Warships Here and Salemtown Commandery Arrivals in Lexington
Commanderies from Joliet Louisville and other points arrive by train as warship defense events unfold in Lexington. The Salemtown drum corps accompanies the Salemtown Commandery while De Molay joins with about 150 members. Detroit Commandery plans a 3 10 pm excursion to visit the battlefields and Minute Men site with an address by Rev. Staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandery
Geneva
Bay State Hotel
Salemtown
Joliet Commandery
No. 4
Illinois
Sioux City
Dubuque
de Molay
Louisville
States Hotel
E. I. Garfield
Boston
Detroit
Michigan
Lexington
Incoming Army Knights Arrive In Boston During Parade Day
A flood of Knights and ladies arrives across multiple trains and streetcars in Boston as 100 knights and 80 ladies reach Holyrood headquarters at 867 Boylston street and dozens of parading escorts move to scattered headquarters. The schedule lists arrivals from Wheeling West Virginia to Burlington Vermont with numerous bands and escorts arriving by 5 to 12 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Gorin
Ind
St. Omer
Mt. Vernon
Vicennes
Columbus Avenue
Cyrene
N. J
Paladin
Minn
Hoosac Falls
N. Y
Perkin Hall
Concord Square
Joseph Warren
Ascalon
Penn
Avenue
Salem Town
Bay State
Apollo Tll
Parker’s
Boston
Terre Haute
Santa Monica
Huntington Avenue
Forest City
Knapp
Vendome
Dunkirk
East Lynn
Coolidge House
Wisconsin
Wis
Arion of
Oshkosh Band
N. KE
Consrvatory of Music
Ivanhoe
N. E
Central City
Knights of Pythias parade route ends in Troy crowd
A long procession of Knights and bands from multiple commands arrived across many cities and towns including St. George St. Jon’s Pilgrim and Trinity districts. The entry mentions escorts led by William Parkman and Joseph Warren with stops for lunches and a final disbanding in Troy. Apollo Commandery dates back to 1837 and the drill corps since 1880.
Knights and bands march to Langham escorts across cities
A long list of lodges and bands arrives with escorts across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. The entries name cities such as Memphis New York New Haven Philadelphia Richmond and Washington with 50 to 175 knights and 10 to 85 ladies. Headquarters locations include Massachusetts avenue Columbus avenue and West Newton with arrival times from 7 a m to 11 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City Band
Langham
St. Omer
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Memphis
Tenn
Massachusetts Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Boston
South Carolina
S. C
Grice
de Molay
St. Albans
Penn
Providence
Arlington
O'd Dominion
West Cedar
Hugh de Payens
N. Y
Agg
Hotel Langham
Richmond
Crawford House
Columbia
Washington
D. C
Germania Band
Castle Es Hotel
St. Elmo
N. J
Palestine
Lambertville Band
Ivanhoe
Massachusetts
West Newton
Akron
Worcester
Marlboro
Trinity
North Carolina
N. C
Boylston
Reading
Clarendon
Beauseant
T. Andrew
Copley Square
St. John’s
First Regiment
Maverick House
William Parkman
Kadosh
Molay
Seventh Regiment
Quincy
Pilgrim
Ugh de Payens
Peacedale
Raleigh
Knights of Apollo Arrive Amid Boston Welcome Parade
The Troy based Apollo Commandery arrived by special train to Boston Causeway street where Boston Commandery in full dress formed a guard of honor. Ninety Sir Knights and fifteen ladies greeted the arrival as crowds thronged the depot and traffic paused while the band played and the event unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Pioneer Commandery
Apollo of Troy
Boston Commandery
Apollo Commandery
Causeway Street
Troy Commandery
Boston Streets Thronged by Knights Templar Visit Crowd
A bustling Sunday in Boston fills hotels depots and commanderies as thousands of visitors mingle with Knights Templar in uniform and families. Crowds line streets, admire decorations, and seek cool spots near King's Chapel Burial Ground, the Common, and Parker House. The city swells with observers watching processions and escorts to depots, then returns to crowded streets as evening falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Boston
Knights Templars
King’s Chapel
Parker House
Horticultural Hall
Masonic Temple
Little Commandery Arrives for Boston Exhibition
The Little Commandery of boys aged 12 to 15 from the Kentucky Widows' and Orphans' Home arrives at Union depot for a busy program. Commandery members, led by Sir H. B. Grant, will drill at the Wednesday baseball grounds exhibit and visit historic Boston sites by tally-ho. They will parade Tuesday, tour other commanderies, attend a grand reception, and schedule trips to Concord Lexington Marblehead before departing for home via New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Commandery
Union Depot
Kentucky Widows’ and Orphans’ Home
Louisville
H. B. Grant
Boston
Grand Commandery
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Mechanics’ Building
Concord
Lexington
Marblehead
New York
Winthrop Messenger
No. 1
Willow Street
White Squadron Arrives at Massachusetts Bay
The four ships of the White Squadron move around Massachusetts Bay and are due to enter Boston harbor early tomorrow. The cruisers York Montgomery Minneapolis and Leigh form the most powerful squadron yet seen in these waters. All are brand new, with keels laid within five years and launched within three.
