Peary Welcome in Maine Under Bright Banquet Glamor
In Portland Maine July 11 Governor Cleaves and Congressmen greeted Lieutenant Peary after the Falcon voyage. A lavish banquet followed with dozens of guests including Ex Speaker Reed and Dr Vincent. The event highlighted Peary goals to map polar islands and study Arctic peoples while signaling internal party tensions.
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Portland
Peary
Maine
Cleves
Cumberland County
Machias
Gibson
Preble
Lom” Reed
Dr. Vincent
Captain Bartlett
S. J. Entriken
Harvid Astrup
Leutenant
Greenland
Congressman Reed
Virgil
Reed
EH. Reynolds
Matt 5
Hughes
Matthew
West Virginia
Independence Bay
George Clark
Brooklyn
George Carr
Chicago
Mr. Clark
Mr. Peary
Mr. Carr
Pension roll cuts planned in Montgomery County
Amsterdam N Y July 11 Pension Attorney John W Highney says 50 veterans in Montgomery County receive pensions under the June 27 1890 act and a Pension Department ruling will drop 250 names from the list leaving 0 or fewer details about the remaining beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
N. Y
John W. Highney
Montgomery County
Pension Department
Ella Jane Sailed to Load Coal Missing at Sea
Schooner Ella Jane under Captain Christie from Stamford bound for Elizabeth New Jersey to load coal vanished after leaving Stamford six weeks ago no sightings or communications reported hence a missing vessel alert issued from Stamford Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamsford
Conn
Ella Jane
Christie
Port
Jefferson
Stamford
Elizabeth
N. J
Rumors on Lowell Mills Summer Shutdown Rumors
Lowell and New England mills face possible summer closures amid rumors. Company reps from Merrimac, Appleton, Faulkner Page, Joy Langdon, Bliss Pabyan, Nevins and others say mills are running or undecided, with outcomes tied to money market trends and silver legislation.
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Lowell Mills
New England
J. Robinson
Merrimac Mills
Lowell
Stockton
L. Robeson
Appleton Company of
Joy, Langdon & Co
Bliss, Pabyan & Co
Congress
Immigrant Family Reaches East Boston After Death in England
Grief stricken Andrew Meister and his seven children arrived on the Bothnia at East Boston after their mother died in England five days earlier. The family, separated seven weeks, learned of Mrs Meister's death at Brockton where the burial was held until their return. They sailed from Liverpool on July 1 and will remain in the United States with the children, aided by Immigrant Inspector Colcord.
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Bothnia
East
Boston
Andrew Moister
Mrs. Moister
Andrew
England
Mr. Meister
Colcord
Brockton
Meister
Barbed wire fence on the Common sparks editor inquiry
A Post reader criticized a diagonally placed barbed-wire barrier near the deer park on the Common. The fence, seen from Tremont and Boylston, aimed to deter shortcuts but raised questions about oversight and a possible link to July fireworks damage.
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Deer Park
Tremont
Boylston
Doogue
Flying Baghines Wanted Exhibition Sparks Aeronautics Interest
A Charitable Mechanic Association committee proposes an aeronautics exhibition with prizes to boost research and competition. They seek public suggestions and participants, inviting notices of any models, motors, engines, or related exhibits. Communications go to Samuce Cabot at 70 Kilby Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charitable Mechanic Association
Samuce Cabot
Kilby Street
Knapp assigns to protect creditors in Brookline building empire
Eugene R. Knapp of Brookline, famous for the terrace plan of buildings, has assigned for creditors. Arnold A. Rand of Massachusetts Title Insurance Company and S. Walker Jones named as assignees. Stringent money markets hinder sales. a creditors meeting is expected soon to present a full statement. Knapp’s extensive real estate holdings are said to cover liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene R. Knapp
Brookline
Arnold A. Rand
Massachusetts Title Insurance Company
Walker Jones
Knapp
Girl Burglar's Fate Sent to Palmer State School
Minnie Schneider, a nine year old girl burglar from Dorchester, was yesterday committed to the State Primary School at Palmer under the State Board of Lunacy and Charity. She will likely remain there during her minority. The girl showed no emotion, and her brothers and sisters appeared unmoved. Her father was pleased the placement would ensure care.
