Bribery Charges Hit New Bedford Officials in Meet Controversy
Mayor Parker demands removal of License Commissioners Stephen D. Peirce and John W. Bannister amid bribery accusations. Peirce allegedly solicited and received funds from liquor dealers to aid his Bristol county campaign and used official sway to influence license decisions. Both commissioners are accused of backing Stephen A. Prownell for mayor while denying a license revocation.
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New Bedford
Parker
Stephen D. Peirce
John W. Bannister
Peirce
Bristol County
James F. Smith
Smith
A. H. Coville
Mr. Bannister
Soule
Bannister
Stephen A. Prownell
Grand Parade at Music Hall Witnesses Arrival of Booth and Staff
A crowd gathered in Warrenton Street for a torchlit procession to Music Hall. General Booth and his staff were to receive the parade, with officers and Salvation Army bands marching in scarlet uniforms and banners. The service featured Booth’s exhortation and a repentant man led to the chair by Commander Booth.
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Ed Mither
Music Hall
General Booth
Salvation
Taylor
Tranken
Crosby
Scott
Parker
Warrenton Street
Booth
Ballington Booth
Brewer
Brengle
Maine
New Hampshire
Marshall
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Boston
Division C
War Chariot
Lowell
Cambridge
Washington Street
Dover
Tremont Street
Hamilton Place
Boylston Street
Beeen
Nymns
Malan
Lawley
Israel
Jerusalem
God
Jesus
Heaven
Colonel Lawley
Barlington Booth
City of St. Augustine Arrives Bermuda Short of Coal
A despatch from New York reports the steamer City of St. Augustine reaching Bermuda short of coal. She sailed from Jacksonville on February 2 with 375,000 feet of lumber and had a crew of thirteen under Captain Gaskill. After disappearing on February 5 a few miles north of Hatteras she was later sighted at Bermuda.
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New York
Maritime Exchange
City of St. Augustine
Bermuda
Jacksonville
Fila
Gaskill
Hatteras
Tacoma Ship Docked at Constitution Wharf After Eventful Manila Voyage
Captain Gaffney recounted a harrowing Manila to Boston voyage on the Tacoma. Frostbite injuries thinned the crew and a crewman died in Manila from black plague. A missing crewman may have fallen overboard amid ice and storms. Allegations of mistreatment by mate Charles Orr surfaced, with potential court action pending.
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Tacoma
Bath
Gaffney
Manila
Philippine Islands
Constitution Wharf
Post
Cape Cod
Maine
Mt. Desert Rock
Cape Sable
Hans Christian
George Harris
East Boston
John Kelly
Boston
Hong Kong
Mariveles
Kelly
United Kes
Mate
M Liment
Boston Vessels Overdue Alarm Overcome By Absence Of Ships
Boston harbor crews report brigs and schooners overdue causing anxiety to owners and families. The brig Jane Adeline, captained by San from Turk's Island, sailed for this port with a salt cargo for Charles Venport of State Street and has not been heard from since leaving New York. The Jane Adeline last seen near Westbrook Maine in 1868. the brig Stockton, owned by a Boston company, remains missing with its captain unknown.
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Jane Adeline
San
Turk’s Island
Charles “Venport
State Street
Jane
New York
Jane Adellilt
Westbrook, Me
John S. Emery & Co
Coastal schooners sail for Norfolk and Boston in storm period
The report lists multiple four and five masted schooners including the R. F. Petti, Pettigrew, Georgie L. Dickson, Ellwood Harlow, Governor Ames, Massasoit, Agnes E. Manson, Mary E. H. G. Dow, and Alicia B. Crosby sailing from Turk's Island and Boston to Norfolk or Boston in ballast or salt cargo. Several vessels are unreported after leaving port or damaged in a recent blizzard, with one ship Laura Ju. Sprague returning to Norfolk after over two weeks at sea.
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George W. Allen
Turk’s Island
R. F. Pettigrew
Morse
Boston
Pettigrew
Bath
J. S. Winslow & Co
Portand
Georgie L. Dickson
Thomas H. Kelley
Providence
R. IL
Clark’s Cove
Norfolk
Dickson
John M. Brooks
C. and
J. F. Baker
Ellwood Harlow
Hammett
Brunswick
A. J. Newbury
Alexandria
Governor Ames
Fall River
C. A. Davis
Salem
Highland Light
Massasoit
Taunton
Babbitt
Agnes E. Manson
Mary E. H. G. Dow
Malcomsen
Alicia B. Crosby
Bunker
Laura Ju. Sprague
Wixon
New Bedford
Briggs Georges Reaches Port After Harsh North Atlantic Crossing
Brig Georges from Port de Paix Hayti under Captain Perkins entered port after twenty three days at sea. A northwest hurricane Feb 8–10 battered the vessel, flooding the forward house, shedding steering gear, and icing the deck by over thirty tons. Twenty five tons of cargo were jettisoned to improve stability. temporary steering gear was rigged and the crew endured frostbite while ice impeded progress toward Vineyard Haven, forcing passage through South Channel. Perkins calls it one of his roughest voyages, his first aboard Georges.
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Georges
Haytien
Perkins
Port de Paix
Hayti
Cape Hatteras
Vineyard Haven
Vineyard Sound
South Channel
Frank W. Howe
American schooner John H. Converse ashore near Mantua Cuba
The American schooner John H. Converse, a three masted 315 ton vessel built in 1874 at Harrington Missouri and owned by O. P. Rumball of New York, lies ashore at Rio Medio near Mantua Cuba with Captain Drisko in command.
