Everyone a Leader in Boston Mayoral Stakes
A dated editorial argues Boston may select a new mayor from Democrats including Josiah Quincy and several prominent figures such as John H. Sullivan Owen A Galvin John Rae and others. It notes Quincy could be a frontrunner now a Boston resident and wintering there, and describes the possible paths and enthusiasm among party members for the nomination.
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Boston
Josiah Quincy
Matthews
Quin
John H. Sullivan
John F. Andrew
Joseph H. O’neil
Owen A. Galvin
John R. Murphy
Suffolk
John Rae
Charlestown
Senate Chamber
Quincy
Prince of India novel by Lew Wallace announced
General Lew Wallace places manuscript of a new romance set around the fall of Constantinople in Harper Brothers. The Prince of India follows Mahomet II and Irene amid religious schism, siege, and a pivotal era, with Garfield inspiring the project and a royal commission embedded in history.
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New York
Constantinople
Europe
Wallace
Leo XIII
St. Petersburg
India
Papal Rome
Mecca
Mahomet II
Irene
Constantine Palaeologus
Mahomet
Seraglio
Knolles
Gibbon
von Hammer
Garfield
Prince
Ben Hur
Turkey
Fires at Chestnut Street shed and Tremont Street building
Yesterday morning a shed behind 30 Chestnut Street owned by Mr. Cunard was damaged by fire caused by slacked lime. loss estimated at $200. In the evening Chemical 2 responded to a small blaze on the third floor of 869 Tremont Street, occupied by John O'Shea and owned by the Barker estate, started by a lace curtain touching a gas jet. minimal damage.
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Chestnut Street
Cunard
Chemical 2
Tremont Street
John O'Shea
Barker
Miners Refuse Wage Cut in Britain Strike Looms
More than half of Great Britain’s miners, about 360 000 men, refuse wage reductions ordered by coal owners. The stalemate points to a strike or a lockout as the dispute escalates across the industry.
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London
Great Britain
Sunday liquor seizures list many convicted drinkers
Seizure report lists individuals with quantities of beer whiskey gin wine and spirits seized. Mary Weaver Patrick McGaffigan Mary Harris Frank J Little Annie Fremanck Sarah Doran Richard P Noonan and addresses cited with varied amounts of beer and alcohol.
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Mary Weaver
Merrimac Street
Patrick McGaffigan
Leveland Place
Mary Harris
Eaton Place
Frank J. Little
Marginal Street
Annie Fremanck
Paris Street
Sarah Doran
West First Street
Richard P. Noonan
West Fifth Street
Evangelistic Association hires Gordon for Boston noon meeting
The Evangelistic Association of New England engages Rev. John Gordon, D.D., of Chicago, to conduct the noon meeting at Bromfield Street Church for the week. It is expected that Rev. R. L. McArthur will be present today to speak, and Mrs. Walter C. Bailey will sing.
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The
Evangelistic Association of
New England
John Gordon
D.D
Chicago
Bromfield Street Church
R. L. McArthur
New York
Walter C. Bailey
Boston Banks All Right in Comptroller’s National Bank Report
The comptroller of the currency completed the Boston national banks report for July 12 showing reserves averaging 29.81 percent. Total loans and discounts reached 137,345,424.31 with individual deposits at 89,711,636.06, detailing assets such as United States bonds, reserve agents, other banks, real estate, and specie totaling 214,564,888.34.
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Washington
Boston
United States
Treasury
STO Ser Can Fe
Gilchrist Firm Heads Into Fall With New Stock After Settlement
The firm of R. and J. Gilchrist reports a final settlement with creditors and plans to reopen with an entirely new stock of goods after improvements at the business premises. Mr. Gilchrist says creditors gave unusually kind treatment, competing to ease the process.
Death of Daniel Rooney in Winchester railroad tragedy
Daniel Rooney, a prominent Winchester resident aged 60, was found dead on the town railroad track this morning. He was likely struck by the newspaper train departing Boston at 2:30 am. The head was found at the crossing by Officer Holland around 4 am, with the body parts scattered along the line. Rooney leaves a widow and five children.
