Pastor Opposed to District Option Bill
The Rev. Father O Farrell of St Stephen s North End and Rev Arthur Connolly of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament oppose the district option bill. Connolly warns it will harm the poor, create kitchen barrooms, and argues freedom of will makes prohibition unworkable. He favors stricter liquor store placement and better public supervision over enforcement.
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Father O’farrell
St. Stephen's Church
North End
Arthur Connolly
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Father Connolly
Old Heath Street
Pynchon Street
West Roxbury
Connolly
Post
Christ
Neense
Hcense
Boston Area Weather Forecast Update
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Friday showers with higher temperatures. Saturday should be fair with fresh to brisk westerly winds returning.
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Boston
Vicinity
Citizens urged to locate fire alarm boxes nearest homes
The notice emphasizes that fire department efficiency hinges on rapid first alarms. Citizens should learn the LOCATION and WORKING of the fire alarm box NEAREST THEIR PROPERTY to ensure prompt alerts and safer communities.
Figures Show Drink Decrease In Brighton District Court
Clerk Henry P. Kennedy reports that drunkenness arrests before the Municipal Court of the Brighton District have fallen from 720 in 1892 to 258 in the year before 1902, despite more liquor outlets. Since 1893 arrests declined steadily to about 250 annually, a contrast cited by district option opponents amid local agitation and clergy scrutiny.
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Brighton
Henry P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nve
Dorchester
West Roxbury
Jamaica Plain
City of
Boston
Suffolk
Ates
Temperatures Recorded At Thompson Spa Yesterday
Yesterday’s readings at Thompson Spa on 219 Washington Street show a sequence from 49 at 3:00 PM to 46 at 12 midnight, with afternoon highs near 58. The average temperature for yesterday was 42, compared with 58 a year ago.
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Thompson Spa
Washington Street
Miss Kerr Tries Self Harm In Locked Flat
Miss Mary B. Kerr, four years old, a nurse lodging at 61 Appleton Street, was found unconscious in her apartment yesterday morning. The room was filled with gas. windows and doors were locked and apertures stuffed with paper and cloth. She was sent to City Hospital and is believed to recover. Miss Kerr refused to tell why she attempted death by her own action.
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Mary B. Kerr
Appleton Street
City Hospital
Miss Kerr
Cuba Big Brother Cigarro Delivers Five Short Smokes
The ad touts a small cigar called Cuba Big Brother Cigarro as a response to steady demand for a good compact smoke. Each packet costs a dime and contains five short cigars, about fifteen minutes each, made from the same tobacco used in premium cigars. It claims thousands of New England businessmen smoke them.
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Cuba
New England
Reading murder victim Mary Myers identified in Boston ties
Reading follows the murder of a woman identified as Mary Myers or Weingert of Boston. She lived at 24 Fabian Street, South End, and was last seen at 7 AM Wednesday near that address. The killer is believed hiding in Cedar Swamp Reading. bloodhounds will track the suspect today.
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Reading
Mary Myers
Weingert
Boston
Fabian Street
South End
Cedar Swamp
Howard Burroughs
Lowell
Samuel Weingert
Prince Street
C. A. Lougest
General Miles In Manila Harbor Arrival Reported
The U S army transport Thomas with Lieutenant General Miles and his party aboard was reported off Luzon and anchored in Manila Harbor tonight. The St Thomas left San Francisco October 1 and called at Honolulu and Guam.
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Manila
United States Army
Thomas
Miles
Luzon
Manila Harbor
San Francisco
Honolulu
Guam
Czar Summons Russian Specialist for Czar's Illness
London Oct 21 The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Express says Dr Morzejewski, one of Russia's foremost specialists, has been summoned by telegraph to Livadia to attend the Czar who is suffering from a nervous complaint.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Daily Express
Morzejewski
Russia
Livadia
Czar
Kidnapper May Have Boy Missing in Ashland Street Area
Solomon Tester, 812 years old, of 15 Ashland street, vanished after noon. His worried parents searched hours and police were asked to help. Some playmates recall a stranger giving the boy money and promising another meeting, raising kidnapping fears.
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Tester Solomon
Ashland Street
Doctor Lorenz Performs Hip Dislocations on Pueblo Children
Dr Adolph Lorenz of Vienna operated on two young children for congenital dislocation of the hip at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's new hospital in Pueblo Colo About 60 physicians watched the procedures and the doctor predicted success He and his assistant Dr Mueller left for Salt Lake City this afternoon.
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Pueblo
Col
Adolph Lorenz
Vienna
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Lorenz
Mueller
Salt Lake
Verdi cts sustained against Fuller Tilton in Worcester
The Supreme Court full bench sustained two verdicts totaling about $16 000 against the brokerage firm Fuller Tilton Co of Boston in favor of Samson Allen and Leonard H Allen of Worcester. The suits arose from stock speculation and wagering contract statutes. Transactions occurred at the Worcester office involving large stock purchases and sales.
