Old Man Thompson Dies After Laudanum Dose
In Great Barrington on August 24 Myron L. Thompson a 77 year old resident of Sandisfield expressed weariness of life and took laudanum to end it. Henry T. Wells found him and carried him to the house where Thompson soon died in Wells' arms. He survives a sister Mrs Thomas Webb of Winsted Connecticut.
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Great Barrington
Myron L. Thompson
Sandisfield
Henry T. Wells
Thompson
Wells
Thomas Webb
Winsted, Conn
Record Season Draws Tourists to Nova Scotia by DA Line
Tourist business on the Dominion Atlantic line to Nova Scotia is breaking records this season with every Prince George and Boston sailing fully booked. The mild climate and bracing days invite travel, and Yarmouth serves as the main highway of access. Contact the company at 228 Washington Street or Long Wharf for staterooms and tours.
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Nova Scotia
Dominion Atlantic
Prince George
Boston
Yarmouth
Washington Street
Long Wharf
State Street
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Liverpool
Ivernia
Sylvania
Saxonia
New York
Carmania
Umbria
Lucania
Caronia
New
Gibraltar
Genoa
Naples
Adriatic
Blavonia
Pannonia
Carpathia
THE
Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd
Chas. P. Sumner
Agt
Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. Steamship Lines
Norfolk
Baltimore
Newport News
Providence
A. M. Graham
Agen Battery Wharf
W. P. Corla
Providere
Dominion Atlantic BY. S. S. Line
Quiet Day at the Fish Pier Amid Price Spikes and Odd Cargoes
Yesterday six trips brought 278 swordfish and groundfish totals as prices rose due to haddock and cod scarcity. Notable catches included Esther Gray 80 swordfish and Hockomock 79. other vessels reported haddock, cod, hake, and pollock. A carrier pigeon aboard Valentiana and a wreckage sighting at 40N 40W were noted amid port activity. several ships arrived or prepared for voyages to London, Liverpool, and Naples.
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Esther Gray
Bertha M. Bailey
Haddock
Sunday church services and spiritual meetings listed
A long schedule of Sunday services at multiple churches in Boston including Shawmut Congregational Berkeley Temple Old South Church Hope Chapel and Tremont Street Church with sermons topics and times. A large section lists Spiritualist and Psychic meetings at Commercial Hall Camp Progress Arc ade Hall and various addresses with speakers mediums and schedules.
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Shawmut Congregational Church
Tremont
Brookline Streets
Fred Hovey Allen
New York
Jesus
Ivory Palaces
Samuel Richards Gaines
Berkeley Temple
George H. Huntington
J. Wilder Fairbank
Shepherd King
Lincoln
Old South Church
Allen FB. Cross
D. D
Hope Chapel
Shawmut Street
Park Square
Samuel Wesley Irwin
People's Temple
M. E
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Charles A. Crane
CG. W. Hamilton
St. John
N. B
Christ
Jehosaphat
Bible School
Tremont Street Church
Corner Concord
E. A. Blake
Camp Progress
Upper Swampscott
Professor Matook
Hotel Pelham
Boston
Bombay
India
Matook
Commercial Hall
Next Globe Theatre
Hannah Nutter
Sophie Kampe
N. P. Smith
Samaria
Emma Odiorne
Josephine Webster
Graham
Gray
Harmony Hall
Washington Street
Nellie Carleton-Grover
Emily Mills
Reed
Jollymore
Kampe
Harwood
Marston
First Spiritual Science Church
M. Adeline Wilkinson
Tremont Street
Mabel Witham
S. V
Malden
Progressive Spiritualists’ Society, Inc
Pleasant Street
Alice M. Whall
Black Bear
Columbus Oe
Dartmouth
Clarendon Streets
First Spiritual Church
Broadway
Chelsea
Marion Street
East
Ferry Street
Everett
J. A. Newhall
Abbie Heath
Dover Street
Daitly
Marriner
Dale Street
Roxbury
Warren Street
Peabody McKenna
Warrenton Street
Unity Camp
Saugus
Scarlett
M. A. Jacobs
James Singer
W. A. Robbins
Mona Belle Welch
Mme
Anna Pierce
Stackpolf
Huntington Avenue
Back Bay
Arthur
Fourth Street
A. E. Ricker
Massachusetts Avenue
I. Littlefield
West
Springfield Street
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Roland D. Grant
L. H. Rhodes
Lorimer Hall
Grant
Cc. E. Boyd
First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
O. P. Gifford
Buffalo
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
J. E. Perry
Dudley Street Baptist Church
President White
Colby College
Waterville
Shipping News Mini Almanacs Update of Arrivals and Tugs
Shipping news lists arrivals and port movements including steamers Columbian and Bound Book with cargoes to F Leyland & Co and Hansen Port Antonio bananas, plus numerous vessels sailing to Boston Philadelphia Portland Bangor Gloucester New York and Newport News with tugs and barges noted. The August entries cover ships arriving in August with cargoes of mdse iron pyrites bananas and more.
