders and telephone service via Tremont 764.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway
City
Tremont
Indian Summer Dangers and a Remedy Tale
An editorial piece notes dangers in Indian summer air including fatigue and nervous breakdowns. It touts Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a cure, citing Mrs. J. P. Wallace of Bethlehem New Hampshire who recovered after using ten bottles and praises the Boston specialist Temple Place.
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J. P. Wallace
Bethlehem
N. H
Dr. Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Postal Clerks Boston Branch Holds Quarterly Meeting
The Boston branch of the National Association of Postoffice Clerks met at the Quincy House. E. P. Lincoln spoke on the convention's success regarding the postoffice clerks' classification bill and a committee was appointed to draft it for Congress. J. F. Coughlin was named treasurer. Delegates including Lincoln, Dillon, Boudrot, and Coughlan reported twelve days away, with five and a half at the convention in Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul. A committee to revise the constitution was approved and plans for annual hall arrangements in Music Hall in December were authorized.
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Boston
National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Quincy House
E. P. Lincoln
Postoffice Clerks
Congress
National Association
J. F. Coughlin
The
Boston Association
Music Hall
Desmond Urges Hart Street Lot For South Boston High School
Citations from Cornelius J. Desmond argue purchasing a 29 000 sq ft Hart Street site at about 60 cents per foot plus 15 000 for grading would yield an improved high school location near the Hart School and two streets frontage. He claims the plan benefits unemployed workers and public taxpayers while opposing a more expensive parcel. Desmond signs from East Sixth Street South Boston October 11.
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Post
Sir
G and
Fourth Streets
Boston
Fifth Street
Hart School
Hart
Institution For the
Blind
James M. Shaw
South Boston
Cornelius J. Desmond
East Sixth Street
Thomas F. Strange
Arctic Birth Report From Hershel Island Near North Pole
Captain Mason brought word of a baby born on Hershel Island, near the North Pole, to the wife of Captain A C Sherman of the Beluga. The barren Arctic outpost lies north of the boundary, extreme in Alaska and British North America, about 1500 miles north from Sitka by air line.
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San Francisco
Mason
Jeane
Hershel Island
North Pole
Mazatlan
A. C. Sherman
Beluga
Arctic Ocean
Boundary Line
Mrs Chant to Speak at City Suffrage Rally
A woman suffrage rally is set for this evening at the First African Church at Charles and Mt. Vernon streets. Speakers include Mrs Laura Ormiston Chant of London Henry B Blackwell and Edward Everett Brown with Rev D P Roberts presiding.
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First African Church
Charles and
Mt. Vernon Streets
Laura Ormiston Chant
London
Henry B. Blackwell
Edward Everett Brown
D. P. Roberts
Pensions for New Englanders unrest truncated list
New England pensions notice lists names from Massachusetts Maine and New Hampshire with original and reissue statuses. Recipients include James H. Nichols Charlestown Edward W Burrill Spencer Charles J Abbott Salem and many others along with widows and minors. The notice mentions locations Charlestown Spencer Salem Lynn Gloucester Taunton and Kennebec county among others.
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Washington
D.C
New England
Massachusetts
James H. Nichols
Charlestown
Edward W. Burrill
Spencer
Charles J. Abbott
Salem
Alexander Pard
Lynn
Eugene L. Fairbanks
Hudson
Robert D. Ricker
Rowley
Arthur J. Miller
Danvers
Wiliam Haffey
Haverhill
James Harmon
Boston
John C. Morris
Gloucester
James W. Marchant
Charles H
Young Men's Pleasure Club Plans Third Annual Ball
The Young Men's Pleasure Club of Jamaica Plain will hold its third annual ball in Knights of Honor Hall Washington Street on November 18. The club limits membership to ten and meets twice a month with planned gatherings. A meeting is held this evening to finalize arrangements.
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Young Men's Pleasure Club
Jamaica Plain
Knights of Honor Hall
Washington Street
High School Site Debate Ends With Endorsement
A letter from a committee member argues against a Fifth Street proposal, praising a site facing H and Fourth streets as central and visible. He notes four Republicans and one Democrat on the panel, all backing the site planned for the new high school. The school’s light and air are cited, with a board vote expected next Tuesday.
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Fifth Street
Sunday Raids Highlight Liquor Law Violations Across City
John Rockwell was arrested for selling liquor at Lynde street. Seizures list numerous individuals and addresses with quantities of lager whiskey ale and bottles. Mary Doyle Catherine Sweeney and others connected to various premises face liquor law enforcement actions. Sarah Hafford arrested at Kirkland street for similar violations.
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John Rockwell
Lynde Street
Catherine Sweeney
Parnell Street
Edward McCabe
Armory & Grove
Mary Doyle
John Gateley
New Street
Margaret Burke
Stamford Street
Mary Gilligan
Hanover Street
Mary “Azor
Clark Street
Guisseppe Rocardo
North Street
Henry Smith
Emerald Street
James Leighton
Castle Street
Vesper Service at Young Men's Christian Union
The Rev. John Duckson of Arlington Street Church Boston led the vesper service at the Young Men's Christian Union with an address titled The Reality of God. A fine musical program featured Mrs Anna Clifford Breed soprano, Mrs Flora E Barry contralto, Miss Alice M Sibley contralto, Harrington Barker tenor, and W Tracy Teale bass.
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John Duckson
Arlington Street Church
Boston
Young Men’s Christian Union
Anna Clifford Breed
Flora E. Barry
Alice M. Sibley
Harrington Barker
W. Tracy Teale
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Price
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Committee of Five
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Big Clock
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J. B. Upham
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Revere
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