Railway Men Escape Robbery In Swampscott Narrow Chase
Conductor Frank Gilbert of the Boston and Northern, with a fellow railman, escaped a robbery by fleeing along Ocean avenue and reaching the car barns. The thieves had blown open a safe, forcing late crew to carry cash home, with Gilbert carrying 50 dollars. The pair outpaced the attackers to protect company funds.
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Swampscott
Frank Gilbert
Boston & Northern
Gilbert
Phillips Avenue
Lynn
Ocean Avenue
Brig Gen Samuel Mills to retire from artillery
Washington Sept 19 Brigadier General Samuel M Mills chief of artillery will be placed on the retired list on the 30th inst on his own application.
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Washington
Samuel M. Mills
Missing Waltham girl and companion arrested in Waterville
Mary Emily Vallely and a second woman claiming the name Pearl Clark were taken into custody by Waterville City Marshal A L Holmes at Lewiston officers' request. They had traveled to Waterville the night before and lodged at a boarding house before going to the post office this morning.
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Waterville
Mary Emily Vallely
Waltham
Pearl Clark
Florence Collier
Watertown
Mass
A. L. Holmes
Lewiston
Vallely
Eight Hour Law Enforced on Public Works
President Roosevelt orders strict enforcement of the eight hour day on public works. Charles P. Neill reports contractors now respect the law, with infractions to be referred to the Department of Justice. An executive order directs departments to report any over eight hour cases to Justice for action.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Charles P. Neill
Neill
Vallely girls picked up after wanderings in Maine
A Vallely girl and her companion were taken into custody after being seen by city and deputy marshals. They planned to marry George Kling of Fitchburg and return home with the Vallely girl’s brother arriving on the 3 pm train. They told officers their full movements and said they would likely go back home.
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Lewiston
Legre
Vallely
George Kling
Fitchburg
Post Helps Locate Sister in Lewiston Shirt Factory
Francis Vallely praised the Post for locating his sister after a nationwide search. Police, reading of the Lewiston sighting, confirmed she was working in a local shirt factory and Vallely planned to reunite her with her mother, a step he called life saving.
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Lewiston
Francis Vallely
English Wife Triggers Salem Husband Arrest
In Salem a man named Robert Allsop is jailed awaiting a District Court trial after a wife in England claimed marriage to him. Documents from England support the claim, alleging he abandoned his English wife to marry Miss Agnes Vacher Esse in Beverly on September 6. The Salem wife, 25, is grief-stricken and bedridden.
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Salem
England
Robert Allsop
Margin Street
Celina Waldron
Allsop
Nova Scotia
Agnes Vacheresse
Beverly
Churchill Will Persist With Lincoln Republican Club
Winston Churchill of Cornish announces the Lincoln Republican Club will continue political activity after losing the gubernatorial nomination to Charles M. Floyd. He says the club has won a moral victory, aims to have its platform enacted into law, and will pursue good government with continued organization and advocacy.
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Concord
N. H
Winston Churchill
Cornish
Charles M. Floyd
Manchester
Lincoln Republican Club
Churchill
Republican Party
Officer Shot by Thieves in Bridgton Maine
Postoffice Inspector Robinson of Portland was shot in the thigh during a clash with three burglars who attacked him and two deputy sheriffs after they waited at West Baldwin station for the Portland bound midnight freight. The three suspects fled into the woods as a posse searched for them.
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Cornish
Bridgton
Robinson
Portland
West Baldwin
Lunenburg
Balloon Race Opens From the Tuileries in Paris
International balloon race for the cup set to begin September 30 with 15 contestants. Frank H. Lahn and Santos Dumont will represent America. Dumont equips his airship with a motor and propeller to stay aloft longer.
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Paris
Tuileries
Frank
Lahn
Santos Dumont
America
Wilmington man sentenced for assault on woman and child
Charles Conley, a Black man, was sentenced to 50 years in prison and 30 lashes at the whipping post for injuring Mrs Beatrice Frankish and her daughter on a public road ten days earlier in Wilmington Delaware.
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Wilmington
Del
Charles Conley
Beatrice Frankish
Weather Bureau to Begin Long Range Predictions
The Weather Bureau announces a new long range forecast initiative after summer trials. Forecasters, led by Professor Garriott, will issue weekly predictions supplementing the daily bulletin and aim to guide farmers and seafarers on upcoming weather trends over increasingly extended periods.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Mishaps In Medley On Broadway Cause Disturbance
A collision at Broadway and Thirty‑first Street involving a automobile and two trolley cars injures John H. Springer his wife son daughter and chauffeur. A woman on a car is cut by a splinter and a gasoline fire breaks out. A frightened motorman nearly beheads an officer. a mob attacks the motorman until police disperse the crowd.
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New York
Broadway
Thirty-first Street
John H. Springer
Grand Opera House
Ferry Strike Ties Up New York Lines At Noon
Sixty four firemen from the New York and Brooklyn Ferry Company walked off at noon, idling eighteen boats and halting seven service lines from Manhattan to Broadway and Greenpoint. The stoppage disrupted afternoon traffic and caused a stampede to the Williamsburg Bridge and Long Island railroad ferries during the evening rush.
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New York
New York & Brooklyn Ferry Company
Manhattan
Broadway
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge
Long Island
Car Crash Crashes Into Heavy Traffic as Family Is Rescued
A north bound car struck the Springer vehicle sending both into a south bound car. Gasoline ignited, trapping them in wreckage before bystanders freed the Springer family. Mrs and Miss Springer fainted, Mr Springer injured, chauffeur stunned, son unhurt. A child was rumored buried as a crowd caused a tense rescue and police intervened.
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Mr. Springer
Springers
Stabbing at Washington Street Ends in Serious Injury
Edward Fitzhenry of East Dedham was stabbed on Washington Street near the Boston line at 9 30 PM after he asked two passing Italians for a drink. A woman among the Italians struck him with a stiletto, injuring his left side and shoulder. they fled. He was taken to Michael Kinsella’s house for treatment by Drs Pratt and Grady. The attack is being investigated with little lead on suspects.
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Dedham
Edward Fitzhenry
East Dedham
William H. Waldron
Washington Street
Boston
Fitzhenry
Michael Kinsella
John W. Pratt
Henry L. Grady
Armenian father dies after alleged crowbar attack by son in Water town
Kirkas Chatgois, 50, an Armenian, died at Cambridge Hospital after his son Sarkin Chatgois, 21, allegedly struck him with a crowbar following a dispute over pay. The son, recently released from an insane asylum, has been arrested on an attempt at murder charge and faces possible additional charges after the father's death.
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Cambridge
Kirkas Chatgois
Sarkin Chatgois
Larkin
Kirkas
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Edward W. Dixon
Moosehead Hall
Harvard St
Lomasney and
Riley
Mary Vallely
Mofres
Pajas
Gorner
T. H. Lane & CO
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Lincoln Glub
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