Crosby Vanishes Leaving Wife and Three Children
J. E. Crosby, janitor at Melrose Highlands Club and ex Reading Club member, disappeared May 14 after an evening at home. He had shown strange behavior and joined a bicycle selling firm on the road. A letter to his wife claimed he would never return, leaving the distressed family to face destitution as speculation swirls about his possible departure for a new life away from home.
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Melrose
J. E. Crosby
Melrose Highlands Club
Reading Club
Malden
Crosby
Blount Awaiting Credentials as Hawaii Minister
Washington reports question marks over Mr. Blount’s fitness to serve as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Hawaii. State Department finds no doubt on his authority. salary begins on notice. He may take oath now and could act fully if Hawaii waives the credential requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blount
United States
Hawaii
State Department
Mr. Blount
New East River Bridge Planned From New York To Williamsburg
The proposed Brooklyn East River span will mirror the existing bridge in general look. It rises 140 feet high with 6075 feet length and 88 foot roadway width. Piers reach 282 feet above mean high water and use solid masonry with steel towers. Cables total 3290 feet long, nineteen sub cables per main cable, initial strength 180000 psi, 17000 wires per cable. Dead load 136000 tons. total bridge weight 26000 tons. Construction starts next summer with a third bridge Hudson avenue to follow, linking East Broadway Grand Street to Myrtle Avenue Hudson Street.
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East River
New York City
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Mast River
Hudson Avenue
East Broadway
Grand Street
New York
Myrtle Avenue
Hudson Street
Gas Committee Debates Bay State Charter Revocation
The Massachusetts Legislature gas committee met at the State House to hear two sub committee reports on the Bay State Company. Lyford of Springfield urged revoking the charter and canceling a 4.5 million note. Joy of Winchester recommended no charter repeal but favored note annulment. The majority support charter repeal for legal violations. the minority calls it a mere evasion. No vote was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Gas Trust
State House
Lyford
Springfield
Bay State Company
House
Barrett
Joy
Winchester
Disbanding of Noah Farnham Post Over Rules Violation
Commander Joseph P. Cleary of the New York State department of the G A R disbands Noah Farnham Post in New York City for passing resolutions and sending them to the President and Congress without approval. The post failed to justify its actions after being cited to appear before the council of administration and criticizing the pension bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Joseph P. Cleary
State Department
Noah
Farnham Post
New York City
Congress
New York
Council of Administration
Pension Bureau
Finlay Discovers Comet At Cape Observatory
A cable from the European Union of Astronomers to J Ritchie Jr reports Finlay's discovery of a periodic comet at the Cape of Good Hope Observatory. The faint eleventh magnitude object has a seven year orbital period and was first found in November 1886. The May 18 position near Washington midnight is right ascension 23 42 1 and declination south 5 01 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
European Union of Astronomers
J. Ritchie, Jr
Finlay
The
Cape of Good Hope
Washington
Nickerson Will Filed In Dedham Probate
Albert W. Nickerson's will was filed for probate in Dedham Massachusetts at 4 PM. Contrary to expectations it makes no public bequests. The conservatively estimated fortune is about 10 million dollars. The will is brief, covering only half a sheet of letter paper.
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Dedham
Albert W. Nickerson
Norfolk
Piper
Brazilian warship Alipirante Barosa wrecked near Res Ghareb
The Brazilian vessel of war Alipirante Barosa was wrecked near Res Ghareb on the Egyptian coast in the Gulf of Suez. The ship is reported a total wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Said
Alipirante Barosa
Res Ghareb
Middle Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Free two weeks treatment from Dr Dewey specialist
All diseases treated free to sufferers including catarrh bronchitis lung troubles dyspepsia rheumatism kidney skin and blood diseases. Dr Dewey offers two weeks treatment and medicine at his offices at 40 Tennyson Street corner Columbus Avenue near Providence depot open daily until 8 pm except Sundays 10 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Tennnyson Street
Columbus Avenue
Providence Depot
Girls in Blue Win At Laseil Seminary Prize Drill
The annual prize drill of the Laseil Seminary Battalion took place on the seminary grounds with red, green and yellow bunting and a dress parade. Company A won the pennant and first prize to Florence A. Ray, while Grace Loud and others earned prizes and honorable mention amid festive crowds and bugle calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laseil Seminary
Bragdon
Annie Rooney
Helen B. Medsker
Julia W. Anderson
Lillie S. Tukey
Florence A. Ray
Mary M. Miller
Marie McDonald
Blanche C
Howard
Mary ?. Hanson
Jennie May Rich
Belle Bragdon
Lottie F. Appel
Alice Andreesen
Grace N. Allen
Julia I. Hoge
Grace E. Loud
Lotta J
Sibyl Spaulding
Bertha Lillibridge
Anna Walston
Comony A
Grace ¥. Loud
Sunsell
Young and Pickering wed in Meredith New Hampshire
At Meredith New Hampshire May 19 a ceremony by Rev W H Pratton united W Young and Miss Eliza J Pickering both of Meredith in marriage.
