Mystery Slayer Identified In Annie Pulitzer Case
New York police announce Annie Pulitzer was killed in a West Fifty-eighth Street flat. Suspect Hooper Young, once employed in a Hoboken restaurant, fled to Chicago after the murder. Body kept under a sink, trunk tied to a Hoboken buggy, and linked evidence point to a New York crime with ongoing pursuit by detectives.
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New York
Annie Pulitzer
Morris Canal
Jersey City
West Fifty-eighth Street
Captain Titus
Detective Bureau
Hooper Young
Titus
Young
Chicago
Hoboken Crusader
Hoboken
Pulitzer
Coal Famine Hits Boston Hard as Winter Nears
Boston faces coal shortages and soaring prices as a big strike reduces supply. Apartment owners struggle to heat buildings while thousands lose steady work in coal transport and handling. Buckets of coal sell for 20 to 25 cents, or about 1 cent per pound, with overall shortages threatening to worsen as coke and hard coal costs rise.
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Boston
Post
Wnd
Fleet Street
North End
Republican Voters defend Foss in Boston ad 1902
A Boston reader, MINER R. DEMING, argues the Foss for Congress platform deserves fair treatment. He rebuts claims of Democratic leanings, cites tariff revision history, free hides and coal, and notes Republican figures who supported similar policies while praising Foss as a capable businessman with a statesmanlike record.
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The
Boston Journal
Eugene N. Foss
Eleventh
Foss
Boston
Babcock
National Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
Iron and Steel
United States
Allison
Senator Spooner
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Abbott Lawrence
William Appleton
Samuel Hooper
William Caffin
Alexander H. Rice
Elijah Morse
Summer colds are dangerous Father John's Medicine sale
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a cure for summer colds with a money back guarantee. It markets relief for colds and flu symptoms and promises safety and efficacy for customers seeking quick recovery.
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John
Stampede Kills 78 at Shiloh Church in Birmingham
At Shiloh Colored Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama a stampede after Booker T. Washington's address at a national convention of colored Baptists killed 78 and seriously injured many more. Entrances were blocked by a wall of panicked worshippers as a mistaken call of fire sparked the crush.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh
House of Worship
Booker Washington
Billou
Baltimore
Boston Area Weekend Weather Outlook
Generally cloudy Saturday gives way to Sunday fair weather with light easterly winds across Boston and surrounding towns.
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Boston
Vicinity
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Mrs. Pulitzer
Brigham Young
Joseph Pulitzer
New Jersey
Mr. Baer
West Fund
Cambridge Street
Sures
Gutekunst
Philadelphia
Booker T. Washington
Convention of Negro Baptists
H. R. Hudson
Breck’s
North Market St
Peary
Thompson
the Spa
Washington Street
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