Son Held for Wife Beating and Father Killed on Tracks
Dedham, June 7. James W. ONeil dies after being struck by a train near the Dedham ice houses. His son Michael remains in Dedham jail after a kitchen assault on his wife, leaving a 17 year old daughter sobbing nearby. The family residents on Washington street faced a double tragedy.
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Dedham
Post
O’neil
Washington Street
Michael O'Neil
Dugan
Michael
James O'Neil
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Wrentham
Warren White
James O’neil
Federal Hill
Business Boom at Lynn Shoe Factories Expand
On June 7 Lynn reports N F Tucker and Co of Stoneham leasing both 183 and 200 Oxford Street from Spinney and Caldwell for many years, creating over 100 jobs as the adjoining factory is occupied by Berry Shoe Company. DP A Donovan and Co renew a Willow Street six story factory lease, adding space to Corcoran Callahan and Co for a total of 33 000 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
N. F. Tucker & Co
Stoneham
Spinney & Caldwell
Oxford Street
Berry Shoe Company
B. A. Berry
Charles H. Ingalls & Co
Messrs. Bird & Stevens
Boston
DP. A. Donovan & Co
Willow Street
G. He, Barnard
Corcoran, Callahan & Co
D. A. Donovan & Co
Fraser River in British Columbia Rises. Cattle Adrift on Rafts
Vancouver reports the Fraser River's sharp rise with a deadly landslide at Ashcroft flooding 100 acres. Settlers travel on improvised rafts with families and cattle as government steamers rescue survivors from the upper valley. a farmer and wife are pulled from a raft after the woman faints.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser River
Westminster
Ashcroft
Lytton
Fraser Valley
Gladys
Port Haney
Denver Cloudburst Brings Record Platte River Rise
A cloudburst in Platte canyon caused the river to rise higher than ever known today. People have abandoned the houses along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Col
Platte Canon
Liquor Raids Hit Seven Lynn Hotels in June Sweep
A Lynn police raid targeted seven hotels with squads at each site. Three establishments yielded liquor three gallons of beer and whiskey, nineteen and a half pints of whiskey and more. Two hotels found none while some venues housed bars implicated by prior temp erance activity. This marks the third raid in a year with two convictions already reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Marshal Wells
Winthrop House
Bartlett
Sagamore House
Oxford
Hoffman
Brunswick
Kirtland
The
Lynn Temperance Union
Pillow Slips for Soldiers' Home by Ladies Aid
The Ladies' Aid Association held its monthly meeting at the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea with about 200 members and 13 new entrants. They collected 145 pillow slips and 13 towels and voted to send funds to Miss Rebecca Wiswall of Plymouth, an army nurse. Speakers included Capt. J G B Adams, Capt. James Mead, and George S. Evans.
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Ladies’ Aid Association
Soldiers’ Home
Chelsea
Rebecca Wiswall
Plymouth
J. G. B. Adams
James Mead
George S. Evans
John W. Hersey
Springfield
Eli W. Hall
Lynn
J. Sewall Reed
South
Miss Wilbur
New York
Harmon
Evans
Mr. Emery
Boston council debates garbage plant contract and costs
A Boston council meeting centered on a proposed garbage disposal plant with a $25,000 yearly payment claimed as 4 percent of a $625,000 capitalization. Critics question the contract’s margins, the city’s burden, and the plant’s local impact near hospitals and colleges. Council approved related budget moves and a two week delay for reconsideration.
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Treasury
Hurley
Maine
Boston
Friends of the Company
Wakefield
Washington
City Hospital
Homeopathic Hospital
Boston University
Sisters of Charity
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston College
Gormley
Babson
Board of Survey
Everett
Ward 9
Miller
Ward 5
Marnell
Ward 4
Colby
Ward
Whelton
Ward 8
Manks
Missionaries Discuss Urban Evangelization and Mormon Outreach
The National Home Missionary Society discusses city evangelization, institutional church development, and ethnic outreach. Reports note rising non Mormon populations in Utah and Idaho, shifts in Mormon preaching, and growing political interest, plus steps in Georgia and Alabama toward cross color Christian fellowship. In Huntington, Anna Colbert, 52, died by self inflicted throat cutting after long blindness and recent insanity signs.
