Deserters Rogers Couple Sought After Missing Children
Police seek Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rogers of Albany after they abandoned their two children. Circulars with photos circulate as investigators confirm the couple traveled from Providence and possibly reached Boston area. The pair, aged about 28 to 30, known in Albany society, are described with details of appearance.
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John W. Rogers
Albany
N. Y
Providence
Rogers
Boston
Saengerfest Prize Contest Highlights New England Event
Lawrence reports the seventh biennial Saengerfest of the New England Saengerbund with a prize singing contest in Lyra Hall and an evening concert at the Opera House. About 380 societies participated in the prize contest. awards will be announced tomorrow. The Arion Club of Brooklyn joined the evening program.
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Lawrence
New England Saengerbund
Lyra Hall
Opera House
Arion Club
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pulpit Praise for President Roosevelt and War End
The Rev Donald Sage MacKay of Fifth Avenue Church praised President Roosevelt in a New York sermon. He noted the president's 30-year membership in the Dutch Reformed congregation and thanked God for the war’s end and the president’s role in fulfilling a gracious purpose.
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New York
Donald Sage MacKay
Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church
Roosevelt
MacKay
Wreck Victims Near Death Near Gardiner Me
The Saturday railroad wreck victims in Gardiner are listed in critical or improving condition. J A Francis from Boston and L J Shepard from Norris Plains are critically injured. Mrs F T Rice of Salem is in danger. Mary A Martin of Millbridge and Dr P Toby are recovering. L W Murray of New Bedford may walk in a few days, with Mrs Murray able to walk. William Green of Boston searches for his son, William R Green, missing in the wreck.
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Gardiner
Augusta
J. A. Francis
Boston
L. J. Shepard
Norris Plains
N. J
F. T. Rice
Salem
Mass
Mary A. Martin
Millbridge
Dr. P
Toby
L. W. Murray
New Bedford
Johnson House
Ocean Rates Up as Conference Ends
Liverpool dispatch reports all steam ship lines free to change passages after the North Atlantic conference dissolves. Authorities say lines will not assume responsibility for rate changes and operations continue as if the conference still exists.
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Liverpool
Lergyman Playwright's Drama Delights Chicago Audience
The Rev John Snyder a Boston clergyman wrote As We Sow a Cape Cod life drama staged at McVick ers Theatre in Chicago The four act play blends human interest with comedy and moving scenes including naval brigade departure for the Spanish American War and a shipwreck rescue The author spoke after Act II urging church and stage unity Brady and Grismer directed a production likened to Way Down West.
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Chicago
McVicker’s Theatre
John Snyder
Boston
Cape Cod
Messrs. Brady
Grismer
Boston Floods Show Sewer System Test Under Heavy Rain
Heavy rains flood Greater Boston cellars and streets washing out sidewalks. Stony Brook overflows sewers backing up in Roxbury Crossings and Dorchester. Beacon Street Back Bay basements flood while West End and South End see many cellars submerged. Suburbs report rain with little damage. A new Charter Street sewer section undermined by floods.
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Washington Street
Stony Brook
Roxbury Crossing
Minden
Schiller
Charles River
Beacon Street
Back Bay
Barter
Brighton Streets
West End
Barter Street
West Newton Street
Shawmut Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Erie
Morse Streets
Church
Roxbury
Whitney, Tremont
Mission Hill
Dorchester
Fenway Basin
Charter Street
Floods Ravage Waltham Streets Leaving Heavy Loss
Heavy rains flood Waltham streets washing out roadbeds and creating large gullies. The damage to the city will be substantial with costs likely to be high.
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Waltham
Storm Rips New York City Building Walls and Floods Streets
A heavy rain and wind storm drenched New York on Sept 3 causing widespread flooding of cellars and street torrents. From 65 o clock yesterday afternoon to 11 this morning 3.53 inches fell with West and South streets hardest hit as partially built structures in Brooklyn collapsed and authorities shored up unstable walls.
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New York
Brooklyn
Storm Checks Forest Fires in Northern Maine
A heavy rain in northern Maine halted two week long forest fires consuming vast timberland and isolated buildings. The village of Smyrna was once considered in danger but is now believed safe.
