Motorman Edward J Whalen Missing From Jamaica Plain
Edward J Whalen a 37 year old Jamaica Plain motorman on the Forest Hills line has been missing since March 4 leaving only $3 and his watch and keys at home. His mother died recently and relatives fear mental distress. He wore a brown overcoat blue trousers and black hat. Police alerted and hospitals checked for a match with no results.
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Edward J. Whalen
Washington Street
Jamaica Plain
Forest Hills
West End Street Railway
Whalen
West End
William Whalen
Florida
Post
Ned
Segal and Schwartz Wed in Knights of Honor Hall
Mr A Segal and Miss Beckie Schwartz were married by Rabbi A Glaser in Knights of Honor Hall. Bridesmaids Rosie Zuch Lena Berlin. maids of honor Anna Schwartz Lena Schwartz. After a New York trip the couple will live on Chelsea street East Boston. Guests included Mr and Mrs L Ginsburg Mr and Mrs L Cohen Mr and Mrs A Schwartz Mr Abraham Alpert. Hyman Pill was floor director and dancing followed refreshments until midnight.
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A. Segal
Beckie Schwartz
Knights of Honor Hall
Rabbi A. Glaser
Rosie Zuch
Lena Berlin
Anna Schwartz
Lena Schwartz
New York
Chelsea Street
Boston
L. Ginsburg
L. Cohen
A. Schwartz
Anaconda Onion Society Hosts First Feast in Montana
The Anaconda Standard reports the Anaconda Onion Society held its first feast with a long central table set with onions at every plate. Members wore onion boutonnieres while a vegetable banner and motto IN ONION THERE IS STRENGTH were displayed, as the club plans to honor onions and boost their esteem.
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Montana
Anaconda
Anaconda Onion Society
Pacific Slope
East
California
Boston Public Schools Certificate Examinations Set
Candidates for Grammar School and Kindergarten certificate qualifications in Boston must attend exams on April 17 and 18, 1896 at the Normal School hall Dartmouth and Appeton. Special grade certificates in crawling wood working cookery sewing penmanship also tested the same days. Applicants should request full circulars from Phineas Bates, Secretary of Supervisors, Mason Street.
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Maton
Normal School
Dartmouth and
Appeton
Phineas Bates
Mason Street
Boston
Salvation Army Rally Adds Francis E. Clark in New York
In New York on March 15 the Salvation Army rally featured the accession of Francis E. Clark, president of the United Societies of Christian Endeavor, to the army. Commissioner-Mrs. Booth Tucker, appointed to lead the army in the U S, will likely arrive around March 20.
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New York
Salvation Army
Francis E. Clark
The
United Societies
Christian Endeavor
Boston
Booth Tucker
Christian Endeavor Society
Frozen body identified as Angus McDonald missing since March
The body of Angus McDonald was found in Long Crouch Woods Jamaica Plain by children. He last left on March 1 to visit his brother at 18 Bay Street and was later found at his residence. His death is mourned by three daughters and neighbors. the family blames mental distress after his wife’s death and business worries. Funeral services are planned for this afternoon at 2 o'clock followed by a Forest Hills procession.
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Rockland Street
Angus McDonald
The
Post
Long Crouch Woods
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
Forest Hills
Bay Street
Cambridge
McDonald
Plan for box seats at upcoming horse show announced
The plan outlines eighty two elevated four sided boxes around the ring seating six each. Thirteen boxes near Mechanics' building balcony. Auction in Music Hall March 23 at 3 pm with upset price of 100 dollars. Each box owner gets eighteen daily show tickets.
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Mechanics’ Building
Music Hall
Central Labor Union Defeats Biennial Plan and Backs Free Baths
The Central Labor Union voted unanimously to oppose biennials, urging city unions to form annual election leagues to defeat the amendment at ratification. It backed free baths over a nominal 5 or 10 cent charge and condemned Cripple Creek gold-field rhetoric. The group also considered copyright, cheaper gas petitions, and named alterations to the Public Baths Commission.
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Organized Labor
Central Labor Union
Cp Eteora
Denver Trades Council
Cripple Creek
Congress
Allied Printing Trades
Legislative Committee
Henry M. Whitney
Committee On Manufactures
Greenhalge
Frederic T. Greenhalge
Edward Ryan
Public Baths Commission
Quincy
Bath
New England Sees Snowfall Predicted by Weather Bureau
The weather bureau noted New England was favored with a lively snow storm last night while other regions saw less. Temperatures stayed around 26 degrees with light to moderate snow accumulation expected to reach about two inches by midnight.
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New England
Smith
Shoemaker Roach Fractures Jaw After Union House Altercation
In Lynn on March 15 Richard Roach a local shoemaker for the Thomas G. Plant Company says he was severely assaulted at the Union House on Mulberry street by John Sullivan a fellow company employee. Roach was struck in the jaw fracturing it following a dispute over a young woman.