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Highland Light
Boston
Massachusetts Bay
York
Montgomery
Minneapolis
Leigh
Street Car Accommodations For Knights Templars Parade
The West End Street Railway Company provides ample travel options between Summer Street and South Boston Neponset Milton Mt Pleasant Dorchester Roxbury and Jamaica Plain via Harrison Avenue on the east side. East Boston and North End residents can reach these points by red horse cars on Commercial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templars
West End Street Railway Company
Summer Street
City
South Boston
Neponset
Milton
Mt. Pleasant
Dorchester
Roxbury
Jamaica Plain
Harrison Avenue
East Boston
North End
Streetcar route updates for parade in Boston area
The schedule lists streetcar detours for a city parade. West side riders from Union station to Springfield street use Tremont and nearby streets. Eastward, cars run along Huntington avenue and Columbus avenue to the West End once western streets clear, aiding access to Union station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Harrison Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Albany Depot
Union Station
Springfield Street
Tremont Street
Berkeley Street
Columbus Avenue
Charles and
Cambridge Streets
Bowdoin Square
Stantford
Causeway Streets
Huntington Avenue
Dartmouth Street
West End
Knights Templars From Eleven Commanderies Stop at Old Orchard
More than 1000 Knights Templars representing eleven commanderies halted at Old Orchard Me on the way to the Boston conclave. Commanderies included Grand Commandery of Michigan Damascus Detroit Genesee Valley Flint Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Adrian Adrian Peninsula Kalamazoo Marion Marion St Bernard Saginaw Huntington Wheeling Fort Wayne Chillicothe Sciota. Several detachments left that evening. most proceed to Boston tomorrow morning.
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Old Orchard
Knights Templars
Boston
Grand Commandery
Michigan
Damascus
Detroit
Genesee Valley
Flint
Mich
Ann Arbor
Adrian
Peninsula
Kalamazoo
Marion
St. Bernard
Saginaw
Huntington
Wheeling
West Virginia
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Chillicothe
Sciota
Ohio
Bodies found at Boothbay Harbor Maine
Edwin C Heselton drowned last night body recovered from the harbor at 3 o clock. The sunken boat Mollie R was raised at o clock and the body of Henry Fuller Saunders was recovered from the vessel cabin with doors closed. Authorities plan to transport Heselton to Skowhegan tomorrow morning.
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Boothbay Harbor
Edwin C. Heselton
Skowhegan
Mollie R
Henry Fuller Saunders
Press Badges for Conclave Week Issued by Boston Knights
The black and white press button for the twenty sixth triennial conclave is issued by the press committee for the active working force of Boston daily papers. It entitles wearers to courteous consideration and is recognized by all Knights Templars. Subordinate commanderies holding receptions will note this badge bears the indomitable mark of the tri annual committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Daily
Knights Templars
Latest Hotel Arrivals
A long list of recent guests from cities across the United States appears under hotel arrivals, naming individuals and couples including Bryton, Colville, Hawley, James, Henry, Alice, Davis, Newton, Stevens, Verity, Smith, Connelley, Bowker, Gillmor, Russ, Forbes, Perry, Westervelt, Alexander, Dittmann, Bayless, Parker, Blanchard, Bristfield, Dumbarton, Richardson, Melish, McCally, Hays, Hampson, Lyttle, Armstrong, Tilakartoees, Neff, Cohens, Jackson, Barth, Turner, Adams, Tarbox, Sherman, Roberts, Hall, Schriben, Evans, Douglass, Colgate, Reid, Douglass, Hill, Perkins.
