Ida McKinley laid beside her husband in Canton cemetery
Ida Saxton McKinley was buried beside President McKinley in West Lawn Cemetery Canton Ohio after a simple home service. President Roosevelt and several Cabinet members attended the lunch at Associate Justice Day's residence before the funeral procession to North Market Street. The crowd stalled traffic as public and private life paused during the services led by Rev. Dr Buxton and Rev. Dr Holmes.
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Canton
Ida Saxton McKinley
Westlawn
McKinley
President McKinley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Market
Louis Streets
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Root
Cortelyou
Wilson
Harris
Herrick
Ohio
North Market Street
Buffalo
Fairbanks
Buxton
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Holmes
Henry W. Harter
John C. Dueber
Joseph Biechele
Robert A. Cassidy
Georgeb. Frease
McKinney
Austin Lynch
R.S. Shields
C. C. Bow
Four-Generation Lowrie Harkness Family in Brookline
A Brookline family showcases four generations. The eldest is 74 year old Mrs. Margaret Lowrie, followed by her daughter Mrs. Mary BE. Lowrie Harkness, 45, and granddaughter Mrs. Emma F. Hark ness Hitchcock, 27. The youngest generation member is not shown in the excerpt.
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Margaret Lowrie
Mary E. Lowrie Harkness
Emma IF. H. Hitchcock
John Harkness Hitchcock
Brookline
Mary BE. Lowrie Harkness
Emma F. Harkness Hitchcock
Octopus Crew Disappointed by Weather Delays Test
In Quincy on May 29 the Octopus submarine team failed to dive after persistent bad seas. Vice-President L Y Spear of Electric Boat plans to attempt a 200 foot dive Friday if seas calm. The Naval Board finished its term with no test due to weather.
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Quincy
Hull
Naval Board
L. Y. Spear
The
Electric Boat Company
Pemberton
More Pay or Strike Declared by Maine Dockmen
In Portland Maine 125 dockmen on the Maine Steamship Company threaten a strike next Tuesday unless they receive a raise of cents an hour for night Sunday and holiday work and for waiting time after arriving for shifts. Current wage is 30 cents an hour. The company has its head office in New York.
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Portland
Maine Steamship Company
New York
Connecticut club women push uniform divorce laws
Mrs. Carrie A. Capen told the Connecticut Federation that rising nationwide divorce rates stem from the absence of a uniform divorce law. She urged changes including divorce from bed and board and a conditional one year judgment to allow reconciliation if the judgment is set aside.
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Madison, Conn
Connecticut Club
Carrie A. Capen
State Federation
MIT Tech Seniors Plan Gay Week Activities
MIT outlines senior week events starting with the class dinner at the American House and includes alumni reception in the engineering building, a farewell concert by the musical clubs, a baccalaureate sermon at Trinity Church, class day exercises with history prophecy and address, a senior dance at Copley Hall, and graduation in Huntington Hall with diploma awards on Tuesday June 4.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American House
Engineering
Institute
H. S. Nash
Trinity Church
Copley Hall
Huntington Hall
Dinner for ex mayor Hart by city aldermen club
Ex mayor Hart will be hosted by the Twentieth Century Aldermanic Club at the Copley Square Hotel on the evening of June 8. The dinner marks his departure for Europe for a long stay. Perley Dyar chairs the club with James Doyle as vice president and Philip O'Brien as treasurer. attendees include John Baldwin Robert A. Jordan Joseph J. Norton George Holden Tinkham Patrick Bowen Michael Norris and City Clerk John F. Dever.
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Hart
Copley Square
Europe
Perley Dyar
James Doyle
Philip O’brien
John Baldwin
Robert A. Jordan
Joseph J. Norton
George Holden Tinkham
Patrick Bowen
Michael Norris
John F. Dever
Miss Evelyn Bergh Weds in Alaska After Long Engagement
Miss Evelyn M. Bergh daughter of the Rev John O Bergh travels six thousand miles to Nome Alaska for her wedding to her fiance an electrical engineer met in New Haven three years ago. He left for Alaska this spring and their engagement was announced before departure.
