Bostonians Sail on Admiral Sampson to Jamaica Ports
The steamer Admiral Sampson under Captain Henshaw sailed from Long wharf at 10 AM with a full general cargo for Kingston merchants. Saloon passengers included Mr. and Mrs. S. Pb. Conger and child of New York, Mrs. C. A. Hislop, Henry A. Hill, George McDonald, B. C. Longmire, Dr. C. N. Whitney of Kingston, and several others. The voyage heads to Port Antonio direct before visiting other Jamaican ports.
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Admiral Sampson
Henshaw
Long Wharf
Jamaican
Kingston
S. Pb. Conger
Child
New York City
C. A. Hislop
the Fruit Company
Henry A. Hill
George McDonald
Boston
B. C. Longmire
Two Murders Laid to Boy in Limestone Maine
Guy Tardy, 19, was arraigned before Trial Justice Charles A. Perry on charges of murdering Oscar and Stephen Downing, brothers aged 17 and 18, during a partridge hunting dispute. He is bound over to the September term of the grand jury of the Supreme Court.
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Limestone
Oscar
Stephen Downing
Guy Tardy
Charles A. Perry
Supreme Court
Tardy
Oscar Downing
Jealous Lt Hoffman Shoots Heiress Then Wounds Self
Lieutenant Julius Hoffman formerly of the Austro Hungarian army shoots Miss Draga Siegel daughter of a former colonel and heiress to a $100000 estate in New York. He turns the gun on himself but the dying woman wrests the weapon away.
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New York
Julius Hoffman
Draga Siegel
Auto crash injures two in Jamaica Plain
Dr Alonzo J Shadman of 102 Anawan street Jamaica Plain collided with a horse and buggy driven by Mrs Margaret Mulhearn of 22 Wiget street sending her and William Doherty 13 of the same address to the pavement. Mulhearn suffered neck and back injuries while Doherty had minor bruises. Defective steering gear in the auto blamed.
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Alonzo J. Shadman
Anawan Street
Jamaica Plain
Margaret Mulhearn
Wiget Street
Albany Street Lodger Found Dead in Bed
Patrick Cunniford, 56, lodging at 831 Albany Street, was found dead in bed yesterday by his landlady Mrs Mary McNally. The body was removed to City Hospital morgue by order of Medical Examiner Macdonald. No signs of violence. death due to natural causes.
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Patrick Cunniford
Albany Street
Mary McNally
City Hospital
Macdonald
Cooper’s Patient Gratitude Cited by Chicago Paper
Florence Berger and Lydia Nieft are highlighted as grateful families praising Cooper after his treatment allegedly cured their children's illnesses. Mrs Nieft recounts a seven year old daughter’s digestive woes and a worm expulsion following a week of medicine use. Florence Berger and her grandmother also express deep thanks.
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Mr. Cooper
Chicago
Jaynes Drug Stores
Lydia
Ernest Nieft
Castello Ave
Cooper
Florence Berger
Mrs. March
Limerick Fever Sweeps Readers For Sunday Post Prize
Readers submit limericks for a weekly $200 prize pool in the Sunday Post Limerick contest. Many delayed until last minute, causing some entries to miss the cutoff. The four lines printed last week sparked numerous witty responses and continued contests with future limericks.
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New England
Sunday Post Limerick
Sunday Post
Limerick
New York Woman Seeks 50000 Damages Over Yacht Abduction
Miss Margaret Lillian Francis declares she was kidnapped aboard Oliver Barnes Jr’s Mariquita and will sue for 50000. She describes a night of heavy drinking, fear of harm, and rescue by Newport police and a helper on the Indian. Barnes travels toward Chicago after Boston wine purchases.
