Oldest Civil War Pensioner Nathan T. Webb Dies at 100
Nathan T. Webb, aged 100, longtime New Yorker and veteran of two wars, died at his home on West Sixty third Street. Born December 3 1796 in Delaware County New York he enlisted as a water boy in the War of 1812 and later served as a private in Company C First Regiment New York Volunteers. He was the oldest Civil War survivor and the oldest pensioner on the U S rolls. He leaves four children. His father lived to 107.
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New York
Nathan T. Webb
West Sixty-third Street
Delaware County
N. Y
Webb
First Regiment
New York Volunteers
Mounted Rifles
Mr. Webb
Sam
Obituary: Mrs Edward Clark Wife of Capitol Architect
Mrs Edward Clark died yesterday morning at 417 Fourth Street N W Washington. She was a woman of ability and character, descended from Sir Edward Freeman one of the first settlers of Massachusetts who in 1620 settled on Cape Cod now held by the Freeman family. Mrs Clark was part of a large family of brilliant women and her qualities made her a fitting companion to her distinguished husband and a happy mother.
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Edward Clark
Capitol
Fourth Street
N. W
Washington
Massachusetts
Sir Edward Freeman
Cape Cod
Freeman
East Boston Resident David Reid Dies at 56 in Framing Death
David Reid of 173 Lexington Street East Boston died of heart paralysis at his residence aged 56. Born in Scotland he became an apprentice at Atlantic Works in 1857 and served in the Civil War from majority, later as first assistant engineer on the Kearsarge. He helped build the new revenue cutter and was a longtime member of several Masonic and veteran groups. Funeral services Friday at 2 pm from his home. Interment Mt. Hope.
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David Reid
Boston
Lexington Street
Reid
Scotland
Old Atlantic Works
United States
Kearsarge
Baalbee Lodge of Masons
Marine Engineers’ Association
Joseph Hooker Post
The
Union Veterans’ Union
Company B
First Massachusetts Regiment
Kearsarge Association
Joseph Warren
Collamore
William H. Gerrish
Corinthian
Weber
Boylston
Charles E. Draper
A S. Gumbart
Old North End
John H. Collamore
Ohio
Indiana
James Madison
Daniel Webster
Old Academy
Salem Street
R. B. Forbes
Jamestown
Europe
Count de Lestie
Solferino
Magenta
Mexico
South America
Hawaii
Templar
John Carr
E. Bentley Young
A. J. Patterson
Double funeral for Waltham couple Brown
In Waltham on December 9 a double funeral was held for Mr. and Mrs. G W Brown two of the citys oldest residents. Mr Brown died Sunday of heart failure and Mrs Brown died yesterday morning after a week of paralysis. The couple will be buried side by side in Vermont.
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Waltham
G. W. Brown
Hartford Bank Cashier James L. Chapman Dies in Chicago
James L. Chapman former cashier of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Hartford died in Chicago today. He once served a prison term with bank president Tracy for perjury over false bank condition returns to the comptroller. He later worked as a clerk for Hartford Fire Insurance and moved to Chicago three years ago.
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Hartford, Conn
James L. Chapman
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank
Chicago
Ill
Tracy
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Banquet Planned for Cambridge's Retiring Mayor Bancroft
Cambridge citizens plan a banquet for Colonel William A. Bancroft the retiring mayor. A meeting named George A. Allison chair and Theodore H. Raymond secretary with a large committee including C. H. Durrell Edwin B. Hale H. O. Houghton John Read Thordike Spalding Russell Bradford Alexander H. Bill Peter I Rourke John R. Fairbairn Peter P. Bleiler Charles W. Cheney Francis X. Fitzpatrick and Francis L. Pratt. The event is scheduled for December 31 at the Vendome and will expand the committee.
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William A. Bancroft
Cambridge
George A. Allison
Theodore H. Raymond
C. H. Durrell
Edwin B. Hale
H. O. Houghton
John Read
Thorndike Spalding
Russell ‘Bradford
Alexander H. Bill
Peter I.’ Rourke
John
Trial set for life on triple murder aboard bark Herbert Fuller
Thomas Bram faces a life trial in the United States Court on Monday for the July 14 triple murder of the bark Herbert Fuller. A 100 jurors panel has been summoned from across the state and Judges Colt and Webb will preside. United States Consul Ingraham of Halifax has arrived to testify.
