Fame of General Collins as an Orator Is Noted
A tribute to General Collins highlights his oratorical gifts as key to his reputation alongside public office and law. It cites his Irish roots, eloquent style, and strong loyalty to both homeland and America, praising passages from his Albany and Jefferson addresses and his tribute to John Boyle O'Regan.
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Collins
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Hamilton
Washington
John Boyle O'Reins
Collins Career as Artisan Lawyer Orator and Statesman
Lately returned from principal hospitals of Europe and a graduate of New York University Medical College, the article chronicles Dr. Collins’ career as resident physician, surgeon, examiner, lecturer, and author. It lists affiliations and roles at Fort Hamilton, Lowell Hospital, Metropolitan Life, and various societies, plus his medical treatise. It then promotes Dr Grady's Rescue Blood and Nerve Remedy and Rescue Pills as vegetable cures for blood, nerves, liver, and bowels with marketing details.
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Europe
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Fort Hamilton Hospital
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Lowell Hospital
St. John's H Hospital
Metropolitan Life Ins
Lowell
Free medical consultation with Dr Grady offered
Medical notice advertises free consultations with Dr Grady for stubborn ailments or diagnostic doubts. Communications stay confidential and patients under treatment this month pay only after cure. Daily hours given as 10 to 12, 2 to, and 7 toS. Sundays 10 to 12 only.
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Dr. Grady
Grady
Gen Collins Career In A Nutshell
Born in Fermoy Ireland on March 12 1844 Collins immigrated to Boston in 1848 and held varied jobs before turning to law. He served as Representative and Senator in the 1860s 70s practiced law 1872 1882 was Judge Advocate General 1875 elected Congressman 1882 1884 presided the Democratic national convention 1888 consul general London 1893 returned to Boston 1897 nominated for Mayor 1899 1901 elected Mayor December 1905.
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Fermoy
County Cork
Ireland
Boston
Ohio
Harvard Law School
London
Collins Wins Boston Mayor Race in 18,000 Majority
In Quincy House parlor at 8 pm crowds from the Republican headquarters faced a somber scene as returns leaned to General Collins. By 7 pm estimates showed Collins with about an 18,000 vote majority sealing his mayoralty win while supporters quietly dispersed after the result.
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Quincy House
General Collins
William Warwick Campbell
Jesse Gove
Harry Atwood
Collins
Praised Their Employers At Ginter Grocery Meeting
The quarterly gathering of Ginter Grocery Company employees was hosted at the American House with a banquet and an address by president E. G. Maturin praising cordial relations and employer support. The program featured performances by Craigie Trio, Norton, Murray, Parker, Cottrell, and Joseph C. Jenkins, with a cakewalk gag at the end. Sixty members attended, including H. Peabody, J. Jenkins, and J. Reynolds, who noted the entire event was employee-curated.
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Ginter Grocery Company
E. G. Maturin
Craigie Trio
Mr. Norton
Mr. Murray
Lewis Parker
Cottrell
Joseph C. Jenkins
G. Ripley Oakes
C. G. Gibbs
J. Jenkins
LL Dilloway
H. Cottrell
J.C. Reynolds
F. Casey
A. Tickwell
R. ¥. Stone
Lee Morrison S. Checkley
Mr. Streeter
J. J. Clark
J. H. Ritchie
J. Sutherland
Career of General Patrick A. Collins Boston Mayor-elect
The biography chronicles General Patrick A. Collins as a self made leader who rose from poverty to prominence. From coal mining at a young age to night law study while upholstering by day he built a $10 000 a year practice by 41 and later became a powerful orator and organizer. Known for his fixed will and decisive leadership he refused office during a ten year legal practice then attained political prominence and influence.