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Vendome
Masterson
E. McCally
Cincinnati
O. L. Hays
Pag
Mie
R. Hampson
Salem
L. F. Lyttle
Toledo
Huntington Folwe
Mansfield
B. Armstrong
C. Young
J. C. Tilakartoees
St. Wis
Y. C
Richardson
W. B. Arnold
Columbus
E. VanDoren
New York
Quincy M
Heikbrexen
Holton
Kuaverseds O
Charles H. Hill
Yonkers
N. Y
D. Robinson
Danielsonville
Malcolm
Vv. Seliers
Derry
N. H
B. Perkins
Manchester
Drowned Bathing Party in Narragansett Bay
In Providence R I on August 25 Thomas F Gilbane drowned while bathing at Muddy Cove Narragansett Bay. He and John Maher plus four Maher family members faced a strong undertow. Miss Violet Maher 23 sank a third time before rescue. Frank Rockwell of Pawtucket and Joseph Gladison of Providence recovered the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. IL
Thomas F. Gilbane
Narragansett Bay
Muddy Cove
John Maher
Violet Maher
Maher
Frank Rockwell
Pawtucket
Joseph Gladison
Gilbane
Freight Wreck Near Osweg o Ny Causes Deaths
Early morning freight train on the Rome Watertown Ogdenburg line broke in two on a downgrade near Pulaski. Fifteen loaded cars demolished. Two tramps injured, a man’s body found at the wreck bottom later identified as Walter M. Sisson of Yonkers. Damage estimated at $20 000.
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Oswehgo
N. Y
Rome, Watertown
Walter M. Sisson
Yonkers
Music filled Bass Point Nahant conclave day
Thousands of visitors attended a long outdoor program at Bass Point Nahant enjoying constant concerts by the Naval Brigade Band and the Gounod ladies quartet. The event featured French then German concert blocks, boating, fishing, and visits to local sights with special steamers City of Jacksonville and Frederick De Bary running every ninety minutes from Lincoln's wharf.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Naval Brigade Band
Gounod Ladies’ Quartet
Knights Templars
City of
Opening Day for Men's Hats at Jackson & Co
Jackson and Co opposite Park Street Church on Tremont Street plan a August 29 opening day featuring Dunlop hats and the firm's own ranges for ladies' and gentlemen's furs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson & Co
Park Street Church
Tremont Street
Dunlop
Girl Falls 300 Feet and Survives Mountain Plunge
In New York a breach of promise suit against George Law unfolds with details of engagements to Miss Julia May Mack and Miss Alga Smith. The Mack family, including Joseph L. Mack, ties to Havana’s People's College history. The case, tied to dates in 1893 1894, heads toward a late-year trial.
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New York
George Law
Julia May Mack
Mack
Law
Macks
Joseph L. Mack
People’s College
Havana
Watkins Glen
Mark
Mr. Law
J. P. Brazier
Miss Mack
Brazier
Waldorf
Victoria Hotel
Europe
Miss Alga Smith
Miss Smith
Newport
the Grand
East Thirty-fourth Street
Victoria Seeks New Royal Yacht to Replace Aging Vessels
In naval circles the provision of a new royal yacht is under consideration. The Victoria and Albert, now forty years old at 2500 tons, is deemed practically unseaworthy. The Osborne, built twenty-five years ago, lacks water-tight compartments. Both ships cost heavily in repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Victoria and Albert
Osborne
Grace Pinney's mountain plunge ends with rescue
Grace Pinney, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Pinney, slid off Sugar Loaf Peak at Catalina tipping 300 feet to roll down amid brush and into the bay. She remained unconscious but survived thanks to a seabed bed and seaweed buoyancy. Her left ankle was fractured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Catalina
Grace Pinney
George Pinney
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Bay of Catalina
Innocent of Twain to Wed After Elopement
Bloodgood H. Cutter Long Island's former poet vanished from New York with widow Mrs. Sarah Ditmas. They reportedly traveled to Europe with plans to marry upon return. Cutter, a character in Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad, is described as small and pale. Ditmas is tall and buxom and widowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cutter
Mark Twain
Police Busy in City Centers Amid Quiet Day
Police headquarters were busy with patrols across districts while grand stands and commanderies stayed guarded. A missing 12 year old girl, Freda Dancink, was reported after a trip to Boston to sell cigars. A small fire damaged a six place home with injuries to a resident, a three year old boy suffered severe injuries from a fall, and a brakeman sprained an ankle. Several youths were arrested for gaming in a Lyons street smith shop.
