Closing Hours of Bunker Hill Day Celebrate Charlestown Pride
Ten thousand flags waved as parades, open houses, and banquets filled Charlestown marking the 121st anniversary of Bunker Hill. Congressmen Cummings Barrett and Fitzgerald spoke among patriotic orators as crowds enjoyed carnivals, open houses, and a grand pyrotechnic display atop Bunker Hill.
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Cummings
Barrett
Fitzgerald
The
Charles
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
France
Ireland
Massachusetts
Charlestown Club
Urbanes
Catholic Literary Union
Cadets
Prescott
Knights of Columbus
Waverly House
Quincy
Charlestown Holds Grand Morning Parade Through City Streets
A morning pageant in Charlestown featured Chief Marshal John Hurley at 9:30 with mounted officers led by William Fottler. Highlights included the Catholic Literary Union float America with a liberty goddess, the living flag by Bunker Hill boys, and a Boston Woven Hose mammoth float. An afternoon parade showcased Letter Carriers' Band and Signal Corps units. Mayor reviewed the line at Park Street and City Square.
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Charlestown
John Hurley
William Fottler
Station 15
Carnival Associates
Alderman Presho
Luke Smith
Acton
Rueben L. Reed
Andrew Byrnes
Harry Ll. Grant
William P. Henry
Co. O. Stone
C. M. Dacey
The
Elks
Charlestown Cadets
Auburn Club
Veterans’ Temperance Union
Catholic Literary Union
America
Prescott
Bunker Hill Boys
Jenkins
Nelson Club
E. J. Trull
Manhattan Club
Country Club
Monument Social Club
Workingmen’s Debating Club
Lynnhurst Club
Lynn
Waltham
Barnum & Bailey
Boston
New York
Signal Corps
Maine
Second Brigade Signal Corps
East Boston
Francis Magurn
Union Veterans’ Union
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Park Street
City Square
Charlestown Clubhouses Hold Open House Festivities
Bunker Hill celebrations concluded with open house across Charlestown district clubhouses. Clubs hosted social features, band concerts, fireworks, and strong fellowship. Charlestown Club on High street featured homelike quarters and merry scenes as open house welcomed all. Continued on Page.
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Bunker Hill
Charlestown
High Street
Boston Couple Weds On Wheels In Sodus Center Romance
A Boston youth Elliott A Sprague and Miss Bertha May Boyer eloped to Sodus Center Wayne County New York and married at the Presbyterian parsonage with Rev F E Hoyt presiding. They plan a bicycle honeymoon through western New York.
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Rochester
N. Y
Sodus Center
Wayne County
Lake Ontario
Boston
Sodus Centre
F. E. Hoyt
Hoyt
Bertha May Boyer
Elliott A. Sprague
Mass
New York
Nomination Fight Shapes McKinley Hobart Bid at Convention
At the convention debate over the gold plank deepens, with Reed and Silver leaders opposing the nominee if the gold platform is adopted. McKinley and Hobart supporters push to nominate today while opposition from Teller and Tennessee quoted amid procedural fights.
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Reed
Ohio
McKinley
Teller
Vention
Delaware
Higgins
Morton
Tennessee
M Vans
MecKinleyites
New Jersey
Hobart
ST. Louis
Mark Asthabula Hanna
Hanna
Cleveland
Lodge
Platt
Hannaville
William McKinley
Garrett Hobart
Death by self inflicted tragedy of ex fireman Benson
William B. Benson a 55 year old retired fire department member died yesterday afternoon at his home 20 Poplar street by cutting his left arm with a razor and bleeding to death. A revolver lay nearby a letter to M D Gill and a scrap of paper with a guardian injunction were found on the table. Benson had health issues since a sunstroke and showed depression after a walk and a fall, his door locked and responders opened it.
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William B. Benson
Fire Department
Poplar Street
Els 3
Benson
M. D. Gill
Travers Street
Gill
Fingine
Stimpson
Station 3
J. B. Eliot
Harris
Tinkham
Drummond Castle Wrecks Off Ushant in Night Disaster
British steamer Drummond Castle wrecked at midnight on June 16 after striking rocks west of Ile de Molene. Six bodies recovered, including Officer Gill. one survivor at Ushant and two at Ile de Molene. Ship carried 143 passengers and 104 crew. Rescue efforts ongoing amid rough Channel seas.
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London
Castle Line Steamship Company
Ushant
Drummond Castle
Merwerk
Ile de Molene
Gill
Brest
United Press
Plymouth
Castle Line
Admiralty Office
Sybille
Steamship Company
Daily News
Wll
Johannesburg
Kimberley
Cape Town
Transvaal
Donald Currie
M. P
The
Castle Steamship Company
Donald
Pearce
Castle
South Africa
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
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Serge
S Zosi
Massachusetts Clothing Co
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Washington
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rueter & Copipany
Highland Spring Brewery
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Mrs. Eliott A. Sprague
Bertha M. Boyer
Romance OF
Sodus
Senator Lodge
Draper and Guild
Thurston
Harrison
McKin
Canton
Committee On Credentials
Supreme Intention
Bn Cutting
Bally Carriage Chamber
Pat Orne
Exange
C.H. Robinson
Washington Street
Adams Square
Book Square
Depot Care
City of
Board of Election Commissioners
Old Court House
Court Square
Linus E. Pearson
Jas
J. Costello
Geo. B. Billin
H. Gocovon
Drummmond Castle
Wm. Smith & Sons
Columbia
E. Boston
Roxbury
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