Hangtown Panacea and a Townwide Fear of Suicide
An essay on Milton's nickname Hangtown driven by a wave of suicides. It chronicles six deaths in Scott's Woods and ties recent bright social leaders to the pattern. The piece speculates causes from weather to microbes and recalls Tucker and Bradley as the latest shocking figures.
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Milton
Hangtown
Crare
Tucker
Miton
Research Club
J. Walter Bradlee
A Ee
Jesse Fucker
Jesse
Scott
Charles Hunt
Josiah Hunt
Jesse Tucker
Caswell
Sylvester Simmonds
Charles L. Copeland
Mr. Durell
Charles Merriam
Oliver Bowman
Mr. Pierce
Ebenezer Pope
Bradley
Pure California Wines Stand at 31 Per Gallon in Trade
Blanchard and Farrar offer assorted wines priced at 31 dollars per gallon for four bottles. Sale location listed as 19 Dock Square and 31 Faneuil Hall Se. Note: historical marketing brief indicating price and vendor details.
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Blanchard & Farrar
Dock Sq
Faneuil Hall
Santa's Overdrive: Expressmen Deliver Christmas Piles
Boston record shows the city endures a peak holiday strain as expressmen and letter carriers lash through snow and cold. Eight pounds of waybills, stacked boxes, and late deliveries test crews, with post office staff hustling to finish yesterday's morning rounds and spread holiday cheer across residents.
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Santa Claus
Expressmen
Fitchburg
United States and Pacific Joint Express
Lodge Crapo Long In Senate Race Rivalry Turmoil
The piece details a heated Republican senatorship fight in New Bedford with Lodge targeting 160 votes, Crapo lagging, and Long seen as a potential compromise candidate. It notes caucus tensions in the Great and General Court, Barrett's ambiguous status, and Barrett possibly rising if co electing Speaker shifts power.
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Crapo
New Bedford Statesman
Butler
Crapu
Draper
Lodge
Washington
Senate
House
John D. Long
Long
O.s
Mr. Long
Senatoria
Hoar
Butser
Mr. Lodge
Great and General Court
Barrett
Nighttime labors finish as carriers complete work
In the hours of the night, the carriers, amid a large number of cottages, completed the use of their labors. The scene reflects a steady, industrious finish after a period of intense activity.
Turkey and Fixing at Faneuil Hall Tramps Dinner
Tramps and rough-looking citizens gathered at Faneuil Hall for a Christmas dinner described as a royal feast by chroniclers. The Boston Helpings Hand Mission hosted the event, feeding about five hundred men in shabby coats who looked unclaimed and hungry. Mr. Parker says the meal aims to reach a man's soul through his stomach, a charity tradition spanning a decade.
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Jerry
Acton
Turkey
Mr. Parker
Boston
Unr
500 Workers Consume Large Meal In Short Span
The piece describes 500 workers finishing more in ninety minutes than in a whole year, with birds vegetables and hot coffee devoured, while men remained quiet and respectful to Mr Parker and staff. Visitors in fine attire observed the remarkable scene as ravenous laborers ate.
Democrats to Meet in Blue Room Caucus at State House
Democratic members of the House plan a Wednesday morning caucus in the blue room at the State House on January 4. They will consider speakership and sergeant at arms questions and discuss a concerted plan of action. If time allows, leadership questions will also be reviewed. Neither Charles nor Melien seeks the role.
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State House
Cat Arms
Charles
Melien
Democratic dinner marks Battle of New Orleans anniversary
Colonel Coveney and Secretary Buckley announce a Democratic State committee dinner at the American House Boston on Saturday January 7 1898 at 1 PM. Tickets cost 250 with limited seating, available from Coveney or Buckley at 342 Washington Street Boston. Josiah Quincy presides and a reception precedes at 12 30 PM. Tickets must be secured by January 2.
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Coveney
Buckley
Democratic State Committee
New Orleans
American House
Boston
J. W. Coveney
Daniel F. Buckley
Democratic
Washington Street
D. F. Buckley
Josiah Quincy, Esq
Music at the World’s Fair Choral Festival Program
June 7 8 and 9 feature a choral festival at Festival Hall with 6500 seats and an Exposition Festival Orchestra of 200 players plus eminent soloists. The program includes Cantata Festo Ascensionis Christi Bach Israel in Egypt Handel Hallelujah Cantata Opus 60 Rubinstein and Porgersdingers from The Pilgrims.
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Israel
Egypt
Handel
Beeser
Blackstone Cigars Buy Huge Havana Stock
Waite and Bond return from Havana with 100 tons of the 1892 Havana stock for Blackstone cigars. This brings their purchases to 4500 bales in thirteen months, one of the largest by any firm in the country. They continue producing a quarter million cigars weekly of the celebrated Blackstone brand. The high grade Havana leaf drives the cigar’s popularity and sales.
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Waite & Bond
Havana
Such Is Fate In Dorchester Blast Victim In City Hospital
Raphael Vinetti, an Italian immigrant in Dorchester, was seriously injured when a dynamite cartridge exploded while blasting rocks at work. He sustained facial injuries and is expected to remain in the City Hospital. He had planned to bring his wife and children to join him in the United States after sending money home.
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Raphael Vinetti
Dorchester
City Hospital
Italy
North End
Wardrew Found Guilty on arsenic oyster stew charge
Michel McAndrew was convicted on the second count for placing arsenic in an oyster stew with intent to kill his wife. He was acquitted on the first count alleging arsenic in beef tea with intent to kill. The jury delivered its verdict in the Superior Criminal Court on Saturday afternoon.
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Michel McAndrew
Superior Criminal Court
Mrs Makepeace in Suspense Over Verdict
The Avon woman Anna Makepeace stands charged with killing her husband. The jury finished work Saturday evening and sealed their verdict, delaying the decision until Tuesday morning.
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Anna Makepeace
Avon
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Oeeee
Trip
California
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ST. Jackson's Day
Blackstone Cigars
Wardrew
Mrs. Makepeage IX
Vail
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Perkins
Eliot St
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