Memorial exercises honor late governor with massed music
Massachusetts prepares a formal memorial for the late Governor in Mechanics Hall. Three state executives and staff, plus three hundred army and navy officers, will attend as Cecilia choir of 150 voices and 59 symphony players perform Brahms Requiem and Mendelssohn. A public seating plan and a six hour program promise a dignified tribute.
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Greenhalge
Mechanics’ Building
Massachusetts
Higginson
Cecilia Choir
Brahms
Lane
St. Paul
Mendelssohn
America
Senator Lodge
Roger Wolcott
Hale
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Dalton
Army
Navy
Militia
Symphony
Will contest of Mrs Dorr continues in Supreme Court
The will dispute of the late Mrs Anrietta G Dorr of Roxbury resumes before Judge Knowlton with jurors. Dr D W Cheever testified she suffered a malignant growth and underwent an operation at St Margaret's Hospital in January 1894. Dorr maintained weekly contact while she was ill and sought interviews. his bills were paid by him through August 1894. He described attempts to reunite with his wife and noted her statements about him. Letters between the couple from 1893 94 were introduced to show their relations. The trial adjourned to Tuesday with disclosures on the estate and property values including Childwold and Millmont street residence.
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Anrietta G. Dorr
Roxbury
Trsbans
Henry G. Dorr
Supreme Court
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Mr.Dorr
St. Botolph Club
Dorr
Cheever
Childwold
Adirondacks
Millmont Street
Four Arrests After Policy Shop Raid at Wheeler Street
Members of the liquor squad raided the policy shop at 27 Wheeler Street South End and arrested four men Albert Morris James Rooks Henry Harris Frank Adams and one woman Mary Bailey. The men face policy writing and being present where gaming implements were found while the woman is charged with the latter count. All were booked at Station 4.
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Wheeler Street
South End
Station 4
Albert Morris
James Rooks
Henry Harris
Frank Adams
Mary Bailey
Aldermen Convene Special Meeting for Appointments
Mayor Quincy calls a special Board of Aldermen meeting to finalize appointments due May 1. The board adjourned last week for two weeks and will reconvene April 27 to avoid delays. James Kehoe becomes Roxbury district foreman and Michael Carroll is appointed sewer division inspector.
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Quincy
Board of Aldermen
James Kehoe
Roxbury
Michael Carroll
White Oaks in the Maz y at Brighton Club Assembly
The White Oaks club of Brighton held its second annual assembly last night in Odd Fellows Hall Allston led by Mr and Mrs James T Comee with about seventy couples dancing. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Walton Mr and Mrs George Black Mr and Mrs Harry Eaton and many others listed among the participants.
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White Oaks
Brighton
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Allston
James T. Comee
Fred Walton
George Black
Harry Eaton
William Hayward
McConnell
Hayward
Sargent
George Harriman
George Bumpus
Calvin S. Weir
Henry Thompson
E. J. Pierce
W. C. Jones
Eebtgs
Barnaby
En Bearwarer
Mohan
Robert Phomnwon
Maune Puillips
F. E. Edgerley
Dead man found on railroad tracks near Burnham
City brief reports the discovery of an unknown man aged about 45 to 50, five feet six inches tall, wearing dark clothes, with a crushed skull, on the New York and New England line near Burnham yesterday. The London committee of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company met at Parker House, with Colonel S. M. Hedges presiding.
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New York & New England
Burnham
London Committee
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Parker House
S. M. Hedges
Miss Coleman Honored At Worcester Hall Testimonial
A testimonial concert for Miss Sarah Coleman last evening at St. Rose's Hall Worcester street featured Strachan's Orchestra with the first public performance of The X Ray march by Frederic T. Strachan. Grace H. Maher F T Strachan Little Eddie Henry H Myers and Dot Reed contributed numbers alongside floor director John T White and assistants H J Quinn Nicholas S Lawless Wallace Hoagland and John E McManus.
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St. Rose’s Hall
Worcester Street
Sarah Coleman
South End
Strachan
Frederic T. Strachan
Ninth Regiment
Grace H. Maher
F. T. Strachan
Little Eddie
Henry H. Myers
Dot Reed
John T. White
H. J. Quinn
Maher
John S. Quinn
Nicholas S. Lawless
Wallace Hoagland
John E. McManus
Principal Whiting a Favorite In Greenfield
In Greenfield on April 17 the High School pupils petitioned the school committee to reject Principal Whiting’s resignation. A later petition circulated among local businessmen urged the committee to refuse the resignation as well, and the committee meeting drew many of Mr Whiting’s supporters.
