London Royal Progress Hailed Amid Stormy Celebrations
A heavy rain dampens London celebrations for King George and Queen Mary marking the royal progress through seven miles of streets. Crowds braved the weather to view illuminated embassies and official houses as American and British dignitaries watched from Stratton House.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Thames
Duke of Argyll
Henry of
Hammond
George
Illumination Displays Draw Small Crowd in Rainy Dusk
Lights glowed across streets at dusk and shone brightest in the rain, but only a fraction of the expected crowd gathered to witness the spectacle.
Advertise Your Business in Tomorrow's Post
Small notice urges readers to place a business opportunity ad in the next Post edition. It promises attractive presentation to reach thousands of potential buyers and emphasizes prompt submission for tomorrow’s issue.
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the Post
Tomorrow’s Post
Merriment at Charity Fete A Country Holiday at Mechanics Hall
A daylong charity fete at Mechanics Hall Huntington avenue features a circus burlesque and races led by 15 children Dutch dance and fat men and lean women races. Red Sox and Athletics will send two rep teams to aid the Free Home for Consumptives with celebrities and vaudeville acts.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Huntington Avenue
Young Ladies’ Charitable Association of Boston
Red Sox
Athletics
Heinie
Wagner
McHale
Connie Mack
Hartsell
Philadelphia
Martin Quinn
Malden
Albert Weeks
Eva Moynahan
Quincy Street
Roxbury
Thomas Fardy
Fat Men’s Club
Bostoff
Avoirdupois
Tom Green
Martin Tuohy
South Boston
Ringding Brothers’ Circus
Mechanics’ Building Exhibition Hall
John E. Lynch
West End
Katherine McDonald
Frank Harmon
John Gregan
Stella Lawrence
Cambridge
Mollie Costello
Dorchester
F. Carlo
Waltham Watch Company
Life story penned on death bed by Dr McCallester
Dr John Quincy Adams McCallester longtime physician at Boston Quarantine Hospital died at 206 Moody Street Waltham at age 80. Knowing his death neared he sat upright and wrote a 3000 word autobiography recounting an eventful life now kept by his son John F McCallester. A Civil War veteran he served as examining surgeon in the Fifty third Massachusetts Regiment and later was a Norwich University trustee. He retired eight years ago.
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John Quincy Adams MacCallester
Boston Quarantine Hospital
Moody Street
Waltham
John F. McCallester
McCallester
Fifty-third
Massachusetts Regiment
Norwich University
Jackpot funds in Illinois politics cited as tradition
Ex Senator Albert J. Hopkins testified before the Senate committee on Lorimer’s election that jackpot or corruption funds are a traditional part of Illinois politics. He said he could not say whether such funds were used to defeat Lorimer and compared his own knowledge to a man knocked down in a crowd.
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Washington
Illinois
Albert J. Hopkins
Senate
Lorimer
Hopkins
Witnesses discuss Lorimer election financing and alleged corruption
Edgar A. Bancroft of International Harvester testified that Clarence Funk claimed an attempt by Headward Hines to raise money for Lorimer election expenses. Hopkins covered nearly every Lorimer aspect but refused to say if he suspected corrupt methods or if any legislators were bought.
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Edgar A. Bancroft
International Harvester Company
Clarence 8. Funk
Mr. Hines
Hines
Senator Lorimer
Lorimer
Hopkins
City Council Approves Over $100000 For City Improvements
Mayor Fitz gerald and City Council agreed on major upgrades in multiple districts. Funds will cover Zoo at Franklin Park Aquarium at Marine Park music pavilion on the Common and tree planting along Commonwealth Avenue. Additional projects include gravel tennis courts at Franklin Field and sanitary locker buildings at several playgrounds with sea wall and shelter works in South Boston.
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Franklin Park
Aquarium
Marine Park
Commonwealth Avenue
Franklin Field
Fellows Street
Forest Hills
Mystic Playground
Prince Street
Third
Fifth Street
South
Boston
Arrest of William Johnson Over Larceny of Gold Riding Whip
William Johnson aged 19 from Roxbury was arrested in the South End on larceny charges for a gold band riding whip valued at 25 dollars. Inspectors Harris and Pelton nabbed him as he attempted to pawn the item.
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William Johnson
Kendall Street
Roxbury
South End
Harris and
Pelton
Captain Jarvis Ends His Life In Seattle Club
Captain David H. Jarvis, once of the revenue cutter service and famed for a heroic Arctic rescue, shot himself in a Seattle Athletic Club room. An envelope on his desk read I am tired and worn out, and he had been reading Kipling now opened to The City of Dreadful Night. He headed Northwestern Booth Fisheries as vice president and active head. He had married a niece of Hettie Green.
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Seattle
Wash
David H. Jarvis
Revenue Cutter Service
Congress
Morgan and Guggenheim Enterprises
Alaska
Seattle Athletic Club
Kipling
Captain Jarvis
Northwestern
The
Booth Fisheries Company
Hettie Green
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American Lady
Ivy
Java
Norfolk
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Ardath
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H. Sienkiewics
Lena Rivers
Mary J. Holmes
Miran
Marie Corelli
Southworth
White Mountain
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Lord Rothsenaild
Duke of Wellington
Duke of Devonshire
Strand
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Whitelaw Reid
Reid
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France
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Robert Bacon, Jr
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Charles P. Taft
Taft
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Lindon Bates
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William Crocker
Albert
Annette and
Claire Means
Clarence Moore
William H. Moore
Moore
Frank J. Mackey
Fred T. Martin
L. Ryerson
J. T. Stuckney
Robert Sands
Payne Thompson
Ww. B. Thompson
Broughton Wood
Post Wheeler
H. H. Webb
Miss Webb
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Royal Household
Buckingham Palace
Castor
You Hanan
Chae
Eva Motnahan
Mechanices
Bancroft
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Warner
Warner's Safe Cure Company
Rochester, N. Y
Capt
Jarvis
Snow
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Brighton Ave
Allston
Jeneconst
Holmes Ave
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