Eastman Trial Ends As Grogan Family Sells Factory
The telescope and lens firm on St Marys Street Brookline passes from Richard H Grogan Jr to a Boston syndicate after his death. The business once led by Grogan revived the factory and elevated its global reputation. His family notes mixed feelings over the sale amid the Eastman murder trial backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Eastman i
R. H. Grogan, Jr
St. Mary's Street
Brookline
Richard H. Grogan, Jr
Cambridge Court Room
Clark
Boston
Richard Hy. Grogan, Jr
Kenney Silver Wedding Celebration at Roxbury Residence
Mr and Mrs James W Kenney of 234 Beaver Street Roxbury celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary. A constant procession of carriages brought hundreds of guests to the broad avenue for congratulations. The couple received numerous gifts including an entire room of gold and silver plate and their home was lavishly decorated with calla lilies and smilax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Kenney
Beaver Street
Roxbury
Broad Avenue
Calla Lilles and
Smilax
Mills Flooded as Shenango River Surges in Sharon
The Shenango River in Sharon Pennsylvania rose at 0.5 inches per hour reaching the highest level since 1893. Southern neighborhoods reported three feet of floodwater flooding homes and prompting evacuations by boat. Erie and Pittsburgh rail lines between West Middlesex and Nashua ran trains through eighteen inches of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Penn
Shenango
Erie & Pittsburg
West
Middlesex
Nashua
Ohio River Still Rising
Cincinnati April 24 at 6 pm the Ohio River stage stood at 6.6 feet with river rise easing from one inch per hour to about half an inch per hour since 3 pm. Forecasts show the rise may slow further and not level off until tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Body of unnamed woman found in Leestown restaurant
In Tinkham's undertaking rooms the body of an old woman who dropped dead in a Leestown restaurant Tuesday afternoon remains unclaimed. She appeared to be about fifty five years old and her features and clothes suggested respectability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Dick Grogan
Knowlton
Tinkham
Boston Printing Pressmen's Union 67 Officers Elected
The Boston Printing Pressmen's Union 67 elected officers yesterday with J. F. Sullivan as president Frank O Hare as vice president Joseph W Whall recording secretary and organizer James T Roche financial secretary and treasurer John A Mullen. Delegates to the Washington convention on June 18 were Martin P Slaping James T Roche John A Mullen and Joe Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Printing Pressmen's Union
J. F. Sullivan
Frank O'Hare
Joseph W. Whall
James T. Roche
John A. Mullen
Washington
Martin P. Slaping
Joe. Sullivan
Reverend Bates Welcomed to Meridian Street Church East Boston
After a seven year absence Rev. L B Bates is welcomed to the pastorate of Meridian Street M E Church East Boston. Parish members and local ministers attended the ceremony with Mrs Bates cited among the recipients of well wishes. Lieutenant Governor Bates spoke at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Bates
Meridian Street M
East Boston
Leo
Ted
Bates
Portlands Deadly Fourth Floor Tragedy by Brainerd
In Portland on April 24 George H Brainerd a New England Telephone Company foreman shot four coworkers on the fourth floor of a Exchange and Milk streets building. I H Farnham and Earle H Buxton died, Elmer Z Lane and James Wadsworth were fatally wounded with Buxton dying later. Brainerd was overpowered by Deputy Marshal W A Frith and other officers after a struggle. Lane and Buxton were hospitalized with internal injuries, Brainerd was taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Exchange and
Milk Streets
New England Telephone Company
George H. Brainerd
W. A. Frith
Billy
I. H. Farnham
Boston
Earle H. Buxton
Springfield
Mass
Elmer Z. Lane
Mechanic Falls
James Wadsworth
Lewiston
Wadsworth
Buxton
Brainerd
Mr. Farnham
Elmer Lane
Lane
Earl M. Buxton
Lans
Frith
Farnham
Maine General Hospital
Bath
Williamstown
North Adams
Dexter
Sorrow in Boston Shocks Wellesley Family
The town of Wellesley was stunned by news from Boston that Isaiah Farnham, chief electrician for the New England Telephone Company and superintendent of the Congregational Sunday school, was murdered. Farnham, a prominent Odd Fellow and local political figure, had lived in the town eleven years and his death prompted immediate plans to bring his body home as his family of wife and four sons and a daughter mourned the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Isaiah Farnham
