Abduction case ties Roxbury man to missing Grace Wyatt
Albert Hartshorn, 22, Roxbury widower, is jailed in Lynn on abduction charges after eloping with 15 year old Grace Wyatt from Boston. Hartshorn says they left for Chelsea and planned to marry. Grace is at Central House Chelsea. Mrs Wyatt seeks Hartshorn’s arrest with Lynn police. Hartshorn previously boarded at 17 Brooks avenue Roxbury.
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Lynn
Albert Hartshorn
Roxbury
Grace Wyatt
Brooks Avenue
Boston
Central Police Station
Hartshorn
Union Street
Wyatt
Central House
Chelsea
Miss Wyatt
Providence
Hartshorns
Everett
Hudson and
Dudley Streets
Albert
Wyatts
Grace
Framingham
Gracie
Station 9
Man and woman seek room and board at Chelsea Hotel
Mr C H Cook, proprietor of the Central House Chelsea, states a man and woman visited last Saturday between 9 and 10 PM seeking to hire a room and board. The man gave the name Albert Hartshorn and presented the woman as his wife to seal the agreement.
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C. H. Cook
Central House
Williams and
Broadway
Chelsea
Albert Hartshorn
Yale and Harvard Ready for Thames Haray Race Practice
Yale and Harvard crews prepared for their Thames race on the 28th with daily practice. Yale coach Robert J. Cook followed the four mile sessions to gauge speed and perfect strokes while Harvard watched from the navy yard and river, aiming for uniform motion despite mixed winds and fading evening mists.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Robert J. Cook
Navy Yard
Gales Ferry
Cook
Long Island Sound
Receiver reports tangled trust assets in Folsom case
Caroline B. Thacher the receiver in William Minot vs ex Alderman William A. Folsom filed a seventy page report detailing mixed assets of Rebecca C. Billings and Folsom valued over 1.5 million. The report cites undeclared deposits of thousands, mortgages totaling about 320000 and bonds and stock in several Boston firms. Returns are due July first.
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Caroline B. Thacher
Supreme Court
William Minot
William A. Folsom
Folsom
Rebecca C. Billings
State National Bank
Boston Belting Company
Boston Lead Manufacturing Company
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Almy Clothing Co Celebrates Move with Anniversary Sale
The Almy clothing firm marks one year in its Washington street Hayward place location with an anniversary sale. Bargains include $8 worsted suits, 60 cent on the dollar pricing, and half price on boys’ suits for tomorrow, aiming to draw larger crowds than the initial opening.
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Almy & Co
Washington Street
Hayward Place
Washington
Essex Streets
Almy
Jersey City Rumor of Prosecution Over Liquor Law
Rumor says Mayor Fagan and Hoboken Police Chief Donovan were indicted by the grand jury for failing to enforce the liquor law in New Jersey city reporting.
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Jersey City
Fagan
Donovan
Hoboken
Weather Strikes Craney Area Blowdown Kills Farmer
In Guthrie Oklahoma Territory on June 13 a storm blew down more than forty houses and bars near Craney. Farmer Fred Dodge was struck by lightning and killed in the incident.
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Guthrie
I. T
Craney
Fred Dodge
Silver and Gold Coinage Rally Closes Southern Convention
The Silverites wrap a Southern and Western States convention in Memphis with speakers like Senator Stewart and John Allen backing free coinage at 16 to 1. They blame the gold standard for 1893 panic and claim broad Democratic support for monetary reform.
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Memphis
Tenn
Western States
Stewart
United States Treasury
Austria
Congress
Cleveland
Rothschilds Combination
United States
Treasury
Illinois
H. D. Money
Mississippi
Democratic Party
John Allen
Grover Cleveland
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Committee On
Fathers of the Republic
Hood's Sarsaparilla Credited With Curing Woman’s Ills
A West Bridgewater woman reports relief after three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla. She gained appetite and sleep and was free from stomach trouble. The article then discusses monetary policy debates advocating bimetallism and silver coinage, noting a national committee and a July meeting in Chicago.
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Hood
Alice Wray
West Bridgewater
Jones
Bradford L. Prince
New Mexico
Tillman
South Carolina
Adams
Colorado
Butler
BE. W. Carmack
Governor names Metropolis Water Board leaders
The Hon. H. H. Sprague of Boston ex president of the Senate is named to head the Metropolitan Water Board by Governor Greenhalge. Associates are Wilmot Evans of Everett and the Hon. J. J. Whipple of Brockton. Terms run five, four, and three years with salaries of 5000, 4500, and 4500 respectively.
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H. H. Sprague
Boston
Senate
Greenhalge
Metropolitan Water Board
Wilmot Evans
Everett
J. J. Whipple
Brockton
Sprague
Evans
Whipple
Corcoran Celebrates Birthday With Kickers Club
Hon John W Corcoran marked his forty second birthday with a dinner hosted by the Kickers Club at Parker House. The gathering included about twenty five members and honored General Patrick A Collins as founder of the club. A cable note and concert menu were sent to Corcoran in Clinton.
