Derelict Maggie Drifts Toward Nova Scotia Coast
The 36 ton schooner Maggie from St John drifted from Quaco harbor after grounding. Her crew of three escaped to shore and watched as the vessel drifted across the Bay of Fundy toward Nova Scotia, feared to collide with passing steamers tonight. The boat is owned in Maitland and commanded by Captain Burgess of St John.
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ST. John
N. B
Bay of Fundy
Maggie
Quaco
Nova Scotia
Maitland
Burgess
Ghost haunting in attic room alarms Malden barber
Howard R. Hyacinth, candidate for the Common Council, reports nightly knocks and a ghostly hand in the attic room he rents at 208 Eastern Avenue. Police will investigate possible practical jokes as Hyacinth plans to aid in uncovering the source of the strange rappings.
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Malden
Howard R. Hyacinth
Common Council
Hyacinth
New Elms Hotel Destroyed by Fire at Excelsior Springs
The New Elms Hotel, built a year ago at an estimated cost of 150 011, was destroyed by a basement fire traced to an ash heap. All 175 guests escaped uninjured and the total loss is expected to reach about 200 000.
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Excelsior Springs
North Shore cat Major Gip talks says its owner
In Manchester by the Sea a tabby named Major Gip reportedly speaks to its owner who asks to remain anonymous. The cat allegedly greets by rattling the door knob and shouting if not opened, and can understand conversations while fetching slippers delivering papers and playing dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Gip
the Talking Cat
Seek Pirate Gold in Taxi Schooner Elismira
The schooner Elismira will sail from Boston for the Spanish Main to pursue buried treasure of Sir Henry Morgan. Led by Jose Torrento and Manuel Culbeta, the vessel acts as a taxi schooner along the Central American coast picking up passengers and freight to cover expenses. Captain Roy Goodwin will command six crewmen from Gloucester as Torrento and Culbeta carry mail for Panama and seek treasure near San Blas.
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Elismira
Boston Harbor
Spanish Main
Sir Henry Morgan
Jose Torrento
Manuel Curbeta
Lockwood's
Boston
Torrento
Culbeta
Spain
Panama
San Blas
Roy Goodwin
Gloucester
Four Men and One Hundred Horses Die in Plant Blast
A boiler explosion at Swift and Co. garbage crematory plant in the Union stockyards, Chicago, reportedly killed four laborers and burned about one hundred horses. The blast occurred today causing extensive damage and fatalities among workers and animals.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Union
Veteran Shipwright Moran Dies at 92 in Portsmouth
Andrew G. Moran a Civil War veteran and oldest resident of Portsmouth died at age 92. Moran was an old time shipwright who helped select lumber for the famous sloop of war Kearsarge, built in 90 days at the Portsmouth navy yard during the Civil War.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Andrew G. Moran
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Polo Pony Kills Rider in Morristown Polo Event
Vanette P. Pelletreau, real estate dealer of Brooklyn, was killed in Morristown New Jersey after being thrown from a runaway polo pony. He belonged to the Passaic Valley Hunt Club and had come to inspect ponies for sale.
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Morristown
N. J
Mauretania Sails Earlier With Mails From Queenstown
The Mauretania left Queenstown at 8 15 a m, two hours earlier than usual, under a new plan to accelerate American mail deliveries so mails reach New York by Thursday evening.
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Queenstown
Toda
New York
Mind Blank For Six Days In NY Lodging House
Michael W. Carboni a Watch and Ward detective reported missing last week told a Post reporter he was drugged in a Boston hotel and taken unconscious to a New York lodging house where he remained six days. He is at his home on Endicott Street after his wife brought him back.
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Michael W. Carboni
Watch and Ward
Post
Boston
New York
Endicott Street
Watch and Ward Society
Carboni
Ivreese
Carboni Witness in Watch and Ward Opium Case
Carboni, key witness in a Watch and Ward case against several Chinamen accused of keeping opium for sale, failed to appear in Municipal Court last Monday causing a postponement to Thursday. He recounts a kidnapping episode after meeting a unknown woman at a Flint Street hotel on Oct 22 and waking days later in a New York lodging house with valuables untouched.
