Honest John's A Hustling Ward 7 Candidate Says Voters Support
The Honorable John Quinn of Ward 7 declares he campaigns independently to serve constituents. He criticizes machine politics and cites daily court work, claiming broad public support and predicting a hot primary against Fitzgerald aligned factions.
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John Quinn
Ward 7
General Court
Quinn
Senate
Harrison Avenue
Dover Street
John
William T. A. Fitzgerald
Deathbed will held valid in Brockton probate ruling
In Brockton on September 1 a deathbed will by John Griffin, who died after a trolley accident, was upheld as valid despite a contest by Mrs. Elizabeth Daley of County Cork. The Probate Court ruled he was of sound mind, had read the will, and signed it without undue influence. The estate is valued at about 6000 dollars and deeded to Mrs Augusta J Gleason who boarded with him for 20 years.
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Brockton
Relief Hospital
John Griffin
Augusta J. Gleason
Elizabeth Daley
County Cork
Ireland
Lathrop
Griffin
Dennis J. Sheerin
Daley
Joseph Lynch
John M. Sulllivan
J. B. Snyder
George W. Ryan
C. H. Dacey
Maurice A. Long
Fred W. Tileston
Love romance in Watertown ends in a wedding
John M. Flockton the veteran bandmaster will marry Minnie M. Timmerman in Watertown on Tuesday. She is the daughter of John M. Johnson and a former stenographer to Flockton. Both are divorcees. he is about 64 and she roughly 44. Timmerman hails from Utica, N Y, and long resided in Watertown with her father once in business.
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Watertown
John M. Flockton
Minnie M. Timmerman
John M. Johnson
Utica
N. Y
Cambridge Woman Rescued From Smoke at Drug Store Blaze
Three patrolmen pulled Miss Sarah C. Warren, 67, from probable suffocation in a basement fire at BE. H. Patten's drug store on Fourth and Cambridge streets East Cambridge. Smoke forced her to rush through the hall and faint on the stairs before rescuers arrived around 1 40 yesterday morning.
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Sarah C. Warren
BE. H. Patten
Fourth
Cambridge Streets
East Cambridge
Black suit offerings rise as Labor Day nears
With Labor Day approaching the demand for black suits grows and Boston stores boast their largest stock. Morse pricing promises maximum value at minimum cost. Suits range from $10 to $25, 3 button cutaways $12 to $25, and Prince Albert coats and vests from $20 to $28.
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Boston
Prince Albert
Boston heiress refuses to contest will of foster-mother
Miss Elsie Drake Miller 23, Wellesley graduate living in Boston, declines to challenge Mrs. Annie Miller's will that cut her off. She says she has ample own wealth and wishes to manage her affairs, honoring the foster mother’s wishes. The estate totals over 400000 with public bequests near 100000. furnishings go to governess Miss Deens and Florence Weston.
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Elsie Drake Miller
Wellesley
Pinckney Street
Annie Stewart Miller
Miss Miller
Ira O. Miller
New York City
Emily Deens
Boston
Bangor man seeks barroom in prohibition Boston
A Bangor Maine man, searching for a barroom in Boston, paces Washington street and asks reporters for directions. He learns Boston is a prohibition city and departs toward North Station for a train to Bangor after the failed quest. The scene underscores Boston's liquor laws and the traveler’s disappointment.
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Boston
Bangor
the Inquirer
Jones
North Station
Wife Forgives At His Bedside After Columbus Ave Fall
Arthur Cannon of 775 Main Street Brockton and his Worcester wife reconciled after a reported quarrel in which she pushed him from a taxi on Columbus Avenue near Yar mouth Street. He was injured but recovering at Emergency Hospital. their three year old child Elizabeth cited.
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Columbus Avenue
Cannon
Arthur Cannon
Main Street
Brockton
2 Post
Boston
Yarmouth Street
Elizabeth
Everson Free After Manslaughter Charge Dismissal
William Everson a 16 year old grocery team driver for William Hennessey 154 D street South Boston was cleared of manslaughter in a South Boston court. Judge Noyes ruled the Aug 21 accident that killed Mrs Helen Joyce and her baby was purely accidental and Everson was not responsible.
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William Everson
William Hennessey
D Street
South Boston
Noyes
Everson
Helen Joyce
Troy Police Seek John Sullivan Here
Troy police request Boston authorities locate John Sullivan 5 feet 9 inches tall 145 pounds 30 and inform Chief of Police John J Hogan when found Sullivan belongs to the Liverymen's Union of Boston and is sought with interesting news for him in Troy New York.
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Boston
John Sullivan
John J. Hogan
Troy
N. Y
Sullivan
Liverymen’s Union of
Patrolman Downs Reinstated After Suspension
Patrolman Downs of the Brookline police department, suspended by Chief Corey on August 16, has been reinstated.
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Downs
Brookline
Corey
Deputy Hanscom Recovering After Operation in Portland
Word reached police headquarters that Deputy Hanscom, now in a Portland hospital, is convalescing rapidly after an operation. His wife remains beside him and a few days remain before a safe return home.
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Hanscom
Portland
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