Great gathering of women opens in Washington
Tomorrow marks the second triennial National Council of Women of the United States convening in Washington. Five million women belong to participating groups and sessions run fourteen days with papers on religion dress politics and morality. Notables include May Wright Sewall Susan B Anthony Miss Willard and Mme Alberti among international representatives. Religious services were held at Metzerott Music Hall with Rev Annis Ford Eastman delivering the sermon to a large audience.
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Washington
United States
National Council of Women of the
National Council
May Wright Sewall
Indianapolis
Countess of Aberdeen
Henry Somerset
Russell Sage
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth B. Grannis
Anna Shaw
Frances E., Willard
French Sheldon
Mme. Alberti
Germany
France
England
Canada
Metzerott Music Hall
Annis Ford Eastman
Elmira
Humgbugged Watertown Man Sought For Larceny
A Water town police report reveals an elderly man picked up several weeks ago is wanted in Boston for larceny. He spun a tale of hardware fortune lost to a dishonest partner, claiming aid from a Young Men’s Christian Association secretary. Descriptions match a Rochester sighting and Toledo route, with alias Jefferson Adams and Amos Harvey. Authorities request tips to the Boston superintendent of police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Boston
Carmel
Young Men’s Christian Association
Watertown Almshouse
Rochester
N. Y
Jefferson Adams
Amos Harvey
Toledo
Ohio
Jverce
Benefit Concert Listings From Helena Event Silent
About 3.5 million dollars referenced with names including Henry W. Bowdoin and Miss Belle Con Asts. Helena crowd, Monaument Has, readings and impersonations by a long list of soloists and performers such as Miss Sadie Bord, Miss Sadie, Mr. rs, John Keane, Tom Crowley, Miss Mary O Connor, Sig Gerard Russo, John Keville, James Donovan, Kittie O Neil, A Henderson, William Maginn, C B McKenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Ie Man- Maguire
Readning
Mis Sadie Bord
Sadie
Man
Reading
Kittie O'Neil
A. Henderson
William Maginn
C. B. McKenna
Cambridge G A R Fair Closes After Week of Progress
The Cambridge G A R Post 30 fair in Union Hall closed at midnight Saturday. The silk American flag was awarded to Wellington School. Hook and Ladder Co No 3 won a crayon portrait of Chief Engineer Casey. A bookcase went to Rev S E Breen. Chief Marshal John W Walker claimed a roll top desk, Chaplain John G Bilis received a chair, and young soloist J Garfield Stone earned a boys bicycle.
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Union Hall
Cambridge
Wellington
Hook and Ladder Company
Lafayette Square
Casey
E. Breen
Union M. BE
John W. Walker
John G. Bilis
J. Garfield Stone
Real Estate Doings In Dorchester And Newton Centre
Plans drew up for a parish school building three stories tall with basement and fifteen rooms at the corner of Percival Avenue and Quincy Street Dorchester. The Nickerson Homestead near Commonwealth Avenue in Newton Centre is reported sold with a mansion stable and about 80 000 square feet of land. The C N Mellen estate sold to Duncan B Blanchard a ten room dwelling and 6500 square feet on Mellen Street Ashmont Dorchester for 5000 dollars and to Isaac C Nelson a cottage and 5400 square feet at Mellen and Waldorf Streets for 6000 dollars.
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Percival Avenue
Quincy Street
Dorchester
Nickerson
Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre
C. N. Mellen
Duncan B. Blanchard
Mellen Street
Ashmont
Isaac C. Nelson
Boston
Mellen and
Waldorf Streets
Woman Arrested for Drunkenness Ends Up Housed in Padded Cell
At 11 15 last night Mary Knowlton or Crockett was jailed in Division 3 for drunkenness. A rope fashioned from skirt strips was found around her neck in the cell room. she was cut down, revived by Dr. Thompson, and placed in a padded cell at the House of Detention awaiting transfer.
