East Boston Man Shot, Wounds Self Said Robbery Attempt
Matteo Gaeto twenty seven of 376 Sumner Street East Boston was found in bed with two bullet wounds to the chest. He told officers two unknown men tried to rob him and fired his revolver though investigators suspect possible self-inflicted harm. The revolver had two empty chambers and nearby were his watch chain and a dollar ten. Relieving Hospital reported serious injuries but not necessarily fatal as the case is examined.
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Matteo Gaeto
Sumner Street
Boston
Gaeto
Patrick J. O'Neil
Gaeta
Frank Champa
No One to Boom Guild Says Worcester Delegate
Worcester June 22 Colonel Samuel E Winslow of Leicester a delegate to the Republican national convention says the Guild boom for Vice-President fell flat due to no campaign There was no campaign for Guild He notes Mr Glines listed only literature and buttons and did not evangelize on the Governors behalf He argues a strong ground campaign with a national figure could have shifted votes and that without it some supporters shifted to other candidates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Samuel E. Winslow
Leicester
Guild
Winslow
Glines
Governor Guild
En Boom Guild
Chicago
Sixteen Placed on Police Force and Patrolman Promotions
Sixteen new reservemen were placed on the police force and twelve reservemen were promoted to patrolman at last night’s roll call. Promoted to patrolman were John J. Delaney Division 16, John J. Donovan Division 6, John J. Griffin Division 3, Thomas J. Hagan Division 11, Patrick W. Horan Division 16, Timothy W. Hurley Division 3, William G. Johnson Division 16, William J. Ryan Division 9, Usher St. George Division 1, Frederick A. Sullivan Division 11, Peter Sullivan Division 2, and William E. Walsh Division 1. Appointed reserve men included Robert L. Boyd Division 16, John d. Carew 46 12, Thomsson Clarke Division 10, Michael E. Conway Division 16, Joseph F. Crotty Division 4, William P. Dolan Division 2, John A. Dorsey Division 12, Frank CC. Durgin Division 4, John B. Fahey Division 15, Michael F. Kennedy Division 13, Frank J. Kuhlman Division 12, James Lynch Division 6, William S. McKendry Division 12, John P. McNally Division 4, Arthur R. Smith Division 10, and James A. Wallace Division 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Delaney
John J. Donovan
John J. Griffin
Thomas J. Hagan
Patrick W. Horan
Timothy W. Hurley
Ferber Assumes Duties as Assistant U S Attorney
Bernard J. Ferber who was appointed Assistant United States attorney April 18 assumed his new duties in District Attorney French's office yesterday morning. After taking the oath he went to North Adams to search title to land the government plans to use for new buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard J. Ferber
United States Attorney
French
L. @. Tucker
United States Circuit Court
Ferber
North Adams
Prisoners of Uncle Sam plead in federal court
Twenty four indictments were returned last week. Twenty two defendants were arraigned to plead. Aurelio Leca of New Bedford pleaded guilty to unlawfully landing an unexamined alien and paid a $100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
Jose Manuel Dominguez
New Bedford
Joseph W. Story
Marcellus Gomes
Joseph Perry
Joseph Alver
Mob Lynchings Reach Nine in Texas Violence Escalates
A mob killed nine Black men in Texas amid claims of aiding escaped suspects. The victims included Hugh Dean of Sabine County gunned down near a church and Aaron Johnson shot in his home while with his infant. Authorities fear further violence unless they intervene.
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Hugh Dean
Sabine County
Dean
Class Day Features Boston College 1908 at Newton Grounds
The class of 1908 at Boston College held its first class day on Commonwealth Avenue Newton. Over 1000 attendees listened as Rev. Thomas I. Gasson S J and others spoke. Thomas J. Murphy opened, Philip J. OConnell gave the history, Joseph F. O’Sullivan read the class poem, Charles B. Rose delivered the prophecy, and Edward D. O’Bryan wrote the ode sung to Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms.
