Tornado Destroys Parts of Haverhill in June Storm
A fierce tornado half a cyclone swept Haverhill at about 4 30 in the afternoon causing extensive damage. The Mt Washington Church memorial stained glass window was shattered and several elm trees were uprooted or blown down. Electric wires and lights were disabled and a street railway tree blocked the track. A woman narrowly avoided danger on the bridge as rain torrents followed. The storm was the worst in years with heavy wind and rain across the city.
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Haverhill
Mt. Washington Baptist Church
Portland Street
City Hall Park
Pleasant Street
Haverhill Bridge
Lincoln Avenue
Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway
Uncle Dow McKinney Hosts Funeral Sermon Prank
Lorenzo Dow McKinley known as Uncle Dow celebrated his own funeral sermon at Fallen Timber Church in O Portstown Ohio. He had arranged the service in advance and sent invitations to close personal friends for the humorous event.
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Portsmouth
Lorenzo Dow McKinley
Uncle Dow
Fallen Timber
McKinney
Dow” M’kinney
Lightning Strikes Lowell During Thunder Storm
A June 21 thunder storm struck Lowell with no serious damage. The gas works chimney on School street, about 100 feet high, had bricks hurled 200 feet. Electric car traffic paused for thirty five minutes during the storm.
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Lowell
School Street
Severe hailstorm hits Bellefonte Pennsylvania aftermath
A historic hail and rain storm swept Bellefonte on June 21, with hailstones as large as hickory nuts covering the ground. Damage to grain fields was extensive, grain beaten flat as by a roller, many fruit trees stripped, and rainfall estimated at about one and a half inches in a half hour.
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Bellefonte
Pennin
House damages from lightning strike in Westbrook
Lightning struck Thomas Watson's Westbrook residence on June 21 causing heavy damage to the upper story. The resulting fire was extinguished quickly with no further harm reported.
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Westbrook
Thomas Watson
Funeral Services of L D Mckinney at Fallen Timber Church
The funeral services of L D M'KINNEY will be conducted at the Church at Fallen Timber on Sunday June 21 186 at 11 am. The Rev Forest Evans of Pride Ross county presided. About 5000 people gathered around the church. None of McKinney's remains are described here.
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Fallen Timber
Forest Evans
Pride
Ross County
McKinney
McKinney Funeral Sermon Highlights Old Man’s Life
A detailed description follows McKinney’s funeral sermon at his church with a cremation plan and a basket picnic after. It notes his height of 6 feet 2 inches, eighty years, active farm management, and a life marked by independence and study. It mentions his grandmother’s relation to Thomas Paine, his birth date June 17 1816, and marriage to Isabella Stackhouse in 1841 with seven surviving children.
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McKinney
Timothy iv
Charles V
Spain
Evans
Thomas Paine
Mr. McKinney
Isabella Stackhouse
Unroofed Houses After Nashua Shower
Nashua New Hampshire June 21 A severe shower swept the city with strong winds tearing tin roofs from buildings on Main Street blocking streets with limbs and debris. Awnings were shredded and damage occurred to fires alarms and electric wires as the brief storm passed.
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Nashua
N. H
Main Street
Whitn ey warning on silver coinage crisis facing Democrats
William C Whit ney issues public statement calling free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 an ill advised aim that could split the Democratic party. He argues the South and West back the policy while Eastern Democrats oppose it and warns of economic shock if the party adopts the joint standard without international accord.
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New York
William C. Whitney
Chicago
Democratic Party
National Democracy
East
Franre
England
India
Germany
France
Belgium
Italy
Austria
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Exodus From Boston Begins In Summer Vacation
The city settles into summer as Boston youths depart for the shore. Gentlemen cavort by the sea while office workers endure a toil-scarred season, and resorts from Crescent Beach to Marblehead brim with crowds. Bathing fashion and seaside leisure redefine the months ahead.
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Harry
America
New England
Fair Crescent
Nantasket
Boston
Hough's Neck
Marblehead
Crescent Beach
Downer’s Landing
Winthrop
City Polini
L Street
Crescent Beach Sees Busy Sunday With Band Concerts
Crescent Beach drew thousands for a first Sunday turnout of the season as Towle's Military Band played from the bandstand and the electric line ran full to Orient Heights. A large crowd rode trains and boats from Boston area towns, while Bathers enjoyed ideal conditions and notable local figures were among the spectators. A safety incident occurred when Daniel Ready, 38, fell from a pole and was treated by Dr. J S Morris.
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Crescent Beach
Towle
Orient Heights
John Hart
Bohemian Athletic Club
New York
William Anderson
Chelsea Police
C. W. Brown
Frank Bennett
F. W. Tayne
Peter
Daniel Ready
Waverley Avenue
J.S. Morris
Morris
Nantasket Beach
Nantasket
N. H
Middlesex Cycle Club
Brackett
Boston Wheelmen
Miles Standish
Thomson
Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps
Sarah E. Fuller
Marion W. Going
Mary L. Gilman
Nellia M. Farmer
Dorcas Lyman
Willam Griggs
Camp 21
Somerville
Nellie Brown Mitchell
Mos
On Nantasket Sands Crowds Throng Beach
Sunday crowds thronged the Nantasket beach as summer guests arrived by the dozen. Men returning from business Saturday night wore wilted linen and a careless air, signaling a relaxed holiday mood and the start of a bustling seaside season.
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Massachusetts Clothing Co
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Haverhil
Dow” McKinney
Pennsylvania
Maine
Pon
Sct
Washington
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Rueter & Copipany
Highland Spring Brewery
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Whitney
Saas Exchan Modern
Stamamps
Bae Peres
G, Robinson & CO
Washington Stresta Seta and
Ok Square
The
Wm. Smith & Sons
Columbia
Besten
Roxbery
Moe Island
Tine
the Baty
In, Cupids Shooting Range
MR. Brookline Hay
Hornspoon
Nantasket Sands
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