Girl Vanished When Bank Was Looted in Lowell Mystery
Lowell October 29. Rumor connects Albert G. Smith with Miss Josephine Lund who disappeared after the Merchants National Bank raid. Swift and a woman friend also linked to Lund are involved. Detectives pursue a possible Nova Scotia lead while others doubt a double life.
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Lowell
Albert G. Smith
Merchants’ National Bank
Josephine Lund
Smith
Lewis H. Swift
Miss Lund
Boston
Elisabeth's
Swift
Tyler Street
Central Street
Oon Swift
Lund
Oaklands
Seo
Middlesex Stree
Iss Lund
Post
Samuel J. Bloom
Bloomberg
Dancing Party in Jubilee Hall Dorchester
Misses Margaret White and Alice G Tukey hosted a pleasant dancing party last night in Jubilee Hall Dorchester attended by many friends. Floral decorations lined the hall as Mrs A L Tukey and Mrs Aldwin acted as chaperons to seven young ladies assisted by Grace Tukey Daisy Killeen May Powers and Charlotte Perkins.
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Margaret
Gordon Studio
Alice G. Tukey
Margaret 8. White
Jubilee Hall
Haigh collection draws buyers as foreign gold sells below face value
The second and final day of Libbie's Haigh collection sale drew collectors nationwide. Foreign gold coins sold below face value, with a 1881 French 100 franc piece at 18.7 and a Napoleon III. piece at 18. A British 1887 five sovereign coin fetched 50 while two U S pattern coins brought 88 together, and a gold dollar plus a four dollar piece brought 441 and 16 respectively. Chinese coins and temple medals topped 740 pieces at 56, and naval War of 1812 medals brought 62 for 29 pieces. Colonial and State coins, including a 1652 Massachusetts pine tree shilling, commanded strong prices at 12.
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Libbie’s
United States
China
Massachusetts
Wireless for Boston boats proposed in Cunard plan
Alexander Martin, Cunard line representative, touted a wireless telegraphy station on the New England coast to signal arriving ships to Boston. He suggested Highland Light as a site and noted a $50 winter rate for first class passengers from New York or Boston to Liverpool, aligned with other lines.
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Alexander Martin
Cunard Line
New England
Boston
Highland Light
Cunardine
Martin
Liverpool
Lioyd
White Star Line
New York
Lorimer Busy With Farewells In Final Days
In Boston the popular minister Dr Lorimer faces a strain of numerous visitors bidding farewell. He says he has no further statement beyond gratitude for kindness and will write to the church soon. He notes the last weeks have been a whirl and asks for rest.
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Dr. Lorimer
Boston
Nine Years For Mrs Violis In High Court Conviction
Marie Violis of the South End was convicted on six counts and sentenced by Judge Bell to nine years at hard labor in the house of correction. Her assistant Arthur Fish received four and a half years.
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Marie Violis
South End
House of Correction
Bell
Superior Criminal Court
Arthur Fish
Steinert & Sons Offers Reduced Prices on Aeolian Stock
Owing to high demand the M. Steinert & Sons Company extends the sale of their slightly used Aeolians for two weeks. prospective buyers may visit the Boston piano emporium at 162 Boylston Street to hear and compare, with experienced operators on hand to demonstrate and explain the instruments.
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M. Steinert & Sons Company
Boylston Street
Boston
Lodge and Crane Backers Plot at Capitol Headquarters
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge visited Governor Crane and Republican headquarters at Nahant and Boston. He met with Postmaster George A. Hibbard and Surveyor J J McCarthy for an hour of quiet discussion about Boston politics and boosting Governor Crane's vote. The meeting touched on Mayor Hart’s administration and relations with surveyors, with no public details given.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Nahant
Crane
George A. Hibbard
J J. McCarthy
Boston
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Charlestown
Hibbard
Colonel Goetting
McCarthy
Peareny
Hart
Post
May Accept Half Ransom From Stone Case
Washington Oct 29. The fund for Miss Stones relief will not rise much more and the brigands will likely accept sixty thousand dollars rather than lose all. The United States can contribute nothing and has had no dealings with the brigands beyond instructions to Eddy and Dickinson. No evidence Stone is dead. Sofia circles show no new official news tonight.
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Washington
Miss Stons
United States
The
State Department
Miss Stone
Sofia
Hunter Harold Church Killed In Gun Mishap At Worcester
Harold W. Church of Douglas age 24, famed as a top state hunter, was instantly killed in Worcester when a dog spring triggered a gun while he held a treeing dog beside a loaded firearm. He trained a green dog to tree squirrels and was known as a hunting guide for Worcester and Boston professionals.
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Worcester
Harold W. Church
Douglas
Church
Mr. Church
Boston
Garbage plant fight before Supreme Court over Spectacle Island move
Judge Loring heard two petitions filed against Boston by the South Boston Citizens Association led by John B. Martin and by Charles P. Bowditch and others. Both seek to stop the city from granting New England Sanitary Product Company permission to move its garbage plant from Cow Pasture to Spectacle Island. Pleadings were read and ready for discussion this forenoon.
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Loring
Supreme Court
John B. Martin
South Boston Citizens’ Association
Charles P. Bowditch
New England Sanitary Product Company
Spectacle Island
Three Men Report Robberies Clash at Station 1
Three men named John Moore Frank Rogers and John Appleton were brought to Station 1 after each alleging the others robbed him. The trio included two sailors and a civilian, with blame swapped among them.
