New York Heiresses Run Train for Rough Riders Arrival
Two New York heiresses Josephine Reynolds and Elizabeth Van Buren served as engineer and fireman on the train bringing Rough Riders delegates to the Oklahoma City convention. They operated under Colonel Alexander Brodie amid a wager with Captain Frantz, pulling the throttle to speed the journey while keeping to schedule. The party rode with Brodie, once a nurse during the war, who was wounded early and later nursed by the Misses Van Buren.
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Oklahoma City
C. T
New York
Rough Riders
Alexander Brodie
James Banks Reynolds
Josephine Reynolds
Elizabeth
Louise van Buren
Arkansas City
Frantz
Elizabeth van Buren
Colonel Brodie
Brodie
Misses. van Buren
Suit Filed Over Breach of Promise for 20000 Dollars
Thomas W. Marshall sues Jennie Wilson Hobbs in district court for breach of promise seeking 20000 dollars plus 908 for services. He alleges he did household work from 1893 until 1889 when she remarried, and that she delayed marriage for three years to recover from her first husband's death.
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Denver
Thomas W. Marshall
District Court
Jennie Wilson Hobbs
Marshall
Nagle to Answer for Manslaughter in Fatal Quarrel
Hayes dies after assault near Essex and Washington streets. Medical examiner cites brain concussion. Nagle, Doyle, and Hatch arrested. Nagle held without bail. Feud between Hayes and Nagle families spanning years, with a prior $100,000 dispute and a peace bond.
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John J. Hayes
Essex
Washington Streets
City Hospital
Draper
Raymond Hayes
Francis ,Welch
Dedham, & Daughter
Bartlett Hayes
Harvard
New York
Hayes
Hotel Savoy
William H. Nagle
Marlboro Street
Leonard J. Doyle
Cambridge
Charles Hatch
Newport
R. I
Nagle
Pane
Washington
Essex Streets
Gle
Doyle
Hatch
Nagiles
Fire destroys house and farm. 12 horses perish
In South Berwick Maine Clarence J Knight coroner jury member saw his barn burn in the early hours. Fire origin ruled incendiary. twelve horses killed and much farm gear and teamsters’ effects lost. Knight escaped with wife and five children. Town shaken by coincidence with a fatal Sprague case.
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South Berwick
Clarence J. Knight
Fannie Sprague
Matthews
Mr. Knight
Knight
B. Huntress
Sprague
Zionist Picnic Plans Discussed at Hebrew National Hall
Last evening a Zionist meeting at Hebrew National Hall 170 Hanover Street finalized arrangements for the grand Zionist picnic set for Caledonian Grove on the Fourth of July. Rosenthal reported from New York. R P Brome presided. A meeting of the Sons and Daughters group adjourned.
Asbury Park Beach Gossip Sparks Summer Return
Asbury Park begins a lively summer as beachgoers return and the Atlantic Coast line runs trailers for the season. Founder James A. Fradley plans a coast grooning on the beach in late evening with police equipped by pocket electric lights to signal suspected beach love-making.
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Asbury Park
N.J
Atlantic Coast
James A. Fradley
Girls as Messenger Boys In London Amid Labor Shifts
The London messenger service now employs girls for two months due to boy shortages and discipline issues. The move, citing reliability of girls, aims to stabilize deliveries as female messengers become a permanent feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ziris
Memorial Service for Chelsea Soldiers' Home Inmates
A memorial service was held at Peter Smith Hall in the Soldiers' Home Chelsea in memory of inmates who died in the past year. Montgomery Gipson presided as the program featured scripture readings, an address by Rev. CG A Littlefield, singing by a quartet, and a principal address by Representative Willard How.
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Te Soldiers
Chelsea
Peter Smith Hall
Montgomery Gipson
CG. A. Littlefield
Walnut Street M. BE
Ao Fae
Willard Howand
Educational Alliance Seashore Party At Parker Iat
The Educational Alliance hosts its first seashore party and dance at Parker iat the night before the fourth, inviting members to join a social event by the coast.
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The
Educational Alliance
Parker Iat
Paasimares
Harvard Avenue Church Row Ends in Ecclesiastical Council Action
Medford Massachusetts July 1 The ecclesiastical council ruled the church action against Miss E A Lufkin irregular and not justified by church trials. The case dated back to 1899 with multiple stand ing committee votes restoring and suspending her from church privileges and roll. The council found the expulsion on Sept 1 1899 improper though the church declined to fully adopt the ruling.
