Massive Worcester fire destroys two blocks and three buildings
A four story brick building at 276 Main Street owned by John K Day and used by Spyas for editing and printing and a Higgins Wall Paper Company warehouse burned at 1 30 this morning. The blaze spread to Day and Spyas editorial rooms and to Dickinson and Flagg buildings and a nearby two family dwelling on Idens Street. By 2 30 every fire unit in the city was fighting the flames and Day's buildings were totally destroyed while Flagg and Dickinson structures may be saved.
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Worcester
Main Street
John KB. Day
EK. G. Higgins Wall Paper Company
Day
Higgins Company
Dickinson & Flagg
Iden Street
Flagg & Dickinson
Secret of Their Success at Century Stores
Century Department Stores at 55 Hanover Street showcase vast stock and low prices. Mr Fitwell Mr Wearwell and Mr Low Price highlight quality cloth and large sizes for men and boys with spring suits priced from 3.35 to 9.8 dollars. Stores open late weekdays and Saturdays, offer a free mail order catalogue and free express shipping with paid orders.
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Century Department
Hanover Street
Fitwell
Wearwell
Low Price
Winthrop Fisherman Identified After Harbor Find
The badly decomposed body recovered by harbor police near the Jr street bridge was identified as Jesse Gueuprworgy, a fisherman from Snake Island, Winthrop, found yesterday afternoon and identified last night.
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Winthrop
Jr. Street Bridge
Jesse Gueuprworgy
Snake Island
Colonel Pope Keeps Birthday Quiet at Cohasset
Colonel Albert A. Pope founder of the American bicycle industry turned 59 at his Jerusalem Road summer home in Cohasset. He was recently thrown from a horse and broke his left arm yet remained cheerful, with flowers filling his room. Pope is noted as a great horseman and voiced views on Cuban sympathy and tariff changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohasset
Albert A. Pope
Jerusalem Road
Pope
Wright Beats Whitman In Brookline Handicap Invite
Beals won the handicap invitation tournament at the Country Club in Brookline defeating former National Champion Malcolm D. Whitman in the final 9-7 6-2. Wright’s victory came as the event drew notable teams and club interest amid adjusted handicaps for Whitman and others.
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Brookline
Beals
Wright
Malcolm D. Whitman
M. D. Whitman
C. Wright
Arthur’ S. Pier
George Atkinson
J. A. Parker
R. G. Fessenden
Funeral of Mrs Emma Sumner Bonnelle
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Sumner Bonnelle wife of Frank J Bonnelle editor of the Sunday Herald were held yesterday at her home 8 Carlisle Street Roxbury. Large attendance included Herald staff many newspaper women and New England Women's Press Association members. Episcopal service led by Rev Edward Burncamp and Rev William H Dewart. Apollo Quartet sang Still Still With Thee Softly and Tenderly Gathering Home. Burial at South Hingham with committal by Rev Born camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Sumner Bonnelle
Frank J. Bonnelle
Sunday Herald
Seotreae
Carlisle Street
Roxbury
Herald
New England Women’s Press Association
Episcopal Church
Edward Burncamp
Trinity Church
William H. Dewart
St. Matthew's Church
South Boston
Apollo Quartet
South Hingham
Borncamp
Rites Held for East Boston Stevedore Tomas Gookin
Large turnout at St. Vincent’s Church South Boston for high mass over Tomas Gookin veteran stevedore and longtime East Boston resident. Pallbearers included John Cee Lee John J. Lenihan Edward Bell Richard J. Sullivan John Delaney and Richard Sullivan.
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St. Vincent’s Church
West Third
FE Streets
South Boston
Tomas Gookin
East Boston
Old Fort Hillera
Charlestown
John Cee Lee
John J. Lenehan
Edward Bell
Richard J. Sullivan
John Delaney
Richard Sullivan
Pelee Eruption Sparks Panic at Fort de France
Flashing cloud from Mont Pelee provokes panic in Fort de France on May 20 as residents flee streets and seek ships for refuge. Casualties uncertain. refugees need food and supplies. American sailors praised for calm. a funeral is planned for Mr. Prentiss aboard Cincinnati.
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Fort DE France
Martinique
Mont Pelee
L’huerte
Suchet
St. Pierre
le Carbet
Night
L’huerre
Guudeloupe
Mont Petee
Prentiss
United States
Cincinnati
Bodies of American and British consuls recovered amid Saint Pierre eruption
May 19 report from Fort de France describes the rescue expedition by the US Potomac and British Indefatigable to Saint Pierre. Lt. McCormick ordered boats as a molten eruption plume and sea column turned the bay yellow green, threatening the rescue party and coffins containing the consuls’ remains.
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Fort DE France
St Pierre
United States
Potomac
Benjamin B. McCormick
McCormick
Leutenant
Mont Pelee
Thomas T. Prentis
St. Pierre
Noises from St. Kitts Similar to May Destruction Then Heard
Reports from St. Kitts in the Leeward Islands describe loud detonations and house-shaking concussions similar to those on May 7. Antigua and Guadeloupe also report loud southeast detonations. A fiery cloud with a silver cap was seen near Roseau Dominica, followed by lightning, causing alarm.
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St. Pierre
ST. Thomas
St. Kitts
Leeward Islands
Antigua
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Roseau
Building New Towns Governor Cables Immediate Aid
London reports Governor Sir Robert Llewellyn in St Vincent says immediate wants are supplied with timber ordered for house construction via the ambassador in Washington and the governor general of Canada. Resettlement plans are under consideration with one new township already settled and £50,000 expected to cover six months for all sufferers. Wounded burn victims suffer terribly, and sixty deaths have occurred in the hospital.
