Letters Helped Aided Escape Of Maine Prisoner In Quebec
Letters to a niece in Hyde Park led to the recapture of Fred B. Snow alias Charles Garlock, who escaped from Thomaston State Prison two months earlier. Snow, serving a sentence for attempted murder, leveraged ill health and multiple privileges to flee, aided by a Boston detective agency and an intricate chain of letter forwarding through relatives in Leominster and Hyde Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Bigelow
Holmfield Avenue
Hyde Park
Quebec
Fred B. Snow
Thomaston
Snow
Charles Garlock
Garlock
Maine
Boston
Bigelow
Sadie E. Everett
Franklin Street
Leominster
Diana Garlock
Three men fall 30 feet from city buildings. injuries
William A. Smith of Hyde Park fractures his left arm while washing windows at the Fairmount schoolhouse. Joseph Ahern of East Springfield street fractures his left arm at 145 Park street. Angelo Palomo of Thatcher court sustains forehead contusions after falling from a staging at the Brighton Abattoir. All are said to be not seriously hurt and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Smith
Neponset Avenue
Hyde Park
Fairmount School House
Joseph Ahern
East Springfield Street
Park Street
Prison riot at Michigan State Penitentiary crushed
Jackson Mich Sept 4 The State penitentiary quiet after yesterday’s riot. Warden Nathan F Simpson and the prison board declare the revolt crushed. Soldiers patrol outside the dead line while small groups of spectators gather. A portion of confined prisoners released to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
State Penitentiary
Nathan F. Simpson
Prison Board of Control
Mammoth 13-Ounce Gravenstein Apple Sent to Post
James Callahan of 61 Granger Street Dorchester brought a giant Gravenstein apple to the Post office. It weighed 13 ounces seven inches in diameter and came from a 16 year old tree described as a great bearer. He saved two barrels of apples from theft by nightly trespassers.
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James Callahan
Granger Street
Dorchester
Veteran collapses at Boston pension office
Allen Hutchinson 77, a former Boston police patrolman and Civil War navy veteran, collapsed while inquiring about his pension at the Boston pension agency. He suffered severe head injuries after hitting an iron railing. he had left Long Island Hospital hours earlier after a nine week illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Pension Agency
Allen Hutchinson
Boston Police Department
Hutchinson
Long Island Hospital
Allen
Navy
Court Street
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Gray Hair Revival
An old time health ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a gray hair color restorer and scalp tonic. It claims sage and sulfur rejuvenate hair, remove dandruff, and improve growth with a 50 cent bottle sold by druggists with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Urges One Depth for All Canals at Atlantic Convention
Congress man John H. Small of North Carolina urged standardization of depth for all Atlantic seaboard canals during the fifth annual Atlantic deeper waterways convention in New London. He followed a report by General W. H. Bixby favoring a 12 foot canal from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet at an estimated cost of $5,000,000.
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New London
Conn
Atlantic Seaboard
John H. Small
North Carolina
Small
Charles Elmer Smith
Philadelphia Builders’ Exchange
W. H. Bixby
Norfolk
Beaufort Inlet
N. C
Small presses plan for inland waterway network linking 148 harbors
Mr. Small urges a unified waterway from 148 harbors along nearly 7000 miles of coast to cut transportation costs and boost water-borne traffic. He favors 12 foot depth standardization, municipal ownership of all water terminals, and strong rail-water connections by belt lines. He argues public sentiment should push Congress to build intra coastal waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Small
Mr.Small
Seaboard
Small
Congress
Mass Real Estate Delegation Heads to New London Deep Waterways Meet
A large Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange delegation led by President John J. Martin, including Governor Foss and Mayor Fitzgerald, left Boston midnight for the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention in New London. About 200 members will stay on a chartered train for three days, with speakers from the Port Directors and guests of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
John J. Martin
Foss
Mayor Fitzgerald
Boston
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
New London
Exchange
Fitzgerald
Waterways Association
Hugh Bancroft
Massachusetts
Beverly Board of Trade
Robert Robertson
Frank A. Brown
Haverhill
U. L
Taft
Ocean Beach
Falling house injures five in Pawtucket on Pleasant Street
Five laborers were injured when a two tenement house being moved on Pleasant street fell against another house. A jack failed, pinning workers underneath. Joseph Bebeau suffers internal injuries and may die, with Joseph Masse George Abrahams Peter Trombley and Frank Locklin less seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
Pleasant Street
Joseph
Bebeau
Joseph Masse
George Abrahams
Peter Trombley
Frank Locklin
Government Wires Cut by Suffragettes Near Hertford
Suffragettes cut 14 government telegraph wires near Hertford England and left a note on a pole protesting the government's stance on women’s suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertford
Eng
Newsboy Injured in Sideswipe Collision on Massachusetts
Benjamin Klayman a 14 year old news boy residing at 230 Massachusetts avenue was injured yesterday afternoon at 2 when an empty car returning from the ball grounds sideswiped into an inbound Beacon street car at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Boylston street. He was struck as he sold papers on the street suffering injuries to his right leg and hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Klayman
Massachusetts Avenue
Beacon Street
Boylston Street
Young Klayman
Estate of Mrs Eddy Wins Porto Rican Bond Bid
The estate of Mary Baker Eddy topped bids for Porto Rican bonds at the Insular Bureau opening bidding for San Juan Harbor improvement loan. Eddy’s estate bid 104.01 for 30,000 of bonds in 4 percent issue. Payne, Bush & Co. bid 102.20 for entire 100,000 or part. The $600,000 loan finances harbor works.
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Pete
D. A. Donovan Sons
Lynn
S. Cohen Co
Lincoln St
Goodyear
Brockton
New England
Washington Street
Soneepe Videe
E. D. Harris
Ee i O Keeffe
O'K
Importers Bazaar
Congressman Small
Adamson
Dresden
French, Four-In-Hand Ties, 25c Value. For Three Heurs, At Mei Genia
Russia
Clinton
Aeriday
Phoenix
Tracy
Garvice Ewe
Duffy
Howard’s
Crozeie & Blackwell
National Biscuit
Perenne Ee
Tomson
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Roys
Frida
Ace
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C.O. D
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Brown
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Oman Forum
Homer
Castle
St. Angelo
I Paice
Goodyear West
Dull and
Pats
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Ardey Gaul Cae
Alan
Jersey
Arlington
oDlington
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Fen
Norfe
Pridge
Shephard
Vale
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Eallidil
Sana
Mets
Jay
Ames
Coluro
Tedu
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Sutin
Am' Ae
Sree
Xminster
Cy Ay
Naise Whipper
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