Second Brigade Camp at Framingham Report
July 19 muster shows Second Brigade at Framingham with nine regiments forming lines for camp life rifle practice and parade. Detailed rosters list Ninth Eighth and Fifth regiments with officers and men while a drowning accident at Leonard’s Pond casts a shadow over the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socoron Framinncnam
Sprctat
Boston
Emmet Guards
Worcester
Framingham
Peach
Strachan
DD. F. Henderson
Roxbury Horse Guard
L. H. Allard
S. D. King
Artillery
Lawrence
H. B. Dennett
Cavalry
Kemp
Davis
Bartley
Lloyd
W. A. Richardson
Martin Binney
W. A. Perrins
F. W. Rich
Signal Corps
L. Mank
Ambulance Corps
H. L. Kelley
Thompson
5. B. Clark
Henderson
F. W. Wellington
Patrick J. Grady
F. F. Doherty
Newman
Dalton
Sampson
Wellington
Nat Wales
Ninth Regiment
Dennis J. Donovan
South Boston
Donovan
Leonard’s Pond
New England Chautauqua program in South Framingham
Miss Woolson lectures to a large audience at New England Chautauqua. At 11 AM President Fairbairn analyzed the religion of China. At 2 PM Rev Josiah Strong spoke on Our Country outlining topographic and vital statistics and comparing the United States with other civilized regions, and he questioned the land's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Framingham
New England
United States
President Cleveland Cancels Gloucester Visit Rumor
Gloucester July 19. Town reports had claimed that President and Mrs. Cleveland would visit Manchester by the Sea in August. Mayor Robinson sent a telegram from the President stating he has no plan to make the trip.
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Glooucester
Cleveland
Manchester by-the-Sea
Robinson
Gloucester
Canedr
Visit of the Sea Serpent at Naugus Head
Marblehead reports the Sea Serpent Club held its annual visitation to Naugus Head with forty members. Notables present include ex-Congressman Lovering and Senator Glines, plus city and maritime figures. A baseball game occurred, outcome unknown.
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Marblehead
SpxecrAu
Sea Serpent Club
Naugus
Senator Samuel _ Roads, Jr
Society
Lovering
Glines
Somerville
Frank Jones
Lynn
Fitch
Boston
Moseley
Hyde Park
Philip J. Doherty
Charlestown
Nat Childs
James See King al Be Fowle
Marshal Henry Cushi
The
Globe
Colonel Smith
Lynnbee
KE. C. Carrigan
Seymour
Ben Lovell
Weymouth
Atkins Dr. Kittredge
J. J. Ingalls
Mexican Veterans Reunion Honors Wright at Nantasket Hotel
The Massachusetts Volunteers in the Mexican War held their thirty ninth anniversary reunion and dinner at Hotel Nantasket. Comrade Isaac Hull Wright was mourned by resolutions. Officers were elected and a banquet followed with many veterans listed from Boston and surrounding areas.
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Nantasket Bracu
Massachusetts Volunteers
Nantasket
Sompeng
Isaac Hull Wright
Harry A. M’glewen
John P. Searle
Lowell
Harry A. M’glenen
Genera Nelson Viall
Providence
William Hurd
Stoneham
Horace Merrill
Chelsea
A.N. Kennedy
Washington
A. H. Hoyt
Boston
Francis D. Clark
Newark
N. J
George Wheldon
Joseph Delory
Peabody
Charles F. Dodge
Beverly
H. K. Cooley
Somerville
General Howe
United States Army
Thomas P. Pierce
Nashua
N.H
Alfred Morgan
Cambridge
Thomas L. Jenks
Nelson Viall
Moses R. Caldwell
J. L. Sears
Newton
John Sauran
Amesbury
Joseph P. Coburn
Hatfield
Ozia Rayner
Reading
George W. Murch
John C Crowningshield
Randolph
Albert C. Clapp
James O. Peltier
George D. Bailey
East Gloucester
George Monroe
W. A. Mason
Hyde Park
Hezekiah Shaw
Lynn
H. Erickson
Charlestown
Harr A. M'Gienen
J. P. Searle
G. K. Bartholomew
Cincinnati
J. Tyre
Charles Coye
Cambridgeport
EF. Chamberlin
Wethersfield
Conn
Postmasters Receive Letters From Hidden Requests for Addresses
A Boston Post Office article details the flood of letters addressed to the postmaster seeking personal addresses for lost friends, business inquiries, romance, and fraud checks. It notes how some requesters assume the postmaster knows everyone and how refusals to share private data occur, with tales of humorous and odd inquiries.
