Funeral for Former Governor Eben S. Draper in Boston
The body of former Governor Eben S. Draper arrived from Greenville South Carolina. His two sons Bristow and Eben S. Draper Jr accompanied the casket. Services were held at noon in Kings Chapel and at 315 in Memorial Church in Hopedale followed by interment in the family lot.
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Eben S. Draper
Boston
Greenville
S. C
Bristow
King’s Chapel
Hopedale
Memorial Church
Funeral procession limits public at King's Chapel services
King's Chapel seating limits exclude general public during services. Official delegations from the General Court will be five members from the House and five from the Senate. State House departments close during the funeral. A two hour suspension of business in Milford and Hopedale coincides with the funeral and interment. School sessions in the two towns are canceled this afternoon.
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King’s Chapel
General Court
House
Senate
King's Chapel
State House
Milford
Hopedale
Pothier Attends Draper Funeral in Hopedale Mass
Governor Aram J. Pothier and staff plan to attend the funeral of former Massachusetts Governor Eben Draper at Hopedale tomorrow. The party includes Colonel Latimer W. Ballou Colonel Edmund H Guerin and Edward Harris Rathbun of Woonsocket. The Manville Company mills in Woonsocket and Manville will close all day in Draper’s honor.
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Providence
Aram J. Pothier
Eben 8
S. Draper
Massachusetts
Hopedale
Latimer W. Ballou
Edmund H. Guerin
Edward Harris Rathbun
Woonsocket
Manville Company
Manville
Draper
Mysterious Woman Found Dead at Relief Hospital
An unidentified well dressed woman about 50 died at Relief Hospital after being found near 168 Tremont Street at 6 40 AM. She weighed 180 pounds, was 5 7 tall, had blue eyes and gray tinged black hair. The cause was cerebral hemorrhage with no signs of violence. A gold band ring inscribed H KE W Co A W April 6 1896 served as the sole clue.
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Relief Hospital
H. KE. W
Co. A. W
Tremont Street
Fight to Save Life of Miss Minnie Hackner
Haymarket Square Relief Station doctors fight to save 28 year old Miss Minnie Hackner, who tried to end her life with corrosive poison at Hotel Essex after fleeing East Boston contact. She registered as Mary Dyer of Salem and cannot speak English. An East Boston drug clerk was arrested on suspicion.
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Haymarket Square
Minnie Hackner
Essex
Mary Dyer
Salem
Mass
Fitzgerald
Princeton Street
East
Boston
Miss Hackner
Bryan Explains His Stand on Canal Tolls
Secretary Bryan argues against free tolls and warns Democrats to avoid subsidies. He outlines two platform planks on merchant marine support and toll exemptions for coastwise ships, urging alignment with international ethics and possible repeal risks. He stresses moral standards, arbitration, and national prestige over brute force.
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Bryan
Great Britain
United States
Welland Canal
Canada
Senate
Congress
Baltimore
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Party
Pwirst
Church Fire Alarmotion Averted Panic At Allston Church
Rev Harry W. Chamberlain of Hill Memorial Baptist Church of Allston led a hymn and orderly exit as a basement fire alarmed the building yesterday. Fire apparatus arrived amid clanging noises and the congregation moved to the sidewalk for safety.
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Harry W. Chamberlain
Hill Memorial Baptist Church
Allston
Fire in Church Basement Endangers Library Room
A basement fire at the church's library storage near the furnace room was spotted by Frank E. Bailey a pupil who heard crackling flames. The boy alerted his brothers and father the sexton who informed Rev Chamberlain. Congregation evacuated as fire crews arrived and the blaze was controlled with slight damage.
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Frank E. Bailey
Windows Street
Bailey
Archie
George
Sexton
Sexton Bailey
Chamberlain
Death at State Hospital leaves Boston woman mystery
Worcester April 12 Medical Examiner Fred H. Baker and the police investigate the death of Mrs. Alice Graffan of Boston at the State Hospital for the Insane. She died from two skull fractures and officers say no clues explain how she was injured amid a cloud of mystery.
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Worcester
Fred H. Baker
State Hospital For
Alice Graffan
Boston
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Franklin St
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Canal Commission
National Geographic Society
Library of Congress
Culebra
Tropics
Hell
Hand of Man
Frederic J. Haskin
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
New England
Todaynayake
RO Labs
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