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Greenfield
Whiting
Governor and Mrs Busiel Visit Adams House NH
The governor and Mrs Busiel of New Hampshire are stopping at the Adams House during their visit. This brief confirms a civic figure and spouse staying at a noted local lodging, reflecting routine state visit activity.
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Mrs. Busiel
New Hampshire
Adams House
American Wringer Co Servicing Boston Homes
The American Wringer Company lists locations at 13 and 1é Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill Boston offering all kinds of wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers. Repairs called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 764.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway
Cornhill
Boston
Plan for reorganizing St Louis and San Francisco Railway
A New York April 17 report outlines a plan by a committee of Amsterdam Boston and New York bondholders to reorganize the St Louis and San Francisco Railway. The plan calls for a $50 million consolidated mortgage bonds a $5 million first preferred stock $16 million second preferred stock and $29 million common stock all under five voting trustees for five years and possibly longer until 4 percent cash dividends are paid for two consecutive years.
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New York
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Union of
Amsterdam
Boston
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
General Louis Fitzgerald
Isaac N. Seligman
J. Kennedy Tod
B. P. Cheney
S. Alsberg
Charles S. Gleed
C. Eastman
James A. Blair
Frederick Strauss
Cary Whitridge
Atchison Joint Organization Committee
Atchison
John A. Stewart
United States Trust Company
General Louis Fitgerald
Mercantile Trust Compay
Isaac N. Selignan
J. A. Blair
B. P. Kheney
D. P. Kimball
Burglary Ring Suspects Arrested in London on Diamonds
London police arrested William Turner and William Roberts Dunlop on Bond Street as suspects in the New York Burden diamond heist. Seized were 28 unset diamonds worth about 3000 pounds plus another 40,000 pounds of jewelry at their Mayfair lodgings. A gold piece engraved T Burden was recovered. Both men offered no resistance or explanations.
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London
New York Burden
William Turner
William Roberts Dunlop
Bond Street
Scotland Yard
New York
I. Townsend Burden
New York City
Vine Street
Shepherd’s Market
Mayfair
T. Burden
Eps
Boston Engineers Banquet Led by Nelson At Wells Memorial
The Boston branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers held its annual supper in Wells Memorial building last evening with Mr. Nelson in the chair. Mr. Nolan spoke for the Lynn branch and Mr. Shaw traced thirty years with the society. The group highlighted the society as a benevolent labor union offering superannuation sick and other benefits. The evening closed with singing and music by Mr. Kitson.
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Boston
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Wells Memorial Building
Nelson
Nolan
Shaw
Lynn
Mr. Kitson
Notable Pen Names of Famous Authors and Their Real Identities
The article lists numerous pen names from literary history. It notes Bailey and Joshua Coffin used by Frederick Douglass and Longfellow, Jedediah Cleishbotham for Sir Walter Scott, Elia for Charles Lamb, and George Sand for Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, among others. It discusses motives behind adopting noms de plume and mentions specific works and contexts.
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Sir Walter ¢Ott
Jedediah Cleishbotham
Henry W. Longfellow
Newbury
Joshua Coffin
Barry Cornell
B. W Proctor
Barry
Robert Soutey
Espriella Alvare
Enland
J. Fenimore Cooper
Francis Mooney
Father Prout
Harry Lorreyer
Humphrey Day
Josh Billings
Eli Perkins
Hew W. Shaw
Charles Lamb
Elia
Wes
Li Perkins
Societ
M. D. Landon
Markham Hodwid
Maryell Hay
Markha
WH. Ainsworth
Cruiser
Jonathan
Gulliver
Lemuel Gulliver
Oliver Goldsmith
Stones
Christine Crowfield
Izaak Waltin
John Chalkill
Douglass Jerold
Punch
Barrabas Whiteheather
Archbishop Whately
Henry Labouchere
Paris
Charles F. Browne
Artemus Ward
William E. Gladstone
Frederick Douglass
Bailey
Douglass
George Eliot
Marian C. Evans
Mme. Dudevant
George Sand
James R. Lowell
Biglow
Hosea Biglow
New England
Licenses Granted and Refused in Fall River
In Fall River on April 17, 89 liquor licenses were granted with only five changes to the previous list. John Campbell and Preston Williams were refused. Michael H. McNulty & Co. were also refused. Edward Gadden & Co. received an innholders license replacing McNulty. Enterprise Brewing and Old Colony Brewing took the Campbell and Williams licenses. Potential revocation risk noted for Simon Garahy, John Mahoney, and Michael Sullivan due to nearby school on Central Street. David A. Kearns granted an independent license after sharing last year with Reddy Barrett.
