Norridgewock Thieves Escape Sheriff in Me Adventure
Two Burns brothers known as Norridgewock burglars fled after a near capture in New Sharon fifteen miles from Anson Maine on Oct sixteen. They carried a small black dog that helped identify them. Deputy sheriffs pursued from New Sharon to Farmington Falls and on toward Industry as farmers spread word.
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Anson
Norrigewock
Burns Brothers
New Sharon
Robert Swift
Sylvester
Gould
Farmington Falls
Varney
Mercer
Sherriff Lang
Skowhegan
Alaska boundary ruling not yet reached says press
London dispatch reports no decision or private vote by the Alaskan boundary commission. While supporters expect a pro American outcome, analysts note no authoritative finding. The Associated Press and St James's Gazette confirm no verdict has been made and cite growing Canadian pessimism.
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London
Associated Press
London Morning
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Alverstone
America
St. James's
Express messengers refuse night runs during strike
Shreveport Louisiana on October 16 reports express messengers declined to run night routes due to a strike. Local officials say adequate help will be available soon. Express matter is received with possible delays.
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Shreveport
Express
Death of Colville King’s Master of Ceremonies
London October 16 Colonel Sir William Colville the King's master of ceremonies died this afternoon from lung trouble. He was born in 1827.
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London
William Colville
Miss Catherine Mackin Joins Merrimack Clothing Co
Miss Catherine Mackin connects with the Women's Department at Merrimack Clothing Co where she will be pleased to meet friends and former customers.
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Catherine Mackin
Women’s Department
Merrimack Clothing Co
Special Offering Priestly Cravenette Raincoats
Due to makers’ shortage of regular raincoats, parts of the $18.50 line are marked to $15 for Priestly Cravenette raincoats for women. Olive and Oxford shades, finely tailored. A model is in the window marked as advertised. $15.
Plasterer Falls 60 Feet in Dorchester Church
Lowell contractor James P. Walsh, plasterer for St. Margaret's church, plunged sixty feet from the ceiling in Dorchester while finishing morning work. He suffered a broken left leg, a broken right wrist, and a battered head but is expected to recover at Carney Hospital. Sixteen others including his two brothers worked nearby when a board slipped. His wife learned of the accident and visited him in the hospital.
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James P. Walsh
Lowell
St. Margaret’s Church
Dorchester
Carney Hospital
Boston
Mr. Walsh
St. Margaret's Church
Thomas J
Luke
Walsh
Coburn Street
New England
Dartmouth Squad Heads to Williams Game
Dartmouth football team left Hanover for Auburndale Mass to finalize prep for the Williams game in Newton Centre. The defense worries the staff though the offense is strong with a deep backfield led by Captain Witham and backs Patteson Vaughan Conly.
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Bullock
Lindsay
Gilman
Hooper
Gage
Turner
Glaze
Witham
Patteson
Vaughan
Conly
Public Baths Committee Plans Boston Visit
The joint special committee on public baths met in the aldermanic chamber and voted to visit Boston for ideas and figures. Councilman Cecil Adams chaired as letters offering bath site proposals were set aside for later action. The trip date is scheduled for a week from Monday.
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Boston
Cecil Adams
Birth notice for Raney’s newborn son
Oct 16 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Bernard W Raney marking a family addition reported in the births section.
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Ranevy
Bernard W. Raney
Son
Jewelry Heist at Commonwealth Avenue Home
Diamonds and jewelry worth 3100 stolen from James L. Putnam of Commonwealth Avenue. Butler Walter Ellis, alias Arthur, missing after a week on the job. Skytight opened, envelopes with ship sailings found in Ellis room, police suspect distraction. Watches rings cuff links and other ornaments taken from the dressing room.
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Boston
James L. Putnam
Commonwealth Avenue
Walter Ellis
Arthur
Putnam
England
Ellis
Mr. Putnam
Three Men Held In Murder Case In Boston
Boston police hold a patrolman at Station 2 and arrest two men linked to Louis Brandt's death. Autopsy by Medical Examiner Hawes to determine cause after Brandt died en route to a relief hospital. Police seek Brandt's movements yesterday while investigators await autopsy results.
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Boston
Louis Brandt
Relief Hospital
Brandt
Dugan
Criminal Investigation Bureau
Station 2
Hawes
Ready Money Buy at F D Barry Factory in Brockton
This week Ready Money purchased two hundred pairs of F D Barry’s regular 3 50 men s shoes at 2 50 a pair. Sale runs Friday morning through Saturday night. Spot cash purchase, all sizes 6 to 10, 4 and 5 wide. Box Calf, hand welt, double sole bars, winter shoes.
Dowies Crusade Arrives in New York for Zion City Rally
Four thousand Zion hosts led by John Alexander Dowie arrive in New York from Zion City to stage a regeneration crusade at Madison Square Garden. Crowds gather as trains bring worshipers, uniforms resemble infantry, and a large platform and baptismal font are prepared for the event. Boston supporters depart to join the effort.
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New York
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
The
Battery
Madison Square Garden
Ferry House
Dowie
United States Infantry
Carl F. Stern
Zion City
Robert Massey
Plaza Hotel
Ill
Elijah
Deacon Cotton
Garden
Bowery
Chinatown
Boston
Christian Catholic Church
Wm. H. Piper
Craze at Show Ends in Tragedy in Springfield
Herbert Hall, 14, returned home from a theatre performance in Springfield Ohio, shot his mother Jennie Hall and Charles Harley, then wounded his sister’s sweetheart before killing himself. Police say illness and the theater likely triggered the act.
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Springfield
Herbert Hall
Jennie Hall
Charles Harley
Harley
Independent Morrissette stirs district politics in KS
Alfred Morrissette running on nomination papers as an independent Republican has unsettled French Republican signers in the 25th district. F P Rivet says he signed reluctantly and supports no candidate. the mayor’s financing policy dominates municipal campaign worries as Loans exceed 300000 dollars this year with 103905 due by January first to avert a worse fiscal end.
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Alfred Morrissette
F. P. Rivet
Morrissette
Rivet
Mr. Rivet
Courier Citizen
Representative Hayes
War rumors denied by Zelaya in cable reply
New Orleans report says President Zelaya wired his purchasing agent to deny rumors that Nicaragua and Guatemala were preparing for war with Honduras and El Salvador. He called the rumors baseless.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Zelaya
Pardon hearing set on Logue case with Lobue condition
J B Cover of Lowell, injured in the assault with intent to kill on February 1, 1899, opposes Logue’s pardon unless Logue dies within a limited time after release. A pardon petition to the State prison life convict Logue, said to suffer consumption, will be heard Tuesday afternoon at the State House before the pardons committee. Cover will attend and speak.
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J. B. Cover
Lowell
Thomas F. Logue
State Prison
Logue
State House
Committee On Pardons
Cover
James Dowd
James B. Cover
Shattuck Street
John J. Pickman
Mr. Cover
Courier-Citizen
Thomas Logue
Francis Hurtubis, JR
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Norridgewogk
Sir WM. Colville
City Hall
Dartmouth
Williams
Newton
Butler
J. L. Putnam
F. D. Barry
Brockton, Mass
O’sullivan Bros. Co
Rank and File
Boy
Ries
Ayer
Aed Dees
J. B
Dowd
Vaughn Brothers
Logue and Dowd
Committee On Pardons of the Executive Council
A.C. Weston
Stickney & Smith's
Tremont St
Alladial
C. B. Cosurn & Co
Jewett Street
Merrimack Street
Foster Street
School Street
Wilson's Drug Store
Middlesex Street
Mass
Detroit
Mich
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