Inauguration Preparations For President McKinley
Washington prepares for the McKinley inauguration with lavish plans including illuminated Pennsylvania Avenue and a Court of Honor at the White House. Navy ships Dixie Hartford Puritan etc gather near Alexandria while veterans balk at parade roles. The ceremonies feature Roosevelt as Vice President and a grand parade led by General Francis Greene.
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Washington
McKinley
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Court of Honor
Executive Mansion
Navy Department
Dixie
Hampton Roads
Alexandria
Hartford
Lancaster
Topeka
Washington Navy Yard
Daniel Sickles
Francis Greene
United States Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol
Washington Monument Grounds
Pension Office
Fuller
Mcsued
Ohio
Porto Rico
Grigars
Department of Justice
Tufts Divinity Student Offered Spencer Universalist Pastorate
Spencer news confirms George W. Fuller a Tufts College Divinity School senior received a unanimous call to become pastor of Spencer Universalist Church. The announcement marks a milestone for Fuller and the church within the local clergy leadership.
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Spencer
George W. Fuller
Tufts College Divinity School
Spencer Universalist Church
Ham mond Will Allocates $50,000 to ASPCA
The February 28 filing shows Edward A Ham monds will giving the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals fifty thousand dollars.
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York
Edward A. Hammond
The
Amercan Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Reid Delivers Second Lecture on Newspapers in New Haven
The Hon. Whitelaw Reid spoke in New Haven tonight delivering the second and final lecture on newspapers.
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Whitelaw Reid
New Haven
Conn
Judge Sheldon Sentences Two Men to State House
In Superior Criminal Court yesterday Judge Sheldon sentenced James F. Nelson to the House of Correction for three years and Fred A. Sampry to two years. They broke into John W. Haynes’s dwelling on January 18 and stole two blankets worth seven dollars and three rings at two dollars each.
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Sheldon
Superior Criminal Court
James F. Nelson
House of Correction
Fred A. Sampry
Nelson
Sampry
John W. Haynes
Italians Strike Over Night Wages at Wachusett Dam
In Clinton on February 28 twenty seven of sixty Italian laborers who refused to work at night returned to the Wachusett dam for the water system project. They demanded $1.75 for night shifts while officials affirmed the $1.35 rate equal to day men.
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Clinton
Wachusett
Meecreeeye
Kaiser Narrow Escape In Berlin Street Car Collision
Emperor William escaped serious injury when his carriage collided with an electric street car on Unter Den Linden near the Schloss. The coachman halted the horses as the car struck the coach, lightly bruising the Emperor who quickly checked the scene. An eyewitness notes the Dowager Empress Frederick’s departure and the Emperor’s concealed concern.
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Berlin
William
Unter den Linden
Schloss
Frederick
Cronberg
Inquiry on Gunner Morgan papers sparks denial
Sampson and Secretary Long respond amid press concern over how papers became public property. In Savannah, Colonel Asa Bird Gardner investigates General Nathaniel Greene's burial site, weighing whether he lies in Colonial Cemetery, Savannah or Dungennes Cemetery on St Simons Island.
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Washington
Gunner Morgan
Long
Sampson
Savannah
Asa Bird
Gardner
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati
Nathaniel Greene
Dungennes
St. Simons Island
Firefighters endure costly Boston blaze night with rescues
The Boston Fire Department faced a dramatic night with multiple fires. In South Boston at 77 Tudor Street James Concannon escaped death after smoke inhalation. Spring Street injury involved four firefighters from ladder failures. 8 Green Street saw an explosion of naphtha, three people rescued and one fireman severely cut.
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Boston
South
Tudor Street
James Concannon
Spring Street
Green Street
West End Naphtha Blast Roars Through Building
A naphtha blast in a basement fruit store at 8 Green Street shattered glass, drove residents from beds, and hospitalized three rescue workers. Martha Henderson, Catherine Gallagher, and Sarah Pellerin were among residents aided by firemen and police from Engine 6 and Station 3. The Eddy estate fruit store owner John Finnick faces a fire loss of about $200 as two lodging houses at Nos. 83 and 8ared risked occupants' safety.
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West End
Green Street
Martha Henderson
W. O. Stone
Marcus Kelleher
Miss Henderson
Catherine Gallagher
Montgomery
Sullivan
Samuel Rosenthal
Josephine Bellows
John J. Hayes
Engine 6
Sarah Pellerin
Hoseman Crowley
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eddy
W. H. Ross
Pellerin
John Finnick
Fire injures four as ladder breaks during rescue attempt
A slide fire on Spring Street near midnight damaged a $100 property in a third floor OUS-ACEY frame tenement. Firemen from Engine 6 responded led by Captain Shalow with Privates Sweeney Crosby Stevens. A broken ladder sent four rescuers tumbling to the street, causing the tense scare in the West End.
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Spring Street
West End
Vo Od
Leverett Street
Captain Shalow
Sweeney and
Crosby
Stevens
Combination 3
Witow
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Vorenberg
Washington, Hanover and Elmets
Newngland
New England
State St
James B. Ramsay, JR
T. D. Baker Company
Harrison Ave
Cor
Kinesland
Butler
TUFTS
T@ SPENCER
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Radam Microbe Killer Co
Union
Washington St
Heaton & Co
Washington Street
Riz
Bromfield and
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LE Roy
Smillerg& Sons
Wolcott
Henry L. Higginson
Governor Wolcott
Milk Street
Brockton
F. W. Parker
England
Arcola Oil Co
Great Wilson
California
Telegram
Sunset District
H. M. Holleman Co
Tremont Temple
Mass. P. S
Dun’s
Bradstreet
Chicago
Cambridge
Thomas Mosher
Cor. Hanover and Blackstone Sts
E.E. Gray & CO
Tel
Haymarket
Gan
Green Mountain
Bock
A. G. van Nostrand Bunker Hill Breweries
Charlestown
Kaiser
Greene
C.C
Ead
Boston News
Kuneau
UMMAI
Bernard M. Wolf
Hanover and
Portland Sts
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