Massachusetts Democratic State Committee Controversy 1898
The temporary officers of the 1897 Democratic State committee protest the Jan 1898 action to form the new body. They argue the outgoing chairman and secretary must participate to present the roll and deliver records, and that no valid majority election occurred. They appeal for a fair, majority rule organized committee uniting Democrats in Massachusetts.
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Democratic Voters of
Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee
Mmittee
Frmman
Rior
Wée
John W. Coughlin
H. Pope
Secrece
John H. Lee
Rotary
Lee
Pope
American House
Hey
Democratic Party
Chicago
Republican Party
Committee On Law
Commonwealth
James F.owens
Daniel B. Kelley
Brookline Subscriptions Host Second Charity Party
In Brookline upper town hall wealthy families hosted the second in a series of subscription parties amid pine and carnation decorations. Matrons greeted guests under a canopy as society members from Boston Cambridge and Newton attended along with ushers and local hosts. The first event in the three part series at Riverdale Casino featured music by H J Smith Edith Holden and the Vredenburghs with Irving Bronson on piano.
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Brookline
Boston
Cambridge
Newton
William Hill
Charles W. Lewis
Norman H. White
Herbert H. White
Hugh D. Montgomery
Theodore Geinnell
Edgar N. Wrightington
Ernest L. Hill
Samuel
H. J. Smith
Edith Holden
Vredenburgh
Lincoln Grant
Irving Bronson
British Trader Afire Afloat at Victoria Docks
A cablegram from London said the steamship British Trader under Captain O Hagan loaded at Victoria docks and caught fire yesterday morning. A later cablegram stated the fire was minor and the vessel would sail to this city tomorrow.
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Johnston Line
London
O'Hagan
Victoria Docks
Here
Melrose Tragedy Victim Identified as Joseph Smith
A train fatality at Melrose is confirmed to be Joseph Smith age about 38 of Lake Street leaving a widow and eleven children. He worked at Smith & Anthony Stove Works Wakefield and was well liked by coworkers.
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Melrose
Joseph Smith
George
Lake Street
Smith & Anthony Stove
Wakefield
Double Tragedy in Cincinnati Shocks City
Louis Alfeldt, a columnist at the Enquirer, shot his sweetheart Minnie Packore at her Bremen street home after a quarrel, then killed himself. The tragedy occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Louis Alfeldt
Enquirer
Minnie Packore
Bremen Street
Parents Protest George Putnam School Overcrowding
Jamaica Plain parents protest the crowded George Putnam School on Columbus Avenue. Only one half-day session since October limits advancement, with fifth graders mornings and primary classes afternoons. A letter to the editor and school committee notes fifty children on the master list and asks for relief from the two-session disparity.
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George Putnam
Columbus Avenue
Jamaica Plain
New School Board
Putnam
Gas Deal In Abeyance In Manning Vs Boston Gas
The case Manning vs Boston Gas Light Company was held before Judge Holmes in Supreme Judicial Court and continued to next Tuesday. Boston gas companies delay electing officers. an agreement is expected on Tuesday to set an early hearing date. Ad dicks Lawson and others seek to overturn the contract between New England Gas & Coke Company and Rogers Burrage Moore trustees of Boston gas companies.
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Manning
Boston Gas Light Company
Supreme Judicial Court
Holmes
Boston Gas Companies
Messrs. Addicks
Lawson
New England Gas & Coke Company
Messrs. Rogers, Burrage and Moore
Reed jailed again in Cambridge on defrauding case
John Greenhalge alias John Reed alias George Spencer, the so called bunco king, is back in Cambridge Jail Cell 13. He deposited 7000 as security for return to face charges in Chelmsford for defrauding farmer Charles Sweeter of 3500, then skipped town with 18500 promised payments. He avoided thirteen at a New York meal, is held by Middlesex officers, and faces bail questions as District Attorney Weir plans next steps. State officers Whitney and Rhodes brought Reed from Philadelphia to Lowell, where Whitney praised his conduct.
