Edna Wallace Hopper Wrecks Off Port au Port
The Gloucester fishing schooner Edna Wallace Hopper ran ashore at Port au Port Newfoundland in a gale and is a total loss. Captain Almon Mallock and a 15 man crew were saved. The ship, built in 1901 at Essex, carried two 25 hp gasoline engines and was the first Gloucester vessel to reach the treaty coast with a herring seining plan.
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Port’ AU Port
N. F
Gloucester
Edna Wallace Hopper
Almon Mallock
Hopper
Mallock
Straits of
Belle Isle
Essex
Boston
Deaf and Dumb Couple Married in Providence
Daniel McGregor Cameron aged 29 of 32 Burrill Street Roxbury and Cecilia Cohen of Boston both deaf and dumb eloped to Providence and obtained a marriage license. They were married by Rev. Mitchell on Vinton Street Providence after being directed there. Cameron, a marble cutter, is from Nova Scotia and Cohen is thought to be born in Russia or Holland.
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Daniel McGregor Cameron
Burrill Street
Roxbury
Providence
Cecilia Cohen
Boston
Mitchell
Vinton Street
Russia
Holland
Cameron
Nova Scotia
Deprived Five Men of Citizenship in Federal Case
James O'Toole of Roxbury pleaded guilty to perjury charges tied to naturalization of John W Molloy and two Martins. Judge Dodge cancelled citizenship certificates for James A Martins Michael J Martin Daniel J Holmes Patrick J Melody and Patrick F Murray after pleas or surrender. Molloy remains on trial for alleged fraud in obtaining papers.
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James O'Toole
Roxbury
John W. Molloy
Michael J. Martin
James A. Martin
O’toole
Milk price case threatens Boston supply hump
Secretary W. A. Hunter warns that labor scarcity hay shortage ice costs and strict state inspection push farmers to sell out or hand milk to factories. He says farmers seek 41½ cents per eight quart. retailers take seven cents a quart, risking higher consumer prices and longer shipment if contracts fail.
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W. A. Hunter
Milk Producers’ Organization
Boston
New York
Trial of Molloy Halts Over Witness Absence
John W. Molloy of Roxbury is charged with fraud in obtaining citizenship papers and using them to vote. The trial paused when his uncle John J. Butler failed to appear as a government witness, prompting a Tuesday continuation.
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John W. Molloy
Roxbury
John J. Butler
Butler
Dodge
Molloys
Benjamin H. Bradlee
Circuit Court
White Star Line
Charlestown
Secret Service
Frank Burke
Bradlee
John M. Minton
Board of Election Commissioners of Boston
John W
F. T. Peacock
White Star Steamship Company
Boston
Benjamin F. Marick
Immigration Bureau
Bureau
Molloy
John Molloy
Cretic
Fireman Blown From Cab By Escaping Steam
Worcester report states fireman George Cunningham of West Albany New York on the St Louis express of the Boston and Albany was blown from the cab at 20 miles an hour near Hinsdale and severely scalded by bursting steam. Engineer David Carson was also badly scalded.
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Worcester
Hinsdale
George Cunningham
West Albany
N. Y
St. Louis Express
Boston & Albany
Boston
David Carson
Nine Die In Jellico Powder Explosion At Border Town
A massive dynamite blast at Jellico Kentucky Tennessee caused at least nine deaths and injures around 50. Property losses reach about 1 million dollars. Union Station and most businesses were destroyed with about 600 left homeless. A dynamite car parked near the site is believed to have exploded from spontaneous combustion.
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Jellico
Tenn
Union
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Rand Powder Company
Louisville & Nashville
Actress in Will Contest with Widow to Inherit Estate
Marie Jansen the actress contesting her father Benjamin Johnson’s will before Judge Loring seeks a larger share from a $30,000 estate. The probate ruling favored the widow Lulu B. Johnson after undue influence and mental unsoundness were alleged by Jansen.
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Marie Jansen
Hattie M. Johnson
Benjamin Johnson
Winthrop
Faneuil Hall Market
Loring
Supreme Judicial Court
Johnson
Lulu B. Johnson
Miss Johnson
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Rochester, N. Y
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Touraine
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