Gerrish Shill Holds the Fort and Perkins Runs the Blockade
The disputed Deer Island fort clashes as General Gerrish and Deputy Perkins resist removal. Mayor Fitzgerald and Penal Commissioner Martin reinforce. Admiral Martin arrives and talks with Gerrish while Perkins tries to marshal support. The standoff continues with no immediate settlement.
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James R. Gerrish
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Hlouse of Correction
Deer Island
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Martin Claim
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John Howard
Gerrish
Fort Fitz
Sherman
Quiekly
Charlie’ Barnet
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Taft
McGaffigan
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Post
English
Babson
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Mass meetings for Dorchester K of C bazaar draw 500 attendees
About 500 Knights of Columbus and equal number of ladies attended a Dorchester Columbus Clubhouse mass meeting to back the upcoming bazaar. Mayor Fitzgerald and Congressman O Connell urged unity among five councils to raise over 15000 dollars to pay off the building mortgage.
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Knights of Columbus
Columbus
Dorchester
Elm Hill
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Bowdoin
James EK. Hayes
Peter I. Hanley
John FF. Fitzgerald
Joseph EF. O'Connell
Congressman O'Connell
Grand Knights
Dorchester Council
J. E. Driscoll
J. Denehey
Jenckes Associates Banquet Set at Brigham's Hotel
The Jenckes Associates of the H Siegel Company completed arrangements for their first banquet to be held next Thursday night May 9 at Brigham's Hotel. Association president M Hughes announced department superintendents Cramer Norwell and Jenckes will be special guests with entertainment planned for guests and ladies.
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Jenckes
H. Siegel Company
Brighaim’s
M. #. Hughes
Iessrs
Cramer
Norwell
To Cure Grip in Two Days With Laxative Bromide
An old advertisement promises a two day cure for grip using laxative bromo quinine. It urges customers to call for the full name and look for E. W. Grove signature, priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Three Escaped Prisoners Captured After Chase
Westfield May 3. Deputy Sheriff Alvord captured three escaped prisoners after a fight following their unloading from a freight train in Chester. The trio wore striped shirts and stockings and claimed to be Mike McGlynn Patrick Sheehan and John Parker. Parker resembles the Middletown Conn murderer William Tucker. The men say they escaped from Bloomingdale Asylum and will be brought to Chester for trial tomorrow.
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Alvord
Chester
Mike McGlynn
Patrick Sheehan
John Parker
Bloomingdale Asylum
George N. Cone
Middlefield
William H. Ytucker
Middletown
Conn
Tucker
Parker
Bloomingdale
Tillman fears framed as a national threat at church rally
Alabama lawmaker Hion J. O. Middleton, the sole Republican in the state legislature, denounces Ben Tillman and his coalition as exploiting the fear of negro domination during a mass meeting at the Twelfth Baptist Church on Shawmut avenue.
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Joseph C. Manning
Alabama
Twelfth Baptist Church
Ben Tillman
South
J. O. Middleton
Shawmut Avenue
Alabama Suffrage Struggle Cited by Manning in 19th Century Speech
Manning criticizes Alabama politics and white supremacy, recounting fraudulent vote counts in 1892 94 and 98, noting 15 000 colored taxpayers and 3000 colored voters. He laments disfranchisement of 380 000 men and vows to expose Alabama’s plight in New York and Boston.
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Tillman
Alabama
Mr. Manning
South
Congress
White House
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Bunker Hill
Democracy
New York
Boston
Fire at Holmes Machinery Plant Damages East Boston Buildings
A fire at 299 Marginal Street Jeffries Point East Boston damaged the Charles H Holmes Machinery Company plant. The blaze started at 9:30 am destroying three valuable automobiles and spreading burning gasoline. Fireboats aided firefighters keeping the fire contained to the origin building with no cause determined.
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Marginal Street
Jeffries Point
Boston
Charles H. Holmes Machinery Company
Ritchie
Memorial Service Held by Post 35 G A R
In G A R Hall Chelsea the annual memorial service for deceased comrades of Post 35 was held. Commander George H Buck delivered the memorial address and Rev R Perry Bush spoke on Memories. Taps by Miss Harriette A Carter preceded music by the Bostonian Quartet. Twenty one members have died since last May.
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G. A. R. Hall
Chelsea
Post
George H. Buck
R. Perry Bush
Harriette A. Carter
Bostonian Quartet
Fear Armed Uprising Reported From Swiss Socialist Congress
May 1 report from St Petersburg says the congress of Russian Socialist parties in Switzerland includes all Duma socialists. Officials fear after Easter recess a planned movement to dissolve the Duma by attacking the government and then appealing to the people for an armed uprising.
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ST. Petersburg
Russian Socialist Parties
Switzerland
Duma
Massachusetts Standards Erode Says Reverend At Church
The Rev Dr Herbert S Johnson at Warren Avenue Baptist Church warned that Massachusetts standards are deteriorating and that money and business are not the core of moral and intellectual greatness. He urged returning to religious ideals and a focus on spiritual betterment over urban growth.
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Massachusetts
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Boston
Dare ad promises payday and asks for payment
An old style advertisement urges readers to order a free folder and mail ten dollars at once. It claims reliability only for the originator and asks the recipient to note where the ad was seen. East St. Louis Illinois address provided.
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T. P. Co
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