Horse Sparks A Pair Of Arrests In Cambridge Ward
Two Cambridge men James McCarthy and Dennis Connors were arrested after a horse named Charlie, owned by Peter Silverman of Chelsea, caused a wagon theft attempt and drew a crowd on Stamford Street. The horse and ten witnesses were taken to Station 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Station 3
James McCarthy
Dennis Connors
Cambridge
Charlie
Peter Silverman
Arlington Street
Chelsea
Stamford Street
Green Street
Merrimac Square
Silverman
Leverett Street
Everett Street
Dunlap
Thomas An Lane
Station 8
McCarthy
Connors
Reverend Hillis to Lead Congregational Home Missionary Society
The Rev Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn will be nominated today as president of the Congregational Home Missionary Society replacing General O O Howard who declines reelection. A vast Tremont Temple audience heard the jubilee program with music and eloquent addresses celebrating Congregational mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
Congregationalism
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Society
O. O. Howard
General Howard
Boston to have three districts under redistricting plan
The congressional districting committee agrees on two Democratic districts and one Republican district for Boston. Ward 18 returns to Naphen, Ward 12 split between the ninth and new Republican district, Milton and Quincy stay in the tenth, with further changes and possible tweaks at an upcoming meeting. The report notes shifts in district lines and population figures, with the tenth remaining Dorchester and South Boston aligned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Congressional
Ward
Naphen
Ward 12
New Boston
Milton
Quincy
Republican State Committee
House
Soule
Myers
New Bedford-Fall River
Cape Towns
Island Counties
Greene
Fall River
Cape District
Cape
Brockton
Taunton
Luscombe
Senate
Mystic
McCall
Winchester
McKinley
An Roberts
Chelsea
Suffolk County
Howland
John R. Thayer
Joseph H. Walker
Charles G. Washburn
Thayer
Hopkinton
Mendon
Blackstone
Bryan
Paine
Powers
Woburn
Knox
Peabody
William H. Moody
Haverhill
Dorchester
South
Back Bay
Wellesley
Tirrell
Colonel Clarke
Newton
Saunders
Huntress
Cons McCall
Gil Rie
Russell
Crane
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Gillet
Lawrence
Costly Goods in Cheney's Rooms Stir Legal Drama
Waltham reports Cheney in jail as officers scramble to prove ownership of the jewelry and silver found in his Watertown rooms. His wife, claiming the items were wedding gifts, refuses to identify or surrender them, while trunks hold dozens of outfits and a later plan to declare Cheney insane looms. Bowker identifies several pieces as stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Cheney
Eest Cambridge
Watertown
Lyman Bowker
Bowker
Essor
Watertown House
New Lineman Franksy Injured In Elevator Strike
Frank Fennesy a new Boston Elevated lineman is hospitalized with a scalp wound and possible skull fracture after a block and tackle struck him at Beach and Kingston streets. He believes a fellow worker attacked him from the elevated structure above, as he saw a fleeing figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fennesey
Boston Elevated Railroad
Fennessy
New York
Elevated
Beach
Kingston
Emmergency Hospital
New York Sailor Dies in Mud Dumping Accident
Eyee Ostman, captain aboard a vessel near Sandy Hook, was killed instantly when a windlass recoil struck him as he operated a mud dumping machine. His family is listed as living in Boston.
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New York
Eyee Ostman
Sandy
Boston
Bank Officers Elect In Boston Association Meet
The Bank Officers' Association of Boston elected new officers at its annual meeting in Paul Revere Hall with about 500 members present. Charles L. Burrill was named president, George O. Simpson first vice president, Frank J. Buxton second vice president, and trustees named for two and three year terms.
