Four American youths stow away home on ship Sampland
Four young Americans from Camden New Jersey Danbury Connecticut Montello Illinois and New York boarded the Sampland in Antwerp and rode to Boston after months of roughing it in Europe. They joined forces on a cattle ship then drifted through London Paris Berlin Scotland Ireland Belgium before stowing away to return home. They were discovered two days out and given food and beds by Captain Aufindesen and later cleared by immigration officials in Boston bound for Home Sweet Home.
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Europe
Sampland
Antwerp
Otto Haus
Camden
N. J
Andrew Kelley
Danbury
London
France
Berlin
Scotland
Ireland
Belgium
Aufindesen
General Pickett Lies Dying While Under Civil War Arrest
Worcester August 5. General Josiah Pickett aged 88 or 80? the Civil War veteran said to be dying at his home. Arrested by General Stannard for the Cold Harbor action, Pickett led the 25th Massachusetts in battle while under arrest, was recommended for promotion, and the arrest was never expunged. He has lived since as a general who remains under arrest, a unique wartime record.
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Worcester
Josiah Pickett
Cold Harbor
Stannard
Pickett
25Th Massachusetts
Seventh International Zoological Congress Here Aug 19
The Seventh International Zoological Congress will meet in this city during the week of Aug 19 with sessions at Harvard Medical School. Excursions include Harvard visits, a reception at Hotel Somerset, Wel lesley College, a Woods Hole trip, and a New York stop before returning.
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International Zoological Congress
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
Corporation of
Harvard University
New York
Yale
Princeton
Congress
Philadelphia
Washington
Mharvard Medical School
The
Hotel Somerset
Alexander Agassiz
Wellesley
Woods Hole
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Marine Biological Laboratory
Mayors Brother’s Saloon Shut Over Women Liquor Sales
Boston saloon Thomas G Fitzgerald & Co. loses license for selling liquor to women after a new policy by the license commissioners. The Ladies Department at Tremont and Shawmut is closed with whitewashed windows and the interior now hidden from view. The mayor’s brother was noted by a bartender, and the commission’s stance remains largely unexplained as officials adjourned until Thursday.
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Thomas G.fitzgerald & Co
Tremont Street
Shawmut Avenue
Thomas G. Fitzgerald
Boston
Lynx disrupts romance at Lake Quacumquasit
Brookfield, Aug 5. A lynx prowling the lake district near Lake Quacumquasit has startled locals and deterred couples. Edward Hines of Worcester reports seeing the animal, which residents joke is the village’s latest scandal and threat to lovers’ lanes.
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Brookfield
Lake Quacumquasit
Lake District
Boston
Edward Hines
Worcester
Mr. Hines
Synagogue Dedication Slated After Fire Reconstruction
Agudas Acheim of Fourth and Walnut streets Chelsea plans a street parade and dedication of its rebuilt synagogue Sunday after a year of repairs costing 80000 dollars. Rabbi Margolis leads the program with trustees in charge. a diamond gold medal will honor George Bernstein. Notables invited include Rabbi Masliansky Chief Rabbi W Margolis Dr Eichler de Haas Friedermann and local dignitaries Willard Hall Gates Roberts Guild and professors.
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Agudas Acheim
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Chelsea
Zionist Guard
Margolis
George Bernstein
Rabbi Masliansky
New York
W. Margolis
Eichler
Jacob de Haas
Friedermann
Boston
Israellite
Rabinovitch
Lyons
The
Jewish Advocate
A. al
Sullivan and Mayor at Odds Over Commission Fight
Predictions of strife surface as the Finance Commission probes City Hall. Sullivan reportedly opposed ex Mayor Matthews as chairman, preferring Moors, while Mayor Fitzgerald backs Matthews. Sullivan had backed Fitzgerald two years ago over Edward Donovan.
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John A. Sullivan
Fitzgerald
New Finance Commission
City Hall
Sullivan
Matthews
Moors
Edward J. Donovan
Mayor Fitzgerald Heads Homeward Trip to Old Orchard Beach
Boston based mayor arrives from Old Orchard to escort his family back for the summer. He plans to rent a cottage in Old Orchard. Next Friday the Redberry Club hosts a Pine Point outing with about 200 Fitzgerald supporters. Events include a clam bake, baseball, three legged race, and a Pine Point Hussars drill.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Old Orchard
Old Orchard Beach
Redberry Club
Pine Point
Pine Tree
Career of J. A. Woodry
J A Woodry the new superintendent of agents for the Boston agency of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company was born in White River Junction Vermont on May 14 1868. He has worked as a special agent for several firms in Lawrence Lowell and Boston as well as New York Chicago and San Francisco dealing with affluent clients and writing substantial policies. On January 1 1901 he founded a special general agency at 45 Milk street under the title Life Insurance Expert and has continued that work.