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Boston College
New College
Commonwealth Avenue
Newton
University Heights
Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
David W. Hearn
George Keelan
Boston
Dennis A. O'Brien
Eugene Dore
Charles B. Rose
Thomas J. Murphy
John J. McMahon
Michael J. O'Keefe
Walsh
Boy Dies After Pitched Ball Strike in Amatuer Game
In Woonsocket Rhode Island on June 4 18 year old August Senecae died at home from a brain concussion after being struck on the head by a pitched ball during an amateur game at Bridgton the day before. He retired from play and only then showed severe symptoms.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Senecae
Bridgton
Boston Cigar Makers Union Seeks Strike Approval Appeal
President Moses Touvim and organizer Frank H. McCarthy left Boston for Chicago as a cigarmakers committee to appeal International President George W. Perkins. They contest Perkins denial of permission to strike over local factory strip ers dispute. The Boston union has appealed to the international executive board and marks 26 years under IB of.
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Moses Touvim
New England
Frank H. McCarthy
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Boston
Chicago
International
George W. Perkins
International Executive Board
International Brotherhood of
Labor union officers elected in Boston area reports
Carpenters and Joiners will be celebrated tonight at Wells Memorial Hall by Boston Carpenters Union 38. The Municipal Ferry Employees Union elected Edward Gray as president and a slate including William Ivers, Charles Stafford, John Cooper, J Herbert Sullivan, and Alfred N Wesburg. Stationary Firemen Union 8 chose Michael Murphy as president with officers Thornton, Hill, Grinnell, Trainor, and Murray. William Norton became Boston Sign Writers Union president. Journeymen Tailors Union 12 named Sven Pearson and other officers. International Organizer T L Lentz to visit next month. Boston Association 12 and National Association of Steam Engineers elected Haven, Smith, Cassity, Constant, Sennett, McWilliams, Finnigan. District Assembly 30 Knights of Labor to meet tonight at 228 Tremont Street.
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Carpenters and Joiners
Wells’ Memorial Hall
Boston Carpenters’ Union
Municipal Ferry Employees’ Union
Edward Gray
William Ivers
Charles Stafford
John Cooper
J. Herbert Sullivan
Guardian
Alfred N. Wesburg
Stationary Firemen’s Union
Michael Murphy
P. J. Thornton
James V. Hill
Bailey Grinnel
P. Trainor
Patrick Murray
Detroit
William Norton
Boston
Sign Writers’ Union
Journeymen Tailors’ Union
Sven Pearson
A. Carlson
M. M. Torrence
J. F. Pearson
G. Carlson
Nils Wahlistrom
T. L. Lentz
Boston Association
National Association of Steam Engineers
G. Fred Haven
Albert E. Smith
Edward E. Cassity
Thomas B. Constant
William H. Sennett
Thomas H. McWilliams
J. J. Finnigan
Knights of Labor, Incorporated
Tremont Street
Red Eyes and Eyelids Need Marine Eye Tonic
An advertising slogan promotes Marine Eye Tonic claiming it helps tired eyes and weak eyesight. The copy frames red eyes and droopy eyelids as symptoms improved by the tonic. No clinical evidence is provided.
Williams College athletics policy eyed for modification
Williams College President Henry Hopkins releases the annual report noting trustees and faculty aim to limit athletic contests to within 200 miles. He suggests the restriction may be somewhat modified while calling the policy wise and timely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Henry Hopkins
Williams College
Williams
Israel Putnam Remembered as Heroic Patriot and Prohibition Advocate
In a cozy bar parlor they recall the days of sacrifice that built the nation and enshrined personal liberty. Israel Putnam died at eighty three, celebrated as hale and generous minded to the last, a figure praised by Prohibitionists for his patriotism.
