Dorchester Doll Show Displays 3800 Miniature Darlings
At Baker Memorial Church Upham's Corner Dorchester a doll show gathered 3800 dolls from wax to rag models. Isabella Gillespie led with 78 entries including an immaculate groom. Exhibits included a pocket drama of a sick doll and a doll church with an Old New England meeting house.
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Baker Memorial Church
Upham's Corner
Dorchester
Isabella Gillespie
Etek
Barbara Frietehie
Jackson
Masea
Mutiny Reported On City of Medford Sailors Arrested in Lisbon
Word reaches Brockton that crew of the five masted schooner City of Medford from Boston were arrested in Lisbon for assault on Captain Frank Leland. Harry Lewis of Howard Street, Brockton, is named as crew member. The U S consul took charge and will send the crew to New York for a government trial around March 27.
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Brockton
City of Medford
Boston
Lisbon
Portugal
Frank Leland
Henry Littlefield
Harry Lewis
Howard Street
Lewis
United States
Loisbon
America
Liverpool
New York
John 8. Emery
Sithouay
D. W. Field Shoe Factory
Leland
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity Remedy
An advertisement claims 2400 disorders afflict the body with impure blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a simple, effective purifier. It asserts cures for scrofula salt rheum boils pimples dyspepsia biliousness and fatigue and urges starting the remedy today.
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Hood
Celebration at Gilchrist’s Daylight Store Anniversary
Gilchrist’s Daylight Store on Washington street marks its first anniversary with a week of broad bargain displays across all counters. A live cutting show for ladies' shirt waists attracts large crowds as cutters tailor garments on the spot while shoppers watch and select patterns.
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Gilchrist’s
Washington Street
China
Princeton Wins Annual Debate Over Ship Subsidy Plan
Princeton defeated Yale by unanimous vote in the annual debate held in New Haven. The topic was whether the United States should adopt subsidies beyond mail subsidies to boost shipbuilding and ocean carrying trades. Yale spoke for the affirmative, with Frank Sincerbeaux, Mason Trowbridge, and Robert Ewell. Princetonists were Walter Hope, Axtell Byles, and Robert Steen. judges were William Guthrie, William Peckham, and James Thayer.
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New Haven
Washton
D. C
Princeton
Walter B. Hope
Brooklyn
N. Y
Axtell Julius Byles
Titusville
Penn
Robert 8. Steen
Philadelphia
William Guthrie
William G. Peckham
New York
James B. Thayer
Cambridge
Mass
Cleveland Delivers Venezuela Boundary Lecture at Princeton
Ex President Grover Cleveland spoke at Princeton University in Alexander Hall on the Venezuelan boundary dispute. Professor Woodrow Wilson introduced him as he received cheers from students while detailing the need for extraneous assistance to fix loosely named bounds. The talk traced events up to September 1893.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Princeton University
Alexander Hall
Woodrow Wilson
Cleveland
Venezuelan Republic
British Guiana
Offender Dalton Gets Fine and Jail for Passing Mutilated Coins
Austin W Dalton alias Georges W Howard, described as an old offender, was sentenced yesterday afternoon by Judge Lowell in the United States District Court to pay a $1 fine and serve three months in East Cambridge jail for passing mutilated coins.
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Austin W. Dalton
Georges W. Howard
East Cambridge
Lowell
United States District Court
Omega Oil Promised to Quickly Cure Chest Ailments
Advertiser asserts cold, sore throat, and lung pains cannot be cured by swallowing medicine. Recommends rubbing Omega Oil on throat and chest for rapid relief, claiming nature designed it for this purpose and it is far superior to plasters.
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Nature
Dorchester Ladies Night At Elite Club Event
The Old Dorchester Club hosted its annual ladies night reception with President L C Southard leading a greeting lineup including Mrs Southard and other officers. The evening featured a piano solo by Stanley Nichols and a monologue sketch, followed by dancing under James A Glass and associates. Notables and members attended from J P May to George M Potter and Howell, among many others.
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Dorchester Club
Dorchester
L. C. Southard
Elmer G. Foster
William B. Stone
Stanley Nichols
C. B. Billings
Man
Maine
James A. Glass
H. W. Kimball
J. A. Towle
J. P. May
Crowell
Confessed to Burning Barn in West Peabody Farm
Charles W. Murphy alias William C. Carr, jailed for prior theft, confessed setting fire to J. E. Herrick’s barn in West Peabody. The blaze killed five horses a bull and 528 cows, Herrick’s loss surpasses $6000. Murphy to face grand jury on incendiarism charge.
