Peruna touted as cure for female catarrh and mood
A column-style notice touts Peruna as a cure for catarrhal weakness in women, citing letters from Mrs. Mary Cook of Pittsford, Miss Annie Zlott of Newark, and Mrs. Anna Rees of Philadelphia. It claims the remedy restores health, strength, and even youth, and invites readers to request a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cook
Pittsford
Cook
Hartman
Annie Zlott
Livingston Street
Newark
N. J
Peruna
Anna Rees
North Fifthtreet
Philadelphia
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Wellesley Chapel at Tien Tsun News
A photograph shows the Wellesley or City Chapel in Tien Tsin built by the Methodist Women Foreign Missionary Society. Reports claim its destruction by Boxers, but Miss Julia Small says the destruction is unconfirmed. Miss Miranda Croucher, missing, photographed the chapel. authorities fear rumors may conflate missions.
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Wellesley
Tien Tsin
North China
Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Post
Miranda Croucher
M. E
Boston
Julia Small
M. E. Women’s Foreign Mission Society
M. E. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Tien Tain
M. E. Mission
Oregon Ashore: Dispatches From Boxer Rebellion Front
Report covers June actions around Lang Yang Yang Tsun and Pekin including train attacks, village engagements, and armory siege. British French Germans Italians Japanese Austrians Russians casualties tallied. describe rail destruction and withdrawal with wounded, supplies cut, and pursuit by Boxers and imperial troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang Yang
Lofa
Anting
Yang Tsan
Pekin
Yang Tsun
Tien Tsin
Imperial
Johnson
Licenses Granted in Nantasket Summer Census
Nantasket selectmen met to review Hull town summer census results and grant four summer licenses for hotels to sell beer from Wy to Oct 1. Licenses awarded to Giddings Oregon John Corvin & Co New Weymouth House George A. Smith Taylor’s Tavern and Charles A. Davidson Hotel Pemberton. Several names remain on a waiting list including Joe Lannon and Sweeney & Burns. No explanation given for withheld licenses or timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantasket
Hull
Gorge W. Giddings
Oregon
John , Corvin, & Co
Weymouthouse
George A. Smith
Taylor's Tav
Charles A. Davidson
Pemberton
Joe Lannon
Messrs. Sweeney
Burns
City Briefs Line Opens From Clarendon Hill to Amory Street
City notices report a new line of cars running from Clarendon Hill Somerville through Merville Avenue East Cambridge Charles Street Park Square Columbus Avenue and Roxbury Crossing to Amory Street. Metropolitan Sewerage Commission votes to reroute the high level sewer to avoid a tunnel under Hemlock Hill. A fire alarm from Box 17 at 7:06 PM describes a blaze on the second floor of a four brick dwelling at 63 Galem Street. Damage noted from matches in a wooden shed on the 2 Tetson estate rear of Ninth Street. The Altonia, Captain Thomas Creams Pot, will dock at Cunard Wharf today at 8 AM with 900 passengers aboard.
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Clarendon Hill
Somerville
Viamerville Avenue
East Cambridge
Charles Street
Park Square
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury Crossing
Amory Street
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Hemlock Hill
Galem Street
Ward Harris
A. T. Rudwick
Tetson
Hip Altonia
Thomas Greams Pot
Cunard
Storti’s Defence On Miforti Case Focuses On Intimidation
Government rests in the Luigi Storti murder trial as defense argues the accused was intimidated into confessing. Officer Baretta testified about a train conversation from Hudson to Boston. Defense attorney Sawyer Rowsley contends the confession was involuntary and should be discarded if proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Storti
Michele Calucci
Baretta
Storti
Hudson
Boston
Italy
Sawyer Rowley
Ex-Senator Shaw Stops Runaway Horse
Ex-Senator David B. Shaw of Charles town halted a runaway horse pulling a hearse on Sudbury Street near Hawkins Street. He was thrown but rose, grasped the bit, and brought the horse to a stop. His clothes tore and he had minor bruises, yet he rode the next car to Charles town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Shaw
Charlestown
Sudbury Street
Hawkins Street
Bremen Impose Tax On Incomes Over Twenty five Dollars
The city of Bremen will begin taxing incomes above twenty five dollars marking a shift from a five dollar threshold. The new levy expands revenue options and targets higher earners in the region.
