Fall from ninth floor kills Charlestown laborer at State Street
Neil Gibbons 35 of 25 Rutherford Ave Charlestown died after a 135 foot fall from the ninth floor of the Bradley office building at 110 State Street. He worked for Norcross Bros and was cleaning refuse when he toppled into an unprotected shaft. He left a wife and 12 year old daughter. He had bottled tea in his pocket and died at Relief Station after four hours.
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Neil Gibbons
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
Gibbons
Bradley
State Street
Norcross Bros
Michael Connolly
Relief Hospital
Father Burns
Cecilia
Annie Halliday
Endicott Street
Fatal fall at Brighton seminary claims Patrick Fay
Patrick Fay 36, married, died within two hours after a 30 foot ladder fell while being lowered from a staging used to paint the bowling hall at St John’s Seminary Brighton. Dennis Daly 34, also injured, suffered a broken leg and possible internal injuries. Fay’s young son witnessed the tragedy. Fay leaves three children.
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Patrick Fay
Dennis Daly
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton
Fay
Daly
Rowan
Fitzgerald
James
Somerville Officer Arrested for Theft
John H. Knight a 13 year Somerville police veteran was arrested at his home on charges of larceny from a furniture store in Union Square and the Somerville Public Library. Police found Caldwell furnishings and library books at his house and he confessed to the chief of police. Knight had access via a library key and reportedly began thefts after a May 1 beat shake up. The $25 to $1,000-plus value thefts prompted suspension and further investigation.
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John H. Knight
Somerville
Windham Street
E. H. Carter
Johnston
Balcom
Jackson Caldwell
Union Square
Central Hill
Melvil V. Parkhurst
Knight
Sam Walter Foss
John
Doctors prescribe Father John’s Medicine tonic and builder
For fifty years doctors have endorsed Father John’s Medicine as a tonic and body builder, noting it is not a patent medicine. The claim emphasizes longstanding medical endorsement and clarifies its status.
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Father John
Somerville officer labeled kleptomaniac after theft case
The chief of police and Patrolman Knight discussed the case after events became known. Knight admitted fault saying it is his failing. Goods from a furniture store and books from the public library were not sold and likely to be recovered intact. Knight, suspended, did not leave the city. Born in Nova Scotia on April 18, 1863, he had been a reserve officer for 13 years after working as a store keeper at the McLean Asylum in Somerville.
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Joseph Story
Charles F. Shepard
Knight
Charles Southwick
Alderman Caldwell
Caldwell
Union Square
Nova Scotia
Somerville
McLean Asylum
Wants Male Babies Stirs Cossack District Edict
A St Petersburg dispatch reports a Wertschik district order from the Cossack Station commander to reward male births and punish female births with 50 strokes by knout. Several men have already been knouted under the ruling.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Wertschiik
Local Boston Forecast Hint For Weekend Winds
Boston and vicinity expect fair skies Friday and Saturday with fresh westerly winds. Humidity remains elevated as forecast uncertainty lingers. A lighthearted daily hint notes keepers of winter moths undisturbed.
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Boston
Vicinity
Beef barons form giant meat combine in Chicago
Chicago, Sept 11. The meat merger is an assured fact and will begin operations Sept 27. Swift Armour Morris and Cudahy will control the country’s beef industry in one vast trust. They aim to counteract actions by the United States Attorney General.
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Chicago
Swift
Armour
Morris
Cudahy
United States
Crowd fights to rescue prisoner in Hanover street clash
Patrolman Walter H. Cooke knocked back a 60 strong mob that tried to free John McIntyre after a quarrel with a cabman on lower Hanover street. McIntyre was badly hurt, unconscious at the station, held on intoxication and resisting an officer. Cooke and other officers arrived to restore order.
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Walter H. Cooke
Division 1
Hanover
North Bennett Streets
John McIntyre
McIntyre
Lower Hanover Street
Cooke
North Bennett Street
Downing
Kirby
Dunn
Excitement in Savoy Place After Window Breakage
At Savoy Place off Washington Street last night, chairs crockery and parlor furniture were hurled from a window of No 15. A large clock nearly toppled three women as the din drew reactions from bystanders. Police Cassidy Gillette Crowley Keane arrested Jennie Johnson and Winifred O'Brien for drunkenness.
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Savoy Place
Washington Street
No. 15
Cassidy and
Gillette
Division
Jennie Johnson
Winifred O'Brien
Johnson
Crowley
Keane
New Italy Hotel Opens Under Hartshorn Damiano Management
The New Italy Hotel held a formal opening last night with a banquet for Boston and area press. Hartshorn and Damiano now oversee the property and hosted the event, signaling a new era for the establishment in the city.
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New Italy Hotel
Hartshorn and Damiano
Boston
Vicinity
Beaumont Oil Fire Threatens Town and Field
A Beaumont Texas oil field fire rages with flames leaping hundreds of feet. The blaze threatens much of the town along with the Neches River and nearby lumber booms. Ten producing wells are reported, with two seriously burned workers and a crippled telegraph line hindering communications. Fire apparatus is being moved to the field as crews attempt to contain the spread before daylight.
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Beaumont
Tex
Neches
Texas & Sabine
Gladys
Keith Ward
Higgins Company
Beaumont Texas boom town since 1901 oil strike
Beaumont, about 84 miles from Houston, is described as a typical boom town with 15,000 to 20,000 residents. The city lacks paved streets but features many casey homes. Pearl Street near the Southern Pacific depot is a main thoroughfare and substantial New England capital is invested in the Beaumont oil field.
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Beaumont
Houston
Tex
Pearl Street
Southern Pacific
New England
Brewery Strikers Return as Agreement Ends Dispute
The Boston brewing strike of April 3 1902 ends after lengthy talks. Workers return today with wage protections and stipulations on reemployment. The agreement, signed by Charles Pfaff and Edmund F Ward, sets conditions for reporting to duty and outlines arbitration on union admission for current staff. The long dispute cost wages and reduced production, with Boston beer to be restored to the fair list.
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Edmund F. Ward
the Post
Kossuth Hall
Boston Beer
New England Brewing Association
Boston
Lst
State Board of Arbitration
Charles Pfaff
The
Brewers of Boston
Brewery Workers’ Union
Firemen’s Union Hears Strike Settlement Vote
Local No. 3 held a lively meeting to discuss the brewery strike settlement. Bitter comment was aired on the joint strike committee’s agreement with master brewers and the men’s return to work. The strike committee report was accepted 187 to 153.
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Miss Halliday
Brighton Seminary
Victor
Breck's
North Market St
Democratic
Thompson's Spa
Merees Dou
Perens
GIANT
Italy
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