Obituary notices from multiple towns and names across May dates
A compiled May obituary list reports deaths from Boston to New England towns. Names include Francis Sumner Bemis George Brown Rae G Drake Frank B Drake Anne Tiles ton Graves Mary A Horton Charles H Holbrook Albert Parker Linfield Elizabeth B Metcalf Ralph J Poole Delana D Ring William B Richmond Gil min Riddle Lacey D Smith Natalie Storer Edward Taylor and others with ages and locations.
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Bemis
Allston
Francis Sumner Bemis
Brown
Roxbury
George Brown
Burl
Lohne
Germany
Rushton D. Burr
Childs
Revere
Theodore H. Childs
Drake
Rae G. Drake
Charles W
Nettie M. Drake
Dranke
Prank B. Drake
Graves
Groton
Mass
Anne Tileston Crraves
Horton
Chelsea
Mary A. Horton
Rollin Y. Horton
Holbrook
Wellington
Charles H. Holbrook
Iinfield
Albert Parker Linfield
Metcalf
Ramingham
Elizabeth B
George 2
Ralph J
Nellie J
Samuel H. Poole
Samuel H. Poole, Aged 6 Years S Months. Ning
Newton
Delana D
Anson J. Ring
Richmond
Little Compton
R. T
William B. Richmond
Riddle
Manchester
N. W
Gilmin Riddle
Smith
Lacey D. Smith
Norman Smith
Hartford
Conn
Storer
Jamaica Plain
Natalie
Myra
John Storer
Taylor
Andover
Edward Taylor
Somerville Local Notices and Accidents Report
John C Barrett promoted to corporal in Company L First Regiment. Buckingham Club to hold a lace in Woodbridge gymnasium this evening. Fourth of July celebration meeting at 8 Winter street. Einst Makechnie orchestra rehearsal tomorrow at Woodbridge gymnasium. Miss Ella Samson to India in August as missionary for five years. A scaffold collapse at 28 Prescott street injures three workers Allan J Wallace fractured arm and hospitalized William Butman fractures and injuries Jean Rebinia suffers leg fracture and bruising. Injured men transported by grocery wagon. Harry Cadman drowns at a Manchester New Hampshire lake. Old Powder House.
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John C. Barrett
Buckingham Club
Woodbridge
West Somerville
Winter Street
Einst Makechnie
Woodbridge Gymnasium
Ella Samson
India
Prescott Street
Allan J. Wallace
Quincy Street
William Butman
Avon Street
Jean Rebinia
Durell
Harry Cadman
Sycamore Street
Winter Hill
Manchester
N. H
Old Powder House
Missing girl Sophie McBernie in Malden raises alarm
Last Thursday Sophie McBernie vanished after leaving J F Hubbard on Oliver Street Linden to visit friends in Koomerville. She left clothes and valuables behind, had little money, and may be in a Boston hospital due to prior fits. Police and family seek her. note mentions in Somerville and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie McBernie
J. F. Hubbard
Oliver Street
Linden
Boston
U. P. S. C. E. of the Baptist Church
Edith Hamblen Moulton
George J. Porter
Ashland Street
Cora Nash
Bryant Street
M. E. Church
Clover Tennis Club
Baptist Vestry
Three Men Shot in Chicago Saloon Incident
In Tony Castrucci's saloon at 208 Taylor Street a quarrel erupted and John Gorlong fired on Italian laborers. Tony Costrucci was shot in the left lung, John Lucecova wounded in the back, and Joseph Spangola shot in the neck. Gorlong confessed at the station claiming self defense after a gambling dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tony Castrucci
Taylor Street
