Bit His Nose Off In Altercation With Son-In-Law
George Yeomans, 70, of 9 Spring Street West End, lost part of his nose in a quarrel with his son-in-law Louis Zager, 38, fruit store owner of 168 Leverett Street. Zager is jailed at Station 3 on mayhem charges after the incident at Zager’s shop. A hospital report notes the severed piece was recovered but may not be reattached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Yeomans
Spring Street
West End
Louis Zager
Leverett Street
Yeomans
Zager
Station 3
Massachusetts General Hospital
Southern railroads prep tracks for exposition traffic in Atlanta
Southern railroads arrange extensive facilities around Atlanta for the Southern States and International Exposition. Double tracks to the grounds, fifty new open cars, and big repair shops planned under Vice-President William H. Baldwin Jr. A rate war with Savannah’s Ocean Steamship Co. aims for amicable settlement, and a double express train plan between New York and New Orleans via Atlanta is to be discussed with representatives from Southern Pacific and Louisville & Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Atlanta
Exposition Grounds
Illinois Central
William H. Baldwin, Jr
W. H. Baldwin, Jr
Boston
Ocean Steamship Company
Savannah
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Southern Traffic Association
New York
Atlantic Shore Line
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Louisville & Nashville Roads
Knights Templars
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine
Nashua Street
N. Y
Clark
Alien
Clapp
Henney
Gardner
Fall River Line
J. G. Park
Plymouth
R. M. Hilwell
Curtis
Resignation of Cham ber of Commerce treasurer noted
A large audience attended a Cham ber of Commerce meeting yesterday where Frederick N. Cheney's resignation was acknowledged after an audit showed a $6018.78 shortage. Insurance reimbursed the association and new by law amendments were approved, including a change to appoint a temporary treasurer until a successor is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick N. Cheney
Chamber
Wallace L. Robinson
Mystery kit found in Lynn woods near berry pickers
Asa and Charles Tarbox found a scissors grinder's stand with bell bone and strap, and torn straw hat near a wooded road between Cedar and Bartholomew ponds near the Lynnfield line. They feared foul play after hearing possible screams, noted tool damage, tracks and broken twigs, and reported the find to Patrolman Byers. Gypsies and tramps were seen nearby.
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Lynn
Asa
Charles Tarbox
Lynnfield Street
New England
Lynfield Street
Tarbox Brothers
Byers
Asa Tarbox
Charles
Cedar
Bartholomew Ponds
Peabody Line
George Day
Bryant’s Hill
Charlies Tarbox
Reading of a fragmented sports update ends with vague notes
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a closing moment and teams in a contest. It lists no clear teams, scores, dates, or locations, leaving the outcome and key entities unreadable. No coherent names or events are discernible.
Atlantic Station Fire At Quincy Causes Heavy Loss
Sparks from a passing locomotive set fire to the Atlantic station on the New York, New Haven Hartford line at Quincy this afternoon. The upper part of the station housed the Packard family. Mr Packard narrowly escaped. Fire gutted the building. loss to building and contents about 9,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Atlantic
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Packard
Doings in Milford Aug 8 funeral and notices
The funeral of Mrs Maggie E Manion who died Tuesday was held at St Marys Church with high mass of requiem by Rev J F Griffin and burial in Catholic cemetery. William R Luby recovered a bicycle taken last Saturday from the rear of Thomas Walton store. Night Watchman Holmes found it in Blunt block hallway and returned it. Selectmen met, approving bills of 1593.17 and naming C H Rantlett a police officer. Lincoln House license not revoked. George F Birch went to East Ed en Me. Aggie Burke of King Bros is vacationing in New Hampshire. Henry OConnell of Boston visits Milford friends.
