Wales's Brave Prince Of Wales Hat Fashion Stir
The piece reports the Prince of Wales endorsing a revived beaver hat style and how Boston officials and figures like Mayor Quincy and Alderman Lee model it. Ex-mayors Hart and Curtis praise the hat while others such as Speaker Bates and Martin Lomasney react with interest in this fashionable display.
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Leary
Ned
John H. Lee
Tom Mullen
Mullen
Boston College
Tom
John Lee
Hart
Curtis
Mr. Hart
Grandpa Harrison
Mr. Curtis
Jesse Gove
Bates
House of Representatives
Fashionable hats threaten to spread through Boston society
A Boston Post feature discusses upcoming fall millinery trends with bell crowned beavers and feathered enhancements. It notes fashionable ladies possibly including Mrs. Peabody Coolidge Appleton Gardner and others, while promising store windows filled with bold hat styles inspired by royal fashion. A sketch series aims to show prominent citizens in the new headgear, including Mayor Quincy.
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Frau
Boston
Jake’ Peabody
Prince of Wales
The
Post
Washington Street
Quincy
Mystery King Estate Fight Unfolds From A Confused Identity
William H. King of Newport is entangled in a lawsuit over a vast estate. A man long known as William Henry King spent thirty years in Somerville asylum under a false identity. Eugenie Ross seeks his release and control amid a cascade of court actions and dramatic family conflict.
Hat Heist Plot By Fraud Ring Foiled Say Officials
The report describes an attempted advance fraud scheme tied to Judge Corcoran and a superintendent named Wella who planned to spring two hats on the Fourth of July. Wella was captured at his Beacon Street home as he checked the hat and muttered about waning brains for paying frauds. Judge Woodbury dismisses the hat’s style as too new, preferring an antique design.
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Isaac B. Allen
Martin Lomasney
West End
McNary
Hayes
Fitz
P. A. Colling
Judge Burke
America
Judge Corcoran
Wella
Beacon Street
California Special Rates From Chicago to Santa Fe Route
A priced travel note lists a $26 fare from Chicago to California via the Santa Fe line for June 29 to July 3 with additional specials to Kansas City Denver Colorado Springs and other points. For details contact S. W. Manning general New England agent 332 Washington Street Boston.
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Chicago
California
Kansas City
Denver
Colorado Springs
S. W. Manning
New England
Mystery of a Newport King Heir in Courtroom Claims
Mrs. Ross, claiming kin to William H. King, sought administration of his estate amid revelations she had pursued him since 1876. She alleged a substitute, Edward King, posed as William H. King after the real man vanished in China to escape a death sentence, with the family disputing the claims in Rhode Island and New York courts.
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William H. King
Edward King
David King
Newport
Ross
Rhode Island
New York
China
Paris
Boston
King
Isaac Allison Ross
America
New York City
Sparhawk
Nathaniel Sparhawk
Dedham
England
Eugenie Ross and family heirs in September trial
The record notes Eugenie Calhoun Ross, who married I Allison Ross of Mississippi, died in Cambridge in 1647. The sheet carries a blue pencil line claiming Eugenie was a Sparhawk through Grandmother Gordon. A forthcoming trial in September is expected to reveal family secrets.
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Cambridge
Mass
Eugenie Calhoun
I. Allison Ross
Mississippi
Eugenie Ross
Sparhawk
Gordon
Tragic Drowning of 10-Year-Old Fred O’Leary in Somerville
A 10 year old, Fred O’Leary, drowned yesterday afternoon at the McLean Asylum grounds in Somerville after slipping into an unused gas tank filled with water. Police removed the body and Medical Examiner Durell ruled accidental drowning. The tanks sit on private property near the Charlestown line, once part of old gas works, now owned by the Boston & Maine railroad.
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Somerville
Fred O’leary
Thomas O’leary
North Packing and Provision Company
Somerville Avenue
O’leary
McLean Asylum
Phineas W. Skinner
Durell
Asylum
Charlestown
The
Boston & Maine Railroad
Irish prisoners pressure warrants renewed amnesty call
A Dublin meeting at Phenix Park urged the British government to grant amnesty to Irish political prisoners at Maryborough jail. Delegates expressed surprise the jubilee week passed without expected releases. William Field urged using Irish voices and possibly American support to press the case.
