McKinley Plans Vice Presidential Pitch to Platt
New York reports overtures by McKinley managers to Senator Platt of Connecticut for the vice presidency. Platt declines, preferring six more years in the Senate. The plan aims to weaken Reed in Connecticut and may ripple to other states with proposed ticket shuffles.
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New York
Washington
McKinley
Senator Plat
Connecticut
Platt
Reed
H. Clay Evans
Tennessee
Bradley
Kentucky
Garret Hobart
New Jersey
Rhode Island
New England
Mr. Platt
Judge Henry Russell Dead at 64 in Stratford Probate Court
Judge Henry Russell of Stratford Probate Court died this afternoon at age 64. He served as judge of probate for twenty seven years, managed the King House in New York, and was active with the Christian Church, library, and charity associations through his son and family connections.
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Dgeport
Conn
Enry Russell
Stratford Court
King House
New York
Robert Rusnnected
Lbrary
Ery Association
Monroe Dead Aged Jewelry Merchant of Boston and Southport
Ebenezer Monroe, a Massachusetts descendant and longtime jewelry dealer, died at the Fifth Avenue Hotel of peritonitis. Born November 1810 in Boston, he retired twenty years ago after an active career. He had a summer home in Southport, Connecticut, and is survived by two daughters.
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Ebenezer Monroe
Massachusetts
Fifth Avenue
Southport
Conn
Boston
Pastime Social Club Raid Nets Twenty Arrests
Police raided the Pastime Social Club in Waterbury at 11 PM and arrested twenty club members during a boxing match. The raid exposes a well known organization of young men.
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Waterbury, Conn
Funeral for John Reece of Brookline Plant
Funeral services were held for John Reece, late president of the Reece Buttonhole Machine Company, from his Brookline home on Summer Street yesterday afternoon. Reece was killed by an elevator accident at his Harrison Avenue building last Tuesday. Pallbearers included Rodney Greenleaf and five others. about fifty-three shop workers attended. A floral wreath read Shopmates. Interment was at Woodlawn Cemetery. A meeting was held to pass resolutions on his death.
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John Reece
Reece Buttonhole Machine Company
Summer Street
Brookline
Baker
Reece
Harrison Avenue
Rodney Greenleaf
Martin Mills
Morris Lee
Fred Latterham
George Caruthers
James Ramage
Woodlawn Cemetery
Taris
Blanchard
Paris
English Channel
Jeffries
Calais
France
Alb
Saxony
Charles
Baldwin and cattleman clash in famed San Francisco poker match
In a legendary Capitol tale, Lucky Baldwin and a California cattleman played a high stake no limit game in San Francisco. Baldwin rejected a $10,000 cap, offered to beat it with a higher stake, and even put up Market Street property as collateral against 750 cattle. The showdown ended with four queens against a set of races, described as the stiffest Pacific coast game in years.
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San Francisco
Lucky Baldwin
California
Baldwin
Market Street
Pacific Coast
Washington Post
Session of the License Court Debates Defining Drunkenness
The License Court convened to settle when a man can be called drunk with a judge citing a line about being prostrate while others quote a couplet on drinking. A lawyer sought a rule guiding refusals to serve, arguing the saloon has no right to determine intoxication.
Page 12 features editorials in Easter Saturday issue
Post editorials and editorial features appear on page 12 of the 16 page Easter Saturday edition. A double led political editorial is included for readers to study and ponder.
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Post
Schaefer Dominates Garnier in New York Pool Showdown
In Madison Square Garden Schaefer defeated Belgian champion Garnier 600 to 204 in a long Garriner-Schaefer billiards match. Schaefer led from early on with a 132 high run while Garnier struggled. final score 600 to 204. Tomorrow night the series ends with Schaefer versus Ives.
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New York
Schaefer
Albert Garnier
Madison Square Garden
Garnier
Wizard
Gernier
Igner
Proeneee Donner
Colonel Foster
Ives
Locked Doors Shadow West Somerville Club
The Old Powder House Club in West Somerville faced a week of locked doors as a key member foreclosed on debts over $1000. Once a leading venue with many prominent members, the club’s future is in doubt and likely disbandment follows low attendance and financial strain.
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Old Powder House Club
West Somerville
Somerville
West
Old Powder House
Davis
Elm Street
Davis Square
Strike Ordered Today Over Nonunion Houssmiths
The grievance committee of the Building Trades Council ordered a strike on the Star Brewery Company project at Shirley street and Norfolk avenue. The Trenton Iron Company of Trenton N J is contracting. Sixty men will be involved as workers refuse to discharge non union housesmiths.
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Star Brewery
Star Brewery Company
Shirley Street
Norfolk Avenue
Trenton Iron Company
Trenton
N. J
Man kills two women then attempts to take own life
In Clinton Illinois on April 3 James Polen argued with his wife over another man. Polen shot and killed his wife and her mother Mrs William McMillen. He then tried to kill himself by lying in front of a passing train, suffering injuries likely to prove fatal.