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Fall River
John Campbell
Border City Village
Preston & Williams
Edwin Jackson
Michael H. McNulty
McNulty
Campbell and Preston & Williams
Enterprise Brewing Company
Old Colony Brewing Company
Central Street
Simon Garahy
John Mahoney
Michael Sullivan
David A. Kearns
Reddy Barrett
5000 Bottles Free Dewey's Lung Medicine
The Dewey Medical Company at 74 Boylston Street offers a free trial bottle of Dewey's Lung Medicine starting at 9 AM. It targets bronchitis and early lung consumption, claiming fifty years of tested effectiveness, no opiates, and that the vegetable remedy improves weak lungs.
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Dewey Medical Company
Boylston Street
Dewey
Dewey Medical Co cures stomach lungs and heart trouble
Patent medicine advertisements claim cures for stomach, lung and heart conditions with testimonials from Alfred F. Baker, Mrs A Westerly, Julia A Delano, Charles L Russell, Miss Agnes Brown, Mrs FE Bones and Mrs Herman Street Everett. Narratives describe long illnesses improved after using the Dewey remedies and praise the products.
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Alfred F. Baker
Essex Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
A. Westerly
Chestnut St
Boston
Julia A. Delano
Harvard Street
Dewey Medical Co
Charles L. Russell
High Street
West Medford
Agnes Brown
Newbury Street
Back Bay
FE. C. Bones
Herman Street
Everett
New Patient Hours Limited to Weekends and Mondays
New patients are asked to apply only on Fridays Saturdays Sundays and Mondays. Office location at 74 Boylston Street near Tremont House. Visiting hours are 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays hours are 10 to 4 p.m.
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Boylston St
Tremont House
Printers Dance Celebrates Union Label at Rockwell and Churchill
The Rockwell and Churchill city printers hosted a large informal party at Odd Fellows Hill with around 200 couples. A Berkeley Orchestra concert opened the event, followed by dancing directed by Henry M. Cooper. Guests included Colonel Horace G. Rockwell, Gardner O. Churchill, Simon J. Nevins, and many others with a colored souvenir order of dances.
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Rockwell & Churchill
Odd Fellows’ Hill
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Union
Rockwell & Churchill Press
Berkeley Orchestra
John Thomas
Apollo Quartet
Henry M. Cooper
Horace G. Rockwell
Gardner O. Churchill
Thomas J. Lane
City Printing
Simon J. Nevins
The
Typographical Union
A. W
Gertie Lerned
Maggie Ahern
Ida Knauber
Lulu Knauber
K. (. MacDonald
Jessie McInnis
Shacone McNeil
Mary Gray
Kate Roche
Mary O'Connor
Thomas F. Joyce
L. P. West
Joseph Long
David E. Barry
Thomas O'Connell
John Micken
Henry Cooper
Mary Brennan
C. Curran
Mary Keltz
Mary Sullivan
Abbie Lerned
Katie Currie
Mamie Currie
W. F. Barry
Nellie O'Connor
Rose O’connor
Joseph D. O'Connor
J. E. O'Connor
Belle Belyea
Estelle Silva
Matthew Silva
Mary Fitzgerald
John F. Coghlan
Clara Gordon
Minnie Moffett
Mary Shea
Nora Shea
Margaret Moynihan
Madeline Pike
John Desmond
James Houlihan
Frank Doye
J. J. Fitzpatrick
Hannah Sullivan
John Reardon
Harry Christmas
Joseph Moynihan
Nora Ford
J. J. Mullen
Kitty O’nell
Kitty M. Foley
Nora McGrath
William L. Goulding
Mary Long
Nellie C. Long
Christina Long
Andrew McQuade
John W. Long
Gertrude Grant
J. T. Gilmartin
Jeanie Campbell
Florence Evans
George EF. Sherman
Richard Cooper
C. W. Green
A. K K. Wheeler
George Black
Grace Kline
Julius Starker
San Antonio
Tex
F. F. Dowd
L. E. Donovan
Clara Rosenfeld
Josie O'Neil
Nellie Downey
Lulu Robinson
Harry Smith
Robert J. Doherty
May McLaughlin
Nellie Green
Annie White
John N. Whittem
C. R. Williams
Hattie Quinn
Winnie Middleton
May Fitzgerald
Rebecca Burnett
Margaret Sherry
Elsie Gray
Mamie Brennan
Pauline Sewall
Rose O'Connor
Katie Cannon
Mamie Long
Charles Curran
Mary Fitzpatrick
Notorious Boston Diamond Thief Strikes in City
A famed female jewel thief, described as the queen of thieves, duped diamond clerks at Shreve, Crump & Low and Stowell’s in Boston. She inspected stones, concealed a $70 ring and an $875 ring, and fled toward Winter Street. Police describe her as a seasoned professional, possibly Sophie Lyons, and pursues remain ongoing with Pinkertons aiding the hunt.