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Houston
Maine
Smyrna
Five Lives Lost In Lake Wreck At Ashland Wisconsin
Ashland Wisconsin reports the steamer Serena broke in two and beached on York Island in Lake Superior during a heavy northeast Friday night. Five sailors died and 11 people, including four women, drifted on the lake overnight as the crew remained aboard the wreck. The Sevena, loaded from Allouez to Erie Pennsylvania, ran ashore at 6 pm and sank after breaking apart.
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Ashland
Wis
Serena
Lake Superior
Allouez
Erie
Penn
York Island
Boston Police Hunt Counterfeit Ring Tied to Carr and Blonde
Boston police seek Thomas F. Carr 27 described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and dark complexioned for passing a counterfeit fifty dollar bill. A young woman is also wanted for counterfeiting spurious notes. A gang has circulated bogus money in Boston recently, with a pretty blonde linked to several transactions involving bad bills from one to ten dollars.
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Boston
Thomas F. Carr
Carr
United States
Vermonter Buncoed Watch Stolen On Dedham Street
Alwyn T. Haselton of Bradford Vermont reported to police last night that a pickpocket befriended him with a chin game and beer then stole his watch and the last of his money. He valued the watch highly as his mother had paid for the chain and it held his sister’s picture. He and Officer Jackson vowed to search for the thief.
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Alwyn T. Haselton
Bradford
Dedham Street
Mr. Haselton
Officer Jackson
G A R Crowds Denver for 29th Encampment
Denver prepares for the 29th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment starting tomorrow. Five candidates seek commander in chief from New York Ohio New Jersey California and one from New Jersey. Four cities bid to host the 1906 meeting Chattanooga Columbus Minneapolis or Buffalo.
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Denver
Grand Army of the Republic
James Tanner
New York
Robert Brown
Ohio
Burroughs
New Jersey
Charles Burton
George Stone
California
Chattanooga
Columbus
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Roxbury Couple Celebrates 25th Wedding Anniversary
At 14 Highland Street Roxbury Mr and Mrs Louis Burkhardt celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a reception banquet and vocal and instrumental entertainment The couple both work at the Colonial Hollis and Park theatres Their colleagues gave gifts including a solid silver tea set and 25 silver dollars to each spouse from William Harris of Garricks Theatre New York City The home was decorated by flowers ferns and potted plants They were helped by daughters Grace and Edith Burkhardt and A Levy
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Highland Street
Roxbury
Louis Burkhardt
Burkhardt
Colonial
Hollis
Park Theatres
William Harris
Garrick’s
New York City
Romance Began at Harvard with Higginson Bride
Margaret Waldo Higginson, daughter of Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, has married Dr. James Dellinger Barney and will join Roxbury society as his wife. Barney was a Harvard star tackle in college, with Mrs. Barney growing up in Cambridge and a Cambridge upbringing.
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Margaret Waldo Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
James Dellinger Barney
Roxbury Society
Barney
Harvard
Cambridge
Radcliffe Couple Weds in Dublin N H Ceremony Informal Yet Notable
During college life at Radcliffe the couple married in Dublin New Hampshire on a Saturday. The Rev Robert Collyer of the Church of the Messiah New York officiated. Colonel Higginson gave away the bride with Margaret Pearmain as flower girl. Dr Barney attended by his brother Harold B Barney. Glimpsewood summer home hosted a reception before departure for honeymoon.
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Colonel Higginson
Margaret Pearmain
Robert Pearmain
Dr. Barney
Harold B. Barney
Harvard
Glimpsewood
Damages Sought in Adams Church Collapse
Sept 3 suits totaling 30000 filed against Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Beaven of Springfield by Mary Loftus Anna Avery and Isabelle Turner all seeking 10000 each for injuries from a floor collapse in the Polish church at Adams a year ago. A suit also names the contracting firm responsible for erection of the building.
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Adams
Thomas D. Beaven
Springfield
Mary Loftus
Anna Avery
Isabelle Turner
Roxbury Man Drowned at Silver Lake
Vazilli H. Cates of Roxbury, 45, drowned at Silver Lake near noon while fishing with F. H. Presley and William Warren. Presley freed himself to save his life as a strong wind capsized the boat. Warren and Presley reached shore exhausted. Cates’ body recovered around 4 pm. he was a single gilder, with family in Sandwich and Philadelphia.