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Minnie Schneider
Dorchester
Palmer
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Kellogg to Publish The New England Magazine at Park Square
Warren F. Kellogg purchases The New England Magazine and will publish from 5 Park Square with Edwin D. Mead continuing as editor and Walter Blackburn Hart as assistant editor. Henry Lewis Johnson to oversee the arts department. Canoen work to continue in New England articles or be planned by Mr. Mead, with only art department undergoing a radical change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Warren F. Kellogg
Wellman Missing Claim Refuted by Family Statement
Boston papers yesterday reported George O. Wellman of Lynn as missing and in financial trouble. His family says he has closed his Lynn business and is at his Wakefield home, not missing.
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Boston
George O. Wellman
Lynn
Mr. Wellman
Wakefield
Harvard bail team to attend complimentary clambake
Bernard W. Trafford John A. Highlands Benjamin Cook Jr and A A Highlands of the Harvard bail team are to be tendered a complimentary clambake at Cooks farm on the New Boston road Saturday next at 1 oclock Harvard men in this vicinity and other citizens interested students and college athletes will be present.
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Fal River
Bernard W. Trafford
John A. Highlands
Benjamin Cook,Jr
A. A. Highlands
Harvard
Cook’s
New Boston Road
Hoodlums Loaf in West End Streets and Cause Disturbance
A Post report describes pervasive hoodlums in Boston's West End around Causeway Street and railroad depots. It quotes Secretary J. Edwin Dudley of the Law and Order League on assaults by youths aged 16 to 29, calls for action, and recounts incidents of insults and violence near Friend and Causeway streets and Green and Pitts streets, urging cleaning of the streets to stop harm.
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Dudley
JL. Edwin Dudley
Law and Order League
Post
Howard Street
West End
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Friend and Causeway Streets
Legislative agents fail to file returns in time
Nearly fifty persons and corporations registered as employing legislative counselor agents during the last session have not filed returns within the legal deadline and face a fine of at least $100 up to $1990. Mayor Matthews appears twice for employing the Hon. George Fred Williams in the gas investigation. An Attorney General Pillsbury statement is being prepared, but prosecutions are not yet determined. There are two cases against the Mayor if Mr Foulsbury pursues them.
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Sas
Green and
Pitts
Matthews
George Fred Williams
Pillsbury
Foulsbury
Railroad Com mission Sets Sunday Train Rules On Old Colony
The railroad commissioners decide Sunday trains may run only as regular services with coal charges not less than weekday trains between same stations on the Old Colony system and connecting steamboat lines. They are currently inspecting the Old Colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saime
Old Colony
Seventeenth US Railway Mail Service Convention Heads Here
The United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association will hold its seventeenth annual convention in the city from September fifth to eighth. Faneuil Hall is secured for three days, with harbor excursions and entertainment planned. Many post office officials have been invited and some plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association
Faneuil Hall
Post Office Department
Provincetown man wins Fourth of July prize coat
W B H Crocker of Provincetown won a prize from the Fourth of July Post. He received a red white and blue paper via a special south shore train and was fitted for an overcoat at the Continental Clothing Company yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BH. Crocker
Provincetown
South Shore
Continental Clothing Company
Caravels at World’s Fair Liken Santa Maria Exhibit
The caravels at the World’s Fair fail to excite more than the Santa Maria representation. Built at Point of Pines, it serves as a picnic rendezvous with decks covered by awnings and related fittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pines
Trunk lines unify on single fare excursion to Chicago
Presidents of trunk lines meet at Trunk Line Association offices to approve a day coach limited rate to Chicago. Round trip under 30 hours, return in 10 days, no sleeping cars, no stopovers. Children 12 and under pay 7 percent of one way. Baggage limit 109 pounds. Weekly Monday to Saturday excursions scheduled by commissioner. Fares vary: about 20 dollars on Pennsylvania Central, 18 on West Shore and Fire, 17 on Ontario and Western.
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New York
Trunk Lines
Trunk Line Association
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Central
West Shore
Firie
Ontario & Western
McGlynn vows to press Catholic stance on economics
Dr. McGlynn announces he will continue preaching on church relations to economics, aligning with Henry George and the single tax. He argues the single tax embodies religion, teaching God’s fatherhood and mankind’s brotherhood, and cites Satolli’s approval of his addresses as supportive of his message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McGlynn
Satolli
Henry George
Chicago
God
Man
Indepeepee
Funeral Held For Associate Justice Samuel Blatchford
The funeral for Associate Justice Samuel Blatchford was held at 2:00 PM with a large Newport delegation attending. Chief Justice Fuller and other justices led the procession to Saints Church, then to the General steamer for Wickford, with burial planned for Greenwood Cemetery tomorrow at 9 AM.
