Somerville MA in the NYTimes
For my own amusement, while I'm on a conference call, I'm compiling all the mentions of Somerville MA in the New York Times.
1860 - 1995: Murder and mayhem
May 22, 1860: Fires.; FACTORY AND DWELLINGS AT MALDEN DWELLINGS IN SOMERVILLE, MASS.
Nov 4, 1863: Fire at Somerville, Mass
April 21, 1882: MURDERED BY AN INSANE MAN.; MRS. P.R. RUSSELL, OF SOMERVILLE, MASS., KILLED BY HER SON-IN-LAW, E.R. PRESCOTT.
July 21, 1886: TRUSTING A GYPSY QUEEN.; HOW MRS. RINK LOST FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. In case you couldn't tell from the headline, kinda racist.
Aug 14, 1886: THE SOMERVILLE BORGIA; MORE STARTLING CRIMES LAID TO MRS. ROBINSON. ACCUSED OF POISONING 109 PERSONS AT A CHURCH FESTIVAL--THE CRUEL FATE OF HER OWN FAMILY.
August 22, 1886: A PHYSICIAN IN THE CASE; ANOTHER ARREST FOR THE SOMERVILLE POISONING. DR. C.C. BEERS, OF BOSTON, AND MRS. ROBINSON ARRAIGNED ON A CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISONING.
Aug 28, 1886: HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY; ACTION IN THE SOMERVILLE POISONING CASE. JUDGE STORY FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR COMMITTING MRS. ROBINSON AND MR. SMITH.
Feb 7, 1888: THE SOMERVILLE POISONER.; MRS. ROBINSON AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE.
Nov 13, 1888: HER NECK SAVED.; THE SOMERVILLE POISONER GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
Jan 23, 1899: YOUTHFUL BURGLAR CAUGHT.; 16-Year-Old Criminal Shoots His Captor at West Somerville, Mass.
Feb 17, 1900: GIRL SEARCHED AS THIEF; Indignation at Somerville, Mass., Over Teachers' Treatment of Pupil.
July 8, 1900: Boys Drowned in Old Clay Pit
July 13, 1900: BURNED IN OIL EXPLOSION.; Bystanders at Somerville, Mass., More or Less Seriously Injured.
Sept 4, 1908: ACTOR KILLED WIFE AND CUT UP BODY; Chester Jordan, the Husband, Confesses to Boston Police When Arrested in Boarding House. This one is particularly gory.
June 9, 1909: MURDERS FIVE MEN IN SLAUGHTER HOUSE; Butcher Goes Insane at Somerville and Strikes Down His Fellow-Workers. FEDERAL OFFICER MAY DIE Was the First to be Wounded -- Crazed Man Finally Overpowered After Being Badly Beaten. They like their headlines long in 1909. If you opt to view the full article PDF from that link, be aware that it contains very detailed descriptions of the attack.
Aug 08, 1910: IN ONE HOME 92 YEARS.; Timothy Tufts, Wealthy Resident of Somerville, Dies of Old Age. This one is apparently newsworthy because he wasn't poisoned, burned, or hacked to death.
June 27, 1911: PASTOR IN JAIL, WIFE SCRUBS.; The Rev. Mr. Bayliss Imprisoned for Libel -- No Aid for Mrs. Bayliss.
June 21, 1914: INSANE WIFE KILLS A BOSTON LAWYER; Fires Eleven Bullets Into Folsom's Body While Driving to Her Farm Retreat.
Aug 5, 1921: SEEKS $300,000 FOR LIBEL.; Ex-Soldier of Somerville, Mass., Resents Allegation That He (deserted army).
Aug 15, 1984: EX-NEW ENGLAND OFFICIAL INDICTED ON COUNT OF ATTEMPTED EXTORTION
Aug 9, 1987: Boston Artists See End For Real Estate Wars. Presaging the hip era: an article about the formation of Brickbottom.
Jan 5, 1992: CAMPUS LIFE: Tufts; A Fraternity, Disciplined Twice, Faces New Threat Trouble with off-campus fraternity house in Somerville.
July 30, 1995: Teen-Ager Charged in Slaying Of His Best Friend's Mother
2000 - now: So hip it hurts
Nov 15, 2000: AMERICA CELEBRATES: SOMERVILLE, MASS.; A Blend of Town and Country; a profile of a gay Somerville couple and how they do Thanksgiving. "Mr. Simmons does most of the shopping, treating Somerville, Mass., near Boston, like a small French village."
May 13, 2004: Boston Bars Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages (but Somerville allows them).
March 18, 2005: Book him: Regular guy as crime fighter. About a Somerville detective, Joe McCain, who went up against organized crime and assorted bad guy. (Content warning: mentions of child sexual abuse.)
March 17, 2009: Big-Bellied, Text-Messaging Trash Cans?
Sept 2, 2010: Loving the Lowbrow (It Has Its Own Hall of Fame). About the Museum of Bad Art.
April 30, 2011: How Happy Are You? A Census Wants to Know
Oct 8, 2012: Sending a Message by Tooting Their Horns -- about Honk! festival.
