Custer Veteran Plans Marriage to Dorchester Widow
Eugene H Wren a 70 year old Civil War veteran and former scout with Custer seeks a license to wed Mrs Jane Murphy 40 a Dorchester house keeper. Murphy says the ceremony will be by her parish priest and will not be kept secret though an obstacle remains and Wren's affairs must be winded up before any wedding.
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Eugene H. Wren
Custer
Jane Murphy
Dorchester
Marystreet
Savin Hill
Murphy
No. 5
Eve
Atention
Wren
Milk Prices Jump at Beaches Spark Protests
Milk prices rise sharply at the beaches provoked angry protests from residents of Revere and Nantasket. Poor permanent families face heightened hardship as they cannot afford the higher cost, while vacationers largely escape the impact.
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Revere
Nantasket
Milk Prices Jump to 12 Cents at Nantasket Beach and 11 Cents at Revere
Reports show the Whiting Company raising milk to 11 cents a quart at Revere and 12 cents at Nantasket Beach amid claims of higher transportation costs. Detached dealers offer 9 to 10 cents elsewhere, while Hood & Sons quotes 9 cents for Revere deliveries and notes no higher charges along the north shore.
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D. Whiting & Sons
Revere
Whiting Company
Nantasket Beach
Nantasket
H. P. Hood & Sons Company
South Shore
North Shore
Milk supply far from TB tested cows in Derry
In Derry New Hampshire milk from cows tested for tuberculosis was drawn in sterilized pails sealed in sterilized bottles and certified. The company reports the total quantity sold amounts to less than 1 percent of all milk delivered.
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Derry
N. H
Hamlin Sets Conditions for Treasury Post Offer
The Hon. Charles S. Hamlin will consider the assistant secretary of the treasury only if the offer is presented as a duty to the Democratic party. He previously declined the collector of the port post and reiterated his stance after Washington signaled possible appointment. Hamlin, a former assistant secretary under President Cleveland, is sought for his tariff expertise.
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Charles S. Hamlin
the Treasury
Democratic Party
Hamlin
Washington
McAdoo
Richard Olney
Wilson
Cleveland
Land swindle over waterlogged Martha's Vineyard parcels
Henry Angle of Providence faced larceny charges in Brockton after selling 10 deeds for land claimed near Martha's Vineyard that lay underwater a mile and a half offshore. Angle pleaded not guilty and said he never saw the land, while Horace Tinkham and Margaret Maynard stated they paid him $2 each for the deeds. He argued the law did not require recording and that he was in Brockton last November giving away land with every $5 department store purchase. The case was continued to July 25.
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Brockton
Martha’s Vineyard
Henry Angle
Providence
Horace W. Tinkham
Margaret C. Maynard
Angle
Martha's Vineyard
Peterson
New Bedford
Judge Bars Dow $200000 Suit Against Hornblower Weeks
Judge Braley of the Supreme Judicial Court issued a memorandum ruling that Hornblower & Weeks must not pay further losses to Richard S. Dow. The ruling enjoins Dow from continuing his $200,000 suit, finding a general release covered both preferred and common stock. Dow had been paid $30 a share after losses on 2200 preferred and 1100 common shares.
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Braley
Supreme Judicial Court
Hornblower & Weeks
Richard S. Dow
Marion
Dow
Oyster
Girls Scared by Big Rat At Winthrop Building
A fat rat, larger than a kitten, caused about 30 minutes of excitement near the Winthrop building on Washington Street. Women and children fled to doorways as the creature moved along a ridge above the first floor. It was killed when a passing City Point car ran over it, startling the crowd before tumbling down.
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Winthrop
Washington Street
City Point
Queen Eleonore Pleads For Mercy War Telegram
London July 19. The Bulgarian queen Eleonore sent a telegram to Queen Elizabeth of Roumania requesting halting Roumanian advances into Bulgaria. Queen Elizabeth responded that Roumanian troops would continue the advance, but with the greatest consideration.
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London
Eleonore
Bulgaria
Elizabeth
Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Bulgarians Brace For Last Stand Near Sofia
Telegrams report Roumanian Greek and German forces may march on Sofia to force peace terms. Bucharest dispatch says Roumanians may advance but not yet decide to occupy Sofia. King Charles’ reply to Bulgaria hints peace with Roumania Servia and Greece. A Servian official says Bulgaria massed between Kustendill and Dubnitza about 40 miles south of Sofia awaiting a possible allied advance.
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Saldiki
Sofia
Bucharest
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Charles of
Roumania
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Kustendill
Dubnitza
Punch and Judy Shows by City to Run This Summer
Boston officials under Mayor Fitzgerald closed a contract with Frank Prior to perform free Punch and Judy shows on city playgrounds for the rest of the summer. The mayor says the shows provide innocent fun and justify the expense for local children after Tuesday next.
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Boston
Partment
Frank Prior
Punch
Judy
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