Memorial tribute marks anniversary of John Boyle O'Reilly in Watertown
The John Boyle O'Reilly Literary Association of Watertown celebrated the poet's birth anniversary with an entertainment and lecture at Perochial Hall. Mrs. Katherine O'Keefe O'Mahoney of Lawrence spoke, recounting O'Reilly's life from Dowth Castle to exile, his escape aboard the Gazelle, and his role as a poet and advocate for freedom. Captain Henry C. Hathaway of New Bedford was honored, and readings from O'Reilly's works were performed by the Natick Cadet Band.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
E. A. Madden
J. D. Monahan
Collins Graves
P. S Cunniff
M. J. Splaine
Katharine O'Keefe O'Mahoney
Lawrence
Henry C. Hathaway
New Bedford
Gazelle
O'Reilly
Australia
Hathaway
John 8. Cullen
O'Mahoney
America
Longfellow
O’reilly
Dowth Castle
Drogheda
Ireland
England
Talbot
Charlestown
Big Silk Mill Burned in Paterson Fire
A large silk mill in Paterson New Jersey housing three firms and a machine shop was destroyed by fire. Loss reported at 100000 dollars with each company suffering specific damages including Reliable Silk 25000 Legal Silk 12000 and Collinge Nolan 50000. Building owner J C Todd estimates his personal loss at 20000.
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Paterson
N. J
Todd
Reliable Silk Company
Legal Silk Company
Collinge & Nolan
J. C. Todd
Cotter Walsh Wedding Among Roxbury Gaelic Notables
Colonel John M. Cotter of the Emmet Guards and Miss Mary F. Walsh wed in the Cathedral with Rev. Tracy officiating. A large Roxbury reception followed at Palmer place with many Hibernian leaders and Gaelic clan members in attendance. The couple plan to reside at home after July 15.
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John M. Cotter
M. F. Walsh
Emmet Guards
Boston
Mary F. Walsh
Father Tracy
Susan O'Neill
Daniel J. Cotter
Roxbury
Old Guard
Order of Hibernians
Cotter
Hiberniary
Honora Cotter
K. A. Cotter
Margaret Sullivan
Honorah Leary
Mary Reardon
Bina Reardon
Norah Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
Nellie Sullivan
Mary Anna _ Toohey
Hanna Toohey
Mary Shea
Joseph Shea
M. A. Woods
Ida Lynch
Molly O’brien
Kittle Russell
Lizzie Lemotte
Nellie Welsh
Minnie Welsh
J. P. Cotter
M. A. Cotter
Jeremiah Toohey
John Toohey
Jeremiah Sullivan
Dennis Sullivan
Eugene Sullivan
Daniel Sullivan
Dennis Toohey
Michael Toohey
John Clifford
John Sullivan
Michael
Michael Driscoll
Martin King
Thomas Kane
John Donahue
Patrick Lynch
Patrick O’brien
Michael O’connell
J. J. Curtin
Cornelius Mahoney
J. J. Foley
John Dolan
Michael Teehan
Michael Daley
Patrick Noonan
Thomas Donahue
William McCormack
Patrick Breen
Michael O’brien
James O'Brien
Thomas J. Fallon
John Fallon
John L. Smith
John Leonard
James Cotter
Frank Smith
E. J. Colgan
Dora Powers
Julia Sullivan
Mamie Hayes
Frank Higgins
Albert Sibley
James Regan
Maggie Fallon
Jennie Smith
Kate Cotter
Malden
Jane Smith
Jerome C. Dolan
W. F. Henderson
Michael Devin
Thomas Torsney
Michael Cadogan
P. J. Clancy
Patrick F. Hannan
O’keefe
Nellie Cotter
Michael Doherty
Julia Cotter
Palmer Place
Mrs. Cotter
Heroes of Mercy and Help Highlight Wendell Phillips
In St. Mark's Brookline last evening Rev. W S Haven gave a fourth address in the series. The subject was Wendell Phillips and his early Harvard life. Phillips excelled academically, earned honors, and promised a bright future. He joined anti slavery efforts, supported woman suffrage, temperance, and labor unions, and remained a devout orthodox Congregationalist.
