Danvers Insane Hospital seeks extra funds for expansion
In its annual report, Danvers Insane Hospital trustees urge the Legislature to add 25000 to the existing 50000 to finish buildings for ten patients. The facility, built for 450, now houses 1150, with cots in corridors. During the year 454 patients were admitted and 438 discharged. 50 were recorded as recovered at discharge and 114 died. The consulting board also calls for higher superintendent salaries and improved private accommodations.
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Danvers
Danvers Insane Hospital
Consulting Board
Prince Henry of Pless Not Named Washington Ambassador
Berlin dispatch reports official denial that Prince Henry of Pless will replace Dr. von Holleben as ambassador to the United States. No announcement has been made and the position remains vacant.
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Berlin
Prince Henry of
Pless
Dr. von Holleben
Washington
Oppose Mrs Duff at Home at Public School Rally in Boston
The Public School Association held a Lincoln Hall rally in Charlestown to back nonpartisan school board candidates. Speakers argued politics should not govern schools, urging selection of the best teachers and administration free of party influence.
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The
Public School Association
Lincoln Hall
Charlestown
Frank BE. Mason
George R. Nutter
Mr. Nutter
A. Lawrence Lowell
Association
Boston
Harvard College
Cambridge
Harvard
California
Germany
Massachusetts
Randall G. Morris
Back Bay
George W. Anderson
Jamaica Plain
Eliot
Higginson
German Warships Near Venezuelan Coast in Caribbean
Washington reports three German warships have reached Willemstad near Curacao and may move toward La Guayra to pressure Venezuela. The State Department sees no change in status while Berlin’s stance remains unclear. Officials note Germany’s new grievance over publishing documents without consultation. The Monroe Doctrine posture looms but is officially denied as tensions rise.
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Washington
Venezuela
la Guayra
Gavelle
Panther
Stosch
Willemstad
Curacoa
Department
State Department
Berlin
Germany
Castro
England
Caribbean Sea
German warships reach Willemstad Curacao in quiet scene
Caracas dispatch reports the German cruiser Gazelle, gun boat Panther, and training ship Stosch arriving at Willemstad Curacao. The scene is described as quiet with no incidents noted.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Gazelle
Panther
Stosch
Willemsted
Curacoa
Rally at Faneuil Hall Highlights Nonpartisan School Board Push
The Public School Association held a noon rally at Faneuil Hall in Boston with about 200 attendees. Speakers including Colonel Thomas A. Livermore Bishop Lawrence Grafton D. Cushing and Michael J. Murray urged selecting school officials by fitness not politics or sectarianism.
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Public School Association
Faneuil Hall
Thomas A. Livermore
Bishop Lawrence
Grafton D. Cushing
Henry JL. Higginson
M. J. Murray
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
A. Lawrence Lowell
Colonel Livermore
Boston
Higginson
Michael J. Murray
Commonwealth
Iad Lawrence
Rally for Democratic Citizens' candidates in Boston hall
A Faneuil Hall rally aired criticism of nonresident teachers and textbooks printed in non union shops. Speakers urged local graduates for school posts, attacked P S A influence, and called for keeping politics out of schools. The event concluded with a satirical reading targeting the P S A.
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Faneuil Hall
Democratic Citizens
John Pierce
Boston
Arthur G. Davis
Typographical Union 13
William J. Miller
Paine
Mulvey
Pearce
Storrow
Ernst
Adler
Vogel
Cushing
Linehan
Back Bay
Ward
Rainsford Island
Common Council
P. 8
Fred Henry Hodge
Detective's Son Identified After Laudanum Poisoning
In Jersey City a 17 year old boy found in a vacant lot near City Hospital with laudanum poisoning is identified as Detective Joseph Jacobs's son from the District Attorney Jerome's office. Jacobs has been involved in cases against major gamblers.