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Milford
Maggie E. Manion
St. Mary’s Church
J. F. Griffin
William R. Luby
Thomas & Walcott's
Blunt Block
Holmes
C. H. Rantlett
Lincoln House
George F. Birch
East
Iss Aggie Burke
King Bros
New Hampshire
Henry O’connell
Boston
Van Nostrand Brewery Delegation Enjoys Woburn Outing
A large delegation from A. G. Van Nostrand's Charlestown brewery spent the day at Horn Pond grove Woburn on Wednesday. Three barges with a twelve-piece band left Charlestown about 8 AM and returned about 9 PM. Baseball and other athletic events for prizes were held, with lunch provided by Weildmant, caterer of Roxbury. Employees expressed great satisfaction at the holiday outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. van Nostrand
Charlestown
Horn Pond Grove Woburn
Encampment Review At Centennial Grove Honors Col Miller
Fourth day of Second Corps Cadets camp at Centennial Grove features a complimentary review for Inspector Col Marcus Miller U S A with guard mount battalion drill and powder firing. Strong attendance from visiting officers and governors anticipates a gala evening as camps show disciplined drill and high spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Second Corps
Centennial Grove
John BE. Spencer
Johnson
Marcus Miller
Baker
Miller
Peck
Dodge
Eighth Regiment
Hart
Oaks
Stover
Staples
Joseph Dalton
A. Parker Browne
Hobbs
Lovett
The
Ancients
Abbott
Milford baker accidentally shot by companion in Bridgeport
Frank Mittersholzer, a Milford baker at Longmer's bakery on Main street, was accidentally shot by Eugene Parthenay. Parthenay entered the shop with a loaded shotgun and, while examining it, fired, injuring Mittersholzer in the arm, throat, and face. Parthenay was arrested and bound over to await the outcome of the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Frank Mittersholzer
Milford
Eugene Parthenay
Longmer’s Bakery
Main Street
Parthenay
Mittersholzer
Heady
Mitterlholzer
Justice Clapp
One Killed in Arizona Train Wreck Report
A morning dispatch from San Francisco reports the Arizona train wreck was less deadly than feared. Only one person died, Rev. E. D. Wheeler of San Francisco, with several others injured or bruised including L. M. Alexander of Fresno and R. L. Donaldson of Enterprise Missouri.
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San Francisco
Cal
Atlantic & Pacific Road
Arizona
E. D. Wheeler
Ll. M. Alexander
Fresno
R. L. Donaldson
Enterprise
Whitaker
Barstow
L. C. Tolhurst
Cleveland
Bertha Cooper
New York
New England pensions and renewals list across states
Washington details pension actions across Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine. Entries name individuals such as Henry Williams Abel B Kenyon John H Chase Mary H Johnson James Shep ard Jesse B Luckey Luther Dean and Orville S Moore among others with actions including original widows reissue and increase at National Military Home Togus and related institutions.
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Washington
D. C
New England
Rhode Island
Henry Williams
Anthony
Abel B. Kenyon
Rockville
John H. Chase
Pawtucket
Mary H. Johnson
Providence
James H. Johnson
Massachusetts
James Shepard
Marblehead
George O. Blackston
Boston
John Rasch
Roxbury
John H. Brown
Lynn
John W. Burdett
Wakefield
William F. Randolph
Joseph A. Smith
Reading
Ebeneser B. Hoyt
Alpheus Strout
Lawrence
Increase
Henry A. Harris
Lawrences
Relasue
Edwin A. Jordan
Franklin
Michael Crow, Jr
Westboro
Richard F. Stowell
New Bedford
John H. Pike
Brockton
Avery J. Deming
North Adams
Job Wilson
Fitchburg
Maine
Jesse B. Luckey
National Military Home
Kennebec County
Patrick Giblin
Ditto
William C. Towle
Fryeburg
Luther Childs
Salem
Patrick Maguire
Machias
Lawrence Nary
Togus
Saennee
John Finn
Granville R
Sibley
Wiville
Howard C. Dennisoland
Grinfill Stuart
Paris
Ma Fort
J. Young
Lincolnville
Truman H. Backlin
West Rockport
Orville
Moore
National Soldiers’ Home
Weeneen M. Gushee
Appleton
New Hampshire
Luther Dean
Laconia
Mason
Was Excusable Homicide in Dedham Verdict
In Dedham a report on August 8 notes a homicide case where a judge ruling deemed the death excusable. The decision concerns John and Kishan in a disputed altercation near Kishan's tower, with the court addressing prior statements and the sequence of events leading to the fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Fairbanks
Kishan’ Tower
Slander hearing and sidewalk ruling split in London and Boston