Oct 2, 2014: Out of the Shadow of Boston and Cambridge, comes a new hero -- Somerville!
1860 - 1995: Murder and mayhem
May 22, 1860: Fires.; FACTORY AND DWELLINGS AT MALDEN DWELLINGS IN SOMERVILLE, MASS.
Nov 4, 1863: Fire at Somerville, Mass
April 21, 1882: MURDERED BY AN INSANE MAN.; MRS. P.R. RUSSELL, OF SOMERVILLE, MASS., KILLED BY HER SON-IN-LAW, E.R. PRESCOTT.
July 21, 1886: TRUSTING A GYPSY QUEEN.; HOW MRS. RINK LOST FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. In case you couldn't tell from the headline, kinda racist.
Aug 14, 1886: THE SOMERVILLE BORGIA; MORE STARTLING CRIMES LAID TO MRS. ROBINSON. ACCUSED OF POISONING 109 PERSONS AT A CHURCH FESTIVAL--THE CRUEL FATE OF HER OWN FAMILY.
August 22, 1886: A PHYSICIAN IN THE CASE; ANOTHER ARREST FOR THE SOMERVILLE POISONING. DR. C.C. BEERS, OF BOSTON, AND MRS. ROBINSON ARRAIGNED ON A CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISONING.
Aug 28, 1886: HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY; ACTION IN THE SOMERVILLE POISONING CASE. JUDGE STORY FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR COMMITTING MRS. ROBINSON AND MR. SMITH.
Feb 7, 1888: THE SOMERVILLE POISONER.; MRS. ROBINSON AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE.
Nov 13, 1888: HER NECK SAVED.; THE SOMERVILLE POISONER GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
Jan 23, 1899: YOUTHFUL BURGLAR CAUGHT.; 16-Year-Old Criminal Shoots His Captor at West Somerville, Mass.
Feb 17, 1900: GIRL SEARCHED AS THIEF; Indignation at Somerville, Mass., Over Teachers' Treatment of Pupil.
July 8, 1900: Boys Drowned in Old Clay Pit
July 13, 1900: BURNED IN OIL EXPLOSION.; Bystanders at Somerville, Mass., More or Less Seriously Injured.
Sept 4, 1908: ACTOR KILLED WIFE AND CUT UP BODY; Chester Jordan, the Husband, Confesses to Boston Police When Arrested in Boarding House. This one is particularly gory.
June 9, 1909: MURDERS FIVE MEN IN SLAUGHTER HOUSE; Butcher Goes Insane at Somerville and Strikes Down His Fellow-Workers. FEDERAL OFFICER MAY DIE Was the First to be Wounded -- Crazed Man Finally Overpowered After Being Badly Beaten. They like their headlines long in 1909. If you opt to view the full article PDF from that link, be aware that it contains very detailed descriptions of the attack.
Aug 08, 1910: IN ONE HOME 92 YEARS.; Timothy Tufts, Wealthy Resident of Somerville, Dies of Old Age. This one is apparently newsworthy because he wasn't poisoned, burned, or hacked to death.
June 27, 1911: PASTOR IN JAIL, WIFE SCRUBS.; The Rev. Mr. Bayliss Imprisoned for Libel -- No Aid for Mrs. Bayliss.
June 21, 1914: INSANE WIFE KILLS A BOSTON LAWYER; Fires Eleven Bullets Into Folsom's Body While Driving to Her Farm Retreat.
Aug 5, 1921: SEEKS $300,000 FOR LIBEL.; Ex-Soldier of Somerville, Mass., Resents Allegation That He (deserted army).
Aug 15, 1984: EX-NEW ENGLAND OFFICIAL INDICTED ON COUNT OF ATTEMPTED EXTORTION
Aug 9, 1987: Boston Artists See End For Real Estate Wars. Presaging the hip era: an article about the formation of Brickbottom.
Jan 5, 1992: CAMPUS LIFE: Tufts; A Fraternity, Disciplined Twice, Faces New Threat Trouble with off-campus fraternity house in Somerville.
July 30, 1995: Teen-Ager Charged in Slaying Of His Best Friend's Mother
2000 - now: So hip it hurts
Nov 15, 2000: AMERICA CELEBRATES: SOMERVILLE, MASS.; A Blend of Town and Country; a profile of a gay Somerville couple and how they do Thanksgiving. "Mr. Simmons does most of the shopping, treating Somerville, Mass., near Boston, like a small French village."
May 13, 2004: Boston Bars Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages (but Somerville allows them).
March 18, 2005: Book him: Regular guy as crime fighter. About a Somerville detective, Joe McCain, who went up against organized crime and assorted bad guy. (Content warning: mentions of child sexual abuse.)
March 17, 2009: Big-Bellied, Text-Messaging Trash Cans?
Sept 2, 2010: Loving the Lowbrow (It Has Its Own Hall of Fame). About the Museum of Bad Art.
April 30, 2011: How Happy Are You? A Census Wants to Know
Oct 8, 2012: Sending a Message by Tooting Their Horns -- about Honk! festival.
Oct 2, 2014: Out of the Shadow of Boston and Cambridge, comes a new hero -- Somerville!