One-Armed Man Refuses Jail Shelter in Desperate Plea
Raymond Murray, 45, born to wealth in Fall River, lost his right arm in an accident and, penniless and exhausted, walked from Massachusetts to Boston seeking arrest to gain food and shelter. He told the captain he wanted admission to the State farm to regain strength for another job campaign. The jail denied him, leaving him hungrier and more desolate.
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Fall River
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Boston
Denial by Viola Campbell on Lynn marriage dispute
In Lynn on August 31 Mrs Viola Campbell confirms she will not contest her father John W Hutchinsons marriage to Mrs Everett. She says no family council has met yet and no action is planned. she denies other published statements about her fathers case.
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Lynn
Viola Campbell
John W. Hutchinson
Everett
Thieves Gang Overruns City Strikes Noted By Police
Police describe a well organized two branch gang in the city. Street pickpockets nicknamed clock workers operate in all districts. Flat and second story robbers target a broad range from pins to a diamond valued at 1000 dollars. An officer's revolver was reportedly taken from Station 5.
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McGillivray
F. F. Burgin
Unidentified Woman Body Lies Unclaimed in Town
The body of a woman remains unclaimed at Briggs' undertaking rooms after a false identification by Mrs. Margaret Fitzpatrick. The real Mary Linehan arrived from Wilton, New Hampshire to prove she is alive, but the corpse remains unrecognized and likely to be buried as a pauper.
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Margaret Fitzpatrick
Mary Linehan
Wilton
N. H
Briggs’ Undertaking
Man Fined for Killing White Bluebird in New Hampshire
Leander Butterick of Hudson was fined 15.80 dollars after killing a white bluebird. He had the bird stuffed as a trophy, prompting the penalty.
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Hudson, N. H
Leander Butterick
Butterick
Lincoln's Birthplace Offered to Nation
New York reports Robert J. Collier purchased Abraham Lincoln's birthplace at Hoedgensville Kentucky for 5609. He considers turning the homestead over to the national government or a patriotic society to maintain as a park with modest yearly costs.
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Lincoln
New York
Robert J. Collier
Abraham Lincoln
Hoedgensville
Preparing to Fight Cholera
Berlin August 31 The cholera outbreak spreads from two river Weichsel localities toward the Baltic and Warthe regions and reaches Hamburg. The Prussian government forms a cabinet committee to direct preventive measures with Dr Studt and other ministers overseeing medical, public works, commerce, and interior functions. Bacteriologists are deployed and warnings issued across the affected area.
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Weichsel
Baltic
Warthe
Hamburg
Germany
Dr. Studt
Herr von Budde
Malden Woman Arrested With Babe In Her Arms
Mary Edwards of Malden was arrested in Bolton with a six month old infant in her arms. Constable W. H. Don arrested her after Mrs. John Merriam of Stow complained Edwards borrowed a dress suitcase and took two shirt waist patterns and a dollar's worth of dress goods. Edwards says she did not intend to keep the items and friends expect exoneration in court.
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Bolton
Mary Edwards
Malden
John Merriam
Stow
Parker Reaps Harvest of Corporation Fines
Attorney General Parker moves to collect fines from corporations that failed to file returns with the commissioner. More than half of assessed firms have already paid the minimum $5 fine.
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Parker
Depew Improvement Company Debt Paid Says Equitable
Equitable Life Assurance Society officers announce the Depew Improvement Company has paid its debt of 293000 plus interest. The release aims to dispel any impression linking Sen Chauncey M Depew to the loan. He says he had no involvement with the company or loan and joined the organization five years after its founding.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Society of the Depew Improvement Company
Emmons Orders Probe Of Peddock Bodies Removal
Judge Emmons has directed Captain Nerees of the harbor police to prepare a full written report on the removal of three bodies from Peddock's Island after a ptomaine poisoning death. Police could not secure authoritative comment at headquarters yesterday.
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Hull Board of Health
Peddock’s Island
Antonio Ganes
Joseph Oliver
Clerks Delegates Leave Boston for Cedar Rapids Convention
The Boston post office clerks delegates depart for Cedar Rapids Ia for the national convention to be held until Sept 20 Local delegates include President Thomas P Feeny John J Daly and John T Cassidy joined at Lowell by State President John H Farrell Key topics include raising first class clerk salaries from 600 to 700 excluding Sundays and holidays from vacation day counts and protections for aged or disabled clerks
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Boston
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
Thomas P. Feeny
John J. Daly
John T. Cassidy
Lowell
John H. Farrell
Everett Police Round Up Hoodlum Gang in West Everett
Five youths were arrested and jailed in Everett after two weeks of thefts window breaking and insulting women in Hendersonville district. The gang of about 20 terrorized residents despite many complaints. The arrestees sang and joked in lockup and will be arraigned in Malden court Friday morning.
