Municipal Band Opens Summer Schedule for Boston
The Municipal Band led by A. M. Kanrich performed yesterday with 46 musicians. Crowds gathered on the Common for opening concerts as the group split into two divisions for Jamaica Plain and Marine Park venues. Six concerts weekly across the city and 15 concerts planned during Old Home Week with daytime performances on the Common and evenings in Mechanics Hall.
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Restoration sought for Jefferson Davis name on Cabin John Bridge stone
The Daughters of the Confederacy want Jefferson Davis’s name restored on the Cabin John Bridge stone at Glen Echo Maryland. They worked with Representative Meyer of New Orleans to photograph the effaced name and petition Secretary of War Taft and Congress for action. The bridge, built by army engineers, once bore Davis’s name on its cornerstone and arch as the longest in the world.
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New Orleans
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Congress
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Army Engineers
Caleb Smith
Interior
Lincoln
Fifth Matrimonial Venture in Chicago
Ossian Guthrie aged 106 plans to wed again after four marriages. His bride, 21, is 85 years younger. This unusual match highlights his belief that marriage remains the natural state for man and woman.
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Chicago
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Ossian Guthrie
Brave girl saves life after fall from park wall
Olive Mullis, 138, of Jamaica Plain, used a torn skirt to make a tourniquet for Gladys French after she fell 30 feet from the Overlook wall in Franklin Park. George Carmichael carried Gladys to Dr Malone for care. Olive’s quick action saved her from fatal bleeding.
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Gladys French
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Jamaica Plain
Washington Street
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Franklin Park
Miss Mullis
George Carmichael
Wakefield to Host Its Largest Fourth of July Celebration
Wakefield plans its biggest Fourth of July with a morning parade and boat races, two afternoon band concerts, a Stoneham game at Wakefield Park with prizes, a $200 fireworks display, and a large bonfire on Pine Street Hill to close Greenwood events.
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Nurse George Burchard Found Dead in Morristown Livery Stable
Morristown New Jersey June 30 George Burchard a trained nurse and Edinburgh graduate was found dead this morning on a couch in a local livery stable Heart disease was the cause of death He was known to many physicians as the smallpox nurse who during a Hackettstown epidemic volunteered to oversee cases and was empowered by the Board of Health to act and lowered mortality.
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Morristown
N. J
George Burchard
University of Edinburgh
Scot
Burchard
Hackettstown
Board of Health
Miles discusses army command structure and Bell remark
Lieutenant General Miles weighs in on General Bell’s Leavenworth address and the state of the army. He notes the president is commander in chief and the general staff controls plans, and declines to discuss army affairs for publication. Miles spent summer at Brush Hill Milton with his daughter and grandchildren. Colonel Reber serves in the Philippines.
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Sunday Post
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Ex Pinkerton Man May Show Haywood Innocent
A Cripple Creek strike report bundle submitted to McParland is examined, with the writers appearing as loyal union men. The article hints at possible evidence that could clear Haywood of wrongdoing in the case.
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McParland
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Friedman supplies confidential Pinkerton reports in miners trial
Friedman, serving as stenographer for McParland, testifies he copied all Pinkerton reports about the Western Federation of Miners. Defence lawyers plan to use these as evidence to support a conspiracy claim, while prosecutors seek full production. The trial anticipates a sensational continuation as readings of the detective reports loom.
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Western Federation of Miners
Pinkerton
George Radell
Radell
Friedmar
Darre
Heywood
Vorenberg Sails to Scout European Novelties
Felix Vorenberg proprietor of Boston's Vorenberg's announces a three months voyage to France Germany and Austria to secure the latest metal glass and china novelties for his Winter street store. Summer sales will clear stock and make room for new arrivals by transatlantic steamship.
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Newport Excursion From Boston July 4
Popular July 4 excursion to Newport leaves Boston at 9 30 a m via New York New Haven Hartford train with return from Newport at 6 50 p m Round trip fare is one dollar Tickets are limited and should be secured in advance
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Newport
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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Back Bay
Admiral Dewey Hoax Roils Kiel Exposition Scene
A false report spread that Admiral Dewey had arrived to visit the Kiel motor boat exposition. Officials claimed they would honor a tour, then revealed the sign that Dewey was not in town, exposing the hoax and the pranksters.
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Admiral Dewey
Vanderbilt Cup Race Off in Long Island This Year
New York reports there will be no Vanderbilt cup race in Long Island this year with a possible move to New Jersey. A.J. Pardington and Nassau County Sheriff Gildersleeve sought Governor support for State troops to guard a Nassau course, but the reply indicated little chance of assistance.
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Albany
Long Island
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Cup Commission
Excursions Kes and Alaska Tours July Steamship Tickets
Brief notice lists excursions to Alaska and other destinations with July travel dates and steamship ticket options. Details specify departures and pricing per package, highlighting limited seasonal offers for travelers seeking scenic itineraries and organized tours.
Final day sale of Stickney coin collection in Philadelphia
On June 30 the Stickney collection sale concluded with the foreign section selling. A Cromwell era Broad coin with Oliver Cromwell bust brought 55 dollars, and siege pieces fetched high prices. Total receipts reached 35000 dollars, surpassing all prior American sales by 15400. Five coins netted 11170 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Stickney
Oliver Cromwell
Quake Felt Along Maine Coast Rattles Dishes
Earth quake rumblings registered along the coast of York county in Maine near Biddeford Pool and resorts toward Kennebunkport. Summer residents reported slight shakings about the same time as the Portsmouth, New Hampshire event, enough to cause dishes to rattle in cupboards.
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York County
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