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John W. Corcoran
Russell
Democratic State Committee
Royal
Kickers’ Club
Parker House
Patrick A. Collins
Collins
Cable
Honest John
John Corcoran
Clinton
Deaths in Philadelphia Rockville Randolph and Medford
Phillips Henry Jr secretary of the American Philosophical Society dies in Philadelphia on June 6. Gunnison Ritchie Ford aged 18 years 9 months dies in Rockville on June 11 with funeral at Lunt House Winchester June 14. Donavan Catherine F. dies at Randolph on June 13 aged 83. funeral June 15. Duane John dies at West Medford on June 13 aged 68. funeral June 15 with Mass at St Joseph’s Church.
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Phillips
Philadelphia
Penn
Henry Phillips, Jr
American Philosophical Society
Gunnison
Rockville
Ritchie Ford
Caroline F
William H. Gunnison
Charles F. Lunt
Winchester
Donavan
Randolph
Catherine F. Donavan
Warren Street
St. Mary’s Church
Somerville
Duane
West Medford
John Duane
High Street
St. Joseph's Church
American Wringer Co Manufactures and Repairs Goods
The American Wringer Company located at 13 and 15 Broadway extension offers wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. All wringers and sweepers repaired. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.
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The
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Boston Society Turns On Fashion and Casino Like Gossip
A Chi na Times-Herald Boston dated piece notes end of the social season with races and cycling drawing crowds. It profiles the Horsey set led by Freddie Prince and George Nickerson, their Beverly and Hamilton country homes, and a Boston born critique of the city’s ruling ladies. It highlights three or four teacher ladies not born in Boston, including Mrs. Whitman and Mrs. Gardner, and recounts Mrs. Apthorp’s home decorating venture and Mrs. Warren’s Christian Science practice.
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China Times-Herald
Boston
Country Club
New York
Franklin Park
Back Bay
Henry S. Whitman
Dr. Holmes
John L. Gardner
Jack
Stewart
Charles Fairchild
Fairchild
William F. Apthorp
Joseph Iasigi
Whitman
Gardner
Apthorp
Thomas S. Bradlee
F. S. Whitwell
Philadelphia
San Francisco
S. D. Warren
Ambassador Bayard
Warren
Charlie
Richmond
Betties
Sir Roger
Bettie
Mississippi
Roger
Charley
Missy
Leutenant
United States
Blanton Place
Blanton
Bettie Blanton
J. H. Walworth
Trilby Piefilene Creates Trilogy of Pastries
Trilby Piefilene bakes a celebrated Triibistry style pie and Trilby cream cake, drawing diners with a signature pastry line. The features highlight her pastry craft and local reception in a small kitchen space.
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Trilby Piefilene
Dead Men and a Boston Land Boom Invitation
Boston's public learns of a Buffalo land scheme inviting capital via a lunch at the United States Hotel on June 14. The guest list includes many prominent Boston names, several now deceased, casting doubt on the venture’s credibility and suggesting possible loss to small investors.
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Boston
Buffalo and
Post
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Howard Gannett
Insolvency Notice for Lewis Harris of Boston
A warrant in insolvency issues for Lewis Harris of Boston Suffolk. Debtor is forbidden to receive debts or dispose of property. Creditors must meet at the Court of Insolvency on July 26 1895 at ten o clock to prove debts and appoint a fiduciary.
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Alfred B. Wheeler
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Lewis Harris
Berton Square
Jeremiah G. Fennessey
Eiecis
Essenger
George A
Court House
Pemberton Square
Ee Sala
Silsby, JR
County of
Frank A. Kidney
Charles WD
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Brook Avenue
Albert Meres
Mrs. Hartshorn
Albert N. Wyatt
Chelsea Hotel
Cobb, Bates , Yerxa
Gunningham
Thacher Estate
Almy Clothing Company
Senator Stewart
W. R. Evans
Col. Whipple
General Corcoran
Parker's
Kickers
Boston Society
Horsey Set
A. W. Feler & CO
Hanover St
Boston Architectural CO
Cor
Elm and Brattle
West Somerville
Ood
B. A
Willowave
Watertown
Gleason
Main Et
Europe
the Post
LET
Eisai
Revere Beach
Shirley Park
Crescent Beach
P. B. Corbett
Bromfield Street
Alex. Cochrane
John P. Spaulding
Robert Codman
Uriel H. Crocker
Nathan Cushing
Leonard R. Cutter
Daniel L. Demmon
Franklin Dexter
William Dexter
Oliver Ditson
William Denison
John
Farlow
James Fitch
Daniel
John S Farlow
William Gaston
William Gray
William M. Mick
Mick
State Street
Newton Highlands
Baptist Church
Waltham
W. P. Rice
Our Daily Original
Hyde Park
Mass
Miss Belle Nichols
Chandler St
Adison R. Pike
Claremont PLC
W. H. Montgomery
Washington St
E. L. Jordan
Park Building
Park 8Q
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