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Everett
Hendersonville
West Everett
Malden Court
Darwin Speech Links Nebular Theory to Shortening Earth Days
In Johannesburg on Aug 31 President Darwin of the British Association spoke on Celestial Evolution. He argued the Nebular Hypothesis and tidal forces lead to a rotating Earth-like planet, noting both day and month have shortened over time.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Darwin
British Association
Kant
Laplace
Earth
Woman Celebrates 105th Birthday With Long Automobiles Ride
Meriden Conn August 31 Mrs Elizabeth Hunt celebrated her 105th birthday with an automobile ride from Brooklyn to Grand Central station and a 100 mile fast express journey. She endured the trip well despite advanced age and living in Brooklyn N Y.
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Meriden
Conn
Elizabeth Hunt
East Cambridge Widow Declines To Be Executrix
The will of William Adams Munroe a Boston attorney was filed for probate in East Cambridge. All estate goes to widow Sarah P. D. Munroe who is named executrix but has declined to serve noting it would be inconvenient to discharge the duties.
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William Adams Munroe
Boston
East Cambridge
Sarah PD. Munroe
Young Baltimore boy gains new lower lip after horse bite
Frank Cronin, 16, whose right arm was strapped to his face for three weeks, has undergone a successful operation to graft a complete new lower lip. The disfiguring injury came from a horse bite in Baltimore Maryland.
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Baltimore
Frank Cronin
Cronin
Sensation in Taggart Case Shocks Wooster Court
Testimony in the Taggart divorce trial names Capt. and Mrs. Benjamin Poore as social figures tied to the case. Mrs. Taggart, on the stand most of the day, defended Mrs. Poore against insinuations while denying allegations of improper meetings and connections with Fortesque at the Poore home.
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Salem
Addie Poore
Francis Carlton
Josie Clapp
Laura Carlton
Captain Poore
Mrs. Poore
Married on Museum Stage
Robert Lincoln known as Bobby and his bride to be Miss Louise Milliken wed on the Nickelodeon stage amid crowd cheers and rice showers. Justice Harry Newcomb officiated with Eddie Giguere as best man and Nellie Davis as bridesmaid. They plan to reside at 3 Hayes Square Charlestown.
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Robert Lincoln
Nickelodeon
Louise Milliken
Jim Davies
Justice of the Peace
Harry Newcomb
Eddie Giguere
Nellie Davis
Hayes Square
Charlestown
Girl Sails 1200 Miles to Wed Gloucester Bride
Aug 31 Gloucester reports Austina D En tremont set to sail to San Juan de Porto Rico to wed Walter G Wheeler a Gloucester native now serving in the government wireless telegraph station in the island. Wheeler has left Gloucester for Porto Rico and now invites his bride to join him there.
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Walter G. Wheeler
Austina D’entremont
San Juan de Porto Rico
Mr. Wheeler
Porto Rico
Ladies' Oxfords and Slippers Sale Note
An advertised offer lists ladies' oxfords and slippers priced at one dollar each, indicating a clearance or promotional sale limited to common sizes and stock.
Boston Public Schools Set to Open With More Buildings
On September 13 Boston public schools begin the new term amid crowding as immigration and longer schooling push demand. Six new schools open. several others under construction or planned, including James Otis and Tuckerman Primary Schools, Dearborn, Whittier, Mason, and Holmes, with expansions at Mechanic Arts High School and Dorchester High School.
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R. Clipston Sturgis
West End
North End
Washington
Christopher Columbus
James Otis
Samuel W. Mason
Hugh O’brien
Roxbury
Tuckerman
Gaston
John G. Whittier
Henry L. Pierce
Dorchester
Oliver Wendell Holmes
New
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Sarah G. Baker
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Sermon by Rev Minot Judson Savage in Geneva
Delegates at the Congress of Reformed Religions attended service at St Peter's Cathedral in Geneva. Rev Minot Judson Savage of the Church of the Messiah in New York preached the sermon. The final congress session accepted Boston's Doane invitation for the next meeting in the United States and approved formulating a declaration of liberal Christian principles for the next gathering.
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Switzerland
Congress of Reformed Religions
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Minot Judson Savage
Church of the Messiah of
New York
Doane
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Mass
United States
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