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Mary Knowlton
Crockett
Division 3
House of Detention
Peabody
Thompson
A Rail Romance Ends With Humble Bridegroom Joke
A gentlemanly merchant traveler in a railway carriage chats with a lady who downplays her status. He praises her modesty, and she jokes that a band meets her at Windsor, adding that the band is a husband. He then bumps his head moving to the next carriage in astonishment.
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Windsor
Quip on Smoking by Stevenson and Ocean Escape
In the Atchison Patriot a witty exchange notes that Robert Louis Stevenson smoked cigars but drowned out the smell by retreating to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, implying his extraordinary humanity.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Pacific Ocean
Atchison
Kan
Pike's Peak or Bust The New Popular Puzzle
Puzzle note announces a fresh offering titled Pike's Peak or Bust priced at 25 cents. It signals a new popular pastime item likely from a late era newspaper page. The brief item highlights cost and novelty without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike’s Peak
Bust
Labor union meeting aids Haverhill shoe workers aid drive
The Central Labor Union of Brockton held its weekly session at Rockland Hall with about 80 delegates traveling by special cars. They admitted new delegates from bakers finishers and Rockland L P A and discussed aiding the Haverhill and Westboro shoe workers while opposing legislation on interest rates and local option rules.
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Brockton
Central Labor Union
Rockland
Haverhill
Westboro
Senate
E. Gerry Brown
Whitman
Haverhill Nickerson & Hanna
Rogtors
New Church Society Plans Spring Edifice
Fen Feb 17 In the spring the Street Methodist Society will commence erection of a new church building to cost between 30000 and 40000 dollars. The committee aims to raise 15000 by subscription before contracts. Ladies Social pledges 500, others to follow. Central Street Methodist Society organized April 21 1864. current building cost about 10000 and crowding has made a new structure necessary under Rev Dillon Bronson.
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Fen
Street Methodist Society
Rious Architects
Edward W. Gay
Washington Warren
James Stevenson
J. B. Gould
D. F. Barber
G. M. Weed
J. Wesley Barber
Central Street, Methodist Society
Dillon Bronson
S. S. Pierce
Boston
Newfoundland Fund Receives Local Subscriptions in East Cambridge
East Cambridge reports the Newfoundland fund has raised 226.25 to date correcting a prior undercount. Donors include Dr. John F. Conch 50 dollars Dr. J. P. Finnegan 5 Stephen Anderson 1 Michael Kiley 1 and many others with amounts ranging from 25 cents to 50 dollars plus a previously acknowledged 111.50 bringing the total to 226.25.
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East Cambridge
Newfoundland Fund
John F. Conch
J. P. Finnegan
Stephen Anderson
Michael Kiley
Kate Granville
John Dunn
James H. Lomasney
John Mhuliban
Thomas Pettington
J. van Puten
Edward Scully
Lawrence Delaney
Thomas F. White
John Hafey
John Cotter
Walter Duggan
Michael McCarthy
Daniel Quigley
Daniel Quigley, Jr
Thomas Dooly
William Murray
Patrick Doyle
Mary Brine
Thomas Moore
John Dwyer
James Guy
Nicholas Quirk
George Costigan
Fred Gullage
M. E. Murray
Hanora Hynes
James Cunningham
Morris Corcoran
Patrick Riley
John T. Shea
Edward Riley
Thomas J. Cantwell
Andrew Granville
Francis Granville
John Granville
Thomas Granville
Nicholas Mason
Michael Hyde
Frank Flynn
Martin O'Neil
Newfoundland Relief Committee Plans Lectures in New England
A Newfoundlanders relief committee met at William A. Moulton’s Carter Building office to organize outreach across New England. They announced plans for lectures by Rev. Fred Woods and Rev. A B Hudson and to engage Newfoundland born women. Encouraging reports were received and subscription blanks were made available at Moulton’s office Tuesday morning.
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William A. Moulton
Water Street
Carter Building
New England
Fred Woods
A. B. Hudson
Newfoundland
Moulton
Watertown Firemen Form Social Club and Pool Table
Thirty Watertown fire department members formed the Watertown Firemen's Social Club. They purchased a pool table and set it up Saturday. The evening featured a turkey supper and speeches with President J. J. Murphy as master of ceremonies. most attendees praised the new organization.
