Medical Society Officers Elected at Evening Exercises
Dr. Wiliam F Wesselhoeft was chosen president with Eliza B Cahill as first vice president and Frederick R Emerson as second vice president. Harry C Spalding became general secretary, John Arnold Rockwell Jr assistant secretary, T Morris Strong treasurer, George F May auditor, and Frank and Allard Richards David W Wells as censors. The evening featured musical selections and an elaborate galation served in the Pathological Laboratory.
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Wiliam F. Wesselhoeft
Eliza B. Cahill
Frederick R. Emerson
Harry C. Spalding
John Arnold Rockwell, Jr
T. Morris Strong
George F May
Frank &. Allard
Frank C Richards
David W. Wells
Gloucester Millionaire George R Bradford Dies at 74
The wealthiest citizen of Gloucester, George Richard Bradford, died yesterday after a brief illness from heart and kidney complications. Born Nov 7 1628 in Springfield Vermont he built a fortune from tobacco shipments to Rockport and later chaired Cape Ann Isin glass and other enterprises. Survived by wife Emma Sewall of Rockport the couple had no children. Bradford funded the local Y M C A building and backed major local projects including Sandy Bay breakwater and several Gloucester industries. His fortune is estimated around half a million.
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Gloucester
George Richard Bradford
Mr. Bradford
Springfield
Richard
Mary Stimpson Bradford
Rockport
John Stimpson
Rockprt Hut
Whitinsville
Wisconsin
Moulton
Ala
Eames
Cape Ann
Tireles
Gloucester Gas Light Company
Russia Cement Company
Cape Ann Isinglass Company
Pigeon Hill Granite Company
Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Cape Ann Breeze
Gloucester Lily News
Merchant Fox Factory
Gloucester Fresh Fish Company
Emma Sewall
Lev Sewall
Eames, Stimpson & Co
Bradford
Sandy Bay
Dog Bar
Arbut Lodree of
Freemasons of
Congregational Church
Boutwell Urges Negroes to Action in Emancipation Anniversary
In Faneuil Hall Boston 40th anniversary of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation drew ex Governor George Boutwell Frank B Sabborn and W H Lewis as speakers. Boutwell praised Republicans for rights and urged black voters to align with or oppose party depending on Philippine policy and racial equality, warning that independence actions abroad affect American liberty. Sanborn echoed the same concerns about doctrine and policy.
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Colored Veterans of
Boston
Faneuil Hall
George &. Boutwell
Frank B. Sanborn
W. H. Lewis
Boutwell
Congress
Republican Party
Appomattox
Hawaiii
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Lincoln
Grant
United States
Democratic Party
Burke
Philippin Islands
South
North
America
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philippines
Hawaii
Asia
Fred Douglass
Booker Washington
May Never Reach the Court
James Arthur Sherlock of South Boston faces an accusation by his uncle of taking 1600 dollars. The case may not go to court and seems unlikely until his March return from a voyage as mate with his father to the West Indies and South America. His friends condemn the notoriety as unwarrantable.
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James Arthur Sherlock
South Boston
West Indies
South America
Tea Importers Celebrate Abolition of War Duty in Boston
Boston marked the abolition of the tea tax from the Spanish American War era by rushing to remove bonded tea from U S warehouses. Attaches worked unusually hard as wagons, carriages and express trains hauled thousands of tea chests from Long Wharf and Constitution Wharf to inland wholesalers.
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Boston
Congress
Sam
United States
Atlantic Avenue
United States Warehouse
W. H. Hubbard
W. C. Warren
Bond
Constitution Wharf
Fiske's Wharf
Long Wharf
Harvard Church Reception Honors New Year Gathering
Members of Harvard Church Brockline attended a New Year reception last evening hosted by Pastor Rev Reven Thomas D D and Assistant Pastor Rev Oliver D Sewell in the chapel. The space featured potted plants and cut flowers. The pastors and Mrs Thomas greeted guests from 8 to 9 followed by a musical program including Mrs C C Parsons performing The Heroine of the Alps and selections by the Schubert male quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Church
Brockline
Reven Thomas
D. D
Oliver D. Sewell
Thomas
Pickens
The
Alps
C. C. Parsons
Schubert
East Boston Barber Finds Stradivarius in Old Violin
Michael Finamore, a barber at 191 Marion Street East Boston, discovers his dilapidated violin may be a Stradivarius after a friend jokes a Lynn barber found one worth 1200 to 1500. Reading Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis 1726 confirms the claim. Crowds gather as he plans to take it to a dealer. offers reach 500 with aim of 1000, amid nostalgia for past Stradivari values.
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Pgounell vWitkess
Barre
GOM
Cea
Wilkes Barre
William J. Hever
Pennsylvania
Col
Harvey
L.ke
Europe
Col. Harvey
Wilkes-Barre
David Kennedy
Mir
J. Harvey
Bright
Boston
Michael Finamore
Marion Street
Havre
Finamore
Michael
Mike
Lynn
Antonius Stradivarius
Post
Court Street
Lynm
Mail Tubes for Roxbury Post Office Expansion
The Roxbury post office will be enlarged to house pneumatic tubes for faster mail dispatch between Roxbury and other stations. Residents feared moving from Warren street, but Superintendent F. W. Flusk and local bank trustees blocked the change. The building will extend toward the Elevated station with about 100 extra square feet. Tubes expected to be ready by Feb. 1.
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Roxbury
Warren Street
Dudley Street
F. W. Flusk
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Ogan
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Harvard
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Gore
Leopold Morse & Co
Washington St
Elee Gros
Columbus Ave
Atlantic Ave
Tremont St
J. W. Newcomb
West Broadway
P. Pinnegan
Dorchester Ave
Ross Bros
Hanover St
Samuel Simons
Charles St
Boylston St
L. Wallace
F. B. Hathaway & Son
Rev. M. Sheehy & Co
Washington St. Amy
David
David dEuneore Batonite
Evey Reader
Gol. Harvey
Dr. David
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Stradivarius
Gordon Studio
KOCH
West 22d St
New York
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Philadelphia
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Pittsburg
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