Mrs. Baker Indifferent After Year From Charleston Arrival
One year after moving from Charleston to Boston Mrs. Frazer B. Baker expresses indifference to lynching debates and reports little interest in updates from the Lillian Clayton Jewett Anti lynching League. She notes sickness among children and says she no longer attends meetings or follows Southern agitation. The Bakers reside in Chelsea and recall the journey to Boston a year ago.
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Frazer B. Baker
Lake City
8. C
Miss Jewett
Baker
Lora
Boston
Charleston
Farris Criticised Over Predicted Bloodshed
Local colored leaders with conservative views condemn Rev. Benjamin Farris for predicting widespread violence south of the Dixon line in response to recent New Orleans riot causes. Judge Walker and court stenographer Bovell call the speech overdrawn and ill advised. Negro pastor Rev. Johnson Hill deems the utterances unwise and impolitic at this time.
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Benjamin Farris
Dixon
New Orleans
Walker
Farris
Mr. Bovell
South
Johnson Hill
Preacher Johnson Critiques Farris On Racial Rhetoric
The preacher denounces Rev. Farris words on the negro rising, urging careful speech and citing the text about words defiling a person. He argues the negro lacks numerical and financial power and opposes conflict with white peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Johnson
New Orleans Clergy Reject Boston Emigration Efforts
Nearly all New Orleans negro clergymen denounce Miss Jewett and Boston movement plans to send agents to study relations between blacks and whites and Liberia emigration societies. Ministers call the meeting dangerous nonsense and urge locals to handle affairs without outside interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lillian Clayton Ewett
Boston Movement
Megroes
Liberia Emigration Societies
Napoleon Ruffin
Zion Baptist Church
Boston
J. F. Marshall
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
I. B. Scott
South Western Christian Advocate
Luke Brooks
Pisgah Baptist Church
Burnett Brown
Broadway Street Mission Baptist Church
I. H. Stewart
Providence Baptist Church
Testimony Places Goebel Killing Fire Source in Execut ive Building
Cororal Milt Trasper testifies that the fatal shot in the Goebel assassination came from the third story of the Executive Building, not from the Secretary of State’s office on the first floor. He saw the window raised and smoke but did not witness the gun or shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Milt Trasper
Barbouraville Company
John Powers
Goebel
Secretary of State
Trasper
Chelsea Boy Missing in Chelsea, Boston Police Notified
A Boston Chelsea family reports 1312 year old Valentine Lyman missing since July 17 from 2 St. Om Avenue Chelsea. The mother informed Chelsea police that her son, pupil at a local school, is unaccounted for.
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Valentine Lyman
St. Om Avenue
Chelsea
Boston Ane
Missing man leaves home for work on 17th in Sear area
A man departed from his home at 8 AM to work with the 4lder's team and failed to return that night. His mother began a search and delayed notifying the police for several days. He is connected with the Sear school and had recently been employed full-time.
Humbert Service Planned at Washington Catholic Church
Baron Fava announces a memorial funeral for King Humbert to be held August 19 at 11 o clock in St. Matthew's Catholic Church Washington. President McKinley and Cabinet members expected to attend with Cardinal Gibbons officiating. Embassies and legations invited in uniform. Appointment signals Vatican Quirinal goodwill.
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Washington
Baron Fava
Humbert
McKinley
Canton
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Vatican
Quirinal
Towne Withdraws From Vice Presidential Bid
Former congressman Charles A. Towne, nominated for vice president by the Populist convention in Sioux Falls, states he will not pursue the role. He explains supporting Bryan and Stevenson and questions his own candidacy, citing consistency, candor, and responsibility to the People's party reform cause.
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Duluth
Minn
Charles A. Towne
Ioux Falls
P. M. Ringdal
People’s Party
Sioux Falls
United States
Towne Declines Populist Vice Presidential Bid
The text notes Hon Charles A Towne declining a Populist run for vice president with Bryan in May and choosing to back Democratic nominees after Stevenson’s convention. It mentions his earlier convention ballot, his defeat, and his effort at the Silver Republican convention to avoid a nomination, with the vice presidential issue left unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Towne
Bryan
Stevenson
Shirtwaist War at Navy Building Surfaces in 1900s Incident
In Washington on August 7 a Navy building elevator man refused a clerk entry wearing a shirtwaist, citing orders from the Secretary of the Navy. The clash over attire highlights strict dress codes and civil service exam hopes as the clerk laments fairness and looks to future promotions.