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John Greenhalge
John Reed
George Spencer
Cambridge
Reed
Charles Sweeter
Chelmsford
Framingham
Brockton
Bridgewater
Gardner
Plainfield
N. J
New York
England
Middlesex
Lowell
Hadley
Weir
Joe
Whitney
Rhodes
Philadelphia
Boston
Mr. Whitney
Reed waives second hearing in Pennsylvania case
The unidentified man Reed, described as well educated and unflustered, waived his right to a second hearing after a ten day lapse. He discussed military science politics and current history during the journey and at dinner presented as a friend with no information about why he defaulted.
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Pennsylvania
Miss Margaret Macumber Dies After Train Platform Accident
Miss Margaret Macumber 26, domestic for Mr Henders on of Chestnut Hill, was crushed by a moving train while attempting to board at the station. She was rushed to Emergency Hospital in Boston with a crushed skull and no hope of recovery. The governess and another servant had left for the station earlier and Miss Macumber arrived as the train was departing.
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Margaret Macumber
Boston
Dmergency Hospital
Lexington
Run Over by Wagon in Andrews Square
Charles Brace an 18 year old son of Patrolman Brace of Station 12 South Boston was run over in Andrews square yesterday by a heavy wagon owned by R. P. Coon. Employed on the wagon he was thrown to the ground and the wheels passed over him after the horses pulled up. He suffered a severe head contusion.
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Charles Brace
Patrolman Brace
Station 12
South
Boston
Andrews Square
R. P. Coon
Brace
Thomas Coon
Wreckers Lift Sunken Schooner F A Pike at Slate Ledge
A force including tug Jennie schooner Grace and lighter Lady Ellen used three kedge anchors to float the sunken F. A. Pike off Governor's Island near No. 9 buoy. A second high tide attempt will raise the hull to patch the hole before towing to Mayo's wharf East Boston to unload remaining moulding sand cargo.
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F. A. Pike
Slate Ledge
Jennie
Grace
Lady Ellen
Governor's Island
Mayo’s Wharf
Boston
Boston and New York Travellers Air Line Limited Train
The Air Line limited offers five hours travel time between Boston and New York with a half day in Boston before a 1 p m departure and 6 p m arrival. It features a buffet lunch, parlor car service, and limited stops at Willimantic Middletown and New Haven. Depart Park Square Boston arrive Grand Central New York. Rate in coach fare unspecified seats in parlor car extra.
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Boston
New York
Air Line
New England Railroad
Williemantic
Middletown
New Haven
Park Square Station
Grand Central Station
The Martians Attack Concord and Surround Lexington
An eyewitness recounts Mars missiles and heat rays striking Concord and Lexington, destroying Waltham, as Martians breach towns and battle regiments. He describes being swept into the river by a boiling flood, barely escaping with his life amid chaos and flames.
How I Fell In With The Rector In Martian War
The narrator recalls a Martian attack near Lexington and his escape amid shattered fields and burning Waltham. He meets the rector, soot stained and shaken, who questions the meaning of the catastrophe and humankind's fragility, warning of coming bombardment as artillery is readied toward Boston.
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Waltham
Wayland
Fascinating story teaser from Daily and Sunday Post
A note urges readers to order tomorrow's Sunday Post in advance to catch a continuing fascinating story that will unfold day by day in the daily and Sunday editions.
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Daily and
Sunday Post
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Beecham
Burrage
Albert C. Burrage
William Rockefeller
Standard Oil Party
H. M. Whitney
Ashburnham
Allen
Baltimore
D. C. Stonaker
Twenty-second Street
Gell 13
Miss Macumber
H. ©. Wells
Mars
Big Earth
Concord
Mass
Lincoln Line
Fort Warren
Mars Falls
Warisnd
One
King
Martens
Lisbon
Cylinder
Sodom and Gomorrah
Dobbs Ferry
the Charles
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