Disgusted 13-year-old runs to New York by freight car
Elias Allen, age 13 from Boston, secretly borrowed 50 cents to ride a freight train to Gotham. He appeared before Magistrate Deuel in Centre Street Court and was urged to return home with his mother’s apron strings. A Gerry Society agent found him in City Hall Park crying.
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Elias Allen
Boston
New York
Gotham
Deuel
Centre Street Court
Atkinson
George Fred Williams
Elias
Croker
Roosevelt
Brodie
Manhattan
Gerry Society
City Hall Park
Druggists' Alliance Names Officers at Meeting
At Young's Hotel the annual Massachusetts Druggists Alliance meeting re elected William W. Bartlett as president. F. S. Fisher of Mansfield was chosen vice president. The secretary and treasurer post remains held by Bartlett in an acting capacity.
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Young’s Hotel
Massachusetts Druggists’ Alliance
William W. Bartlett
Bartlett
F. S. Fisher
Mansfield
Post Office Robbed at Plainville
The Plainville postoffice was broken into early today by thieves who sacked the place and escaped with a substantial amount of plunder. Postmaster Coville does not know the extent of the loss.
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Attleborq
Plainville
Coville
Lincoln Trio Social Tonight at Lincoln Hall
The Lincoln Trio hosts its first season social at Lincoln Hall corner Washington and Concord streets tonight. The trio of South End young men has drawn strong demand, and officials expect a banner turnout for dancing and social entertainment.
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Lincoln Hall
Washington and
Concord Streets
South End
Mob Burning of Lefore Ended Innocence Hope
In St Anne near Canton Mississippi a mob burned Joe Lefore after he confessed with others to tying Mrs Gambrel and her four children and burning them alive. Bob Smith was spared while Andrew Smith escaped. authorities expected recapture and possible execution if guilt is proven.
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Memphis
Canton
Miss
St. Anne
Leak County
Gambrel
Joe Lefore
Lefore
Andrew Smith
Bob Smith
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Kerseys
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Oftera
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J. Brodie
Philadelphia
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Wavers
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