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St. Vincent
London
Sir Robert Llewellyn Cables
Washington
Canada
Mont Pelee Eruptions Threaten Fort de France
A Castries report confirms Mont Pelee erupted again and warns of a possible second eruption behind Fort de France, St. Thomas. The warning follows earlier statements from D. W. I. dated May 20.
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ST. Thomas
D. W.I
Castries
St. Lucia
Mont Pelee
Fort de France
Distress in Martinique Described as Exaggerated by Captain Crabbs
Captain Crabbs from the Sterling reports from Martinique that present distress is exaggerated. He notes a devastated area north of a Latrine to Carbet line centered on St. Pierre, with no relief needed as supplies in port will cover two to three weeks. He says San Juan supplies have been landed and given to the governor, with about a thousand suits delivered, while St Vincent relief efforts proceed.
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Crabbs
Martinique
Washington
Corbin
San Juan
Sterling
sAll Department
St. Vincent
Sunday Post Magazine Section Praised by Women Figures
A wave of endorsements from Emily Selinger Maud Paradis and other prominent women highlights the Sunday Post new magazine section. Praise notes its color pictures fashion features and literary travel content appealing to Boston area readers especially women and homemakers.
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Emily Selinger
Sunday Post
Maud Paradis
Jere M. Haley
Newburyport
Mass
New Magazine
Madame Wyse-Fournier
Boston
Florence Lutz
Charlotte Lynn
Post
New England
C. B. Wadham
Newton
New York Sunday Papers
C. H. Toppan
St. Botolph Street
A. BF. Schivell
Hotel Monadnock
P. A. Lyman
Venice
the Sunday Post
Boston Man Buys Massive Maine Hunting Grounds Tract
Boston businessman Charles 8. Cook of A. Stowell & Co. buys 324 square miles or about 207 360 acres in the Maine hunting grounds near Jackman. He plans a $30 000 hotel in Jackman and forms The Boston Ranch Company Limited to run camps including Holeb Attean and Heald Pond with a houseboat addition. J. E. Wilson, Miss Edith Newton, and Edmund Henderson manage key camps as Cook controls vast sport and recreation territory.
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Boston
Maine
New York
Charles 8. Cook
A. Stowell & Co
Cook
Kinne
Holleb
Fred Henderson
Heald Pond
Aaron Wilson
Long Pond
Jackman
Moose River
Mr. Cook
J. E. Wilson
Hobb and
Edith A. Newton
Attean
Edmund Henderson
Holeb
Moosehead Lake
Hart Said to Hold Spalding Walsh Interests in Chicago Club
Rumor in Chicago sports circles claims James A. Hart the Chicago National base ball club manager has purchased the interests of John R. Walsh and A G Spalding. Walsh and Spalding were the two largest stockholders together holding one hundredth of the stock. Hart reportedly owns eight one hundredths. Neither Walsh nor Spalding could be reached and Hart did not confirm the report.
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Chicago
James A. Hart
Labor union meeting updates and strike notes
Barbers' Union 182 elected O E B O'Donnell as business agent. A ball netted $100. Painters and Decorators initiated new members. Chandelier Workers Union No 18 met at Machinists' Hall with Daniel V. Shea speaking on union progress. Support for Brass Workers Union No 55 and brass moulders organizing urged. Mass meeting planned at Wells Memorial. Machinists mass meeting postponed at Bank Hall Jamaica Plain. will occur next week. Grenstret travels to Rutland Vt amid machinists strike. brewery workers' strike continues with strike pay. A labor leader says Boston beer taboos are spreading statewide.
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Barbers’ Union
O. E B. O'Donnell
Painters and Decorators
Chandelier Workers’ Union No. 18
Machinists’ Hall
Washington Street
Daniel V. Shea
Worcester
Commonwealth
Brass Workers
Wells Memorial Building
Ne Bank Hall
Jamaica Plain
Grenstret
Rutland
Loubet Dined With Tsar and Empress in St Petersburg
President Loubet of France dined at the Alexandrovsky palace with Czar and Czarina and met the Dowager Empress at Gatshina. A state banquet at Tsarskoye Selo honored the visit with 180 covers and a formal toast by the Czar.
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ST. Petersburg
Loubet
France
Czarina
Alexandrovsky Palace
Gatshina
Czarewitch
Tsarskoye Selo
M. Delcasse
Count Lamsdorff
Russia
Gaynor and Greene Held in Quebec Jail Faces Extradition Fight
Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene remain prisoners in Quebec’s jail after being moved to special quarters. Attorney Taschereau plans to seek a writ of certiorari to transfer records from Montreal to Quebec, while extradition efforts toward Savannah proceed. Jailer Vallee had custody before, then Sheriff Langlier took charge with detectives guarding the men.
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Quebec
Colonel Gaynor
Captain Greene
Langlier
Taschereau
Messrs
Gaynor
Greene
Montreal
United States
Savannah
Vallee
Lafontaine
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Tammany’s
James A. O’gorman
Tammany Hall
Nixon
Browning
King
Zoo
Wright Beats
Whitman
Bonnelle
Thomas Gookin
Pelee
Consul Prentis
St, Pieard
The
Spalding
Hart
Coast Line
Kingstown
WWU
GAR
Thursda
Washington and Brattle Streets
Oxford
Cushing Medical Supply CO
Washington St
Thorp & Martin CO
Philadelphia
Jor
FAK
Buwuuy
Washburn
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