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James Polen
Clinton
Ill
William McMillen
Polen
Weymouth Selectmen Surprise City With Staffing Shakeup
Weymouth officials announced a special meeting result that reshapes town policing and streets. Liquor Officers Bailey and Pratt failed reappointment. Fitzgerald moves from night duty in Ward 3 to liquor squad after ten years. John Evans of Somerville appointed superintendent of streets at 1500 dollars annually. Night police named Pearce Ward 2 Pease Ward 3 and Allen Ward 5. officers to earn 600 dollars yearly.
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Weymouth
George B. Bailey
A. Herbert Pratt
Thomas Fitzgerald
Patrick Butler
Nathaniel B. Pearce
James T. Pease
Michael Allen
John Evans
Somerville
Insurance swindle tied to grave fraud probe ends in mystery
Indianapolis report says Charles Lispenard, supreme ranger of the Foresters, exposed a fatal insurance fraud by Dr. Cox by opening a grave and finding Myers not buried. Lispenard disappeared six weeks ago after contacting Vincennes, with friends fearing murder by an ally of the swindler.
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Ind
Charles Lispenard
Order of Foresters
Cox
Myers
Lispenard
Vincennes
First of Aeronauts and Open Air Salvation Debate
A long historical note recalls Blanchard as the first celebrity balloonist born in 1788 and recounts early air travel feats. It also prints Brigadier Brewer’s letter defending the Salvation Army in Malden, arguing against aldermanic restrictions and urging open air outreach and religious liberty.
Harvard Perkins Triumph in Nomination for President Race
Delegates backed James Martin Perkins of Harvard over BE Henning of the Columbian Law School by 23 to 19 after a heated ballot. Harry Weinstein of Ann Arbor became first vice president, W S Harris of Princeton secretary, and H Le Claire Tekes of Chicago treasurer as delegates from Princeton Yale and Harvard surged. Philadelphia initially won the 1897 convention site but after reconsideration Minneapolis was pledged the 1898 gathering and the convention adjourned sine die.
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Harvard
BE. J. Henning
Columbian Law School
Henning
Grand Rapids
Perkins
Princeton
Yale
Harry Weinstein
Ann Arbor
W. S. Harris
H. le Claire Tekes
U. of C
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Landwrecked Sailor Narrates Shipwreck Tale at Somerville Station
A man calling himself Charles 8. Yates from Gardner told Somerville police that his vessel was wrecked off the Faulkner Islands and he was rescued by an American consul who sent him to a vessel bound for Portland. Since arriving, he has been wandering homeward.
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McGarr
Somerville
Charles 8. Yates
Gardner
Faulkner Islands
Portland
Bates
Bermuda to sail from Puerto Cortez with ammo seizure
A private despatch reports the steamship Bermuda will sail tomorrow from Puerto Cortez bound for New Orleans. Ninety boxes of ammunition found aboard and seized are held by Honduran authorities. Colonel Nunez is listed as a passenger.
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London
Bermuda
Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
Nunez
Seven Somerville churches unite in Good Friday service
Seven congregations gathered last night at Prospect Hill Church for a union Good Friday service. Attendees from Winter Hill Broadway West Somerville Highland Prospect Hill and Union Square churches heard Rev. H. H. Leavitt invoke blessing Rev. Peter MacQueen lead readings Rev. James M. Gray read scripture Rev. Charles L. Noyes give an address Revs. Atkinson and Anderson administered the Lord's Supper Benediction by Rev. E. S. Tead.
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Prospect Hill
Winter Hill
Broadway
West Somerville
Highland
Union Square Presbyterian Church
H. H. Leavitt
Peter MacQueen
James M. Gray
Charles L. Noyes
Thomas Atkinson
K Anderson
Britain waits on Venezuela in arbitrate dispute
London reports The Daily News says Venezuela has not replied to the British case in the blue book. The paper claims Venezuela offered only protests against British encroachments and produced no proof of jurisdiction east of the Orinoco. It questions whether the American commission has received anything beyond pamphlets.
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The
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Venezuela
American Commission
Orinoco River
Lord Aberdeen
Lord Salisbury
Marblehead man arrested for
W Wallace Coates aged 22 of 228 Washington street Marblehead was arrested yesterday by Inspectors Cogan and Morrissey on a charge of obtaining property valued at 11 dollars 68 cents by false pretenses from B B Peterson Co located at 4 and 65 India street on March 10.
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W. Wallace Coates
Washington Street
Marblehead
Cogan
Morrissey
B. B. Peterson & Co
India Street
Watches Recovered After Malden Burglary
Inspector George Greenleaf recovered gold watches and other goods stolen from A. B. Morgan's residence. The items were found in a Boston pawn shop, with inscriptions scratched and articles mutilated.
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Malden
George Greenleaf
A. B. Morgan
Boston
Two Women Arrested for Shoplifting at Jordan Marsh Store
Dora Walker, 38, of Simmit Avenue Winthrop, and Laura Fleet, 33, of 3 Codman Street Dorchester, were arrested Friday by Inspectors McGarr and Kelley and by Inspectors Knox and Douglass respectively for shoplifting at Jordan Marsh & Co. Both were locked up in the House of Detention.