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Supreme Court
Fuller, Tilton & Co
Boston
Samson Allen
Leonard H. Allen
Worcester
London Ancient Sail to Boston in Sept 1908
The Honourable Artillery Company has accepted an invitation to visit Boston in 1908. The company expects to sail for the other side about September 22.
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London Ancients
Boston
London
the Honourable Artillery Company
Canadians Coming Here to Talk Reciprocity
The Canadian Club of Boston will hold its annual banquet on Friday, Nov. 21 at the Copley Square Hotel. Speakers include Hon. Clifford Sifton on immigration from Western Canada to the United States, Hon. H. A. McKeown on Canadian manufactures and industry, and Hon. Charles Fitzpatrick on reciprocity. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy of Canadian Pacific Railway may attend to speak on transportation and trade.
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Canadian Club of Boston
Copley Square
Trade and Development of
Canada
Clifford Sifton
Interior
United States
H. A. McKeown
Executive Council of
New Brunswick
Charles Fitzpatrick
Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Boston
New England
Did Italian girl elope in Boston mystery
The disappearance of Gae Tano Rocco a 20 year old Italian girl living with her sister Mrs John Cerri at 24 Nashua Street causes worry for relatives and Division 3 police. She left for Lowney’s candy factory on Atlantic Avenue early Wednesday with about five dollars, wore a blue skirt and light waist, no hat, spoke little English, and her brother in law says she mentioned a young man in the North End whom he suspects may be involved in an elopement.
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Gaetano Rocco
John Cerri
Nashua Street
Division 3
Miss Rocco
Lowney
Atlantic Avenue
Rocco
North End
Complaint Dismissed Over School House Contract Case
Horatio L. Young and others faced dismissal of their bill against the School House Commission of Revere. They alleged a town meeting voted to award a $12,000 school house contract, that the commission failed to advertise legally, and sought an injunction to halt plans and stop treasurer payments. Judge Fox ruled in the equity merit session of the Superior Court.
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Horatio L. Young
Revere
Fox
Equity Merit
Superior Court
March Sentenced to Five Years in Middlesex House
In Middlesex Superior Criminal Court yesterday John March was sentenced to the House of Correction for five years on a serious charge.
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Middlesex
John March
House of Correction
Hunter Shot While Deer Hunting Near Augusta Me
George H. Harvey, a prominent Augusta resident, was shot in the leg by neighbor William Ms Butler while deer hunting with his uncle John W. Harvey. The right leg bone below the knee was shattered, and he lay for a mile before discovery. Harvey was in critical condition.
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Augusta
George H. Harvey
John W. Harvey
William Ms. Butler
Harvey
Butler
Robbery Report In Medford Homes At Capen and Bradshaw
Police investigated a break in at Willard C. Whitman 21 Capen street where a gold watch and about six dollars were stolen after a rear door was forced open. Later a sneak thief entered Charles M Chevalier 1 Bradshaw street while Mrs Chevalier was upstairs. a pocketbook with unknown bills was taken.
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Medford
Willard C. Whitman
Capen Street
Charles M. Chevalier
Bradshaw Street
Cantabrigia Club Marks 10th Anniversary in Cambridge
The Cantabrigia Club of Cambridge celebrated its tenth anniversary yesterday at Epworth M E Church. About 600 members and friends attended the afternoon exercises with Miss Helen A Wright presiding. Speakers included Mrs E M H Merrill Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson Professor Barr Ames Professor Francis G Peabody Mrs May Alden Ward and Mrs D T 8 Denison.
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Cantabrigia Club of
Cambridge
Epworth M. E. Church
Helen A. Wright
E. M. H. Merrill
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Barr Ames
Francis G. Peabody
May Alden Ward
D. T
Denison
Mrs Weingert murder mystery traced through clues
State police connect Reading encounter with 43 year old Mrs Wyner known as Weingert. Investigators follow trunks and rent disputes linking 554 Shawmut avenue to Fabian street address. Surveillance and pawned rings hint at possible burglary connivance, with a mysterious well dressed man, likely Swedish, as prime suspect.
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Shawmut Avenue
William Reddick
Fabian Street
Reading Road
Weingert
Reading
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Fr. Connolly
Henry S. Russell
Econ Electric Eluminating Company OF
Boylston St
Masonic Temple
Brighton Court
Dudley Street Opera House
A. J. Montague
Virginia
William A. Gaston
Josiah Quincy
John A. Sullivan
Arthur W. Bolan, Esq
Coop Music
Mysteri
Fabian St. Tenement
General Miles
DR. Lorenz
Allens
Revere Schoolhouse Commission
Hunter
Cantabrigia Club
Reading Police
Mary Weingert
Mary Wyner
Fabian
Dedham
Canton Streets
Borton
Blondin
Biondin
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