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Winchester
Daniel Rooney
Boston
Holland
Rooney
Is it Rudolph's Wife Wandering Again in Milton
A German woman answering to Engel and matching the lost wife description was found last night near Milton Estate. She spoke no English, wore a cheap dress, and appeared exhausted. Taken to Milton police station for identification, her link to Rudolph Engel of Dedham remains unconfirmed. Police will determine her identity today, with concerns she may be slightly daft.
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Rudolph Engel
Engel
Milton
Dedham
Runaway Horse Injury in Malden Sends Four to Hospital
Coed Malden July 23 Four people were seriously injured when a horse pulling a carriage bolted on Pleasant Street near the post office. William F Woods and wife Emma Curless and her son Frank Curless, all of Everett, were thrown onto the horse car track. Woods suffered head and body injuries with a severe arm wound, Mrs Woods was unconscious, Curless suffered broken wrists and facial injuries, Frank Curless had facial cuts and bruises. Mrs Curless was taken to Malden Hospital. doctors expect recovery. The other three were sent home in Everett.
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Malden
William F. Woods
Emma Curless
Frank Curless
Woodville Street
Everett
Pleasant Street
Woods
Frank
Train accident leaves man badly injured at Lynn depot
Edward McCullough of Jefferson street fell between the wheels while alighting from the 10:37 train at Lynn depot. Doctors bound up his mangled legs and likely saved his life. McCullough, a married shoe maker with several children, is hospitalized.
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Lynn
Edward McCullough
Jefferson Street
Lynn Depot
M. N. Manos
McCullough
Mads to order hair mattresses advertised by Wheeler Co
An 1870s advertisement for hair mattresses to order, offered by A. W. Wheeler & Co Manufacturers at 63 and 65 Hanover Street Boston. It promises full size mattresses in two parts weighing six pounds and labeled best tick.
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A. W. Wheeler & CO
Hanover
Boston
Forbes Imported Mares Grazing at Dedham
Five imported English mares with the stallion Meddler graze on Eaton farm near Dedham Centre. Ettarre the leaders, foaled 1880, with a colt by Highland Chief. Bargain and Frolic Grace with foals by Tyrant and Hampton. Onoma, a 3 year old filly, in foal to Surefoot. Orizaba with a foal by Bendigo. all groomed by Jar dine, and the estate includes Eaton Place, 230 acres, with a new stallion house and Neponset Stud Farm nearby.
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W. H. Forbes
Meddler
Eaton Farm
Dedham
Colonel Forbes
Ettarre
Macaroni
Lynette
Lord Lyon
Highland Chief
Bargain
Frolic Grace
Barcaldine
Booty
Sterling
Tyrant
Irolic Grace
Massachusetts
Hampton
Orizaba
Ben d’Or
Daurance
Rosicrucian
Bendigo
Onoma
Nameless
Geheimness
Blinkhoolie
Surefoot
St. Gallen
Forbes
Jardine
Argentine Republic
Mr. Forbes
National Horse Ranch
South America
Great Britain
William Choate
Eaton Place
Eatons
Blue Hill Observatory
New England
Victory
Duke of Magenta
Lorillards
Fairbanks
East Dedham
Readville
Neponset Stud Farm
Neponset
Perry Davis Pain Killer Promises Instant Relief
A vintage advertisement extols Perry Davis Pain Killer as certain relief for all pains both internal and external. It urges keeping the remedy on hand and claims instant, permanent results, regardless of the pain source.
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Perry Davis
Deadly Squall Sinks Sloop. Missing Sailors Feared Lost
In a Salem harbor squall a white sloop overturned with three men aboard. The craft sank after they clung to the hull. a black hat and an oar were found. A fishing boat rode out the storm near Eagle Island while two other sloops capsized but crews were saved. Police await reports of missing sailors as bodies may drift out to sea.
