Diamonds vanish from pocket in East Boston theft
Abraham Werley reports a pocketbook with hundreds of dollars in diamonds missing from his pocket in East Boston after placing them there for safekeeping. He recalled nothing extraordinary and retraced his steps with no success. The collection included a five-stone half hoop ring and seven first water diamonds. Werley, a diamond dealer, notes he habitually carries jewelry on his person.
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East Boston
Abraham Werley
Chelsea Street
Werley
Wesley
Colonial Cabinet Faces Herring Trade Question
The Colonial Cabinet weighs policy on American vessels seeking herring on the west coast this winter. Premier Bond, in England, seeks Imperial backing to uphold excluding Americans, but negotiations may not finish in time for the season. Likely American boats will fish under prior terms, to allow review next year.
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John's
N. F
Colonial Cabinet
Bond
England
Imperial Cabinet
Murder case in Seaview Baby found in surf. clue leads to suspect
Seaview police and town constables, aided by citizens, investigate a baby murder found in the surf at Seaview. Autopsy shows strangulation before body cast into the water. A suspicious buggy and a tired lame-horse seen near the beach are key leads, with theories of a Friday morning homicide near the burial site.
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Scituate
Seaview
Boston
John B. Oldrieve
Post
Frank A. Carleton
Fourth Cliff
Greenbush
Marshfield
William Murdock
Spooner
Mary Connors Accused in South Boston Break In
Mrs Mary A Connors 25 is jailed at Station 6 on a charge of breaking and entering and larceny after allegedly forcing a door at 274 Boston Street and stealing clothing valued at 28. She fled to 25 Rollins Street before being captured by Officer Hughes. All goods were later found at the South Boston Loan Company on Broadway, though pawn records do not name her.
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Boston
Station 6
Mary A. Connors
Charles Fama
Boston Street
South Boston
Rollins Street
South End
Hughes
Mary
South Boston Loan Company
Broadway
Fama
Mary. A. Connors
Boys seize ride on horse drawn cart as prank
A patrolman stopped a carryall tied to a white horse on Broad Street after spotting two girls and a boy jump from the vehicle. He took the trio to the station, but investigation showed it was a harmless prank sparked by an auburn haired West End girl.
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Broad Street
Division 2
West End
Michel
Teens Involved In Hop Picked Horse Theft Ride
A 15 year old, Michel Benicholo, drove a team without permission to avoid being caught. A crowd followed from Broad street to Station 2 as two girls and a younger boy fled the outfit. Patsy Marccchi recounts how the group met the red headed Annie Grant and Louisa Valentine and escaped police pursuit.
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Michel Benicholo
North Street
Station 2
Giuseppi di Carlo
Atlantic Stables
Fleet Street
Broad Street
Central Street
Michel
Patsy Marccchi
Keith’s Alley
Woman sets clothing on fire in Mississippi woman burns
Memphis Sept 17 Mrs Fairchild of Mississippi drenched her clothing with kerosene and set it afire driven to distraction by ill health. Her children extinguished the flames but her recovery is doubtful as she suffered severe burns.
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Memphis
Fairchild
Mississippi
Tragic double tragedy rocks Salem as youth dies
James A. Dodd, a popular 20-year-old student, fatally poisons himself after a mysterious family turmoil involving his stepmother and father. Neighbors and friends, including Chester Higbee, describe a troubled mood. James’s death may reveal hidden family conflicts under intense police scrutiny.
Memory of Slade in City Hospital after injury mystery
A man who gives his name as Walter Slade lies in a dangerous condition at City Hospital after being found unconscious in Franklin square by Division 5 police. He previously had a fractured skull and could not provide identifying details, with the cause of his latest injury undetermined.
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Nyman
Murphy
Wigglesworth Street
Somerville
Walter Slade
City Hospital
Franklin Square
Division 5
Slade
Close Call for McCarthy in South Boston Gun Incident
At 7 30 last night an unknown Italian pistol whipped Jerome B McCarthy on the Dorchester Second street corner in South Boston. The revolver failed to fire and the assailant fled down Second Street. Police report a 23 year old suspect about 5 8 with a black mustache dressed in dark clothes. No motive is given and no suspect was found by midnight.