John Gorlong
Tony Costrucci
John Lucecova
Joseph Spangola
Gorlong
Gladstone Addresses Workingmen on Labor Representation
Prime Minister Gladstone at Hawarden spoke to workingmen saying labor representatives are growing in Parliament and as magistrates and factory inspectors. He noted no labor MP lacks intelligence and trustworthy character, and praised the trend as promising for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gladstone
Hawarden
Populists Propose Bis Mark to Galveston Railroad Plan
TOPEKA Kansas May 22 The scheme proposed by the Populists of Kansas and Nebraska to build a railroad from Bis mark N C to Galveston is thought to be a well defined plan to create a public sentiment in favor of the building of the line by public subscription of stock.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas and
Nebraska
Bismark
N. C
Galveston
Cemetery Improvements and Local Events Highlight City Life
The city advances at the fourth section cemetery with shrubs forming a hedge and debris cleared for Memorial Day. A Maverick Church business men jubilee hosts eighty firms represented by as many young ladies at Music Hall. Firefighter Martin O Hara leaves Eye and Ear Infirmary for Alton Bay before duty, while Columbian Whist Club closes the season with a private masquerade. Milestone gates at Maverick Street cross, new ones go up at Sumner Street. Three youths nearly drown after their boat sank near Charlestown. Roberts and Bair rescue Pryor and the craft. THE FERRYMAN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maloney
Music Hall
Maverick Church
Martin O'Hara
Fire Department
Isar
Alton Bay
Columbian Whist Club
Central Hall
Edward Cutcliff
Fred Derring
Millstream Boat Club
Academy of Music
Chelsea
Maverick Street
Sumner Street
A. E. Roberts
George Bair
Percy Pryor
Charlestown
Roberts
Bair
Pryor
South Boston Art Club Exhibit Opens at Ber nice Hall
The ninth annual South Boston Art Club exhibition opened with 144 works including pencil drawings water colors etchings and sculptures. Attendance was strong as the show continues through the week under the club’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston Art Club
Bernice Hall
Walter L. Dean
F. H. Hartford
Teresa M. Browne
Sears Gallagher
Lottie A
Dorchester and
Jenkins Streets
Notre Dame Association
Columbia Theatre
Irvan P. Wenzel
St. Omer Hall
Park Commissioners
Castle Island
City Point
Community Notes From Cambridge and Surroundings
St Omer Lodge prepares to initiate fifty new members with new paraphernalia. Past Commander John D Billings to deliver memorial address at Swampscott. Hon L M Hannum recovering from pneumonia and not yet managing real estate. Public sentiment favors replacing horse cars with electric on Brattle street for a Bowdoin square to Watertown line. Beach Guild meets at Prospect Street Church with Rev Lyman presenting Rival Queens about Reform in England. Dr Abbott to be hosted after lecture. Alderman William R Howland sick with typhoid at Cambridge City Hospital. Y P S C E jubilee at Charles River Baptist Church with clergy addresses music and social. Officer McCarthy pursued Bernard McComiskey into the Charlies River and later ten days in House of Correction for attempting to burn mother in law's house and other wrongdoing. HARVARD BRIDGE.