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Bank Officers’ Association of Boston
Paul Revere Hall
Charles L. Burrill
Second National Bank
George O. &Simpson
National Bank of the Republic
Frank J. Buxton
North End Savings Bank
Charles H. Bower
Edward A. Phippen
Old ‘Colony Trust Company
Henry A. Tenney
Faneuil Hall National Bank
Edwin ‘A. Stone
Franklin Savings Bank
C. M. Williston Lincoln
United States
John F. Tufts
Atlantic National Bank
Byron O. Downing
Massachusetts National Bank
Miss Elizabeth Honnells Celebrates Twenty First Birthday
Dorchester district young lady Miss Elizabeth M Honnells was hosted at 17 Freeman Street for a surprise party marking her twenty first birthday. The home featured decorations and a conservatory with an orchestra hidden from view, and upon return she found a handsome writing desk as a gift from her friends Wiltam Glennon presented the desk during the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honneus
Elizabeth M. Honnells
Dorchester District
Freeman Street
Wiltam . Glennon
Women Clerks Benefit Assoc Holds Boston Concert
The Women Clerks Benefit Association, a Boston saleswomen group, held its annual concert at Berkeley Hall. About 200 couples attended with Miss Ella W. Anderson as floor director. performers included Miss Louise Kroeder Miss Grace Gibbons Mr. Benjamin C. Ven Wye Mr. J. P. Betey Master Frankie Howard and Mr. D. Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women Clerks’ Benefit Association
Boston
Berkeley Hall
Ella
Ww. Anderson
Floor Dior
Louise Kroeder
Grace Gibbons
Benjamin C. Ven Wye
J. P. Betey
Frankie Howard
D. Sullivan
Condition of Secretary of the Navy improves
Reports indicate Jeucher of Ben, secretary of the navy, is much improved in health as details of a recent condition are released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srearain
Miss Long
Jeucher
Ben
Navy
Jubilee Attends Afternoon and Evening Sessions Leaders Speak on Missions
Attendance surged at the jubilee afternoon and peaked in the evening. Rev. Cadman spoke on The Patriotic Side or Debt of the Nation to Home Missions, followed by Rev. Puddefoot on The Missionary Side or the Debt of the Churches to the Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Puddefoot
Parkes Cadman
D. D
Brooklyn
N. Y
South Framingham
Mass
New England
Codman
Bunker Hill
Home Missionary Society
C. L. Scofield
Texas
Brown
South
A. Z. Conrad
First Oldwin Congregational
Worceser
Ng E.co
Tittle
Howard
Christian Education
John Heary Barrows
Oberlin
Alice Freeman Palmer
Cambridge
Rrows
America
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
C. ‘Thom DD
Aera
J. H. Barker
Oklahoma
Colonial Day Bazaar Draws Bright Costumes in Copley Hall
New England Woman's Press Association celebrated Colonial Day in Copley Hall with members in old time gowns and wigs. Mary Sargent Hopkins led the Indian booth. Annie G. Murray and team ran the flower booth. Marion Toward Brazier oversaw the military booth. Betsy Ross flags featured prominently. Roswell M. Field presided at Canadian Indian booth with a family of assistants. The event showcased ye olde book shop colonial kitchen and numerous counters for a festive display.
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New England Woman's Press Association
Copley Hall
Mary Sargent Hopkins
John F. Wood
Emma Shaw Coble
Annie G. Murray
Isobel Loughlin
Alison Winslow
Marion Oward Brazier
Betsy Ross
Sarah Wilson
Independence
Philadelphia
Betsey Ross
Brazier
Bertha Jones
Florence Goodue
Roswell M. Field
Chicago
Edith Farnum Ketcham
Richard Briggs
Ethel
Madeline Blanchard
Florence
Mabel Foser
From Office Boy to Treasurer: Lane’s Rise at Gilchrist & Co
Thomas J. Lane of Dorchester a Boston native born 1882 rose through Churchill Gilchrist Smith to become treasurer of Gilchrist & Co after starting as an office boy. He credits steady work and diligence for his ascent. Lane declined to discuss himself.
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Thomas J. Lane
Churchill, Gilchrist & Smith
Gilchrist & Co
Lane
Boston
East
Sargent Street
Dorchester
Park Street Club Hosts Notable Park Street Reception
The Park Street Club held a grand reception and ladies night at Park Street Church last evening transforming the vestry into an elegant drawing room with flowers and palms. About 600 guests attended including Rev. Dr. Withrow and Mrs Withrow and many prominent members of Boston society and church groups.