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Mate Thomas Bram
United States
Herbert Fuller
Colt and Webb
Ingraham
Halifax
Mob Seizes Mormon Elders in Live Oak Florida
A mob of 200 men captured four Mormon elders in Live Oak Florida and forced them to take a train westward. The group had preached in Suwannee County for two months and gained notable traction among local women.
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Live Oak
Fla
Suawanee County
Filene Still Opposes Long Subway Lease View
Edward A. Filene, opposing a long-term subway lease and exclusive West End control, says he has not changed his views though he does not plan further agitation. He urges public expression and notes the transit commission’s hearing and the potential railroad commission review, warning of monopoly risks and damages claims.
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Edward A. Filene
West End Street Railroad
Board of Transit Commissioners
Transit Commission
Railroad Commission
West End
Tommy West vs Joe Walcott Draw After 19 Rounds
Tommy West and Joe Walcott battled across 19 rounds ending in a draw. The opening rounds were light and farcical while the later stages grew brutal with sustained punches and high intensity.
Walcott West Draw In Twenty Rounds At Marlborough Club
In New York on December 9 Joe Walcott and Tommy West fought a long, hard twenty round draw after a slow start. West surged mid bout, bleeding and battling the favored Walcott to a dramatic finish while referee Charley White scored the bout even amid cheering for the Boston challenger. The undercard opener ended in a ten round draw between Mike Sears and Tommy Dixon.
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New York
Joe Walcott
Tommy West
Boston
Marlborough Club
West
Dick O’brien
Walcott
Charley White
Joe
Tommy
Car
Mike Sears
Tommy Dixon
Rochester
Brockton Shoe Firm Moves to Middleboro
James O'Donnell & Co will relocate its shoe business to Middleboro after completing the deal. Machinery began moving to the Alger shop this morning and will start up immediately. The firm, about five years old, made thirty cases daily of Mc Kay work and employed around one hundred workers, amid labor regret at leaving Brockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
James O'Donnell & Co
Middleboro
Alger
Houghton-Coolidge
Belmont Street
Suits for Many Druggists Over Phenactine Patents
Edward M. Dickinson of New York owner of phenactine patents sues A. L. Bridges in a U S Court for accounting. Bridges sold the drug in Boston and other places to many New England druggists. Bridges faced smuggling arrest last summer but was discharged. he later sued officers for false imprisonment.
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Edward M. Dickinson
New York
A. L. Bridges
Boston
United States
New England
Bridges
Canada
Buffalo
Dickinson
Station 1
Mule Spinners Council Delays Strike At Chicopee Holyoke
The National Mule Spinners' Association executive council met at Puritan Hall to discuss strikes at Dwight Mills in Chicopee and Lyman Mills in Holyoke. They called the present moment inopportune for a walkout but insisted on restoring the September wage reductions when trade improves and pledged financial aid to strikers when action resumes.
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National
Mule Spinners’ Association
Puritan Hall
Dwight
Chicopee
Lyman
Holyoke
Death by self inflicted pistol shocks Turret District Court
The report describes Benjamin Greenberg a leading clothing dealer and partner in Titlebaum Smolensky Greenberg dying by a 2 caliber pistol shot to the temple during court in session at the central police station in Fall River Massachusetts. Spectators rushed to exits as the body lay at the lower landing.
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Fall River
District Court Room
Central Police Station
Benjamin Greenberg
Titlebaum, Smolensky & Greenberg
Cuban Market News Reflects Interventions and Maceo Rumor
The Cuban market section reports fluctuating prices on Boston and Montana stocks amid talk of U S intervention and rumors of the Cuban leader Maceo’s death. It notes Larson Lawson Weidenfeld & Co backing a Butte & Boston reorganization, a Paine Webber profit, and a Havemeyer Arbuckle truce rumor. Dividend updates include Boston Towboat Co and West End Street Railway and Maine Central bid denial.
