Reward Offered for Missing Brockton Girl Mary Mazzoni
A $100 reward is offered by Mary Mazzoni’s mother Mrs Rose Mazzoni for information leading to the return of 12 year old Mary who left Brockton Aug 29 with alleged "Blind George" a man about 40 with white hair and a hunched back. Mary's brother David, 17, has aided the search across towns and cities with police help, but no trace has been found. The family has housed the man for a week while Mary read to him for wages before the disappearance. The pair were last seen in Worcester and Fitchburg after leaving Brockton with no sign of Mary since.
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Brockton
Mary Mazzoni
Rose Mazzoni
George
Mary
Post
Mazzoni
Worcester
Fitchburg
Mary Mazzony
Drowned Man at Chelsea Bridge Near Thames
A deck hand named Richard Briggs, 45, jumped or fell overboard from lighter No. 6 at the Chelsea bridge. Onlookers thought it suicide, but further inquiry suggested fits caused the fall. The body had not been recovered.
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Chelsea
Richard Briggs
Briggs
Crooks use film flam to fleece Dedham newsdealer
Two young men swindled M. J. Maloney, a Dedham newsdealer, by a film-flam scam this afternoon, gaining 15 pounds of tobacco before they vanished after feigning multiple purchases.
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Dedham
M. J. Maloney
Girard Sought in Nashua New Hampshire Murder Case
Nashua New Hampshire police cooperate with New York authorities in locating Joseph Girard suspected in the Pelham Manor murder of Miss Augusta Pfeiffer. Local inquiry finds no trace. his mother, ill on Chestnut Street, may be interviewed if she recovers.
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Nashua
N. H
New York
Joseph Girard
Augusta Pfeiffer
Pelham Manor
Girard
Chestnut Street
Body at Hartford lodging house linked to New York murder suspect
Hartford reports a man found dead at 69 Front Street closely matches Joseph Girard, the NY police suspect in the Augusta Pfeiffer murder. The death appears self-inflicted by asphyxiation, fueling rumors the Pfeiffer killer met death in Hartford.
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Hartford
Conn
Front Street
Joseph Girard
New York
Augusta Pfeiffer
Bronx
Miss Pfe
New Franco German Crisis Halts Moroccan Talks
Paris reports a fresh Franco German crisis as talks pause between Dr Rosen the German minister to Morocco and M Reveil the former Algiers governor the French plenipotentiary. France denies Germany seeks Mogador port on the Atlantic coast of Morocco.
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Paris
France
Germany
Dr. Rosen
Morocco
M. Reveil
Algiers
Mogador
Death of Mollie Nolan in Brookline Family of Fifteen
Mollie Nolan daughter of John Nolan the Brookline postman died yesterday at the family home on Gorham Avenue after a month long illness from a brain formation. The Nolan family is noted as Massachusetts largest with fifteen children and the father was reinstated by President Roosevelt following a photograph of the family.
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Brookline
Nolan
Mollie Nolan
Massachusetts
Gorham Avenue
John Nolan
Roosevelt
Grand Rapids Make Furniture at Competition Proof Prices
The ad promotes Grand Rapids Make furniture as top quality, likening it to Sterling in silverware, urging buyers not to miss the best opportunity to secure superior furnishings at competition proof prices. It emphasizes value and urgency to buy now.
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Grand Rapids
$20 in Man's Hat Lining in Gloucester
A police search of Samuel Russo uncovered two $10 bills hidden behind his hat band. Russo, a young Italian, faced accusations of stealing $40 from his employer’s cash box. half was recovered earlier, and the remaining amount was found in his hat lining after the hat fell to the floor.
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Gloucester
Samuel Russo
Russo
Organized theft ring eyed by Newton police
Newton reports a wave of petty thefts blamed on an organized gang. Plainclothes officers will be deployed to disrupt the activity. A bicycle was stolen from J W Showler on Watertown street. milk and jars vanished from Mrs G Nicholson at 69 Charles street. a valuable fox terrier disappeared from F R Alcott at 271 Lowell avenue.
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Newton
J. W. Showler
Watertown Street
G. Nicholson
Charles Street
F. R. Alcott
Lowell Avenue
Postmaster Ripberger Attacked After Political Meeting
New York Sept 19. Postmaster and Republican leader George Ripberger of Long Island City was sandbagged while returning from a political meeting in Astoria. He was found by the roadside and dragged to a doctor’s office. His condition was listed as serious and the district attorney opened an inquiry.
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New York
George Ripberger
Long Island City
Astoria
Ripberger
Constable’s Attempt To Arrest Sparks Square Fight
In Watertown this afternoon a badgeless constable tried to arrest two youths during a wrestling match in the square. The pair resisted, toppled him toward an open trench, and fled after gaining the upper hand in the scuffle.
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Watertown
Rexford
Schmidt Sentenced in Jewelry Theft Case at Crittenden
In Bridgeport on September 19, Paul Herbert Schmidt received a five year term in the State prison for jewelry theft at the Crittenden residence in Sherman in August 1904. He was moved from Wethersfield prison where a ten year manslaughter sentence awaits for the killing of William Taylor, a Crittenden farm coworker.
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Conn
Paul Herbert Schmidt
Crittenden
Sherman
Schmidt
Wethersfield Prison
William Taylor
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