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Shreve, Crump & Low’s
Tremont Street
Stowell’s
Winter Street
Boston
Washington Street
Sherborn
Bunker Hill Monument
Stony Brook
Pinkertons
Queen of Thieves
Sophie Lyons
Kentucky
Gorman and Chandler clash over Senate obstruction fears
In Washington on April 17, Senator Gorman warned against undue haste for summer politics while urging a normal majority agenda. Senator Chandler teased that Gorman’s remarks frightened him, as Aldrich noted no party holds a Senate majority. Gorman insisted there would be no obstruction from Democrats.
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Washington
Senate
Gorman
Aldrich
Republican Party
Treasury
Chandler
New Hampshire
Vilas
Rep
R. J
Wisconsin
Tennyson’s youth tale Mungo the American found
A newly discovered prose piece by Alfred Tennyson written at age fourteen titled Mungo the American. The tale follows how the narrator finds a sword and two years later returns it to its rightful owner, revealing an early voice and plot of adventure.
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Tennyson
Mungo
Alfred Tennyson
Hollister Leads Quarter Mile As Harved Games End in Rain
In wet cold conditions at Holmes Field the interclass spring games concluded with Hollister’s decisive quarter-mile win and a strong bicycle finale by White, Baker, and Powers. Yale-like Relays team for Harvard was announced with Brewer, Fish, Vincent, and Hollister among choices.
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Hollister
Whits
Pennsylvania
Avard Athletic Association
Holmes Field
Ali
Alg Ee
White
Baker
Powers
Vincent
Bordman
Blakemore
Munro
Kubii
Bigelow
Redpath
Roche
Eaton
Grant
Fenno
Gerrish Newell
Clarke
Mason
Kubli
Ghan
Lovering
Shaw
Hermen
Harevard
Philadelphia
J. L. Brewer
H. H. Fish
W. H. Vincent
E. Hollister
V. Munro
K. K. Ku
H.L. Williams
Mik. Gonterman
A. Dyrenforth
J. T. Roche, Jr
A. M. Eaton
F. H. Bigelow
L. W. Redpath
Tme
I. W. Redpath
J. D. Phillips
C. J. Lieman
P. Nichols
H. Fish
W. R. Mansfield
G. F. Baker, Jr
E. D. Powers
A. E. Dacy
H. P. White
EK. D. Powers
D. Grant
E. N. Fenno, Jr
H. W. Foote
J. Bordman
A. W. Blakenoe
F. Mason
W. G. Morse
L.W. Redpath
J. G. Clarke
A. Stickney, Jr
W. D. Hennen
F. G. Shaw
I. Haines
K. K. Kubli
A. Lovering
Pensions for New Englanders and Washington
A dated list of pensions approved on April 17 covering multiple states. Names include Francis A. Shaw Bel fast, George W. Roberts Oldtown, Esther J. Charles South Smithfield, Almira J. Day Denmark, Julia E. Thornton Fairfield, and others across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island. Entries note original, reissue or increase actions for widows and others with many towns and townspeople named.
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Washington
New England
Maine
Francis A. Shaw
Belfast
George W. Roberts
Oldtown
Martin Brewer
Boothbay Harbor
George W. Burding
South Thomaston
Esther J. Charles
South Smithfield
Almira J. Day
Denmark
Julia E. Thornton
Fairfield
New Hampshire
David CG
Jackson
Manchester
Ezra C. Broad
Campton Village
Nancy E. Tucker
Alexandria
Vermont
Dwight P. Collin Danby
Albert E. Rogers
Williston
Mary C. Foster
Springfield
Massachusetts
Ethan
Northampton
Minor
Thomas P. Morse
Lancaster
Mary Drummond
East Orleans
Rebecca F. Shelton
Malden
Annette C. Lynch
Boston
Emeline F. Emmons
Abbey C. Ray
Brockton
Hattie A. Blackburn
Athol
Rhode Island
Gardner Ballou
Nasonville
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Conn
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Newburyport
Raymond
Bromfield
Washington ST
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Cathedral
P. Morris
Aldermen
Miss Coleman
Busiel
Hood
Allchemists
ST. Louis
San Francisco
Burden
Boston Engineers
Noms DE Plume
Gladstoni
Frederick Dovlass
Mrs. Stowe
Christine
Botham
Jamaica
Satancat
Senator Gorman
Harvard
Marry ME
Andie
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Cole—Twitchell
Paul Gore Street
Jamaica Plain
William R. Campbell
Augustus H. Cole
Mise
Emma F. Twitchell
Friench
South Boston
Catherine G
James W. French
Jeremiahan
Mary Sweeney
Flowers
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont ST
HILL
Hill Medicine Co
Bingpark