Milford notes funeral and local civic updates
Funeral of John Walker held at St Marys Catholic Church with Requiem Mass by Rev Father Griffin. Town clerks of Milford Blackstone Mendon and Hopedale canvassed Worcester district election results. Certificates went to W S Cooke and C R Day. Engagement announced for T H Burns and Katie Burke. Labor groups plan a grand rally next month. Worcester City Council to build City Hall with Milford granite. William H Cook resigns as organist. L Wilworth to lead new boys choir. Catholic Temperance Society to their annual dance Thanksgiving eve.
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John Walker
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father Griffin
St. Mary's Cemetery
Milford
Blackstone
Mendon
Hopedale
Worcester
W. 8. V. Cooke
C. R. Day
T. H. Burns
Katie Burke
William H. Cook
Th Episcopal Church
L. Wilworth
Catholic Temperance Society
Five years for breaking and entering told by judge
Daniel Kelly was yesterday sentenced in the Superior Criminal Court by Judge Sheldon to the State Prison for five years for a series of breakings and enterings made to steal carpenters' tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Kelly
Superior Criminal Court
Sheldon
Oklahoma Girl Smiles At Court Decision For Horse Theft
Jennie Metcalf a 15 year old from Oklahoma Territory was sentenced to two years at the Massachusetts Reformatory for Women in Sherborn. Captured near Pawnee after aiding a murder witness she is linked to the Dalton gang. The court hopes reform through domestic instruction and good conduct may lessen her sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherborn
Jennie Metcalf
Wilds
Oklahoma Territory
Massachusetts Reformatory
Marshal Colcord
Oklahoma
Jennie
West
Dalton Gang
Pawnee
Duke and Duchess Marlborough Sail to Europe
Gonsuelo Going reports the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will sail today on the North German Lloyd steamer Fulda bound for Geneva. They will disembark at Gibraltar and travel to England, occupying Captain Merer's staterooms beneath the hurricane deck during the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
Europe
Fulda
Geneva
Gibraltar
England
Merer
Fire destroys village business district in Watertown
Fire at Went Carthage devastates the village business section. Origin unknown. Losses total about 38500 dollars with 10500 dollars insured.
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Watertown
N. Y
Went Carthage
New Consular Appointments By U S in Foreign Posts
Washington November 15 John T Barron of New York named United States consul at St John s Newfoundland Richard M Bartleman of Massachusetts named to serve as consul at Antigua West Indies Bartleman currently secretary of legation at Caracas Venezuela
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John T. Barron
New York
United States
St. John’s
N. F
Richard M. Bartleman
Massachusetts
Antigua
West Indies
Caracas
Vencauclar
Annex Hawaii and Venezuela Doctrine Debate Soon in Congress
Nov 15 in Washington observers expect two key joint resolutions after Congress convenes. One endorses the Monroe Doctrine and expresses U S sympathy for Venezuela in its boundary dispute with Great Britain. The other outlines a plan to annex Hawaii under a territorial government.
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Washington
Venezuela
Great Britain
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Salem’s Joseph Glover Dies After Long Railroad Career
Salem resident Joseph E. Glover, a veteran New England railroad man born in Marblehead in 1817, died at home after a lingering illness. He rode the first train into East Boston on the old Eastern Railway, later led the North River machine shops, then commanded the Salem station before retiring fifteen years ago to private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Joseph E. Glover
New England
Marblehead
Old Eastern Railway Company
Boston
North River
Five Fisheries Die In Gale Off London Coast
A Fife fishing boat capsized during today’s gale off the coast near London, with five crew members drowned.
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London
Coast Defences Report Highlights Portand Weakness and Harbor Plans
The annual report by General Craighill outlines coast defence shortcomings at Portland Maine with emplacements for three guns though thirty-eight large calibre guns and forty eight mortars are planned. It details river and harbor project estimates for Massachusetts ports and records past year expenditures totaling 15.44 million dollars, plus two year totals and proposed two year estimates of about 21.02 million.
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Washington
Craighill
Portland
Casey
Massachusetts
Newburyport Harbor
Harbor of Refuge
Sandy Bay
Gloucester Harbor
Boston Harbor
Nantucket Harbor of Refuge
Pawtucket River
R. I
Narragansett Bay
Newport Harbor
Point Judith Harbor
Congress
Free Gift With Boys Suit or Overcoat Purchase
The Yankee at 91 Summer Street offers a free hand some cold plated knife, fork and spoon set with every boy’s suit or overcoat purchase. The sets, valued at 1.50 in the best stores, feature genuine Dresden china handles. Cut out this notice and bring it in.
