Mary Thomas Connaughton tells of elopement with Eugene Connaughton
In a Boston Post account Mary Thomas Connaughton, 16, explains fleeing her Dorchester home at 134 Pleasant Street to marry Eugene Connaughton in Providence. She says she left due to ill treatment, that eloping was her choice, and asks readers to wish them happiness and privacy.
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Mary Thomas
Boston Post
Pleasant Street
Dorchester
Eugene Connaughton
Mary Thomas Connaughton
Providence
May Christen the New Maine With Ethel Sigsbee to Christen
Washington May 13 Popular opinion grows that Ethel Sigsbee daughter of Captain Charles D Sigsbee will perform the christening of the battleship Maine The young social figure is prominent in Washington society and noted for charm and musical talent Her sister Mary Ellen won an art scholarship in the Art League contest
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Ethel Sigsbee
Old Maine
Washington
Maine
Charles D. Sigsbee
Blundin
Sigsbee
Mary Ellen Sigsbee
Art League
Improper Letters In Mail Arrest In Walpole
Post Office inspectors arrested Lottie M. Gay of Walpole on charges of sending improper matter through the mails. Letters in Walpole prompted the Melrose police chief to suspect anonymous vile notices against prominent locals. Mrs Lytle Gray of West Somerville received similar epistles from the same source. Miss Gay was arraigned before Commissioner Fiske and the case was continued to Saturday next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Lottie M. Gay
Walpole
McLaughlin
Melrose
White
Lytle Gray
West Somerville
Anniversary Trip of Artillery Association Sets Sail
At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the steamship Nantucket departed Battery wharf for Norfolk with seventy five members and friends of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Association aboard bound for Spottsylvania. They commemorate the May 19 1864 battle when Elwell's corps suffered 298 losses in one hour. A granite monument will be dedicated on the anniversary.
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Nantucket
Battery Wharf
Norfolk
First
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Association
Spottsylvania
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Elwell
New England
Sudden Death of Captain Parks in Harbor
Bark Thomas H. Goddard arrived with the body of Captain Joseph H. Parks died suddenly at sea while thirty six hours from port. Parks, a Searsport native, left a wife and family and was about sixty with a long life at sea as a noted master mariner.
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Portland
Thomas H. Goddard
South America
Joseph H. Parks
East Boston High School Moves Into New Building
Pupils occupied the new school building at Main Saratoga and Princeton streets yesterday morning. State leaders praise it as one of the finest school structures, with a June dedication anticipated.
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East Boston
Main, Saratoga and
Princeton Streets
Lynn Gamesters Fined in Central Avenue Gambling Raid
Fourteen of sixteen men arrested Saturday evening in a gambling raid at 37 Central Avenue appeared in court this morning and pleaded guilty to being present at the unlawful game. They were fined five dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Central Avenue
Pauline Collins Held for Theft in Dover Street Case
Pauline Collins a light colored girl from Dover Street was charged with stealing 135 dollars from Charles T Straight. Judge Wentworth held her in 300 dollars for the Superior Court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Collins
Dover Street
Charles T. Straight
Wentworth
Superior Court
Senate Kills Antitrust Bill in Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate rejected an antitrust bill 18 to 15 after House passage 174 to 0. The act would ban sales conditions forcing buyers to shun other suppliers, targeting the Tobacco Trust. Support came from Sen Sullivan while opponents cited wholesale grocers’ opposition in committee and public hearings.
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Senate
Massachusetts
House
Tobacco Trust
Dowd
Suffolk
Sullivan
Fales
Norfolk
Yeas
Attwill
Chamberlain
Clancy
Currier
Fitzgerald
Harrington
Holt
Howland
Mahoney
Morrison
Seaver
Shaw
Williams
Blodgett
Butler
Clemence
Cooper
Day
Fletcher
Jones
Lawrence
Luscombe
Manning
Suffolk Legislators Debate Elevator Safety Bill
On a bill for additional safety appliances for elevators Mr Howland of Suffolk moved postponement Tolman had moved amendments Friday and chaired but was refused 18 to 16 Tolman’s amendment allowing any elevator style where safety devices are not needed was adopted Shaw gave notice to reconsider today to block House concurrence.
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Howland
Suffolk
Tolman
Fitzgerald
Fletcher
Middlesex
Shaw
House Debates Amendments On Boston Electric Bill
In the House the bill authorizing Boston Electric Light to transfer to Edison Electric Illuminating Company prompts amendments. Horgan and McInerney seek wage protections, eight hour workday, and limited dividends. votes fail, bill advances to third reading. References to Looms of l عق.
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Boston Electric Light Company
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Sleeper
Winthrop
Messrs. Horgan
McInerney
Francis
New Bedford
Messrs
McInerney and
Mooney
Boston
Messrs. MaPherson
Framingham
Hersey
Hingham
Controversy Over Police Tenure Bill Stalls Proceeding
Emerson of Boston moved to postpone the bill fixing police tenure in cities to Wednesday after a hostile committee report. Bingham opposed postponement, and the motion failed. Butler and Emerson favored substituting the bill against the report, Bingham opposed. By 93 to 89 the substitute passed.
