Fire near powder on Governor's Island threatens magazines
The police boat Guardian responded to a grass and brush fire on Governor's Island near two magazines containing fourteen tons of powder. Under Lt Mareen and Sergeant Meanes the crew fought the blaze with water and sand, preventing an explosion and saving the officer’s house.
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Guardian
Governor’s Island
Mareen
Governor's Island
Sergeant Meanes
Fort Winthrop
Return to self governing methods urged by Boston merchants
Boston’s Merchants Club decried Beacon Hill control and urged a return to self government. Harvey N. Shepard ex mayor Arthur and others attacked special legislation, faulted the city’s debt rise, and called for restoring aldermanic powers and local control. The discussion noted the 1886 charter changes and urged public opinion to push for home rule.
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Merchants’ Club
Boston
Harvey N. Shepard
Art
Beacon Hill
John Mason Little
Ard
United States
General Court of the Commonwealth
New England
Canada
Great Britain
Thomas N. Hart
Hart
State House
Tremont Street
Berkshire
Hampshire
Dorchester
To Curb a Cold in One Day Propaganda Tablets
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming rapid cure for a cold. It promises a refund if it fails and lists product codes L. Gb and Q. on each tablet as identifiers.
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Genuipe
Eliza Schooner Sinks Off Nantucket. Captain and Ten Drowned
The Beverly fishing schooner Eliza, with fourteen aboard, struck Rose and Crown shoal ten miles east of Siasconset while leaving Hyannis at dawn. It went to pieces before daylight with Captain Hopkins and ten crewmen drowned. three crew members survived.
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Nantucket
Eliza
Hyannis
Rose and Crown Shoal
Siasconset
Hopkins
Boys saved friend as train threat ends in tragedy
Richard Casey, five, narrowly escaped a cowcatcher mishap while Philip Walker, six, was killed and Willie Gray, four, severely injured near Washington and Hollis streets. A brave attempt to rescue a pet Cloth was cited as the motive for the perilous incident.
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Richard Casey
Philip Walker
Willie Gray
Washington Caylee
Birch
Willie
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Uncle Sam
Philippines
Claw Wooten Mill
Washington Street
Europe
America
Ndon
Wood ST
New York
Wool Exchange
Kneeland Street
Browning, King & Co
Washington and
Kneeland Sts
Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Despotisn
Meyers
James J. Myers
Cambridge
Waitt & Bond, Mfrs
Blackstone Street
Dory
Beverly
Martin M. Hopkins
Ee Beate
Seth
Barri Ni
Captan
Barrington
N. S
James Matheson
John
Moses Bethel
Leonard Smith
Cook
Nova Scotia
Guilford Doane
Adelbert Nickerson
George Miller
Emerson Hopkins
John Acheson
Seth Hopkins
Kei
Gilford Doane
Ea Riere
Ath
Reecert
Drownel
DI Forod Doane
Bavel
Paul Revere
San Juan Hill
Cuba
Yorktown
Lieut. Gilmore
Baler
Navy Department
Dewey
Manila
Secretary of the Navy
Luzon
Roxbury
Hollis Streets
Humbert
Rome
Marguerita
Cagliari
Bardinia
Sassari
Railwatation
Dave” Quinlan
Western
Boston & Maine Railroad
Wakefield Junction
Portland
Carter
Carter's Ink Co
Mustom
Furnishing Company
Common St
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