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Watertown
Watertown Fire Department
Watertown Firemen’s Social Club
J. J. Murphy
American Wringer Co. Wringers Sweepers and Repairs
The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 15 Broadway extension, city manufacturers of wringers, mangies, spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs on all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway
Tremont
Free Medical Examinations Offered by Dewey Medical Co
The Dewey Medical Co located at 74 Boylston Street Rooms 7 and 8 advertises free examinations and treatments for all diseases until cured. Services run daily 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 with Sunday hours 10 to 4.
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Dewey Medical Co
Boylston Street
Grip fears and remedies amid lingering influenza echoes
Traces of the grip linger and fear rises as debates on its lasting effects continue. Anxious readers seek remedies and precautions, with testimonials praising a whiskey tonic as a boost to vital functions and respiratory resilience, while labor unions and public notices appear in the civic context.
Central Labor Union Elects New Officers and Admits Delegates
John F. O'Sullivan presided at the Central Labor Union meeting held yesterday at 45 Eliot Street installing officers from the last session. Delegates proposed include Bakers' Union Amalgamated Engineers and Machinists and the Horseshoers' International Union with committees named for grievances statistics labeling and organizing and a boycott of scab cigars. The union voiced support for woman suffrage and debated bills on street railway mail, pawn brokers rates, and making election day a legal holiday while reporting on recent AFL convention actions.
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Central Labor Union
John F. O'Sullivan
Eliot Street
Bakers’ Union
Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Machinists
Horseshoers’ International Union
Barbers’ Union
Ratigan
Conductors, Drivers
State House
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Henry B. Blackwell
Association
Henry Abrahams
Cigar Makers’ Union
Ward
Prescott
John Hancock
Joseph Warren
Samuel Adams
Harry Lloyd
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Richard W. Garrett
Motormen’s Union
A. J. Felz
Otto Ribby
The
Hatters
Representative Mahoney
Cigar Makers’ Union 97
Boston Water Works
Cigarmakers’ Union
Matt Harrington
Actors’ Protective Union
S. Goldman
Garment Workers’ Union No. 1
F. H. Burgeson
Seamen's Union
W. C. McKay
Musicians’ Protective Union
Elmer E. Thompson
Waiters’ Alliance
George Bennett
Firemen’s Protective Union
I. K. Foster
Typographical Union
James H. Ratigan
John J. Carr
Patrick O’brien
Plasterers’ Tenders
Committee On
W. E. Bell
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
W. J. Melvin
George Stokes
Hugh Dolan
Nail Workers’ Union
S. A. Manchester
John Reed
Granité Cutters’ Union
P. P. Howard
Pressmen's Union
C. Claus
William Callahan
Theatrical Mechanics’ Protective Union
W. A. Metcalf
Patrick Mahoney
Cigarmakers' Union
Otto Ribbe
Hatters’ Union
EB. C. Doherty
Journeymen Tailors’ Union
A. Gilman
Garment Workers’ Union
S. Farris
Max Reiser
Brewers’ Union
Frank Hartzbecker
William M. Rickson
A. McKenzie
Machinery and Brass Moulders
Wie
T. J. O’brien
Ganizing Committee
Thomas Tracy
Cigarmakers
Mrs. M._K. O'Sullivan
D. J. Moynihan, Jr
Machinists
Michael Meagher
Granite Cutters’ Union
F. K._ Foster
P. J. Lal
P. J. Healey
Roofers’ Union
Hugh P. Wood
Barbers’ Protective Union
Michael Glynn
John R. Reed
C. C. Wood
Typograph Hcal Union
T. F. Tracy
B. F. Monaghan
E. E. Thompson
Boston Waiters’ Alliance
J. J. Carr
Housesmiths’ Union
C. D. Wood
Typographican Union
John A. Seufert
John Dolan
Motor and Car Repairers’ Union
Frank P. Fall
Coal Handlers and Teamsters’’ Union
J. ©. Jacobson
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union
Jeremiah Donovan
Roofers’ Protective Union
Michael Birmingham
Electrical Workers’ Union
George E. Pike
Quincy Firemen Relief Association Elects New Officers
The Quincy Firemen's Relief Association held its annual meeting with a political tilt, electing Chief Engineer Peter J. Williams as president and ousting long time president Walter H. Ripley who, after six years, was replaced by Democratic supporters. Two Republicans retained positions as officers amid a full turnover, with the annual ball set for Friday, Feb. 22.