President Hopkins Urges Intercollegiate Contests Preservation
In a report President Hopkins defends intercollegiate contests as vital to college life. He argues these games boost student spirit and energetic engagement in scholarship and activities, warning against dull monotony if such rivalry is eliminated. He stresses students remain students first at Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Call for Charter Ideas in Boston
The Finance Commission invited Boston residents to share views on a new city charter at its offices. Suggestions may be written or presented in person, with hearings to follow in executive session and public sessions planned later.
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The
Finance Commission
Boston
Commission
Harvard President inspires public on new city charter
The commission set to meet today will review charges against the Transit Commission over land and building acquisitions along Washington street for the subway. It aims to draft views before their term ends December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Harvard College
Transit Commission
Common Council
Washington Street
The
Harvard Law Student Weds Harvard Law Student
Miss Lydia Mason Jones and Arthur Campbell Blagden, both Harvard Law School students, wed at St. Thomas Church in New York. They plan a Boston honeymoon then Europe, returning for the winter in Boston while Blagden completes his studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal Church
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-third Street
Lydia Mason Jones
Arthur Mason Jones
Arthur Campbell Blagden
Samuel P. Blagden
School Crew Sets Sights On July 4 Regatta
The All Interscholastic eight oared crew practiced yesterday on the river preparing for the July 4 regatta. Two Brookline High School boys and Cambridge Latin alumni join the lineup with Eng lish High and Stone School riders contending for seats. The crew listed Collins as stroke and Boynton as coxswain with a full eight planned for the Boston Interscholastic Rowing Association entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Interscholastic Rowing Association
Springfield
Brookline High School
Cambridge Latin
English High
Helen Taft Visits Rhode Island Delegates at Green Mansion
Miss Helen Taft daughter of the Republican nominee for President is the guest of William G. Roelker Jr and the Roelker sisters at the Green Mansion in Warwick Rhode Island. Taft arrived at East Greenwich on the Colonial express from Washington Friday night. Roelker was among the Rhode Island alternates at the Republican national convention.
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Warwick
R.I
Helen Taft
William G. Roelker, Jr
Misses Roelker
Green Mansion
Taft
East Greenwich
Colonial Express
Washington
Mr. Roelker
Rhode Island
Taft Kissing to Make Votes in Campaign Stunt
Taft adopts a time honored campaign trick kissing a child and posing for photos in Cincinnati. The scene features Taft lifting the boy and asking for a kiss as he sits beside him. Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay trip noted as the train arrives in Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taft
Cincinnati
Jersey City
Roosevelt
Cilley Exonerated in Salem Legal Sitting
The Superior Court here did not press criminal cases against Dr. Oran G. Cilley and Dr. John F. Lambert of Boston and Arthur L. Shapleigh of Salem. The charges alleged the death of Mrs. Shapleigh resulted from an illegal operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Oran G. Cilley
John F. Lambert
Boston
Arthur L. Shapleigh
Railroad Man Reaches Fiftieth Milestone
Assistant Yardmaster Joseph Brown of Passenger Yard No. 1, Boston and Maine Railroad, to celebrate his 50th birthday at 141 Central Street Stoneham. Brown has served 36 years in railroading, was born in Salem, and holds a notable life saving record with rescues from drowning and near-train accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Brown
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Central Street
Stoneham
Brown
Salem
Teen swimmer drowns in Netcong Pond incident at noon
Newton New Jersey reports 15 year old Bartley Reablic attempted to swim Netcong Pond. Halfway across he suffered a cramp and drowned, authorities say. The tragedy occurred near Netcong Pond on a sunny June day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
N. J
Bartley Reablic
Netcong Pond
Nayl Tennis Tourney Opens With Record Entries
Philadelphia match opens the annual United States women’s singles doubles and mixed doubles lawn tennis event at the Cricket Club. Heat causes a fainting incident as 57 singles competitors begin play. many prominent players and past champions enter the hard fought rounds with several defaults noted in early results.