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Lynn
Richard Roach
Thomas G. Plant Company
Union
Mulberry Street
John Sullivan
Roach
Taxes in the Mountains Trial of Tax Practice
A Detroit Free Press fragment recounts a tale on a mountain trail where a traveler and a companion discuss taxes with Tom Hopkins. The conversation turns when Hopkins pulls a rifle and refuses to pay state taxes, offering to take seven dollars as settlement while threatening more gun action if pressed.
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Hopkins
Tom
Sam’ Davis
Nashville
Pete
Harper
Detroit Free Press
Boston Theatre Hosts Benefit for St. Agnes School
The Boston Theatre drew a large crowd for an St. Agnes Industrial School of Dorchester benefit last night. Richard Golden led a varied program with encores for Kittie Mitchell and Polle Holmes, plus many performers including the Imperial Roumanian Quartet and Barbeque March by Lawrence B. O’Connor. Proceeds are expected to be substantial.
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Boston
St. Agnes’s Industrial School
Dorchester
Richard Golden
Jed Prouty
Kittie Mitchell
Polle Holmes
P. C. Shortis
the Paganini
Banjo
Messrs. Ward and Curran
al Grant
Rosalie
Gertie Gilson
Imperial Roumanian Quartet
Edward P
John F. Cummins
Richard Lyle
George Mendall Taylor
Lawrence B. O’connor
Edward Josselyn
Henry F. Russell
Funeral for William Earl Allen Held in Waltham
William Earl Allen’s funeral took place at his Main Street home with Rev. W. H. Pulsford of the Unitarian Church conducting services. A Philedians delegation, of which he was a prominent member, served as pallbearers. Interment followed at Grove Hall Cemetery.
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Waltham
William Earl Allen
Main Street
W. H. Pulsford
Unitarian Church
Philedians
Grove Hall Cemetery
One Exception Parrot and Star Actor Wiggins Debate Parts
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts a parrot claiming a part cannot exceed the whole with Wiggins asserting a Star actor judges his own role. Truth remains unclear as the exchange ends.
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Parrot
Wiggins
Boston Team To Compete At Olympian Games Abroad
The BA A committee requested reopening the subscription list and finalizing preparations for a team to the Olympian games. A traveler will be chosen to accompany the squad. The group departs Boston Friday and sails from New York.
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Boston
New York
Breeders eye champions as brood mares despite poor track to foal record
The article notes champions like Queen Alix and Goldsmith Maid as potential brood mares despite limited success at producing high quality offspring. It discusses risks of buying fast trotters for breeding, names mares and sires, and recalls attempts to breed famed runners such as Sundl. It highlights opinions from Myron McHenry and mentions past records like Sundl’s Detroit run and other two minute trotters.
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Queen Alix
Mr. Tewksbury
Queen
Percy
Chicago News
Goldsmith Maid
Lady Thorne
Flora Temple
Prince Imperial
Maud S
Nancy Hanks
Arion
Belle Hamlin
Mambrino King
Mr. Hamlin
Hattie Woodward
Fanny Witherspoon
Prodigal
Ben Kennedy
Myron McHenry
New York
Charlie Marvin
Sundl
Detroit
Bonner
Notorious trotters of old days and their volatile temperaments
The account recalls famed horses like Jay-Eye-See and Orange Bud, noting their dangerous temperaments and fierce stall behavior. It describes handlers, breeding lines, and trainers who managed or recalled their unruly dispositions, contrasting past and modern training practices.
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Jay-Eye-See
Robert McGregor
Glens Falls
N. Y
W. E. Spier
Dan Hurley
Seeley
Dexter
Hickok
Old St. Julien
Mr. Morrow
California
de Bary
Nil Desperandum
Golden
Dr. Franklin
General Knox
Male spinners in convention in Pawtucket Rhode Island
An adjourned convention of male spinners from Rhode Island and nearby towns met in European Hall with thirty eight delegates. They voted to pay 25 cents a week into the general treasury and elected James Fallon permanent secretary for the district. Fallon, a Dexter Yarn Company employee, will organize unions and is awaiting National Board confirmation.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Howard
Fall River
Samuel Ross
Thomas O’donnell
New Bedford Union
James Fallon
Cottrell
Main Street
National Board
Fallon
Dexter Yarn Company
Labor meeting in Brockton discusses doors and union claims
Central Labor Union meets in Brockton as inspector of buildings reports on doors and gates at factories and public spaces. Delegates read the notice of Enterprise as an unfair paper, with unions endorsing Typographical Union action. The working committee will probe shops advertising ready-made clothes as union made at low prices.