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Summer St
Dresden
Along the Water Front. Moves of Lussier and Local Shipping
In New York today Joseph Lussier sails on Prins Willem to Port au Prince Haiti to remain six months for Green Knaebel & Co. John Harrington returns to duties after six months in Haiti. Azalea replaces Pollock Rip lightship. Bark Hiram Emery chartered to load for Valparaiso and Bark Essex for Surinam. Nolan Bros rumor buys damaged Virgin Rock. Steamers Gate City and Chatham reach port after storm, Chatham extra voyage with 2009 bales to Cunard and 1004 to Warren. P&PRR receives torches. Captain Crosby notes a life‑saving moment from a signaling schooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lussier
Green, Knaebel & Co
New York
Prins Willem
Port Au Prince
Haiti
John Harrington
Hayti
Hiram Emery
Valparaiso
Essex
Surinam
Nolan Bros
Virgin Rock
New Yort
New England
McKie
Gate City
Savannah
Chatham
Baltimore
Norfolk
Cunard
Warren
Cephalonia
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Graham-Meyer
Crosby
Furness Line
Storm King
Boston Syndicate Controls New Jersey Firm
A Boston syndicate of business men has taken control of the Lowry Manufacturing Company of New Jersey. The newly elected board includes Charles E Wentworth Dudley Hunt Jasper N Keller Samuel N Powers all of Boston John H Buttrick of Lowell and Colonel Ambrose C Dunn of New York. The main office will be in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vicinity
Lowry Manufacturing Company of
New Jersey
Charles E. Wentworth
Dudley ¥. Hunt
Jasper N. Keller
Samuel N. Powers
John H. Buttrick
Lowell
Ambrose C. Dunn
New York
New Trial Sought in Libel Suit Against Morse
Mrs. Helen M. Gougar of Lafayette Indiana asks for a new trial in the $2000 libel case against Elijah A Morse claiming the verdict was contrary to the weight of evidence and to the law and court instructions. No hearing date set yet. Prominent citizens and officials recommend P Bal s Cough Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Gougar
Lafayette
Ind
Elijah A. Morse
Noted Athletes Help English High School Alumni Plan
Prominent promoter Arthur W. Evans and English High School graduates plan an athletic alumni event. The article lists numerous notable alumni across football, baseball, rowing, and track, including Tom Burke, J. R. Bullard, Mike Sullivan, Jack Halligan, Tom Manahan, and Teddy Smith, noting past championships and current teams. The 1893 football eleven and the 1892 baseball champions are cited, with expectations the current eleven may win the interscholastic championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Evans
English High School
Tom Burke
Boston University
Boston
Manhattan Field
Burke
George Mahoney
Mike O’brien
J. R. Bullard
Harvard
Mike Sullivan
Billy Ferguson
Tom Manahan
Jack Halligan
Annapolis
Heffelfinger
Yale
Nate Anthony
Purtell
Jack Manahan
Paine
Teddy Smith
George Dow
Sam Creedon
Dakota
Leutenant
United States Army
West Point
Dunbar
Dakin
Adams
Warren
Rose
Ward
Halligan
Clifford
Bush
Cutter
Moulton
Smith
George B Nichols Dies After Long Service in Boston
George B Nichols trustee of Boston City Hospital and of Nichols Dupee and Co died yesterday at his Walnut Avenue Roxbury home. Born April 15 1820 in Weathersfield Vermont he moved to Boston in 1836 entering dry goods trade. He later joined several firms and began wool business on Federal Street in 1867 and at death was based on Atlantic Avenue. He served many years in the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Nichols
Boston City Hospital
Nichols, Dupee & Co
Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
Weathersfield
Windsor County
Boston
Amidown, Bowman & Co
Edwards, Nichols & Richards
Nichols
Federal Street
Atlantic Avenue
Death of West Dennis ship master Captain Studley
West Dennis November 15 Captain Cole man Studley a wealthy and esteemed citizen died at his residence today aged 80 years He was a successful ship master and merchant He has no brothers but two survivors aged 82 and 86
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West Dennis
Coleman Studley
Fall Hat or Silk Umbrella Gift With Purchase Ad
On presentation of this advertisment every purchaser of a suit or overcoat will receive an elegant new style Fall Hat worth 2.60 or a magnificent Silk Umbrella. To spur interest this offer applies as a popular movement, and includes the retailer’s entire stock.
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Rous
Ers
Clothiers
Milford Notes
Washington St
Ulster
Central Clothing House
Oklaham Jane
Gonsuelo
Hawaii
Pr. Bal
Selfridge
Bullard
Healey
Lee
Clark
Mahoney
Ochs
Morrill
Cusick
Callahan
O’brien
Eaton
Murphy
Higgins
Sherlock
Whittemore
Morand
Ashley
Ellsword
America
Peat
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