Regiment Dress Parades and Pats Day Plans Noted
The Eighth Regiment held a second dress parade on Arlington street and eyed a Patriots Day ceremony a special parade may follow. Janitor Peck clashed with a reporter, sparking a hallway altercation as Danes aided the journalist. Company C gone to Marblehead. Somerville band dispute looms for Patriots Day. many Eighth veterans discuss reenlistment for the Philippines. trench songs remembered from past battles.
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Arlington Street
Boston
Peck
The
Eighth
Tallest Soldier of the Spanish War: Corporal Valentine Gilson
Corporal Valentine Gilson of Company M earns attention as the tallest U S soldier at 6 feet 8 inches. He and brothers Howard and Lieutenant Gilson are all tall. their father served with the Fifth Massachusetts. Gilson befriended a Cuban boy at Matanzas and is noted for kindness to sick men.
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Highth
Howard Gilson
Gilson
Fifth Massachusetts
Valentine
Matanzas
Louis Gonzales
Weyler
Pro bate Court approves second distribution of King estate
In Newport Rhode Island this morning the probate court authorized the administrators of the William H. King estate to make a second distribution among the heirs. About 150000 dollars is to be distributed with 25000 dollars reserved for expenses remaining of the estate.
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King
Newport
R. I
William H. King
Corporal Gilson the Tallest Soldier in U S Service
The article profiles Corporal Valentine F E Gilson, 23, the tallest U S serviceman at about 200 pounds and three inches taller than average. He comes from Revolutionary stock. his great grandfather Nathaniel Bailey stood seven feet tall and a famed Reading couple nicknamed Adam and Eve for their height. He served as first sergeant in Company H of the Fifth before enlisting with his brother Corporal Howard A. Gilson in the Spanish American War era.
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Fie
Gilson
Nathaniel Bailey
Reading
Uncle Sam
Howard A. Gilson
Reed Keeps Them Guessing On Future Plans
In New York on April 17 Speaker Reed weighs options after arriving in the city. He considers a private practice offer worth 50000 yearly or accepting McKinley era terms to chair the House again with no presidential ambitions for 1900. Congressman Sherman and Littauer were in talks as the question of retirement arose.
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New York
Reed
Jekyl Island
McKinley
House of Representatives
United States
Sherman
Littauer
Congress
Arts and Crafts Exhibition At Copley Hall Closes Next Friday
The Society of Arts and Crafts exhibition in Copley Hall will close next Friday night. It showcases Boston designers and craftspeople from Mary and Clara Ware to I Kirchmayer, Grueby pottery, Union glass, and gold and silver works. A photography alcove features Day and Sears selections including Gertrude Kasebier portraits. Open daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Society of Arts and Crafts
Copley Hall
New England
Boston
Museum School of Drawing and Painting
Normal Art School
Cordova
Mary and
Clara Ware
Annie C. Nowell
I. Kirchmayer
Union Glass
Grueby
Welcome for Company QO, Eighth Massachusetts in Marblehead
Marblehead on April 17 greeted Company QO of the Eighth Massachusetts with a holiday atmosphere. Schools closed and business paused as crowds filled streets. Bells rang and cannons boomed in a celebratory parade followed by a banquet at the armory with plates laid for attendees.
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Marblehead
Massachusetts
Spanish Gunboats to Stop at Marblehead
Marblehead officials receive word from Secretary Long that the Spanish gun boats captured at Cuba will stop at Marblehead on their way to Portsmouth New Hampshire. The notice comes as Marblehead Chair Sparhawk confirms the planned stop in a morning update.
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Marblehead
Sparhawk
Board of Selectmen
Long
Cuba
Portsmouth
N. H
Governor Knowlton Deliberates Run Amid Court Duty
Attorney-General Knowlton returns from the South and weighs a governorship bid after a Barnstable Superior Court session. A conference planned for the week may be delayed by Wednesday's holiday as he weighs broad support and competing interests before answering.
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Knowlton
Barnstable
Superior Court
Boston
Ben Hur to Be Staged as Spectacular New York Production
Klaw and Erlanger win permission to adapt Ben Hur for the stage after eighteen years of refusals by General Lew Wallace. The plan calls for a lavish production with about 75000 dollars spent on staging and a careful dramatization to honor the book’s sentiments and climaxes.
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New York
Lew Wallace
Klaw & Erlanger
Messrs
Klaw
Wallace
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Lexington
Americus
J. H. Craig
Company
W. H. Berry
J. W. Jackman
B. F. Keith
WY. E. Gilson
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Company M
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Tsorporal
Valentine FE. Gilson
Bernard M.wolf
Hanover and
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S. A. Isaacson & CO
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Washington St
Boylston St
Boston and Vicinity
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Washington St. I. Kk
BUK Bank
Sec’y
Workingmen’s Credit CO
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Clemental Clothing House
Col. Washington and
Bayston
Lawrence Barrett
Salvini
Ben Hur
Houghton & Dutton
General Food Emporium
Vermont
Santa Clara
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