Disastrous Fire in the Paper District
A large fire on Federal street central to the paper district caused extensive water damage to several firms. George F. Green of the Boston Mailing Company alerted firefighters after smelling smoke, aiding in early suppression, with eight water streams and bursting hoses delaying control. Losses listed for Boston Mailing Company, Rice Kendall & Co, A B Abbott & Co, and others amount to thousands, with unknown roof and pillar damage and an Oct fire coincidence noted.
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Federal Street
Boston Mailing Company
5S. K. Abbott & Co
W. S. Best & Co
Devonshire Street
Abbott
Protective Department
Rice, Kendall & Co
Boston
K. Abbott & Co
W.S. Best & Co
Miller
Annie Bigelow
Last Evenng
Green
New York
Henry Raymond
Belgium
Adam Worth
Charles W. Bullard
Piana Charley
Max Shinburn
Ike” Marsh
Billy” Forrester
Bob” Cochran
Shinburn
Germany
Concord
N. H
Forrester
Nathan
Joilet
Ilinois
Ocean Bank
Merchants’ Union Express Company
New York Central
Buffalo
Bullard
Marsh
Canada
Uuto
White Plains
Westchester County
N. Y
James M. Smith
Worth
William A. Judson
Boylston Bank of
Bulard
Europe
London
Paris
United States
Silver
Vesey Street
Australian ballot scenes mark polling day riots and delays
Reports from New York and Boston recount chaotic polling in several wards with delays as voters faced list discrepancies and guards. A key Boston precinct in Ward 4 saw a discharged sailor denied a vote amid strong contest for the senatorship. Hackmen profited, while challengers questioned registration for Colored Seen Club members. The Australian ballot system reduced chaos. last hour crowds and box openings drew public attention.
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North Square
Fitzgerald
John F. Fitzgerald
West End
Faneuil Hall
Precint 11
Ward 11
Colored Seen Club
United States
Heeler
Beacon Hill
Big Suit Dismissed Over Telegraph Company Case
Edwin J. Freedman as receiver for Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Company sued Western Union Telegraph Company in sequesttration for 2 million dollars. The judge dismissed the complaint saying the receiver held only mortgaged property, not the disputed wires. Case to be reviewed at General Term.
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New York
Edwin J. Freedman
Bankers and Merchants’ Telegraph Company
Gildersleeve
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Bankers and Merchants’ Company
Ankers and Merchants’ Company
Robert G. Ingersoll
United Lines Company
Chrysanthemum show at Horticultural Hall showcases blooms
Spectators flocked to Boston's Horticultural Hall for a chrysanthemum festival with rich displays from Brookline nurseries Gardner and Hunnewell, plus Hayes of Lexington and many others. Upstairs featured hardy cultivars and grand vase arrangements. notable blooms included the American Belle rose debut from Philadelphia and varie ties from Waban Conservatory.
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Boston
New York
Dack
Lexington
George M. Andrews
Milton
Philadelphia
Hug
Perrane
Montgomery
Waban Conservatory
Waban Rose Conservatory
Gardner, Hunnewell and
Hayes Nurseries
Nathaniel T. Kidder
C. G. Weld
Brookline
Bussey Institution
Storm toll on Pavonia voyage grips passengers at sea
Eugene O Neill recounts a violent mid Atlantic gale aboard the Cunard liner Pavonia from Boston to Queenstown. Captain McVay kept decks secured as big seas battered the ship. Lifeboats torn free and rails damaged, yet officers steadied the vessel and passengers endured until the storm subsided Friday morning.
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London
Eugene O'Neill
Cunard Line
Sto Ier Pavonia
Queenstown
Boston
Atlantic
McVay
McKay
GOOD ROADS CRUSADE BY COLONEL POPE PUSHES ROAD EXHIBIT
Colonel Albert A. Pope promotes a petition to Congress for a road department an institute of road engineering and a permanent road exhibit in Washington during the World’s Columbian Exposition. The movement aims at improved highways and gains broad cooperation for practical results.
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Albert A. Pope
Congress
Washingeri
Pope
Women at Yale register for PhD in graduate dept
New Haven, Nov. 8. The Yale graduate department registration closed Nov. 1 and lists twenty-one women as candidates for the Ph.D. degree, with only three exceptions.
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New Haven
Yale Graduate Department
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U. S. Gov’t
R.& F. Gilchrast
Atyles
Astrachan
FUR Capes
R. & J. Gilchrist
Summer Street
Wien
Long Capes
Mackintashes
Metropolitan Mackintoshes
Cali Read
A. H. Read
Gen. Man
Devonshire St
Beacon St
Kingston St
Grand Army
Marlboro
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
Hudson
Newton
Newton Club
Washington
Treasury Department
Aller
Servia
New Orleans
Richmond Hill
la Bretagne
Majestic
John C. Haynes & CO
Washington Stree
Court Streat
B.A. Atkinson
Liberal
New England
B.A. Atkinson , Co
Liberal House Furnishers
Washington ST
Albany
Columbus Bills
Committee of One Hundred
Alfred Thompson
Thompson
Cappa
Charles Stecker
Brussels
Senate
PRA Osty
MM. Janson
Ferrou
Captain Andrews
Andrews
Atlantic City
Huelva
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Newt Fhper
Undersell Us
C. E. Osgood & CO
Washington Street
Horticultural Hall
Story OF
Pavonia
Good Roads Crusade
YALE
THOS
O'Callaghan & GO
Bigelow and
Hartford
Roxbury, Smith and Sanford
Globe Theatre
John Bromley & Son
N. B
OPP
Glube Theatre
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