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Columbian
Masters
London
F. Leyland & Co., Ltd
Fos
Tufte
Saville
Spain
Hansen
Port Antonio
Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
N. C
Juniata James
Baltimore
Norfolk
Grecian
Briggs
Philadelphia
EF. Dimock
Baker
Santiago
Holmes
New York
Ransom B. Fuller
Blair
Bath
Dingley
Winscott
Portland
City of
Rockland
Roix
Bangor
City of Gloucester
Ober
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Gloucester
Mass
Cuba
Bartlett
Matanzas
Newport News
Carlisle
Lloyd
Wesley A. Gove
Crocker
Lynn
Paoli
Kelly
Oxford
Kennebec
Plymouth
Port Johnson
Salem
Barkentine Sirdar
Rafuse
Caplin
P. Q
Virginian
Old Mirrors Rejuvenated by Land & Sons Co
Old mirrors restored to like new condition by Land & Sons Co located at 160 Portland St. The service highlights careful cleaning, polishing, and frame repair to revive antique glass and fixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Drug CO
Leon St. Roxbury
Land & Sons CO
Portland St
Poultryman Fraud Charge Filed Against Quincy Man
John H. Bent of Quincy faced U S Commissioner Hay on a charge of using the mails to defraud poultrymen across the state. The case was continued to the September term of the U S Court. Bent allegedly mailed letters seeking fancy eggs for breeding and refused payment when samples were requested. Sportsmen seeking a rumored 400 year old turtle reported no sighting after an afternoon search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Bent
Quincy
United States
Hay
Bent
Sea Turtle Rampages in Lake's Bay Near Atlantic City
A sea turtle with a six foot wide shell and a head as large as a man is said to be despoiling Lake's Bay behind Atlantic City of fish, according to bayman John Bevins who reports the creature.
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Provincetows
Masa
Atlantic City
N. J
Lake's Bay
John Bevins
Port and Vessel Movements Include Cuba Bound Steamers and Tows
The report lists multiple vessels and movements such as steamers Alice Sama from Cuba to Bound Brook Ger and Vera from Amsterdam to City of Augusta Savannah. It notes schooners Milo Sedgwick Silver Leaf and Georgian with various ports including Nantucket Baltimore Norfolk and Portland with tows of barges and vessels Suf folk S. O. Co. No. 76 and Matanzas.
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Alice
Sama
Cuba
Bound Brook
Port Antonio
Jam
Vera
City of Augusta
Savannah
Werman
New York
Milo
Halifax
Sedgwick
Bridgewater
Silver Leaf
Harvey
N. B
N. E
Georgian
London
Fng
St. Croix
St. John
Portland
Eastport
Prince George
Yarmouth
Nantucket
Baltimore
Norfolk
Paol
Strafford
Pemberton
Ardmore
Oxford
Kennebec
Carlisle
Philadelphia
Suffolk
Lynn
Neshaminy
Schuylkill
Aatral
S. O
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Bankers Loan Company
Bankers Loan Cmpany
Court Square Aston
Front Street
Morcester
Ewey Company
State St
Commercial Investment CO
Compton Bldg
Reateances
Devonshire St
Arch St
Colonial Loan CO
Milk St
Franklin Loan CO
D. H. Tolman
Bromfield St
Spooner & Briggs
City Loan CO
Washington St
gil-déSutt
McNamara
Premees
SSN Ac Ee Workincmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
Beacon St
P. O. Box
Diamonds
Suffolk Supply Co., Inc
Lenox Jewelry CO
Made
Read’s Legal Agency
Hannah Austin
Francis Austin
Atkinson Law Office
h3eod&Surf
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line
Freiht
F. P. Wing
Central Wharf
Morgan Line
Southern Pacific Company
Shreveport
Texas
Mexico
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Oregon
Hawakan Islands
Philippine Islands
China
Japan
Australia
New Orleans
N.E. Agt