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St. Mark’s Church
Brookline
W. S. Haven
Phillips
Trades Union
Streetcar Excursion Extends Route to Bowdoin and City Point
Beginning today the Huron avenue Bowdoin square line extends to Rowe's wharf and runs regular to Bowdoin square then Court Hanover Battery Commercial streets Atlantic avenue returning via Atlantic and Commercial all day with first Mt. Auburn car at 6 40 a m and last to wharf 7 40 p m Returning first car 6 34 a m last 8 34 p m A second regular line runs City Point to Broadway Everett via Broadway extension Washington Main Charlestown at ten minute intervals from 5 45 a m to 11 23 p m
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Huron Avenue
Bowdoin Square
Rowe's Wharf
Court
Hanover
Battery
Commercial Streets
Atlantic Avenue
Commercial
Causeway
Portland
Chardon Streets
Mt. Auburn
Wharf
City Point
Broadway
Everett
Washington
Main Streets
Charlestown
Local carpet sweeper business advertises repairs
An old newspaper classified notice lists 15 Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Corn Hill in Boston offering wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers with repairs called for and delivered without extra charge. Contact Tremont 764 by write or telephone.
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Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Boston
Margaret Haile At Lynn Labor Church Sermon
The Boston speaker Margaret Haile filled in for the ailing Rev. H. N. Casson at the Lynn Labor Church. Haile urged workers to adopt a broad morality, criticized capitalism, and called for communal ownership of land and production to end poverty, urging direct action by working people.
Not one shall lack food or be cold, we shall stand
A stirring call urges action to end hunger and cold for all. It declares that every person is a human heir and demands people rise, feed, clothe, and defend the vulnerable now.
Independence Day Celebration Across New York and Boston
The article describes July 4 celebrations across 1900 era New York and Boston areas with Prohibition Park on Staten Island hosting speeches by Samuel Dickie and Joshu Levering, Irish regiments encamping near Bridgeport, and Cuban painter General de Quesada delivering a keynote. It notes festivals in Boston at Faneuil Hall with John F. Fitzgerald to speak, and various athletic games and fireworks in East Boston.
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United States
Prohibition Park
Staten Island
Samuel Dickie
Joshu Levering
Bat Fair Isles
Erin
Cuba
Old Faneuil Hall
Radio of Liberty
John F. Frgerald
George III
Erland
Boston
Endeavorers prepare grand Washington convention celebrations
Enthusiasm runs high as Washington plans for the international Christian Endeavor convention with floral monograms in park beds and store decorations. Nine meetings will seat 40 000 spectators as tents rise near the White Lot and major churches. speakers include Wilson Mamowaker Dow and clergy from across the nation.
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Washington
International Christian Endeavor
Christin Endeavor
Cross the Sas
Wilson
John Wmamaker
Neal Dow
Ben
Tragedy in New London Romkeys Die by Double Shooting
In New London a man James Romkey killed his wife Mary with a revolver and then took his own life after chasing her through a two story tenement. The couple, once employed at Bank Street Laundry, had been estranged. neighbors and a bundle of letters suggest Romkey's jealousy and a suspected relationship with Morris McDonald.
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New London
Conn
James Romkey
Mary
Romkey
Bank Street
South Weymouth
Washington House
West Cost Street
Harry Douglass
John Dutton
Cullen
Morris McDonald
McDonald
West Coit Street
Court Williams
The
Order of Foresters
Mary E. Power
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Montreal
Gaelic School programme at Alpha Hall on Essex Street
At the Gaelic School of Boron in Alpha Hall 18 Essex Street yesterday afternoon teachers led classes in a Gaelic derivation essay read by Mr P J O Daly. A choice programme followed with songs readings and recitations in Gaelic and English by Joh P Lane Jeremiah Sullivan William Ming Mrs J P Lane Mathias Gorhem and John M Doran.
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Boron
Alpha Hal
Essex Street
P. J.O Daly
Joh P. Lane
Jeremiah Sullivan
William M{ing
J. P. Lane
Mathias Gorhem
John M. Doran
James Curtis Droned Identified in Fen Death
The body of a 10 year old boy recovered from the Fens Saturday evening by Officer Jors of Station 16 was identified yesterday as James Curtis of 11 Lindall Place. The parents identified the boy and he was returned to his home.
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The
Fens
Jors
City Hospital
James Curtis
Lindall Place
Bogus Cuban Filibuster Rumor Debunked in Boston
A report claimed Cuban envoys Antonio Maceo and Signor Santa De Lucia met in Boston to arrange a filibustering expedition from Massachusetts coast. Inquiry found the story false. no Cuban steamer arrived, and Maceo and Santa De Lucia are in Cuba. Dr. William B. Mackie dismissed the rumor as unfounded.
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Cuba
Massachusetts
Antonio Maceo
Signor Santa de Lucia
Boston
William B. Mackie
Dead in a Pond Near New England Tracks
A body found floating in a pond near Swett feet by the New York New England railroad tracks early yesterday morning is believed to be an unknown man about 88 years old. He is described as dark complexioned, 5 feet 9 inches, wearing a dark coat and vest with striped trousers, and is awaiting identification at City Hospital morgue.
