Honored his memory at Boston & Maine board
Boston & Maine directors adopted resolutions on J. St. Furber’s sudden death noting his long service since 1853, rising from truck handler to general superintendent and later roles. They praised his firm character and justice, and appointed J. W. Sanborn acting general manager. a copy of the resolutions will go to Furber’s family.
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Boston & Maine Railroad Directors
J. ST. Furber
Furber
Boston & Maine Railroad
J. W. Sanborn
Northern Division
Boston & Maine System
Old Colony
Boston & Maine
A Precious Pair Clash Ends With Shootings
Harrispore Pennsyl February 4 Two men David Binkley of Lancaster and James Marshall of Philadelphia were arrested after wounding Officer Charles Wingst and a colored boy during a confrontation. Suspected in a Luck now safe robbery, the pair were linked by burglars tools found on them. accomplice William I. Cooney was arrested yesterday.
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Harrispore
Penn
David Binkley
Lancaster
James Marshall
Philadelphia
John Sweitzer
Charles Wingst
Lucknow
William I.’. Cooney
Binkley
Marshall
Governor Signs Bill Allowing Electrocution Details
Apang New York February 4 The Governor signed a bill that permits newspapers to publish details of electrocutions, aligning publication rights with other criminal justice reporting.
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Apang
N. Y
How Some Girls Write Letters and the Telegraphic Style
A reader laments the decline of letter writing among young women of the early twentieth century describing telegraphic style, omission of small words, excessive slang, and the trend of dating letters in full. The piece notes Boston culture, blue-stocking factions, and the shift from page length to concise notes with full envelopes and no abbreviations.
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Boston
Blue Stockings
Aged Baptist Clergyman Seth Sawyer Dead
The Rev. Seth Sawyer, one of Maine's oldest Free Baptist clergy men, died of pneumonia in Auton N H at age 85. He served in Middletown Union and Acton Me for many years. A daughter survives him. The funeral will be held on Saturday.
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Auton
N. H
Seth Sawyer
Middletown
Union
Acton
Marblehead Lobster Bay Action Shapes Sloop Feat
In Marblehead, Corporal Ezekiel Tucker and nineteen privates won a daring raid by disguising a cannon with a patchwork bedspread and using a captured twelve pounder to cripple a British brig. The Bold Briton surrendered, and coarse powder and military plunder flowed to American hands. General Putnam later visited Marblehead on March 1, 1776, for a lobster feast honoring Tucker and Hulda Wing.
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Ticonderoga
Harry Knox
Roxbury
Congress
Philadelphia
Boston Common
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Small
Grenadiers
Bunker Hill
Tucker
Jamaica
Old Pat
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Mackere Lane
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Zekle
England
Boston
Red Cross
Sucker
Lord How
Israel P. Tucker
Zeke
General Putnam
Glover
Sentmens and
Huld Wing
Marbieead
Mission Opens Moenah Home For Unfortunate Girls In Boston
Gertrude Woods leads a faith based mission in the Moenah Home at 85 Stamford Street dedicated last night by Dr. A J Gordon and others. The Evangelical effort, supported by churches and women’s groups, offers regeneration through Christian refuge, inviting girls from margins to meals, work, reading rooms, and daily mission meetings from 9 to 10 p m except Sundays.
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Lord Jesus
Boston
Gertrude Woods
Moenah
Stamford Street
A. J. Gordon
Miss Woods
Lewis
James H. Earl
Miss Todd
Cha
Jesus
Best Paid and Growing Johnston Line Serves Boston’s Ocean Freight
Boston gains as Johnston Line expands from monthly calls to London and adds direct sailings to Rotterdam. Twenty five ocean steamers bolster weekly London service Antwerp Hamburg and Rotterdam routes. Hansa ships operate Boston to Hamburg and Antwerp while Johnsons moves offices to Chamber of Commerce building.
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Boston
Johnston Line
Johnston Steamers
Baltimore
London
Hansa Line
Montreal
Hamburg
Antwerp
Johnston
Rotterdam
Liverpool
Mediterranean
Wm. Johnston & Co. (Limited
Hansa Company
Water Street
Chamber of Commerce
C. C. Patterson
Ocean Lines
Bradley Estate Will Is Probated In Newark
Justice Bradley's will admitted to probate. All real and personal property goes to his widow for life, then divided among daughters Mary Lb Butler of Paterson and Caroline Bradley of Washington, son Charles Bradley of this city, and William H Bradley's two children of this city. Charles Bradley named sole executor. Value not disclosed.
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Newark
N. J
Joseph P. Bradley
Supreme Court of the United States
Mary Lb. Butler
Paterson
Caroline Bradley
Washington
Charles Bradley
William H. Bradley
Obituaries in this city and surrounding towns
Multiple notices dated Feb 2 to Feb 4 list deaths of Paul F. Aldrich Somerville aged 64 at Boothbay Hospital Cyrus H. Dunbar Dorchester aged 79 11 months 3 days George N. Fisher Charlestown aged 78 Daisy B Heywood this city aged 22 years 2 months Rev Dr Thomas R Lambert this city aged 82 Eliza beth Lambert this city aged 91 3 months Christine Chaplin Brush Brooklyn N Y wife of Rev Fred Brush and daughter of the late Jeremiah Chaplin D D Peterboro N H Augustus Fuller Peterboro N H pneumonia aged 73 2 months Harry L Murduck Avon Park Fla oldest son of Hervey H and Abby M Murduck Auburndale Mass aged 21 6 17 Alden Parker Melrose aged 76 10 months 23 days
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Boothbay Hospital
Paul F. Aldrich
Somerville
Dunbar
Dorchester
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Fisher
Charlestown
George N. Fisher
Heywood
Daisy B
Charles Heywood
Lambert
Thomas R. Lambert
D.D
Elizabeth Lambert
Brush
Brooklyn
N. Y
Christine Chaplin Brush
Alfred H. Brush
New Utrecht
Jeremiah Chaplin
Boston
Fuller
Peterboro
N. H
Augustus Fuller
Murduck
Avon Park
Fla
Harry L
Hervey Hi
Abby M. Murdock
Auburndale
Mass
Parker
Melrose
Alden Parker
West End railroad armature winders quit over foreman Cody claim
West End armature winders left work after dispute over foreman Cody’s statement that he would guarantee boys could take their places after a year of training. Arbitration failed, workers organized rather than strike, sent a letter to Electrical Engineer Pearson, and most men refused to return when told five ringleaders could resume. They demanded investigation of charges. Previously with Thomson Houston Electric.
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West End
Cody
Pearson
Thamson-Houston Electric Company
Cable from Jupiter to the Bahamas Opens for Business
The Bahamas cable from Jupiter Florida began operation today with Western Union Telegraph Company extending its land line from Kissimmee to Nassau. The rate from New York to Nassau is 85 cents per word.
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New York
Jupiter
Fla
Western Union Telegraph Company
Kissimmee
Nassau
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