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Newport
Samuel Blatchford
Saootaie
Greenough Pines
AH Saints’ Church
Melville W. Fuller
Horace Gray
David. J. Brewer
George Shiras, Jr
Howells. Jackson
Henry Lacombe
Nathaniel Shipman
Charles de Benedict
Hoyt H. Wheeler
Addison Brown
Alfred C. Coxe
Charles Andrews
John C. Gray
John Sedgwick
Seth Gel Staney Webster
John J. Cadwalader
James Lowndes
Potter
Thode Island
H. Y. Satterlee
Alexander Mackaye Smith
New York
General
Wickford
Greenwood Cemetery
Vanbrocklin Arraigned on Forgery Charge in Bursalo
E O Vanbrocklin the former secretary of the Board of Commissioners was arraigned before Justice King on forgery charges. He pleaded not guilty and was held for the current term. Nineteen warrants, ten grand larceny and nine forgery, hang over him and will be served in sequence as he posts bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bursalo
E. O. Vanbrocklin
Board of the Commissioners
Justice King
Court of Sessions
Vanbrocklin
Yellow fever ravages Santos leave eight crew dead
Captain Holland of the brig Cronilla reports that eight crewmen died from yellow fever after arriving from Santos. He describes widespread misery with thousands stricken, a complete business standstill, and hundreds of corpses floating in the river as daily death rates reach alarming levels.
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Philadelphia
Holland
Cronilla
Santos
Governor vows action over nine Chocotaws reprieved
CADDO I T July 11 Governor Jones returned from a special council session on nine Chocotaws sentenced to death who have been reprieved by the national government. He says they will be shot or he will mobilize the militia to carry out the executions.
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Caddo
I. T
Jones
Council
Miantono Moh to accompany flagship on Boston cruise
The Miantono Moh, instead of the Vesuvius, will accompany the flagship San Francisco to Boston for the summer cruise of the Massachusetts Naval Battalion. Both ships are to leave New York for Boston on July 1.
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New York
San Francisco
Boston
Massachusetts Naval Battalion
Drowning in Hillside Quarry Claims Two Men
Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon Henry Baker aged 93 a furniture commission merchant and William Jydden aged 21 a Morris and Lewis cloth dealer firm member both of this city drowned in a pond at an old Hillside quarry after joining four others for a swim. Baker sank in a shallow spot Golden dived four times and in the last attempt the drowning man seized him and both perished.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Henry Baker
William Jydden
Morris & Lewis
Hillside
Baker
Golden
Prominent ladies fund Borden mystery inquiries in Boston
Unconfirmed reports say Boston and New York society women are raising funds for extensive inquiries into the Borden case. The venture aims for thorough detective work, with hints of possible surprising developments. Also reported is that the Misses Borden bought the Charles N. Allen property on French Street in an upscale area of Fall River.
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Fall River
Boston
New York
Borden
Misses. Borden
Charles N. Allen
French Street
Destructive hail storm devastates Fergus Falls area
Fergus Falls Minnesota July 11 a severe hail storm swept the county Saturday evening causing widespread damage east of the city with hundreds of farmers losing crops houses and livestock. Officials estimate losses far surpassing 100000 though full totals remain incomplete.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Resignations Sought From Pension Appeals Board Members
Washington July 11 resignations requested from Isaiah W. Quimy Ohio Alvan T. Tracy Connecticut and Charles L. Wilson Maryland members of the Board of Pension Appeals interior department to take effect July 31.
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Washington
Board of Pension Appeals
Interior Department
Isaiah W. Quimy
Ohio
Alvan T. Tracy
Connecticut
Charles L. Wilson
Maryland
Clever Boston Bank Swindle Foiled by City Squad
Boston police yesterday arrested three young men tied to a clever swindling scheme aimed at banks in multiple cities. Operating as Charles H. Thompson & Co and White Newton & Stockbridge, they mailed fake letters and deposit certificates to lure banks into honoring checks. An elder member escaped, while two younger suspects were taken into custody amid recovered letters and stationery.
