City of Birmingham Grounded In Boston Channel After Cotton Loss
The Savannah line steamer City of Birmingham ran aground off Castle Island while returning from Savannah to Boston with 4903 bales of cotton. Three tugs pulled her free as dawn broke under fog and a hazy sky. Captain Burg blamed Buoy 7 visibility and urged better lighting and marking of the channel.
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Savannah Line
City of Birmingham
Castle Island
South Boston
Birmingham
Charles S. Burg
J. Howlet
Savannah
New York
Boston
Vim and
Mercury
Boston Towboat Company
Spectacle Island
Blanche
Lewis Wharf
Bung
Boston Harbor
Fort Independence
Ocean Steamship Company
N. P. Doane Towboat Company
Leader
Doane
Macon
F. Williams
Portland Steamship Company
State Ledge
Death Cries Across Classes In A Suicide Epidemic
New York reports an epidemic of self destructive acts by young women from all walks of life. Laura Hendricks eighteen and pretty attempted to drink carbolic acid in a Brooklyn hotel. Proprietor Jones knocked the bottle away, causing burns to the girl and himself. Laura is hospitalized at St. Catherine's.
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New York
Earth
Laura Hendricks
Brooklyn
Jones
Laura
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Mrs Nack Sentenced to Auburn for Nine Years Nine Months
Mrs Augusta Nack partner of Martin Thorn in the case of William Guldensuppe’s mutilation and murder was sent to Auburn prison today. She faces a nominal fifteen year term reduced on good behavior and will work in the shops with strict silence enforced. News describes her carriage departure and public interest.
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New York
Augusta Nack
Martin Thorn
William Guldensuppe
Thorn
Auburn
Grand Central Station
Weekly Meal Plan Overview From Historic Menu Line
A compact weekly schedule lists breakfasts with cornmeal or oatmeal on most mornings. Dinners predominantly feature beef with potatoes and vegetables four days, beef hash and cabbage on another, pork and beans or codfish stewed on Fridays, plus extra chicken on Sundays. Suppers are simply bread and water.
Valarie Padelford to Inherit Half of $223.98 Estate
Orphans Court in Philadelphia orders Valerie Padelford, 11, Bettina Girard's daughter, to receive one half of $223.98 as the estate is distributed under interstate laws. The ruling keeps Valerie with her mother in Washington when settled, amid prior disputes over her paternity and allowances.
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Philadelphia
Orphans’ Court
Bettina Girard
Valerie Padelford
Filatbush
Bellevue Hospital
General Ordway
Bettina
Valerie
Arthur Padelford
Washington
Padelford
Despondent May Hart Falls Down Air Shaft
May Hart, a Brooklyn girl, attempted suicide by leaping down an air shaft at 326 West Forty-ninth Street. She was found unconscious and rushed to Bellevue Hospital. She had recently quarrelled with her fiancé Patrick Ryan and admitted taking a drug before the fall.
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New York
May Hart
Brooklyn
326 West Forty-ninth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Patrick Ryan
May
Miss Hart
Bellevue
Trusts discussed at Boston Boot and Shoe Club meeting
The Boston Boot and Shoe Club at the Brunswick Hotel held a lengthy session on Trusts and Combina tions with F B Thurber of New York and Gamaliel Bradford of Boston speaking. Thurber traced trust history and rail rate impacts, noting potential public benefits alongside displacements, while Bradford argued the central issue was government.
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Boston Boot and Shoe Club
Brunswick Hotel
Shillaber
F. B. Thurber
New York
United States Export Association
Gamaliel Bradford
Boston
Alden Speare
T. J. Coolidge
John McNair
R. A. Flanders
N. J. Sea
Deadly State Ledge Sparks Call for Lighthouse or Skeleton Beacon
Amid a deadly accident near State Ledge mariners urge urgent action by the federal government to install a lighthouse or skeleton beacon at the turn into the local harbor. Captains and towboat skippers advocate a bell-equipped skeleton light to replace unreliable buoys and avoid cable obstructions near Castle Island and Nix's Mate.
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Birmingham
State Ledge
Bug Spit
Mariner
Nix
Leyland
Boston
Castle Island
Fortuna
Boston Flats
Fred Stubbs
Emily
William Brittain
Camilla
Stubbs
Boston Light
Minot
Leonard
Blanche
Sears
N. P
Fishing Schooner Sarah H Prior Aground At Nix's Mate
Last Monday night the fishing schooner Sarah H Prior went aground at Nix's Mate in the lower harbor. Captain Frank Raymond said he ran the vessel ashore to avoid a collision with coal barges. The crew were rescued and valuables saved by the tug Fanny Lenox. The schooner, owned by P H Prior & Co., was damaged with losses including money, bait, and provisions for sixteen men. Prior plans to protest a charge nuisance in Boston.
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Sarah H. Prior
Nix’s
Frank Raymond
Fanny Lenox
Raymond
P. H. Prior & Co
T Wharf
P. H. Prior
Boston
Crowds Clash Outside Luetgert Trial Court
A 600 strong crowd outside Judge Gray's courtroom in Chicago surged toward the doors during the Luetgert trial closing proceedings. Police fought to push the crowd back into the street after guards were overwhelmed while attempting to go on the pand.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Forced Out of Work by Failure of Aldermen to Organize
About 900 workers in the sewer division were left idle after the Board of Aldermen failed to approve funds. Mayor Quincy warned no money remained beyond 500000 for sewerage. without action, a 1000000 loan could not sustain labor, forcing suspension of work and deepening hardship for many families. The Republican and Democratic members remain at odds, with a conference committee unable to reach a solution as tension rises.
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Board of Aldermen
Board of A
Board of Alder
Quincy
Mders
Comtee
Alder Presho
Paige
Charles
Lab
Alderman Presho
Presho
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