Mrs Proctor Survives Drowning Scare After Lake Champlain Boat Accident
On a Vermont Association of Boston outing to South Hero Island, Mrs. Fletcher D. Proctor survived after a launch with George Couture overturned near the steamer Chateaguay. Couture drowned, leaving a widow and four children. Rescue efforts by nearby boatmen saved Mrs. Proctor, who suffered nervous shock but is expected to recover. a $300 purse was raised for Couture’s family.
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Burlington
Vermont Association of Boston
South Hero Island
Lake Champlain
Fletcher D. Proctor
Proctor
George Couture
Keeler’s Bay
Henry Martin
Proctor and Couture
Sherman
Rockwell
Couture
Martin
Herbert Metcalf
Hugh Fraser
Governor Proctor
Boston
Slaughtering the Boys Suit Sale
Advertisement notes clearance at 99 cents for any suit and drastic cuts on youths suits, with former prices up to 15 dollars. Promotion lists F. Gray Co. at Washington and Hanover as the seller.
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F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
State and city funds questioned over improper travel perks
A legal challenge questions whether using state and city contingent funds for car rides, meals, drinks, cigars, visiting cards, and similar expenses amounts to larceny or is a lawful use of public money. The discussion continues on Page 2.
Leaders Standing By Strike Leaders Stand By Strike
President McGarty of the Telegraphers Union fulminates that all strike leaders are present at the hall denying Superintendent Ames claim of leaders who never left their keys on day one. Continued on Page 4 First Column.
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President McGarty
The
Telegraphers’ Union
Post
Ames
Western Union
Revised list of dead and injured at Kennebunk train and explosion
The list cites Philip Partridge of Pittsh Penn died struck by a train near Kennebunk on the way to a fire. Dominick Lebreque of Portland aged 32 died in a soda tank explosion. Philip Perrault of Biddeford, 40, died at hospital from tank explosion injuries. Reverend Rufus H. Jones of Trinity Episcopal Church Saco, gravely injured with skull fracture. Melvin T. Morrill of Salem, a Boston and Maine engineer, fractured leg and collar bone. Samuel Emerson of Old Orchard, 65, overcome by smoke, found unconscious before Hotel Emerson, taken to Webber Hospital. Miss Alice Minard of Pennsylvania, companion of Partridge, severely bruised. At Trull Hospital.
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Philip
Partridge
Pittsh -Penn
Eaten & Maine
Kennebunk
Dominick Lebrecque
Portland
Philip Perrault
Biddeford
Rufus H. Jones
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Trull Hospital
Melvin T. Morrill
Salem
Boston & Maine
Samuel Emerson
Old Orchard
William T. Emerson
Emerson
Webber Hospital
Alice Minard
Pennsylvania
Philip Partridge
Desolation in Old Orchard as Fire Leaves Town in Turmoil
Old Orchard Maine witnesses scenes of ruin with streets and beaches crowded by visitors and visitors fleeing shelterless. Looters pickpockets and souvenir seekers appear amid an exodus from once fine hotels as extra trains swarm with humanity.
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Old Orchard
Mrs Eddy Faces Expert Insanity Test in Plea at Pleasant View
Concord New Hampshire August 16. Lawyers for Mrs Eddy fought to block expert alienists from examining her mental health and capacity to manage her affairs. Next friends demand access to Pleasant View for in situ assessment with Dr Henry R Stedman and Dr George P Tuttle named as expected examiners, while counsel for Eddy vows to resist.
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Concord
N. H
Eddy
Pleasant View
Christian Science
Chandler
Tooth and Nail
General Streeter
Mrs. Eddy
Streeter
Aldrich
Henry R. Stedman
Brookline
George P. Tuttle
Mclean Hospital
Massachusetts
ELOPING WIFE IS FORGIVEN IN BROOKLINE SOCIETY TALE
Mrs. John R. Perry, once famed for an elopement with Wilson S. Belches to London on June 6, has separated from her companion and is at sea bound for New York to reunite with her husband. The scandal touched Brookline society, with friends predicting she would return for the sake of her two children and that hope now appears fulfilled as a cablegram from Mr. Perry arrives seeking reconciliation.
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John R. Perry
Brookline Society
London
Wilson S. Belches
New York
F Gray Co Sale Ends Soon at Rhodes Ripley
The F Gray Co advertising sale nears its end with dramatic price cuts on suits and pants. Blue Serge suits $9.90 to $20 range, Black Thibet $7.90, fancy worsted $5.90, pants $1.90. Located at Washington and Hanover.
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Rhodes-Ripley
F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Relieves Nervous Disorders
An advertisement promising relief from nervous disorders including headache insomnia and exhaustion. Claims the preparation rebuilds the nervous system and restores vitality. Product promotes strength, energy, and improved sleep through a tonic formula.
Verbal clash at Worcester fair reads like spring Democratic showdown
At the Worcester fair grounds a hot meeting pitted General Charles W. Bartlett against Henry M. Whitney for governor with over 500 attendees. Congressman O Connell sparred with Bartlett over the Boston and Maine merger while John A. Sullivan backed Whitney. Moran watched quietly as Thayer sought unity and opted to stay out of the race.
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Charles W. Bartlett
Henry M. Whitney
Worcester Fair Grounds
Springfield
E. Gerry Brown
Joseph O’connell
Mr. Whitney
Whitney
Massachusetts
John A. Sullivan
General Bartlett
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Congressman Sullivan
Bartlett
Mr.Sullivan
John B. Moran
Gerry Brown
Moran
Boston
Congressman O'Connell
Don” P. O'Connell
Fair Grounds
Mr. Whiteney
John R. Thayer
Worcester
Thayer
Boston Democracy
Boston and vicinity weather forecast
Forecast for Boston and vicinity says showers Saturday then fair Sunday with rising temperatures. Strong winds from the south shifting to the west. Washington reports show showers in New England on Saturday followed by fair and warmer conditions Sunday with fresh south winds. Eastern New York also expects showers Saturday and Sunday, with warmer, continuing south winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
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Old Orchard Beach
Hotel Olympia
Pres
Mic Garty
Union
Napoleon
Sunday Post
Tremont
Boston Horse. Co
Hollis Chambers
Boston Common
Tremont Street
Oxford
Sanford
Mrs. Perry
Belches
Europe
Horsford's
Bartlett and Whitney
O’connell
Corporation
Sullivan
Kiley
Morana
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
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