Brookline Honors Acting Admiral Dewey With Parade and Flag Raising
A Brookline patriotic celebration honors Acting Rear Admiral Dewey’s Manila victory with a grand parade through Cypress to Harvard Square, featuring Uncle Sam and Columbia figures, lanterns, a brass band, and a large electric flag display. Thousands cheer as speakers at Harvard Square praise the navy and the American cause.
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Brookline
Dewey
Manila
Cypress Street
Boylston Street
Village Square
Harvard Square
Washington
School
Harvard Streets
Longwood Avenue
Kent, Francis and Perry Streets
Aspinwall Avenue
Harvard Street
Sam
Columbia
Frank M. Seamans
Walter N. Paiges
John Morlock
Spain
Kid’ St. Onge
Brookline Wnoeeimen
Teele
Riverdale Casino
Francis Street
Marshal Chester
Aids
Lieutenant Bartlett
George Curtis
Ned Cotile
Charles Rechtler
F. A. Singleton
Spencer Hill
F. A.russell
Joseph Gooding
James J. Fegan
Clarence Hill
Charles H. Higgins
Daniel Lee
Charles &. Riley
P. J. Burns
John A. Kinnerty
Thomas Mangan
William F. Carroll
Charles W. Holtzer
Lee G. Bond
Dennis Carey
John I. Fleming
B. F. Teele
Acter
Brooke Wheelmen
Press Club
Cambridgeport Cycle Club
Tiger Roadsters
Metropolitan Wheelmen
Suffolk
Tremont
Massachusetts
Brookline High School Battalion
J. Nelson Manning
Carrol Perkins
S. T. Strickland
George Fox
Rising Star Fire and
Sons of Veterans
C. E. Hapgood
N. Y. Gross
F. W. Turner
Isaac B. Gragg
John N. Candler
Army
Navy
Admiral Dewey
Mobilization plan for volunteers edges toward Cuba
The War Department and Navy Department move to rapid mobilization of about 40 000 volunteers for Cuban service. Regiments will form quickly at state mustering sites and be sent to Chattanooga then to Cuba via Mobile Tampa New Orleans and Galveston. The plan aims to ease supply flow and improve discipline during swift concentration abroad.
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War Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Commissary’s Department
United States
Chattanooga
Cuba
Mobile
Tampa
New Orleans
Galveston
Miles
Cruisers Yankee and Prairie Sail With Sealed Orders
May 9 report from New York says fast cruisers Yankee and Prairie weighed anchor for sea with sealed commissions. Both ships, crewed by Massachusetts and New York naval militia, were stocked with powder and armed with heavy batteries protected by steel. Captain Brownson to remain at Tompkinsville until sealed orders are opened.
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New York
Yankee
Prairie
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Massachusetts
New York State Society of Sons of the Revolution
Brownson
Tompkinsville
Yankee sails from Brooklyn to Clifton for anchorage
The auxiliary cruiser Yankee left the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the afternoon and proceeded to Clifton S. L. where she anchored off the coast.
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New York
Yankee
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Clifton, S. L
Reprimand Possible for Belknap Over Naval Criticism
May 9 report from Washington states Rear Admiral Belknap retired of Brookline Massachusetts may face reprimand by Secretary Long or the President for criticizing the Board of Strategy and ridiculing Captain Mahan. The issue cites Naval Regulations 1097 forbidding praise or censure of naval personnel in speeches. Belknap’s Boston Massachusetts Club banquet remarks prompted the controversy.
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Washington
Board of Strategy
Belknap
Brookline
Mass
Strategic Board
Admiral Belknap
Massachusetts Club
Boston
Steamer Gussie Sails for Cuba With U S Guns
The Mallory line steamer Gussie, chartered by the government, will voyage to Cuba with arms ammunition and supplies for Cuban patriots. A hundred U S troops from the First Infantry accompany the expedition to guard the landing and may advance inland. Captain W H Dorst leads the mission, bringing rifles and ammunition aboard.