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United States
Cuba
Senate
Maceo
Boston
Montana
Messrs. Lawson, Weidenfeld & Co
Butte & Boston
Tom
Lawson
Wall Street
the Herald
William A. Paine
Messrs. Paine, Webber & Co
R. M. Morse
Havemeyer
Arbuckle
New York
Union Pacific
Boston Towboat Company
West End Street Railway Company
Wesleyan Hall
Boston & Maine
Herald
Joseph H. Manley
Maine Central Railway Company
Illinois Steel Company
Pinkham
Flaherty and Goldstein Battle to Draw in Buffalo
The Conners Athletic Club hosted a packed program with a fifteen round bout between Hiram Goldstein and Joe Flaherty of Lowell, Massachusetts. The match ended in a draw and thrilled the crowd in Buffalo N Y.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Conners Athletic Club
Hiram Goldstein
Joe Flaherty
Lowell
Mass
Larry Jacobs Dead In Everett After Pardon
Lawrence Jacobs known as Larry Jacobs died at his brother's home on Warren Avenue Everett last night. He had recently been pardoned by Governor Wolcott while serving a sentence for perjury in a straw bail case. Jacobs, a health sufferer from consumption, was a familiar bondsman around the West End and near the courts.
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Lawrence Jacobs
Larry” Jacobs
Wolcott
Warren Avenue
Everett
Jacobs
West End
Raid on Portland Street policy shop nets arrests
Liquor squad raided a policy shop at 24 Portland Street and seized gaming sheets and policy slips. Five men James McFarland James Sawyer John Doherty John Murphy and James Lewis were arrested for being present where gaming materials were found.
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Portland Street
James McFarland
James Sawyer
John Doherty
John Murphy
James Lewis
Greenberg shoots self after legal troubles in city store
A man named Greenberg, aged 28 and single, killed himself at the police station after learning a criminal case and threats followed a complaint by Miss Lizzie Moscovitch alleging paternity. Three men stood nearby as he fired and left a letter to relatives and a Fall River paper explaining the turmoil and alleged schemes involving others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenberg
Lizzie Moscovitch
James T. Cummings
J. C. Blaisdell
New York
Nathan Greenberg
Jersey Street
Brooklyn
Man Dies After Collision With Electric Cart In Cambridge
Rosso Marione badly injured when an electric car struck his tip cart on Bridge Street Cambridge. He was thrown under a horse and transported to Massachusetts General Hospital. He hauled dirt for John Wilson of Somerville to a subway site in East Cambridge under land fill work.
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Rosso Marione
Bridge Street
Cambridge
Marione
Massachusetts General Hospital
John Wilson
Somerville
Women on Street Cleaning in Haverhill Meeting
The State Federation of Women’s Clubs of Massachusetts, hosted by the Haverhill Literary Union at the First Universalist Church, discussed civic problems. Speakers included Tufts president Dr. Elmer Hi Capen on Good Citizenship and Boston officials on street cleaning and labor legislation effects on women.
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Haverhill
State Federation of Women’s Clubs of Massachusetts
Haverhill Literary Union
First Universalist Church
Julia Ward Howe
Elmer Hi. Capen
Tufts College
Joshua Atwood
Boston
Charles G. Ames
Nathan Ames
Margaret Brown
Chelsea
Samuel L. Hubbard
North End
M. D. Clarke
Dyer
New York Stock Sales Dec 9 Trade Highlights
Today's transactions totaled 147100 shares. Notable sales include ATOBIGOW 5 shares at 4 0 1s, Bay State Gas 2800 at 12, Canada Southern 600 at 49 1/4, and Chesapeake & Ohio 700 at 17. Market levels show varied highs and lows across listings.
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OR & Ee
Chicago
Delaware & Hudson
Erie
Hocking Valley
Illinois Central
Kansas & Texas
Lake Shore
Louisville & Nashville
Long Islan
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Northwest Sete
Pacific Mail
Ewes
Rock Island Ee
St Au
Southern Railway
Tenn Coal & Iron
Texas Pacifica
Union Pacific Free Ewes
U_S
Wabash .Prey
Western Union
Lake Erie
Bay State Gas
E.e
Canada Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Plan for Reorganization of Union Pacific Notes
A note holders committee forms a plan for reorganizing the Union Pacific Railway Go debt. Details and documents available at The Mercantile Trust Co in New York and American Loan and Trust Co in Boston starting December 14, 1896. Deposits for the Notes may be made at the trust offices through the expiration date.
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Mercantile Trust CO
Broadway
New York
American Loan and Trust CO
Boston
Trust Companies
New York Stock Exchange
Joh. G. Moore
Edwin F. Atkins
Alvin W. Krbch
Through Train Service Schedules from Boston to Maine and Canada
October 4 1996 timetable lists departures from Union Station Boston to Portland Augusta Bangor Bar Harbor Lewiston Manchester N H St John Halifax and the Provinces St Stephen and St Andrews N B North Conway Intervale and numerous Maine towns with daily and weekly frequencies. River steamer routes include Castine Deer Isle and Eastport Calais and St John via International Steamship Co from Portland.