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Boston
New York
Mass
State of
General Corse
General Vilas
Centereal
M. le
Pension Office
Auditors of
Treasury
Mordecai
Lowell
Oston
Boston Post Office
Johnson
Post Office
North Carolina
James Madeson
Amley
Goldsboro
North Carliner
Shark Stranded on Savin Rock Beach Near New Haven
A twenty foot shark was found stranded on Savin Rock beach in New Haven after a night of gale and high tide. It was captured following a struggle and described as exceedingly ugly. Hundreds of bathers frequent the beach daily nearby.
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New Haven
Conn
Savin Rock
A Shu Man & Co Sells Summer Fabrics at Discount
The firm offers midsummer sale on broken lines of warm weather fabrics with discounts from 25 to 40 percent. Includes popular styles of the current season and aims to help customers seeking light fashionable clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. A. Shuman & Co
Italian victim swindled of 365 dollars on North Street
Michael Cappuchio tells of meeting two Italians on Fidet Street who posed as prosperous men. The pair offered cap puchio a business opportunity and pledged $500 if he raised 365 dollars. He borrowed the money and bag with the wait, but the valise held only old Boston papers.
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Michael Cappuchio
North Street
Fidet Street
Cappuchio
Boston
Gas Company Merger Rumors Prompt Stock Pooling
A Boston gas director says stock in the Boston and Bay State companies has been pooled to prevent a stock sweep. He notes 5000 shares at par 500 and last trades near 1017, needing about 3 million to gain control. He adds Bay State may offer but no formal bid yet and pledges fair notice if a new group swallows them.
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Arkansas
Florida
Nova Scotia
Boston
Boston and
Bay State Gas Companies
Bay State Company
General Briggs Resigns from Custom House Post
Officials at the custom house discuss the enforced resignation of General Appraiser Briggs. Stearns cites years and ill health as causing incapacity for duties and notes many mistakes, insisting removal is needed for the service. Report says action is non political but concerns an energetic officer and current conditions do not satisfy business needs.
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Custom House
Briggs
Stearns
Robbery of Employer's Safe Leads to Arrest
William E. Coe of 190 W Paris Street Fast Boston was arrested for breaking into Emanuel Anderson’s safe at 44 Travers Street and stealing $80. An officer witnessed Coe leave the shop early Friday morning and later recover $30 from under a railroad platform. Coe confessed to giving $50 to a man named Daniel McCloud who had left town.
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William E. Coe
Paris Street
Boston
Emanuel Anderson
Travers Street
Coo
Division 1
Cogan
Ife
Fitchburg
Anderson
Coe
Daniel McCloud
Alleged Pension Fraud In Chelsea Woman Charged
Catherine Hanley alias Catherine Barrett appeared before United States Commissioner Hallett charged with fraudulently drawing a pension as Catherine Hanley after marrying Barrett. Held in 1000 dollars for further examination. She lives in Chelsea and denies marriage to Barrett claiming she remains the widow of Hanley. City records show a Catherine Hanley married to Barrett years ago but proof of identity is lacking.
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Catherine Hanley
Catherine Barrett
United States
Hallett
Barrett
Hanley
Chelsea
Catherine
Carpenters Union Picnic Plans Nearing Finish
Carpenters Union 33 announces tickets on sale through members and the walking delegate office. East Boston Roxbury Stairbuilders Waltham Newton unions join Boston for the event at Centennial Grove with a reception planned for P. J. McGuire secretary of the National Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners at Wells Memorial Hall next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters’ Union 33
Registration for City Work in Boston Opens Thursday
The civil service commissioners begin signups for a limited number of city work positions in Boston. Registration is at 9:00 a.m. Thursday in the labor office, basement of 5 Pemberton square. Applicants must be US citizens, 50 or younger, and have resided in Boston in the past year. The report notes John Slade & Co. of New York failed, affecting J Reynolds of Davisville Rhode Island with $14,000 in liabilities and attached mill property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commissioners
City of
Boston
Pemberton Square
United States
John Slade & Co
New York
J. Reynolds
Davisville
R. I
Slade & Co
Reynolds
Obituary: Uriel Crocker Dies at Cohasset at 90
Uriel Crocker died at his Cohasset summer residence early yesterday morning at age 90 after a period of illness aggravated by heat. Born Sept. 13, 1796, in Marblehead, he rose from printer’s apprentice to partner in Crocker & Brewster, helped publish Scott’s Family Bible, and served on many railroad and civic boards. He leaves three children including George G. Crocker. funeral set for Thursday at 1 p.m. from 319 Commonwealth Avenue.
