Post's leading sales in Boston area per expert canvass
Expert Accountant Amos D. Albee reports the Boston morning Post dominates sales in Egleston Square Jamaica Plain Washington and Tremont streets Roxbury and Park square line. It outsells rivals on key streetcar lines and is a strong second on Brookline and Brighton. Albee notes more women read the Post than any other paper. The Post publishes only a morning edition with the lowest per thousand sales rates among New England papers.
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Amos D. Albee
Boston
The
Post
Mr. Albee
Egleston Square
Jamaica Plain
Washington
Tremont Streets
Roxbury
Park Square
Cambridge
Harvard Bridge
Warren Street
Dorchester and
Field’s Corner
Bowdoin Square
Brookline
the Post
New England
Van Elk and Murphy Wed at St Columkili es Brighton
Theodore Van Elk wed Miss Mary A Murphy in a Brighton church ceremony conducted by Rev Father Rossi with Rev Father Butler officiating. Mary Curley and Mary Etta McMurtry served as maid of honor and bridesmaid, P R Kenney was best man, wedding breakfast followed at the groom’s Dustin street residence, and the couple will reside there after a short tour.
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St. Columbkilie’s Church
Brighton
Theodore van Elk
Mary A. Murphy
Father Butler
Father Rossi
Mary Curley
Mary Etta McMurtry
P. R. Kenney
Dustin Street
van Elk
Waiters in Waiting for Private and Public Work
George W. Johnson has embarked in a novel business supplying first class waiters for private and public work. He guarantees all service will be done to the queen's taste. Johnson may reasonably expect a large and profitable patronage.
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George W. Johnson
Johnson
Prohibition Suit: Gougar Morse Libel Trial Resumes
The Gougar Morse libel case reopened before a large crowd in U S Court with Dr. Miner and other witnesses testifying to Gougar's reputation and language. Defense calls Morse and clergy witnesses while letters between Gougar and Morse are read. court adjourns to 9 30 this morning.
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Helen M. Gougar
Elijah A. Morse
United States
Alonzo A. Miner
Shepard
Gougar
Robinson
Morse
Miner
Governor Robinson
New $3 Shoes Offer From W L Douglas In City
The advertisement touts an ENTIRELY NEW line of footwear by W L Douglas with a UNIFORM PRICE OF $3. It urges shoppers to inspect window displays on City Hall Ave or visit the 572 Washington St store and notes the firm’s large factory and public trust built over years.
Death of Theodore Nickerson of Newton
Theodore Nickerson a wealthy and respected West Newton Hill resident died at 11:30 PM after collapsing in the Boston and Albany station. The 50 year old railroad executive suffered a cerebral embolism and died at Emergency Hospital. He served as purchasing agent for the railroad and was early president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad. He leaves a wife, three daughters and three sons Ernest the eldest a civil engineer who is in the West all others at home on Temple Street.
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Theodore Nickerson
West Newton Hill
Mr. Nickerson
Boston & Albany
New York
Dillon
Nickerson
Newton
Thomas Nickerson
Mexican Central Railroad
Theodore
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Temple Street
Ernest
Thomas
Henry
Fannie Ward Sues Duke Clarence Brown for 100000 Damages
Fannie Ward Buchanan files suit in New York seeking 100000 damages for breach of promise of marriage from Clarence Eugene Brown son of a New York Y M C A leader. She alleges meeting in 1891 and says denial of her marriage ruined other prospects. her mother also sues for loss of services. No answer yet.
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New York
Fannie Buchanan
Fannie Ward
Europe
Clarence Eugene Brown
Nun Plans Escape From Convent In Cincinnati
Sister Josephine Buchman, a nine year nun at the Cincinnati convent, reportedly fled after two years of planning aided by a Georgetown friend. She escaped in a parochial school room via disguise and false hair, with her brother meeting at the depot before she boarded a fast train to the West.
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Cincinnati
Josephine
Josephine Buchman
New York City
Georgetown
Gas Swindle Suspect Sentenced in New York Case
Samuel Heys alias Ralph W Wilson of Boston is sentenced to four years in the penitentiary for a gas company swindle scheme. Five young men are believed to have posed as Consolidated Gas Company collectors defrauding small sums in Brooklyn New York and Boston. Hess was caught in Brooklyn and the gang operated mainly on New York's East Side. A group of rebaters reportedly met at a Canal Street restaurant before dispersing to Boston or remaining quiet.
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New York
Samuel Heys
Ralph W. Wilson
Boston
Justice Goettling
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Hess
Consolidated Gas Company
Canal Street
Jessie Barlow Springs a Leak Near Fort Lafayette
The schooner Jessie Barlow of Bourne Massachusetts sprang a leak aboard from Long Cove to Philadelphia with cobble stones. She was beached inside Fort Lafayette, pumped out and towed to Gowanus for examination and repairs. Built four and a half years ago at East Boston, the 263 ton vessel is owned by Captain Edward W. Barlow.
