Picnic invitations stir Worcester county politics
Democrats of Worcester invite Colonel William A. Gaston and Hon. Charles S. Hamlin to a Shrewsbury clam bake next month to test gubernatorial prospects. Thayer may preside, with a special Boston guest list and plans for a large turnout and possible renomination.
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Worcester County
William A. Gaston
Charles S. Hamlin
Shrewsbury
John R. Thayer
John F. Fitzgerald
Gamaliel Bradford
Nantasket
Thayer
Gaston
Hamlin
Worcester
Boston
Auto Victim Mrs Anderson Hurt After Massachusetts Ave Incident
Mrs. William Anderson of 75 Westland Avenue is reported seriously ill after being struck by a car on Massachusetts Avenue Thursday evening. Driver Charles Bates of 64 Stanhope Street says he slowed to about three miles per hour, horned to warn, and swerved to avoid her as she led a dog along the tracks.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Westland Avenue
Charles Bates
Stanhope Street
Anderson
Bates
Everett Moves From Boston Yard to Norfolk
Commander W. H. Everett has been detached from the Boston Navy Yard and ordered to Norfolk, confirming a personnel transfer within the Navy.
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Everett
Navy Yard
Washington
W. H. Everett
Boston Yard
Norfolk
Hebrew Jewish wedding in Lowell stirs community
Bertha M Church, a Haverhill resident, married tailor Harry Nichols in a Hebrew ceremony after embracing Judaism. The couple, who met at Marx Bros clothing, faced initial rabbinic rejection in Lawrence before a Haverhill rabbi presided. Nichols’s family disapproves while the couple starts a Merrimac street home and plans deeper faith study.
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Bertha M. Church
Harry Nichols
Marx Bros
Central Street
Miss Church
Merrimac Street
Nichols
Lawrence
Yaffe
Revere Fire Department Sees Four Chief Engineers in Three Months
Elbridge G. Paine, the latest chief engineer, came to Revere in 1867 and quickly rose in the fire service. The town formed fire wardens to lead bucket brigades, Paine became fire warden the year after arrival, and has served continuously since. He helped build the town’s first fire apparatus houses, Hose 1 was organized in 188? with Paine as lieutenant, and his son Harry E. Paine is the current captain.
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Revere
Elbridge G. Paine
Paine
Bayley Bailey Family Association Holds Cambridge Meeting
The Bayley Bailey Family Association held its ninth gathering yesterday at the Colonial Club in Cambridge. About 140 members attended and Hon. Andrew J. Bailey was elected president. The afternoon featured visits to historical sites in Cambridge and members hosted visiting relatives at their homes.
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Bayley-Bailey Family Association
Colonial Club
Cambridge
Andrew J. Bailey
Association
Mary T Fallon Crew Reunited After Fog Stranding
The Mary T Fallon arrived at the wharf with Captain Jesse Thomas and two crewmen Harry Smith and Robert Welch. They and ten others were rescued after drifting in fog for about 15 hours before being saved by the Isaac Collins from Provincetown near 30 miles east of Nantucket.
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T Wharf
Harry Smith
Robert Welch
Jesse Thomas
Smith and Welch
Isaac Collins
Provincetown
Karry Smith
Dory
Nantucket
Practical joke ends in pennies for stock windfall
In New York Charley Gates, son of a Western operator, staged a prank at the John W. Gates firm. He bought 200 Louisvie & Nashville shares for a client who needed cash, booked a two point gain, and the firm delivered two strong porters with 40 000 pennies to hand to the client as payment.
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John W. Gates
Charley Gates
Mr. Gates
Louisvie & Nashville
China to Send Imperial Commissioner to St Louis Expo
The Emperor will announce the decision to send an imperial commissioner to represent China at the St Louis exposition instead of using the Chinese minister to the United States. John Barrett, commissioner general for Asia and Australia, will be received by the Emperor tomorrow. Conger hosted a dinner for the foreign office and council as they discussed the plans and thanked him for US help in withdrawing foreign troops from Tianjin.
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Foreign Office
Barrett
Mr. Conger
United States
Tien- Tsin
Deportation Ordered for Yee Fook and Lop Jung
United States Marshal Darling received orders from the immigration commissioner-general to deport Yee Fook and Lop Jung to China. Yee Fook, 18, worked as a Cambridge laundryman and claims birth in California. he dislikes leaving the country. Lop Jung, about 25, is described as a notorious gambler and confidence man in the Harrison avenue Chinese colony.
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Darling
Commissioner-General of Immigration
Yee Fook
Lop Jung
China
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Celestial Kingdom
California
Fook
Harrison Avenue
Berle Said To Have Received Chicago Call
The Brighton Congregational Church reports that Rev. A A Berle D D has been tendered a call from a leading Chicago Congregational church. No official word has been received. Berle is at his summer home and may visit Chicago late in August.
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Brighton Congregational Church
A. A. Berle
Chicago
Dr. Berle
Body Unearthed While Street Work Near Marcella Street
Workers uncover a full size human body in the rear of a Marcella Street home around 4 30 pm. The flesh was largely stripped from the bones, suggesting long burial. Undertaker Cleary took charge and the medical examiner was notified.
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Marcella Street
Cleary
Four-masted schooner Massachusetts runs ashore at Fort Wadsworth
New York July 25. The four-masted schooner Massachusetts bound to Darien Georgia in ballast ran ashore at Fort Wadsworth S I this afternoon. She lies with stem on the rocks and an anchor out. Captain Jones said the schooner mis stayed and drifted onto the beach.
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Massachusetts
Darien
Fort Wadsworth
S. I
Jones
Hoff man held in Springfield on three larceny charges
L Hoff man arrived from San Francisco and was arraigned in Springfield police court on three counts of larceny. Complainants are William H. Chapin of the Massasoit House Henry E. Marsh of Cooley's Hotel and William M. Kimball of the Worthy Hotel. He pleaded not guilty and was held to $700 on each count.
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L. O. Hoffman
Boston
New England
San Francisco
William H. Chapin
Massasoit House
Henry E. Marsh
Cooley's Hotel
William M. Kimball
Worthy Hotel
A Young Woman Sues for Non-Support Finds Marriage Questioned
In Boston a Hebrew woman Rose Lander 22 sues Frank Lander for non support. The case raises whether her prior New York marriage at age 15 without parental consent was valid. Judge Parmenter suggested the first marriage might be presumed valid and noted potential bigamy implications.
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New York
Boston
Frank Lander
Frank
Lander
Parmenter
Harris
Rose Lander
Sanford's Ginger Health Tonic Promoted in Ad
An advertisement extols Sanford's Ginger as healthful for hot weather ailments including indigestion weak bowels and nerves. It claims relief for appetite loss fatigue and travel fatigue and notes the product contains French brandy and imported ginger with a trademark on the wrapper and a two year purity standard.
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Sanford
Lad Shot While Protecting Robins
Malden July 2. William Bekkenhuis a 13 year old of 52 Willard Street was shot twice with an air gun as he protested the shooting of robins by local boys. One bullet hit his right leg the other pierced his clothing as he walked away.
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Robins
William Bekkenhuis
Willard Street
Bekkenhuis
Teen from East Boston Charged in Chelsea Watch Theft
Thomas W. Newton, 17, of East Boston, was arrested yesterday and charged with stealing a $2 watch from Andrew F. Philips of 74 Heard Street, Chelsea.
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East
Boston
Andrew F.’. Philips
Heard Street
Chelsea
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