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Joseph Quellette
Alexander Frazer
Eagle Island
Pope’s Head
South Salem
Salem
Baker’s Island
Reais
Siam Reply Upsets France Prompting Envoy Departure
A Paris dispatch reports Siam’s reply to France’s ultimatum as unsatisfactory to the French government and notes that M Pavie the French minister resident in Bangkok is preparing to leave the city.
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London
Paris
Siam
France
M. Pavie
Bangkok
Rain Wins Over Weekend With Lightning and Rainfall
Moisture drenched the area on Saturday and Sunday with thunder and rain. An active weather event dropped 0.971 inches, then a brief shower totaling 0.1 inch accompanied by a 74 degree noon and a 58 degree drop after rain. Forecast calls for continued pleasant weather later.
The Arizona Narrow Escape From Collision
The Guion line steamer Arizona, arriving at Queenstown from New York, reports a near collision in thick fog with an unknown Red Star line steamer on the 17th. The Red Star steamer crossed the Arizona’s bows within fifty yards as both ships narrowly avoided a crash, with cheers aboard after clearing each other. The U S consul at Cork, aboard the Arizona, called the incident providential. The Arizona traveled thirteen knots, the other ship’s name unseen, and its direction appeared westward.
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London
Guion Line
Arizona
New York
Queenstown
Red Star Line
United States
Cork
Walker
Red Star
Bailey Family Reunion at Canobie Lake
The Bailey family reunion will be held at Canobie Lake in New Hampshire on August 17. The Bailey clan is extensive with members in nearly every state and territory. tracing to Richard Bailey who settled in Rowley, Massachusetts in 1635. The reunion is expected to be well attended.
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Bailey
Canobie Lake
N. H
United States
Rowley
Mass
Richard Bailey
Lynching of Walker in Memphis Sparks Tolling Crowd
On July 23 in Memphis a mob overwhelmed guards at the jail and hanged Walker, who had attacked Moll McCarden and another girl. The crowd swelled to about five thousand, with about a hundred actively participating. Walker fought, was stabbed, and his body was displayed at a telegraph pole before a bonfire burned the remains. Sheriff McLendon is injured.
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Memphis
Tenn
Walker
Mollf McCarden
Sheri
McLendon
Two Boston Men Die in Midnight Railroad Tragedy
A double fatality on the Old Colony railroad near Staples's coal yard Globe Village occurred as the paper train, due 7 25 p m, thundered at 35 mph. Two intoxicated men on the track were struck. Patrick McCarthy, 28, a former dry goods clerk now with Stearns & Co., Boston, died instantly with crushed injuries. His companion, glassblower Brady from Boston, residence uncertain, also died. McCarthy’s brothers work in the Adams House and in Boston. Brady was unknown locally beyond friendship with McCarthy.
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Fall River
Old Colony
Staples
Globe Village
Patrick McCarthy
Stearns & Co
Boston
Brady
Somerville
Cambridge
McCarthy
Adams House
New Hampshire Trust Company Closed in Manchester
Bank Commissioner James C. Lyford closed the New Hampshire Trust Company of Manchester as a precautionary measure to protect officers and creditors. Officials emphasized no depositor alarm and noted temporary suspension, with prior support from local banks and careful asset appraisal by directors and a state examination team.
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Manchester
N. H
James C. Lyford
New Hampshire Trust Company
Security Trust Company of
Nashua
Lyford
Tuttle
Henry Allison
Safety Fund National Bank
Fitchburg
Mass
William P. Chamberlain
Keene
Atkinson Furnishing Company
American Wringer Co Offerings and Repair Services
The American Wringer Co lists Windsor products at 13 and 18 Broadway extension. They manufacture wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers and repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders promptly attended to.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
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Lew Wallace
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Awashington Rooms
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Boston Veterinary Hospital
Edward C. Beckett
Bantam Siam
Bailey Family Reunion
N. H. Trust CO
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