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Quincy
Quincy Firemen’s Relief Association
Walter H. Ripley
Ripley
Relief Association
Peter J. Williams
William F. Powers
James Morrissey
John Thomas
James A. White
Stephen H. Edwards
W. J. Blake
Michael Barry
John Newcomb
Gilbert M. Rhoades
Edward F. Crohan
John Chrisom
Association
Winter Tennis Tournament Nears In Newton
Newton February 17 The Newton Winter Tennis Club has arranged what may be the state’s most important winter tennis event. Yale players Fred Hovey Chace Hobart and Foote will compete at Bray's Hall Newton Centre on February 22 and 23 in singles and doubles events.
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Newton
Newton Winter Tennis Club
Fred Hovey
Chace
Hobart
Foote
Yale
Bray’s Hall
Newton Centre
Col Thomas W Clarke Dead In Roxbury Home
Colonel Thomas William Clarke died at his home on Warren street Roxbury yesterday of heart failure. Born in Boston December 1 1834 he studied at Chauncy Hall and Harvard class of 1855. He served in the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Militia later promoted major and helped organize the Highland Street Railway. He practiced law at Clarke and Raymond Pemberton Square. He leaves a widow two daughters and a son. Funeral at Church of the New Jerusalem Roxbury Wednesday at 1 30 PM.
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Thomas William Clarke
Putnam
Warren Street
Roxbury
Clarke
Boston
Chauncy Hall School
Harvard College
Phillips Brooks
Clarke & Raymond
Pemberton Square
Church of the New Jerusalem
Warren and
St. James Streets
East Fifth Street
Warren _ street
Nathaniel J N Bacheller Dies in Lowell After Illness
Nathaniel J N Bacheller longtime treasurer and manager of the Morning Mail Company died in Lowell after an extended illness. Born in Fayette Maine in 1837 he was educated at Kent's Hill Seminary and learned printing in Saco. He helped found the Morning Mail in 1878 and served as treasurer and business manager until his death leaving a wife and two children. He belonged to William North Lodge BF and A M and Washington Commandery Golden Cross.
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Lowell
Nathaniel J. N. Bacheller
Morning Mail Company
Fayette
Kent’s Hill Seminary
Saco
Courier
Vox Populi
Z. E. Stone
Morning Mail
Bacheller
William North Lodge
Washington Commandery
Golden Cross
Postmaster Joel Wells Webb Found Dead at 60
Willimantic Connecticut February 17 Joel Wells Webb postmaster of the city was found dead in bed this morning believed to be apoplexy He fell ill Friday noon and was not thought seriously ill at the time Webb 60 born in Scotland Windham county He was appointed postmaster in 1894 He is survived by a widow and two daughters.
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Willimantic
Conn
Joel Wells Webb
Almost a Centenarian John Deering Funeral
John Deering a 97 year old colored man died recently. He was born in Liverpool England and left a widow and a large family. The funeral service was led by Rev. Jesse Harrell at the Union Baptist Church on Foster Street Cambridge. Burial followed at Cambridge Cemetery.
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John Deering
Foster Street
Cambridge
Mr. Deering
Liverpool
England
Jesse Harrell
Union Baptist Church
Cambridge Cemetery
Lynn War Veteran Burnham E Pevear Dies At Lynn Home
Burnham E Pevear a war veteran and member of Post 5 G A R died at his Lynn home 12 Laighton court He was born in Hampton Falls New Hampshire fifty years ago and enlisted in the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment at the outbreak of the Civil War Since discharge he worked in the shoe business in Lynn.
