Robbers target rail stations as amateur gang strikes again
Sharon reports a 2:30 a m robbery of 90 dollars and numerous tickets at the railroad station. Deputy Perry captures two well dressed youths. a revolver is found. Police link the crime to a string of recent thefts at post offices and stores attributed to a young, polished gang. A separate NYNH&H station heist involved four armed men binding the crossing tender John Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Mansfield
Perry
Stoughton
Wrentham
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
John Burns
Chelsea Loan Refused Again For Crescent High School
The Chelsea Board of Aldermen again refused to approve a 75000 loan for the Crescent avenue high school project. The vote stood six to nine amid heated debates alleging political motives and broken faith. Fire department staff changes followed with Robert Willard and Dennis Sullivan appointed call firemen and John A. Crowe and William Noble resigning as members. Constable E. Co. Crafts was confirmed while the rail committee urged Boston & Northern Railroad to run cars through the East Boston tunnel when opened for Boston Elevated trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Crescent Avenue
Robert Willard
Dennis Sullivan
John A. Crowe
William Noble
E. Co. Crafts
Committee On Railroads
Boston & Northern Railroad Company
East Boston
Boston Elevated Railroad
McGovern Fights Burke In Six Round Philadelphia Bout
Hughey McGovern and Kid Beebe of Philadelphia fought six rounds at the National Athletic Club. McGovern led the first five rounds, but tiring in the sixth, he could only hold his own as both fighters absorbed punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Hughey McGovern
Kid Beebe
National Athletic Club
McGovern
Raymond to oppose Apsey if Cambridge mayor bid
Charges of attempted bribery against Mr. George J. Raymond were studied by Senator Apsey's committee at the State House last spring. In Cambridge university town talk says Raymond would confront Apsey if he runs for mayor. Wardwell's senatorial prospects improve daily while Alderman Bell is seen as solid stock. Democrats' slate lacks a full list, only names Alsderman Good and Parks Montgomery shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Raymond
Senator Apsey
State House
Cambridge
University City
Raymond
Apsey
Wardwell
Alderman Bell
Alsderman Good
Parks Montgomery
One Arrest After Street Row Sends Man to Hospital
Timothy Mahoney of 34 Conant Street South Boston was taken to City Hospital with internal injuries and contusions after a quarrel in which he was kicked and jumped on. Jeremiah Burns of 107 Bowen Street was arrested moments later and charged with assault and battery on Mahoney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Mahoney
Conant Street
Boston
Jeremiah Burns
Bowen Street
Mahoney
Ultimatum for B and A Road Blacksmiths
Blacksmiths on the Boston and Albany division of the New York Central Railroad set Thursday as ultimatum day. They seek a nine hour day and a 12 1/2 percent wage increase, citing a Taft promise to improve terms if they did not strike. The union will strike at 10 am Thursday unless a satisfactory response is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
New York Central Railroad
Road
Taft
Boston Sewer Workers Demand Higher Pay
The Sewer Department Assembly press censor K of le 1621 claimed sewer employees would receive $2.20 extra per day worked if Mayor Collins is re-elected, constituting about a 2 percent daily wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
City of
Boston
Sewer Department Assembly
Le 1621
Label clashes threaten printers charter jurisdiction
The Allied Printing Trades Council asks the American Federation of Labor to void a recently granted charter to a local tip printer union, arguing it infringes on the Bookbinders' unions jurisdiction. The council reports labels on products and publications with printers labels expanding across Boston area printers.
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American Federation of Labor
Allied Printing Trades
Tip
J. W. Strieder
Allied Council
Boston
Knights of Columbus
Allied Printing Trades Council of Boston
New England Structural Company Reaches Three Months Difference
The New England Structural Company settled a three months’ différance with its men yesterday. Iron workers and hoisting engineers will now work under union conditions and only union men will be employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Structural Company
Boston Firemen Union 3 Sends 44 Members to Last Night’s Meeting
Forty four Boston firemen from hotels and mercantile firms joined Firemen's Union 3 in a union meeting held last night. The group represents a cross section of city workers amid ongoing labor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Firemen’s Union 3
Petition seeks reinstatement of Miss Corson in public schools
Lynn Sept 14. The School Board heard a petition signed by 1500 taxpayers including ex Mayors Higgins Newhall and Ramsdell calling for Miss Carrie M Corson to be reinstated as a teacher. Corson was involved in the Ingals School scandal and was not reelected after charges against the principal led to a hearing. The petition was referred to the committee on teachers without instructions by a 10 to 6 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Ingals
John J. Walsh
Higgins
Newhall
Ramsdell
Carrie M. Corson
Corson
Ingalls
Lineman Falls 30 Feet and Is Unhurt
Foughey, a lineman for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, fell about 30 feet from a telegraph pole yesterday and escaped serious injury. He told onlookers he was fine after landing hard, then went to Emergency Hospital where doctors found only a slight injury to his left arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foughey
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mrs Wetherbee Dead In Manchester Death
Mrs Mattie Wetherbee widow of Joseph J Wetherbee of Boston died in Manchester today from heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetherbee
Manchester
Mattie Wetherbee
Joseph J. Wetherbee
Boston
Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills Offer Skin Relief
An advertisement promotes Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a natural cure for poor complexions. It claims the pills cleanse and enrich the blood, regulate the liver, and improve the bowels to clear pimples and sallowness, noting the product is vegetable and non irritating. It credits W. F. Smith and lists a 25 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Smith
Pawpaw tonic claimed to cure many ailments
A long promotional piece extols Munyon's Paw Paw as a universal tonic boosting digestion nerves and vitality, then shifts to a Newton Massachusetts school dedication. The Pa paw claim includes dramatic health benefits and temperance arguments, followed by Governor Bates attending the C Burr Grammar School dedication with dignitaries and a banquet at Woodland Park Hotel.