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Bluecoats
Washington and
Tremont
Mqnor
Burrill
Scollay Square
Freda Dancink
Freda
Spring Garden Street
Savin Hill
Boston
Frederick Dancink
Six Place
John Shay
Patrick Shay
Charles O’brien
Domenico Taravis
Webster Place
Dunn
City Hospital
Fitz J. Barry
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Kneeland Street
Division 11
Lyons Street
Alexander Anderson
Michael McNealey
Fred W. Lincoln
Oak Terrace
William Dennett
Leonard Street
Liquor Seizures by Districts Across City
Liquor squad seizure report lists divisions with individuals and quantities. Division 1 includes Ellen Driscoll 151-2 gallons lager, Mary Daly 1 gallon lager, Thomas Cardish 3 1/2 gallons lager. Division 5 shows Margaret Micasth 21 8 gallons lager, Michael Spillane 3 gallons ale, Michael McCarty 432 gallons lager, John Riley 31 8 gallons lager, John Connors 31 8 gallons lager. Division 6 covers John J. Murphy 50 gallons lager, Isaac Black 12 gallons lager, David Kellery 3 gallons. Division 10 notes Patrick McGrath 5 gallons lager. Division 12 lists James Harrington 3 quarts whiskey. Officers also arrested James McChesley Harbor View House East Sixth street and Charles H. Chase for liquor law violation.
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Ellen Driscoll
Powerscourt
Mary Daly
Thomas Cardish
North Bennet Street
Margaret Micasth
Middlesex Street
Michael Spillane
Michael McCarty
John Riley
John Connors
John J. Murphy
West Seventh Street
Isaac Black
Bowen Street
David Kellery
Silver Street
Patrick McGrath
Hampshire Court
James Harrington
Emmett Street
James McChesley
Harbor View House
East Sixth Street
Charles H. Chase
Clarendon Street Pastorate Leader Goes on European Trip
The Rev. John A. McElwain of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church leaves Boston on Saturday for a flying European trip. He plans to return by the end of September to recuperate from intense business and restore his health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. McElwain
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Europe
McElwain
Boston
Railroads Service Schedule for Boston to New York and coastal routes
The notice lists New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad week day trains from Boston to New York and intermediate points via Shore Line Fall River Providence Stonington and Maryland routes. It provides departure times from Park Square Kneeland Street and Boston & Albany Station with prices and connections to Newport Fall River New Bedford and other towns. Through tickets parlor cars and sleeping berths are available at the Old State House and Park Square.
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Park Square
New York
New Haven
New London
Fall River
Providence
Stonington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
bNewport
bNew Bedford
Kneeland Street
Plymouth
Abington
Duxbury
Newport
aFail Miver
Ahew Bedford
Provincetown
Chatham
Myanale
Woods Hall
Cannes City
Nantucket
Boston & Albany
Marlboro
Leominster
Tasik
Yables
Old State House
Park Square Station
Kneetreet Bioat
H. Palmer
Ton T
Ueo
L.conner. G
Allen
A. C
Shere
Neo
Boston
Albany
Wagner Busee
Chinn
Cincinnati
Bee
Toledo
Chicago
Wagner
Chi- Michi
Cen Waks
Chi- Wagner
L. Davis HK. K
Bostowa
Wayne
Ciew
NewYork Limited
Druwhn Koon
New Kok Servie
Sprind
Night Express
Lp i
Otc
Sea
Oat
Knee St
Bowton
Railroad timetable fragment for New England routes
A fragmented schedule listing numerous stations and branch lines including Concord, Weare, Manchester, Hooksett, Pittsfield, Sun Cook Valley, Laconia, Plymouth, White Mountains resorts, and Montpelier to Burlington and Montreal. Times vary by day with Sundays marked, plus notes on special services and routes via Wells and Woodstock. Prepared by D. J. Flanders, General Passenger Agent.
