27 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1899
Page
1
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley conclude their Berkshire sojourn at Adams after a day featuring the laying of the corner stone for a large western Massachusetts cotton mill. The President spoke to residents and then departed by presidential train amid a restrained farewell as Mrs. McKinley showed signs of illness.
Fair weather expected for New England and eastern New York on Tuesday and Wednesday with variable winds. The outlook covers June 26 and the following day, signaling pleasant conditions.
June 26 North Adams witnesses President, escorted by G A R band, review stand parade of 2000 school children singing patriotic songs under E A Tower. Prominent locals greet him as 3000 marchers follow Colonel Merriam. He thanks residents, praises mills and workshops, then leaves for Adams.
At Newport Rhode Island on June 26 Columbia prepares to race Defender in the outer harbor with hopes to beat Defender by about ten minutes over a twenty to thirty mile course. In London Shamrock is launched to challenge America’s Cup, christened by Lady Russell with champagne and cheers.
Governor Pingree rejects being bound by Alger's quote and says his support for McKinley depends on the president's actions. He argues McKinley’s positions on expansion, trusts, and political methods align with his own if they are right, and oppose him if they are wrong.
Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain spoke to Unionists in Birmingham praising reforms proposed by Lord Ripon and denouncing Boer misrule. He warned that Transvaal’s secret fund and breaches of the London convention threaten British prestige and peace in South Africa. The speech drew warm applause.
Otto Youngren aged 13 of 59 Hano street fell from freight cars in the Boston and Albany yard yesterday afternoon and broke his left arm. He was taken to the City Hospital.
A fragmentary notice reflects a figure described as she appeared prior to the bending of sails. The text ambiguously notes size and silhouette before the action, with no clear names or locations provided.
At about 9 pm in Charlestown on Main street an electric car collision involved a West Medford car and a Grove Hall-Bunker Hill car. Mrs Emma Surro suffered a broken rib, received care at a drugstore, and was later taken home. Other passengers were shaken but unharmed.
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