Woman Drowned Woman Wrecked the Chipp Home
New York report states Mrs. Katherine Shepard, blamed by Charles P. Chipp for thefts from the Chipp household, has died by drowning. The case involves accusations of internal theft within the Chipp residence.
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Chipp
New York
Katherine Shepard
Charles P. Chipp
Chipp’s Downfall Ends in Drowning at Alexandria Bay
The New York city treasury official Charles P. Chipp, once a collector and bookkeeper, died yesterday in Alexandria Bay after a life marked by embezzlement exceeding thirty thousand dollars and a long string of alleged schemes. His trial in January 1902 led to a sentence of not less than one year and up to five years. The case revealed extensive deceit and the ruin of his family, including the death of his son and years of scandal. His wife, loyal to the end, denied receiving any stolen funds, while Chipp claimed he embezzled for Mrs. Shepard.
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New York City
Bing Sing
Alexandria Bay
Charles P. Chipp
Chipp
Justice Foster
Bureau of Assessments
Chipp Declared He Had Stolen For Mrs. Shepard
President Roosevelt to Review Ancients in Washington
President Roosevelt will review the Boston Ancients and the Honourable Artillery Company of London in front of the White House on Saturday October 12 at 1230 PM. The Boston company plans full ranks and a lasting impression while Eight companies of the Fifth Regiment under Colonel William H Oakes will escort the Ancients from the Dominion line docks. An Armory meeting drew large attendance and three new applications were received.
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Roosevelt
Boston Ancients
Honourable Artillery Company of
London
White House
Sidney Hedges
Boston Company
Ancients
Fifth Regiment
William H. Oakes
London Company
Regiiment
Dominion Line
Boston
Popular Railroad Conductor Praises Pe-ru-na in Letter
Mr. W. L. Butler of Kansas City Missouri former secretary and treasurer of the O R C of America and a veteran conductor of the St Louis and Francisco Railroad endorses Pe-ru-na. He reports it aids liver and blazer trouble and notes his frequent use for himself and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
W. L. Butler
Belleview Ave
Kansas City
O. R. C. of America
Butler
St. Louis
Francisco
Case Advice Request to Dr Hartman Sanitarium President
A reader is urged to write to Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio for a full statement of their case and free advice. The note presents Dr Hartman as a trusted adviser and invites correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
British Veterans Plan Reception For Londoners
The British Naval and Military Veteran Association discussed welcoming the Honourable Artillery of London with an escort on arrival October 2 and a church parade on October 4 in Park Square. Halifax units will be represented, and plans were noted for a proposed continental veteran conference in Halifax next September with Lord Roberts approving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honourable Artillery of London
British
Naval and Military Veteran Association
Park Square
Thomas T. Stokes
Halifax
First Artillery
Royal British Veteran Association of
Canada
America
Nova Scotia
Lord Roberts
Captain Stokes
Macedonians Adopt Guerrilla Warfare
Sofia reports that Balkan insurgents in Eastern Macedonia will abandon town occupation in favor of guerrilla tactics to avoid Turkish counterattacks and spare civilians. About 2000 armed insurgents, with thousands more ready, await rifles and dynamite as new bands head to the frontier amid Turkish forces estimated at 17,000.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Turkey
Pirin
Austria
Hungary
Veles
Okrida
South Boston Woman Swallows Carbolic Acid in Public
Mrs. Margaret Chapman of Broadway near G Street South Boston declared she would end the struggle before drinking carbolic acid from a bottle on 7 B street just after 9 pm. Bystanders saw her collapse. two men carried her to a police station where Dr Keenan tended her. She was later taken to City Hospital and is thought to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Chapman
Broadway
G Street
Boston
Cigarette smoking sparks $50 blaze at Harrison Avenue
A cigarette smoker's lounge fire caused a $50 blaze yesterday morning at 197 Harrison Avenue. The building, owned by H. M. Peyser, houses Cornelius Ahearn and his family in the affected portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Avenue
H. M. Peyser
Cornelius Ahearn and
Turkish ambassador thrashed in Vienna
In Vienna on September 14 physician Djeved Abdallah Bey, attached to the Turkish embassy, attacked and thrashed Turkish Ambassador Nedim Bey after accusing him of sending unfavorable reports to the Porte. The assault occurred inside the embassy. Djeved was dismissed amid a sensational scene with officials and a visitor present.
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Vienna
Djeved
Abdallah Bey
Nedim Bey
Porte
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the Centaur Company
Chelsea
Burke
B. & A. Road
Firemen’s Union
C.C. Burr Grammar School
Newton
C. C. Burr Grammar School
Auburndale
Bates
N. A. Knowlton
Weeks
Springfield
Mass
Duluth
Minn
John O. Godfrey
Williams School
Knowlton
Frederick N. Atkinson
Atkinson
Lst
Pickard
Samuel Powers
Woodland Park Hotel
W. L.butler
Peruna Medicine Co
Ribartzi
Kitschevo
Tzetina
Skotchivar
Prince Ferdinand
J. A. Olmsted
Iowa State Normalchool
Cook
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