Died in Drowning Tragedy A Hyde Park Youth
John Ray Corbett a well known Hyde Park young man died by drowning off Great Head Saturday evening. His death mourned by Hyde Park Cycle Club and his anxious parents and sweetheart as they await the finding of his body. Corbett was highly popular in the community and his loss touches many in Hyde Park.
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John Ray Corbett
Great Head
Sunday Post
Young Ae
Hyde Park
Young Corbett
Drowned Scotsman Corbett Lost After Boat Rescue Effort
John Ray Corbett, 25, a first lieutenant in the Hyde Park Cycle Club, drowned after aiding friend Joseph Collson aboard the overturned boat City of Jacksonville. The two clung to the boat for hours. Corbett ventured to shore for help but failed to return. The disaster near Nahant and Boston Harbor authorities are aiding in the search as family mourns at 106 Hunting ton Avenue. Corbett, born in Scotland, had worked as a plumber and was engaged to a young woman from the same cycle club.
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Hyde Park
Corbett
Jack
Collson
Huntington Avenue
Joseph Collson
Jacksonville
Winthrop
Boston
Boston Harbor
Son
Frederick de Barry
John Ray Corbett
Scotland
T. E. Sharpe
Province Court
Sharpe
Hyde Park Cycle Club
Conference called on Aug 16 for US bimetallic restoration
Washington July 22 officers of the American Bimetallic League issue a call for a conference in this city on Aug 16. They argue that no permanent improvement can come while the gold standard continues and advocate immediate restoration of the bimetallic standard with free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1. The aim is to decide policy to restore prosperity through monetary change.
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Washington
American Bimetallic League
United States
India
Augusta Board of Trade Moves to Save Local Publisher
The Augusta Board of Trade in Maine plans to organize a company to continue the large publishing operations of E. C. Allen Publishing House, which will close July 31. A public meeting is set for Tuesday to decide next steps.
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Augusta Board OF Trade
Augusta
E. C. Allen Publishing House
Coat and vest theft arrest in Charlestown
Frank Trinity aged 37 was arrested by Charlestown police for larceny of a coat and vest valued at 5 dollars, belonging to Thomas Croffsen of 44 Water Street. The theft is alleged to have occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Frank Trinity
Charlestown
Thomas Croffsen
Water Street
Turners at Waterbury Turnfest Opens in Connecticut
The sixteenth annual Connecticut Turnbezirk turnfest opened at West End Park in Waterbury with about 2000 attending. Competitors from Hartford Meriden Bridgeport New Haven Waterbury New Britain Holyoke and more vied in fencing high jump wrestling and class exercises. Holyoke and Waterbury figures loom for top prizes as events continue with field contests swimming and a summer night festival scheduled.
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Waterbury
Conn
Connecticut Turnbezirk
West End Park
Hartford
Meriden
Bridgeport
New Haven
New Britain
Holyoke
Ernest Weirich
Jacob Reichel
Robert Horn
Karl Frank
Louis Glastre
Karl Hoechk
Henry Suessenguth
K. Betzer
J. Dittmann
Fred Suessenguth
Concordia Hall
Yacht Adella Arrives From North Haven at Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Maine July 22 The yacht Adella of the Eastern Yacht Club arrived today with Captain Wells owner aboard from North Haven. Mr and Mrs Potter Palmer arrived today at Hotel Malvern.
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Bar Harbor
Adella
The
Eastern Yacht Club
Wells
North Haven
Potter Palmer
Hotel Malvern
Bicycle thief bound over after Norfolk arrest
West Winsted Conn July 22 Joe Lannehan the alleged bicycle thief arrested in Norfolk was given a hearing at Torrington last evening and bound over in $100 bonds. He is wanted for burglary here.
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West Winsted
Conn
Joe Lannehan
Norfolk
Torrington
Pattyson Attacks Church During Two Hour Common Meeting
W D C Pattyson spoke for two hours near Charles Street gate denouncing the modern church and urging a return to first century standards. He argued wealthy churches should sell property and aid the poor, sparking a lively, orderly debate before an eight o’clock permit limit ended the meeting.
