Fairbanks Defeated as Methodist Delegate in Bitter Suspicions
In Columbia Indiana Charles W Fairbanks vice president faced strong temperance opposition and was defeated for delegate to the quadrennial Methodist conference after a series of ballots. The controversy centered on cocktails and wine served at a Memorial Day dinner at the Fairbanks home. Ballots showed a dropping support before rising again as the fifth ballot produced 85 votes.
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Columbia
Ind
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Methodist Church
Mairbanks
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Fire in Dorchester Tenement Traced to Rats and Matches
Last evening James Fallon alerted Box 191 to a blaze at 10 Edeson Green Dorchester a two and a half story wooden dwelling. The fire started in the storeroom on the top floor and was caused by rats and matches. Damage estimated at $40. The owner is Austin O'Brien who occupies the second floor.
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James Fallon
Dorchester
Edeson Green
Austin O'Brien
Manifesto Urging Desertion Found in Paris
Copies urging recruits to desert from the army were posted across Paris today, prompting instant police searches for the authors.
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Paris
Found Body In Brush Near Mt Holly Rutland
The death of Angelo Turzi 25 of Austrian origin is under investigation after his body was found in a brushy area on Mt Holly by a search party. Turzi had worked for Rutland railroad until Sept 15 and left with Italian companions to walk to Shrewsbury after receiving back wages.
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Rutland
Angelo Turzi
Mt. Holly
Turzi
Shrewsbury
Ming
Barn Dance At Roxbury Draws Large Crowd
A Dorchester Catholic Club barn dance and corn husk party at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury drew about a thousand attendees. Cy Cavanaugh and Miss Margaret McCarthy led a grand march with 800 couples, many in rubes outfits. Prizes were awarded to Grace McGrath and Jim McGrath for first prizes, with additional awards to Mrs Oakes and Mr Oakes and to George Cavanaugh and Miss Margaret McCarthy for third prizes.
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Dorchester
Intercolonial
Roxbury
Cy Cavanaugh
Margaret McCarthy
J. J. O'Callaghan
William B. McLellan
James J. Porter
William H. Sullivan
Grace McGrath
Jim McGrath
Oakes
Mr. Oakes
George Cavanaugh
Hearst Seeks National Independence League
The meeting at Carnegie Hall with about 200 men from 30 states formed plans for a National Independence League. Hearst urged creating a minor league in every state and uniting all leagues into one national body.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Independence League
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Massachusetts
California
Wallet Found in Paris Restores Worcester Teacher’s Loss
George F. Cole a South High School teacher lost a wallet with negotiable drafts on a Europe trip four months ago. A portly Englishman with ties to an English lodge and England’s ministry returned the wallet in a Paris theatre along with the drafts and a lodge meeting notice signed by H. A. Childs.
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Worcester
George F. Cole
South High School
Europe
Masons
H. A. Childs
England
Cole
Paris
Offer to Buy the Chicago & Alton from Rock Island Interests
The Voleda, St. Louis & Western railroad directors voted to sign a contract for the purchase of the Chicago & Alton from Rock Island interests. The agreement requires Alton immunity in the Standard Oil rebating investigation as a condition of the deal.
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New York
Voleda, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Chicago & Alton
Rock Island
Alton
Standard Oil
Taft Party Arrives in Yokohama Aboard Minnesota
The steamer Minnesota reached Yokohama at 7 o'clock this morning carrying Kak Taft and his party.
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Taft
Yokohama
Minnesota
Kak Taft
Silk barrier breaks as Hydegrade coats dainty fabrics
Experts announce a new Hydegrade line that mimics silk with three times the wear at lower cost. By studying silk worms and cotton fibre, producers create a lustrous fabric suitable for lining and various household uses. A nationwide exhibition will display the fabric at major dry goods stores.
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America
Glad Salvationists Greet Gen Booth In Boston Welcome
General Booth arrived at Boston North station amid torchlight parade cheers after a Boston city welcome led by Mayor Fitzgerald. Eva Booth joined the general. Escort Colonel Evans and the Salvation Army drew praise for their uplifting work, as Booth pledged ongoing national growth of the Army’s influence.
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Salvation Army
General Booth
Boston
North Station
Fitzgerald
Mayor Fitzgerald
Friend Street
Eva Booth
United States
Evans
Maryer
Booth
Matrimonial Agent Held on $500 Bail in Mail Fraud Case
Samuel Varden of East Boston was held for the October term on charges of using the mails to defraud in a case involving advertised $20,000 heiresses. Miss Jessie Wyntte testified, describing his scheme and his refund claim. Bail was posted by Levi Jacobson. building doors were found locked later.
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Cupid
Bay State
Samuel Varden
Lexington Street
East
Boston
United States
Hayes
Varden
Dolly” Varden
Federal Building
Jessie Wyntte
Johnstown
N. Y
William Faincroft
Kennebunk Me
Fancroft
Warden
Maine
Tie
Miss Wyndte
United States Circuit Court
Levi Jacobson
Chelsea firebug again threats Carey schoolhouse blaze
Chelsea residents reported the firebug active as he tried to burn the Carey schoolhouse at Second and Walnut streets. Janitor William Morse discovered smoke shortly after 5 50 PM and quickly extinguished two fires set with oil soaked papers before they could spread.