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Park Street Club
Park Street
George M. Butler
Withrow
Curch
Brewer
Florence Ordway Bean
John Tindsay Withrow
Edward A. Studley
D. Ce ET Ae
Frank W. Wyman
Elmore F. Brackett
Orlando E. Lewis
Arthur A. Maxwell
William K. Porter
William H. Robey
Alfred Howard Colby
Charles A. Adams
Willoughby ‘Wilder
William A. Morris
Charles H. Sawyer
G. W. Menson
Onry Francis Spurr, Jr
B. Smith
Baward
Frank Oo
Charles 8. Lewis
B. Ingalls
Ward E Smallman
Leroy D. Chapman
Thomas B. Murch
Edwin S. Conant
Edwin G. Heath
Hiram H. Henry
George H. Somes
George G. Colby
Alter
Frederick
Leonard G. Ro Ren Gould
Waverly
T. ‘Woneon
W. Frenklin
Horace F. Carlton
Frederick W. Brown
E. Ernest Murray
Benjamin W. Rideout
Charles W. Osgood
Peace
O. EB. Johnsor
H. Young
BR. Kelsie M Mos
Jenet
William J Frans W. Carter
James BH
Urebeal
Boston man causes dock strike in Ogdensburg
Longshoremen on the Rutland Transit docks protest Ramsey of Boston for hiring non residents. After several were hired and Ramsey refused to discharge them, 150 men were called out by the union, then discharged, with workers returning to Boston as the job resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Rutland Transit
Ramsey
Boston
Oriental Lucky Stones Sold by Capt Rand in Boston
A letter from 1901 describes Capt. Walter Rand offering Oriental Smoky Stones imported from Ceylon. He claims the stone brings luck, cites customer reports of payment on old bills, and urges readers to send one dollar for delivery. Rand assures no connection to other schemes and promotes limited availability.
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Boston
Y. J. Rand
Sherborn
Middlesex Co
Mass
Walter I. Rand
Tremont St
Boston Herald
A.H. Chard
W. ¥. Randear
Sincere Burnham
Ceylon
India
Capt
Rand
Capt. Rand
Malden Police Scandal Sways Town Amid Affair
In Malden a wife’s affair with Patrolman Dowd sparks outrage as her husband Brathrow denies filing charges. Chief Emmerton and Alder man Schumaker pledge an investigation while Dowd is reassigned to Edgeworth. The town debates police conduct and the department’s image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Salem Street
Illiam H. Dowd
Emmerton
Herbert G Brathrow
Faulkner
Biathrow
Foley
Afair
Biathrows
Dowd
Aldermanic Committee On Police
Charles Schumaker
West Street
Brathrow
Tay
Oer
Edgeworth
Medford
Insensible in mid air a Malden worker saved by police
Thomas Rowe of 222 Charles Street Malden fainted while repairing a high chimney and fell across a pitched roof. Patrolmen Muldoon and Feltrup reached him via skylight and rope rescue, lifting him to safety after he was found unconscious.
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Thomas Rowe
Charles Street
Malden
Muldoon
Feltrup
Mul
Rowe
Hon
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Rade Mann
Baltimore
Hunter
Wellington A. Hardy
Broad St
Horse
Rev. N. D. Hillis
Gen. Howard
Jubilee
J. B. Clark
Cone Home Missionary Society
Andover
Michael Burnham
St. Louis
Commonwealth
Congregational Church
West
Charles R. Brown
Oakland
Cal
Charlestown
Im’call and
Roberts
SCOW
DR. Burkharts
Wbeta
Gaprene Rein
Sears
Nia Gace
Cadat
W. Ss. Burkehart
Chnakapati
Woman’s Press Association Bazaar
Blanch E. Woodman
Amy Darling
M. Mortimer Flanders
H. K. Grainger
Grace W. Butler
Flora Estella Lees
Lowell
Sara A. Holt
Misses Butler
Miss Kane
Harriette M. Camp
Cora Belle Leach
Jennie M. Keene
Josephine G. Randlett
Annie M. Ricker
Alice A. Underwood
Natick
Gertrude M. Kendall
Florence R. Conant
Miss Robertson
Katharine Robertson
Christina Robertson
Miss Macfarlane
Marie Trowbridge
Clare Bangs
Gertrude Beatrice Wright
Edith Warner
Miss Somes
Miss Manson
Anna ©. Gaeng
Carolyn Leise Hull
Edna Corning
A. Caroline MacDonald
Misses Sisson
Marion Pearson
Annie Shepard Spooner
Harriet R. Godfrey
Laura B. Forbes
Gertrude A. Morris
Vesta A. Brown
Mary E Bulkley
Misses Park
Marie Babson
Gertrude Freeman
Christina B. MacKay
Annie Baldwin
Abbie D. Southworth
Kate Campbell
Elizabeth M. Clark
Minnie ©. Wight
Ella F. Flavell
Laura Tweedie
Alice E. Sanborn
Martha A. Meek
M. Nellie Austin
John E. Parker
Frederic M. Briggs
William F. Pope
Percy B. Eckhart
James A Stetson
New Bedford
John L. Reynolds
J. E. Hammond
G. B. Williams
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