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Emerson
Boston
Committee On
Cities
Bingham
Marlboro
Butler
Brockton
Charlestown Gas Company Petition Cited For Gas Prices
Mr C S Sullivan of Boston seeks to substitute for an adverse committee report on a bill accompanying his petition for dollar gas in Charlestown. He claims the Charlestown Gas Company is financially sound, serves a dense one square mile district, buys gas from New England Gas and Coke at 8 cents and could sell at 1 dollar for a profit. Mr McPherson of Framingham urges residents to approach gas and electric commissioners instead. Mr Harrington of Boston supports substitution.
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C. S. Sullivan
Boston
Committee On Manufactures
Charlestown
Charlestown Gas Company
New England Gas and Cok Company
McPherson
Framingham
Gas and Electric Commissioners
Harrington
Law and budget actions move through the State House
Mr Love supports a sanatorium appropriation while Ire defends its noble work. Ord opposes. House approves Nantasket Beach metropolitan funding raise by 100000. hotels may stay open to midnight reconsidered. Sullivan's high school petition tabled. kidnapping penalty to twenty five years upheld. Mill tax for public schools advances. poll tax and Metropolitan Park Commission funds also approved.
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Love
Webster
Ord
Ways and Means
Nantasket Beach
Bullock
New Bedford
Senate
House
Metropolitan Park Commission
Buffalo Arrives from Philippines with Sailors and Casualties
United States cruiser Buffalo under Commander C T Hutchins docked in New York after a 38 day Manila voyage. She carried 891 seamen and 59 marines, most enlisting for three years, and transported the bodies of Lt Commander Jesse M Roper and Passed Assistant Surgeon Stoughton, who died abroad.
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New York
United States
Buffalo
C. T. Hutchins
Philippines
Et Canal
Manila
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Jesse M. Roper
Petrel
Stoughton
Hong Kong
Liquor raid nets 200 half-pint bottles in Portland boarding house
Liquor deputies seized 200 half-pint bottles and several jugs of whiskey valued at 200 dollars in a boarding house raid in Portland New Maine.
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Portland
Mrs Barrett 101 Years Old In Massachusetts Ave Home
Mrs Hannah Newell Barrett of 4 Massachusetts avenue turned 101 yesterday and lives with her son in the family home.
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Mrs. Barrett
Hannah /Newell Barrett
Massachusetts Avenue
Daughters of the Revolution Member Loi
Mrs. Barrett, a living member of the Daughters of the Revolution, is described as in excellent health aside from a lameness confining her to her room. Her revolutionary progenitor was Noah Harrod of Lunenburg, who ran away to join the war at age 18, drawing many friends to call on Mrs. Barrett.
O Nally Files Declaration In Alienation Suit
James W. McNally known as the green goods king filed the declaration in a civil action for 50 000 dollars against Frank Voorhees alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Ex Senator Innes represents McNally and seeks a jury trial. Wesley Paul for Voorhees accepted service and Voorhees must answer by June 6.
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James W. McNally
Governor's Council to Rule on Storti Death Sentence
The Attorney General weighs whether to grant a further respite for Luigi Storti who has been sentenced to death for murder. Massachusetts authorities expect the Governor's Council to decide at its 9:30 a.m. meeting tomorrow.
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Luigi Storti
Massachusetts
Coes
Czar's Heir May Visit United States
Petersbur g May 13 Grand Duke Michael heir apparent to the Russian throne shows a keen desire to visit the United States. The decision hinges on current events both national and international. In a talk with Ambassador Tower he voiced hope for the possibility. He recalled Grand Duke Alexei's two visits and said Alexei was impressed by America and grateful for American hospitality.
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Petersburg
Grand Ke Michael
United States
Grand Duk
Grand Duke
Alexia d
Stowell Banker Dies Suddenly at Local Rail Station
John B. Stowell a prominent banker and broker in the city died suddenly of apoplexy at the Ashmont station of the New York New Haven Hartford line around 8:50 yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Stowell
Ashmont
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
First Men in the Moon Descent Details Lunar World
The narrator recounts Cavor's voyage to the moon in an air-ship, describing vast lunar shafts, artificial tunnels, and a central sea with luminous waters. Selenites fish in caverns, and encounters with creatures like the Rapha and Tree underscore a perilous lunar ecosystem as the editor reflects on the unfolding tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavor
Great Ant Hill
Selenites
Mammoth Cave
Moon Caverns and Voices From the Grand Lunar
A narrator describes vent shafts and surface vegetation as key to circulating air on the Moon. He recounts illness during captivity, quotes observations from scientists, and discusses theories that the Moon is hollow with cavern systems filled by air and a hidden sea. The piece hints at further continuation in the next issue.
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Wendigee
Moon
Earth
Jabez Flap
Gruyere
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Rett
O’nally
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Czar
Stowell
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Mr. Cavor
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Ds Pine
Janet TH. Topper
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