Tragedy at Edson Cemetery Ends Sweethearts Tale
Lowell reports a young man, Harry B. Gray, 22, died by cyanide at his beloved Maude Howard’s graveside after her death ten to twelve weeks earlier. He left two letters to his mother and to Mrs. Howard, wore Maude’s engagement ring, and left word of his funeral. The couple’s families, including Gray’s father who runs a market, are overwhelmed with grief. The death follows a public life as a theater usher and drug store employee in nearby towns. Funeral planned for Saturday pending arrangements.
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Lowell
Harry B. Gray
Edson
Gray
Maude
Artory
Maude Howard
Harry
Central Street
Harrington-Rintelle
Lynn
Leno
George F. Kenyett
Colonel Baker Honored by London Ancients in Boston Banquet
A small dinner at Parker House honored Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Baker of London, ex-president of the Twenty-one Club. Sixteen attendees, including fifteen members of the Fifteen Club, presented two silk flags a gold badge and a miniature clock. Baker thanked the group and invited visits to London.
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Parker House
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Massachusetts
William H. Baker
Honourable Artillery Company of London
Boston
Colonel Baker
London Company
London
Alexander M. Ferris
Sidney M. Hedges
E Frank Lewis
Samuel C. Lawrence
Fred M. Purmott
Edward ©. Allen
A. Shuman
J. Stearns Cushing
Thomas J. Olys
James A. Davis
Robert H. Upham
Howard P. Cramm
John E. Cotter
Jacob Fottler
William A. Morse
Purmort
Hedges
Ferris
Baker
Dr Wilson Treatment Claims Blindness Cure Free Consult
Blindness is prevented and cured without knife by Dr Wilson's treatment. Deaf mutes are taught to hear and all deafness can be cured. Descriptive circulars mailed free. Consultation free. Office hours listed for Boston New York Philadelphia Washington.
Young Poole Sinking After Brutal Assault
Harold Poole a 16 year old sailor was found unconscious in a vacant lot on St Marys Street last Saturday evening and is slowly sinking at City Hospital. He may be operated on today as a last resort. George Champion of Parnell Street who left Nellie F with your goole one week ago yesterday is missing and police are asked to locate him. His wife denies knowledge of his whereabouts.
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Harold Poole
St. Mary’s Street
George Champion
Parnell Street
Nellie F
Sol
Munyon’s Receipe Claims Universal Healer
An advertisement touts Munyon cures for rheumatism sciatica lumbago and many other ailments. It promises relief within hours and claims one vial suffices. It markets Cold Cure Dyspepsia Cure Kidney Cure and inhalers with a fixed price of 1 dollar and free expert advice.
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Munyon
Vetter
C. Price
Munyon Doctors Offer Free Advice and Treatments
Munyon offers free consultations with specialists and a free advice service. The advertisement promises cures for various ailments at the Electrical Department, with services available daily except Sunday. The piece sits beside a China crisis update on British plans and Boxer violence in Pekin and Tien Tsin.
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Munyon
Electrical Department
Remont
Russia's China policy described as brinkmanship abroad
Washington reports say Russia aims to press up to war risk but avoid open conflict with other great powers. Officials fear a Russia Japan clash could trigger major global tension as China moves toward decisive events. Chairman Hitt calls Russia the most formidable aggressor in the Chinese situation and notes Britain's naval limits due to South Africa.
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Washington
China
Russia
State Department
Japan
Hitt
House Committee On For 2
England
Banquet of Commercial Clubs Brings Four City Leaders Together
About 150 members from Boston Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati gathered at the Algonquin Club for a banquet celebrating commercial clubs work and future outlooks. Leaders praised civic reform and urged influence for purer city life amid toasts and remarks by Choate Chalmers Goepper Moore Tuttle and others.
