Oldest Newsboy in the World at Fort Branch Indiana
Ninety five year old claims oldest newsboy title though currently 85 born 1822 in Indiana known as Uncle Safe Lemons. He sells up to 1500 papers weekly, walks six miles daily, and credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as his medicine for eight years. He states his health remains strong and youthfully vigorous.
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Lafayette Lemons
Fort Branch
Indiana
Safe
Lemons
Elijah Lincoln
Lafe
Duffy
Mr. Lemons
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Ad Claims Medicinal Malts
An advertisement claims Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey is an absolutely pure distilled malt product. It touts health benefits for workers, women, and children, urging purchase from druggists and grocers with the “Old Chemist” label and sealed bottles. The firm offers a free medical booklet by the Consulting Physician.
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Poaldtavilly Gulall LL
Duffy’s
Duffy Malit Whiskey Co
Rochester
Manchester Bride Surprises Guests at Her Wedding
In Manchester New Hampshire Miss Margaret Mae Curtis wed Harry Jackson Reynolds at the bride’s Elm and Salmon streets home. Guests had expected groom Harland Scribner of Melrose Massachusetts, making the ceremony a surprise. The bride’s mother Mrs Delana B Curtis previously won a $140000 settlement from the Frank Jones estate in 1904. Reynolds, son of J W Reynolds of St Louis Missouri, is said to be a millionaire several times over and has been in Manchester about four months.
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Manchester
Margaret Mae Curtis
Harry Jackson Reynolds
Elm and
Salmon Streets
Harland Scribner
Melrose
Mass
Miss Curtis
Delana B. Curtis
Frank Jones
Mayor trims graft by naming three official dog catchers
Mayor Hibbard designates three Animal Rescue League officers as official dog catchers at 1000 dollars yearly each. The appointees are Julian Codman, attorney. Sringdon Smith of 67 Pleasant Street Chester. Cornelius Sullivan of 75 View Street Dorchester. The move ends past irregular canine killings and shifts oversight to the league.
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Hibbard
Animal Rescue League
Julian Codman
Sringdon Smith
Pleasant Street
Chester
Cornelius Sullivan
View Street
Dorchester
Ree
League
John F. McCarthy
Nine bids opened for New York State Educational Building
Nine bids were opened for the proposed State Educational building in Albany costing about 3 million dollars. Unofficial tabulations indicate the R. T. Ord Company as the lowest bidder.
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Albany
N. Y
R. T. Ord Company
Labor Indorses Cigar Strike Amid Union Support
Boston Central Labor Union asserts the AFL executive board ex parte decision does not cause the appeal. President Maloney says both AFL board and Boston Central Labor Union back the cigar strippers and pledge support. New England AFL organizer McCarthy and Boston Cigarmakers Union 97 will submit the appeal today.
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Boston
Boston Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor Executive Board
Maloney
American Federation of Labor
New England A. F. of L
Frank H. McCarthy
Moses Touvim
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union 97
International
George W. Perkins
Cigarmakers
Johnson plan to withdraw Bryan at Denver convention
Chicago June 23 Johnson campaign leaders propose pressuring William Jennings Bryan to withdraw from the Denver convention. They argue Bryan cannot win and could boost the party by stepping aside, sending Bryan’s support to Senator Culberson if he concedes. Johnson backers plan to open Denver headquarters and court delegates.
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Chicago
Johnson
Denver
Bryan
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
John A. Johnson
Democratic Party
Georgia Delegates Opposed to Bryan at Denver Meet
Georgia delegates to the Democratic national convention in Denver vote to apply the unit rule and cast the state’s votes for a candidate other than William J. Bryan. The meeting shows near unanimous opposition to Bryan’s candidacy.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Denver
William J. Bryan
Death of Civil War Veteran and Retired Officer Peckham
Frank M. Peckham Civil War veteran and longtime Dorchester police officer died at home on Colonial avenue Dorchester after a long illness. He was born in Petersham February 16 1839 and had lived in Dorchester for 85 years. He married Jennie E Goodman in 1867 and served in Company A Twenty first Massachusetts Regiment.
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Frank Peckham
Frank M. Peckham
Colonial Avenue
Dorchester
Petersham
Mr. Peckham
Jennie E. Goodman
Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment
Nashua Clerk Quietly Marries Ward to Boston Heir
In Providence on June 17 a Nashua clerk wed Ethel Davis of Nashua to Mason Kimball son of the late Dr. Edwin Kimball of Boston. Guardian Harry Waldo Davis learned of the secret, exposing a hurried ceremony witnessed only by the bride’s mother and a municipal clerk. The couple returned to Nashua afterward.