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New Haven
Nome
Alaska
Evelyn M. Bere’h
John O. Bergh
War centers on Chief Pidgin at Governor's Council
The Governor's Council deferred ratifying Chief Charles F. Pidgin's nomination and refused a State employment office lease on Kneeland street. The state becomes a monthly tenant at will, subject to ejectment, while council members prepare new evidence about Bureau of Statistics payrolls and staff moves.
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Charles F. Pidgin
Bureau of Statistics
Governor's Council
Pidgin
Guild
Kneeland Street
Commonwealth
State House
Chief Pidgin
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Alleged yegg band jailed in state prison terms
Five men William Dolan John Harris John Williams John Owens and Frederick Dicker were each sentenced to four years in State prison by Judge Bond after being convicted of possessing burglars tools. Thomas Johnson a one legged man received three years in the house of correction on Chief Watts recommendation. The group lined up with guards resembling militia as Chief Watts linked five to a band wanted in several states for safe blowing.
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William Dolan
John Harris
John Williams
John Owens
Frederick Dicker
Yeggs
Watts
Secret Chicago Wedding Ties to Eugene Field Kin
Frederick Skiffield son of the late Eugene Field married Miss Anna Hild of the La Salle Stock Company by Justice Catharine Waugh McCulloch in Evanston. The couple fled by car Monday evening with Eva Francis and Harry Anderson as witnesses. The bride heads to Boston to tell her family while Field seeks amusement-park solace.
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Chicago
Catharine Waugh McCulloch
J. P
Anna Hild
LaSalle Stock Company
Frederick Skiffield
Eugene Field
the Place
Girl” Company
Catharine Waugh Mc
Culloch
Evanston
Eva Francis
Garrick
Harry Anderson
Boston
Young Field
Little Boy Blue
Private Wire for Mellen: Western Union Line to Stockbridge
S C Johnson, foreman for Western Union, finished a private line from New Haven offices of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad to Council Grove the summer home of President C S Mellen in Stockbridge. Fourteen workers completed the 288 mile copper wire run in 30 days with 1580 cross arms installed between Stockbridge and New Haven. Two minor accidents occurred a lineman hurt by a pole break and another who fell from a tree but escaped serious injury.
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Great Barrington
S. C. Johnson
Western Union Telegraph Company
New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Council Grove
C. S. Mellen
Stockbridge
Johnson
David Dovey
George Smith
Cross Arms
Joseph Brown
William Moore
Girl Thrashed Her Insulter Then Two Men Beat Him
New York report: Clara Sniffen, 16, accused hotel manager John Fleig of insult. Fleig, his attacker John Kiehn, and a patrolman all faced confrontation. Fleig jailed on 900 bail for trial in Morrisania court.
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New York
Clara Sniffen
East One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Street
John Fleig
Morrisania
Miss Sniffen
John Kiehn
Kernoch
Fleig
Bingham
Bronx
Kiehn
Walsh
Flelg
Burglar Reaches Out, Sparing Home of Widow in Bridgeton
In Bridgeton New Jersey a burglar spoke gently to Mrs S Whilden Moore and her child at 3 am promising not to harm them if they stayed quiet. The intruder left without taking anything and the widow alerted police after discovering him in her residence. The search found no items missing.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Jamestown Pavilion Owners Ban Uniformed Sailors from Dance Floor
Norfolk Va May 29 The Jamestown Pavilion management says patrons would withdraw patronage if sailors in uniform were allowed to dance at Pine Beach near the Jamestown Exposition. They offer free white duck suits for sailors who change, arguing most enlisted men are unsuitable company for patrons.
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Norfolk
Navy Department
Pine Beach
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Columbian Amusement Company
United States
Love Advice From Mildred Champagne on Two Suitors
A young woman asks Mildred Champagne to choose between two wealthy suitors, one deceitful in small things and the other jealous. The columnist advises testing time to see which man endures, since lasting character matters more than immediate charm or trust.
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Miss Champagne
Helen
Reader letters weigh in on romance and style
In a brief note to Miss Champagiie the writer shares views on love and appearance. He argues a man senses deeper affection when a woman’s cheeks are pale, and that keeping him guessing can increase interest. The writer hopes the Post prints more reader opinions.
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Babb
Druggist Arrested in North Attleboro Distribution Case
William E. Smith Woonsocket druggist operating a new North Attleboro store faced arrest by Deputy Sheriff Brown and Massachusetts Watch and Ward Society agent Davies for distributing indecent and obscene aluminum address cards. The event drew a several hundred strong crowd with an orchestra. He is held on $800 bail and to be tried Friday morning.
