Suit Against New Shoreham Continues Over Town Meeting
In United States District Court the hearing continued on William McKie of Boston petitioning for a writ of mandamus to force New Shoreham to hold a town meeting ordering a tax to satisfy an $11 000 claim as balance due to McKie as builder of the town steamer.
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Providence
R. L
United States District Court
William McKie
Boston
New Shoreham
Fisher Fleet Arrives as Record Swordfish Trip Returns
Twenty four vessels reached T wharf including two seiners and ten swordfish boats. Ground catch totals beat previous records with haddock cod hake pollock and halibut weighed in pounds. Swordfish trips set a yearly record with 859 monsters and several ships carried stock to Gloucester and Portland markets. The Arte misia and Buceros ships arrived with cargoes while local crews faced weather and drill rumors.
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T Wharf
Haddock
Joseph H. Cromwell
Gloucester
Swordfish
Mary A. Gleason
Rose Standish
Forest Maid
Moses B. Linscot
Mettacomet
Valentinna
Mortis H. Perry
Lear C
Viola
Quartette
Fanny Hayden
Portland
Mary T. Fallon
Larry Hayes
Annie Parker
Joe Graham
Georges
Fallon
Annie Perry
Carrie F. Roberts
Mary Do. Santos
Rapidan
C. A. Howard
George Lane, Jr
Henrietta G. Martin
W. H. Rider
Sea Fox
Frances Silvia
Shipping News Update Labor Day Season
Shipping notices list arrivals and clearances including Steamers Artemisia Meggersee Buceros Hutcheon and others with their origins Calcutta Colombo Jam Porto Antonio and New York. Numerous tug movements barge tows and schooners are noted along with wind directions high water times and dawn/dusk data.
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Mniature Almanacc
Artemisia
Ger
Meggersee
Hamburg
Buceros
Hutcheon
Calcutta
Colombo
Algiers
Penobscot
Mitchell
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Portland
Boston
MacKenzie
Yarmouth
Brewster
Ock
Port Antonio
Jam
Kershaw
Bond
Baltmore
Norfolk
Kennebec
Seifert
Bayport
Jensen
Newport News
Baden
H. M. Whitney
Baltimore
Uba
Bartlett
Ay Ae News
Berkeley
Havana
Bangor
George H. Ames
Watts
Jacksonville
Helen Thomas
Lermond
Annie
Doucette
Salmon River
Charlotte W. Miller
Higbee
Albany
N. Y
Charles W. Church
Washington, D. C
Boston Valuation Sees Large Gain in 1904 Figures
Boston assessors report total valuation near 1.26 billion dollars as of May 1 with real estate at about 1.021 billion and personal valuations up sharply. Officials expect a 7 million dollar net gain in personal values and a stronger overall tax base despite prior losses. tax rate slated around 16 dollars per thousand.
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Boston
Husband Disappears Leaving Chelsea Wife and Child
Mrs Mary Miller and her 9 year old daughter await the return of Eben Miller their 84 year old husband and father who vanished July c1 after saying he would quit his janitor job at Chelsea. He is described as 6 feet 5 inches tall 130 pounds dark complexion reddish mustache and wore a dark suit black shirt and checked cap when he left home.
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Williams Street
Chelsea
Mary Miller
Eben
Miller
Widow Chooses One Twin for Public Care in Chicago
Poverty and recent mis fortune drove Mrs. Philomena Moscha to give up one newborn twin after her husband died. She first surrendered a twin to a police sergeant, then reconsidered before finally choosing the boy Angela and weeping as she parted. She later collapsed from the emotional strain.
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Chicago
Philomena Moscha
Angela
Society formed to promote Southern chivalry suppress mashers
Louisville August 8 a group of reputable young men organize a society for promoting Southern chivalry and punishing mashers in general and specific.
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Louisville
Resorts and Tours booklet highlights 1905 vacation spots
A 90 page free summertime resorts guide promotes White Mountains and Maine seashores, Lake Winnipesaukee, Vermont and Canadian resorts. It details hotels rates routes and rail travel, with a two colored cover. Mail requests to the Boston and Maine Railroad General Passenger Department, Boston.
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White Mountains
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Lake Winnipesaukee
Lake Sunapee
Vermont
Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Boston & Maine Railroad
Beautiful
Illustrated
General Passenger Department
Boston
Is She His Wife or Not in Matauri Balda Case
Matauri Balda, 20, claims she married Balda Farris of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Balda faces perjury charges, bail $800, after Matauri’s immigration dispute and possible deportation if Balda is found guilty.
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Colonel Billings
Immigration
Matauri Balda
Balda Farris
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Balda
Matauri
Italy
Summer Paradise on New Jersey Shore Gems
Henry James calls New Jersey’s shore a summer paradise with Highland Beach Seabright Long Branch and Asbury Park offering villas beaches and hotels. The area features Rumson Road views Shrewsbury River access and easy rail and boat connections to New York for visitors seeking a fashionable coastal retreat.
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Henry James
New Jersey
Highland Beach
Normandie-by-the-Sea
Shrewsbury River
Seabright
Rumson Road
Long Branch
Deal Beach
Asbury Park
Avon-by-the-Sea
New Jersey Central
New York
Baltimore Ohio Exposition Train Fares Publicized
Very low rates to the Lewis and Clark Exposition offered by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Tickets on sale daily with return passage limited to 90 days, not later than November 30 1905. Travel to California Pacific coast Yellowstone Shoshone Falls and Yosemite Valley promoted. For rates routes stopovers and details contact J B Scott New England passenger agent 360 Washington Street Boston Mass.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
California
Pacifc
Yellowstone National Park
Shoshone Falls
Yosemite Valley
J. B. Scott
New England
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Trains collide near Taunton injuring minstrel group members
Panic broke out in Taunton as a special carrying the Primrose minstrel company collided with a regular train near the Central depot. Passengers were shaken but none seriously hurt. minstrel car windows were shattered and roof torn, rear-car occupants thrown from seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Primrose Minstrel Company
Central
Minstrel Company
Baldwinville Monster Snake Sighted On Farm
Conray Brooks of the Brooks farm near Baptist Common reports sighting a snake over 14 feet long on August 7. He describes a shiny black body as thick as a man's thigh and a red ring around the neck, bold characteristics for the unidentified reptile.
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Baldwinville
Conray Brooks
Brooks Farm
Baptist Common
Salem Man Taken to Providence for Sentence
Joseph Ricord a 40 year old undertaker of Salem convicted in January 1904 for maintaining a common nuisance tied to a Providence drug store will be sentenced in Providence today. He fled during jury charging in the Salem trial where he and Oscar Roberts were convicted. A Rhode Island deputy spotted a Ricord sign in Salem prompting extradition papers signed by Governor Douglas. Ricord was taken handcuffed to Inspector Scott as Providence officers escorted him to the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ricord
Salem
Providence
R. I
Ricord
Oscar Roberts
Rhode Island
Joseph L. Ricord
Douglas
Scott
State Police
Wealth from Los Angeles will of Thomas Fitzgerald
By the will of Thomas Fitzgerald who died in Los Angeles two weeks ago, his brothers James and Patrick Fitzgerald and niece Miss Margaret O Loughlin will receive 100000 dollars each. James runs a small grocery, Patrick is a railroad laborer, and the girl works in a mill.
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Utica
Thomas Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Cal
James
Patrick Fitzgerald
Margaret O'Loughlin
Patrick
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