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Carboni
West Twenty-third Street
New York
Wignn
Arthur P. Lewis
John O'Neil
Charles J. Goula
Lay Corner Stone of New West Somerville Church
The cornerstone of the new Second Unitarian Church West Somerville was laid on Broadway opposite Kenwood Street facing Powder House Park. The Gothic brick and plaster building will house 200 seats and a basement vestry. Rev. Walter C. Pierce led the ceremony and Louis B. Merry placed the stone. Mrs. Sarah J. Dodge deposited a time capsule. speakers included Rev. Samuel A. Eliot and Rev. Albert H. Spence.
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Second Unitarian Church
West Somerville
Broadway
Kenwood Street
Powder House Park
Walter C. Pierce
Louis B. Merry
Boston
Sarah J. Dodge
Samuel A. Iliot
Cambridge
American Unitarian Society
Albert H. Spence
Medfield
Louis K. Merry
NEW Unitarian Church
Unrecorded Traveler Returns After Lost Time Misfortune
A man recounts waking with no sense of time and wandering to a drug store on Eighth Avenue and Twenty third Street. He sought help from police, telegraphed his wife and superior, and was met by his wife at Grand Central. He plans to testify at a court next Thursday.
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Eighth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Mulberry Street
New York
Grand Central Station
South End figures deny Carboni’s Ever Presence in Flotel Union
James W. Freese proprietor of Flotel Union and staff deny Carboni has ever visited the resort. They describe Carboni as a well known figure in the South End and linked to the crusade against opium dens in Chinatown, asserting no association with the establishment.
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James WW. Freese
Flotel Tnion
Fliot Street
Carboni
South
Chinatown
District rumors force cautious stance on public figures
A local official, wary of exposure, avoids the district and a drinking spot to escape recognition from long-time associates. Proprietor Ivreese defends the figures involved, calling Carboni’s claims a fabrication aimed at job security or spousal reconciliation.
Boarding house at 405 West Twenty Third Street denials
Mrs Reise who runs the boarding house at 405 West Twenty Third Street says she has not housed a stranger in three weeks and that no one matching Carboni's description has stayed there. She adds that nobody has been unconscious at the house and the location remains a respectable boarding house per the beat officer.
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New York
Reise
West Twenty-third Street
Carboni
Weather Bureau predicts unsettled conditions inland this week
The Weather Bureau forecast calls for a break from last week's cold snap with moderate temperatures in the East and South through midweek. A Pacific disturbance is expected to move to the Atlantic by Friday bringing unsettled weather and rain.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Pacific States
Atlantic States
Collision Near Cross Rip Lightship Involving Schooners
The schooners Frank E. Swain and Sarah and Lucy collided near the Cross Rip Lightship. The Acushnet towed the severely damaged Sarah and Lucy toward New Haven while Swain continued under sail to Boston for repairs. Both ships carried fertilizer and paving stones from Boston to different destinations.
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Vineyard Haven
Frank E. Swain
Boston
Charleston
S. C
Sarah
Lucy
New York
Cross Rip
Smith
Daniel Bailey
Acushnet
Swain
Lacey
Grasselli
N. J
New Haven
Cross Rip Shoals
Mrs Sibley Nearing Final Decline In Political Strain
From Franklin Pennsylvania, Oct 20, word at the Sibley home says former Congressman Joseph C. Sibley and his wife have slim hopes of recovery. Mrs Sibley’s breakdown followed charges against her husband in the Republican nomination race. Dr Hammond reports Mrs Sibley has little chance of recovery and is bedridden. Mr Sibley, able to sit, suffers heart weakness when attempting to walk.
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Franklin
Penn
Joseph C. Sibley
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Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Watch
Michiapel Carbont
Flint Street
Carbon
Lynn
Washington Street
Hilot
Mr. Carboni
Bessie Chapman
John Mulligan
South End
Jabor
We Twenty-third Street
New York City
New West Somerville
Eliot Street
Dennies Carboni
Mike
Tremont Street
E. T. Slattery Company
Paris
Lea
Sibley
Wife
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