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Brockton
Vazilli H. Cates
Warren Street
Roxbury
Silver Lake
Cates
F. H. Presley
Boston Globe
William Warren
Dorchester
George Turner
Presly
Warren
Presley
George E. Horton
Davis
Francis Kingman
Ruth Smalley
Sandwich
Lafayette
Philadelphia
Nurse Aids In Conviction Of Copper Thief
Patrolman Keene links a 38 calibre bullet to Andrew T. Fitzgerald after a pursuit on Hamburg Street. Fitzgerald, 27 Hamburg Street, was arrested Saturday for stealing 15 pounds of copper wire. Fitzgerald was treated at City Hospital for a leg wound, the nurse spotting the bullet size and signaling the match to police.
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Keene
South End
Andrew T. Fitzgerald
Hamburg Street
Langlan and
Sheehan
Fitzgerald
Girls in Sailors Uniforms Detected on Boston Common
Patrolman Murphy of Lagrange Street station stopped two girls parading in sailors outfits on Boston Common near Tremont Street. One, Mary Dunlap, 18, from Third Street South Boston, admitted ownership of the uniforms and was later found wanted for larceny. she was taken into custody. The other girl, from East Cambridge and a chorus girl, refused to give details and was released.
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Murphy
Lagrange Street
Boston Common
Tremont Street
Park Square
Mary Dunlap
Third Street
South
Boston
Station 6
Mary Manning
South Boston
East Cambridge
Ex-Speaker Henderson In Critical Health At Eldora
Eldora Ia September 8 Heavy illness leaves Dave Henderson once Speaker of the House unable to sign his name and feared near death He is said to relive Civil War battles in semi conscious state and to recall his role in the national House.
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Eldora
Dave’ Henderson
Iowa
Joe’’ Cannon
Henderson
National
House of Representatives
David B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Mary Mazzoni Missing in Brockton Pedler Case
Brockton police and neighboring towns search for 12 year old Mary Mazzoni who vanished with blind pedlar George who guided her. Six search parties found no news while Worcester police traced the pair to a house run by Italian residents. A dress purchased for 3 50 and a possible Italian accomplice woman are noted as leads. The case remains unresolved with possible state departure.
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Brockton
Mary Mazzoni
Pedler George
Pedler
Worcester
David Mazzoni
Marlboro
Mazzoni
Foul Play Probed in Larner Death at Plaistow
Amesbury reports the death of Thomas Larner in Plaistow N H. ruled not an accident by Medical Referee Newell of Derry and an inquiry will probe foul play. Deputy Sheriff Scott will delay burial at the undertaker’s request as County Solicitor Kelley seeks full investigation.
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Amesbury
Newell
Derry
N. H
Plaistow
Thomas Larner
Larner
Scott
Exeter
Rockingham County
Rockingham
No Delegates To Asheville From New England Association
The New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association will not send delegates to the Asheville meeting of growers and manufacturers on Sept. 6. They cite insufficient time to arrange travel and delegate preparation for a discussion of a stable price for raw cotton.
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New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Asheville
N. C
Board of Government
The
New England Association
Seized Liquor Seized Again in Gardiner Clash
In Sound Hill Augusta suburb officers raided a French club seizing beer and liquor. A mob surrounded the building smashing windows and rolling kegs into the street. Deputies recovered several kegs as campaign by the Sturgis Enforcement Commission to enforce the prohibitory law opened.
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Gardiner
Sound Hill
Augusta
Sturgis Enforcement Commission
Bunco Man Steals Back Bay Lingerie Box
A slick bunco thief abducts a box of lingerie and a silk pajama set from a Back Bay woman via a 15 year old messenger boy. The man, about 27, 5 feet 8, in a blue suit and straw hat, vanished with the loot after luring the boy on an errand.
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Boston
Bunco
Back Bay
William Crawford
Crawford
Box
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Greater
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Boston Daily Post
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Bride
Margaret W. Higginson
Dublin
FEAR
George
Stur
Gis
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