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S. S
Jessie Barlow
Bourne
Mass
Long Cove
Philadelphia
Gowanus Bay
Bay Ridge
Fort Lafayette
Gowanus
Barlow
East Boston
Edward W. Barlow
Foster Murder Link Shapes Around Wagon Sightings
Billerica and Woburn police identify a wagon at Lyons stable as the one Foster rode when returning home. A broken shaft fragment found by officers matches a similar shaft on Sullivan's team, though not perfectly.
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Billerica
Sullivan
Woburn
Lyons
Foster
The GonsTable's Story Durcy Foster Murder Tells
Durcy Foster milkman killed on a moonlit road near Burlington. Autopsy in Hale barn follows a night of gunfire and robberies with townsfolk promising a reward. Constable Livingston and Selectman Haskell describe the pursuit, identify the suspect, and raise警察 concerns of an organized gang. Foster leaves ten children and a wide kin network amid growing fear of raids.
Dead Man's Last Day Traced to Boston Express Wagon
The Foster murder in Woburn has unsettled the town with police tracing the killers’ covered express wagon to the outskirts of Boston. A wagon bearing the name P. Sullivan was sighted, signaling a major lead in the Middlesex county case.
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Woburn
Foster
Woburn Society
Middlesex County
Darcy S. Foster
Boston
P. Sullivan
Somerville police hunt for three men in Burlington murder
Chief McIntosh tracks three dark haired men with a heavy beard after Durcy Foster is robbed and shot near Burlington. Foster died two miles from the scene as a constable and two bystanders pursued the trio, who fled toward Billerica Center. Officers link the suspects to grain thefts and say the murder and robbery fall under Lowell and Woburn jurisdictions.
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Somerville
William R. McIntosh
Woburn
McIntosh
Boston
Mr. Sullivan
Durcy Foster
Union Station
Flagman Horner
Foster
Burlington
H. P. Cox
Mr. Cox
Mr. Nichols
Billerica
Constable Livingston
Mr. Foster
Mr. Livingston
Cox
Nichols
Billerica Centre
Bowker
Saugus Branch Road
Lowell
Facing the murderers threatens regional robberies in Lowell
Between the robbery and the pursuit of highwaymen, multiple robberies occurred along the Boston to Woburn road causing farmhouses to be alarmed. Spaulding found his harnesses stolen delaying his trip to Woburn, and Dr Noyes reported a harness theft as officers remained on high alert near Malden.
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Lowell
Spaulding
Woburn
Noyes
Boston
Malden
Burlington hears arrests in Woburn linked murder case
Burlington residents learn two people were arrested in Woburn while a wagon is found, easing fear after months of robberies. With no local police, investigators rely on neighboring towns, and rewards or a town meeting may follow if the Somerville arrests are wrong. An autopsy found bullets. funeral arrangements for the deceased are pending with a Friday planned service.
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Burlington
Woburn
Billerica
Somerville
Sullivan Once Lived in West Newton
Newton Sept 12 Patrick Sullivan arrested by Somerville police on suspicion of involvement in the Darcy Foster murder at Billerica Tuesday. He had formerly lived in West Newton and worked as a contracting mason who built sewers. He left Newton about three months ago and no record is found against him at Newton police headquarters.
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Newton
Patrick Sullivan
Somerville
Darcy Foster
Billerica
West Newton
New Masters at English High and Comins Grammar Schools
Principal Babson and Principal Martin began their duties yesterday. Babson, longtime English High School leader and beloved figure, now officially the head after acting in place for nearly a year. Martin, Trinity College Dublin graduate, previously led Franklin Evening Elementary School, now guiding Comins with strong management of its five hundred pupils.
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Robert E. Babson
English High School
William H. Martin
Comins Grammar School
Babson
Boston
Parsonfield
Comins School
Martin
Trinity College
Dublin
Franklin Evening Elementary School
United States
They Are Better Than Their Name Ball at America Hall
The Free and Go Easy Club hosts its annual ball at America Hall on Hanover Street tonight. Doherty's Orchestra will provide music and dancing runs from eight until two. The North End social club promises a popular, successful event.
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Free and Go Easy
America Hall
Hanover Street
Doherty
North End
Cavalrymen Dine at Hotel Thorndike Reunion
At the Hotel Thorndike the Independent Battalion Massachusetts Cavalry Association held its annual reunion. A. R. Stowe presided with J. H. Makin as secretary. Honored guests were John Perkins and G. A. Record. Speeches were delivered by Perkins Stowe Makin and Eaton.
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Thorndike
Independent Battalion
Massachusetts Cavalry Association
A. R. Stowe
J. H. Makin
John Perkins
G. A. Record
Perkins
Stowe
Makin
J. F. Eaton
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Boston Traveller
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Roy Foster
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