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Ae Ee Ee
Concord
NEW Bortos
Manchester
Hooksett
Oor
Pittsfield
Suncook Valley
Sundy
Aflmont
Tilton
Law Eport
Bear Island
Ree Harbor
Weils
Ae Island
Woleboro
Wells
Mouth
A. Uh
Lean
Campton
North Woopstock
Brincs
FLUME
Profile House
Woodstock
Stage
Lisbon
Sugar Hill
Littleton
Whitefield
Jefferson
Lancaster
Bethlehem Junction
Twin Mountain
Fabyan
MT. Pleasant House
White Mountain
Maplewood
Betht ‘Ete
P .m. Pranktin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Bristol
Claremont
Norwich
Hanover
Thetford
Bradford
Newsury
Johnsbury
Tae Ee
Iat m
Sunotha
ST. J
Plymouth
St. Johnsbury
Montpelier
Burlington
White Aia
Sunny
Montreal
White River
A.m
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Boston & Maine
R.R
Washington St
Corner State St
Portland
Augusta
Undays
Nose
Os Ncord
Lewiston
ST. John
Halifax
Provinces
Saturda
Stephen A
NE. Andrews
N. B
North Conway
Intervale
Glen
Crawborr
Partans
Serer Jefferson
Grand Trunk R. R
Maine Central
Wise Aseer
Thomaston and
Rockland
Quebec
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Zerubbabel
Holyrood
Canton
Boylston Street
W. Va
Bowdoin Street
Montrose
Fifth Regiment
Peoria
Ill
Calvary
United States Hotel
Winslow Lewis
Ark
West Newton Street
Defiance
Knights
Coeur de Lion
Topeka
Kan
Worcester Street
Brockton
Mass
Munroe House
Palestine. O
Hawkins
McAllister
I. T
South Bend
Dartmouth
Causeant
Oswego
Point of Pines
Beauseant Dakota
S.D
Bridge
Dé Molay
Cambridge
Miami
Abd el Kadir
Rntestine
Montjoie
Reynolds
de. Molay
Union Park
State
Kemorn Senten
Edom
Collie Ry
Hotel
Pulaski Band
Sacineen Rages
Mis
Deaoeeat Steel
Calights
Hotel Bartol
Hospitaller
Ugh
Botolph
Wigs Parkiad
Chandler's
Ler’s
Victoria
Omer
Ae Lence
Beadford
Panshard
New Hesperus
Weer Goncord
Mermont
Lington
J. Zion
St. Louise
American
Tinckney
St. George
Quincey
Haugh de Payens
Ashburton Place
St. Jon's
Bowdoin
Bangor Band
Gethsemane
Montane
Mont
Oriental
Palestine Escort
Mt. Aldemar
Portland Boat
Hamett
Copey Square
Arsive
Chicare
Bridgeport
Washington Street
Friend Street
Randolph
Friend Streets
Troy
Greeneld
Knights OF Apollo
New York Commandery
Story OF the
THE
Kentucky Colonels
WHITE
Knights AT
Boothbay
Miltonaire
France
Twain
Bloodgood H. Cutter
John H. Woodbury
Winter St
Beaton
Lranches
N.Y
Phila
St. Louis
Theodore Metcalf Co
Tremont &T
Trinity Charch
DR. Loucest & CO
Love & Go
Reed
Mark Sadam
DR. Lougest & CO
Columbus Ave
Clarendon Street
New Haven & Hartford
OLD Colony System
J. Flanders
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Fitchburg
North Adams
Williamstown
Saratoga
Utica
Binghamton
Hornellsville
Elmira
Syracuse
Rochester
Watertown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Cleveland
Points
Fast
Travis Lake Champlain
Itchburg
Keene
Bellows Falls
White River Jct
Rutland
Whitehall
Fort Edward
Glens Falls
Plattsburgh
Adirondacks
Malone
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Anita
Viermont, Ee
Ithern
Canada
Burling N. Montreal
Ioston
J. R. Watson
Boston & Albany Railroad
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