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Patrick A. Collins
Boston
Ohio
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts Senate
Albany
Grover Cleveland
James M. Keith
Massachusetts
Senate
Commonwealth
Gaston
Collins
Ireland
Parnell
America
Land League
General Collins Career from coal pit to mayor chair
Patrick A Collins born 1844 in Fermoy Ireland rose from coal mine and lowly jobs to law, politics and public service. He moved to Boston Chelsea Ohio, became upholsterer and foreman, joined Fenian ranks, studied at Harvard Law, served in Massachusetts House and Senate, led harbor reform, then entered Congress in 1882 to join judiciary committee.
Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder Reported Effective
Cookshire Quebec druggist F A Bottom says he suffered twenty years from catarrh with offensive breath. After trying many remedies he used Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder and felt instant relief after the first application and says he is cured and free from all effects.
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Cookshire
General Collins A Long Career In Massachusetts Politics
The passage chronicles General Collins political rise from leading Boston and Massachusetts Democratic committees to national influence. It notes his roles on the judiciary and Pacific railroads committees, championing measures like the bankruptcy and French spoliation claims, and his late nineteenth century London consul general service. It highlights his anti expansionist stance after Dewey and his 1897 Boston mayoral defeat and 1898 political comeback.
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Judiciary
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New England
Collins
Democratic City Committee
Boston
Collins's Work for Erin General Collins's Irish Frontline Career
General Collins has long led Irish public movements for freedom. A Fenian who balanced Fenian accounts, he helped found a land league with Parnell in 1880 to lower rents and promote peasant ownership. As league president in 1881-82 he sent $300,000 to Ireland and organized 900 branches before leaving the Fenian fold. He remains a trusted Irish Catholic figure, beloved by clergy and laity alike.
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General Collins
Free Ireland
Fenian Organization
James Stephens
Parnell
Ireland
Collins
League
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Ihe
Canada
Country
General Collins Home Life and Dorchester Residence
A profile of General Collins and his family living at 238 Tremont Street Boston, detailing his marriage to Mary Carey in 1878, residence moves from South Boston to Mt Ida Dorchester and finally Corey Road Brighton, and describing Mrs Collins and daughters Mrs Marie Collins and Miss Collins as accomplished hosts, musicians, and conversationalists. His son Paul is a bright Harvard student. the Corey Road house features a large veranda, reception hall, library, must room, and billiard room with memorabilia from his political career.
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Collins
Mary Carey
Boston
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Mt. Ida
Dorchester
London
Corey Road
Brighton
Brookline
P. A. Collins
Mr. Collins
Collingsone
Mrs. Collins
Lfe
General Collins
Marie Colins
Paul
Harvard
Collings
Parnell
William O'Brien
Healey
Read
Dillon
O'Connor
O'Kelly
Sullivan
McCarthy
Congress
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Adams Adams
Typhoid fever is almost epidemic here with 41 cases and one death in the day’s bulletin. Dr. Morse of the State Board of Health is investigating the cause, likely contaminated water or flooded cellars from a cloudburst last August, which left many cellars dirty.
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Adams
Morse
State Board of Health
Isis launches steam yacht for Spauldings in New York
The steam yacht Isis, 200 feet long and designed by J. Beaver Webb, was launched at Newburg on December 10. Built for W. and J. Spaulding of Boston, the vessel will join the New York Yacht Club fleet.
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Newburg
N. Y
Isis
J. i. Spaulding
Boston
New York Yacht Club
J. Beaver Webb
Banquet Arrangements for Harvard Teams at American House
Arrangements for a complimentary banquet for Harvard's baseball and football teams tomorrow evening at the American House are nearly complete. Fred W. Moore, former Athletics Manager and committee chair, reports high expectations, with J Storrow to preside and Joe Sears as toastmaster. Delegates include Dean Le B. R Brigge and Professors Higginson and Hollis, with ex-Captains Raid and Campbell expected to speak and Fred Stimpson to read an original poem.
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Fred W. Moore
Yale
J. Storrow
Joe Sears
Dean le B. R Brigge
Piaice H. L. Higginson
Ira N. Hollis
Raid
Campbell
Fred Stimpson
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