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Tampa
Fla
Gussie
Mallory Line
Cuba
United States
W. H. Dorst
Miles
President Nominates Allen for Assistant Secretary of the Navy
The President nominated Charles H. Allen of Lowell Massachusetts for assistant secretary of the Navy replacing Lt Col Roosevelt. The list also includes promotions of captains to assistant adjutant general ranks and various officers to inspector general chief quartermaster and surgeon roles with lieutenant colonel stature. Additional nominees include John Jacob Astor Curtis Guild Jr and Charles Whittier.
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W. B. Allison
Nicholas Senn
Illinois
F. A. Hill
E. J. Hill
BE. J. Hill
Norwalk
Connecticut
Mr. Hull
J. A. T. Well
Des Moines
A. C. Gray
Senator Gray
Wilmington
Princeton College
C. H. Ribble
West Point
Charles L. Jewett
New Albany
Ind
Washington
Charles H. Allen
Lowell
Mass
New York
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Daniel D. Wheeler
Charles Bird
George KE. Pond
James W. Pope
Francis B. Jones
Crosby P. Miller
Alfred C. Girard
John &. Hoff
Louis M. Maus
William R. Livermore
Leutenant
Edward E. Dravo
Tasker H. Bliss
James N. Allison
William H. Baldwin
Avery D. Andrews
Fayette
W. Roe
Third Infantry
Edgar
Patriot Boy Unfurls Flag to Demand Cuba Freedom
Ten year old Andrew McGowan Jr of 44 J Street South Boston writes to the Post declaring he unfurled the Stars and Stripes and will keep the flag displayed until Cuba is free, calling on local boys to share the urge for liberty.
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South Boston
Andrew McGowan
Post
Cuba
Andrew M’gowan, JR
J Street
Abram Tebbitt arraigned on 44 counts in cheating and larceny
Abram Tebbitt appeared in Superior Criminal Court before Judge Gaskill yesterday afternoon. The indictment lists 39 cheating counts and five larceny counts totaling about 55 000 dollars. Tebbitt pleaded not guilty, a surprise to many who expected his admission.
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Abram Tebbitt
Superior Criminal Court
Gaskill
Tebbitt
Boston to Elect 25 Aldermen and 50 Councilmen Next Fall
A reform bill moves to law to replace current aldermanic and council structure. It mandates 25 Aldermen from wards and 50 Councilmen elected by ward with caucus nominations and new pay scales. The measure faces veto risk but aims to curb deadlocks and broaden street conduit decisions.
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Boston
Senate
Board of Aldermen
Council
McCarthy
Ing
Common Council
Benator Towle
House
Dallinger
Cambridge
Myers
West Boston
Folsom
Suffolk
Gallivan
Rourke
Holden
McGrath
Shaw
Harwood
Towle
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George River Mills
Leopold Morse
Washington Street, Cor
Brattle
Hongr Dewey
Washington St
Cor, Hanover
Sampson
Navy Department
Para
Benet Ca
Wren
Mien
Cildren
Nien
Ien
Regul
Sein
Maitland
Imap of
New Idea
Emrorium
Inwashington St
Temple Place
West Street
Yankee Sails
Strategy Board
Mahan
Allen
Army Curtis Guild
John Jacob Astor
James G. Blaine
Yallivan
Mr. Folsom
Jerry’ McCarthy
Jerry
Ssrs
George
Towleyg
Williams
N. Y
Union Seniors
Schenectady
Union College Today
Bolt
Bram
James F. Cotter
Asa French
Jones
Cotter
Salem
Charles C. Porter
Chicago
Robert_ Lindblom
Board of Trade
THE
Masten & Wells
Fireworks Mfg. CO
Hawley ST
Cawker
Pellican
Cumso
Harlem
Shawmut Furniture Co
Tremont Sly Opp
Hollis ST. Oston
Washington A. BF
Bum Cy
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