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Jerome B. McCarthy
Baldwin Street
Dorchester Avenue
Second Street
South
Boston
McCarthy
Dodd Seeks Death in Salem Street Car Tragedy
In Salem on September 17, Jimmy Dodd son of a Witch City glue magnate, after a dramatic street car attempt, lies between life and death at Beverly Hospital. He did not take laudanum but a dose of sulphuric acid. He remains in the dangerous illness ward and may die at any moment.
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Dodd
Salem
New England
Andrew W. Dodd
Alma Clapp
James
Jimmy
Essex Street
Ellery Brown
Munroe Street
Chester Higbee
Post
Europe
Jimmy” Dodd
Witch City
Beverly Hospital
Young Dodd
Death of Melrose’s oldest woman Emeline Edmunds
Mrs Emeline Edmunds 93 the citys oldest woman was found dead in bed by her daughter Mrs John Scott at Scotts Fairmount avenue home at 1 am She retired earlier in the evening in apparently good health
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Melrose Melrose
Emeline Edmunds
John Scott
Fairmount Avenue
Edmunds
Diamond ring for Louis Rifkin on 36th birthday at Chelsea home
John Gray presented Louis M. Rifkin of Union Rubber Co with a diamond ring at his Chelsea residence 179 Arlington Street. The gift marked Rifkin's 36th birthday as coworkers from the company joined in the surprise.
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Union Rubber Company
Louis M. Rifkin
Arlington Street
Chelsea
Rifkin
John Gray
Armenian Mass Meeting Denounces Caucasus Slaughter
G H Papazian leads a packed Knights of Honor Hall rally condemning Armenian massacres in the Caucasus and Russian complicity. Speakers urge American action, sing Armenian songs, and raise funds for victims as resolutions pass unanimously.
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Caucasus
G. H. Papazian
Knights of Honor Hall
Revere Beach Season Closes After Busy Weekend
Shouted beer at Revere Beach drew attention as a crowd enjoyed the beach scene yesterday afternoon on the lower beach along Revere Boulevard. Selectmen issued permits for festive attractions and bands performed at the state stand while bathers faced cold water as the season ended around 10:30 PM after a busy weekend.
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Revere Beach Boulevard
Sweet Charity
Nautical Garden
Mammoth Museum and Theatre
Musical Railway
Ferris Wheel
Beach Street
Shirley Avenue
Park Commission
Revere Beach
Police Probe Sale Of Oil To Firebug In Dunbar House Fire
Winthrop authorities seek who sold kerosene used by the firebug who tried to torch the Dunbar house at Crest and Grove. Police rely on a bottle found. shopkeepers deny selling kerosene in the bottle shown.
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Winthrop
Dunbar
Crest and
Grove Avenues
Going After Big Prizes by Newton and Waltham Vets
In Waltham on Sept 11 the Newton and Waltham Veteran Firemen's associations entered a joint effort to improve their brake performance and vie for prizes at the masters. The Brockton advantage prompted the collaboration noted in local muster observations. A joint drill is planned in Newton tomorrow night, with Newton boys visiting Waltham on Thursday. They will both participate in the Rochester muster, N. H., Sept 26.
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Waltham
Newton and
Brockton
Newton
St. Joseph’s
Newton Boys
Rochester
N. H
Fireman Fatally Trapped In Truck Street Car Crash
New York reporters say Fireman Andrew P. McManus was probably fatally injured when a six ton hook and ladder truck overturned while avoiding a street car at Hudson and West Eleventh streets. Lieutenant Leland Potter suffered multiple injuries and four other firemen were less seriously hurt.
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New York
Andrew P. McManus
Leland Potter
Hudson
West Eleventh Streets
McManus
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Louisa Valentine
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T. H. Bernard
Draper Street
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Son
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Harvard
New Process Photo Co
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McArthy
Il Oe
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Turkey
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Theodore Isaac
M. Sbagdasarian
A. Diran
A. Waramian
Hairenik
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