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John A. Woodry
Boston
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Newark
N. J
White River Junction
Lawrence
Lowell
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Milk Street
Boston insurance agent known for large policies
The text touts a Boston agent who has paid for over two million dollars in insurance with most policies placed with Mutual Benefit Life through Colonel Sidney M. Hedges. It notes he has insured many prominent Bostonians, adheres to a "square deal," and claims to offer the best in the market to all buyers.
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Ued
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Sidney M. Hedges
Massachusetts
Woodry
Waltham Cider Is Too Strong
WALTHAM Aug 5. Police hunt cider drinkers after tests in stores show some samples far stronger than real cider. Instead of 1 percent alcohol, several samples measured seven times that strength, prompting officials to crackdown.
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Waltham
Law and Order
Ellsworth’s Oldest Resident Dies at 97
Ellsworth Me Aug 5 The death is announced at Lamoine of Isaiah Young oldest resident of that town He was 97 years old Young's grandfather Elkanah Young took part in the Boston Tea Party for years the family recalled the elder years as a local landmark
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Ellsworth
Lamoine
Isaiah Young
Young
Elkanah Young
Tomato products and canned fruits price list highlights
A market notice lists various canned goods with prices including tomatoes choice at 1.50 per dozen for No. 3 cans, Mil ford Bartlett tender large California fruit at 2.85 per dozen No. 3 can, rhubarb Silver Lake brand at 1.40 per dozen or 0.12 per can, preserved figs from G. W. Dunbar & Sons at 3.50 per dozen large cans, and assorted syrup products with multiple pricing notes.
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California
Milford Bartlett
G. W. Dunbar & Sons
Suit for 5000 Against Barber in Carlisle Case
Jacinthe A. Chaves of Arlington named defendant in a 5000 dollar suit brought by Richard E. Dole of Carlisle. Dole alleges he visited Chaves' Carlisle shop for a shave and contracted barber's itch. Papers filed with East Cambridge clerk of courts.
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Jacinthe A. Chaves
Arlington
Richard E. Dole
Carlisle
Chaves
Dole
Clerk of Courts
East Cambridge
Earthquake Shocks Hit Albany Early Morning
The seismograph at the State Museum recorded shocks starting 1 59 a m and lasting ten minutes in an east west direction. No damage reported as the tremors were confined to the Albany area.
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Albany
N. Y
State Museum
Milked farmer's cow to feed children case upstate
Great Barrington August 5 Peter Nelson an Egmont farmer says he caught Alma Phillips milking a cow tied to a bush after milk shortage and failing to appear in court deputy sheriff notes she may have left the state. The case is described as pitiful as the mother is believed to have milked the animal to feed her small children.
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Great Barrington
Peter Nelson
Egmont
Alma Phillips
Mystery Jewel Theft Stuns Downtown Shop
Jewelry valued over 1000 vanished from a downtown business Friday. L. H. Wetherell of Wetherell Bros., steel dealers at 31 Oliver Street, placed a suitcase with chains, rings, and brooches in a room near the entrance. shortly after, it was gone. Police are investigating the missing valuables and the unidentified thief who left unseen.
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L. H. Wetherell
Wetherell Bros
Oliver Street
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Gen. Pickett
International Convention OF Biologists and Zoologists
Fall River Line
Ginger
National Biscuit Company
Imposing
Mayor
Finance Probers
J. A. Woodry
Eastern Mass
Elmer Chickering
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of
Henry Siegel CO
Washington and Essex Sts
America
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
National Biscuit Co
Uneeda Biscuit Fame
Henry Siegel Co.’s
New England
Oxford
American Sugar Refining Co
Fancy Family
Morris
Prunes
Clara Sweet Prunes
Cial, Ib
Majestic
Milford
Procter & Gamble
Armour
Bryant
Michigan
Armour's
Star Brand
Curtis & Moore
Jersey
Silver Lake
Maine
Barber
Richard Dole
Chaves’ Shop
Amolek
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Troy
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