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Washington
Navy
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Secretary of the Navy
Hingham
Ypsilanti
Dewey
America
Long
Hobgen
Davy Jones
Philippines
Boston
Clerix
Frelater
Italians Plan Funeral Observance for King Humbert
The Italian colony holds a meeting at 287 Hanover Street to finalize plans for a requiem mass at the Cathedral next Tuesday with an Italian official oration by Joseph De Marco and English speeches by Capotesto Zotelli Suesso and Badaracco. Civic exercises follow at Faneuil Hall with broad Italian and laborer participation. An honorary finance committee is named including Badaracco Brogi Di Pesa Devoto Marotta and Piscopo.
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Hanover Street
Humbert
Williams
Faneuil Hall
Brindisi
Joseph de Marco
Il Corriere de Boston
Anthony Capotesto
F. M. Zotelli
Santo Suesso
Badaracco
F Martorana
Joseph Langone
Oo. Brogi
M. di Pesa
G. Devoto
F. Marotta
B. Piscopo
Massachusetts
52 Arrests in 48 Hours in Rome
Rome authorities report fifty two suspected Anarchists arrested in the last forty eight hours. The rapid round up reflects intensified action against anti government groups amid ongoing security operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Brogi Denies Anarchist Ties After Report Mixup
Mr. Brogi of 200 Hanover Street submits that he is not an anarchist and attributes the spread of the claim to a newspaper error linking a North End resident A. Brogi to anarchistic enterprises. He asks the Post to publish this clarification.
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O. Brogi
200
Hanover Street
Brogi
A. Brogi
North End
The
Post
Minnie Williams Escaped Adroit Pickpocket Suspect
Police in the city held a woman known internationally as an adept pickpocket. She was arrested as a suspicious character by Division 4 officers during the crusade and gave the name Agnes. A search is now being instituted to locate her.
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Division 4
Agnes
Grape Nuts Promoted For Infants And Adults In Heat
A mother from Alvin Texas shares success feeding her five month old with Grape Nuts and Postum. Manufacturers note the product is predigested by heat moisture and time making it easy to digest and suitable for all with stomach or bowel difficulties.
Backing Cited as Key in Early Business Life
A gentleman explains pride in his backing and his motto Get thee behind me Satan as he started in business. The second gentleman notes that backing alone does not guarantee success. The exchange reflects attitudes toward capital and enterprise in Indianapolis business culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Ike
Indianapolis Press
Johnston Coming to Boston From Ireland as Orangemen Envoy
Johnston of Batlykilles known as William Johnston M P for South Belfast arrives in Boston next Saturday to greeting Irish brothers in the western continent. A long public career marks his forceful character and leadership of the Orangemen. He led during the 1865 British ban on Irish processions as supreme master of the Orangemen.
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Johnston
Batlykilles
William Johnston
Belfast
Boston
Orangemen
Ireland
Suly Uwth
Amy Owling
Chamberlain
Alisbury
Palfour
Quincy House
World famed Minnie Williams sought by police
Police pursue Minnie Williams, also known as Agnes Miller, a world traveler active in major cities across the United States and Europe. She is wanted in New Orleans on grand larceny charges and is alleged to have earned near six hundred dollars. she reportedly visited Moscow during Czar Nicholas II’s reign and has a history of Theft dating back years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nicholas II
New Orleans
Elon
Coat Wins by Two Minutes Seventeen Over Minnesota Yacht Club
Coat, the Canadian defender, defeats Minnesota of the Kite Bear Yacht Club of St. Paul by 2 minutes 17 seconds. He won the first race on Friday on a triangular course and the second yesterday on a windward and return course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coat
Minnesota
Kite Bear Yacht Club
St. Paul
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