Morphine kills Frederick French in Boston tragedy
Frederick French a 33 year old Connecticut native and pharmacist died at 9 Middlesex street Boston after seven years of morphine addiction. He suffered violent convulsions and was found unconscious during a morphine injection after returning from Chicago and Lawrence. Dr James Cherry attended but French died around 6 pm. The medical examiner planned an autopsy before the body’s transfer to Moosup Connecticut for funeral services.
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Frederick French
Middlesex Street
French
Connecticut
New York
Danville
Ill
Chicago
Lawrence
Boston
James Cherry
Draper
Costello
Moosup
Conn
Runaway marriage shocks Campello residents
In Brockton on September 16 John A. Anderson aged 21 and Alma Sward aged 16 wed without parental consent, aided by Rev S L Beal. Parents refuse to recognize the union and keep the bride confined while the husband seeks access, sparking a regional sensation.
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Brockton
John A. Anderson
Alma Sward
S. L. Beal
Centreville
Campello
Painter in narrow escape on Mt Hope bridge
Charles A. Leete, a painter living at 81 Madison Street, was working on the Mt Hope bridge when gases from a just-fired engine swept him off balance. A fellow painter warned and seized him as he fainted, reviving him with the doctor’s aid after he inhaled the gas.
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Charles A. Leete
Madison Street
Mt. Hope
Boston and Providence
Old Colony
Leete
Roesteg
Henes
Lawsuit Filed Over Wendell Depot Crossing Death
Conant and Conant, for administrator W M Smead, sue Fitchburg railroad for 8000 for the death and conscious suffering of Mary B Dunn from the Wendell Depot grade crossing crash on Oct 28 1982. This suit follows another claim by W H Powers of New Salem seeking 10000 for injuries from the same accident. Railroad says it exercised due care. plaintiffs dispute.
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Greenfield
Five academy students held on assault charges in bath trouble
In St. Johnsbury Vermont on October 2 the five academy students who ducked a fellow student in a bathtub Friday were arrested for assault and battery after the incident. The boy’s father had them bound over in $1000 bonds to appear at the December term of court. Bail was furnished by the academy’s principal and vice-principal.
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ST. Johnsbury
Academy
Harry L Cheney Held on Larceny and Burglary Charges
Harry L Cheney a former drug clerk now accused burglar and pickpocket was caught by Special Officers Shields and Lynch. He is held in $1200 for trial October 27 on larceny of a watch and entering Stiles's drug store on Boylston street with Stiles identifying him and noting cigars and money matched losses.
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Harry L. Cheney
Harry L. Bigelow
Cheney
Shields
Lynch
Staton
N. W. Stiles
Boylston Street
Park Square
Stiles
Criminal Court
Rom Beaumont
Butler's bail set high in fraud and forgery cases
Lawyer John E B Butler, a forger and embezzler, was brought back from Chicago to the Superior Criminal Court. He declined to plead until counsel advised him, with bail set at 12 000 for both charges. The embezzlement bail was 8 000 and the forgery bail remained to be fixed.
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John EB. Butler
Chicago
Superior Criminal Court
Butler
Two Men Held on $1000 Bonds After Attempted Assault
In Ansonia Connecticut on October 23 two men Mansfield and Hogan a bartender enticed a demented woman named Smith into a saloon and tried a felonious assault. Police raided the place and rescued her in a dangerous condition Judge Munger set bonds at $1000 each today.
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Ansontia
Conn
Mansfield
Hogan
Smith
Hunted Him mn Up 2 are N 1871 we hunted In 1876 game one
Fragmentary OCR text mentions hunting, years 1871 1876, a game and value notes. Inadequate context. no clear event, names, or locations are readable.
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Raaloas
Phelps
Runaway Quincy Lads Detected In Boston Police Probe
Boston reports three Quincy boys William Clare Ernest Baker and Walter Smith were missed from home early Sunday morning. Mr James P Clare notified Boston police before 9 am with a full description of the Clare boy and a gray feature noted in the description.
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Boston
Quincey
Willam Clare
Ernest Baker
Walter Smith
James P. Clare
Quincy
Police
Clare
Boston Runaways Clash With Police Over Reward
The Clare family追追eclared police inaction caused the Boston youths Billy Clare Ernest Baker and fellow boy Smith to flee with $600. They traveled to Portland then Bangor while a Boston officer’s taunting cue allegedly spurred their escape.
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Portland
Billy Clare
Ernest Baker
No Compromise As Cleveland Stands Against Repeal
Washington report on October developments shows President Cleveland opposing any squeezing of the Sherman purchasing clause repeal. Delegates and repeal supporters drift toward unconditional repeal, with key senators still undecided and negotiations continuing toward a possible Senate move.
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Washington
Cleveland
Voorhees
Gorman
Washburn
Jones in the Senate on silver repeal bill
Senator Jones resumes his floor speech opposing the silver purchase repeal bill as Mr. Stewart signals an amendment for a Pan American monetary conference and a common silver coin to be legal tender in all represented nations. The debate continues with reference to Great Britain and regional powers.
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Voorhees
South
Washington
Stewart
Jones
Nevada
United States
Great Britain
Asia
East Indies
Mexico
Heavens Ablaze at East Cambridge Carpenter Shops
Fire destroyed the Lowell division Boston & Maine carpenter shops at Prison Point East Cambridge last night. Four firemen injured including Foreman Newman. a car and a caboose burned. damage estimated around 20000. Fireboat supplied water as crews fought flames in dense smoke and high wind.
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B. & M Carpenter
East Cambridge
Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
Prison Point
Cambridge
Boston
Somerby
Craigie’s Bridge
Captain Kenney
Steamer 8
Prison Point Street
Coleman
Foreman Newman
Newman
Massachusetts General Hospital
Elmer Olmstead
Franklin Street
East Somerville
Lowell Road
Glendon Club Opens New Everett House With Columbian Fete
The Glendon Club of Everett opened its new Church street clubhouse with a Columbian festival held each evening this week. Grand Marshal A. W. Hatch led nearly 200 costumed couples in a grand march. Rev. Samuel R. Fuller spoke, and features included an art room with relics a Turkish book 297 years old a Crimean War sword and an early sewing machine. A first-ball auction raised $6.50 paid by ex-President C. C. Nichols for the initial roll.
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Glendon Club
Everett
Church Street
A. W. Hatch
Co. B. Ladd
Charles F. Atwood
Samuel R. Fuller
Malden
George E. Smith
Ida R. Aiken
Lillian F. Woodman
C. C. Nichols
Malden Loses Longtime Respected Citizen John Shackford
Malden notices the death of John Shackford a Maplewood district resident aged 78 years 1 month 8 days. A fifty year civic mainstay he served as overseer of the poor roads supervisor town selectman in 187? and fire department engineer.
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Malden
John Shackford
Maplewood
Malden Contractor Lawton Missing Since October
Malden reports contractor L. L. B. Lawton missing after last seen October 10 when he withdrew about 70 dollars from the city. He had long served the street department and has not been located since.
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Malden
Ll. EB. Lawton
Street Department
Train kill near North Andover depot shocks Lawrence
William Curtin a 37 year old unmarried man was struck and killed by a train on the eastern division of the Boston and Maine railroad near the North Andover depot this evening.
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Lawrence
William Curtin
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Andover
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