Indictment shocks Whitman as Mrs Healy faces murder charge
Alice J. Healy of Whitman, once Mrs Randall, was indicted for attempted murder of husband Aaron A. Healy, a prominent town figure. She alleges years of abuse, claims of arsenic poisoning, and accuses another woman of infidelity while denying poison. Court action includes a divorce suit with attorney W F Coughlan of Abington.
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Whitman
Alice J. Healy
Aaron A. Healy
Healy
Bates House
Navy
Healy’s
W. F. Coughlan
Abington
Boston schooner Annie L Henderson reaches Boston Harbor
The Annie L Henderson of Boston arrived safely at Vineyard Haven after a 27 day voyage from Savannah to Boston with yellow pine lumber. Capt Henderson reports four days to Hatteras and 23 days from there amid gales and a west wind hurricane off Montauk. The mate was severely cut, the small boat was destroyed, stores ruined, but provisions secured and no deckload lost. He calls it the hardest passage he ever experienced.
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Henderson
Burns May Prove Fatal In New Bedford Fire Rescue
Jennie Ashworth, daughter of Wright Ashworth, suffered severe burns when her garments ignited around a stove at Coffin Avenue. George E. Randall rushed to her aid, carrying her outside and stamping out the flames in snow and water. Both suffered serious burns. Ashworth’s condition may be fatal and Randall faces weeks of recovery.
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New Bedford
Jennie Ashworth
Wright Ashworth
Coffin Avenue
George E. Randall
Miss Ashworth
Randall
Republicans in a Walk in Philadelphia Mayor Race
City Solicitor Charles F. Warwick and William J. Roney were elected as Republican candidates for Mayor and receiver of taxes, defeating ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison and Colonel Sylvester Bonnaffon Jr. The exact Republican margin is not yet known but expected to be large.
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Philadelphia
Charles F. Warwick
William J. Roney
Robert E. Pattison
Sylvester Bonnaffon, Jr
Two New Representatives Elected in Worcester and Hampden
In Worcester Ward 6 Ellery B. Crane Republican won the special election with 502 votes over Independent Democrat John S. Kavanagh who had 106. The vacancy was due to Dr. Henry Y. Simpson's death. In Hampden sixth district George W. Turner Republican was elected to the Legislature to fill Joseph L. Shipley’s vacancy with a light vote: Turner 84, Edward A. Hall Democrat 772.
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Worcester
Henry Y. Simpson
Ellery B. Crane
Johns. Kavanagh
Springfield
George W. Turner
Hampden
Joseph L. Shipley
Turner
Edward A. Hall
Special Train To Nantasket Beach On Feb 2
The New York New Haven Hartford railroad will run a special train from Old Colony House to Stony Beach on Friday Feb 2 connecting with the 11 30 a m Boston line and stopping at Nantasket Beach branch stations Returning the train leaves Stony Beach at 625 p m and Nantasket at 638 p m for the return trip for visitors wishing to visit Nan tasket and vicinity
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Nantasket and
New York, New
Harvard Faculty Backs Abolition of Intercollegiate Football
Harvard faculty votes 24 to 16 to abolish intercollegiate football and limit athletics to college grounds. The action challenges the athletic committee’s authority and aligns with President Eliot’s stance, citing the sport as unwieldy and money driven despite not targeting brutality.
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Harvard
Eliot
Charles Eliot Norton
Athletic Committee
Vhis
Boat Club
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
James Barr Ames
George A. Bartlett
William M.vis
Edward H. Bradford
William Hooper
Perry D. Trafford
P. W. Whittemore
Ae John C. Fairchild
R. H. Stevenson, Jr
M. H. Morgan
Boston & Albany City Ticket Office at 266 Washington Street
The Boston and Albany ticket office is located at 266 Washington Street. This address serves as the city ticket office for passenger services and related transactions.
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Washington Street
Boston & Albany
Boston Transit Plan for Subway Section One
The Boston Transit Commission outlines the first section of the subway plan, featuring a loop under Park Street with no grade crossings, a main line about 1.3 miles and total subway length near five miles. It describes steel embedded cement arches along Boylston and Tremont streets, surface surveys, and distinctive stations at Haymarket Square. The piece also profiles General John L. Swift, a magnetic speaker and former army officer with a lengthy public service record.
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Rapid Transit Commission
Park Street
Boylston and
Tremont Streets
Haymarket Square
Boston Transit Commission
Commission
Boylston Street
Charles Street Mall of Common
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Washington Street
Elm Street
Subway construction plans outline Boston loop route
The Boston Transit Commission details the subway design featuring island platforms to avoid level crossings, a 16 foot rise, and a loop for empty cars. Section 1 from Public Garden to Park Street will begin within 20 days and finish by November 30, 1895, with extensive sub‑surface surveys and pipe sewer arrangements mapped along Tremont and Boylston streets.
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Granary Burying Ground
Commission
Public Garden
Park Street
Boylston and
Tremont Streets
Death of General John L. Swift at 5 o'clock yesterday
General John L. Swift ex deputy collector of customs at this port died of heart disease at his home on 23 Circuit Street yesterday afternoon at five. He was two weeks ill and surrounded by his wife and two sons. Born May 28 1828 in Falmouth he moved to Boston in 145 and pursued mercantile business before studying law at Harvard.
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United States
Custom House
Thirty-fifth Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteers
Antietam
Roxbury
Forty-first Regiment
Banks
Gulf Department
Baton Rouge
Grover
Port Hudson
Swift
Sodwe
A. W. Beard
Warren
Massachusetts
The
Loyal Legion
Harvard Law School Association
Post 68
John L. Swift
Circuit Street
Falmouth
Boston
Mercantile Library Association
Harvard Law
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Shawmut Avenue
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Keep Mfg. CO
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