Waltham Horror Wife Chooses Furnace Death
In Waltham on Saturday Mrs. Arthur H. Beverly, young wife and organist at the Universalist Church, killed herself by entering a furnace after leaving a note for her husband. Her body, badly burned, was recovered by Undertaker Spooner and his son. Medical Examiner Mead viewed the remains. Funeral services were held privately at the husband’s home.
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Waltham
Arthur H. Beverly
Beverly
Elias Crafts
High Street
Boston
Custom House
Ntson Moody Street
Spooner
Mead
Watertown
Universalist Church
Emerson Piano foreman injured in fall on Washington Street
John C. Vetter, foreman for Emerson Piano Company, fell from an electric car on Washington Street Saturday, suffering a severe scalp wound and slight concussion of the brain.
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John C. Vetter
Emerson Piano Company
Washington Street
Men from Brighton Identified After Cambridge Crash
The young men thrown from a carriage on North avenue in Cambridge Thursday night were identified as Bernard Cooney and John Crimmins of Brighton. Both suffered fractured skulls and recovery is doubtful.
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Brighton
North Avenue
Cambridge
Cambridge Hospital
Bernard Cooney
John Crimmins
Dudley Family Reunion Called for October 18 1892
Wakefield resident Dean Dudley issues a circular urging descendants of Governor Thomas Dudley to convene in Boston on October 18 1892. The notice highlights concern over the tomb in the old burying ground where Thomas Dudley Joseph Dudley and Paul Dudley are interred and other prominent family members.
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Dean Dudley
Wakefield
Thomas Dudley
Boston
Oldsbury
Joseph Dudley
Paul Dudley
Tammany's Fourth of July Celebration Invitation 1892
Tammany Hall of New York announces an unusual Fourth of July celebration for 1892. In a May 16 circular, Grand Sachem Thomas F. Gruroy invites patriotic members of the Columbian Order to participate in a Jeffersonian Democratic observance, stressing democracy and the defense of the Constitution.
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Tammany Hall
New York
Society of Tammany
Thomas F. Gruroy
Musical Europe in the Boston Herald June notes
Editor Wilson reports from Genoa Vienna and beyond on Verdi Brahms and Mascagni with praise for the Springfield Festival. The June Herald highlights new Oliver Ditson releases including Galop Fort he Festive Season Polka and Leave Me No More among others with firm, upbeat commentary on contemporary European music circles.
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Europe
Boston Musical Herald
Wilson
Bavaria
Italy
Austria
Genoa
Verdi
Vienna
Brahms
Gericke
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston
United States
Mascagni
Fritz
Werther
Philip Hale
Springfield
Oliver Ditson
D.S. Godfrey
William Shedden
May Ostlere
Emil Aller
L. Denza
Clifford Bingham
Harold Boulton
Mozart
Henry Howard
J. C. Macy
Appeal for Donations to Boston Asylum and Farm School
The Boston Asylum and Farm School for Indigent Boys reports chronic funding shortfalls. Income has never covered expenses and now threatens to cut nearly half of its intake unless more money is raised. A plea asks Boston's charitable people for donations or annual subscriptions to support the institution.
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Board of Managers
Boston Asylum and Farm School
Boston
No. 3 Ola State Trouse Transportation Hub in Boston
Ola State Trouse under Mr. L. H. Palmer has become a popular transportation hub in Boston. Tickets for Shore Line express trains or the Colonial express between Boston and Washington are always available here.
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State Trouse
L. H. Palmer
Boston
Shore Line
Washington
Waiting for Their Cues A Sad City Theatre Tale
Ned Rose Boston Museum stage manager endures eight mile night walk from Cohasset after freight crew delays. He negotiates a rail aid with Old Colony railroad official Kendrick then finds the freight arrives hours late, prompting him to trudge home in the woods. The piece notes summer plans for Marie Jansen George Schiller and others with Arena Garden and Tremont Theatre bills and a tour of Bertoto in Halifax ending this week.
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Ned Rose
Boston Museum
South Shore
Cohasset
Rose
Old Colony Railroad
Kendrick
Ned
Boston
Paul
Sullivan Talks Politics and Play Plans in New York
John L Sullivan, visiting New York, endorses Cleveland and Boies for president, mocks rivals, and discusses his new stage role. He will star as Captain Harcourt in a heroic drama with football wedges, villains, and a climactic reconciliation, promising a corker of a play.
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John L. Sullivan
New York
Vanderbilt
John
Cleveland
Boies
Hill
Matt Clune
David B
Mississippi
E. E. Rice
Corker
Connecticut
Yale
Boston
Harvard
Jersey
Old Overton
Overton
Sullivan
Tamany Wrong Twice In New York Political History
Old time politicians recall 1876 debates over Tilden carrying New York and John Kelly s speech urging western states to back a ticket. The piece notes Grady's Cleveland nomination doubts and a New York delegation torn between friends and opponents. Cleveland was eventually nominated and carried New York.