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Peabody
Charles W. Murphy
William C. Carr
Concord Reformatory
J. E. Herrick
West Peabody
Coffee Poison Exposed by Doctor’s Wife in Monticello
A Monticello Indiana physician’s wife reports severe stomach trouble and a pale complexion from coffee. After stopping coffee and starting Postum Food Coffee her health and skin improved significantly. The ad claims about one in three people are poisoned by coffee and urges readers to trial Postum.
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Monticello
Ind
Poshme Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Incendiary Fires Damage Milford Properties
A Milford blaze damaged a barn on 29 Pleasant Street belonging to John H. Sherman, about 1500 dollars loss, one horse perished. Another fire at the Central House on Central Street, owned by John S. O'Brien and used by Ernest Bates, was started by unknown persons. A domestic worker alerted Bates and family, aiding a near suffocation incident in the lower level housing a Snese laundry.
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Milford
John H. Sherman
Pleasant Street
Central Street
Johns. O’brien
Ernest Bates
Tyler Begins Sentence for Bank Abstracting in Fitchburg
United States Marshal Darling escorted former bank teller Joel G. Tyler to Fitchburg jail to serve a five year term for abstracting funds from the Safety Fund National Bank. The Court of Appeals recently affirmed the Circuit Court findings. Judge Putnam notes counsel John W. Corcoran may sign a pardon petition when prepared.
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United States
Darling
Railiff Ruhl
Joel G. Tyler
Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg
Fitchburg
Tyler
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Putnam
Ler
John W. Corcoran
Carrie Nation Visits Cincinnati Tenderloin District
Mrs. Carrie Nation visited Cincinnati's Tenderloin district with Detectives Crim and Kincaid and a posse of reporters. She addressed many women in the venues while they sat with men at the tables.
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Cincinnati
Carrie Nation
Crim and Kincaid
Spiritualist Meet in Boston Celebrates Fifty Third Anniversary
Boston marks the fifty third anniversary of Spiritualism with week long exercises led by the Children's Progressive Lyceum and the Ladies Lyceum Union. Morning and afternoon sessions at Red Men's Hall and an evening program at Odd Fellows' Hall feature Mrs. William Butler presiding and multiple speakers. The two lyceums have given $10,000 in ten years to feed, clothe, and fuel the poor, with Butler a key organizer and medical clairvoyant allied against efforts to restrict medical practice to registered physicians.
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Children’s Progressive Lyceum
Ladies’ Lyceum Union
Red Men’s Hall
Tremont Street
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Wiliam
Butler
Commonwealth
State House
Alice Waterhouse
Nellie Holt Harding
Hewett
C. Fanny Allen
Sarah Burns
E. A. Smith
Brandon
Munyon’s Rheumatism Cure Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement urges early treatment for rheumatism with Munyon’s Rheumatist Cure, claiming rapid relief within hours or days. It touts portable vials for pocket use and promotes additional Munyon cures for cold, dyspepsia, kidney trouble, constipation, and inhalers, all priced around 25 cents to a dollar.
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Munyon
Munson
Burkhart
Cincinnati
Manyon's Doctors Are Free Consultation Service
Manyon's Medical specialists offer free advice on all diseases with no charge. The electrical department claims to cure stubborn pains stiff joints and impending paralysis. Open day and evening except Sunday for consultations.
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Manyon
Massachusetts Lyceum Union events fill Paine Hall week
At an afternoon gathering Mrs E A Weston presided as Longfellow's Psalm of Life was read by Clara Weston and the Schubert Female Quartet sang. Evening sessions at Odd Fellows Hall led by William A Hale featured speakers Mrs Kate Styles Mrs Abbie Burnham Mrs Sarah Byrne and Rev F A Wiggin.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
William A. Hale
Kate Styles
Abbie Burnham
Sarah Byrne
F. A. Wiggin
Mattie Milliken
Iona Stillings
Clara Weston
Massachusetts State Association
Paine Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
Tremont Street
Veteran Spiritualist Union
Boston Spiritual Temple
Berkeley Hall
Boston Spiritual Lyceum
Unclear Text fragment on Merchants and Occupations
Fragmentary OCR notes mention merchants doctors lawyers clerks preachers teachers workers and family relations with a phrase about oats for everyone likely from an ad or notice. Details are unreadable and no clear event or action specified.
Bell anti Christian Science bill judged dead in Albany
In Albany on March 27 the Bell anti Christian Science bill is considered dead as most legislators oppose restricting healing practices people may choose for their own ills.
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Albany
N. Y
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