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Omaha
National Home Missionary Society
Congregational Churches
Washington Choate
Boston
H. A. Schauffler
Cleveland
Georgia
Alabama
Huntington
Anna _ Colbert
Dixon to Meet Rosebud at Casino July 2
George Dixon will face Walter Edgerton known as the Kentucky Rosebud in a July 2 Casino bout. Edgerton earned a reputation by knocking Dixon down in their Philadelphia meeting a few months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dixon
Walter Edgerton
Dixon
Philadelphia
New Store Buys Entire Garson Meyer Stock at Half Price
A Rochester firm Garson Meyer Co. stock is bought in full and offered at less than 50 cents on the dollar. The message promises full details tomorrow and a sale Saturday at the new store with high grade spring styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garson, Meyer & Co. of
Rochester
Banquet marks second Revere Board of Trade event
Governor Greenhalge and dignitaries attend Memorial Hall banquet. 230 guests heard toastmaster Dow and remarks on Revere’s history, public parks, and the proposed Marine Park. Notables include Barrett de las Casas Beckford and Lodge letter read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere Board of Trade
Memorial Hall
Tom Henry
Greenhalge
Thomas
Champlin
Moses
Benton
Billings
Walsh
Framingham
W. B. Barrett
W. B. de Las Casas
S. F. Beckford
F. H
E. R. Butler
William H. Derby
Burnham
A. B. Curtis
H. Winthrop Petree
B. G. Foster
John A. Staples
Franklin W. Pitcher
RH. C. Spring
Ernest H. Pierce
Doris H. Young
Wm. G. Harris
Rufus Somerby
Albert Fitzmeyer
Thomas V. Sargent
Solomon Woodbury
Bickford
Revere
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Frank H. Dow
Henry Thomas
Commonwealth
Old Commonwealth
William E. Barrett
Our Republic
Everett
Dow
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Everett
Lasellia Club Holds Elaborate Senior Reception at Lasell Seminary
The Lasellia Club hosted eighty former members and about 120 attendees for a fairyland themed reception and banquet after the graduating seniors were greeted in the parlor. Daisy decorations, gold and white tables, and a musical program highlighted the evening with speeches from Ruth Leiberling and others. Tonight the S. D. Society will host a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lasell Seminary
Lasellia Club
Hance
Conlin
Lewis
Keffinger
Barker
New Pastor Installed at First Parish Cambridge
Rev Samuel McChord Crothers was installed as pastor of the First Parish Society Unitarian in Cambridge succeeding Rev E H Hall. The ceremony featured a congratulatory letter from Hall and a sermon by Rev Charles G Ames of Boston. Crothers will stay in Cambridge until mid July then join his wife in California for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old First Parish Society
Unitarian
Cambridge
Samuel McChord Crothers
St. Paul
Harvard
Crothers
E. H. Hall
Europe
Hall
Rome
Mr. Hall
Charles G. Ames
Boston
Costly Unitarian Church Corner Stone Ceremony in Somerville
The laying of the corner stone for the Central Hill Unitarian church in Somerville drew a large share of the First Parish congregation. Notable participants included quartet members Miss Lucille Jocelyn Miss Jessie B Underhill Mr Charles N Fitts and Mr Arthur T Hatch with addresses by Charles S Lincoln Quincy A Vinal Robert Luce and Rev Grindall Reynolds.