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Harry Waldo Davis
Benedict
Mason Kimball
Mr. Davis
Allen School
West Newton
Mass
Young Kimball
Guardian Davis
Boston
Mullin and McGoldrick Wed in Cambridge Ceremony
Miss Mary Agnes McGoldrick of 385 Franklin street Cambridge and Charles S Mullin a Cambridge dentist wed yesterday forenoon at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Cambridgeport Rev George Mullin brother of the groom assisted by Dr M W White of Somerville served as best man. Bridesmaids included Miss Mary Horgan Agnes McGoldrick Rebecca Kelleher and Edna Patten all of Cambridge.
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Mary Agnes McGoldrick
Franklin Street
Cambridge
Charles S. Mullin
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Cambridgeport
George Mullin
M. W. White
Somerville
Mary Horgan
Agnes McGoldrick
Rebecca Kelleher
Edna Patten
Carpenter faces charges for uttering two worthless checks
John W. West, a carpenter, was arraigned in Judge Parmenter's Municipal Criminal Court on two counts of uttering worthless checks totaling 6.35 8.85 and 18 drawn on the American Trust Company 53 State Street. He offered a third check and was held on 1000 bond per count. he claimed restitution and no fraud.
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John W. West
Parmenter
Municipal Criminal Court
West
American Trust Company
State Street
Miss Lilla Osgood Engaged to Lynn Man
Brookline singer Miss Lilla Marie Osgood announced engaged to William Mather Crocker of Lynn. Osgood, soloist at Fairhaven church, studied at Castle School and Mrs Somers School. Crocker is an illustrator in advertising. They plan a fall marriage.
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Lilla Marie Osgood
Brookline
C. E. Osgood
William Mather Crocker
Lynn
Miss Osgood
Henry M. Rogers
Fairhaven
Castle School
Hudson
Mrs
George Alfred Hall to Wed Miss Clara Jane Wiley Today
George Alfred Hall of Charlestown, long employed by E. M. Heustis & Co, is to marry Clara Jane Wiley of Shawmut Avenue today.
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George Alfred Hall
E. M. Heustis & Co
Charlestown
Clara Jane Wiley
Shawmut Avenue
Time Set For Sale Of Roads In Supreme Court Decree
The Supreme Judicial Court ordered the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad to dispose of all trolley line holdings by July 2 1909. The decree aligns with Governor Guilds 1906 stance after trolley merger battles led by the Boston Post. It requires sale of stock in multiple Worcester and Springfield street railway firms within a year.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Rugg
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Governor Guild
Boston Post
New Haven Company
Worcester & Southbridge Street Railway Company
Worcester & Blackstone Valley Street Railway Company
Worcester and Webster Street Railway Company
Berkshire Street Railway Company
Springfield Street Railway Company
Malone
Cholera outbreak hits Camp Gregg troops in Manila
Cholera has broken out among troops at Camp Gregg in Manila with three scouts and one civilian dead and quarantine imposed. Lieutenants Jones and Muldoon are sickened as Pangasinan outbreaks worsen Luzon. In Boston a bystander was struck by a stone during a drunkenness arrest, a 14 year old boy injured.
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Manila
Camp Gregg
Jones
First Cavalry
Muldoon
Philippine Scouts
Pangasinan
Luzon
Boston
Trimlet
Daniel Gogin
Bolton Street
Riot at A Street and Broadway Breaks Out in South
A small riot erupted at the corner of A Street and Broadway in South. Police were called to quell the disturbance and no serious injuries were reported. A short patrol presence remained after the incident.
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Broadway
Gold Chalice To Mark Fr Ronan’s 40th Anniversary
Dorchester parishioners will present Father Ronan with a gold chalice at a Mond ay evening ceremony marking 40 years since his ordination. The Salem Cadet Band will perform at the Mount Ida grounds of P. F. Carey for a prettily lit reception from 8 to 10 p.m.
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Ronan
Father Ronan
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Salem
P. F. Carey
Mt. Ida
Wedding Ring Sparks Scene on Craigie Bridge
A 17 year old bride on Craigie bridge caused a scene as she cried and was found by a drawtender. She told police she married three weeks ago in Cambridge, trusted her husband, then fractured the union by returning the ring after an unnamed incident. She was taken to Relief Hospital after an armed episode restored distress. Her name was later given as Mrs Elizabeth Snow of Cambridge. She said the husband pursued her tonight and forced the ring into her hand before vanishing.
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Craigie Bridge
Relief Hospital
Elizabeth Snow
Cambridge
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Indorses
Charles E. Hires
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Guardian
Nashua
Mullin
M’goldrick
Mary M’goldrick
Charles 8. Mullin
Lilla Osgood
Lynn Man
C. Fe, Osgood
Gilchrist Co
Wolf ’S ** My Clothier
Houghton & Dutton Co
Butlers
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
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England
Lie Roy
N.Y
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