Parker Sees Ascension in Berkshires Balloon Flight
Huntington May 18 two aeronauts William Van Sleet pilot and A B Converse passenger on Pittsfield balloon 49 miles from Pittsfield landed Thatcher farm six miles from Huntington at 4 pm after four hours aloft. Wind favored Boston westward. Witnesses included Mr and Mrs Herbert Parker their daughter Catherine and Miss Julia Coolidge of Boston. Former attorney general observed the flight arrangements with interest.
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Pittsfield
The
Berkshires
William van Sleet
A. B. Converse
Winchendon
Thatcher Farm
Boston
Herbert Parker
Catherine
Julia Coolidge
the Commonwealth
Last Tribute Paid to Cambridge Fire Chief Casey
Ex Chief Thomas J. Casey of Cambridge was buried in St. Pauls Cemetery Arlington after a large Cambridge funeral. The all-out signal sounded as his body was lowered. City officials and colleagues attended the 51 years in the department and 26 years as its head. A requiem mass followed at the Church of the Sacred Heart Watertown. The procession route included Mt Auburn Street Harvard Square and Massachusetts Avenue with apparatus lining the streets and bells tolling.
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Thomas J. Casey
Cambridge
St. Paul's
Arlington
Lexington Avenue
Church of the Sacred Heart
Watertown
Father Splaine
Mt. Auburn Street
Harvard Square
Massachusetts Avenue
Man Charged With Attempted Death by Chloroform
A young man identified as Darius Rabito attempted suicide by drinking chloroform in Bridgewater on May 18. He survived the attempt and will recover.
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Bridgewater
Darius Rabito
Leopold's son looms in Belgian art sale storm
In Brussels on May 18 the controversy over King Leopold II’s sale of paintings and treasures centers on his son amid questions about his birth. Officers estimate the sale could bring over 2 million dollars to fund the king's heir. In the Chamber, Deputy Vandervelde signaled plans to interpellate on the scandal of selling art to American meat packers.
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Brussels
Leopold
Chamber of Deputies
Vandervelde
Captain Hains to begin prison term for manslaughter
Capt Peter C Hains, convicted of manslaughter in the killing of William S K Annis, left Queens county jail for Sing Sing to start an eight to 16 year sentence.
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New York
Peter C. Hains
William SK. Annis
Queens County
Sing Sing
Japanese ambassador chosen for Independence Hall Fourth of July talk
Philadelphia May 18 The Fourth of July committee decided to invite Baron Takihira the Japanese ambassador to deliver the Independence Hall Fourth of July oration. The committee met today to set the plan for the national celebration.
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Philadelphia
Baron Takihira
Independence Hall
Waterville Woman Jumps to Death in River
Mrs Almira Morrisell, 63, left a note for husband William Morrill and her son before stepping into the Messalonskee River in Waterville Maine. Her body was recovered later. Despondency was blamed for the act.
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Waterville
William Morrill
Almira Morrill
Messalonskee River
Chandler Home to Be Sold in North Reading Trust
The Chandler homestead in North Reading, held in trust for Byron Chandler son of a New Hampshire ex State Senator, is to be sold. Probate Judge Mc Intire of East Cambridge has issued a decree permitting sale at nine thousand five hundred dollars or more.
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Chandler
North Reading
Byron Chandler
New Hampshire
McIntire
Probate
East Cambridge
Eight-Hour Law Clash With Governor Draper Veto Compared
The piece parallels Massachusetts eight-hour law with the federal act of 1892. It notes Draper’s veto over wording that may restrict work hours, contrasts penalties and prima facie evidence provisions, and highlights the saving clause absent from the vetoed bill. It discusses prosecutions by U S District Attorney French and reactions by labor leaders.
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Draper
United States
Massachusetts
French
Boston
Congress
District of Columbia
Boston American Music Society concert at Jordan Hall review
The Boston branch of the American Music Society presented a varied program in Jordan Hall with David Bispham Heinrich Gebhard and the New England Conservatory women's chorus under Chadwick. The program praised Henry Gilbert and Loeffler songs while critiquing some pieces as unworthy of immediate succession and arguing American art must avoid macerated verse and alien idiom.