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Jersey City
City Hospital
Joseph Jacobs
Jerome
Jacobs
Wreck of the Fro F. Mader Near Gloucester Breakwater
The two masted schooner Fro F Mader bound for Boston struck the unfinished Dogbar breakwater near Gloucester harbor at 2:30 am. Captain King and the life crew saved six men, with two more rescued by the life boat. The vessel carried 5470 bushels of potatoes. no insurance. loss estimated at 7000 dollars. Captain Mader and crew were treated for injuries after towing to Gloucester Point.
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Gloucester
Eastern Point
Mader
Gloucester Point
Captain Mader
Mate Winters
Ver Neck
Bailey
Winters
Elm
Dolliver Life Saving Station
F. Mader
Boston
Home Bay
Beverly fishing schooner James R Clark in peril off Singing Beach
The Beverly owned 68 ton vessel James R Clark drifted into breakers near Singing Beach after sails blew off in a fierce gale while leaving Boston for the fishing grounds. Seven crewmen escaped to a dory and landed at Singing Beach. ground tackle and tug assistance expected to save the ship if anchors hold. Built Essex 1894.
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Manchester
Beverly
James R. Clark
Doty
Singing Beach
Clark
Boston
Oliver F. Kilham
Essex
Wreck Near Ossining on Snowy New York Central Route
A Buffalo Day Express train and a freight wrecked about a mile north of Ossining New York as heavy snow blamed for the collision. The express engineer suffered facial injuries from glass and splinters, while freight fireman John Williams sustained leg injuries. No other casualties were reported.
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Ossining
N. Y
New York Central
Hudson River
Buffalo Day Express
John Williams
Art
Schooner Wesley M. Oler Lost Off Hatteras Inlet
The four masted schooner Wesley M. Oler went ashore near Hatteras Inlet life saving station early today. She pounded in the surf until 8 20 a m when the foremast went overboard likely taking the last man. The vessel broke up immediately and no bodies have washed ashore.
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Hatteras, N. C
Weather Bureau
Wesley M. Oler
Hatteras Inlet
Vessels Struggle in Cape Cod Gale and Harbor Calm
Yesterday morning off Highland Light Cape Cod a east gale at 30 mph brought rain while Hull faced an east-northeast gale with snow. By sunset the wind veered to north-northwest and clearing skies appeared as the sea battered towboats and schooners. The tug Valera aided the George M. Warner until a towline parted and the Irving Ross narrowly avoided a collision. Ferryboats performed well aside from the General Hancock still in its slip on the Fast Boston side of the south ferry.
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Highland Light
Cape Cod
Hull
Valera
George M. Warner
Eastern Railroad
Boston
Irving Ross
Warner
Hancock
South Ferry
Harbor Fleet Movements Tell of Delays and Departures
Yesterday morning a two-horse dray loaded with wool slid to the ferry stern but was hauled aboard after a pole tackle was attached. Several steamers remained at anchor while others, including Boston and Nantucket, sailed on schedule. The Cunarder Altonia and Queenstown liner did not arrive as expected, while many foreign and coasting ships were delayed for today. The City of Memphis and Balmoral also held, with Balmoral delayed after partial cargo discharge.
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Boston
Nova Scotia
Nantucket
Norfolk
Baltimore
Koch Cure for Consumption and Asthma Proven at London Meet
At an international gathering of consumption doctors in London last July the Koch Cure for Consumption and Asthma was recognized as the sole treatment successfully curing consumption. Dr Robert Koch, discoverer of the bacillus causing consumption, also developed Tuberculine medicine that kills the germ and cures the disease.
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London
Koch
Robert Koch
Edward Koch
Boston
Boylston Street
Kochars Cure
New York
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Washington
Rochester
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Duffy’s Pure
Louis Ward
Division Street
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Company
Dr. King
Vay
King Dental
Washington Street
Avon Street
Jordan's
White's
Crosby's
Oxford
M.sheehy &Co
Washington St
Danvers Hospital
Prince Henry
Regal Shoe
San Francisco
Men’s Store
Summer ST
Women’s Store
P.S.A
Rally For Democratic Citizens
Hood
North Union
John W. Grady
New England
Tremont Street
Mass
A. D. Coleman
Coleman Dental
Essex ‘St
Registon
Mon Sco
D. A. Maloney
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