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Union Station
Boston
Portland
Augusta
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Lewiston
Manchester
N. H
ST. John Halifax
Provinces
ST. Stephen
ST. Andrews
N. B
North Conway
Intervale
Glen
Crawfords
Fabyians
Twin Mountain
Whitefield
Jefferson
Lancaster
Long Island
Centre Harbor
Grand Trunk R. R
Maine Central
Wiscassey
Thomaston
Rockland
Wportland
Train Schedules Across New England and Vermont Roads
D. J. Flanders announces mixed rail timetables for Manchester Concord and branches to New Boston Henniker Nashua Concord Plymouth White River Junction Montreal and Chicago routes with multiple daily departures and seasonal changes. Notes include Oct 10 cutoffs and station-specific stopping patterns for Weirs Warren Hanover and Bethlehem lines.
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Manchester
Concord
New Boston
North Wear
Henniker
North Weare
Hooksett
Suxbook
Pi Pieriield
Suncoor
Branch
Sunny Ie
Nashua
Belmont
Tilton
Lakeport
Jetticorris
Ashland
Dave A. Weiss
Plymouth
Long Island
Centre Harbor
Weirs
Wolieboro
Warren
Haverhill
M. Campton
North Woodstock
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Jefferson
N. H
Fabyans
Bethlehem
Franklin, Lebanon
White River Junction
Bristol
Claremont
Hanover
ST. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Bumnee
LC. R
Plyemouth
A. Montpelier
Burlington
Montreal
Quebec
Montreal & Ae Air Line
EREC
Chicago
The
West
G. T. Ry
cDoes
D. J. Flanders
New York Rail and Sound Lines Schedules 1896
Rail and Sound Lines announce Nov 30 1896 changes from Park Square Boston via New York New Haven & Hartford. Shore Line routes include U S services with named trains and connections to steamboats Pilgrim Plymouth Maine Hampshire City of Lowell Worcester.
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Park Square Station
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Shore Line
New London
New Haven
Lbay State Limited
Willimantic
Alr
Pall River
Rail
Sound
Fall River
Newport
Pilgrim
Plymouth
Stonington
Providence
Maine
New Hampshire
Norwich
Rail and Sound
City OF Lowell
City OF Worcester
Limited through tickets on steamers from Philadelphia area
The Colonial Express at 9:09 a.m. and the Federal Express at 7:00 p.m. offer through steamship travel via Shore Line and Pennsylvania R R. Parlor car seats and berths, including sleeping cars and staterooms, are sold at 3 Old State House and at VPark miuate station. Parlor cars require a special ticket. The Limited operates daily. GEO L CONNOR A C KENDALL Pass'r Traffic Manager L Ti PALMER Boston Pass's Agent 8 Old State House.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Shore Line
Pennsylvania R. R
Maryland Transfer
Colonial Express
Federal Express
Old State House
Vpark Miuate Station
Geo. L. Connor
A. C. Kendall
Pass’r
Gen'l Pass
L. Ti. Palmer
Boston Pass
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U. S
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Canal St
New
York
Charles Otis Brady
State House
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A. M
St. Stephen's
Royal Arch Masons
Church of the Advent
Brimmer Street
Father Frisbee
Engineer's Department of the State
Robert T. Teamoh
Powhattan Ruffin
James H.venable
Stokeley Johnson
Harry Wilson
William Comer
Mt. Hope
Mayor Bancroft
Bram
MR. Filene
SEARS
Dixon
Alland Bros
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Court ST
Ven
Hallock
Hallock Medical Institute
Court Street
Benjamin Reenders
Jom Th
Gurtis
Lizzie Muscovitch
Colorado
Colorado Mining Stock Exchange
Denver
BE. C. Davis & Co
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Adrconge
Bcc
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Garfield Grouse
Godt Stamiard
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Insley
Claron
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Tee
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Eople
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Larry Jacobs
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Tli Steel
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CB &Q
Fitchburg
Eee Ener
Nh&h
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Eeses
Boston &Mont
Pullman
Bay State
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Frenchman's Bay
Cumberland & Osceola
Batopilas
Toston
Sear
NEW York Stock Sales
Union Pacific Railway
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City Ticket Office
Corner Milk Street
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