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Dublin
Maryborough
Phenix Park
William Field
St. Patrick’s
America
Counterfeiters Captured Break Up Bull Frog Valley Gang
Deputy U S marshals from Fort Smith arrest three men believed to have dismantled the Bull Frog Valley gang a leading counterfeiting outfit once based in Pope county Arkansas with branches across major cities and alleged reach to Toronto and Mexico City. The gang included some of the nation s most notorious counterfeiters and confidence men.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Fort Smith Court
Secret Service
Bull Frog Valley Gang
Mint
Pope County
Toronto
Canada
Mexico
Liquor Seizure in Somerville After Night Delivery
Liquor Officers Staples and Carleton seized a wagon and 240 bottles of lager beer totaling 30 gallons on Mystic avenue in Somerville on a Saturday night. John Maher of Malden, employed by a Charlestown grocer, was arrested during the seizure.
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Somerville
Staples
Carleton
John Maher
Malden
Charlestown
Mystic Avenue
Infant Found Dead in Clothing Case in Express Office
In White River Junction Vermont an infant’s body was found in a clothing case in the express office Friday. Dr O W Daley said the well developed male infant weighed seven to eight pounds and twenty one inches long. The child died shortly after birth from neglect and was badly decomposed. Buried yesterday with no clues to its identity. the body came from Boston.
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White River Junction
Express
O. W. Daley
Boston
Abrahams Home Hosts Pretty Wedding of Gill to Gustat
The 78 Cross Street residence of Mr and Mrs Julius Abrahams hosted a refined wedding as Miss Julia Gill sister of Mrs Abrahams wed Mr Louis Gustat. The Rev Goldstein officiated with Sadie Brown and Ida Gill as bridesmaids and N H Abrahams and John Freedman as best men. Guests later escorted the couple to Union Station for their departure to a new home in Waltham.
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Julius Abrahams
Cross Street
Julia Gill
Abrahams
Louis Gustat
8. Goldstein
Sadie Brown
Ida Gill
N. H. Abrahams
John Freedman
Union Station
Waltham
Tucker Delivers Dartmouth Baccalaureate Sermon
President William Jewett Tucker spoke to Dartmouth College's senior class in the college church on a man’s soul and his world. His sermon centered on Matthew chapter sixteen, asking what profit a man has if he gains the world but loses his soul.
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Hanover
N. H
William Jewett Tucker
Dartmouth College
Commander Brown Delivers Norwich Baccalaureate Sermon
Commander Allen D. Brown, U S N retired, preached the baccalaureate sermon to Norwich University graduates in Northfield Vermont. The full cadet corps and many visitors attended. Governor Grout and staff are to attend Thursday's graduation exercises.
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Northfield
Allen D. Brown
Norwich University
Grout
Bishop Ninde Delivers Wesleyan Graduation Sermon
In Middletown Conn on June 27 the annual Wesleyan graduation sermon was preached at the Methodist Church by Rev. Bishop W X Ninde of Detroit in President Raymond’s absence. His text was Corinthians I 31.
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Middletown
Copn
Wesleyan
Methodist Church
W. X. Ninde
Detroit
Mich
Raymond
Corinthians i
Moon Declared Planet by Cordoba Observatory
Lima via Galveston June 27 Professor Aarporath of the Cordoba Observatory asserts the moon is not a satellite of Earth but a planet.
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Lima
Galveston
Tex
Aarporath
Cordoba Observatory
Mine cashier robbed and murdered in Sardinia
Rome June 27 Signor Vargantero cashier at the San Giovanni mine in Iglesias Sardinia was robbed of a large sum and killed while returning from the mine.
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Rome
Signor Vargantero
San Giovanni
Iglesias
Sardinia
City of Rome Survives Fire Aboard Atlantic Voyage
The Anchor Line steamer City of Rome arrived in New York from Glasgow after a mid Atlantic fire in No 4 hold. Crew fought the blaze with hoses from the engine room to the burning compartment securing control by 5 p m. cargo mainly jute likely lost, suspected spontaneous combustion.
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New York
City of Rome
Glasgow
Young
Moville
No. 4
Rome
Beginning of Harvard Commencement Week Noted
Harvard prepares for commencement week with senior dinner at the Vendome and dental school events. The schedule includes Massachusetts Hall elections, Sanders Theatre ceremonies, Phi Beta Kappa reunion, and an address by Hon. William L. Wilson. Governor and university dignitaries attend in cap and gown.
