Ex officials reveal prison irregularities at Windsor inquiry
A Vermont governor appointed commission heard testimony at Youngs Hotel Boston about lapses at Windsor prison including access to Mary Rogers cell, lax supervision in the west corridor, and inmates held in improvised punishments. Witnesses described old locks and missing oversight, with hearings to continue in Vermont.
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Vermont
State Prison
Windsor
Mary Rogers
Boston
Bell
C. J. A. Safford
N. G. Williams
Fitts
C. S. Palmer
E. W. Oakes
J. W. Enwright
Harpin
Harold W. Harpin
John E. Proctor
Rogers
Sings In Her Cell Fire Case Mystery Deepens
Miss Webb tells conflicting stories after a Dorchester fire discovered by Sergeant O Neil at 2 am. She sings on the curb with a crutch while firefighters extinguish a mattress soaked in kerosene. She later claims two men entered her room and whispered about burning a stable.
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Miss Webb
O’neil
Dorchester
Goode
Russian exile Dr. Passoff dies in poverty in Boston
Dr Edward Passoff a Russian noble and former Moscow University graduate lived in Boston for 14 years. Once a prosperous physician he fell into exile suffering morphine addiction and misfortune. He died by his own hand in a small room at 201 C Street South Boston after years of poverty and struggle.
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Edward Passoff
University of Moscow
Passoff
C Street
Boston
Harrison Avenue
Hanover Street
Jamaica Plain
West Newton Street
Moscow University
Petropavlovsk
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Caucasus
America
Falling Stick Breaks Skull in South End Home
A wooden piece fell from 32 East Springfield Street striking 4 year old Jeremiah Driscoll in the head. Doctors fear brain pressure from a fractured skull and hope for a delicate operation. Witness C. J. Woodman carried the unconscious boy to City Hospital. the fall’s cause remains unknown.
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Springfield Street
South End
Jeremiah Driscoll
C. J. Woodman
City Hospital
Arion Singers Arrive in City for Saengerfest
The Arion Singing Society of Brooklyn expected to reach Back Bay station at 8 am with about 159 members and guests. They are en route to Lawrence for the New England Saengerbund Saengerfest and will be met by local German representatives led by Robert Sturn and escorted to the Hotel Nottingham on Huntington Avenue.
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Arion Singing Society
Brooklyn
N. Y
Emperor William
Lawrence
New England Saengerbund
Back Bay
Robert Sturn
Carl Eberhard
Paul Grossmann
Eugene Selg
F. W. Stuart
Christian Eberhard
Berthold Schriftgiesser
Nottingham
Huntington Avenue
Last Band Concert of Season in Brookline
The final band concert of the season is set for this evening at the Cypress Street playground in Brookline. The event gathers local musicians and families for a communal community show.
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Cypress Street Playground
Brookline
Boston doctor freed after Port Royal photography case
Dr Frank Lin Clarke of Boston was arrested July 17 in Kingston Jamaica and tried for breach of the official secrets act by photographing Port Royal fortifications. After a hung jury the Crown entered nolle prosequi and he was liberated today.
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Kingston, Jam
Franklin Clarke
Boston
Port Royal
Clarke
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Arcanum Deliberates Rate Protest At Supreme Council
At Put-In-Bay on September 1 Charles Lindsley of New York urged the Royal Arcanum to rescind its rate increase if compelling arguments are presented. He said the supreme council is receptive and aims for a correct final decision.
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Put-In-Bay
Supreme Council of the
Royal Arcanum
Charles
Lindsley
New York
Supreme Council
Roosevelt hero on Burlington train gives up lower berth
Kermit Roosevelt helped an elderly couple aboard a Burlington line when no lower bunk was available. He offered his lower berth to them and took the upper for himself, easing their discomfort during the journey.
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Burlington
Kermit Roosevelt
Omaha
Roosevelt
Britt Strong Favorite in Frisco Bout Betting
San Francisco Sept 1 Battling Nelson prepares for his September 9 clash with Jimmy Britt as betting odds shift in favor of Britt. Nelson drops to 74 percent, Britt rising to the favorite role with continued beach workouts.
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Britt
Frisco
San Francisco
Nelson
Jimmy” Britt
National trophy won by New York in four days of shooting
Sea Girt New Jersey September 1 New York captured the national trophy after a four days struggle ending this evening Massachusetts finished seventh and missed a prize Rhode Island was twelfth Maine seventeenth Connecticut twentieth and Vermont second to last in the event
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Sea Girt
N. J
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
Vermont
Cholera Cases Rise in Germany as Outbreak Spreads
Berlin reports forty three cholera cases with nine deaths. Health authorities mobilize legal and medical measures to curb the Asiatic bacillus invasion as more suspicious cases are watched.
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Berlin
Germany
Surgeon General Wyman Dispatches McLaughlin to Hamburg
Surgeon General Wyman orders Passed Assistant Surgeon McLaughlin, stationed at Naples, to proceed immediately to Hamburg to prevent cholera spread from Germany to the United States.
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Washington
Wyman
Germany
United States
McLaughlin
Naples
Hamburg
Personal crisis report near mother's grave in Chicago
Harry S. Hoffman shot himself at Rose Hill Cemetery in Chicago after kneeling by his mother's grave. He died two hours later at a hospital. A crowd of mourners witnessed the suicide as Hoffman left letters alleging the cemetery company would bear the burden of his death.
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Chicago
Rose Hill
Harry S. Hoffman
Hoffman
My Clothier's Concert Delights Salem Crowds
The Salem Cadet Band under Mr. Jean Missud performed last night before a large audience with continuous applause. The program included marches by Reeves and Sousa, overtures, descriptive pieces, cornet solos, and selections from Gilbert and Sullivan, Shindler, and Cramsey, ending with Washington Post. The 12th concert of the season is planned for next Friday night.
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Clothier
Salem Cadet Band
Jean Missud
Connecticut
Reeves
Keler-Bela
Columbia
Collinson
Fred Banan, Jr
Johnny Jones
Quhan G Walts
Bunker Hill
Coca Dheer S&s
Isle of Spice
Shindler
Scoengon
Ys Ieee
Heith B
Allen
Eenpetteinde Everett Snare Nee Ates Ta Oa
Jefferson Club Bryan Testimonial to Be National
A Chicago event on September 12 will honor William J. Bryan with a national scope. Speakers from states across the nation will represent diverse regions in delivering remarks.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Jefferson Club
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