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New York
Margaret Lillian Francis
Oliver Wendell Barnes, Jr
Broadway
Miss Francis
Mariquita
Crowley
Newport
Barnes
Anna Reynolds
Sedley
Anna
New London
Jamestown
Florida
Chicago
Boston
Fall fashions at Gilchrist Company store display
Autumn fashions in furs costumes and furnishings showcased from top to basement. Fur department features new styles at slight discounts before colder weather. includes mink Persian lamb sable and ermine. Also highlights pillow muff coats capes hats millinery details and a vast embroidery and linens section.
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Gilchrist Company
Jack Frost
Mabelle Gilman
Interurban Line Approved by Railroad Commission
The Gaston-Shaw-Stone-Webster interurban line to Providence won approval in a March decision, the only interurban approved. Three other proposed lines including the Boston-Lawrence- Lowell route and the Boston Eastern Electric and Boston Providence lines were rejected for stated reasons.
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Railroad Commission
Providence
Boston, Lawrence & Lowell
Butler Ames
Lowell
Boston & Eastern Electric
Beverly
Danvers
Boston
New York
Unscrupulous Tooth Care Claim Promises Fresh Mouth Joy
An advertisement touts Liquid Antiseptic and Non-acid Centrifice as a deep cleaner for hard to reach tooth crevices. It claims to cleanse purify and impart a fresh clean sensation that becomes a joy to the mouth and refreshing to the whole system.
Brass Beds Display and Warranted Mattresses
Our bedding workrooms are the finest in the country. We make all the hair mattresses and pillows which we sell and we guarantee them to be the best that can be procured anywhere at the price we quote. Brass Beds A notable exhibition of Brass Beds is made in our salesrooms. A display comprises the choicest designs of the best manufacturers. Every brass bed we sell is warranted for an unlimited time.
Alligator Made of Sweet Potatoes Delights Canal Street
A small alligator sculpted from sweet potatoes drew crowds on Canal Street. The scene caused feminine shrieks of surprise as onlookers marveled at the vendor clerk’s playful display. The portly figure sat atop a banana-free cart, its celery leaf tail poised as if to whisk away onlookers.
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Canal Street
Dorchester Man Dies After Medicine Overcome Him
Michael J. Dempsey, a well known Dorchester citizen, fell ill at his brother James Dempsey's home and was overcome by medicine in the street. Officers carried him to the station then to the Tombs where he died Monday night. He was buried at 1760 Dorchester Avenue. He was 56 years of age.
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Michael J. Dempsey
Dorchester
James Dempsey
Division 11
Mr. Dempsey
Dorchester Avenue
Warrants Issued in Lumber Conspiracy Case in Boise
In Boise Idaho a warrant was issued today for the arrest of Sum in connection with a lumber conspiracy case. Authorities did not release further details pending the suspect’s capture.
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Boise
Idaho
Sum
Barron Lumber Officers Indicted for Conspiracy
Mer G Moon and James L Barber of Eau Claire Wisconsin millionaire officers of Barber Lumber Company and Horace Rand of Burlington Connecticut were indicted for conspiracy to defraud the government. Senator Borah and others named. They will be brought to Boise to answer charges.
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Mer G. Moon
James IL. Barber
Eau Claire
Wis
Barber Lumber Company
Horace Rand
Burlington, Conn
Senator Borah
Boise
Freight Car Blaze in New Haven Yard
A lantern and gasoline caused a small fire in an old freight car at the Beacon Street yards of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad early yesterday. The gasolene storage car suffered about $735 in damage.
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New Haven
Beacon Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Parrots Change Towns Cause Nighttime Patter Rumor
Strange night noises in Charlestown and Cambridge stirred fears of ghosts until two green parrots were revealed as the culprits. One yellow headed, one green, belonging to H J Denning of Charlestown and a Cambridge resident, were missing.
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Charlestown
Cambridge
H. J. Denning
Union Street
Massachusetts Avenue
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S. H. Harrison Co
Washington St
Corner
Beach ST
Quarrel
Lydia Nieft
Nell
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Fitz
Brell
N. Y
Yacht
Paine
Paine Furniture
North Station
Haymarket Square
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