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Boston
Chatham Street
Merchant’s Row
Charles H. Thompson & Co
Commission
State Street
White, Newton & Stockbridge
Gerraughty, Houghton
Knox
James R. Fuller
Pinckney Street
Harry C. Arnold
Chicago
Thompson & Co
Portsmouth
N. H
Messrs. Chas. H. Thompson & Co
City of Boston
State of Massachusetts
National Mechanics’ and Traders’ Bank
City of Portsmouth
State of New Hampshire
U.S. A
Dominion of Canada
France
Germany
Mexico
Central
South America
Seid
H, Newton & Stockbridge
Pa J. KK
Marriages Noted in Various Locations This Month
In Somerville on July 10 Charles Lazzaro wed Ernestine Kenney in a ceremony officiated by Rev. George W. Darell. At Narragansett Pier on July 8 Norlie Leidy tied the knot with Francis Lister Hawks Noble in a service led by Rev. J May and Rev. Dr. Bab cock. In this city on July 8 Frederick Pearson married Gerda Malmsten with Rev. CG. EF. JoW Nansson presiding.
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Lazzaro—Kenney
Somerville
George W. Darell
Charles Lazzaro
Ernestine Kenney
Norlie—Leidy
Narragansett Pier
J. May
Babcock
Francis Lister Hawks Noble
Allwina Franck Leity
Pearson
Deaths in area including Bayley Bell Bellen Dowling Jordan and others
Death notices from July 9 to July 10 list Eveline Bayley aged 83 the Bell family in Dedham Ela D Bell Rh F Bell Henry J Bellen 80 in Everett Mrs Eilten mother of Rev James Chattell Lucretia Jordan Evelyn Low infant Evelyn Gertrude Low Albert Manwell Somerville William Murr erson Edmond F Peters Matilda Rae and others in Brookline and Somerville aged from under 1 year to 83 with familial ties and former residences
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Bayley
Eveline Bayley
Bell
East Dedham
Ela D
Rh. F. B. Bell
Bellen
Henry J. Bellen
Chiplick
Everett
Eilten
James Chattell
Hyde Park
Dowling
Martin J
Walter
Mary Dowling
Jordan
Lucretia Jordan
Low
Evelyn Gertrude
Ellen I. Low
Manwell
Cambridge
Albert
Katie
Frank A. Maxwell
Margeson
Somerville
William Miurreson
Peters
Edmond F
Charlestown
Rab
Brookline
Matilda
William M. Rae
Dredge these docks for health and safety
A Milford Massachusetts lobster poisoning alert traces illnesses to rotted refuse dumped near docks along Atlantic Avenue. The Post warned on June 15 that decaying material sits in a twelve to eighteen inch layer on the harbor bottom, tainting lobsters stored in impure water. The health board has since banned dumping and ordered cleanup, but dredging remains the essential remedy to remove the filth and prevent further poisonings.
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Milford
Mass
Atlantic Avenue
Board of Health
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Er. B. Robinson
Redcliffe
United States
Schroker
Riga
Sumner
E. A. Knapp
EW England Magazine
Falmouth House
Causeway Street
West
Mer Gome
Santa Maria
the Pines
DR. A’ Glynn
Blatcregad
Avelanghe OF
Gharsss
Geo OF
Yellow Jack
RE Borden
Minnesota
Ags
ATA
Jefferson Building
Washington Street
Adams Flouse
Axminsters, Smith and Bigelow
Roxbury
Sanford’s
Smith’s
Wilton Velvats
Dobson’s
Inerain Carpets
Shyena Rugs
Hoval Wittens
Smuth
O'Callahan
Washington St
Globe Theater
Sonera
Jos. P. Bartlett
Mesars. White
Newton & Stockbridge
Royal Freeman
Chas. H. Thompson & CO
Pers. A
Thos
O’gallaghan & Co
Orr
Globe Theatre
Gallachan & Co
John Brooks
Isles of
Etre
Charles WH. Myrick
Covill
Myrick
J. S. Emery & Co
Commodore Dixon
Acteon
Chelsea
N. Jones
Addison
Pope’s Wharf
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Tremont Art Store
Tremont St
Mingston St
Beg
Mashivcry
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