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Highland Avenue
Somerville
Central Hill
Lucille Jocelyn
Jessie B. Underhill
Charles N. Fitts
Arthur T. Hatch
Charles S. Lincoln
Quincy A. Vinal
Robert Luce
Martha Perry Lowe
Grindall Reynolds
George H. Derby
Pierson
Woburn City Actions Include Sewer Funds and Appointments
Woburn Aldermen move $61,000 sewer construction to second reading and elect Edward E. Parker as water commissioner for three years. Special police appointed without pay. city auditor salary raised to 3000. Streets superintendent authorized to hire highway workers. city armory lighting overcharge debated with no action. Common Council debates hiring control. Bla wins and the $51,000 appropriation advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Woburn Board of Aldermen
Edward E. Parker
John J. Skinner
Joseph J. Stewart
Albert A. Verrin
Woburn Electric Light Company
Jonathan C. Ela
Ward 6
Sullivan
Bla
Essex County Highway Petition Sparks Adjourned Meeting
The Essex County commissioners met in Lynn City Hall to discuss a Salem to Suffolk line state highway and a Newburyport to Boston coastal route. Testimony favored both plans with over 1000 signers for the shore line and a supporting letter from Senator Lodge. the board will report later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Essex County Commissioners
City Hall
Salem
Suffolk County
Jann
Swampscott
State Highway Commission
Bishop
Newburyport
Boston
Senator Lodge
Anchor Line Cuts Steerage Fare Between New York and Glasgow
The Anchor Line reduced the steerage fare for its New York to Glasgow route from $23 to $20, effective immediately. The move lowers travel costs for emigrants and travelers choosing the transatlantic crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Glasgow
Police Raid Seizes Policy Slips At Tremont Street
Division 10 officers with a search warrant seized policy slips at 916 Tremont street and arrested three men Edward Haley 19 John Donovan 30 and John Smith 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division 10
Tremont Street
Edward F. Haley
John H. Donovan
John Smith
Division 4
Washington Street
Eugene Holmes
Benjamin Bibbins
Joseph Levi
William Henry
Thomas Johnson
James FE. Hennessey
William H. Skillion
Ronald H. Clark
John Williams
Philip Stahn
Jacob Miller
New Naval Officer Nominee from Laconia
Charles F. Stone of Laconia New Hampshire nominated for naval officer of Bostonport by the President. He is a lawyer who ran for Congress in 1892 and was active in the legislature including four years serving on the railroad committee and eight years as NH state committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Stone
Laconia
N. H
Bostonport
Congress
Blair
New Hampshire
Shore Line Railway elects directors in New Haven meeting
The Shore Line Railway Company held its annual stockholders meeting in New Haven. Directors elected: E Hayes Trowbridge Henry L Hotchki Wilbur F Day JA D Osborne William F Bartlett C P Clark James M Townsend Sr Townsend fills vacancy from BE H Trowbridge death. E H Trowbridge chosen president C P Clark vice president W L Squire treasurer W W BE Barnett secretary. A semianual dividend of 4 percent was approved payable July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven
Conn
Shore Line Railway Company
E. Hayes Trowbridge
Henry L. Hotchki
Wilbur F. Day
JA. D. Osborne
William F. Bartlett
C. P. Clark
James M. Townsend
New Haven
Mr. Townsend
H. Trowbridge
E. H. Trowbridge
W. L. Squire
Www
BE. Barnett
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Summer St
James W. O'Neil
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Parker
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Ponte “Ee
River
Rosebud
New England Road
Wallace
India
Chile
Peru
Uncle Sam
Theodore P. Haughey
Indianapolis National Bank
New York City Democracy
Kansas
James A. Troutman
German National Bank of Denver
Meri
Washburn Credit CO
Washington ST
Jordan, Marsh & Co
George F. Washburn
King of Credit Men
Tomor
R.t.almy & CO
Washington, Cor
Hayward PI
Cabinet Office
Secretary of Trade and Commerce
Barrett
George F. Proctor
Asa Mitchell
Alfred S. Hall
Milton K. Putney
Major G. A. Copeland
William T. Hall
William G. Bond
G. Arthur Tapley
Warren Fenno
C. A. Braman
Charles Young
Henry Spavin
H. Bryant
Charles H. Bird
W. C. Benedict
Vincent Farnsworth
Samuel Segee
Edwin B. Hooper
Joseph G. Stowers
Harrison T. Reed
Walter A. Haynes
R. K. Hunt
Edward W. Roper
Massachusetts
United States
Department of Commerce
Massachusetts Bay
Metropolitan Park Commission
Lasell
OLD South Clothing
Fauntleroy
OLD South Clothing CO
Mr. Brothers
Somerville Unitarian
Woburn's City Fathers
Rf. Cox
Beechaim’s
Faneuil Hall
Quincy Market
J. Newman & Sons
Shore Line
Staeli
Stali
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