Parade the Streets Review and Faneuil Hall Reception
A Boston dispatch describes Patriots parading through the city from State Street to Faneuil Hall, with the Servia sighted at dawn in fog off the harbor. Acting Governor Wolcott and other officers lead the reception, as crowds cheer and the Ancient order marches along Beacon Hill to the State House.
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Liverpool
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Servia
Home Guard
Clents
State
Washington
Beacon Hill
State House
Wolcott
State Street
Pemberton Square
Dalton
Champlin
Capelle
Parsons
Post Delivers First News Of Servia Homecoming
The Boston Post published early extras announcing the Servia and its honored passengers arriving home, beating rivals by over three hours. Readers awoke to first details from Captain Walker, as city-wide excitement spread and Post editions sold strongly in Boston and surrounding towns.
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Servia
Helen T
Post
Boston
Captain Walker
Servia Welcomed by Fast-Pleasant Harbor Return
The Servia returns to Boston amid cheering crowds as Major Innis fires a salute on the tug Cormorant. Passengers, including Colonel Walker and Rev. Horton, greet shipboard notables and read the latest Post. Captain Abbot and the pilot boat No. 2 crew receive a warm welcome and discuss a pool prize. A young woman, Mrs. Manning, wanders near 3379 Washington in sorrow as police seek her missing husband Manning, a Jamaica Plain carpenter.
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Payson Bradley
Major Innis
Colonel Walker
E. A. Horton
Chaplain Berle
Horton
Colonel Parsons
Nat Robinson
Nat
Globe
The
Post
Egleston Square
Washington Street
John Manning
Manning
Ireland
Sarah Kane
America
Boston
Providence
Jamaica Plain
John Higgins
Centre Street
Gome
Police
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Honors Visit at Faneuil Hall
Boston style event at Faneuil Hall marks a homecoming for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Mayor Quincy presided with invites limited to City Council and press. Messages of thanks to British hosts followed a parade of portraits and a final singing of The Soldier's Farewell before a late retreat.
Welcome Home: American Greeting for Colonial Visitors
Comers drew a royal welcome upon reaching port as Colonel Walker’s company arrived in Boston. Governor Wolcott and Mayor Quincy spoke, hats flew, and crowds cheered for the veterans who met Albert Edward. The Ancients enjoyed Boston’s hospitality, shared stories, and heard the familiar tunes of ragtime and national anthems.
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Commonwealth
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Ancients Return from Europe Parade and City Reception
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company returns from Europe to Boston with a parade from Cunard Wharf to Faneuil Hall. Officials including Mayor Quincy and Lt Governor Woolcott welcome them with honors as bands play and crowds cheer along State Street.
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Home Guard reception at Parker House salutes Servia arrival
Members of the Home Guard reception committee lodging at Parker House wake to a Servia sighting report. A breakfast voyage from India Wharf to East Boston is ordered under Major Innis as pilot with flags raised. Hull postmaster despatch, confusion, then identification of the steamer near Governor's Island.
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John R. Newman
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A. Cunie
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Warren 8. Davis
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School Street
Thomas Mullen
Quincy
Nat Robinson
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Governor's Island
Smouldering Fires of Old Disease
A letter discusses lingering illness in aging men and claims medicines that suppress symptoms fail to cure. It promotes Ayer s Sarsaparilla as the standard remedy to eradicate disease and purify the blood.
Harvard Summer School Opens With Readings From Noted Educators
The first general meeting of Harvard Summer School students was held in Lever II last evening. The hall was crowded as papers were read by professors and educators including A. B. Hart on admission requirements and English teaching, Gilbert S. Blakeley on English position in secondary schools, and Irving W. Horne on causes of bad spelling.
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Lever II
A. B. Hart
Gilbert S. Blakeley
Worcester
Irving W. Horne
Braintree
Will of late W T Richardson bequest to Cambridge churches
The will filed in Cambridge Probate Court leaves about 100000 to the estate. Newton Theological Institution gets 10000, Old Cambridge Baptist Church 5000 for a parsonage, the Baptist Home in Cambridge 1000, and the Old Cambridge Baptist Bible School 100. Clothing is left to a poor worthy Baptist minister.
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William T. Richardson
Cambridge
Newton Theological Institution
Newton Centre
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Baptist Home
Old Cambridge Baptist Bible School
Infant found dead in Carver Street basement
Last evening the body of a two day old infant was found in the basement of 89 Carver Street. The child appears to have been born alive and forced into a stovepipe hole in the chimney. An officer from Division 4 was notified.
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Division 4
Carver Street
Great Day At A Shuman And Co S Anniversary Sale
Boston shoppers flock to the corner of Washington and Summer as A Shuman and Co opens its annual cut price clearance. Broken lots of men and boys clothing plus furnishing goods hats and shoes offer deep savings. Regular buyers anticipate the event and expect to find desired summer items at reduced prices for the season’s midpoint.
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Boston
A. Shuman & Co
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