Fire Lieutenant Thrown From Ladder Truck In Collision
Lieutenant Patrick W. Lanigan of the Boston fire department suffered a dislocated shoulder and severe scalp wound after Ladder Truck 14 collided with a manure wagon near the Custom House stable on Custom House Street. He was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital and later sent home to South Boston.
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Lanigan
Ladder Truck 14
Patrick W. Lanigan
Boston
Custom House Street
Custom House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Street
Clark Street
Maria Giovanni
India Street
Remains of John Brown’s Followers Transported to Lake Placid
The seven followers of abolitionist John Brown shot at Harper’s Ferry are moved through Saranac Lake to Lake Placid. Dr. Featherstonhaugh of Washington and Captain Hall assisted by O. G. Libby locate the bodies. Libby leads the remains for burial beside the old liberator in North Elba. Funeral services are planned with President McKinley expected to attend.
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Saranac
Lake
N. Y
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Lake Placid
Thomas J. Featherstonhaugh
Washington, D. C
Captain Hall
Washington
O. G. Libby
University of Wisconsin
Libby
North Elbe
McKinley
Palmerston voting records and city assessment notes
Fragmentary OCR indicates a May city assessment item linked to registrars of voters and street listings. The text references a supplement and a statement about tracing residents or property within the city limits, but details are unclear due to damaged, overlapping lines.
Tragic Death of Roxbury Barber John Gloucester
John Gloucester colored barber of 81 Windsor street Roxbury died Thursday night by cutting his throat with a razor. His wife found the body in a bathtub filled with water about 3:30 yesterday morning. Once a Broad street shopkeeper he had invested in stocks that failed and suffered a skull fracture in a street car accident three months earlier. His mind was unsettled and the loss of money weighed heavily on him.
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John Gloucester
Windsor Street
Roxbury
Gloucester
Broad Street
Telephone firm expands Boston wire network to Providence and beyond
Massachusetts Telephone & Telegraph Company President Holbrook announces the purchase of 150 miles of poles and wires from Western Union Telegraph Company. The acquisition enables a Boston by wire connection to Providence Springfield Worcester Taunton and nearby towns.
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Holbrook
Massachusetts Telephone & Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Boston
Providence
Springfield
Worcester
Taunton
Death at Metropolitan Hotel prompts murder inquiry claim
Hillel Sack and Moses Wolfson of 174 Essex Street New York say Solomon Zetlin’s death last Friday in a Brooklyn hotel room was caused by gas asphyxia. They allege Zetlin hid 40000 roubles about $28000 and believe the death relates to the missing money.
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New York
Zetlin
Daniels Granite Company Organized in Milford
Milford New Hampshire August 4 The Daniels Granite Company organized with capital stock of 10000 to buy the business and plant of D L Daniels & Co Directors include Judge Robert M Wallace president Hon Albert B Pillsbury Boston David L Daniels manager Charles H V Smith Arthur W Howlason clerk and treasurer
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Milford
N. H
Daniels Granite Company
D. L. Daniels & Co
Robert M. Wallace
Albert BE
Jealousy Trio Ends in Murder Suicide at Woodland Hotel
Cleveland a teamster John Schrenber shot his wife four times at the Woodland Hotel this afternoon and then killed himself with a bullet through his heart. The wife died an hour later at St. Alexis Hospital. The tragedy was attributed to jealousy.
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Cleveland, CO
John Schrenber
Woodland Hotel
St. Alexis Hospital
Debated Cuban Salary Extras Stir War Office Officials
Washington reports dispute claims of extra compensation paid to General Brooke and other officers in Cuba. Officials weigh legality, noting Cuban tax funds and differing views on lawful allowances. Adjutant General Corbin cites past precedents and law, while Secretary Root’s guidance awaits.
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Washington
War Department
General Brooke
Cuba
New York
Brooke
Ludlow
Davis
Bliss
Havana
Corbin
Alger
Judge Advocates’ Department
Navy
Army
Root
Havana Rush Over U S Charges of Extra Allowances
Report from Havana notes a New York newspaper claim that Governor-General Brooke Brigadier General Ludlow and others receive extra Cuban revenue funds for luxury. It cites palace repairs as necessary, says costs run from U S funds, and that the palace now houses public offices.
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Havana
United States
New York
Brooke
Ludlow
Bliss
Davis
Senor Perfecto LaCoste
Art Museum Loses Little in Mills Will Case
The New York court voided a portion of Dexter T. Mills Boston will affecting a small New York real estate portion. The estate, valued at about $500,000, primarily in Massachusetts, would pass to the Museum of Fine Arts only partly. the New York property goes to Mills's widow and daughters.
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New York
Dexter T. Mills
Boston
Mills
Museum of Fine Arts
Dartmouth Street
Atill
Horace G. Allen
Arthur P. Mills
Millie
Aeronaut Earl Drowns in Leech Lake During Ascension
Walker Minn Aug 4 An aeronaut B M Earl fell into Leech Lake while making an ascension and drowned It is believed his parachute failed Earl was on his fourth ascension
Island Breese gains momentum from Boston Camp youths
Long Island boys' paper The Island Breese reaches its third issue on July 2. Ernest C. Marshall, superintendent of public institutions, directs as advisor while boys publish and run the paper, showing enterprise and bright features.
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Long Island
Boston
Island Breese
Ernest C. Marshall
New York Councilmen Face Prison Over Bond Fight for Hall of Records
Justice Fitzgerald delayed signing a jail order as five councilmen from Brooklyn Queens Bronx and the Bronx faced contempt fines of 100 each after refusing to vote for a 2 100 000 bond to fund a Hall of Records. They later authorized a fake 34 265 bond note hoping to avoid imprisonment. The clash centers on spending that mostly benefits Manhattan.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Hall of Records
Long Beach
L. I
Supreme Court
Joseph Cassidy
Queens
William A. Doyle
Brooklyn
Martin F. Conley
Bernard C. Murray
Bronx
Charles H. Francisco
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Municipal Assembly
Richmond
Outlyin
Manhattan
Bell rivals merge to form strong New York independent group
In New York City three small lines Citizens' Telephone Company New York & Eastern Telephone & Telegraph Company and the People's Telephone Corporation of New York consolidate. The People’s company remains parent and operations start immediately with a stockholders meeting set for August 15 to formalize the deal.
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New York
New York Commercial
People’s Telephone Corporation of New York
Citizens’ Telephone Company
New York & Eastern Telephone & Telegraph Company
New York Telephone Company
Bell
Bell Company
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Q Lanigan
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Vine
Federal Street
Dewey Square
Postoffice Square
Atlantic Avenue
D. A. Harrington
NEW Telephone Company
NEW Granite Company
Pitts-Kimball CO
Park Theatre
Priper
U. S. Army
Massachusetts
New
England
R. T. Almy & Co
Almy
Kennebec
Plymouth
Dunn
Oswego
the Continental
Washington and
Boylston Sts
Prom Mills
JAM
Bell Rivals Combine
Boyle Bros. Green
Wash. St. —South End
Philadelphia
Charles A. F. Autenrieth
North Eleventh Street
W. Mills
Peacedale Aerees
Baest
Ashington
Moon
Spitz Bros. & More
Summer St
Washington Street
New Southern Station
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