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Boston
American Music Society
Jordan Hall
America
David Bispham
Heinrich Gebhard
New England Conservatory
Chadwick
Mr. Farwell
Mr. Gebhard
Mr. Loeffler
Strauss
Debussy
Sibelius
Mr. Bispham
Verlaine
Baudelaire
Bispham
Wrights Plan Near White House Fly Past Ceremony
Washington May 18 One or two flights by the Wright brothers near the oval south of the White House form part of tentative plans for the Aero Club of America's gold medal presentation to the Wright brothers at the White House on June 10.
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Washington
Wright Brothers
Oval
White House
Aero Club of America
Lambs Gambol Seats Sell For Over Six Thousand Dollars
The Lambs Gambol auction at the Boston Theatre drew nearly 1000 people as seats sold for rising totals after a staged bid by Hattie Forsythe failed. Auctioneer William Harris opened with bids from New York and local luminaries such as Chauncey Olcott and Henry Clay Barnabee, with final prices dropping to one dollar as the sale ended.
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Lambs’ Gambol
Boston
Stewart Krafft
Hattie Forsythe
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Mr. Krafft
Chauncey Olcott
Louis Cassavant
Walter C. Percival
Henry Clay Barnabee
J. H. Bickerton
Samuel Freefield
John Dayton
John Schoeffel
Tremont Theatre
W. D. Andreas
Park Theatre
A. E. Lothian
Colonial Theatre
Charles J. Rich
Hollis Street Theatre
Frederick Pond
Opera House
William Harris
New York
Mr. Harris
Bhe
Harris
A. I. Erlanger
Draper Warns Against Loss of Boston and Maine Stock
Massachusetts Governor Draper urges creation of a holding company to keep 110000 Boston and Maine shares within a Massachusetts firm. He argues the bill would require Legislature consent for any sale and would localize railroad control, preventing outside ownership by New Haven interests or others.
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Draper
B. M. Stock
Boston & Maine
Billard-New Haven
Massachusetts
New Haven
New Haven Road
American Express Company
Commonwealth
New York
Attorney General of
Supreme Judicial Court
Ilegal
New Haven Railroad
Billard
Connecticut
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Committee On Railroads
Railroad Commission
New England
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Offer Free Month Treatment
An advertising notice from Osmo-Chemic Physicians at 18 Boylston Street offers a free month of treatment including medicines for new or renewing patients who start by May 29. Free consultation and X ray exam are included. Limited time remains with ten days left.
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Boylston Street
Boylston At
Disease Symptoms guide for Osmo-Chemic Physicians
The text lists symptoms indicating impurities and poisons in the blood from bodily catarrh. Readers are instructed to mark the applicable symptom table and bring this to the Osmo-Chemic Physicians office for evaluation.
Disease of the Blood Symptoms and Signs Listed
From the blood the tissues are fed. If the blood is impaired the tissues suffer and many symptoms appear. Questions cover color, energy, skin warmth, headaches, bone ache, mouth canker, throbbing temples, cold hands and feet, skin humors, sluggish circulation, feverish blood, swollen extremities, prickling skin, and nonhealing sores.
Skin Diseases Caused by Poisons in Blood
Disease of the skin is described as resulting from poisons in the blood that irritate the skin, producing the acrid lesions and humors that stain the skin. The excerpt states all forms of skin disease originate from these toxins and their bodily effects.
Disease of the Nerves from Catarrh Poison Reflected Symptoms
A historical medical notice lists nervous system symptoms linked to bloodborne toxins from catarrh. It cites giddiness, neuralgia, memory lapses, tremors, headaches, irritability, insomnia, vertigo, numbness, sleep disturbance, limb pain, and tremulous muscles as possible indicators. It asserts all such conditions are amenable to treatment.
Manning Makes Weaker Recovery at Home
Pittsfield May 18 The condition of State Highway Commissioner John F Manning who lies dangerously ill at his home has greatly improved tonight The hiccoughs which aggravated the gastritis from which he is suffering had greatly lessened during the day
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Pittsfield
John F. Manning
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