Marion mob with tar and feathers drags McDonald from home
New Bedford Aug 7 a Marion mob tarred feathered and paraded James McDonald after accusing him of immoral conduct with Mrs Potter. He was horsewhipped bound to a rail and driven to Mattapoisett then New Bedford before slipping away to plan revenge. Authorities and Potter defend vigilante act as town debates morality and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Marion
James McDonald
Mattapoisett
McDonald
Anna Potter
Charles F. Potter
Potter
Consolidated Railroad
Water Street
Ryder’s Lane
Upper Landing
Frederick Mandell
Old Place
Joe Collins
Free
East Marion
Collins’ Place
Wareham Road
Scituate
Boston
Tremont
Potter House
Mill Road
Hiller
Mr. Potter
Selectmen
William A. Andrew
William H. Cobb
George F. Richards
Henry F. Naphen
Charley Potter
Mrs. Potter
Andrews
Cobb
Mr. Andrews
William H. H. Ryder
Murder Story Turns Out to Be Fiction Created by Local Boy
Police and hundreds of residents swarmed the river bank after Centraville youth Frank Bowles, 14 or 15, spread a tale of a knife murder and a body in the woods. They found no blood or body as the scene cooled, and the tale proved entirely fabricated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bowles
Centraville
First Street
Frank
Cumberland Surrendered to Insurance Firms after Collision
The Eastern Steamship Company surrendered the steamer Cumberland to its insurers after damage from a harbor collision with the Admiral Farragut. Repairs would cost 65,000 to 70,000 dollars, prompting settlement. A new screw steamer will be built for the Maine and St. John service, likely at Bath, Maine, to be larger and more modern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Eastern Steamship Company
Cumberland
Admiral Farragut
The
Steamship Company
Maine and St. John
N. B
Bath
Skyscraper Trust Forms in New York Real Estate Deal
New York aug 7 final details of a 66 million corporation to unify leading real estate and construction interests in a skyscraper trust are expected by week end. Of the stock 36 million is common and 30 million preferred. Boston figures Charles Francis Adams II and Henry Lee Higginson hold large interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Charles Francis Adams
Henry Lee Higginson
Wife is believed dead, returns to find husband alive
Parsons Kan Aug 7. James Loneman returns from the Boer War to learn his wife, believing him dead, has wed his friend Lewis Trowbridge. Loneman later deeds his farm to his wife, disappears. A stranger later reveals himself as Loneman, who learns the tale from his wife and Trowbridge. The affair ends with Loneman leaving, and the ill wife and Trowbridge facing an unsettled future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
James A. Loneman
Lewis Trowbridge
Loneman
Trowbridge
Emma
Mr. Loneman
Lewis Simpson
Simpson
Mrs. Trowbridge
Martha
Mr. Trowbridge
Lewis
Jim
Tames
Mrs. Loneman
Dean's Ointment Cures Itching Leg Sore
A Bowling Green reader, C. W. Lenhart, reports a running itching leg sore caused torture and burning, cured by Dean's Ointment. The testimonial asserts a permanent cure and relief after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Also Mentioned on This Page
M’donald Mad
Optician Geo
G. Rogers
Merrimack Street
Skyscraper Trust
Kansas
New York Cloak & Suit Co
John Street
Oxford
One
Tait
Palmar St
Lowell Mass
Bles
Hyle’s
Burbank & Co
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Caleb L. Smith
Middlesex St
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Theublic
G. G Read
Wim. Nichols & Ca
Lakeview Park
Lowell
D. L. Page Company
Hibbard’s
Lakeview Theatre
Joseph J. Flynn
Comic Opera CO
Willow Dale Park
Arizona Jack’s Wild West CO
Far West
Manila Bay
Maine
Lexington
Paul Revere
Lowell’s
Newes
Lexington, Mass
Rustic Theatre
Tamanna Brothers
1St Regiment Mass. Heavy Artillery
Frank L. Collins
Boston St.By
Merrimack Sq
Pinehurst Park
Billerica
Corey
Pianis
Lothrop
Tolman
Newport
R. 1
Chelmsford
Concord Junction
Touro Park
Old Stone Mill
Spouting Rock
Forty Steps
Paradise
Hanging Rocks
Purgatory
Easton’s Beach
Bailey’s Beach
New Haven & Hartford
R. I. N. Marshall
Taunton Div
A. C. Kendall
New London
Willimantic
Old Orchard
Lower L
Boston & Maine Railroad
D. J. Flanders
D. W. Sanborn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!