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St. Omer Lodge
K. of P
John D. Billings
Swampscott
L. M. Hannum
Cambridge
Brattle Street
West End
Bowdoin Square
Watertown
Beach Guild
Prospect Street Congregational Church
Lyman
England
Abbott
William R. Howland
Cambridge City Hospital
Charles River Baptist Church
McCarthy
Bernard McComiskey
Charlies River
House of Correction
Harva
RD Bridge
Chelsea man found in Charles River amid murder probe
The body of Harry Kingston, missing youth, was found in the Charles River yesterday morning. Chief Drury had Charles Legg detained yesterday afternoon on suspicion of Kingston’s murder. The rest of the items include a YMCA workers meeting, Lena Howe concert, street repaving, a funeral, and upcoming weddings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kingston
Charles River
Drury
Charles Legg
Central Church
Association
Lena Howe
Academy of Music
Justine Vassuer
St. Rose Church
Father Grady
Holy Cross Cemetery
John Plumner, Jr
First Baptist Church
Minnie Munroe
Henry S. Cardy
Ferryman
Book cases in every room proposed for home furnishing
Instructions advocate placing oak book cases in each room to hold 125 volumes each. Paine's warerooms on Canal street are advertised with a plan to buy six cases at seven dollars each, noting shelves for magazines newspapers pamphlets and ornaments, marketed as a charming home furnishing idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Canal Street
Insurance Agents Challenge Boston Ball Clubs
The United States Life Insurance Company Nine challenges any life insurance agents' ball club doing business in Boston to a friendly game. Date and place to be arranged. Communicate with Manager C. A. Ferguson at 15 State street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Life Insurance Company
Nine
Boston
C. A. Ferguson
State Street
Wide Awakes Plan May 27 Sale and Entertainment at Brighton Church
The Wide Awakes mission group of Brighton Congregational Church plans a May 27 sale with ice cream lemonade and crafts made by children to fund home and foreign missions. An entertainment will feature children in costume. In Alliston, over twenty entries compete in a bowling tournament with Team 5 defeating Team 1 2262 to 2169 and Team 6’s Taft Smith Ashley Herrick Manning winning the high string. Agassiz Association holds its first field day May 30 with a mineralogy focus at the next meeting. Officer Osborne’s eldest child Effie Osborne survives a severe pneumonia attack after a prior diphtheria scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Missionary Society
The
Wide Awakes
Brighton Congregational Church
Alliston Club
Team 5
Messrs
Taft
Smith
Ashley
Herrick
Manning
George F. Taft
Agassiz Association
Mrs. Raymond
Helen Raymond
E. B. Bryant
J. G. Underwood
Effie F. Osborne
Osborne
Effie
Beacon Park
Steam pipe burst halts Stearns's mill in Neponset
In Neponset Stearns's mill suffered a main steam pipe burst forcing a shutdown yesterday morning. Mill workers will be idle until repairs are completed. In Grove Hall local community life continues with Decoration Day planning and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
Neponset
Meeting House Hill
Mather School
Ben Bird
Mather
Music Hall
St. Augustine
Mattapan
Oakland Hall
Felkner
Station 9
Fred Powderly
Everett
Powderly
Grove Hall
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Institute
Hood's
Cures
Hood
Pembroke
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Linnfield
William J. Baker
W. I Baker
Bedford Street
Mt. D. Cook
New Bridge
South Boston
Harrison Loring
Independence Square
Byron
Manfred
Schumann
Albertina Hayward
GAS Committee Report
AGAR
Girls IN Blue
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
McCcarry & CO
Vwstremont Street
Somerville
Beecham’s
Martin KB. Inches
Russia
Pearl Street
Maggie Sullivan
Benjamin Phillips
Carrie Phillips
Thomas F. McManus
Boston Lighterage Company
New Haven
Ice King
Peter B. Bradley
Mystic Wharf
Edwin S. Clark
William H. Swift
Marion
Sargent
Lake Massabesh
Mr. Clark
Pierson
John Brooks
Portsmouth
Lincoln
Charles FE. Good
George F. Brown
S. B. Brown
W. L. Rathburn
Andrew
A. A. Galiano
Portland
Driscoll
Brighton
Johnson
Johnson & CO
Dorchester
al ‘ Horse Ambulance
Boston Veterinary Hospital
Col
Edward C. Beckett
Daniel D. Lee
Wilbert Soule
Tremont
Orrick
City Hall
Board of Assessors
Frank A. Drew
Stonington
Park Square Station
Maine
New Hampshire
Washingtons
Park
Chas. F. Conn
C. H. Briggs
Chardon Street
T. E. Houtchens
Sargent & Ham CO
Bowker ST
Star Combination Sale Stable
L. H. Brockway
Portland Street
F. Trask
Gardiner
Black Eagle
Winthrop Morrill
Blackwood
L. T. Maynard
Brice S. Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Kneelani St
Tyler Street
First Christian Church
Kneeland Street
Edward C. Scates
Albert Howe & Co
Warren Building
William Colwell
Chestnut Hill Avenue
Reservoir Gateway
Brighton District
Newton Boulevard
Board OF Aldermen OF the City OF
Howell Street
Ward 15
City of
Chas. C. Smith
BoAnp
Aldermen
Boston Post
Boston Journal
J.M. Galvin
J. M. Galvin
Board OF Aldermen
Sachem Street
Calumet
Hillside
Ward 22
Matthew T. J. Klenan
Board OF Aldermes
City of Bostrox
Norway Street
Falmouth Street
West Chester Park
Caledona Street
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