All Mexican Vets Celebrate Mexican War Return
Fifty years after the Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers returned from the Mexican War, forty five veterans with wives and daughters commemorated the anniversary with carriage rides to Mt Hope Cemetery where their former commander Henry A McGlewen rests. Captain George W Murch spoke and officers were elected for the new year.
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Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers
Franklin Park
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Henry A. McGlewen
Hendrie’s
Franklin Field
Mt. Hope
George W. Murch
S. E. Chamberlain
Nelson Viall
Edward W. McGlewen
Charles L. Whitman
Massachusetts
W. B. Franklin
H. N. Chester
W. Heard
Harry J
General Chamberlain
Collins
Joseph O. Peltier
Charles W. Gilbert
Fatal blast at Western Fuse Plant in Oakland
A Chinese worker killed a fellow countryman and blew up the fuse works at 6 20 am. Five deputy sheriffs and a woman died. the survivor Chinaman perished after barricading in a magazine with five tons of powder. Fire, wrecked buildings, and widespread damage followed.
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Oakland
Cal
Western
Sam Si Sing
Charles White
White
Koch
Hill
Pride
Fred Sherifl
Ed White
Alameda
Berkeley
Sherill
Subway Near Completion for Boston Transit Opening
Progress on the downtown subway shows finishing touches at stations and tracks from Haymarket to Causeway street. Wires, poles, ballasted tracks, and platforms ready with service cars usable. opening possibly by October first, with partial operation to Union station by mid September.
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Haymarket Square
Causeway Street
Hanover Street
Park Street
Scollay Square
Lynn
Everett
Malden
East Cambridge
Tremont Street
Cornhill
Union Station
Landlady Clawed by Tenant in Court Arraignment
Mrs Georgie Marshall a colored widow of 7 Acton Street was arraigned on assault charges against her landlady Mrs Isabella King a white woman who testified Marshall clawed and struck her tore sleeves and threw a bag. King described injuries and cauterization. Marshall denied wrongdoing and posted a $3 fine.
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Georgie Marshall
Acton Street
Courtesterday
Isabella King
Mrs. King
Mrs. Marshall
Reinhold Herman Considered for Handel and Haydn Conductor
After forty years, Carl Zerrahhn retires as conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society. Officials offer the post to Reinhold Herman of Berlin. Zerrahhn recently visited Herman who favors the plan, and a formal offer was sent. Herman, born in Germany about 45 years ago, is esteemed in Europe and America as a composer and conductor. He has led multiple clubs and churches in New York and elsewhere, with his opera Wulfrin now being rehearsed at Cassel's royal opera.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Carl Zerrahn
Reinhold Herman
Berlin
Germany
Zerrahn
Herman
Europe
America
New York
West Presbyterian Church
New York Choral Club
New Haven Choral Club
Orange Mendelssohn Union
Royal Opera At
Cassel
Pension Fraud Arrests Target Lawrence Justice of the Peace
Eldridge B. Osgood a Lawrence justice of the peace was arraigned before Commissioner Fiske on post-dating pension vouchers. He waived examination and is held on $500 bond. The state reports about twenty five arrests in the pension scheme. Thomas W. Crocker of Bridgewater an ex representative was held in $600 bond for further hearing.
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Eldridge B. Osgood
Lawrence
Fiske
Mr. Osgood
Thomas W. Crocker
Bridgewater
Wild steer shot at Charlestown Navy Yard incident
A mad steer charged into the Charlestown Navy Yard causing alarm among government workers. Marines fired center shots to stop the animal after it escaped from the Hoosac Tunnel docks. Two workers, Peter McGlone and Timothy J. Mahoney, were knocked down but not seriously hurt and returned to work after medical care.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Hoosac Tunnel
Peter McGlone
Timothy J. Mahoney
Shoe Company Fails in Burlington Assignment
The National Shoe and Leather Exchange reports the Burlington Shoe Company of Burlington VI assigned to Max L. Powell. Nominal assets about $60 000, liabilities about $45 000.
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National Shoe and Leather Exchange
Burlington Shoe Company
Burlington, VI
Max L. Powell
Muny Advertises Rheumatism Cure Claim
The supplier promises a rheumatism cure that will treat lumbago sciatica and all rheumatic pains with 57 cures for 57 ills. Doctors at your service free. MUNY.
Government Exempts Official Papers From Tax Under Ruling
The commissioner of internal revenue says papers and instruments by U S government officers in official use are tax exempt. Checks and drafts by disbursing officers on government funds for government obligations are exempt, as are certificates used in government functions. If issued for private use at request of private persons, a stamp is required.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Department of Justice
United States
Desperate Spanish Defences and Surrender at Santiago
Dispatch from Santiago de Cuba describes General Toral surrendering to General Shafter on July 19 with the sword given, flags removed, troops marching, and a luncheon at the palace amid squalor and famine. Narrates toral demeanor, siege scars, and lingering terror plus sanitation concerns after the capitulation.
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Santiago
Santiago DE Cuba
Kingston
Jam
Crook
Shafter
Toral
McKibbin
Ninth Infantry
United States
Cuba
Exclusive shirt waist fabrics flood Boston market
Gilchrist & Co and Gros, Roman & Co supply Finest German lawns, Leno Muslins, Organdies, Bourette, and Etamines made by Wm. Fletcher & Co Glasgow. Imported by a prominent shirt waist maker who aimed to corner the market. Many fabrics unseen by Boston women, previously selling at 50c and 62c now advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gros, Roman & Co
Wm. Fletcher & Co
Lasgow
Scotland
Boston
Eagle’s Gunboat Victory Sinks Santo Domingo Off Cape Fran
The Spanish steamer Santo Domingo, 5500 tons, was fired on by the auxiliary gunboat Eagle on July 12 near Cape Frances. The ship ran ashore, was set on fire after most of its cargo and crew were removed, and burned for three days until total destruction. the Eagle fired 70 shots, and crews reported two 6 inch and two 12 inch guns aboard the Santo Domingo.
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Key West
Fla
Santo Domingo
Cape Francis
Eagle
The
Postmaster Named at Wendell Depot Mass
Washington July 19 Erie Nam was appointed postmaster fourth class at Wendell Depot Mass in a local government appointment.
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Wendell Depot
Washington
Ernest
Putnam
Mass
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Morse Clothing Bargains
Leopold Morse & CO
Washington Street
Cor. Brattle
Chinaman
Magazine
Lawrence Justice
Jordan
MARSH
Gen. Toral
Saul
Spain
General Toral
General Shafter
Senor Feroz
Senor Guiltilierrez
Goodfellow
Orlando Dwiker
Rio Janeiro
Bull Ring
Sisters of Charity
Mercedes
Conchas
Cearvera
Cervera
Associated Press
Winter Street
New England
Court Street
Howard Street
L’crage
Hayward
Tilhle Vercelli
Hary Looners Ave
Estenson
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