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Havana
John H. Converse
Drisko
Rio Medio
Mantua
Cuba
Harrington
O. P. Rumball
New York
Boston Schooner Carrie and Annie Sinks Off Cape Negro
The Boston bound schooner Carrie and Annie with a cargo of frozen herring struck on Cape Negro Saturday night and sank. The crew was saved and the vessel will probably be raised.
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Boston
Barrington
N. S
Carrie
Annie
Cape Negro
Badly battered but safe schooner reaches Norfolk
The schooner Henry L. Peckham, towed in from Baltimore to Boston with coal, spent a week in ice, had its boat smashed and davits carried away, and was somewhat cut by ice but remains afloat and safe in Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Henry L. Peckham
Baltimore
Boston
Yale Harvard Freshman Debate Challenge
The Yale Freshman Union has received a challenge from the Harvard Freshman Debating Club for a joint debate to be held within the next three months in New Haven.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale Freshman Union
Harvard
Chick Bros Offer to Settle Strike in Haverhill
CHICK BROS. WEAKEN. HAVERHILL Feb 18 The firm facing a major strike signs a communication read at City Hall proposing to discharge non union workers take back strikers pay back 2500 under contract terms and abolish the contract system The union insists on joining the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration and will press that condition.
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Haverhill
Chick Bros
City Hall
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Murder Suspected After Autopsy In North Easton Case
John Hanson a 25 year old Swede was found dead in his Reynolds street boarding house after a night of drinking. Autopsy revealed a large brain bleed without external wounds, linked to a head blow from a fence stake during a drunken brawl. Suspects named. inquest planned before the District Court soon.
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North Easton
John Hanson
Reynolds Street
Hanson
Williams Hall
Worth $100 but costs one dollar for bottle cure
Mrs E G Baker of Lowell Massachusetts a stenographer at T C Cobb Machinery Co suffered dyspepsia for four years. After trying many remedies she was advised to try The Kind That Cures. More than a year later her cure remains permanent and she reports lasting relief.
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E. G. Baker
T. C. Cobb Machinery Co
Lowell
Mass
Salvation Army Meeting Lofty Turnout at Faneuil Hall
The Salvation Army held a large morning meeting at Faneuil Hall with General Booth present. Enthusiastic crowds filled seats and galleries as music prayer and Jubilee Band appeals followed by Booth’s exhortation on cleansing oneself from sin and broad church reform. Joseph Cook then critiqued Huxley and praised Booth’s leadership before Booth and aides arrived to a singing doxology.
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Salvation Army
Faneuil Hall
Brewer
Jubilee
New England
Booth
Ballington Booth
Jubilee Band
Park Street Church
Joseph Cook
General Booth
Professor Huxley
Lord Onslow
Mr. Cook
Perfecting Holiness Campaign Opens at Music Hall
The Salvation Army resumed the Perfecting Holiness campaign at Music Hall with a 2 PM service led by Adjutant Rogers. General Booth spoke on self cleansing and holiness, emphasizing conversion and God's power, as enthusiastic hymns filled the hall. A mammoth parade followed the opening exercises.
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Salvation Army
Music Hall
Rogers
General Booth
Adjutant Lawley
God
Heaven
Expelled Harvard student for whipping incident
Prescott Warren, Harvard 1896, was expelled by the faculty for administering a lash to C. H. Kenyon a special student in the Law rence Scientific School. Warren disputes the decision claiming he was barred from personally presenting his side. It is Harvard’s first expulsion in seven years.
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Prescott Warren
Harvard
C. H. Kenyon
Lawrence Scientific School
Warren
Kenyon
Uncle Dan Keene Dies After Long Roxbury Service
Daniel E. Keene aged over eighty died at his home on 40 Norfolk Street shortly after 11 last night. A well known Roxbury figure, he served thirty eight years as a starter for the West End Street Railway Company and before streetcars for King & Goddard he drove a coach for twenty years. Known as Uncle Dan, his mother's efforts helped build the old Norfolk House.
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Daniel E. Keene
Norfolk Street
Roxbury
West End Street Railway Company
King & Goddard
Mr. Keene
Dan
Norfolk
Yale Princeton baseball dates set for May June and tie game
Representatives of Yale and Princeton have set dates for the baseball series. The games are scheduled for May 18 in New Haven and June 8 in Princeton, with a possible decisive game June 15 in New York if the series is tied.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Princeton
New York
Pike's Peak or Bust Puzzle Challenge
The puzzle titled Pike's Peak or Bust tests problem solving and wordplay as solvers navigate clues guiding toward a final answer. It appears in a historical newspaper section highlighting reader engagement and playful intellect.
February Bargain Sideboard Described as Finest Oak Pattern
February special offers a full size massive Oak Sideboard built from selected stock. It features heavy construction, deep panels, richly carved gallery and closet doors, a 24 inch French bevelled mirror, lined silver drawer, upper shelf two side shelves, locks on all drawers and closets, and extra stout castors. Aimed at watchful buyers, the ad touts exceptional value compared to last year’s price.
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Satvation
Frofaa
the Starr
Isavation Army
Elcome
Balington Booth
Generan
Ooth
Riumph
Lawrence Band
Ston
Stockton
Easton
Dalia
Dana
Dan” Keene
Washington
Connecticut
Yale-Princeton
Paine Furniture CO
Canal ST
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