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Bromfield Street
W. D. C. Pattyson
Charles Street
Pattyson
Bromfield Street Methodist
House of Correction
Lorimer
Maine Cotton Industry Sees Widespread Wage and Hours Cuts
Maine cotton mills report lower wages and shorter hours as of July 1 with only two mills keeping old rates. Average working hours cut 11 percent and workforce down 9 percent, payrolls down 30 percent. Woollen mills show 8 idle plants and 1,391 workers out, 13 more short-handed, total idle labor 38 percent. earning capacity down 48 percent.
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Augusta
S. W. Matthews
State Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Maine
Foul play feared for missing man Fred Herrick in New England
Fred Herrick, visiting relatives in Augusta and Portland, left Portland July 10 for Boston where he was employed. The firm reports he has not appeared and his relatives fear foul play. His sister went to Portland Union Station on the day he left.
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Augusta
Fred Herrick
Portland
Boston
Union Station
Kane and Noonan Case Leaves Kane with Fractured Skull
In Lynns July 22 report Thomas Kane and William Noonan fought Saturday evening. Noonan is alleged to have struck Kane with a brick, leaving Kane at home with a fractured skull. Kane refuses to charge Noonan and warns he will not appear in court.
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Lynn
Thomas Kane
William Noonan
Noonan
Kane
Lightning strike survivor on Florence pilot boat
Horace W. Folger of 258 Green Street Cambridgeport is recovering from injuries after being struck by lightning off Deer Island on Saturday. The 19 year old pilot boat keeper suffered paralysis on one side, but his flesh is returning to normal and doctors expect his return to activity within a week.
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Horace W. Folger
Green Street
Cambridgeport
Deer Island
Florence
Train Robbery Wakeup Loss On Lynn to Boston Ride
John Sullivan of Lynn traveled from Boston on the Boston Revere Beach Lynn line. He dozed and woke to find his gold watch and chain stolen during the trip from Boston to Lynn.
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Lynn
John Sullivan
Boston
Boston, Revere Beach
Revere Police arrest Annie Young for liquor law violation
Division 1 officers arrest Annie Young aged 42 in Revere on a charge of violating the liquor law.
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Division 1
Revere
Annie Young
Illinois Governor threatens troops as strike note looms
In Sacramento on July 22 Governor Altgeld warned of removing state troops if Works Lo does not start. Southern Pacific strike ends after mediation offers limited rehiring, but ARU mediator E Seyler from Dunsmuir says the local lodge lacks authority to declare the strike off without a two thirds vote system wide.
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Altgeld
Illinois
Sacramento
Cal
American Railway Union
Southern Pacific
Fillmore
Towne
Additiin
E. Seyler
Dunsmuir
Pullman Confrontation Amid Illinois Militia Standoff
General Wheeler in Chicago pressures the Pullman Company to decide on resuming operations or face a state hands off stance led by Governor Altgeld. Placards hint at a near resumption while Wickes notes a possible opening this week with soldiers potentially withdrawn and the company hiring its own watchmen.
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Chicago
Wheeler
Illinois
Wickes
Pullman Company
Altgeld
Pullman
Union Men Discharged In Jackson This Week
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad ordered immediate discharge of all American Railway Union members on its Jackson and St. Louis divisions. Several hundred workers affected. about ten shop employees in Jackson received dismissal papers with a pledge to rehire once withdrawal cards are produced.
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Jackson, Tenn
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
American Railway Union
Jackson and
St. Louis
Union
WORKING FOR THE BABIES THE LACTATED FOOD STORY
An article extols lactated infant food produced in Burlington Vermont, detailing a world reach from London to Sydney. It highlights cleanliness, stable wages, and co operation at the central establishment, noting physicians prescribe the product as a reliable substitute for mother's milk and a safeguard against summer illness.
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London
Canada
Australia
America
Burlington
Europe
East
India
Sydney
Vermont
University
New A O H Division 20 Formed in East Cambridge
County President Mahoney inaugurates a new East Cambridge division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Daniel S Wilson and John W Flynn lead initial officers. fifty applicants vetted, more than forty admitted. notable local figures from Cambridge, Somerville, Lowell and Woburn attend and speak. Banquet, music, and speeches follow installation.
