Ohio steamer Ohio explosion kills six crew in Belmont area
The steamer Ohio burst a flue near Belmont Missouri this morning scalding twenty four crew with six dead before reaching Cairo hospital. Eleven colored men were badly scalded and Cyrus Myers the second mate is missing believed blown overboard. Many cooks were cooked alive as deck cabin filled with steam and boiling water.
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Cairo
Ohio
Belmont
R. W. Carew
W. H. Dickey
C. J. Palman
Orange
N. J
John Ralph
Aaron Johnson
D. R. Randolph
Edward Ross
Cyrus Myers
Cincinnati and Memphis Packet Company
Harris Awaits Noon Electrocution at Sing Sing
Carlyle Harris faces execution at Sing Sing tomorrow after farewell visits with family. State Electrician Davis tested the apparatus, and Harris shows nervous strain yet maintains innocence. Warden Durston and prison doctors report no breakdown, while Mrs Harris plans to accompany him to the chair.
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Sing Sing
N. Y
Carlyle Harris
State Electrician
Davis
Harris
Wiles
Puricaton
Durston
Allan
Centenarian Sally Case Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mrs Sally Case of Wellesley Hills marked her hundredth birthday with family and friends at the Sawyer homestead in Lancaster Her long life from 1793 to 1893 spans early New England origins to Clinton millinery and police history Her reminiscences include Lafayette meeting in 1824 and a life of active interests despite frail health.
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Sally Case
Wellesley Hills
Unitarian Church
Lancaster
Worcester
Omaha
St. Paul
Lafayette
Miss Sawyer
Mrs. Case
New England
Clinton
Case
Sally Sawyer
George Washington
MR. Case
Flavel Case
Congregational Church of
Sawyer Homestead
Labor Union Debates and Boycotts Highlight City Meeting
Central Labor Union session with delegates from most city trades. Talks on Judge Nelson contract labor decision, free year museum, Worcester coal strike, Pfaffs beer boycott, Labor Day parade plans, government ownership of telegraphs, local strikes at Merry shop, and a push to recruit non union machinists. May 19 festival announced for Local 28 in Weils Memorial Hall.
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Central Labor Union
Tracey
Cigarmakers’ Union No. 97
Henry Abrahams
Nelson
George S. Lothrop
Pants Makers Local Union
Typographical Union 13
Brewers Local 14
Central Labor Union of
Worcester
Fred W. Wellington
National Brewers’ Union
Pfaff’s
Bakers
L. P. Merry
Prince Street
Brophy
the Hatters
Whiting
Police Commission
George E. Vaughn
New England
Ab Brown
Fall River
Weils Memorial Hall
First New England Congress of Plumbers convenes in Boston
Delegates from Boston, Lowell, Lynn, Worcester, Holyoke, New Bedford, Fall River, New Haven and Providence meet at St Andrew's Hall. J J Collins of Lynn elected vice president to represent affiliated unions. A plan to organize all unions in New England is set, Lynn strikers endorsed.
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New England Congress of Plumbers
St. Andrew’s Hall
Boston
Lowell
Lynn
Worcester
Holyoke
New Bedford
Fall River
New Haven
Providence
J. J. Collins
New England
Freight Handlers Unite Amid Wage and Hours Dispute
Local labor news reports Freight Handlers' Assembly No 688 of Boston & Albany employees meeting at Pythian Hall. Railroads have not replied to demands for higher pay and shorter hours. Several factories begin nine hour schedules while unions gain members and sick benefits plans emerge.
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Assembly No. 688
Boston & Albany
Pythian Hall
Trade Council
Wilson Hat
Russell’s and
Miles’s
Water Works Assembly No. 479
Dexter Hall
Machinists’ Trade Council
Memorial Hall
Building Laborers’ Union
Caledonian Hall
Death Watch Begins For Murderer Army At Almy
The prison death watch for murderer Army at Almy is confirmed with two guards on duty day and night. Execution is set for one week from Tuesday. Almy remains tense and unreceptive to spiritual matters, with Chaplain Wilkins visiting daily. No relative has claimed his body. if unclaimed and requested in writing, it will go to Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover.
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Concord
N.H
Almy
Wilkins
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover
Last Hour of the World's Fair Clock Contest Ends
The Boston Post wraps up its World’s Fair Clock contest as participants rush coupons. Two winners will join the congress of elect to the Fair while others face no board bills. Eisner & Mendelson Co. promotes Johann Hoff's Malt Extract as a tonic and relief for dyspepsia with a free booklet from sole agents in New York.
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Johann Hoft
Post
Boston
Congress
Johann Hope
Eisner & Mendelson Co
Franklin Street
New York
Well Behaved Clock Delights Boston Readers
The Boston Post drew crowds with its World’s Fair clock guessing game. For days observers watched the pendulum, hoping for a dramatic event, but the clock has continued to swing normally and reliably as a well regulated timepiece.
