Noted Nantucket Spy Elisha Gardner Dies in 80th Year
Elisha Pope Fearing Gardner, famed Nantucket poet and Civil War spy, is found dead at 80 after a long life as a peanut vender and storyteller. He gained fame as a Union intelligence operator disguising as a Confederate at Fort Fisher and later ran Poet's Corner in Nantucket.
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Nantucket
Elisha Pope Fearing Gardner
Elisha
Fort Fisher
Butler
Fortress Monroe
Poet’s Corner
Panel of 105 chosen for Dorr murder trial
A panel of 105 men was chosen to report at Salem on February 17 for the murder trial of William A. Dorr, charged in the Lynn killing of George F. Marsh on April 11. Dorr awaits trial as his mother, ill in New York, fears she cannot attend.
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Salem
William A. Dorr
George F. Marsh
Lynn
Dorr
New York State
Museum needs service funds for ongoing operations
The Museum of Fine Arts trustees appeal for annual subscriptions to support running costs. Despite a $1,350,000 gift for acquisitions and other generous donations, the 1913 expenses are projected at $153,700 with income slashed to about $64,000, leaving an $89,700 shortfall.
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Museum of the Museum of Fine Arts
Trua«Tees
Boston
Francis Bartlett
Egypt
China
Robert D. Evans
William Sturgis Bigelow
John Templeman Coolidge, Jr
Morris Gray
Francis Lee Higginson
Gardiner Martin Lane
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow
George Robert White
Arthur Fairbanks
Copley Square Transformed Into Mining Camp for Subway Work
Copley Square once famed as New England beauty is converted into a supply hub for the Boylston street subway project. The central triangular plot is fenced with heavy boards to shield turf from wagons. A blacksmith shop may rise near Copley Plaza Hotel and two stone crushers face the Public Library as construction advances.
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Copley Square
New England
Boylston Street
Copley Plaza
Subway Yard Reels With Odds and End Materials
Inside a high green fence a cluttered yard holds shanties and tool shops with a jumble of sewer pipe bricks wire boards crushed stone and other debris scattered across the turf and grass.
Tillman Is Re-Elected to Fourth Term in State Assembly
United States Senator Benjamin Tillman was re-elected today by both houses of the General Assembly in Columbia. Tillman secured 116 votes in the House and 87 in the Senate with the full membership present, and ratification by a joint session will follow.
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Columbia
D. C
United States
Benjamin Tillman
General Assembly
House
Senate
Little Friend of the Poor Dies in Roxbury
Miss Rose McCarthy a Carney Hospital graduate nurse and Boston Board of Health worker caring for contagious patients in wards 19 20 21 22 died at the Nurses Home 86 Francis Street Roxbury Tuesday evening from Brights disease believed caused by over work. She was known as the little friend of Bostons poor for giving her lunch money to buy food for families she aided.
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Rose McCarthy
Carney Hospital
Boston Board of Health
Francis Street
Roxbury
Bright
Miss McCarthy
Boston
Lawrence Ring Dies at 15 After Illness
Lawrence A Ring age 15 a notable East Boston athlete died yesterday at the East Boston Relief Station following a month long illness from appendicitis He played for the East Boston nine and other semi professional baseball teams.
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Lawrence A. Ring
East Boston
Mr. Ring
East Boston Nine
Balloon peril at Mount Wilson shocks aeronaut
An aeronaut, Tom McLain, escaped death when his balloon hit Mount Wilson's crest at 5000 feet while taking panoramic photos. Ropes failed, he dangled free, and the balloon surged away. the craft remains unfound as rescuers search the area.
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Los Angeles
Tom McLain
Mount Wilson
McLain
Campaign to curb army officer promotions in War Dept
In Washington on January 28 a House campaign was launched to block promotions of officers mainly in office work. The military affairs committee approved a bill by Representative Evans seeking War Department records on time spent with troops by all officers above colonel.
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Washington
War Department
Military Affairs Committee
Evans
Illinois
Secretary of War
Baldpate Serial Promises Excitement in Sunday Post
More chapters of Earl Derr Biggers' serial for the Sunday Post Magazine arrive with promising suspense. The upcoming installment is billed as one of the most exciting yet, drawing readers toward the continuing mystery.
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Baldpate
Earl Derr Biggers
Sunday Post
Enjoy Your Meals With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Advertisement claims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digest all foods fully reducing symptoms like eructations bloating and heartburn. It promises improved health mood and appetite with a 50 cent box available at drug stores.
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Stuart
Arizona Vote Delivered to Vice President in Washington
Wilfred T. Webb, Arizona’s electoral vote messenger, arrived in Washington after Senators Ashurst and Smith sought him by telegraph for two days. Webb delivered the state’s official vote to the Vice President, with all electoral votes in hand for the February 12 joint session.
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Washington
Wilfred T. Webb
Arizona
Ashurst
Smith
Webb
New York
Senate
House
Tona Vita Promises Cure for Nervous Debility in Boston
Patrick McQueeney of Boston credits Tona Vita with revitalizing energy after months of fatigue. A physician notes many suffer from nervous debility due to modern living, previously requiring costly sanatorium rest, now claimed to be replaced by the tonic available in Boston drug stores.
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Patrick McQueeney
Oak Street
Boston
McQueeney
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