Craft Hints Off Annisquam Vessel In Snow Squall
In Annisquam on February 1 a small schooner with mainsail set ran aground on the beach above the river entrance during a northwest snow squall. Volunteer life savers waited hours for signals but none came as the ship drifted toward the bar. the 70 ton craft appeared cargo free and likely part of the sand trade from Essex River to Boston. Captain Davis of Annisquam light observed the vessel and led the life saving crew as heavy seas and spray lashed the rigging at night.
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Annisquam
Essex River
Boston
Davis
Annisquam Light
Massachusetts Humane Society
Amalgamated Copper Court ruling frees funds in Montana
The Montana Supreme Court ruled today that Amalgamated Copper Company may release from two to ten million dollars tied up since the Heinze litigation began in 1901. A large portion will go to Boston copper men and other major shareholders like Thomas W. Lawson, who is said to hold over 140,000 Amalgamated shares.
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Boston
Vicinity
McIsaac Proposes Expert Auditors for State Finances
Boston Senator Daniel V. McIsaac introduces a bill to hire expert auditors to review Commonwealth finances and report to the Legislature. He argues annual inspections, potential bookkeeping reforms, and accountability akin to national practice, with Governor appointing auditors and past audits extending back ten years if needed.
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Daniel V. McIisaac
Boston
Commonwealth
Senator McIsaac
Post
Ways and Means Committee
Fire alarm mix up at five story building rescue
Mrs A Ny Skinner Miss Mildred Bean and Miss Belle McNeil were among women saved from a blazing five story building after a $75,000 fire in the city. They escaped floating water and ice as firefighters, patrolmen and bystanders coordinated alarms and assisted occupants. The effort centered on Box 48 and involved several accounts of who pulled the alarm before the first apparatus arrived.
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A. Ny
Skinner
Mildred Bean
Belle McNeil
Cit
Dewey
Square
A. N
Kenia
Broderick
McLaughlin
Division *4
Miss
Breach of 235 Years Healed by Exchange of Pastors
Boston churches end long rift through pulpit exchange between Old South and First Church. Rev Gordon of Old South will preach there while Rev James Eells of First Church addresses the Old South congregation. The move, rooted in 1669 church state tensions, marks reconciliation and renewed fraternal ties.
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Boston
Old John* Davenport
Old South ‘Sociéty
Ellis
George A. Gordon
Gordon
James Eells
Old South
John Davenport
New. Haven
Eells
Notman
New Old South Church
First Church
Middleboro Heiress Elopes With Gardener
Grace Whittaker, heiress and daughter of Clifford Weld, elopes with Kendrick Tribou a gardener earning under ten dollars a week. They married in Middleboro after securing a license and were later seen in Plymouth and Boston. Weld and the bride’s mother rushed from New York in fury, disinheriting her. Tribou plans to seek work in Plymouth.
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Middleboro
Grace Whittaker
Clifford Weld
Kendrick H. Tribou
New York
Miss Whittaker
Plymouth
Rock
Middleboro Centre
Tribou
E. E. Williams
Weld
Standish
Sgt. Weld
Post
Teibou
Fan Whittaker
Marc Tiene
Woman Dies in Fire on Paris Street in Boston
Firefighters battled two blazes in the city when a third broke out in East Boston. A small lamp accident reportedly started the fire at 245 Paris Street where 70 year old Mrs Mary Spillairie lived alone. She was found amid flames and died en route to Relief Station in Haymarket Square.
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Boston
Haymarket Square
Boston Weather Outlook Turns Fair and Cold
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Tuesday fair and continued cold. Wednesday brings unsettled skies, likely fair and warmer with high northerly winds diminishing.
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Boston
Father John's Medicine Promises Cure for Pueus Monia
A fragment states Joseph Harrington of West Twenty third street Newve tie city suffers from a disease described as monia. It claims Father John's Medicine always cures and clarifies it is not a patent medicine though presented as a remedy.
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Joseph Harrington
West Twentythird Street
Newve Tie City
Father John
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