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New York
Tilden
New York State
John Kelly
Indiana
Ohio
Democratic Party
Grady
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Boston Legislators Reflect On Their Session Actions
Suffolk County lawmakers recount their year's work detailing committee service and key measures. Baker pushed anti child labor, eight hour and women worker protections. Champlin tackled liquor laws and Chelsea grade crossing abolition. West focused on tax policy and Cape Canal. Kelley and Sundberg pursued labor, school and taxation bills. Merritt helped Chelsea crossings and park use. Blanchard authored the Baby Farming bill and park laws. Bliss backed districting and canals. Parker pressed salary and equity court measures. Wolf defended labor but opposed liquor bills. Dyar opposed double taxation and city hall site moves. Fallon supported North End Park and labor reform.
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anti-Pinkerton
Commonwealth
Bay State Gas Syndicate Company
Boston
Connecticut River Railroad Company
Oston
Champlin
Suffolk
Chelsea Bridge
Senate
West
No-License Beaches Open in Revere This Season
The Revere no-license enforcement committee declares strict enforcement of prohibitions at Crescent and Revere beaches. Despite closure of Point of Pines and a town vote against liquor licenses, upscale hotels and restaurants will operate, offering a day of innocent enjoyment at what is billed as New England’s most beautiful beach.
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Revere
Point of Pines
Crescent
New England
Wesleyan Anniversary Week Highlighted by Commencement
Next Sunday June 26 the Rev Brad ford Paul Raymond delivers the baccalaureate sermon at Wesleyan University. Exercises and alumni reunions follow on Monday and Tuesday with Wednesday as the commencement day.
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Wesleyan
Bradford Paul Raymond
Wesleyan University
Founder of the Consumptives Home Dr Charles Cullis Dies
Dr Charles Cullis founder of the Consumptives Home died after weeks of illness at his Newbury Street home. Born in Boston March 7 1833 he trained as a physician and devoted his life to religious philanthropy. He supported projects including Grove Hall hospital Faith Care College Boynton Orphanage and overseas missions.
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Charles Cullis
Consumptives
Newbury Street
Dr. Cullis
Boston
Episcopal Church
No. 2
Beacon
Grove Hall
Children’s Home
Cullis
Huntington Avenue
Beacon Hill
Wellesley Hills
Faith Care College
Boynton
Virginia
California
India
Cancer
Wein
Deaconess
Spinal
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James Pyle
Het
Dudley
Tammany
Blanchard & Farrar
Dock Sq
Faneui Hall
Marie Jansen
Winter Centre
George Schiller
Globe Theatre
Henry E. Dixey
Lorenzo
Arena Garden
Watkins
Austin & Stone’s
Tur
Bertoto
Palace Theatre
America
Halifax
Rufus F. Somerby
Tremont
Tremont Theatre
Oliver Ditson Company
Janoforte
Theight
W. F. Sadds
Mazurka
G. Bachmann
A. Laumey
Patti
J. N. Pattison
P. Maggs
G. L. Osgood
G. H. Guy
T Luther’s Cradle Song
J. H. Jackson
Edith Crane
Aubrey Boucicault
Henry E
Charles Klein
Museum
Cable
Proxy
R. M. Field
Harles Mathews
London
Messrs. Jordan, Marsh & Co
Fresh Air Fund
Boston Theatre
Music Hall
Adamowski
Offenbach
Meyerbeer
Desight
Wagner Barcarolle
le Comte
Hoffman
Siden
Eck
Gia
Saint-Saens
Lanner
Iolanthe
John L
the Post
Suffolk County
The
Representative Baker
William G. Baker
Twenty-Third District
Federal Relations
Public Service
Michael J. McEttrick
A. B. Champlin
Senator West
Representative Perkins
Augustus G. Perkins
Roxbury Trust Company
Chance
Socialist Labor Party
Congress
City Point
Kelley
Charles I. Kelley
Insurance
Sundberg
John F. Sundberg
Ward 3
Benjamin J. Sullivan
East Boston Company
City of Boston
Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Company
Toomey
Daniel P. Toomey
Representative Crowley
Jeremiah J. Crowley
Suffolk District
Boston & Providence
Carney Hospital
Gilbride
Michael B. Gilbride
Webster Fire District
Gilbert Trout
Mooney
William L. Mooney
Ward 22
Roxbury
Lynch John B. Lynch
Mahoney
Cornelius E. Mahoney
Charlestown
Merritt
Marcus M. Merritt
Chelsea
Russell
Representative Merritt
Chelsea Square
Blanchard
Stillman
Representative Bliss
Frederick W. Bliss
Twenty
Representative Wolf
Bernard M. Wolf
Republican Party
Carney Hos- Pads
Parker
Bowdoin
Dyar
Perlie A. Dyar
Fallon
James O. Fallon
North End Park
Leavening Powe
U.S. Gov’t
Paith
Aylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
H. M. Kmports
Washington St
Gothenburg
Neb
Gothenburg Water Powwer & Investments CO
Exchange Building
State St
CONN
Genl Life Ins
Chas, S Burke
Devonshire St
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