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West Medford
Harvard Avenue
Mass
E. A. Lufkin
Miss Lufkin
Misa Lufkin
Ex-Parte Ecclesiastical Council
Chuch
Goelet Moves to Newport After Brookline Injury
Robert Goelet, severely injured in a Brookline steeple chase on May 28, has reached his mother's villa on the Cliffs Newport. Doctors report concussion of the brain with no broken bones. He traveled from Boston in a parlor car guided by his mother and family secretary Yale. Miss May Goelet arrived yesterday staying with Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.
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Newport
Robert Goelet
Brookline
Mass
Goelet
Boston
Porter
Yale
Miss May Goelet
Corneiius Vandernbilt, Jr
Death of Officer in Amesbury After Horse Accident
Police officer John F. Murphy of Newburyport was killed in Amesbury when his horse toppled a carriage on Kimball's Pond road. The horse was uninjured. Murphy, a 45 year old widower with two children, died from strangulation per the medical examiner. No witnesses or bones were broken.
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Amesbury
Mass
John F. Murphy
Newburyport
Kimball's Pond
Murphy
William F. Merrill
Winthrop Church Remade At Winthrop Beach
One of the largest and most appreciative congregations in New England gathered at Winthrop Congregational Chapel yesterday as parishioners worshipped in the main auditorium for the first time in weeks. Improvements include a granite foundation vestry kitchen social hall and new furnishings funded by the Rev J J Goodale and the church energy.
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Spri
J. J. Goodale
Purdy
J. J. Goodacre
Tewksbury
Winthrop
Gaelic School Session Deliberations On Revised Timetable
The Gaelic school at 1151 Washington Street held a session yesterday afternoon led by P J O Daly and Michael A Hurley. At 6:15 the classes gathered for a general meeting where a revised timetable was read. The plan includes Irish language discussion on the first and third Sundays from 6 to 6 30 p m before the school.
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Washington Street
P. J. O'Daly
Michael A. Hurley
Division 2 AOH holds officers at Hibernian Hall East Boston
Division 2 A. O. H. met at Hibernian Hall East Boston yesterday afternoon and elected officers. President Cronin, vice president Clark, recording secretary McInnes, financial secretary Coleman, janitor Iaw, treasurer Arthur.
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Hibernian Hall
East
Boston
Eae ~ Cronin
ones _F Clark
B. McInnes
Aremieh F. Coleman
Thomas Iaw
Thomas Arthur
Labor Men Dubious of English Delegates in Ruskin Hall Plan
Local union labor men question English delegates James Sexton and C W Bowerman now in America to establish Ruskin Hall in St Louis. They arrived via Boston and Washington, distributing English literature, and pledging £4000 while seeking American union delegates for a February English speaking peoples convention. The motive debated ranges from Anglo American alliance to simply strengthening labor ties across nations.
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America
St. Louis
James Sexton
National Union of Dock Laborers
C. W. Bowerman
London Society of Compositors
Sexton
Boston
Bowerman
Washington
Bynn
Philadelphia
England
Ruskin Hall
Labor People of
Central Labor Union Acts on Firemen Licensing at Deer Island
The Central Labor Union last night urged Chief Wade to enforce licensing laws for firemen and engineers on Deer Island, citing inmate labor as unlicensed. Delegates received a message from Gompers and Morrison supporting the St Louis street railway strike and voted to aid strikers financially. A Cambridge city grievance over the Charles river project led to a committee to meet Mayor Champlin, and delegates Tracey Kneeland were chosen for the Marlboro convention of the State Federation.
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Central Labor Union
Wade
Massachusetts District Police
Deer Island
Gompers
Secreta Morrison
American Federation of Labor
St. Louis Stree
Werawood
The
Housesmiths' Union
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W. H. Nagle
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Mr. Hayes
Fisher
J. B. Blake
Bernard M. Wolf
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Asbury Park Police
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Soldiers’ Home Memorial Services
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Sam
Washburn
Ovea
Ogee
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Tewksbury Chapel
Central Labor ‘Union
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