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Station
John Moore
Frank Rogers
John Appleton
Count de la Vaulx to Retry Mediterranean Air Ship Crossing
Paris reports Comte de la Vaulx will attempt another cross Mediterranean by balloon after a hurricane wrecked his craft and shed. He plans improvements and hopes to launch soon with plans for eventual Atlantic crossing.
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Count de la Vaulx
Mediterranean
Paris
M. le Comte de la Vaulx
France
Africa
Parpony
de la Vaulx
Algeria
Denessan
Mi of
Marine
du Chayin
Chayla
Toulon
de A Vaulx
Atlantic Ocean
Castillon de Saint-Victor
Quincy Opposes Duty on Hides in Worcester Rally
In Mechanics Hall Worcester officials and Democrats met for a rally headlined by Josiah Quincy with McNary and other speakers. Quincy urged government departments with nonvoting heads on the legislative floor, argued for tax relief on hides to aid the boot and shoe industry, and highlighted potential state party gains through unified voting.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Josiah Quincy
William McNary
State Committee
A. C. Drinkwater
Braintree
Henry J. Jaquith
Worcester
Worcester County
Bay State House
Quincy
McNary
Wortcester
Colonel Drinkwater
Philip J. O'Connell
James F. Ryan
Democratic City Committee
A. A. Putnam
Uxbridge
David I. Walsh
Clinton
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
John R. Thayer
House
Ap Eecates
Republican Party
Ee Fitzgerald
England
Ey Sen
Jared
New England
Washington
Congress
Massachusetts
Argentina
Carl Robbins Dies After Swamp Scott Woods Shooting
Lynn authorities report 16 year old Carl Robbins died at City Hospital from a stomach wound after a shooting in Swamp Scott woods on Saturday. His companion Alvin Thurber was involved in the incident.
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Lynn
Carl Robbins
Swampscott Woods
Alvin Thurber
City Hospital
Robbins
Hon Sidney Dean Dies at 83 in Brookline
Hon Sidney Dean of Brookline former Warren Rhode Island editor and lecturer died at home of paralysis aged 83. He served in the Thirty-fifth Congress and was a teller during Banks’s Speaker election. Born Glastonbury Conn 1818 he pursued ministry and journalism and spent years in Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and Dorchester before retirement. He leaves a widow two sons and a daughter. funeral will be in Warren Rhode Island Friday.
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Sidney Dean
Brookline
Warren
R. I
N. P. Banks
Dean
Glastonbury
Conn
Wilbraham
Mass
Suffield
Methodist Church
Putnam
Congress
District of Columbia
Washington
New York Independent
Pawtucket
Providence
R. I.uring
Rhode Island Press
The
Morning Star
Bank of Venice
Dorchester
Sidney W
A. Kempton Dean
Dennison Finley
Warren, R. I
Chelsea Man Robbed on Street by Three Men
Fred Bellman of Chelsea told police he was assaulted by three men about 1 o clock and robbed of 300 dollars. Police arrested Horatio Barry and Fred Ryan shortly after Bellman identified them.
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Lynn
Fred Bellman
Chelsea
Horatio Barry
Fred Ryan
Bellman
HYOMEI Germicide Promises Cure in Twenty Four Hours
An advertisement touts HYOMEI as a cure for catarrh bronchitis and consumption claiming dramatic death rate reductions and cure by inhalation. It includes testimonials from a minister and notes price 1.00 for complete outfits with trial kits and balm, distributed by The R T Booth Co Ithaca NY.
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United States Health Reports
W. Ackerman
R. T., Booth Co
Ithaca
N. Y
Blood and fire sear New Orleans area as race conflict erupts
A Balltown report describes a race riot at Duncan's Chapel near Pearl River Valley. Nine African Americans were killed and many wounded as gunfire raged for hours. Whites rallied with 1000 armed men moving toward the scene until authorities arrived.
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New Orleans
Picayune
Balltown
Duncan’s Chapel
Pearl River Valley
Stephen Duncan
Crear Lott
Comatable Boone
Reed
Wade Walker
Lott
Joe Seal
Preacher Connolly
Sophie Lott
Crear
Parker
Beverley
Joseph Seal
Charles Wiliott
Edward Thompson
F. P. Sones
Washington Parish
Monticello
Norman H. Simmons
J. K. Johnson
Franklin
Walker Wanted in New York Arrest Report
Chauncey W. Walker, former travelling auditor for the Policy Holders' National Union and president of the Insurance Commercial Agency of America, was arrested in Chicago charged as a fugitive from New York justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chauncey W. Walker
National Union
Insurance Commercial Agency of America
New York
Roosevelt attends theatre in Washington to see Lady Huntworth's Experiment
President Theodore Roosevelt and party occupy two boxes at the National Theatre to watch Daniel Frohman's company perform Lady Huntworth's Experiment. This marks his first theatre attendance since taking office, greeted warmly by a packed audience. Accompanied by Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt along with Captain Greenway and Mr and Mrs Reginald Gray. The visit closes the mourning period for McKinley.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New National Theatre
Daniel Frohman
Lady Huntworth
Captain Greenway
Reginald Gray
Baltimore
National
McKinley
Leahy Emerges as Favored Candidate in Ward 12 Race
David D. Leahy, the young Democratic nominee for the House in Ward 12, gains support and favorable notice from ward residents. A well known speaker and bright Massachusetts Bar member, he is praised by prominent politicians around the 12th ward. Leahy is a Boston University graduate with notable early success in law.
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Winter Street
Wireless
Boston Boats
Hotel Victoria
5Th Avenue
27Th Street
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Devurofphan Puan
Prem
George W. Sweeney
Lorimer
Violis
Milady
Lodge
Lynn Boy
Round, & C
R. T. Booth Co
Walker
C.C. C
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