Revolutionary stock and family saga from Cambridge couple
Mr. and Mrs. Simeon B. Titus of Cambridge share a lineage tracing to Vermont founders and Revolutionary War ancestors. Born 1817 and 1818, they married in 1839 and raised a large family on Vershire farm, later moving to Cambridge. Their descendants include 18 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, with sons who served in Vermont Volunteers and a daughter who was a nurse at Columbian College Hospital.
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Simeon B. Titus
Oxford Street
Cambridge
Mr. Titus
Wershire
Eliza Jane Morris
West Fairlee
Im Vershire
Titus
Lenox Titus
American Revoluion
Bennington
Massachusetts
Vermont
William Morris
Concord
Lexington
Sophia Morse
Vermont Volunteers
Andersonville
Fanny T. Hazen
Columbian College
United States Military Hospital
Washington, D. C
Charles M. Titus
Boston
Oldest New England Couple Sought For Prize Chairs
The Boston Post invites readers to submit photographs and a 200 word sketch of the oldest married couple in New England. Send to Old Couple Editor at the Post in Boston with birth and marriage dates, address, number of children, and life details. Chairs will be delivered express prepaid.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Boston
Naturalizing in Ward 8 during Conry-Kelither hearing
East Boston resumed the Conry-Kelither congressional hearing with 15 witnesses from Auburn Street in Ward 8. Testimony described easy naturalization there and recalled witnesses with long memories of applicants. A question about Hendricks Club voting at elections raised a witness’s confirmation.
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Conry-Kelither
Boston
Auburn Street
Ward 8
Dominick Hart
Federal Building
Michael J. Winne
Daniel J. Sullivan
Patrick Higgins
Water Department
Mr. Moran
Hendricks Club
Martin Lomasney
Loan Bill Goes Over After Aldermen Meeting
The mayor’s loan bill did not come up for consideration and lies over for another week. The board was informed the New York New Haven Hartford railroad plans to vacate the Old State House and an lease to other parties was ordered. An appropriation of 000 for militia transport and target practice in Boston was approved. Mayor Collins sent two vetoes regarding street grade revisions on East Ninth Street and D Street. both vetoes were referred.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Old State House
Boston
Collins
East Ninth Street
D Street
West Eighth Street
Dorchester Avenue
Old Colony Railroad
Good Government League Set to Meet This Afternoon
The Good Government League will hold a meeting this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce. With state house sensations and disclosures about political corruption, the group is expected to urge vigorous legislative measures.
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Good Government League
Chamber of Commerce
State House
Dart and Bushee Held for Grand Jury on Robbery Charge
George Dart and Joseph M Bushee were held in 1000 bail each for the grand jury after being arrested Friday for robbing and assaulting George Cingres in Lynn. William Casey faced separate charges with 1000 bail for assault and robbery of Henry Palmer and 500 for robbing John Mahoney of Haverhill last July. W H Brewster, Rocky Mountain guide from Banff Alberta, will be at 362 Washington Street Boston until noon Thursday March 19 to share hunting and fishing information for trips to the Canadian Rockies.
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Lynn
George Dart
Joseph M. Bushee
George Cingres
William Casey
Henry Palmer
John Mahoney
Haverhill
W. H. Brewster
Rocky Mountain
Banff
Alberta
Washington Street
Boston
Canadian Rockies
Peoples Choral Union Presents Season Finale at Symphony Hall
The Peoples Choral Union closes its sixth season with a concert at Symphony Hall next Sunday evening. Samuel W. Cole conducts a program featuring cantatas by Paine and Von Weber, Mozart motets, and a chorus and piano piece by Edgar Stillman Kelley, with a capable quartet and the Boston Festival Orchestra. Some seats remain at the Symphony Hall box office and Oliver Ditson & Co.
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People's Choral Union
Symphony Hall
Boston Festival Orchestra
Samuel W. Cole
John K. Paine
von Weber
Mozart
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Oliver Ditson & Co
Professor Scoville Praises Force Cereal Purity
Professor Wilbur L. Scoville of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy reports that Force cereal purchased in Boston stores is of absolute purity after careful analysis. He was chosen by the Force Food Company and will inspect Buffalo mills and manufacturing methods next week.
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Wilbur Ll. Scoville
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
United States
Food Company
Scoville
Boston
Wilbur L. Scoville
Buffalo
Parkgate Run Aground Off Nantucket Shoals
Parkgate bound from Cienfuegos to Boston with 3000 tons of sugar struck the Great Rip shoal near Nantucket at sunrise. Two tugs and a third vessel arrived to assist, while 22 crew members were rescued by Sankaty Head lighthouse keepers after a six hour voyage.
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Nantucket
Cuba
Boston
Parkgate
Great Rip Shoal
Glasconset
South Shoal
Remsen
Sankaty Head
Sai
Williams
Cienfuegos
Cape Cod
Crowther
Great Rip
Mate Williams
Munson Bros
Williams Street
New York
Vineyard Haven
Storm King
Underwriter
Waquoit
Great Point
Mass. court questions verdicts citing plaintiff's appearance
A Massachusetts Superior Court memoranda questions verdicts in a suit by Julia O'Toole of Quincy against the 614 C Street Railway Company. The judge notes the female plaintiff stood alone against witnesses and evidence and suggests a new trial may be warranted due to sympathy influencing the jury.
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Superior Court of
Massachusetts
Julia O'Toole
Quincy
Parkgate Steamers At Whitby Harbour In Danger
A damaged log reports the Parkgate built in Whitby in 188 with a werew steamer starboard and marked 2.89 feet long 88 feet wide 19 feet deep and 143% tons net burden. The vessel lies far from shore and crews worry if a storm would strand her while two tugs could rescue the crew. The night weather is cloudy with fresh east wind and no storm forecast.
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Parkgate
Whitby
Eng
Ang ‘&E
Fitzgerald to Hibernians The Son
John F. Fitzgerald spoke to a crowded Gray's Hall in South Boston addressing Division 13 A O H on The Lessons of Patrick's Day He urged study of census figures showing the growth of foreign born residents and said America depends on the industrious efforts of newcomers to sustain its future industries.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Gray’s Hall
South Boston
Division 13
Honest and Industrious We Call Irish Ancestry Forward
A 19th or early 20th century exhortation urges Irish descendants to lead with industry thrift and sobriety. It emphasizes following fathers who faced prejudice and bigotry, while noting the path is clearer today for success through merit.
Symphony Orchestra Member’s Wife Dies at Home
Mrs Hugo Baering wife of a prominent Symphony Orchestra member died suddenly at 10 Hubbard Street Jamaica Plain yesterday afternoon. A physician was called and heart disease was given as the cause. Both Mr and Mrs Baering are well known in musical circles about Boston.
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Symphony Orchestra
Hugo Baering
Symphony
Hubbard Street
Jamaica Plain
Baering
Boston
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Cothidix
What Is
Castoria
the Centaur Company
Auaray Street
New York City
Lowney
Dorchester Heights
Washington
Lord Howe
Harrison Day
Houghtondutton
People’s Choral Union
Prof. Scoville
Ayd
Cor
Winter St
Julia O’toole
Fitzgerald
Hibernians
Hall & Ruckel
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