In London the slander case against Countess Cowley unfolds with Mrs Jacoby testifying she and her husband joined the Badminton hunt in 1885 and faced ostracism since 1893 amid allegations she authored anonymous letters. Separately in Boston a police hearing delays sidewalk enforcement for the Fruit and Produce Exchange to allow market district expansion talks, with officials and merchants arguing for postponement until city action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Pretty Boy In Jersey City Tries On Female Disguise
A short slider boy in a brown suit and straw hat sat on a bench in Hamilton Park Jersey City. A tramp teased him about being a woman, revealing the hidden identity of Agnes Lehman who had dressed as a girl to look for work and was taken home after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hamilton Park
Jersey City
Pardner
Nat Smith
Smith Street
Agnes Lehman
Old Fashioned Elopement Under Moonlight
In Baltimore on August 8, J E Adams and Rosa B Bailey from White Hall Frederick County Virginia secretly wed after Rosa, barely 16, climbed down a ladder from her window at midnight. Her parents opposed the match. the lovers used moonlight and a night escape to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. E. Adams
Rosa B. Baily
White Hall
Frederick County
Winchester
John Baily
Adams
Daugher
Love at First Sight Marries Sculptor Bachmann and Nellie Brown
The eminent sculptor Max Bachmann married Nellie Brown at Newport on Wednesday evening in a romance noted from their two year pupil teacher relationship. Mrs Brown is the daughter of the late Paymaster Brown BR N and sought a place in Bachmann’s class before becoming his wife. The couple planned to return to Boston and sail for Europe shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Bachmann
Nellie Brown
Newport
Miss Brown
Bachmann
McCarthy Seeks Discipline Amid Irish Party Strife
The Freeman's Journal prints a manifesto from Mr. Justin McCarthy addressed to fellow countrymen. He warns that dissensions within the Irish party ruin the nationalist cause and urges loyal, disciplined unity. He blames coercionists for electoral setbacks and cites attacks within the party as a critical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
The
Freeman's Journal
Justin McCarthy
McCarthy
Floating Hospital Seeks 600 More Dollars From Public
Boston Floating Hospital directors report satisfactory early results as more babies are treated and admissions strictly enforced. Additional physicians and nurses are serving this season with two trained nurses visiting between trips, increasing costs. To complete the season, $600 is needed, appeal made to the public. Contributions may be sent to Rufus B. Tobey or Dr. Francis H. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Floating Hospital
Rufus B. Tobey
Berkeley Temple
South Eng ‘’A
Francis H. Brown
Exchange Place
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Samuel Breck
M. D
Crazed by Overwork Ends in Tragic Leap
Sarah Barton a 20 year old millinery counter worker on Sixth Avenue leaped from a roof at 216 East One Hundred Twentieth Street in New York. She died two hours later at Harlem Hospital. Her father stood by as her mind collapsed from overwork and long hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sarah Barton
Sixth Avenue
East One Hundred and Twentieth Street
Harlem Hospital
Denies The Marriage In Lynn Bigamy Case
A woman appealing for a warrant to arrest Joseph Calbert on bigamy charges disappeared after visiting the Lynn police. Authorities declined to issue the warrant citing lack of valid precedent. Calbert denies any marriage to the claimant and says she and he never lived as husband and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Joseph Calbert
TNA
Paul Hartwig
Lowell
Brooklyn
N. I
Catterthun Sinks After Striking Seal Rocks Near Brisbane
Melbourne dispatches report the British steamer Catterthun struck Seal Rocks at 2 45 am in a heavy southwest gale and sank twenty minutes later. Captain Shannon and nine officers plus 11 000 sovereigns were aboard. only three Europeans and several steerage passengers survived.
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London
Melbourne
Catterthun
Seal Rocks
Brisbane
Neil Shannon
Mr. Pinney
Leffler
Harper
Adams
Wilson
Wolstenholme
Manning
Anderson Phipps
Laskers
Mesdames Mathias
Loring
Smith
Robert Fraser
Fawkes
Tanfear
Copeman
Crane
Sydney
Funeral of Vicar General Hughes Set for Saturday
Hartford funeral services for Vicar General Hughes who died last night will be at St Patrick's Church corner Church and Ann streets at 10 30 Saturday morning. Bishop Beaven of Springfield will preach the sermon. Relatives attend and priests from New England and New York State will be present. Father William Leddy will direct arrangements. Father Sheridan of Middletown and Windsor Locks will assist and supervise.