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Uriel Crocker
Cohasset
Mr. Crocker
Marblehead
Samuel Greely
Ireson
Whittier
Harvard
Robert Hooper
Edward Everett
Boston
Armstrong
Artnership
Jeremiah Svarts
William M. Evarts
Osmyn Brewster
Samuel T. Armstrong
Crocker & Brewster
New York
Daniel A. Appleton
D. Appleton & Co
Sarah Kidder Haskell
High Street
Atkinson Street
Uriel H. Crocker
Miss Crocker
Constitution
Marblehead Harbor
Washington
Court Street
Old Colony Railroad
Concord Railroad
Northern Railroad
New Hampshire
Bunker Hill Monument Association
Warren
Theophilus R. Marvin
Massachusetts Charitable Society
Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society
Messrs. Crocker & Brewster
Blagden
Crocker
Commonwealth Avenue
Robinson
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sidney Bartlett
Ames
Lincoln
Cobb
Rice
Massachusetts
R. M. T. Hunter Dies at 78 in Essex County Virginia
R. M. T. Hunter, a former Speaker of the House and U S Senator, died at his home in Fount Hill Essex County Virginia aged 78. He served as Confederate secretary of state and senator and helped form the Hampton Roads peace commission. He later became Virginia treasurer before retiring from public life.
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R. M. T. Hunter
Fount Hill
Essex County
Mr. Hunter
Congress
United States
Senate Finance Committee
Douglass
Charleston
Peace Commission
Abraham Lincoln
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Dorothea L Dix Dies at 85 at Trenton Asylum
Dorothea L Dix a national figure in reform died of heart disease at the Trenton asylum aged 85. She helped found the asylum and other hospitals for the insane and paupers. Born in Worcester she resided in Boston and her remains will be sent there.
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Dorothea L. DIX
Trenton
Miss Dix
Congress
Pierce
Worcester
Mass
Boston
Obituaries of William H. Griffith John B. Clark and Lazarus Murad
William H. Griffith of Malden died last night of consumption at 40 after years as clerk to the State Board of Agriculture secretary. He leaves a widow and two children. John B. Clark, Worcester business veteran aged 75, died suddenly of apoplexy in his stable after 46 years at one site. Lazarus S. Murad, once Mahamadan converted, died in New York at birth 1824 in Bethlehem. He fled to Constantinople, studied at Robert College, then came to the United States.
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William Henry Griffith
Malden
State Board of Agriculture
John 8
Clark
Worcester
Lazarus
Murad
Mahammedan
New York
Bethlehem
Judea
Constantinople
Robert College
Children's Week at the Pines thrills young visitors with free treats
The Point of Pines hosts a yearly festival for thousands of children offering free perks such as ice cream rides soda and games. The Cadet Band performs daily while the pyrorama The Taking of New Orleans enchants crowds at 8:30 each evening. Manager Thayer adds new features and a grand fireworks display enhances the show.
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Point of Pines
Yesterda
J. Thomas Baldwin
New Orleans
the Pines
Monitor
Merriman
Thayer
Munkacsy Exhibit Draws Boston Visitors for Christ Before Pilate
Mr Kurtz of the Post reports strong interest in Munkacsy’s Christ Before Pilate in Boston. Attendance matches New York’s pace given season and population, with many visitors from nearby towns. Suburban tickets show town names to track where attendees come from.
