Maine Talent Shines at Eleventh Pine Tree Club Banquet
The Pine Tree State Club held its eleventh annual event at Hotel Brunswick with Maine natives and guests from other states. James Otis known as the Mark Twain of Maine presented gems and tours, plus entertainment by Miss Towle, Miss Libby, and others while officers were elected in a brief business session.
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Maine
Pine Tree State Club
Hotel Brunswick
Venetian Room
Dana Estes
Prentiss Cummings
Daniel C. Robinson
James G. White
Samuel K. Hamilton
William G. Waitt
Francis H. Little
Thomas M. Babson
George H. Wincy
Alonzo 3
Estes
Mark Twain
James Otis
Toby Tyler
Jennie Wren
Austria
Otis
Mies Towle
Portland
Longfellow
Signor Oliveri
Annie Frank Libby
Assigs Marie Nichola
Miss Witherell
Mr. Estes
A. P. Martin
Eben Jordan
Edward A. Hooper
Edith Witherell
James Gardiner White
Ernestine Witherel
Mary Fowle
Charles K. Nichols
Alice M. Wade
M. T. Nichols
Mabel Holden
Charles W. Holden
W. G. Waitt
Walter D. Buck
A. C. Manson
E. C. Pierce
G. H. Nye
Gertrude H. Nye
H. B. Neill
Shields Barr
E. P. Capen
Minneapolis
Charles A. Brown
C. F. Beeme
G. W. Cobb
B. Stearns
J. F. Putnam
Frederick Moore
Emerson Coolidge
J. A. Glidden
J. M. Nickerson
George N. Faught
T. M. Mason
Martha A. Perry
John G. Moseley
J. F. Libby
Electric collision injures two women in Brighton
Miss Mary Brown 68 Reade Street Cambridge and Miss Helen Clark 34 Fairmount Street Brighton were riding a carriage on Washington Street near Leake Street at 9 15 pm when an outbound Osk square electric car struck the buggy. The carriage overturned the horse ran away and both women were shaken but escaped with minor injuries. They returned home in Cambridge after securing another conveyance. The wrecked buggy lay to one side while the runaway horse was captured in Watertown. Electric car was under motor man George H French and conductor.
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Mary Brown
Reade Street
Cambridge
Helen Clark
Fairmount Street
Washington Street
Brighton
Leake Street
Osk Square
Miapes’ Brown
Clark
Watertown
George H. French
Ascension Church East Cambridge Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary
The Church of the Ascension East Cambridge marked its twentieth anniversary with a special service led by Rev. Robert Walker. Attendees included several former rectors such as Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss and Rev. Duffield, plus Rev. Edward Abbott and others. A historical address by Rev. BE Rand followed, with music by the choir and a social hour in the vestry. The church reported a prosperous, debt-free status.
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the Ascension
East Cambridge
Robert Walker
Samuel Hodgkiss
Millville
Duffield
Allston
Edward. Abbott
Mr. Webster
C. H. Perry
Cambridge
Thomas F. Fales
Waltham
Edward A. Rand
Watertown
BE. A. Rand
Edward Abbott
Church of the Ascension
Pimlico Trotting Races Feature Favorable Favorites
In Baltimore at Pimlico on May 23, one favored horse and two runners-up claimed purses. Merman won the 2:18 class trot, Mascot Jr. swept three heats to win the 2:25 pace, and Prince Albert outlasted D. S. in a hot 2:30 trot after five heats.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Austin Seld
Merman
Mast, Jr
Mascot, Jr
Prince Albert
Harvard Doubles Final Sees Boyden and Edmonds Triumph
In the Harvard tennis doubles final, A. F. Boyden and H. Edmonds defeated E. H. Pool and A. S. Pier by 6-2 6-1 4-6. The champions displayed superior consistency, dominating much of the match while Pier struggled with unsteady play.
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Harvard
A. F. Boyden
H.edmonds
E. H. Pool
A. S. Pier
Pier
Rogers Presses Bay State Brookline Consolidation
Stockholders worry over delay as Lawson Chandler negotiate in New York with H H Rogers of Standard Oil. Rogers demands Addicks exit Bay State management before approving the merger. Brookline presses gas deliveries into Bay State territory with rates reported as low as seventy five cents per thousand to major hotels.
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Bay State Gas Company
Bay State
Brookline
Messrs. Lawson and
Chandler
New York
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Brookline Company
Rogers
J. Edward Addicks
Bay State Company
Addicks
Lawson
Addiks
Bay State Outfit
Atwood calls for city hall investigation into departments
Congressman Atwood urges a full inquiry into the architect department and city building operations over the past decade, targeting the 1889 1890 tenure and alleging persistent innuendo from peers and a libelous pamphlet in the congressional campaign.
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Atwood
Matthews
Wheelwright
J. T. Wheelwright
F. W. Peabody
Peabody
Columbia Theatre to have new management next season
Rich & Harris, holders of a ten year lease, will sub lease the Columbia to R. N. Gullick & Co. Pittsburg operators of the Bijou and a Brooklyn theater. The circuit will include the Columbia of Boston with farce comedy spectacle and melodrama. Season opens August 26 with admission from 15 cents to $1.