Wash. St
White Star Line
Boston- Queenstown
M. Cymrie
Mediterranean
Sat
Company
India Building
Sachem
Michigan
Sagamore
Hoosac Tunnel
Warren & CO
Milk _ Street
J Cycle CO
Hanover St
HUB Cycle CO
Wealth OF
Massachusetts
Basin Commission
Boylston On
Charles River
Cambridge Bridge
Charles Street
Boylston Street
Commission
Commonwealth
Tien
Pritchett
Henry D. Yerx4
Joshua B. Holden
Charles River Basin Commission
Hiram. A. Miller
William 8. Youngman
Howard I. Hines
Minot
Charles Neal
Valentiana
No Man’s Land
T Wharf
Seville
Cochrane Chemical Company
Mystic Wharf
Leyland Line
Hoosac Docks
Barkentine
McNeill
Porto Rico
Tifton
Waldron
San Juan
P. R
Boston Molasses Company
Republic
W. B. Cresser
Gilbert Stanclife
Machias
William G. Williams
Marquand’s
W. A. Marshall
Bryant & Stratton School
Graham and Pitman
H. BE. Hibbard
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Falmouth
Norway
St. Paul Streets
Mary Baker Eddy
A. Ul
John Oe
Arcade Hall
P.m
Christadelphians
Methodist Episcopal
Shipping News
Henry Siegel ‘Co
Formosa Colony
Ceylon
Assam
Modia
Java
Baker’s
TEA & Coffee CO
Cor. Hanover
Jaynes’ Drug Store
Lowney’s
Commercial ST. ii
Leon St
Hazen Conf. CO
Wash. St. North
Singer
OSTON
Atlantic Ave
Gens TE Ldl LL
Wellesley Knitting Mills
Newton Lower Falls
Irvin & Casson’s
First
Otis Sts
East Cambridge
Cook & Trennett’s
Wilkins
Albany St
R. Ray CO
Commerce St
Green St
Mayberry
Revere
White
Little, Brown & CO
Putnam Ave
Cambridgeport
Winter St
Springfeld
Stanton
Mutual Life Ins. CO
Fifth St
Rowe’s Wharf
J. C
George
Joe
Nantasket Beach
H. C. N. Finder
H. ©. Newton
Union 11St
S. Liner
Cs Roxbury Painting CO
Thorndike St
Appell
Leverett St
the Post
Vose & Sons Piano Company
Mass. Ave
D. P. Nichols & CO
West Brookline St
Edgewood St
HUB Automobile School
Freeport St
Dorchester
James E. Tompkins CO
W. 19Th St
N. Y
Boston Civil Service School
Dartmouth St
National Adv. Bureau
Chicago
Broad St
d&Sutf
Aney
Round & Co
Eliot St
Cook &Kennett’s
Topee
Southbridge
D. W. Thomas
Aberthaw Construction Co
Fore River Shipbuilding CO
Albert’s
Tremont St
Benari & CO
Pe Ee
A. Merriam CO
Acton
Boston Dress Stay CO
Commercial St
Henry Siegel CO
Haverhill St
Alwars
James Coyne
COYNE
Massachusetts Correspondence Schools
Boylston St
d&Suift
Railway Association
Monroe St
Brooklyn
U. S. Army
Boston Auto School
Market Sq
R. J
SUN Advertising Bureau
Coburn Press
Pearl St
Barney Ventilating Fan Works
Binford St
J Post
Jas. O'Connor
Sumner St
West End
Cambridge St
Bowdoin Sq
Wenraed
South Braintree
Mt. Vernon Place
City
William N. Souther & CO
Charlestown
Guy's
Cane St
HOS. Snow & Sons
North Market St
Cummings
Kingston St
Civil Service
Park Sq
OVENS
Middleby
McDowell
Quaker
Walker's
Blodgett
S. Albee
Blackstone St
ST , An
Bostor
Grand Atlantic Hotel
Virginia Ave. and Beach
Steel Pier
A. Cheshire Biecree
Trapelo Heights Park
Waverley
Subway
Harvard Sq
McArthy
Old South
Cambridge
Tolson
Attorol
Virginia
U.S
Cba
PIN Farm Agency
Old South Bosony
Harris
Wash
Medford
Prof. Slyke
Eso Exchange
Bromfield. An
R. Far
Astrology
Karana
A. Zabola
Drs. Hargrove
Dover Sta. L Road
James C. Ady
Berkeley St
iBr
McClelland
Port Greville
N. 8
Gilbert Stancliff
Block Island
R. I
Hanover
Odd Lo' Marston
Wien’s
Stetson’s
Stacy Adams
Weird’s
Keith's
Dodge's
Dizer
Richardson
Marston’s
C. C. Allen
Court St
d&Su
Dr. Hallock
Hallock
S. C. CA
Corner Court
Stoddard Streets
Bowdoin Square
Sudbury Street
Chichester
Draugpa
Gl Druggista
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Square
Phila
Weinstein
Touraine
Boston Medical Institute
Scollay
Hayden Medical
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