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Philadelphia
Penn
United States
Philadelphia Cricket Club
St. Martin’s
Clara Kumroff
West Side
New York City
Clare Johnson
Overbrook
Beals
Ole Wright
Wallace F. Johnson, Jr
BE. B. Dewhurst
Pennsylvania
Irving C. Wright
J. R. Carpenter
Nathaniel W. Niles
Boston
W. H. Pouch
George Lavine
A. H. McCarthy
Elizabeth Taylor
Louise Hammond
Mary Pilling
E. P. Ross
K. Meladden
Edith Rotch
Longwood C. C
Clara Cassel
West Side T. C
New York
Clara Kumroft
A. G. Miles
C. A. Fry
Matilda Borda
Clara T. Chase
Margaret Curtis
Catherine Morris
Barger-Wallace
Newport Casino
Helen Alexander
Emily Scott
G. L. Chapman
Natalie Wildey
Kern Dodge
Edna Wildey
Marion Cresswell
Elsie Little
C. Henry
Margaret Johnson
Margaret Roberts
Miriam Steever
Walter
Julia Lewis
Louise Ostheimer
Gertrude Hollis
Erna Marcus
Miss Swords
Merrick
Carrie B. Neely
Eleanor Hopkins
E. G. Ostheimer
Taussig
Fire destroys block in Port Chester causing 500000 dollar loss
A two hour blaze in Port Chester New York wiped out a block of mostly business firms injuring 40 families left homeless and caused about 500000 dollars in damage. The Burns livery stables building housed part of the Borden Condensed Milk Co and sparks spread to neighboring structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Chester
N. Y
Burns
Borden Condensed Milk Company
Stomach Pros Described As Old Ailment With Simple Cure
A humorous description of stomach pros as an ancient condition with poor digestion and a proposed remedy. The advertisement urges readers to visit Riker Jaynes Drug Stores for Presene Compound and Cinchona tincture with sherry, to be taken before meals and at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riker- Jaynes
Cooper Pharmacal Company
Chicago
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices June 21 1900
Deaths include Captain Lorenzo D Baker 68 wellfleet mass wellfleet interment. Margaret A English wife of Edward S English Malden Pa. Anna Barnes Field Dorchester. HenryS Johnson Winchester. Catherine Joy East Boston. James H Maxwell Roxbury. Edward McCarron Roxbury. Nellie A Milne Boston. F Peckham Dorchester. John Welsh Charlestown. notices invite relatives and friends to funeral services and church burials with locations and dates.
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Columbia Street
St. Mary’s Church of the Annunciation
Malden
Pittsburg
Penn
Field
Dorchester
Anna Barnes Field
George P. Field
Elton Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Maxwell
Roxbury
James H. Maxwell
Cunard Street
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
McCarron
Edward
Catherine McCarron
Brombeurk
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Milne
Nellie A
R. W. Milne
Chapel of Massachusetts Crematory
Walkhill Street
Forestills
Peckham
F . Peckham
Aontia
North Dana
Mass
Chapman Street
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
Twenty-eighth Regiment
Massachusetts Volnteers
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East Boston
Col. Winslow
U. S. Attorney
Aurelio N. Leca
Della Chase
Michael O’brien
Charlestown
Charlestown Navy Yard
Deer Island
Charles Davis
Fritz Cracauer
Pittsfield
Anthony Comstock
Express
Dominguez
John Moynihan
Norwood
Moynihan
Walter Mills
Mills
Norman Thackeray
Arnold Print Works
Tilden B. Stevenson
Joseph Bellaire
England
Canada
Daniel L. Bannon
Somerville
Edward A. Mackian
Lynn
Texas
Aaron Johnson
Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
LABOR
Pres. Hopkins
Major General Putnam
Bunker Hill
Wolfe
Heart of Brewing
Budweiser
Appleton’s Encyclopedia
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis, Mo
S. S. Pierce Coo
Jacob Wirth CO
Hopkins
Harvard
DR. Cilley
NAYL
Rotch
Curtis
Uneeda
Uyperowvn
PT. Chester
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