Press Cyclers Win Five Mile Pursuit Team Race
Brockton June 29 The Shoe City Wheelmen track meet drew 1500 spectators and featured a close Interclub Racing Association contest where the Press Cycling Club of Boston finished about 60 yards ahead in 11 00 2 5. McConnell and Mettling dropped out, Logan led the final sprint, and Edwards of the Shoe City team broke a chain. Open and handicap races produced spills, with R E Jones of Wollaston suffering a fractured collar bone. Baston, Ingraham, and Hamilton won firsts. Hamilton also took a third, and Orcutt earned two seconds.
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Brockton
Shoe City
Press Cycling Club of
Boston
McConnell
Mettling
Logan
Bhoe City
Edwards
Chase
Pitcher
R. E. Jones
Wollaston
R. W. Baston
J. EB. Ingraham
Lynnfield
Claude Hamilton
Lowell
Hamilton
Harry Orcutt
Independent Boston Fusilier Vet Veterans Form Charter List
The Independent Boston Fusilier Vet Veterans gathered at Columbus Hall on Washington Street for a business meeting and smoke talk last evening. About 150 names were enrolled as charter members for an organization limited to past and present members of the company. Officers elected were President Caeg John P. Wiley, Secretary E rien, Treasurer Alfred New aman. An executive committee was chosen including Berarkin D. and Frank B. ones.
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Boston
Berarkin D. Aoe
Frank B. Ones
Kempfs Gable Disappoints Washington
The President leaves Washington for Canton tonight confident China situation has improved though officials dispute that. Kempff’s cablegram admits he knows nothing of the missing missionaries. diplomats and missionaries have been silent for two weeks. Navy officers at Taku show no system to learn Pekin events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canton
China
Admiral Kempff
Chaffee
Kempff
Taku
Pekin
British Losses Heavy in Tientsin Relief Sailors and Marines Reported
In the House of Commons parliamentary secretary William St John Brodrick said British losses with Vice Admiral Seymour's relief force returning to Tien Tsin on June 2 were heavy. Bayts and 24 men killed. 7 officers and 91 men wounded. Foreign casualties return incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Foreign Office
William St. John Brodrick
Seymour
Tien Tsin
Herbert W. H. Bayts
Royal Marines
Brodrick
Dean's Ointment Promises Skin Relief for Children
Advertises Dean's Ointment as a cure for eczema and other skin diseases, claiming it does not harm the skin and can be found at any drug store. Tone resembles a period-appropriate product pitch aimed at worried parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Cen
Diplomatic report on Pekin legations amid casualties
The total cited includes 212 wounded and men killed. Mr Brodrick stated the latest government reports indicate the legations remain at Pekin.
Missing Missionary Sparks Anxiety for Bible Society in China
The Rev. Dr. J. R. Hykes, a colporteur for the American Bible Society in China, has not been heard from since May 23, when he wrote of a planned trip to northern Chinese cities and fears of trouble. Former Methodist missionary at Kin Kiang, he joined the Bible Society in 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Hykes
American Bible Society
China
W. I. Haven
Society
Dr. Hykes
North China
Hykes
Methodist Church
Powers Agree On Demands In China Crisis
Paris reports that negotiators from the powers reached an understanding to maintain the status quo in spheres of influence and guarantees in China. An international occupation army of 80,000 is planned with contributions of 12,000 from Russia and Japan, 10,000 from Great Britain, 8,000 from France, and 5,000 each from Germany, America, and other powers. The Siberian Russian corps will cross the frontier only if the crisis worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
China
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
France
Germany
America
Siberia
Pekin relief expedition reaches Tien Tsin with 200 sick and wounded
Navy communications from Admiral Kempf report that the Pekin relief force has reached Tien Tsin with 200 sick and wounded. Ministers and Pekin party are not with them, and there is no news on their fate. This dispels hopes that the foreign ministers were rescued by Seymour's expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Kempf
Che Foo
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Kempff
Seymour
Strike Averted After Cigar Union Conference
A grievance between the Cigars Factory Strippers Union of Boston and cigar manufacturers was settled at a city conference. A Central Labor Union committee, Richard Garrity Frank McCarty and Frank Pickett, secured an amicable agreement preventing any strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cigar Factory Strippers’ Union of
Boston
Central Labor Union
Richard Garrity
Frank McCarty
Frank Pickett
Chelsea Aldermen Approve Track Location Hearing
Chelsea Board of Aldermen held a hearing on Boston Elevated Railroad Company track locations. An order granting the locations was sent to a second reading. Alderman Richardson introduced an order for Chelsea and Revere Street Railroad Company locations. The measure passed to a second reading by a vote of 6 to 0.
