Framingham Camp Opens As Tent City Buzzes With Prep
At Framingham Massachusetts the Light Artillery Battalion prepares for a multi day camp starting tomorrow with 1700 troops. Colonel Darling notes staff duties and guard routines while officers assign roll calls and discipline. Visiting days are planned for June 22 with units arriving ahead of schedule. The Worcester Light Infantry arrives tomorrow from the Worcester armory with 52 men under Rider Clark Warren and a mule drawn wagon accompanied by a former slave named Abbott.
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Framingham
Light Artillery
Skiey
Majorchardson
South Framingham
Austin
Sform
Boston
Spring
Otis H. Marion
Signal and Ambulance Corps
Glines
Kenny
Tompson
Whitney
Spear
Fifth
Barnes
Southmaydal
Worcester Light Infantry
P. L. Rider
F. M. Clark, Jr
H. M. Warren
Funston Attacks Lacuna Position Near Papaya
General Funston with Troop G and part of the Thirty-fourth Infantry moved to Papaya after information that General Lacuna planned an assault. Lacuna’s force of 200 occupied a ridge south of the town. sixty Americans charged under heavy fire, leaving twenty-two insurgents dead. One American was killed and one wounded.
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Manila
Wheeler
Lacuna
Papaya
Nueva Ecija
Funston
Fourth Cavalry
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Father Locke Will Creates Chelsea Hospital Fund
The will of Elbridge W. Locke of Chelsea, famed as Father Locke for his Civil War songs, was filed for probate in Suffolk. It directs sale of houses at 1 and 3 Sands Street Cambridge after the first death of any legatee to fund a Chelsea Hospital Fund for the needy, with further sales to add to the estate for Chelsea.
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Elbridge W. Locke
Chelsea
Locke
Suffolk
Portland
Cambridge
Straw hat window display at My Clothier Boston
One of the neatest window displays in Boston features a straw hat display by My Clothier located on the Portland Street side at the corner of Portland and Hanover streets. The arrangement draws attention with its creative styling and eye catching presentation.
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Boston
My Clothier
Portland Street
Portland and
Hanover Streets
Ruffin Controversy Dominates Weymouth Federation Meet
In South Weymouth June 15 the Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs and Weymouth groups discussed Mrs. St Pierre Ruffin of Boston. Ruffin denied intent to sue and was warmly received after recounting her national meeting story. Delegates praised club credentials and press club ties as 21 000 members were noted. constitutional revision was approved in the afternoon.
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South Weymouth
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
St. Pierre Ruffin
Boston
New Era Club
Massachusetts
Boston Women’s Press Club
Federation
Cambridge English High School Grants Diplomas in 458
Cambridge English High School last night in Sanders Theatre awarded diplomas to forty five girls and twenty two boys. Head Master Ray Greene Huling presided. Miss Jennie B Allyn gave the salutatory and Miss Ruth R Jennison the benediction titled Farewell. Miss Ellen F Mahady delivered Leaves From the Diary of the Class of 1900. Mayor Champlin spoke briefly.
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Cambridge
Sanders Theatre
Ray Greene Huling
Jennie B. Allyn
Ruth R. Jennison
Ellen F Mahady
Champlin
Expressman Abbott Ends His Life In Boston Home
Arthur Abbott, a longtime Adams Express employee, died by morphine overdose at Mrs. A J Dickey’s boarding house at 480 Massachusetts Avenue. Police found hurried notes. Abbott left behind 850 dollars, a gold watch, and a note to a confidante while referencing Pinkertons and a premeditated act. He had recent labor status changes and a past romance with the Dickeys. The death is being treated as self-inflicted with funeral arrangements pending arrivals from Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Abbott
Adams Express
A. J. Dickey
Adams Express Company
Massachusetts Avenue
Abbott
Upton Street
J. E. Ryder
Machias
Dickey
South End
Expressmen
Expressmen’s Relief Association
Jones
Maine
The
Pinkertons
Nantasket Beach Fire Destroys Wade’s Ocean View Hotel
Fire swept Nantasket Beach yesterday destroying Wade’s Ocean View Hotel after wind and water pressure issues limited firefighting. Three departments fought the blaze, with the bath house scorched and several nearby structures saved only by shifting winds. Wade valued loss at about 60,000 for the hotel and 40,000 for the land.