General Electrician
The
New England Telephone Company
Congregational Sunday School
Farnham
Selectman
Elec
Tricity
Wellesley Lodge of Odd Fellows
Grace
Frank
George
Isaiah Henry, Jr
Ralph
Woolwich
Boston
Maine
New England Company
Portland
Malden
Milk Street
Denver
G. H. Manson
Mak
14 Bay State Boys Get Commissions
A list of 688 officers includes 14 from Massachusetts: Herbert H. Warren Fred W. Stopford Thomas Talbot Clarence B. Ross W. F. H. Godson Edward D. Powers Lawrence P. Butler John H. Dunn Alexander Greig Jr Sidney H. Hopson Homer B. Grant Arthur E Parke William H. Plummer and Harry T. Gray. Other New England states plus Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont are also represented with multiple officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachus
Herbert H. Warren
Fred W. Stopford
Thomas Talbot
Clarence B. Ross
W. F. H. Godson
Edward D. Powers
Lawrence P. Butler
John H. Dunn
Alexander Greig, Jr
Sidney H. Hopson
Homer B. Grant
Arthur E.parke
Wiliam H. Plummer
Harry T. Gray
New England
Connecticut
James Totten
Henry 8. Terrell
Harris Pendleton
T. H. Brereton
Thomas H. Jennings
Maine
Charles M. Jeffrey
George O
Bay State men on Spanish American War rolls chronicled
The article lists officers born in 1860s to 1870s from Massachusetts and Scotland who served in the Ninth Regiment and Forty-second Infantry. Captain Dunn from South Boston, Captain Greig from Port Glasgow, and Captain Stopford born Beverly, with service in Cuba and the Philippines, including stints at Fort Meade and Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Stopford
Beverly
Massachusetts
United States’ Volunteer ‘Infantry
Philippines
City Guards
el Caney
Northe
Hoar
Thomas Talbot
Wilson
Porto Rico
Rice
John Dunn
South
Boston
Massachusetts M. V. M
Splitognes
Twenty-eighth
Voluneers
First Corps
Scotland
Lowell
Mass
John H. Dunn
Lincoln School
Santiago
Twenty-eighth Regiment
Dunn
Fort Eade
Alexander Greig
Port Glasgow
Scotl
Talbot Mills
Persoa
Harvard
Republican State Committee
Frederick W. Stopford
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Naval Brigade
United States Service
United States
Youkeeeers
Ssanine States Army
Nes
Forty-second Infantry
Boston Electrician Killed in Portland Company Murder
George Brainerd, longtime assistant to M r Farnham of the New England Telephone Company, is suspected of fatally shooting Farnham at the Portland system site. Farnham, a 48-year-old Woolwich, Me., native and Wellesley Lodge member, leaves a wife and four sons in Malden and Boston.
Harvest Time for Cabbies
Boston endures a long wet spell with rain damping commerce and daily life. Cabbies fret over the slump while rubber vendors profit and forecasters hedge on sunshine to come. Local officials note infrastructure strain as streets suffer from continuous downpours amid cautious optimism for a few sunny days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Chambers
Boylston Street
New
Lannon
Boston
Smith
Wheeler
Woman Accused in Carra Case Trial Resumes in Court
In the Superior Criminal Court yesterday morning the Carra manslaughter trial resumed after the government rested its case against Giuseppe Zarella Paoli Luongo and Raffaele Falla. Zarella testified as a defense witness claiming Lucia Cristo inflicted a stab wound to Carrado's neck during a general melee. Falla testified that the woman stabbed Carrado with a knife as the fight unfolded, and Carrado was heard to cry I have killed me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carra
Guisseppe Zarella
Paoli Luongo
Raffaele Falla
Zarella
Lucia Cristo
Carrado
Portrait at Ward 38 reunion banquet in Nottingham
Jacob Bernhard attended a Ward 38 committee reunion at the Hot Nottingham last evening. Joseph Blzischwits created a handsome crayon portrait valued at 16 percent. B Woolley presided as sealer of weights and measures. Willis R. Russ served as toastmaster. thirty guests were seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bernhard
Nottingham
Joseph Blzischwits
B. Woolley Sealer
Willis R. Russ
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EE Das
ON_ RECORDS
Fay
Concert Club
Grogan
Mrs. Kenney
Sharon, Pa
Stewart
H. W. Waite & CO
Mfrs
Florence St
East
Somerville
Ohio River
Pastor Bates
M. Buxton
GH. Brainerd
BAY State
Jack” Dunn
Massachusetts Regiment
William H. Plummer
Worcester
George Brainerd
Directory
Rain Street
Manson
Warnham
J.wadsworth
Florence ‘Street
Peleg Wadsworth
Telephone Company
Yoverney
Mechanics’ Falls
S. Military
D. B
STZ, Bros. & Mork
Spitz Bros. & Mork
C. W. Ernst
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