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Chelsea
Meadowbrook Polo Team Wins Championship in New York
Meadowbrook Polo Club defeated the Philadelphia team 21 to 7 at Prospect Park field in front of about 15,000 spectators. The seniors reclaimed honors after the juniors had earlier won the junior cup, completing a decisive defense of the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prospect Park Field
Meadowbrook
Meadowbrooks
Morning assault shocks family at resort incident
A longshoreman attacked his wife and mother in law at a resort before fleeing with the older man. Charles Rockpole and Mary, aged, suffered slash wounds as Joseph H. Kuhn tried to intervene. Kuhn received two bad cuts and all three were sent to Bellevue for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Rockpole
Mary
Bellevu
Meen
Reckstahle
Joseph H. Kuhn
Cunniffs celebrate tenth wedding anniversary at Beacon Street home
Mr and Mrs Michael M Cunniff marked their tenth wedding anniversary at their residence 1010 Beacon Street last evening. The couples home was decorated for the celebration with guests and festive surroundings described in brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael M. Cunniff
Beacon Street
Democratic Delegates Begin Today in Kansas City
Delegates arrive to oppose concessions that would align the Democratic party with McKinley and Bryan, warning the Kansas City convention will not place the party in a vacillating position. The speaker criticizes those seeking to split the ticket and dilute the party’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bryan
McKinley
Kansas City
Plans for July 4 nomination in Kansas City
Kansas City report notes a circulating story claiming finalized plans for nominations on July 4. The brief discusses the chatter and hints at a formal proclamation or event, without detailing exact actions or participants.
Kansas City's Plans for the Convention Schedule
On Monday July 2 delegates clubs and Democratic visitors are to be welcomed at the railroad station by Chairman Paxton's reception committee. The Silver Republican convention hosts receptions and Monetary League meetings at the Auditorium. The Democratic national committee meets at Kansas City Club at noon. Modern Woodmen's Log Cabin opens. The following days include informal receptions national committee headquarters noon sessions and parade preparations with twenty thousand in line. Friday marks the convention's final session.
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Paxton
Monetary League
Democratic National Committee
Kansas City
National Committee
Jones
National Democratic League
Milton Moore
Kansas City Club House
Variegated electric lights brighten the Cunniff wedding reception
A grand reception for at least 200 guests followed a nuptial ceremony. Mrs. Cunniff wore liberty satin with lace and diamonds. Ushers included Henry F. Raynor and others. a twelve piece orchestra led by John J. Mullaly performed in a large stable turned dance hall. Notables present included Miss Ellen Cunniff, Mrs. Thomas Gaffney, Judge and Mrs. Allen of South Boston, and Rev. John F. Quirk among many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Cunniff
Thomas Gaffney
Pp. J. Flatley
Kis. veRney
Kenney
Mothyurnane
Risteen
Thomas Fay
James Prendergast
Thomas Doherty
Robert Bishop
J. B. Fitzpatrick
C. G. Atwood
Atwood
J. Gake
Hugh Carey
Margaret Garey
John Scully
Jewels of Goulds Recovered After Theft in London
Jewels valued about 5000 dollars stolen from Edwin Gould and his wife at the Carlton Hotel in London have been recovered in New York. The man found with the jewels is under arrest and has been remanded until tomorrow. He denies stealing them, claiming the jewels were entrusted to him by a woman he met at Coney Island to dispose of.
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New York
Edwin Gould
Carlton Hotel
London
Goulds
Coney Island
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McLean
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Chung King
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