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North Attleboro
William E. Smith
Woonsocket
Brown
Davies
Massachusetts Watch and Ward Society
Smith
Knights of Tara Hold Basket Party in Paine Memorial
Knights and Wadies of Tara hosted a basket party and dance last night at Paine Memorial hall with guests from other county societies. President B. J. Heaney served as toastmaster. A cemetery decoration committee was named to visit local graves. A delegation led by Mr. D. Finlay will wreath John Boyle OReilly’s grave, honoring their countryman.
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Knights
Wadies of
Tara
Paine Memorial
B. J. Heaney
D. Finlay
John Boyle O’reily
Mr. Finlay
St James Branch United Irish League Hosts Whist and Party
The St James Branch of the United Irish League held a whist and 45 party at St Rose Hall last evening. The event drew many branch representatives, featured card playing and dancing until midnight, and is expected to bolster the branch treasury.
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St. James
United Irish League
St. Rose Hall
Vineland Visitor Hatches 25 Chicks from 26 Eggs in Transit
W Fef Langshaw, new to Vineland from Rosemont, hauled 26 incubator eggs in a basket with woolen blankets. In Vineland he found 25 chicks alive, now several days old, after attempting to finish hatching during the trip.
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Vineland
Penn
W. Fef. Langshaw
Rosemont
Cornell Co-eds Triumph In Engagement Announcement
At Sage College Cornell University, Florence M. Cornell announced her engagement to Professor Walter Joseph Bingham of the law faculty. The couple’s romance began in Bingham's class last autumn and marks a second co ed victory after Ellen Grace Elway's engagement to football captain Tandy Cook last fall amid a push against misogyny and segregation opposition.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Sage College
Florence M. Cornell
Walter Joseph Bingham
Law
Miss Cornell
Bingham
Ellen Grace Elway
Trumansburg
Tandy Cook
New American House Fire Force Holds Drill
Under Chief Henry A. Fox district drill held by the New American House fire corps. Fifteen men responded in four and a half minutes to set up a complete fighting apparatus installed by Allan Jones. Two streams at 160 to 165 pounds reached 125 feet on the roof in cool, practiced fashion.
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Henry A. Fox
Allan Jones
Jones
Reunion after 34 years brings Scottish family home
At 80 Cleveland avenue, Mrs. Philip Sime hosted a reunion with her mother, sister, and an adopted brother arriving from Scotland. Mrs. Sime had left Scotland last November 34 years ago, and the family had maintained correspondence but not met in person until last night.
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North Adams
Philip Sime
Cleveland Avenue
Vets Protest Street Music Ban Stirs Charlestown Post
At a Charlestown Major George L. Stearns post meeting the group voted to send a protest to the Massachusetts Grand Army department against the Sunday street music ban. They were halted last Sunday on the way to memorial services at St Marys Church when police demanded a music license.
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George L. Stearns
Charlestown
Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army
St. Mary’s Church
Two French Fishing Schooners Reported Lost with 40 Men
Forty French fishermen from the Eli Girardin and Le Flame are reported lost after two months at sea. Crews departed St. Pierre for Grand Banks and have not been heard from since. The French cruiser D Estrees searched the grounds but found no trace, with hope abandoned after a late April hurricane.
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North Sydney
Co. B
St. Pierre
Mig
Eli Girardin
le Flame
Grand Banks
D’estrees
France
Skeleton of Famous Old Cahaw in Washington
In Washington on May 29 a display at the Smithsonian features several skeletons of a extinct Bermuda bird named cahaw. Louis L. Mowbray, Bermuda Museum curator, presented the fossils found in a newly discovered Bermuda cave. The bird, web-footed with a hawk like beak, lived and perished centuries ago.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Louis L. Mowbray
Bermuda Museum of Natural History
Bermuda
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Hub
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Jamestown Pavilion
Mildred Champagne
Knights OF Tara
Merchan
Panama
Pritt Mines Bank
Hamburg
Oxford
Orn
Clifton
Everett
Futler’s
Law School
NEW American House Fire Force
State Dept
Charlestown Post
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