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Wade
Ocean View Hotel
Nantasket
Nantasket Beach
Hingham
David O. Wade
Ocean View House
Park Fire Department
Hull Fire Department
Ocean View
John Orr
Park Commissioners
Rockland Cafe
Father Kills Daughter Then Self in Jealous Tragedy
In Louisville on June 15 Thomas Beck shot his adopted daughter Mollie to prevent her marriage to Newton Thrale, then killed himself. Mollie and Thrale had wed in Jeffersontown after Beck warned against the union. Thrale arrived at the scene to find Mollie dead and Beck dead by his own hand.
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Louisville
Jeffersontown
Newton Thrale
Newt
Beck
Jeffersonville
Mollie
Bock
Girl Scares Snake to Death in Georgia Garden
In Atlanta on June 16 a 10 year old girl Lou Bimpson scared a garter snake to death after it tightened around her arm while she picked beans. Her screams drew neighbors and she fled toward the house with the frightened reptile still attached. The snake later died, and Lou joked she would boycott bean picking.
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Atlanta
Lou Bimpson
Pickaainny
Lou
Little Lou
Rescue at Leverett Street Fire Highlights Bravery
A basement fire at 45 and 47 Leverett Street drew Engine 6 and Box 414. Firemen saved numerous residents including B. J. Riseman and family, Louis Sackmarys, and the Donohoes. Captain Callahan and Lt Riley were among the heroes. one woman was severely burned. Damage pegged at 1500 dollars.
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Leverett Street
Engine 6
B. J. Riseman
Riseman
Louis Sackmary
Peter Callahan
Engine 4
Sackmary
Timothy Heffron
Massachusetts General Hospital
Callahan
John Crowley
James Downey
L. Leventhal
Gypsy Moth Wins Senate $18,000 for January Work
The Senate debated paying $18,000 for one month's gypsy moth work after noon. Critics urged cutting to $17,000 and limiting expenses including $15,000 for January hunting, stenographers, expert witnesses, and post February costs. The Huntress amendment failed 10 to 15. Tague’s limit proposal failed. bill ordered to third reading 12 to 4.
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Senate
Messrs. Chamberlain
Plymouth
Tague
Suffolk
Huntress
Middlesex
House Debates and Passes Various Bills in Rapid Session
In the House a sequence of amendments and quick readings marked a rush of business. Measures included extending park locations to street railways with no new fares, selling the Central Massachusetts railroad to Boston & Maine, and indigent children maintenance. Other actions set pauses for engrossment, readings, and reconsiderations amid amendments on municipal lighting, county work hours, and highway funding.
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Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Dean of
Wakefield
Willard
Dean
House
Central Massachusetts
Boston & Maine Railroad
Senate
Fitzgerald
Boston
Taft
Ways and Means Committee
W. D. Hawley
Bennett
Saugus
Turtle
Pittsfield
Lee
Stone
Springfield
Dewey
Engstrom
Bos
House Tacks From Table On Gas Law Petitions Progress
The House removed the adverse report on the petition of B. Pearmain and others seeking changes in gas and electric light company laws. On McPherson's motion, members assigned other important gas matters to be heard Wednesday in specified committees.
Manila to send men for China expeditionary force
June 15 dispatch reports a belief in organizing another expeditionary force at Tien Tsin to support Admiral Seymour�s column with limited supplies. Monocacy arrived at Taku with 500 extra troops possible to reach Tien Tsin, ensuring safety for foreigners. Secretary Root said troops would be sent to China if greater need arose.
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Washington
Tien Tsin
Seymour
Pekin
Manila
Taku
Dawa
Root
China
Philippines
Irish Nationalist Leader Invites MPs to Dublin Convention
John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists, telegraphed Irish members of the House of Commons urging attendance at a Dublin convention next Tuesday, and it is understood that most will travel to Dublin and London for the event.
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London
John Redmond
House of Commons
Dublin
Jones pledges room meals at Kansas City convention
Six members of the national Democratic committee sub committee of arrangements for the Kansas City convention met. Chairman James K. Jones issued a statement assuring accommodations at reasonable rates and that visitors can be cared for at lower costs than at any previous convention.
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Kansas City
Mon
Joe
National Democratic Committee
James K. Jones
Kanasas City
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ORF & Martin CO
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