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Harvard
Hotel Vendome
Dental
North Grove Street
Boston
Dental Alumni Association
Young’s Hotel
Massachusetts Hall
Sanders Theatre
M. H. Morgan
Association of the Alumni
Memorial Hall
Phi Beta Kappa
William L. Wilson
Cleveland
Edward W. Emerson
Concord
Eliot
Divinity School
J. W. Rice
A. A. Bryant
P. W. MacKaye
W. B. Parker
J. H. Choate, Jr
R. E. Olds
Law School
Graduate School
Law
R. E. Olds Wes
Casson calls for tolerance amid reform clash in Lynn
Herbert N. Casson delivering a farewell address at the Labor Church in Lynn urged social reformers to seek tolerance and unity during a looming industrial crisis. Delegations from Boston and Salem attended as Casson prepared for a Europe lecture tour aboard the Canada.
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Lynn
Herbert N. Casson
Labor Church
Boston
Salem
Casson
Great Britain
Ireland
Canada
Bryan
Department of Government
Mark Hanna
Chicago
Siberia
Boston Common
Potters’ Field
Pierpont Morgan
Captain Kidd
Jesse James
Body parts found in city woods and river linked as one murder
The lower trunk portion of a man was found by two boys in the woods at One Hundred Seventy Sixth Street and Undercliffe Avenue. It matches the upper trunk found in the East River and suggests a single murder. The two parts lie eight miles apart, with evidence of brutal dismemberment and unusual wrapping materials.
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New York
One Hundred and
Seventy-sixth Street
Undercliffe Avenue
East River
Eleventh Street
Artist Lansil Dead in Dorchester Home
William Henry Lansil renowned cattle painter died at his Dorchester residence. Born February 24, 1855 in Bangor Maine, he studied in Europe with notable artists and worked in Boston and its environs. His works include Sundown on the Coast and The Hillside Pasture, with holdings across private collections in Brookline Jamaica Plain Charlestown and Dorchester. He was active in Eleusis Lodge Boston Art Club and the Sons of the Revolution.
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William Henry Lansil
Dorchester
Mr. Lansil
Bangor
Boston
Lewis Coleman & Co
Coleman & Co
I. C. Conant
Brookline
Seacoast
J. L. Grandin
B. C. Clark
Sundown
Henry E. Wright
Charlestown
William B. Kimball
Bradford
Banks of the Neponset
H. D. Dupee
Lansil
Eleusis
Free Manons
Boston Art Club
The
Sons of the Revolution
Praise for U S Warships at Spithead
Naval expert W Laird Clowes lauds the United States Navy at the great naval review. He notes Brooklyn's electrical systems and fireproof wood, contrasts American progress with British practice, and warns against overreliance on wooden decks despite fireproofing. He predicts Britain must adopt better materials to endure long commissions.
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London
W. Laird Clowes
United States Navy
England
Spithead
Brooklyn
America
Earl of Sefton Dies in London at 91
William Philip Molyneaux fourth Earl of Sefton duke of nobility and Knight of the Garter died in London aged 91. Born at Croxteth Hall Liverpool October 14 1835 he served as lord lieutenant of Lancashire since 1858 and leaves about 2000 acres of family estates to his heir Viscount Molyneaux aged thirty one.
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London
William Philip Molyneaux
Earl of
Knights of Malta Meet in Boston Memory of St John
The Knights of Malta of Boston celebrated St John with parade and services at Every Way Church Shawmut avenue South End marching from Park Square with 62 members including ten Grand Commandery. A concert and lecture in Arcade Hall Park Square drew about 1000 members and guests, featuring local talent and an address by Air Knight Commander Flagg.
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Knights of Malta of
Boston
St. John
Shawmut Avenue
South End
Knights
Park Square
Grand Commandery
Hicks
Charles Ross
William T. Dobson
George L. Perin
Arcade Hall
Flagg
Chelsea
Charles Schrieval Dies by Paris Green Post Despondency
Milford resident Charles Schrieval, treasurer of Cigarmakers Union 109 and director of the Central Labor Union, died to day from a quarter pound of paris green taken during a personal crisis after weeks of despondency.
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Milford
Charles Schrieval
Cigarmakers’ Union 109
Central Labor Union
Schrieval
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