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Swett
New York New England Railroad
City Hospital
Whist Contest Decided in New York
The American whist congress executive committee will meet in Nashville on January 15 to set the next congress. The Hamilton Club of Philadelphia won the Hamilton trophy by twelve tricks. The New York Whist Club claimed the league trophy by half a point over Albany Club, with New York 14. Baltimore Club pair A Hawley McKay and Beverly W Smith took the Minneapolis trophy by 30 3 4 to 73 4. Philadelphia Hamilton Club tied Baltimore for games. The unattached players straight whist match went to Mr and Mrs Henry Payot of San Francisco by 33 tricks.
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New York
Nashville
Hamilton Club
Philadelphia
Albany
Minneapolis
Baltimore
A. Hawley McKay
Beverly W. Smith
Philadelphia Hamilton Club
East Boston Pickpocket Case Stuns Store Visitor
A poorly dressed woman named Ms Mary McLaughlin aged 56 claiming East Boston ties was arrested in New York for pocketbook theft from Mrs Thomas Mulvey at a Fourth Street dry goods store. She was held for trial.
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New York
Mary McLaughlin
Claid
Boston
Thomas Mulvey
Fitchburg Railroad Short Line to Chicago Offers Three Routes
Democrats take heed the Fitchburg railroad is the short line to Chicago and the only line offering three routes with lowest rates call at 20 Washington street for particulars.
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Fitchburg
Chicago
Washington Street
Plan to unite Democrats and Populists for McKinley defeat
A political figure urges Democrats to form a combined ticket with Populists and silver Republicans. He endorses Bland for President, claims Dill Caldwell could win Iowa and the Southwest, and Pingree could carry Michigan. He cites 10,000 Iowa Republicans ready to vote Caldwell and outlines eight cabinet positions to secure eight doubtful states.
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Caldwell
United States Circuit Court
Pingree
Detroit
McKinley
Altgeld
Bland
Michigan
Teller
Iowa
Southwest
Blackburn Hopeful Senator Blackburn Seeks Free Silver Nomination
Washington June 28 Senator Joseph C S Blackburn of Kentucky sails for Chicago as a presidential hopeful. He says Kentucky will deliver 26 votes and envisions a free silver 16 to 1 convention with bankers from the East facing opposition from the gold standard. He doubts a nomination but hints at a possible vice presidency and predicts a sweeping Democratic win in the South.
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Washington
Joseph C. S. Blackburn
Kentucky
Chicago
Blackburn
White House
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
McKinley
Teller
Boies on Silver a West Dem Leader on Free Coinage
Horace Boies, a leading Democratic figure, discusses silver policy and election risks. He says Eastern states would align with silver if discussion mirrors South and West, sees potential for 16 to 1 free coinage, and argues the United States could maintain par with gold by replacing banknotes with silver certificates. He lists states that might yield 62 electoral votes to free coinage and explains currency adjustments amid global minting shifts.
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New York
Horace Boies
West
Chicago
New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
Wall Street
Boies
Democratic Party
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Washington
Wyoming
Oregon
California
Boles
United States
Treasury
Senator Jones Arrives in Chicago for Bimetallic Meeting
United States Senator Jones of Arkansas arrived in Chicago to attend the bimetallic national committee meeting. He voiced optimism for free silver and pledged preparedness for any convention emergencies while noting the gold faction's organization. He denied reports that Chairman Harrity would exclude silver men and urged fairness from the majority.
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Chicago
United States
Jones
Arkansas
National Committee
Harrity
Arms for Cuba Telegram Details Cuban Landing
Agent Perres in Galveston reports a telegram from Key West stating Richard Trehuillo with eighteen men 400 Winchesters 50 000 cartridges medicines and explosives has landed in Cuba from Florida. London dispatch notes Spain’s Chamber of Deputies backing 100 million for war stock and plans to deploy twenty steamers in August to move 40 000 reinforcements 60 000 Mauser rifles and heavy artillery to Havana and other Cuban ports.
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Galveston
Tex
Perres
J. D. Peyo
Key West
Richard Trehuillo
Cuba
Florida
London
Standard
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Havana
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Watertown
Mrs. O’mahoney
London Gun Club
George Work
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Robertson
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Railroad
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
P. m
Sereneennsylvania
Allroad
Hood
Wendell Phillips
Hanover A. Ein
American House
Margaret Haile
Lynn
Herbert N. Casson III
Aly
James Curtis Droned
East
Paris
Rivierre
WR. Whitney
Puritana
Prof
Dixi Crosby, M.D
Senator Jones
W. C
Frances
Willard
Great Britain
Henry Somerset
Agnes Slack
Hannah Whitall Smith
Agnes Weston
Ward Poole
Mary Phillips
Hughes
Edmund
Wilson Bros
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