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Columbia Theatre
Rich & Harris
R. N. Gullick & Co
Pittsburg
Bijou
Brooklyn
National
Philadelphia
Columbia
Boston
At the Post Office Two Pennies Spark Stamp Guessing Game
A citizen visits the post office stamp window and pays two pennies to buy a two cent stamp. The clerk jokes that two pennies imply a two cent stamp but later denies issuing a thousand cent stamps for a ten dollar bill. The man leaves embarrassed then returns with a cigar and the clerk quips about a smoke shake as they become friends.
Roxbury Bachelor Club Ninth Annual Banquet Held
One hundred members of the Roxbury Bachelor Club attended the ninth annual banquet at the Quincy House. Guests included Aldermen John H. Lee and David F. Barry, City Clerk Mitchell Galvin, Councilman John Gartland, and Thomas W. Clifford. A reception preceded dinner and toastmaster John W. Halpin led remarks.
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Roxbury
Bachelor Club of
Quincy House
John H. Lee
David F. Barry
Mitchell Galvin
John Gartland
Thomas W. Clifford
Joseph P. Dever
John W. Halpin
Alderman Dever
Patrick Maguire
Alderma Lee
Dever
Galvin
Shay
Thomas Clifford
Funeral train bears tribute to General William Cogswell
Members of a congressional committee and Massachusetts lawmakers gathered for the funeral plans of General William Cogswell. Flowers adorned the coffin while Rev. J Thompson Cole led Episcopal rites. A House resolution adjourned on Friday May 24 to honor the deceased as the party traveled from Washington to Salem and then Boston.
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Congressional Committee
Senator Lodge
J. Thompson Cole
Daniel
Leicester
Herbert F. Plympton Eame
N. Peterson
Salem
Je Hale
Newburyport
Osgood
North Andover
House of Representatives
William Cogswell
Republican Club of
Mas
Baltimore & Ohio
Boston
Washington
O'Neil
New York
Grand Central Staton
Republican State committee to send five to General Cogswell funeral
The executive committee voted to represent the State committee at the Salem funeral of General Cogswell with a delegation of five members. Chairman George H. Lyman of Boston was chosen to lead the group and flowers will be sent in the committee’s behalf.
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Republican State Committee
State Committee
General Cogswell
Salem
George H. Lyman
Boston
Salem Republican Flambeau Club Mourns General Cogswell
The Salem Republican Flambeau Club met to act on General Cogswell's death and voted to attend the funeral in a body. A committee will represent the club at the church, wearing dark clothes and derby hats, with an elaborately broken column bearing anchor and cross.
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Salem
Republican Flambeau Club
General Cogswell
H. P. Healey
H. B. Sawyer
G. W. Pickering
Ira G. Taylor
W. Harvey Herrill
Marti Led Cuban Rebels to End in Cuba Death Confirmed
Reports from Havana confirm Jose Marti was killed in action near Dos Rios y Buzas Cuba while he led Cuban revolutionary efforts. He is noted as president of the Cuban revolutionary party and around 40 years old with a history of exile and leadership across Cuba Spain Mexico and the United States.
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Jose Marti
Dos Rios Y Buzas
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Spain
France
United States
Marti
Mexico
Central America
New York City
Uruguay
Washington
Maximo Gomez
St. Domingo
Batre
Puerto Principe
Agramonte
Moron
Ciego de Avila
Gomez
Santa Clara
Loma del Gibaro
Jamaica
Maceo
Crombert
Revolutionary Party
Havana
Valencia
Mr. O'Callaghan
Governor sends tuberculosis bill back for senate action
Governor Greenhage returns the tuberculosis bill to the Senate for amendment based on the Attorney General's view that compensation for diseased cattle is unconstitutional since TB cattle have little value for milk or food. The AG suggests inspectors or commissioners first determine disease, with possible appeal to arbitration or a jury.
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Greenhage
Senate
Attorney
Board of Arbitration
Battle over Seventeenth of June funding rages in Boston council
The Charlestown City Council erupts as Mr. Crockett and others challenge a Seventeenth of June parade appropriation to private and sectarian groups. Speakers defend veteran nonprofits and denounce A P A links while pushing for a parades only budget and reference back to committee. The chamber roars with rebukes and a near unanimous vote to refer the measure back.
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Mr. Crockett
Boston
Board of Aldermen
Charlestown
Sarsfield Guards
Veteran Firemen’s Association
Boston Letter Carriers’ Mutual Benefit Association
United States
American Protective Association
Reidy
Bunker Hill
England
Pragent
Sons of Veterans
Norris
Mr. Norris
Brother Smith
Ward 18
South
Crockett
Connorton
O'Callaghan
Ward 13
Ward W
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Brunswick
W England Piano CO
Tremont
Besten
Brookline Gas
Cong
South End
BR. N. Gullick, & Co
JOS, Schlitz’s
Milwaukee Beer
Tebegions Poe” Qomon
Mosten
Mage
Will
Republican Clubs
Ose Marti
Oscood
Adies
the Grand Army
Post 149
G. A. R. I Bieve
Grand Army of the Republic
America
Grand Army
Union Veterans’ Union
Leary
O'Brien
Ward 10
Salvation Army
Adams
Lincoln
O’callaghan
Main Street
City Square
Thompson Square
Tremont Street
Park Street
Scollay Squate
General Court
Finance Committee
Kings
Lane
Columbus Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Ruthereford Avenue
Foster
Ward 9
Colby
Briggs
Maguire
Tremont House
Ged
A. Plummer & Co
Children’s Department
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