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Cambridge
East Cambridge
John W. Flynn
Middlesex County
John P. Mahoney
Harugari Hall
Sixth Street
James T. Murphy
Marlboro
Thomas J. Kenny
Waltham County
James O’brien
Ashland
Bartholomew J. Carroll
Natick
James E. Greeley
Lowell
James O’sullivan
Thomas J. Fox
Woburn
John T. Shea
James Walsh
North Cambridge
Padraig O’caillean
Somerville
Eugene O’sullivan
J. B. O’higgins
Jamaica Plain
John E. Walsh
South Natick
Cambridgeport
Messrs
O’sullivan
Carroll
O’brien
Daniel S. Wilson
Patrick Ring
Denis Teild
John Lynch
Patrick M. Flynn
John Ke
Mahoney
Brotherhood of Man
God
James F. Murphy
G. J. Fox
John G. Shea
Messrs. Wilson
O’caillean
Flynn
O’mara
McGuinness
O'Higgins
O’mahony
Colbert
O’keefe
O’hearn
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Archdiocese of
Boston
Father Mathew Temperance Society
St. Patrick’s Parish
A. O.H
Order
Hibernian
Stoughton
California
William O’brien
Cork
Ireland
Oak Island
Shamrocks of
Yor Summer Cottages at Lowest Prices and Bedding
A. W. Wheeler & Co advertises Yor Summer Cottages at low prices and offers bedding items. The firm lists 63 and 65 Hanover Street, Boston, opposite the American House, as the sales location.
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A. W. Wheeler & CO
Hanover
Bostom
Lowell Breaks A Record On New York To New London Run
Norwich, July 22. The steel steamer City of Lowell on the Norwich line completed the New York to New London trip in six hours, the fastest ever between these ports. The Boston held the 6 hour 5 minute record for thirty years. The Lowell, loaded with freight and barnacles, beat the Priscilla of Fall River only after Bartletts Reef, while the Priscilla carried extra freight. Superintendent Brady orders bronze fast wheels for Lowell. under better conditions it may win honors on the Sound. Priscilla officers call Lowell the fastest boat they have met but say Priscilla is faster. They believe their boat can distance every other steamer on the Sound.
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Norwich
Conn
City of Lowell
Norwich Line
New York
New London
Boston
Lowell
Fall River
Bartlett's Reef
Priscilla
Brady
Buckshot in the Foot Shocking Pittsfield Shooting
Elijah J. Bradway was shot in the right foot and ankle by Frank Hunt on Hunt’s farm as Bradway crossed the yard. Hunt fired five buckshot shots after Bradway refused to leave. Bradway, treated by Dr. Mercer, was taken to the police station. Hunt is being sought.
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Pittsfield
Elijah J
Bradway
Frank Hunt
Hunt
Collision in fog sinks brig Golden Rule near Nantucket
In dense fog July 20 at 4 AM off Nantucket south shoal the steamship Chattahoochee from New York collided with the brig Golden Rule, slicing her to the water. Seven crewmen and one passenger were rescued to Savannah. The Golden Rule carried molasses from Ponce to Boston, registry 199 tons.
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Savannah
Nantucket South Shoal
Chattahoochee
New York
Ponce
Boston
Hartford Policeman John Rafferty Fatal Self Inflicted Shot
Hartford July 22 John Rafferty a Hartford police officer shot himself in the head at 6 30 pm while alone in a room He died a few hours later Consciousness did not return It is unclear if the death was intentional or accidental His wife and the police say the shooting was accidental It was said he was unused to firearms and was inspecting his self cocking revolver He was a very large man and had recently joined the force.
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Hartford
John Rafferty
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O’donald
Revere Police
Berlin
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Main Springs
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Wild Flowers OF America
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America Photographed
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Dickens
Grant
Cook Book
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Knights of Columbus
St. John’s Literary Institute
Y. M. C. Union of Boston
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Catholic Union of Cambridge
Shea Bros., Undertakers
Springfield
Nellie Bishop
Reformatory
Edward Bishop
Fairfield
Malden Hospital
RE. F. Bickford
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Malden
Mlden Hospital
Dundee
Ernest Hassberger
Deutsche Bank
Bridget Cavanagh
Marion Street
Nathaniel Fleming
Willow Street
Hannah Casey
Webster Avenue
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Thomas Taylour
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
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Tremont
Cook’ Remedy .Co
Cook Remedy CO
Washington St
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