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Brockton
Central Labor Union
Typotrapnical Union
Marlboro Labor Union Forms Committees and Plans Actions
The Central Labor Union in Marlboro on March 15 appointed committees to study the rise in street railway fares and to solicit funds for a weekly labor paper. It endorsed the Boot and Shoe Union label and pressed on with investigations into Southboro Water Works while promoting non union tobacco opposition and scheduling future meetings at Knights of Labor Hall Brown's block.
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Marlboro
Central Labor Union Today
Indorse
Boot and Shoe
Southboro
Knights of Labor Hall
Brown's Block
Potatoes Used as Fuel Trial Drives New Idea
North Dakota inventor J. S. Bartholomew in Grand Forks reports potatoes burned for fuel. One day yielded heat with three-quarters cord of wood and thirty bushels of potatoes, valued at ten cents a bushel for fuel. If adopted, this could influence prices and farming decisions nationwide.
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North Dakota
The
Grand Forks
Bartholomew
Minneapolis Tribune
Bermuda Steamer Cleared Amid Seizure by U S Marshal
The steamer Bermuda cleared for Santa Martha on Feb 23 and was seized that day by the U S marshal for alleged filibustering toward Cuba. She was cleared yesterday for Vera Cruz and passed Sandy Hook at 10 am today.
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New York
Bermuda
Santa Martha
Cuba
Vera Cruz
Sandy Hook
Sweat Named Favorite for Republican Delegate
The Republicans of Ward 20 will caucus Wednesday at 6 PM to elect delegates to the State and congressional conventions. A. T. Sweat is the choice for delegate to the national convention.
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A. T. Sweat
Ward 20
Salvation Oil Promoted as Best Remedy for Pain
The advertisement touts Salvation Oil as the most wonderful remedy for pain and notes a sale price of 256.
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Salvation Oil
Tense confrontation as regiments mobilize over senate vote
The article describes overnight capi tol tensions in a political standoff. The First Regiment of Louisville has been summoned and arrives at 2 a.m. with Second Regiment companies to follow tomorrow. Democrats predict a clash between lawmakers and the military at the capitol during tomorrow’s ballot as populist Poor holds a pivotal vote and Boyle supporters eye a sixty nine vote election.
Boston Sealed Proposals for Granite Paving Blocks
Boston invites sealed proposals for 300000 large granite paving blocks from Cape Ann or Maine source. Deliver to wharves as ordered. bids due March 23, 1896 by noon. Required: certified check of 1000 and performance bond. Proposals, contracts, specs at City Hall Room 47. Superintendent may reject any bid. Boston March 11, 1896.
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Boston
Cape Ann
State of Maine
City Hall
Mass
Benj. W. Wells
Proposals for Supplies for the Navy Yard Boston
Sealed proposals for galvanized steel wire and a bar shearing machine at the Navy Yard Boston must be received by March 17 1896. Proposals to conform to Navy standards and pass inspection. Bids may be rejected or waived. lots used to break ties. EDWIN STEWART Paymaster General US Beans.
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Navy Yard
Boston Mass
Boston
Mass
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Navy
Navy Pay Office
Department
Edwin Stewart
Us Beans
Fuel for vessels and stations in lighthouse district bids
Proposals due by 12 o clock on March 27 1896 at the Lighthouse Inspector Second District Boston for furnishing and delivering fuel for vessels and stations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1897. Specifications and forms obtainable at the office. The United States may adjust quantities and reject bids or waive defects. F M Green Commander U S N Lighthouse Inspector.
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Boston
Mass
United States
F. M. Green
Proposals Sought for District Vessel Provisions
Proposals will be received on March 27 1896 for furnishing and delivering provisions for vessels in the district for the fiscal year ending June 30 1897. Forms and instructions are available at the office. The right to reject bids or adjust quantities is reserved. a clause to that effect will be in the contract. F. M. Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
F. M. Green
Notice in Massachusetts Suit Against Otis Manufacturing Co
Suffolk superior court orders publication in the Boston Post for ALP RED LATCH v Otis Manufacturing Co and Lawrence & Wiggin. Defendant not found in Commonwealth. publication to notify pendency of action for five thousand dollars defaulted Oct 19, 1804. Case to be continued until service by publication.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
ALP
RED Latch
Boston
Otis Manufacturing Company
Louisiana
New Orleans
Frederick W. Lawrence
Henry H. Wiggin
Lawrence & Wiggin
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Gos
Willard
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Salvationists
Angus McDonal
Margh
Jamaica Plaza
Angus M’donald
Lynn Shoemaker
ST. Agnes
W. £. Allen
E. Hi. Hill
Dedham St
Ballington Booth
Fly © Lord
Marlboro Labor Mek
Bermuda Sails
State Capitol Building
Louisville
Tomor
Cers
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Crats
Bradley
Tion
Lexing
Company D
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Pany
Blackburn
Boyle
Sion
James
Walton
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