Death of Hon. Thomas J. Gargan in Berlin
Boston mourns the death of Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, prominent lawyer and orator, who died in Berlin after surgery for stomach trouble followed by pneumonia. The West End native, veteran of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts, held public office and influenced Irish American causes. his death prompts widespread tributes from politicians, clergy, and friends.
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Boston
Thomas J. Gargan
Berlin
Germany
Gargan
Carlsbad
Wiesbaden
West End
Phillips Grammar School
Peter Kruse
Boston University Law School
Henry Paine
Fort Sumter
Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment
Driver Dives Hose Wagon to Save Men on Main Street
A grocery wagon driven by Michael Dunn blocked a fast moving hose wagon near Charles street. Driver Miller steered onto the sidewalk to avoid two electric cars and a passing wagon, hitting a telegraph pole but saving the crew and horses. Captain Coombs and Hosemen Dunbar and Gilvray were bruised. Fire at 23 Madison street caused by a kerosene stove explosion with minor damage.
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Michael Dunn
Main Street
Charles Street
Miller
Captain Coombs
Walter Dunbar
John M. Gilvray
James E. Doyle
Leonard Street
William Weavey
Eastern Avenue
Weavey
Doyle
Coombs
Dunbar
Gilvray
Madison Street
W.W. F. Bowden
Beale Morey
O'Meara Responds to Critics on Police Marksmanship
The police surround the cemetery in a staged pursuit and arrest operation. Gutman appears and is killed after a firefight while a young railway worker is captured, described as a possible suspect. The commissioner defends police actions and stresses the role of marksman skills among officers.
Transit Board’s Tribute To Thomas Gargan
At a Boston Transit Commission meeting the board ordered a record entry noting the death of Thomas J. Gargan in Berlin Germany. He was appointed by the mayor in 1894 as a founder of the subway commission and served nearly 15 years on the transit board shaping Boston’s subway system. The tribute lauds his intelligence discretion experience and commitment to public interests and recalls his warm friendship with colleagues and his keen interest in the Washington street tunnel.
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Bay State
Washington
Democratic State Committee
Archbishop Williams
Lawrence Church
New England
Gargan
Supreme Court
Winchendon
James G. Blaine
Faneuil Hall
Boston Transit Commission
Washington Street
Engagement of Mr Thompson to Miss Martha Groome
Mr W Leland Thompson Harvard 93 is engaged to Miss Martha Groome daughter of Captain and Mrs John C Groome of Rosemont Penn The announcement notes she is Rosemont Penns most attractive girl and a great favorite
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W. Leland Thompson
Harvard
Martha Groome
John C. Groome
Rosemont
Penn
Police Hunt Bandits As Man Is Released After Arrest
Police swept Jamaica Plain West Roxbury Dedham Brookline and Quincy searching woods after two girls reported suspicious men. A Needham laborer arrested near Brookline pumping station was released after no charges. Conductor McDougall was acquitted of shooting a patrolman and rearrested on carrying dangerous weapons. Defense claims police sought arrest justification. McDougall to sue over treatment.
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Brookline
Jamaica Plain
West Roxbury
Dedham
Quincy
Needham
McDougall
Edward McMahon
John McDonald
Hennessey
Cratty
Kelly
Mary Travis
Travis
McDonald
Edward McCarren
John B. Magginnis
Attacks Biblical Miracles in Public Discourse
Chicago reports debate on teaching miracles and natural laws. Speaker argues Old Testament miracles are narrative and should not be taught as literal facts to children. He contends natural laws cannot be taught as mutable by divine action in schools or Sunday schools.
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Herbert L. Willett
University of Chicagoq Divinity School
Prof Willett
Egypt
Israel
Red Sea
Professor Willett
Elisha
Bethel
Uzziah
Chicago
Fire destroys Pier 46 in Philadelphia loss $400,000
A spectacular blaze at Pier 46 of the International Mercantile Marine Company on South Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia tonight caused an estimated $400,000 in damage. Firefighters fought the flames as smoke filled the waterfront area.
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Philadelphia
International Mercantile Marine Company
Delaware Avenue
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United Irish League
John Boyle O'Reilly
Blaine
Cleveland
P. A. Collins
John E. Fitzgerald
James Jeffrey Roche
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Hibbard
Patrick M. Keating
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Mr. Gargan
Thomas M. Babson
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Augustine J. Daly
Cambridge
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Boston Central Branch
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America
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Collins
John O’callaghan
Nary
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John H. Casey
U. S
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Worcester
Democratic Party
M. W. Norris
Frank B. Conlin
Boston Transit
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Gutman
Willett
Miracle Stories
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National Biscuit Company
MR. Thompson
Hugh M'Dougall
Anargyros
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