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Boston Home Journal
Boston Post
Fire at 1638 Purchase Street damages Wheelman Company building
Patrolman J J Leary reported a blaze at 9 07 last evening in a large block bounded by Purchase Oliver and Atlantic streets. The Wheelman Company publishers of the Bicycling World saw flames over an electric dynamo in the press room and a second alarm was ordered as smoke filled the structure. Damage to the floor of origin not more than 1000 with heavier water damage downstairs. Buildings on first floor and basement housed Electrical Forging Company with 30000 stock, Standard Chemical Company with heavy stocks, and floors four to six occupied by Wheelman Company New England Weston Electric Light Company and Union Electric Car Company. Property owned by Joel Goldthwait.
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J. J. Leary
Fort Hill Square
Purchase and
Oliver Streets
Atlantic Avenue
Abbott
Wheelman Company
Electrical
George Burton
Standard Chemical Company
New England Weston Electric Light Company
Union Electric Car Company
Joel Goldthwait
Booth Improves as Recovery Indication Spreads
The bulletin from the Players' Club in New York on May 7 reports improved condition for Mr. Booth with signs of recovery. He appeared brighter, reinforcing the hopeful tone set by St. Clair Smith.
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New York
Players’ Club
Exchange Highlights Household Tension in Reported Quote
A brief dialogue between Mrs Hicks and Dick Hicks circulates from the New York Times with Mrs Hicks denying a whipping for lying and Dick Hicks pressing the issue to avoid punishment. The snippet captures domestic conflict and parental discipline language without further context.
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Mrs. Hicks
Dick Hicks
N. Y
Divorce Petition From William Ferdinand Macy vs Jane Frances Macy
William Ferdinand Macy of Boston files for divorce from Jane Frances Macy now of Stamford Connecticut. He alleges marriage at New Bedford on December 2 1875 and desertion at New Bedford around February 15 1890, continuing over three years, requesting decree of divorce in Suffolk Superior Court Boston.
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Massachus
Superior Court
Suffolk
Boston
William Ferpin
Macy
Jane Frances Swift
Stamford
Fairfield
Connecticut
New Bedford
Bristol
Jane Frances
Nantucket
Jane Frances Macy
William Ferdinand Macy
Massachusetts libel notice summons in Boston court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts suffolk court orders Jane Frances Macy to receive libel notice and appear on the first Monday of June in Boston to show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted. The notice requires publication in the Boston Post for three weeks and mailed or personal service fourteen days before appearance. Attested by Clerk Jos. A. Willard and Asst. Clerk Henry E. Bellew.
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Suffolk
StupErton Court
Boston
Jane Frances Macy
County of
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
Henry E. Bellew
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
SS. ScrEnror Court
A. D
Cambridge
Theo. C. Hurd
Massachius
Superior Court
Julia A. Baker
George C. Baker
Oakland
California
Berkshire Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Allen T. Hubbard
James B. Alexander
San Francisco
Daniel C. Lixnscott, Esq
Board of Aldermen
Beaton Lost
Toston Herald
J. M. Galvin
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Scott & Bowne, N
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Mississippi River
Thomas Woods
Watch
Hampton Collins
W. W. Hurshman
Him
Amy Robsart
Mrs
Charlotte Kingsbury
Charles Putnam
Mrs, Sallie Case
Carlyle W. Harris
Mechanics’ Hall
Ellis
Music Hall
Oliver Ditson
C. Lavallee
Massachusetts Militia
F. M. Dean
Lily Bolere
F. “ Lippitt
Old Horseshoe
Boscovita
McNair Kleenfritz
Mona
Stephen Adams
F. Boscovitz
Kompson
Collin Coe
Carlyle
Syracuse
Allan Harris
Sin Sing
Gail
L. A
John Brown
New England Plumbers
Sore Labor Union
Aie
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Nozay
Metro - Rubber CO
Cleve & Arin
Salvator Beer
Burkhardt Brewing Co. Bottling Dept
Hallock Street
Tel
Rox
Boston Wharf Co
Boston Postoffice
Joseph B. Russell
State ST
Hamilton St
P. B. Corbett
Broandweay
South Boston
REAT
Eighth St
South
Eighth Street
Goddard Street
Stephen 8. Deblois
Eidith Street
Union Institution For Savings
Mary Crowley
Mary Daily
Henry Ff. Naphen
Tiros
F. Reppy
Court Street
Abraham Morris
Abraham Hirsh
Leopold Morse
Abraham Harris
Godfrey Morse
Jane
Harrison Avenue
Benjamin C. White
House
Cutler
Clark
Ami
Charles 8
Wilson
Dexter N. Richards
Guardian
Legate
Maria Wyman
Waltham
George FE. Wyman
West Athens
Somerset County
Maine
Middlesex County
George E. Wyman
George
George . Wyman
City OF
Sealer of
Court House
Court 14
Michael D. Collins
Sparrow Street
Shaw Street
M. E. Flagg
Daniel Meeke & Son
Haverhill
Mass
Washington St
Mason
Neus Sur
WM. T. Henan
Otis Sty Cir
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