Murder, Says Girl's Family Believed Slain
The Fallon family claims Miss Margaret Fallon was murdered and thrown into Tufts College reservoir during the night by a jealous admirer. They dispute the medical examiner's finding of a week in water and cite alleged finger marks and bruises as proof. Mrs Cass corroborates by phone, supporting the murder theory.
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Margaret Fallon
Medford
Tufts College Reservoir
Fallon
Thomas J. Fallon
Liberty Avenue
Rose L. Fallon
Eleanor B. Cass
Forest Street
Diggs Not Guilty in Subornation Case
Mauri L Diggs former state architect and attorney Charles B Harris were found not guilty by a U S district court jury of subornation of perjury related to the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases. The acquittal ends the chain of cases following the Sacramenitey elopement of Diggs Caminetti and Warrington and Norris, with Diggs and Caminetti already convicted of violating the Mann act. Sentencing for the Mann act violation is set for tomorrow before Judge Van Fleet.
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San Francisco
Mauri L Diggs
Charles B. Harris
Sacramento
United States District Court
Diggs-Caminetti
Rene
Nev
Diggs
F. Drew Caminetti
Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
Caminetti
Harris
Miss Warrington
van Fleet
Woman Rescued After Jump From Window
Mary N. Laundry of 20 School Street Charlestown was saved when Reserve Officer Creed of Station 15 caught her after she leaped from a second story window to the sidewalk. The 24 year old woman faced a dispute with her husband, who objected to her nights out, before the fall. The officer brought her back inside and spoke with the husband.
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Mary N. Laundry
School Street
Charlestown
Creed
Station 15
Laundry
Fire Alarm Sparks Buffalo Hotel Blaze
Fire broke out at the Breeze Hotel on Seneca and Wells streets just after midnight. Fifteen minutes later the upper floors were in flames and second and third alarms were rung. All guests escaped unharmed.
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Buffalo
Seneca and
Wells Streets
Advertising advisory copywriters and services offered
An advertising firm outlines capabilities in copywriting, print production, distribution, and campaign planning. It promotes outside perspective and experience to clients, inviting them to write, phone, or visit the Boston office at 10 High Street.
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A. W. Ellis Company Advertising Advisers
High Street
Boston
Schmidt a Master Criminal
New York detectives and officials toured Hans Schmidt’s cell in the Tombs after his confession linked a counterfeit den to him. Coroner Feinberg and visitors found Schmidt sane and suggested counterfeiting was only one of his “side lines.” They believed he feigned insanity as part of a calculated plan by a master criminal mind.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Feinberg
Schmidt
Cloak Makers Vote Strike Following Large Meeting
About 600 cloak and skirt makers are set for a strike likely Friday or Saturday after a large meeting at 31 North Russell Street. The unanimous vote follows failed efforts to settle disputes between shop proprietors and employees.
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North Russell Street
Abraham Rosenberg
Ladies Garment Workers
Cloak Makers’ Union
Benjamin Horn
Jilted Woman Seeks 75000 In Equity Suit
Miss Helen Marie Mason, 20, of Brookline, files a bill in Suffolk county court seeking heart balm of 75000 from George H. Caldwell, 75, a wealthy retiree. The court has issued an injunction freezing Caldwell holdings valued at 100000, with half in stock and half in real estate. Mason alleges Caldwell wed Maude A. Taylor, 18, of Dorchester, after promising marriage.
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Helen Marie Mason
Longwood Avenue
Brookline
Suffolk County
George H. Caldwell
Caldwell
Maude A. Taylor
Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester
Wealthy Caldwell Accused of Courtship Scandal with Underage Girl
Miss Mason claims Caldwell promised to will her $100000 and to marry after a trip to New York amid a tale of courting the widowed mother’s minor daughter. Dr Frank E Mason died March 2, 1920, after which the relationship allegedly intensified leading to a planned elopement. The report notes Caldwell, 72, lived alone nearby and feigned fatherly interest in the 19 year old pupil Melon Mason at Girls High. Continued on Page 12.Seventh Col.
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Miss Mason
Caldwell
New York
Belmont Hotel
Frank E.i, Mason
Grace L
Helen Marle
Garrison Wall
Garrison Street
Back Bay
Mved Caldwell
Mason
Infernal mail bomb threat targets LA Times owner
General Harrison Gray Otis, owner of the Los Angeles Times, received an infernal machine by mail. It marks his second bomb attempt in three years. A vigilant Japanese servant spotted the suspicious package and alerted Otis, preventing injury or death.