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Munkacsy
Christ Before Pilate
Boston
Kurtz
The
Post
New York
Lowell
Lynn
Salem
Gloucester
Taunton
Middleboro
Bridgewaters
Weymouth
Braintrees
Brockton
Waltham
Newtons
Malden
Bequests From Boston Residents Benefit Local Charities
The late Frederick Jones of Boston leaves to the Boston Young Women's Christian Association the undivided half interest in the lot and store at 88 and 90 High street. The late Catherine Trant bequeaths $100 each to the House of the Good Shepherd Little Sisters of the Poor Paper Hospital Home for Destitute Roman Catholic Children and $250 to the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
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Frederick Jones
Boston
Boston Young Women’s Christian Association
High Street
Catherine Trant
House of the Good Shepherd
Little Sisters of the Poor
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Cambridge Police Inspect Signal System Visit
The Cambridge police chief and captains with city council members visited South Boston yesterday to inspect the signal system with a view to adopting a similar setup in Cambridge.
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Cambridge
Freeman Resigns Presidency of Wellesley College
Miss Alice E. Freeman has placed her resignation as president with the trustees but will stay on as acting president until a successor is chosen. The reported reason is her forthcoming marriage to a Harvard University professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice E. Freeman
Wellesley College
Harvard University
Brooks Divorce Case Before Supreme Court Judge Reviews Alimony Request
Judge Field of the Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday relative to alimony and counsel fees for Mrs. Brooks pendente lite and reserved decision.
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Field
Supreme Court
Brooks
The Wentworth Hotel and its New England Retreats
The Wentworth in Newcastle, three miles from Portsmouth, NH, offers delightful summer resort life with grand piazzas overlooking Pawtuckaway mountains Saddleback Mountain Blue Hills and White Mountains. Three bridges connect it to the mainland and the Portsmouth drive is famed for its beauty. Elegant appointments excellent table and capable management make a stay a red letter day for guests.
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Wentworth
New England
Newcastle
Portsmouth
N. H
Pawtuckawayountains
Nottingham
Saddleback Mountain
Deerfield
Blue Hills
Strafford
White Mountains
Charles McCabe Murder Case and Warrenton Street Gang
Charles McCabe was killed in a Mon day night brawl at Eliot and Warrenton streets. Dolly Wall was held without bail after waiving examination for murder. Police continued arrests of Warrenton street gang members and others linked to the incident. Five men remain in custody awaiting grand jury action in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Dolly
Wall
Charles McCabe
Canton
Eliot
Warrenton
McCabe
Martin Glynn
Warrenton Street
John Foley
Arthur O'Neil
Willard Estabrook
Bartholomew J. Toomer
Toomer
Coulter
Court refuses receiver over conduit company dispute
Michael Meehan and partners sue John H Walsh seeking appointment of a receiver and injunction to stop transfer of property. The case accuses Walsh of controlling the American Conduit and Construction Company, with 2000 shares not transferred to Meehan as treasurer. Court delays, needing the corporation added as party. next hearing in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Meehan
John H. Walsh
Meehan
Caleb W. Ayer
Walsh
Maine
American Conduiteer
American Conduit and Construction Company
J. W. Clarke
T. J. Gargan
City Council to Act on Roxbury High School Land and Bridge
The mayor calls a special common council meeting for tomorrow at 1 p m to act on the aldermen's order regarding land for the Roxbury high school. They may also authorize the New York and New England railroad to build the Quincy street bridge with costs shared by the railroad and the city.
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Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Roxbury High School
New York & New England Railroad
Quincy Street
Railroad Corporation
Nantasket
Reeves
W. B. Smith
Philadelphia
O’brien
Oscar Renstrom
Kendall Street
J. S. Safford
Grove Hall
Renstrom
Ale
Mr. Safford
George W. Payne
Station 3
Boston
Hallet
Commercial Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
New England General Ticket and Passenger Agents’ Association
Pathfinder Railway Guide
Board of Street Commissioners
West Chester Park
East Chester Park
Chester Square
Harvard Bridge
Cambridge
Harvard Avenue
Alden Frink
Messrs. Schweinfurth
J. Naschold
Harrison H. Atewood
Promenade Concerts Feature Offenbach Program At Music Hall
Mr. Neuendorff presents a lively programme for the Promenade Concerts tonight at the Music Hall. Conradi’s arrangement of Offenbach melodies appears with the Orpheus overture Musette ballet music and Grand Duchesse quarille. Gungl and Strauss waltzes a Buddygore selection the Ruy Blas overture and other pieces are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neuendorff
Music Hall
Conradi
Gungl
Ruy Blas
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