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Commercial Club of
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Algonquin Club
Commonwealth Avenue
Charles F. Choate
Pegore
William J. Chalmers
Daggett
Sierman Goepper
George E. Adams
Robert Moore
Worthington
James Quaterworth
Lucius Tuttle
William None
George E. Leighton
W. T. Baker
Choate
Commercial Club of Chicago
Herman Goepper
Commercial Club of Cincinnati
Commercial Club of Stows
Boston & Maine Railroad
Secretary Long
Anlis
Washington
Non-Union Labor Cited in Convention Hall Build
Philadelphia June 7 A report claims the Republican national convention hall was built by non union labor. The Allied Building Trades forty three organizations refused to join the Allied Republican Clubs parade during convention week citing labor practices.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Allied Building Trades
Somerville Aldermen Review Debt and Schoolhouse Funding
Somerville Board of Aldermen met last night with the finance committee presenting a plan for funded debt. The appropriation totals include 40 000 for land and schoolhouse in Ward 2 and 46 009 for land and schoolhouse in another ward.
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Somerville Board of Aldermen
le Lana
Boston University Senior Ball Sparks Denominational Debate
Professors Geddes and Lindsey defend their attendance at a senior ball at Pierce Hall amid questions of university consent. They say few Methodists were present and deny the event being a class affair, insisting they merely sought proper conduct and that the ball was not planned as a farewell or class event.
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Pierce Hall
Boston University
Untold Consequences Hover Over College Discipline Debates
A fragment notes that those who joined the dance are unreachable to trustees and may escape accountability even if trustees deem a serious wrong occurred, highlighting tensions between campus discipline and governance.
Roosevelt at St. Paul's School in Concord New Hampshire
Governor Theodore Roosevelt attended St. Paul’s School anniversary day in Concord New Hampshire. He spoke on citizenship and athletics noting his six former students served in the Spanish American War. Trophies were later awarded as athletic events resumed on the school oval.
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Concord
N. H
St. Paul's School
Ewd
George H. Coit
D. D
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
St. Paul’s School
Sherman Evarts, Esq
Geo. B. Shattuck
Boston
Oval
Philo Celtic Society Host 27th Annual Entertainment
The Philo Celtic Society presented its twenty seventh annual show in J Rose Hall Worcester Street last night. John P Lane president spoke on The Iris Langues Cause and Rev Michael Pahon gave a Gaelic address. Performers included Misa Walsh H C McLaughlin Mary M Scannell Minnie Curri e N Cunningham George Nolan Daniel P O Callaghan Lizzie Dillon Dillon Leopold LaBua and Dr P J Timmins. Dancing ran from 10 to 183 with Jeremiah Twomey as floor director assisted by Mies M Quill and Patrick Twomey. A reception committee and aids were listed with several names.
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Philo-Celtic Society
J. Rose Hall
Worcester Street
John P. Lane
Michae Pahon
Misa Walsh
H. C. McLaughlin
Mary M. Scannell
Minnie Currie
N. Cunningham
George Nolan
Daniel P. O'Callaghan
J. P. Lane
Lizzie Dillon
Dillon
Leopold LaBua
P. J. Timmins
Jeremiah Twomey
Mies M. Quill
Patrick Twomey
Teresa Plaray
Margaret Casey
Str. O'Connell
P. J. Wilivan
Saliaghen
Issery F
Bono. N
I PF Flane
Michael J. Devlin
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Boston Citizen
A Boston resident testifies that after three and a half years of kidney trouble and failed remedies he found relief with Deans Kidney Pills. He describes severe weight loss and swelling but notes the pills corrected kidney secretions and relieved pain. Sold by Curtis's drug store and mailed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Boston
William McKay
Silver Street
South
Clark & Roberts
State Street
Curtis’s
Dean’s
Fester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Kruger Discusses War Tactics and Escape Rumors
The interview at Machadorp reports Kruger denying gold hoards with him and denying plans to flee to a Dutch warship. Reitz says guerrilla fighting will continue and the Boers will retire to Lydenburg. Nine hundred British prisoners arrive at Nooitgedacht as battles and prison transfers unfold across several fronts.
