Burglar Attack Scars 16Yearold Gertrude Lambert at Emerald Street
Gertrude Lambert 16 describes a Tuesday night home invasion at 43 Emerald Street. Two intruders bound her with a towel gagged her and ransacked rooms while she cried for help. She fought back with a scratch on one assailant. police suspect the house was watched and money hid in a bureau but not seized.
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Hearn
Gertrude Lambert
Emerald ‘Street
Emerald Street
Messerssy
Post
Jim
Lambert
Artrude Lambert
Girls’ High School
Man Arrested Over False Scales Transaction
Benjamin Keler of 209 Chambers Street was arrested for possessing false scales after a rags sale with Patrick Crowley was found to be misweighed. Police discovered the brass face cut away and a loose dial allowing weights to be altered, exaggerating or reducing true weight.
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Benjamin Keler
Chambers Street
Patrick Crowley
Decature Street
Butt
Eler
Crowley
Keier
Keiler
Royal Arcanum Rally Revives Boston Chapter Interest
A Boston Royal Arcanum Association rally was held at the Knights of Honor Hall last evening to revive interest and boost membership. D. R. Beckford, grand regent of Massachusetts, and Thomas Mullen delivered brief addresses.
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Boston Royal Arcanum Association
Knights of Honor Hall
Ite
D. R. Beckford
Gregent
Massachusetts
Thosias Mullen
Gas explosion tears through Charles and Cambridge streets
A leaking gas main and faulty electric wires caused a powerful blast at the corner of Charles and Cambridge streets last night. The explosion ripped up street and sidewalk, damaged basins and sewers, halted car service, and sent residents fleeing from a church amid panic. No injuries were reported.
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Charles
Cambridge
Old Ben Williamson Hermit of Harbor View
Benjamin P Williamson known as Old Ben the East Boston hermit lived at Harbor View beach in a shanty with a painted hut and Nettie boat He sailed out last night promising a big cod and never returned His cabin housed seven or eight black and white cats and many crowd pleasing paintings He celebrated birthdays with feasting and rough shotgun driven insistence on eating his half cooked supper.
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Benjamin P. Williamson
Boston
Harbor View
Captain Andrews
Old Ben
Ben
Fog Induced Crash Damages Cars on Tufts Line
Arlington witnesses a fog bound accident on the Tufts College Medford and Arlington branch of the Boston Elevated Railway. Two electric cars were badly damaged. Motorman Nicholas Barry of East Cambridge suffered head injuries and a crushed leg and was hospitalized. Franklin M. Upham of Arlington received a shoulder injury and a crushed Nose from being thrown along the car floor.
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Arlington
Tufts College
Medford
Boston
Nicholas Barry
East Cambridge
Franklin M. Upham
Arlington Market
McNutt Lectures on Charity at Berkeley Temple
Rev George L McNutt criticized charities churches and donors for deepening poverty by condescending aid arguing nine tenths of charitable work is wasted He centered his evening talk on Why Workingmen Drink focusing on social impact and reform.
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George L. McNutt
Berkeley Temple
Schley ends cross examination in Havana court martial
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Schley finishing cross examination in the court martial. The judge advocate asked 34 questions about May 31 reconnaissance, the Brooklyn loop, and a cited colloquy with Lieutenant Hodgson. Schley explained the original battle report was never published and defended choices about coal, signaling, and batteries at Santiago.
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Admiral Schley
Brooklyn
Hodgson
Texas
Sampson
New York
Schley
Tieutenant Hood
Cienfuegos
Trieutenant Wood
Hood
Santiago
Cotton
Harvard
Mole St. Nicholas
Key West
Adula
Cervera
McCalla
Sigsbee
Nunez
MecCalla
Ramsey
Massachusetts
Iowa
New Orleans
Colon
Jamaica
Havana
Portland Sees Transatlantic Trade Growth Despite Line Loss
Portland faces a winter shift as the Allan line to Liverpool ends its service. Hamburg-American Dominion and Elder-Dempster lines will operate from Portland, with freighters Peruvian Scandinavian and Sarmatian starting soon. The city rises in cattle exports next to Boston and New York as a 1,500,000 bushel grain elevator rises, while the old 990,000 bushel facility remains. The new elevator will process 150 cars daily in a 10 hour day.
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Portland
Liverpool
Dominion
Elder-Dempster
Boston
New York
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
No More Laundry Bills Linen Collar Invention
An inventor of linen collars promises comfort and economy with fine cloth collars that resemble linen and cost 2 cents for a box of ten or 2 1/2 cents each. They are disposable when soiled, saving laundering costs, fit perfectly, and come in leading standing and turn over styles. The Continental Clothing House and Crystal Clothing Company spread the item as popular.
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Continental Clothing House
Crystal Clothing Company
Roberson Lectured on McKinley at People's Temple
Frank R. Roberson presented a stereopticon lecture last night at People's Temple detailing the life and times of President William McKinley.
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Roberson
M’kinley
People’s Temple
Frank R. Roberson
McKinley
Boston Theatres Show Busy Lineup With Returns and Openings
The Boston theatre scene runs full with Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Boston Theatre drawing 100 Thompson's Island boys. The Grand Opera House hosts The Telephone Girl next week, Park Theatre offers Lovers Lane, and Empire Theatre closes Mrs Dane's Defence at Holies. Richard Mansfield stars Beaucaire at the Colonial for a short run while The Last Appeal debuts November 4. Sky Farm continues strong at the Boston Museum as Frank Daniels shines in Miss Simplicity at Tremont. Bijou Opera House opens season with Il Trovatore under Murray Gilbert. The King's Carnival at Columbia Theatre grows popular as Shaughna another Boucicault drama shifts Next week. Great Train Robbery thrills Bowdoin Square. Down in Dixie follows. Monies note performances by McFadden Daly and The Orpres Heiress upcoming. Keith's draws crowds to the Jacques Inaudi mental wonders. Evangeline stars Frances Burkhardt and Lila Blow at Boston Music Hall. Belle Hathaway's trained monkeys intrigue at Howard, Georgia freak family headlines Austin & Stones. Nickelodeon debuts North and Worth burlesque. The First Regiment Band and several principals perform in Boston. Ada Grown shines at Children's Theatre with The Daisies, while Humpty Dumpty thrills with I Sent a Message to the Fish.
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Thompson’s Island
Grand Opera House
Park Theatre
Empire Theatre Company
Holis
Mrs. Dane
Daniel Frohman
Hilda Spong
Lady ‘'Ainsworth
Richard Mansfield
Bijou Opera House
Murray & Gilbert
Columbia Theatre
Castle Square Theatre Company
Dion Boucicault
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Down In
Dixie
Hughey McFadden
Andy Daly
Arizona Joe
Morrison's
Grand Theatre
Keith's
Jacques Inaudi
Frances Burkhardt
Lila Blow
Evangeline
Boston Music Hall
Will J. Toland
Master Everett Proctor
Robert A. Deuel
Bowen R. Church
Ada
Daisy
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Pledge of Honor
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Oxford
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Louis Harrison
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Junie McCree
Frank Doane
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Emma Warus
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Children’s Theatre
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Sarah Grand
Surifot
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Black Hawks
Hughey McPadden
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Washington St
Licht Opera
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Dewey
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