Resignation of Granville Macfarland Sparks Whit ney Bomb Threat
The Republic details Granville S. Macfarland resignation as Democratic State chair amid his shown ties to Hearst papers. It argues the move targets H M Whitney’s candidacy while noting Bartlett’s campaign boost from Don O Connell. Cummings holds strength mainly in southeastern Massachusetts, Guild supporters remain hopeful despite past opposition.
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Fitzgerald
the Republic
Granville 5S
Hearst
Macfarland
Democratic Executive Committee
H. M. Whitney
Whitney
The
Republic
Bartlett
Don” O’connell
Cummings
Massachusetts
Guild
Mayor Shows Steady Gain After Illness
Mayor Fitzgerald sat up for a time yesterday and signed papers brought to his house by Secretary Dolan. He said he felt well again but would not return to his office until Monday.
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Fitzgerald
Dolan
Woman Hangs Self Over Fourth of July Noise
In Jersey City on July 4th, Mrs. Johanna Evert, a widow in ill health, hanged herself from a bedpost at home distressed by the Fourth of July fireworks noise. Neighbors reported her complaints about the blasts and the struggle with the celebration’s noise.
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Jersey City
Johanna Evert
Mark Twain on Fourth's Havoc in London
Mark Twain spoke at the American Society's Fourth of July event in London, noting Americans honor the day by nightfall and damage property then. He recounted an uncle's death from a rocket mishap, rain of buttons on the Atlantic coast, and a Sabbath-breaking anecdote, then joked about the Ascot cup and British humor. He also praised Britain for aiding America and shared other quips from the talk.
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London
United States
Mark Twain
American Society
Clemens
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Mark
Great Britain
America
Not to Marry Again Declares Mark Twain
London July 5 report that Mark Twain planned to wed his secretary Miss I V Lyon prompted a response from Clemens. He wrote I have not known and shall never know anyone who could fill the place of the wife I have lost I shall not marry again.
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London
Mark Twain
I. V. Lyon
Mr. Clemens
Ss. L. Clemens
Disastrous Fiji Hurricane Destroys Town, No Lives Lost
Victoria B C July 5 News arrives of a disastrous hurricane in Fiji causing great property loss though no fatalities. The steamer Mona reports the island now a burned brown lump of earth. a Roman Catholic church with 28 inch thick walls was razed along with nearly all other buildings.
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Victoria
B. C
Fiji
Mona
Governor Appoints Gettemy to Chief Pidgin’s Place
Governor Guild and Lieutenant Governor Draper, in harmony after a dispute over Chief Pidgin’s retention, placed Charles F. Gettemy as chief of the statistics bureau. Gettemy’s salary is 3000 dollars. the old post pays 2500. The council also confirmed Groves as private secretary, Palmer as commissioner of weights and measures, Barry to the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation, and a new steam boiler rules board.
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Guild
Draper
Pidgin
Bureau of Statistics
Executive Council
Charles F. Gettemy
Gettemy
Charles S. Groves
Hingham
Boston Globe
Daniel GC. V. Palmer
Malden
Richard P. Barry
Lynn
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Joseph H. McNeill
Melrose
Gettemy and Groves Named Private Secretaries in Governor Guilds Administration
Charles F. Gettemy a Knox College and Harvard graduate from Iliinois who built a newspaper career in Boston and Washington is named private secretary to Governor Guild. Charles S. Groves of Montreal and Hingham, long time Boston Globe political editor, becomes private secretary and is active in town affairs and school committee with a wife and three children.
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Charles F. Gettemy
Ilinois
Galesburg
Knox College
Harvard
Massachusetts
Boston Advertiser
Record
Washington
Boston Herald
Charles S. Groves of
Hingham
Mr. Groves
Pidgin Says Council Rejected Him Over Labor Stats Charge
Charles F. Pidgin, longtime state statistician, claims a political conspiracy behind the Council’s refusal to confirm his appointment. He cites saved state funds, references a 32 year old workers’ study, and accuses Lt Governor of opposing a free employment office and labor statistics. He vows to expose the full matter to the public.
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Charles F. Pidgin
Colonel Wright
House of Representatives
Chasing Leary and Doherty in Fourth of July Prize Feud
Emerald and Wendell Phillips Gaelic football teams spar over a $25 Fourth of July prize. Doherty denies promising the prize. Leary questions which team is legitimate. A proposed match between Emeralds and Wendell Phillips may settle the dispute, with possible council involvement and funds already drafted for the winners.
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Emerald
Wendell Phillips
Tom Doherty
Duke Leary
Noddle Island
Doherty
Lynn
Emeralds
Alderman Leary
City Hall
Leary
The
Leary Hag
Boston
Bill Foley
Ward 7
Patrick Bowen
Secret Service Nabs Alleged Counterfeiter King
Atlantic City July 5 Bartholomew Rouello of Philadelphia arrested by United States secret service on charges of passing counterfeit silver dollars. He is described to the secret service as the king of Italian counterfeiters.
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Atlantic City
Bartholomew Rouello
Philadelphia
United States
Secret Service
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Tobias, Greenthal & Mendelson
Wolf's
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Hamburg
HAVOC
Fiji Islands
William M. Beck
Everett
John A. Stevens
Lowell
Frederic H. Keyes
Newton
Robert J. Dunkle
Anchas &. Groves
Chickering
Governor Guild
Department of Statistics
Paul Revere
Dorchester
East Boston
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