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Los Angeles
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
Infernal machine found at General Otis residence amid Times Building blasts
The device sent to General Otis was located hours after the Times building explosions carried out by the McNamara conspirators. Otis attributes the attempt to Time conspiracy allies while police consider the Mexican question a possible factor given Otis’s interests in lower California lands and Mexican socialist ties.
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General Otis
Times
McNamara
Lower
California
Clabby to Fight Petroskey in Oct 3 Milwaukee Bout
Jimmy Clabby the Milwaukee middleweight and Sailor Petroskey have been matched for a ten round fight to be held in Milwaukee on the night of October 3. The pairing was announced in San Francisco and sets up a decisive clash between the two seasoned boxers.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Clabby
Sailor Petroskey
Broadway Duel in Auto Shootout Turmoil in NYC Primary
Gunmen from rival gangs fired at each other from two autos on upper Broadway as a theatre crowd flooded the street. Four men including the chauffeur were arrested on counts of attempted felonious assault and weapons law violations. Police linked the incident to the 15th assembly district Democratic leadership feud and found voter slips in the captured car. A second auto duel on West 69th Street earlier in the day left three injured.
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New York
Upper Broadway
Fifteenth Assembly
Jack Sirrocco
West 69Th Street
Mexico Enjoys A Peaceful Independence Day
Mexico City reports a calm Independence Day on Sept 16 with no attacks, uprisings, or presidential assassination affecting celebrations despite circulating rumors.
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Mexico City
Thaw plans appeal path to US Supreme Court
Harry Kendall Thaw's counsel outlined a strategy to take his case to the Supreme Court after the New Hampshire extradition decision. If Governor Aldrich extradites him, federal habeas rulings could be reviewed by the U.S. District Court and potentially appealed upward, up to the high court. The hearing addressed a habeas corpus petition tied to the Fourteenth Amendment, held in abeyance pending extradition ruling and federal protection assurances.
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Littleton
N. H
Harry Kendall Thaw
Supreme Court of the United States
New Hampshire
New York
Concord
Thaw
United States District Court
Canada
United States
Matteawan Asylum
Edgar Aldrich
District of New Hampshire
Relics Return Voyage Brings 100 From Palestine
Professor Max Kellner of the Episcopal School in Cambridge arrived in Boston aboard the Canopic with 100 prehistoric exhibits from Palestine. He traveled with his family, zig-zagging across the country for the past eight months.
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Max Kellner
Episcopal School
Cambridge
Boston
Palestine
Insurance Man George E. Williams Dies in Wald Tell
Details emerge on George E. Williams once confident of recovery then dying at Oakland Hospital Sanitarium Woburn after an operation. He secured thousands on questioned notes and forged policies with the company denying any loss due to forged policies. An ulcerated tooth worsened his condition as he improved.
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George E. Williams
Williams
Oakland Hospital
Woburn
Rich Man Fights for Life Amid Medical Scandal
George FE Williams battles illness while exposing a crooked healing career. A costly abroad toxine priced at $10,000 per ounce and a $1,000 single dose marked a pivotal moment. Williams claimed wealth gives recovery, insisting the poor have no chance once seriously ill as doctors shared his belief in the treatment.
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George FE. Williams
Williams
Odds and Ends From Waterfront Notes
Brief weatherings and distances list ports and times with Portland Gloucester and Newport Shire noting 12 minutes and 80 minutes readings and a final carter remark.
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A. M
Portland
Gloucester
Newport
Carter
Boston’s 2884th birthday and historic anniversaries
The item lists today's anniversaries including Boston’s 2884 birthday, Trimountain renamed Boston in 1630, the 1787 draft of the U.S. Constitution, and the 1862 Antietam battle ending. It notes the body of Estella C. Roberts identified in Manchester River, Gloucester, from a year ago.
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Boston
United States
Antietam
Manchester River
Estella C. Roberts
Gloucester
New England Forecast Rain Delays Midweek Plans
Boston area expected rain Wednesday afternoon or night with likely continuation into Thursday. Warm spell noted Wednesday with moderate south winds as a warm front moves through New England.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Baseball scores and innings from national league games
Broad recap of multiple games with scores and innings including a 10 inning Boston win over St Louis and a 6 inning Cincinnati loss to Philadelphia, noting key outcomes and sequence of events across both leagues.
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Boston
St. Louis
Washington
Chica
Detroit
New_York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
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