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Chelsea
Carey
Second and
Walnut Streets
William Morse
4 Foot Fall Kills Seaman Aboard Whitebard
John Norman, 28, seaman on the coal barge Whitebard at Mystic wharf Charlestown, fell about 40 feet to the hold bottom and was killed instantly as his skull was crushed. The accident occurred last night.
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John Norman
Whitebard
Mystic Wharf
Charlestown
Former Lowell Lieutenant Donaldson Dismissed From Police
Former Lowell detective bureau head Lieutenant David J. Donaldson, who pleaded guilty to conduct unbecoming an officer and being absent from the city without leave, was dismissed by the police board after a private hearing. The case involves a woman found murdered on railroad tracks and Donaldson’s alleged car involvement. He remains secluded at his 407 High Street home.
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Lowell
David J. Donaldson
High Street
Police Board
Donaldson
Bessie O'Neill Johnson
Haverhill Electric
Samuel O'Neil
Moffatt
Trolley kills Milford man on Blackstone & Uxbridge line
A trolley car on the Blackstone and Uxbridge line struck and killed a man believed to be John King of South Milford near Millville. Local authorities investigated the incident and identified the victim after the crash at UX Bridge on the night of Sept 27.
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UX Bridge
Blackstone
Uxbridge
John King
South Milford
Millville
Newton Teachers to Receive Salary Increase
Newton, Sept. 27. The school board approved a 10 percent raise for city teachers to begin October 1, funded by a $13,699 appropriation passed last night, a move that surprised many educators.
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Newton
Fitzpatrick Dunbar Wed Wedding Cited in Larceny Case
Francis Fitzpatrick of Somerville and Cassie Dunbar of Charlestown allegedly stole a watch from a friend after marrying last Wednesday evening at St. Francis de Sales Church Charlestown by Rev T F McCarthy.
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Francis Fitzpatrick
Somerville
Cassie Dunbar
Charlestown
St. Francis de Sales
T. F. McCarthy
Kellogg presses for Standard Oil books in oil trust case
Attorney Frank E. Kellogg again sought to obtain the books of the Standard Oil trustees to prove the oil combine never dissolved. Testimony covered profits of subsidiary pipelines and large payments to J. P. Trainor, with adjournment to allow John G. Milburn to attend the McKinley monument dedication.
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New York
Frank E. Kellogg
Standard Oil
Kellogg
Charles White
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Standard
George Chesbro
Southern Pipe Line Company of Pennsylvania
J. P. Trainor
Freight brakeman crushed in Union Market accident
Fred J. Russell of Somerville was crushed between two freight cars at Union Market in Watertown about 4 30 this afternoon. He sustained serious internal injuries and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in a dangerous condition. Russell was stepping between the cars when they came together.
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Watertown
Union Market
Fred J. Russell
Clark Street
Somerville
Massachusetts General Hospital
Russell
Pacific fleet foreguard sails into Golden Gate at dawn
The first division of the Pacific fleet, the foreguard of the American navy, is scheduled to assemble in Pacific coast waters Thursday or Friday and passed through the Golden Gate at sunrise.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Golden Gate
Harris Put On Trial for Murder in South Boston
Lewis Harris stood trial in the Superior Criminal Court before Judge Raymond on a second degree murder charge for shooting Michael J. Cunningham on A street South Boston on April 24. The prosecution presented 15 witnesses, including medical examiners and police, while Harris’s defense was represented by J J Feeley. The case, with testimonies detailing the shooting and Harris’s actions, was continued to Monday morning.
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Lewis Harris
Superior Criminal Court
Raymond
Harris
Michael J. Cunningham
Boston
Cornelius R. Guptill
Somerville
Witness
Cunningham
Stinson
Edward P. Hicks
Teamsters’ Union 25
Boston Wharf Company
Hartig
Hegeman
Wilson
Broadway
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Cash & Credit
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Dorchester Catholic Club
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Gen. Booth
Morse
Jess Wyndt
Jamestown, N. Y
Bay State Matrimonial Bureau
Lieut. Donaldson
Milford
Fitzpatrick—Dunbar
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Tre
Huyler’s
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Colgate
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Kilmer
Cooper
Gray
Mellen
John
Riker
Fiker
Dresden
Oil. de
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Waynes Drug Stores
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Near Oil Trust Books
South
McGettrick
J. J. Feeley
Dugan
MacDonald
Robert Ehnerfield
City Hospital
Tia
W.u.douglas
W.L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Brockton
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W. L. Douglas Boys
W. J. Douglas
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W. L. Douglas Shoe
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Summer Street
Lincoln
Court Street
Howard
Syelevo
T. Wing
T. Foo Yuen
China
Imperial Medical College of
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FOO & Wing Here CO
Massachusetts Ave
Northampton
Kettysburg
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fall River Line
Geo. M. Roberts, P. A
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Washington St
R. Wood
Geo. W. Boyd
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