Pigeons From Edmund Quincy Move To Boston Park
The late Edmund Quincy valued a 150 bird collection of pigeons at Isle au Haut and promised care by his brother Dr. Quincy. The city of Boston accepts the gift, a temporary coop rises at Franklin Park, with a future handsome building planned to display and shelter the birds valued in the thousands.
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Edmund Quincy
Mt. Vernon Street
Isle Au Haut
Dr. Quincy
Boston
Franklin Park
Wreck of the Jennie M Carter Off Salisbury Beach
The schooner Jennie M Carter drifted ashore at Salisbury Beach with six crew aboard and uncertain fate. Lifesavers from Plum Island and Hampton Beach fought surf and heavy seas to reach the wreck and search for survivors or bodies, while theories about cause and crew fate emerge amid wreckage and scattered belongings.
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Newburyport
Jennie M. Carter
Salisbury Beach
Elliott
Salisbury Point
Hampton Beach
Jim Elliott
Plum Island
Carter
Wesley T. Ober
Gloucester
Georges Banks
Five Cadets Resign amid Salem Military Dispute
In Salem the ancient Cadets corps faces internal strife as five officers resign. The adjutant general may decide the dispute or push disbandment, while public interest centers on the corps’ history dating to 178 and its unique militia privileges. Colonel Hart leads the unit amid tensions.
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Salem
Witch City
Hart
Congress
Massachusetts
Boston
Lowell
Hosmer
Osgood
Nichols
Packard
Bruce
Eighth Infantry
Dalton
Balem
Bold burglary convict faces four year term
George Kelley, who broke into Mrs. Bridget Lynch’s Cabot street home on December 29, was found guilty and sentenced by Judge Braley to four years in the House of Correction. Kelley stole about a small cash amount and minor items, fired at an officer but missed, and was about 26 years old with prior breaking and entering convictions.
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Plum Island
George C. Short
Charles L. Short
Frank E. Rubin
Somerville
Ellsworth
Ober
George Kelley
Bridget Lynch
Cabot Street
House of Correction
Braley
Superior Court
Kelley
Bertha Treat Arrested for Hatchet Attack in Belfast
County Attorney Runnells ordered the arrest of Bertha Treat on murderous assault charges after she allegedly struck her uncle E. P. Treat with a hatchet. The Frankfort deaf mute was held to the next term of the Supreme Judicial Court amid claims she acted in insanity and that her mother and uncle admitted the assault.
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Belfast
Runnells
Bertha Treat
Frankfort
E. P. Treat
Supreme Judicial Court
Cadet Row Sparks Debate Over Military Excellence
The article reports discord about cadet discipline and leadership, noting officers who left due to clashes. It cites one man wanting only a commission to claim honor, not to wear a uniform, while others contend the second corps is a social group where rank comes more from tenure than merit.
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Second Corps
Romotion
Pressmen's Ball in Cotillion Hall Draws 250+ Partners
The Boston Printing Pressmen's Union No. 67 held its first annual ball at Cotillion Hall from 9 to morning. William J. Casey led the grand march with Eleanor Coughlin. 250 couples danced as BR A Wright's Orchestra provided music. James T. Roche and others assisted. Prominent guests included City Council President O'Brien and Representatives J. J. Kelly among others.
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Boston Printing Pressmen’s Union No
Cotillon Hall
BR. A. Wright
William J. Casey
Eleanor Coughlin
Messrs
James T. Roche
Thomas M. Corcoran
W. F. Lewis
J. F. Cronan
BE. A. Hayes
H. T. Chapman
E. A. Kaiser
George F. Flynn
J. D. Kennelly
A. P. Hickey
J. J. Brennan
J. T. Gerrie
J. F. Hanley
J. W. Archibald
D. J. Noonan
W. I. Masters
F. B. Soule
W. J. Wilson
J. Wood
W. J. Cross
J. C. Koch
O’brien
The
Common Council
J. J. Kelly
L. O. Murphy
J. J. O'Hare
William Hurley
Bernard Doherty
James P. Reagan
J. H. Murphy
M. J. Desmond
John J. Galvin
Richard Murphy
John J. Sullivan
Larrete Whelan
Margaret O’hare
Minnie O'Hare
Eleanor Maguire
Nora Toomey
Kate Sullivan
Agnes O'Shea
Agnes Watson
E.S. Gardner
Death of Rev. Dr. McAyeal Passes on Way Home
A Cambridge editor telegram from Amesbury announces the death of Rev. Dr. McAyeal pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Lawrence while returning from California. He leaves a wife a son and two daughters Mrs. E. R. Briggs and Mrs. R. E. Briggs reside in Amesbury. The body will be brought here for burial.
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Amesbury
Cambridge
McAyeal
Presbyterian Church At
Lawrence
California
E. R. Briggs
R. E. Briggs
Exact Justice Judge Wilson Courts Breckinridge Case
Judge Wilson opened the closing argument in the breach of promise suit against Colonel Breckinridge, urging that the defendant’s defense excuses a social injury to Miss Pollard. He attacked Major Butterworth and Colonel Thompson, defended woman’s higher education, and asserted the woman’s isolation stems from the man’s crime.
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Washington
Colonel Breckinridge
Jeremiah Wilson
Miss Pollard
Judge Wilson
Major Butterworth
Desha Breckinridge
Wilson
Phil Thompson
Adam
Laughte
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Benham
United States Navy
San Francisco
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King & C
Washington St
Cor
Kneeland
I&c
Sidney S. Kelly
Vacuum Oil CO
Rochester, N. Y
Purchase Street
Post
Herald
Herald and Globe
Evening Post
F. H. Kilbourne
Broadway
South
Maine
New Hampshire
Chicago
Robinson
C. H. Robinson & CO
Dock Square
Dock Sq
Summer St
Yankee
Jennie W. Carter
Salisbury
Hampton B
Second Cadet Corps
J. T. Phelps
State Agt
Boaton
Boston Union No
M'Ayeal
Plymouth Rock
Terpan
Ellot St
DER
Canfield
WM. H. Brine
Tremont St
Paine’s Furniture CO
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