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Dora Walker
Simmit Avenue
Winthrop
McGarr and Kelley
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Laura Fleet
Knox and
Douglass
Codman Street
Dorchester
Close escape from coal gas in Malden home
Mrs Ann Harrison and her daughter of 3 Linden Court nearly suffocated when coal gas leaked from a stove last evening. Neighbors found them unconscious and Dr. McDonald revived them after some time.
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Malden
Ann Harrison
Linden Court
McDonald
Cane Club Masquerade At Waltham Ball
The Canoe Club held a masquerade at its club house with about seventy five couples attending. Many attractive costumes appeared including several notable local outfits. President Hyde oversaw the floor arrangements.
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Waltham
Canoe Club
Hyde
Eight-Year-Old Pillsbury Dies After Paralytic Shock
Isabelle W. Pillsbury aged eight, found unconscious in her South Portland apartment on Wednesday forenoon, died this afternoon from a paralytic shock. The case is reported from South Portland, Maine, with no further details provided about the incident or its cause.
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South Portland
Isabelle W. Pillsbury
Company K Inspected in Braintree Armory Hall
Colonel Bancroft conducted the annual inspection of Company K Fifth Regiment at Armory Hall in Braintree with Paymaster Warren present. Fifty eight men and three officers marched out under Captain Walter J. Morrison.
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Braintree
William A. Bancroft
Armory Hall
A. C. Warren
Walter J. Morrison
Fire in shavings at Court Street store extinguished
At 6:30 last night Chemical 1 responded to a still alarm for a fire in shavings in the store of M. A. Spear at 100 Court street. The blaze was caused by careless matches and was extinguished without damage. Building owned by R. J. Shaw.
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Chemical 1
M. A. Spear
Court Street
R. J. Shaw
Lasters Strike At Campello Plant In Brockton
Ten lasters employed in the E. L. Keith & Co. factory at Campello struck this afternoon over a dispute on the price for lasting. The Brockton report notes the walkout occurred on Consolidated lasting machines and reflects wage and price friction in the local textile equipment sector.
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Brockton
Mass
Campello
Man seeks injunction after wife seen with other men
An Atchison man confronted three men kissing his wife and asked a lawyer for an injunction rather than divorce. The lawyer noted strong grounds for divorce, but the man insisted on restraining the other men from continuing the affair.
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Atchison
Kansas City Star
Clara
What I know about bicycle riding quoted by Scorchleigh
A cartoon joke from Puck features Scorchleigh claiming knowledge of bicycle riding and an arresting officer retort about what remains unknown. The quip targets a driver who hit an elderly woman and humorously contrasts knowledge with fatal consequences.
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Scorchleigh
Puck
The Battle Within a Politician and a Ward Ally
Percy Pulsifer frets over city politics and a looming scandal that could wreck his chances with a visiting sister’s friend. He fears losing a potential wife and his reform plan to fight boodlers, while Tom urges him to expose the corrupt system and fight in the council with witnesses and allies.
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Percy Pulsifer
Tom
Percy
Cupid
George
The Lover's Preparations in Dupont Circle
An ambulances arrives outside a palatial Dupont Circle residence as a young man, ready to ask a young lady's father for her hand, explains the scene to a curious patrolman in a witty exchange. The officer and servant witness the moment, with the ambulance retreating after the brief inquiry.
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Republic
Earth
Dupont Circle
Guardian of the Peace
Twain Ends New Zealand Tour With Prohibition Tale
Mark Twain wrapped up his New Zealand lecture tour in Christchurch praising prohibition yet warning of hardship it could cause. He recounted a story of a man in a prohibited town seeking a drink, the apothecary insisting on a prescription, and finally joking that the snake to be consulted was booked for six months.
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Mark Twain
New Zealand
Goodby
Christchurch
Intent to Make Baby a Professional Humorist
A father, speaking in Chicago Post style, says he will shape his child to take life more lightly. He jokes the boy will be solemn like an owl yet become a professional humorist to ease seriousness for him.
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Chicago Post
Curious Coincidences and Oddities Across History
A compilation of anecdotes linking chance events and unlikely overlaps. An archeologist Albert Way accident turns into a fortune, Neptune’s simultaneous discovery by Adams and Le Verrier, a Brighton to Falmer sleeper on rails, Besant and a portrait coincidence, a lost ring found on a train, Elm Grove Virginia census oddities, Teheran theft punished by the Shah, and a sailor slain by fate near Berlin.
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Albert Way
Pall Mall
Neptune
Earth
Adams
M. Leverrier
Brighton
Falmer
Eng
Sir Walter Besant
Elm Grove
Teheran
Berlin
Honey as Food Digestible Nectar and Wax Benefits
Albany Cultivation notes that honey is easily digested, aiding weak digestion and tired appetites. It argues honey’s sugar mix, primarily grape sugar, supports almost effortless assimilation, with comb wax aiding digestion by preventing packing in bread or biscuit. The piece also mentions honey’s suitability for kidney issues and the gentle wax-stimulus during warming.
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A. J. Cook
Albany Qultiveton
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