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Pretoria
Kruger
Lord Roberts
England
Mr. Kruger
Lorenzo Marques
Reitz
Lydenburg
Machadorp
Daily Express
Transvaalers
Nooitgedacht
de Lisle
National Bank
Daspoort
Arrests in St. Louis Spark Outcry Over State Troop Call
In St Louis on June 7 officials blamed Governor Lon V Stephens for not mobilizing state troops to curb rising lawlessness. Citizens fear for safety as police focus on corporate property and other areas lack patrols. August May George Schneider and William Dreyer were arrested on federal charges of obstructing U S mail cars and bound over to the grand jury.
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ST. Louis
Lon V. Stephens
Thevernor
George Schneider
William Dreyer
United States
Grand Jury
Society Recital by Chelsea Music Society in Academy of Music
A premier Chelsea event featured the newly formed Musical Society presenting its first public recital at the Academy of Music. The program drew prominent Chelsea ladies and society figures, signaling a refined cultural gathering.
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Chelsea
New Musical Society
Academy of Music
Chelsea Society
Mrs West Nominated for Vice President in Federation Split
In Milwaukee on June 7, the general federation of women's clubs faces a sharp North South split over Mrs. Josephine Ruffin. Northern members back her, while Southern clubs threaten withdrawal if she sits as a member. A Northern ticket led by Mrs. Anna West of Massachusetts is proposed with Mrs. Charles Dennison of New York as president.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Boston
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wisconsin
Anna D. West
Massa
Buffalo
Federation
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Rebecca Lowe
Georga
Charles Dennison
New York
Recordin
Harriet Fox
Michigan
Carrespegsine
George Hendrik
Pennsylvania
Emma_ Van Vechten
Iowa
George Noyes
Annest
Lillian Streator
Boston Common Council Rejects Referendum on Tax and Debt Limits
The Boston Common Council voted 36 to 27 to reject a resolved referendum move and to send the measure to the December 31 meeting. Earlier in March the council favored raising the tax limit. the latest vote shows a shift with many Democrats among yeas and nays. Absent members and multiple procedural actions followed as debates continued on council rules and suspensions.
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Boston
General Court
Rae
Miller
Ward
Yeas
Atwood
Ottis
Burr
Carley
Curtis
Davenport
Dolan
Donahoe
Doyle
Grant
Henderson
Hennigan
Good
Grady
Annan
Heaey
Hurley Jackson
Johnon
Kasanof
Kelley
Kinney
McDonald
Newton
Sheehan
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tobin
Mioham
White
Wessis
Hart
Horrigen
Kiley
Stovith
McInerney
Monaghan
O'Hare
Stone
Nny
Messrs
Emery
Hannan
Jackson
Upham
Armistead
Bradley
Curley
Doherty
Fenton
Gibbons
Linehan
Logan
Ansfield
Roemer
Stockton
Wells
Mr. Healey
Theate House
One Council
Veen & SF
Committee On Rules
Mr. Linehan
Harvard Law Student Parker Dies After Overwork
William Thornton Parker Jr a Springfield native and Harvard Law School third year student died in Cambridge Hospital after weeks of intensive study. Once an A student he reportedly worked about fifteen hours daily amid grinding constitutional law exams leading to an abscess of the brain. He was 23 years old and well regarded for intellect and kindness.
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Harvard
Cambridge
William Thornton Parker, Jr
Springfield
Harvard Law School
Parker
M. Parker
Dr Cameron Indicted in Harvard Book Plate Theft Case
The Middlesex county grand jury reported at East Cambridge Court House yesterday indicting Dr Charles Cameron for stealing Harvard University book plates and for receiving stolen property.
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Middlesex County
East Cambridge Court House
Charles Cameron
Harvard University
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