General James Married at Age 80 in New Jersey
General Thomas L. James 80, president of the Lincoln National Bank and former postmaster general, wed Mrs. Augustus Gaffney of Rochester at Tenafly New Jersey. The ceremony surprised the family and a reception was planned in New York City this afternoon.
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New York
Thomas L. James
Lincoln National Bank
Garfield
Tenafly
N. J
Augustus Gaffney
Rochester
Farmers National Congress Opposes Canadian Reciprocity
Legislative Agent John M. Stahl announced that the alliance representing farming states will oppose reciprocity with Canada. He said the congress, with about 6000 delegates appointed by governors, studied all industrial and economic conditions before deciding.
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Chicago
John M. Stahl
The
Farmers’ National Congress
Canada
Stahl
Tufts Seeks Million Dollar Endowment for Professors
Tufts College announces an immediate drive to raise 1,000,000 to fund adequate salaries for professors. Dr. Frederick W. Hamilton, president, says rising living costs threaten eminent instructors if compensa tion is not improved.
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Frederick W. Hamilton
Tufts College
Former Chelsea Man to Be Harvard Professor
George Chandler Whipple of Hazen and Whipple sanitary engineers New York has accepted a professorship in sanitary engineering at Harvard University. He will begin his duties in the graduate school of applied science at the start of the next academic year. Born in 1866 in New Boston New Hampshire he grew up in Chelsea and was educated there and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before practicing his profession.
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George Chandler Whipple
Hazen
Anty Drudge Advice on Avoiding Smelly Clothes
Anty Drudge explains home washing tips using Fels-Naptha soap. Mrs. Jones complains the wash smells of fried bacon from kitchen steam. The column promotes in home washing for fresh, clean white clothes.
Fels-Naptha Promises Easier Washday With New Way
An advertisement touts Fels-Naptha soap as a time and energy saver. It claims the soap loosens dirt and reduces scrubbing by letting the soap do the work in cool or lukewarm water for about thirty minutes, with boiling or hot water discouraged. Directions are on the red and green wrapper.
Stephens Taxon of Washington Destruction Vision
A 50 year old Atlanta newsletter quotes Vice President Alexander H. Stephens denouncing Washington’s defense under Lincoln. He claims troops and vandalism, calls Lincoln’s forces occupiers, and says the capital will be rebuilt stronger by slaveholding institutions if attacked.
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Atlanta
Alexander H. Stephens
Washington
Stephens
Virginia
Arlington Heights
Potomac
Lincoln
Georgetown Heights
Capitol
Senate
Patent Office
Naval Operations From a Despatch in the Boston Post
Lieutenant Crosby arrives at Annapolis with the Light Boat from Wind mill Point found 12 miles up Great Wycombe River. Crew escaped leaving breakfast. Log says three Virginia schooners seized her a month ago. Crosby saw 200 cavalry on shore and country arming. Tug boiler exploded at Patuxent mouth scalding one man.
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Crosby
United States Navy
Annapolis
Windmill Point
Great Wycombe River
Virginia
Patuxent
Armed schooner captured off Chesapeake and taken to Annapolis
A Washington despatch reports a fully armed schooner captured near the mouth of the Chesapeake and brought to Annapolis by a detachment of the 18th Brooklyn regiment. Two men were captured while the others escaped in boats. Also described are the steamships Massachusetts and South Carolina at Charlestown navy yard, each main deck to mount six 10 inch guns and upper deck pivots, all heavily reinforced with oak and knees.
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Washington
Chesapeake
Annapolis
18Th
Brooklyn Regiment
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Charlestown Navy Yard
Forced 20 mile night march of Massachusetts regiment
A wartime letter recalls Colonel Lawrence's Fifth Massachusetts Regiment marching 20 miles from Annapolis to the Junction in seven and a half hours. Privates exhausted, aroused, then worshiped in a borrowed church with a chaplain officiating. The march formed a double file parade led by officers and staff, ending in a strong Bunker Hill reference.
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Boston
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Washington
Greene
Keyes
Annapolis
Bunker Hill
Veteran of '61 joins Six Massachusetts in Civil War voyage
The company sailed from Boston on May 22 1861 aboard the gunboat Pembroke bound for Fortress Monroe Virginia. From then on their fortunes were tied to the old Sixth Massachusetts Regiment to which they were attached.
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Richardson Light Infantry
Boston
Pembroke
Fortress Monroe
Sixth
Massachusetts Regiment
Missing Bramay Pratt Sought By Sister
Mrs Mabelle Pratt Stetson of Littleton Common asks the Post to help locate her sister Bramay Pratt who disappeared from home about a year ago. Bramay was 21, about five feet three and a half inches tall with blue eyes light hair and light complexion.
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Mabelle Pratt Stetson
Littleton Common
Bramay Pratt
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange eyes Montreal docks
John T. Martin, president, says harbor improvement committee toured Montreal docks and shipping system. He notes the goal to settle harbor improvements, favoring benefits to Boston and awaiting legislative action prompted by state officials and businessmen.
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange Plans Montreal Dock Tour
The Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange intends a June 6 to 8 inspection tour of Montreal model docks. Delegates from the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce will accompany the party, with Governor Foss possibly attending, and a Montreal Board of Trade banquet will mark the arrival.
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Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Boston
Montreal
Canada
Exchange
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Foss
Montreal Board of Trade
Montreal Harbor visit draws premier and trade leaders
Premier Laurier and Grand Trunk and Montreal Harbor Commission officials will inspect the harbor and docks on June 7. About 300 travelers will ride special trains via Boston and New England to observe how the model port handles Canada’s summer commerce, with invitations extended to metropolitan affairs committee members.
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Laurier
Grand Trunk Railroad
Montreal Harbor Commission
Montreal
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Legislative Committee On
Canada
Salvation through Grand Trunk rail entry into Boston
Representative Norman H. White of Brookline told St Paul’s Church audience that Grand Trunk entering Boston would be the city’s salvation and would benefit New England by bringing two major trunk lines to compete with the New Haven. He denounced the New Haven railroad monopoly as defying law.
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Lynn
Norman H. White
Brookline
Grand Trunk Railroad
Boston
St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
White
New Haven
New England
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Franklin Street
Oturing Company
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John T. Martin
Massachusetts Exchange
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Charles Bewis
Fitsgerald
DB. P. Shaw
Baxter
Henry ©. Long
Charles M. Conant
W. T A. Fitsgereald
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Judkins
Charles Wilson
Raymond Whitcomb Company
W. &. Felton
John J. Martin
George D. Kimball
Lowell
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