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Hartford
Conn
Hughes
St. Patrick’s Church
Church and
Ann Streets
Beaven
Springfield
Hes
New England
New York State
William Leddy
St. Patrick’s Parish
Sheridan
Middletown
Father Sheridan
Windsor Locks
Wife of William Hnnessy Dies at Winthrop Home
The wife of William S. Hnnessy died yesterday at their Winthrop summer home after years of illness. Born in Boston 38 years ago, she leaves her husband and four children, the youngest 18, and was noted for charitable deeds. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church Roxbury Circuit Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Hnnessy
Winthrop
Hennessy
Pietro Garibaldi
Millmoré
Boston
St. Joseph’s Church
Circuit Street
Roxbury
Waterbury Girl Severely Injured by Rooster Attack
A 10 year old Waterbury girl named Teams was visiting the Johnson family in Bradleyville when a rooster attacked her, severing an artery in the face. A physician arrived promptly and stopped the bleeding, saving her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
Waterbury
Teams
Johnson
Bradleyville
Dr Jacob W Brown arraigned in malpractice case
Dr Jacob W Brown appeared in Municipal Criminal Court charged with malpractice and as an accessory before and after the fact in causing the death of Mrs Lilian Brown Farrell. He pleaded not guilty and is held in 5000 bail until Aug 15. Perley G Farrell husband of the victim is charged as an accessory before and after the fact and held in 3000 bond for the same date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob W. Brown
Municipal Criminal Court
Lilian Brown Farrell
Perley G. Farrell
Grain dealers F G W Eddy assign creditors at 206 Chamber
A Chicago report says Se See ot Seven F G W Eddy grain and provision dealers at 206 Chamber of Commerce building assignment to creditors. Eddy did not explain cause of distress. Another source cites declining hay prices as a chief factor. The men reside in West Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Begton
Chicago
American pilgrims depart Rome for Naples
American pilgrims who visited Rome have now left for Naples, continuing their tour of Italy. The group traveled from Rome to Naples, marking a transition in their Italian itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Rome
Drowning of Laborer James McGuire Off Holt & Bugbee Wharf
Yesterday afternoon at about 2:30 James McGuire a laborer drowned off the rear of Holt and Bugbee's wharf in East Cambridge. He was seen sitting on the wharf then fell into the water and was recovered almost immediately by a brake man named Brown. The body was sent to Undertaker Litchfield's and Medical Examiner Swan ruled the death an accidental drowning. McGuire was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McGuire
Holt & Bugbee's
Cambridge
McGuire
Brown
Litchfield’s
Swan
Temperance Picnic Arrives from Manchester Demonts and Nehant
A group of picnickers from Manchester New Hampshire joined by members of the St Paul Hymer Society and their friends traveled to Base Point Nebraska yesterday for a temperance picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
St. Paul
Want Him Back
John D. Rich, a missing fish merchant, has not been found. Friends say he left the city for a short vacation to clear unsettled business, while New York firms allege unpaid debts totaling about $2,000 plus other sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rich
New York
Rich
J. Warren
H. T. Wood
B. W. Davis
Warner & Plankard
L. W. Wright & Co
Wallace & Kenney
Erie Fish Commission
Oakek
Hibernians Resolve to Seek Irish Freedom at Open Convention
In Division 23 of the A. O. H. members adopt a resolution calling for an open convention to plan liberation from foreign misrule. They pledge to reject parliamentary agitation and any political party not aligned with their goal of Irish rights and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Division 23
Yeas
Irimen
Alleged False Swearing Hearing For Charlestown Man
John Reilly aged 68 faced a hearing before a United States commissioner at the post office building charged with falsely swearing before pension examiner William M Goodlove on July 18 1896. Reilly a Charlestown resident at 2 Mansfield place was bound over to the United States grand jury in 1500 dollars after commissioner Fiske found probable cause and held him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reilly
United States
William M. Goodlove
Reilly
Charlestown
Mansfield Place
Fiske
United States Grand Jury
Youthful fire bugs arraigned in Arlington court
Arlington August 8 John McCaffrey and James M Mead the youths accused of recent fires in the town upper section were arraigned in court today Police believe most if not all fires in the area will be traced to them but charges for lower section fires not yet filed Both boys are held on 30 bail posted by their fathers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
John McCaffrey
James M. Mead
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