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Lynn
Burnham E. Pevear
Laighton Court
Hampton Falls
N. H
Eleventh
New Hampshire Regiment
Death of a Maine Centenarian
Captain Saul C. Higgins, aged 101, died in Gorham Maine of old age after maintaining good health until his death on February 17. He served as a veteran captain and lived a long life in the community.
Memorial Service Honors George Peabody in Georgetown
Three Protestant churches united at Memorial Church to commemorate George Peabody banker and philanthropist. The $100000 church, gifted by Peabody in 1867 to honor his mother, featured biographical sketches by Rev. John Rounds Smith and remarks by Rev. B A Hatfield and Rev. Henry R. McCartney. Music was provided by an augmented choir and praise focused on Peabody’s gifts to libraries and public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Memorial Church
George Peabody
Peabody
John Rounds Smith
B. A. Hatfield
Baptist Church
Henry R. McCartney
First Congregational Church
Hearing on Boston building law amendments set for Feb 19
Massachusetts committee on Metropolitan Affairs to hear interested parties on petition H 544 for building law amendments and fire escape measures in Boston. Also reviews Sewage Commission reports and access and egress bills for certain buildings and petition H 696 on wooden floors. Blue Room State House Boston February 19 at 10 a.m. George P. Sanger, Chairman. H L Boutwell, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Blue Room
George P. Sanger
H. L. Boutwell
Hearing on pawnbrokers and contempt penalties set
State House Boston with the Judiciary Committee schedules hearings at 10 30 a m on a pawnbrokers bill and Donovan petition regarding contempt penalties and at 11 a m on stone dressing and carving for state and municipal works and on preventing dock tailed horses in Massachusetts to be held in Room 254 State House February 21 chaired by James J Myers and David F Slade clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
House
W. F. Donovan
Massachusetts
James J. Myers
David F. Slade
Hearing on Fidelity Trust Co incorporation in Boston
State House hearing scheduled for February 21 at 10 30 a m before the Banks and Banking Committee. Petitioners include Henry H Proctor and others seeking incorporation as Fidelity Trust Co with Room 131 noted. Chairman James Cushing Leach and Clerk Louis P Howe sign the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Committee On Banks and Banking
Henry H. Proctor
Fidelity Trust Co
James Cushing Leach
Louis P. Howe
Edward P. Chapin
Pynchon Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Hearing on citizen-only employment for public works
The Committee on LABOR will hold a hearing for parties interested in a bill requiring employment of United States citizens only as mechanics, workingmen and laborers on public works. The session is at Room No 20 State House on Wednesday Feb 20 at 10 15 a.m. P Blodgett, Chairman L Edgar Osgood, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Committee On Labor
United States
P. Blodgett
L. Edgar Osgood
Hearing on petition to prevent gas work without permit
The Committee on CITIES will hold a hearing for those interested in House No. 468 to stop gas companies from opening streets in cities without a permit at Room 132 State House on Tuesday February 26 at 10 30 a m Edward S Bradford chairman George H Newhall clerk of the committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Committee On Cities
Edward S. Bradford
George H. Newhall
Committee On Manufactures
Boston Gaslight Company
Robert S. Gray
Franz H. Krebs, Jr
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Ures Wee
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Miss Belle
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Temple Place
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C. A. Ding
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NEW England Aid For
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Connecticut
Wilson Bros
Old Colony Railroad
Tremont Row
Emily
Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers
Lagrange Stree
Suneepe
Telephone
T. L. Goudey & Son, Undertakers
Everett
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Mt. Herman Boys’ School
Oakland Cemetery Association
F. W. Darling
F. W. Kaan
Committee On Public Health
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I. P. Hutchinson
A. C. Smith
Robt. S. Gray
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Henry T. M’clearn
Dedham
Norfolk
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Joseph P. Silsby, JR
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