Mystery girl’s body returned home halting funeral
In Middleboro on September 18 a sensational case unfolds as the murdered girl’s remains, found in Yellow Mill Pond near Bridgeport, Conn., are sent to the Perkins family. Marion Grace Perkins, linked to the sensational gossip, asserts she will no longer be burdened by the accusations.
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John H. Lee
Esident Democratic City Committee of
Boston
John F. McDonald
Timothy E. McCarthy
Secre
Middleboro
Yellow Mill Pond
Bridgeport
Conn
Perkins
Marion Grace Perkins
New York Herald
Nancy Guilford
Bridgeport Conn
Lynn
Mass
Examiner Downs at Bridgeport in body case dispute
The report describes a mutilated body case at Bridgeport after Frank Perkins claimed the remains were his missing Grace. Police and family tensions rise as conflicting identifications fuel tragedy and pursuit of truth.
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Examiner Downs
Bridgeport
Frank Perkins
Happy
MISS WINNIE DAVIS DIES AT NARRAGANSETT PIER
Winnie Davis daughter of Mrs Jefferson Davis and famed as the Daughter of the Confederacy died at noon at the Rockingham Hotel Narragansett Pier R I after weeks of illness diagnosed as malarial gastritis Her condition had shown some improvement in the past week
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
Winnie Davis
Jefferson Davis
Union
Confederacy
Rockingham Hotel
Mrs. Davis
Warina Anne Davis
Winnie
Davis
Richmond
Fortress
Monroe
Carlsruhe
Germany
Paris
France
Electa Bailey Struck by Parthian Ends Masts Damaged
The three masted schooner Electa Bailey was struck by the steamer Parthian in fog off Cape Cod. Masts and rigging were sheared away, yet all six crew members survived the collision. Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis, dies after lengthy illness.
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Columbian
Juniata
Howard
Ella M. Doughty
Wahneta
Gloucester
Alice C. Jordan
Parthian
Electa Bailey
South Boston
Lewis
Blanche
Henry K. Doane
Onc
Doane
J. A. Clay
Clay
Port Liberty
N. J
Portsmouth
N. H
Long Island
Vineyard Haven
Cape Cod
Race Point
N. W
Cuba
Porto Rico
Sovereign Grand Lodge Opens Sessions in Copley Hall
Rev Dr Hale delivered a sermon to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in the Church of the Disciples. The event featured remarks by Rev John W Venable and highlighted the order’s history and ideals of universal brotherhood and mutual aid. A large audience attended the session and related entertainments were planned for visiting delegates.
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ODD Fellows
Boston
Copley Hall
Sovereign Grand Lodge
City Hall
Brunswick
Dr.hale
ORDER
Music Hall
Commonwealth
Detroit
Grand Lodge
Universal Brotherhood
Edward Everett Hale
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Church of the Disciples
Hale
John W. Venable
Kentucky
Venable
St. John
Odd Fellowship
America
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la Comercial
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High Life
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Coolidge’s Corner
Brookline
Grace Perkins
Charlie Bourne
Ted Brown
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Laddleboroe
George F. Arnold
Detective Bureau of Bridge
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Mazais
Uscnes
Stropa
Lanving Lm
John
Miss Davis
Southern Confederacy
New England
George Barlow
First
Vermont
Fort Ethan Allen
Henry Sweet
Company L
Fort Ethan
William H. Sullivan
William D. Desjardines
Maine
Lewiston
H. Robinson & CO
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Hook Square
Shen Say
Macallar Parker Company
Washington Street
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Madrid
Supreme Council of War
Major Soston
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Brother Hand
Arthur FE. Locke
Back Bay
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Washburn Credit Co
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