Mrs Henry Outlines Prohibition Nomination Policy
Versailles Ky Nov 16 Mrs Josephine K Henry a Prohibition nomination hopeful for 1900 outlines her policy central ideas enfranchisement of American women free coinage of silver Cuban independence pension reform reduction of federal offices non partisan tariff committee and abolition of liquor traffic She is an agnostic and would abolish Thanksgiving Day to avoid inserting God in the Constitution
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Versailles
Josephine K. Henry
United States
Henry
America
Kentucky
Bryan
Silver
Postal Treaty Signed by McKinley Ratifies World Congress Accord
President McKinley signed the final act of ratification for the universal postal congress treaty and Secretary of State Sherman sealed it. Postmaster General Gary had already signed. The treaty takes effect January 1, 1890.
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Washington
Universal Postal Congress
McKinley
Sherman
Gary
Spartan Sailor Struggles Through Severe Sea To East Boston
The three masted schooner Spartan carrying 950 tons of plaster from Hillsboro to Baltimore limped into East Boston after a fierce southeasterly gale off Mt. Desert. Loss of foretopmast and several headsails left crew patching damage, boat gone, provisions soaked. Captain Coombs planned repairs here before continuing to Baltimore. damage about $1000.
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Spartan
Hillsboro
N. B
Baltimore
Leighton
Boston
Coombs
Mt. Desert
Germany Alarmed by U S Export Drop in 1897 Report
Consul Monaghan at Chemnitz reports Germany's exports to the United States fell sharply from $14.48 million in the September quarter of 1896 to $7.19 million in the same period of 1897, a nearly 60 percent decline blamed on the Dingley bill. The public is urged to trust careful sources and to work to retain the U S market.
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Washington
Monaghan
Chemnitz
State Department
Germany
United States
America
John J Russell Dies A Plymouth County Leader
John J Russell aged 74 a longtime Plymouth county figure died today. He served as a director of the Old Colony railroad and Old Colony Steamboat Company and held leadership roles at Plymouth Mills Savings Bank where he was treasurer for twenty five years. He was active in the cranberry industry as a member of the Cranberry Society.
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Plymouth
John J. Russell
Plymouth County
Old Colony Railroad
Old Colony Steamboat Company
Plymouth Mills
Local Savings Bank
Cranberry Society
Debut Playwright and Toledo Widow Linked in Ketcham Case
Chicago reports a somber inquest into John Ketcham's death at Mrs. Mabel Wallace's Indiana avenue home. The inquiry delays for a week due to pending stomach analysis, as Wallace pushes for a quicker, thorough investigation. The body is later released to George W. Ketcham for burial in Toledo. The forthcoming will filing and potential contest heighten tension among Ketcham relatives and Mrs. Ketcham Wallace.
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Chicago
John K. Ketcham
Indiana Avenue
Mabel Estelle Wallace
Mr. Ketcham
Toledo
George H. Ketcham
Ketcham
Girl Rescues Companions in Jersey City Factory Collapse
New York reports the main building of C. A. Woolsey paint works at Grand and Pacific streets collapsed at 9 am trapping thirty workers eight of whom were girls. Mamie Schwartz aided in the rescue guiding the injured to her home for care as parents searched amid the chaotic scene. All imprisoned workers were saved.
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New York
C. A. Woolsey’s
Grand and
Pacific Streets
Jersey City
Mamie Schwartz
Miss Campbell Presents An Open Secret at Radcliffe
Radcliffe junior Miss Marion Campbell wrote and stars in An Open Secret, staged tomorrow night in Fay House auditorium with a Saturday matinee. Proceeds go to Emmanuel Scholarship Fund supporting a Radcliffe student. Cast drawn from class of 1898 and 1899.
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Marion Campbell
Radcliffe
Fay House
Emmanuel Club
Emmanuel Scholarship
Miss Campbell
Mystery of Hartford Woman Found Dead in Reservoir
Hartford reports identify the body as Miss Alice I. Patton a wealthy 40 year old resident of Capitol avenue. Police deem death possibly self inflicted though investigators continue to probe whether murder or suicide ended her life amid gossip of admirers and broken hearts.
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Hartford
Conn
Garden Street
Alice I. Patton
Capitol Avenue
Lover’s suicide ends after quarrel in Chicago
Ed Fink aged 20 drank carbolic acid before Minnie Peterson's home after a quarrel. He waved to his sweetheart shouting Turrah, I'm off then collapsed. Bystanders with her aid, an ambulance arrived, and Fink died at the hospital an hour later.
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Chicago
Ed Fink
Minnie Peterson
Fink
Pague Seeks Divorce After Threats and Alleged Maiming
Mrs. Susan Pague, wife of Lieutenant Samuel S. Pague, who once shot at Colonel Crofton at Fort Sheridan and was dismissed, today filed for divorce in Lancaster. She alleges he failed to provide for her and threatened to break her wrists.
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Lancaster, Penn
Susan Pague
Samuels. Pague
Fort Sheridan
Pleasant evening by Sons of Verdi at West End Union Hall
Musicale Associates hosted a social at the West End Union Hall with Charlie Diamond singing and dancing, C. M. Chase performing magic, Louis Ceppi on violin, Trin chitella Archangleo on harp, and Joseph Amerena among others. Invited guests included Mark Gennaro Charles Malatesta D F Ceppi A Badarracco F Di Mase and Henry Sackarmy with additional Amerena Croro De Mori and Godella.
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Verdi Musicale Associates
West End Union Hall
Charlie Diamond
C. M. Chase
Louis Ceppi
Mocking Bird
Trinchitella Archangleo
Joseph Amerena
Messrs
Mark Gennaro
Charles Malatesta
D. F. Ceppi
A. Badarracco
F. di Mase
Mutual Reserve Fund Denies Bay State Deal In Statement
Vice President George D. Eldredge says the Mutual Reserve Fund of New York did not participate in any deal to take the Bay State Beneficiary Association’s business. He states no payment was made to former Bay State connections and that all value acquired goes to the receivers to boost the association’s assets. The fund contends its offer was the best among those submitted.
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Mutual Reserve Fund of
New York
Bay State
Mutual Reserve
Hunger plague in Cuba deepens amid Weyler policy
Havana dispatch reports worsening famine with 7 percent of about 400000 noncombatants dead. Deaths rise as Blanco orders feeding, estates like Central Sula show mass starvation with 1600 perished. Artemesia parish records show 5123 deaths since the war began.
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Havana
Tampa
Fla
Weyler
Blanco
Central Sula
Artemesia
Artemesia Parish
Seventy six stone house at Tappan bought for public reopening
New York state news reports Charles A. Pike of Tappan bought the famous Seventy six stone house, where Major Andre was imprisoned, after a storm damaged it two weeks earlier. Dr. Stephens, owner for forty years, had refused access, but Pike plans repairs and public access.
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Nyack
N. H
Tappan
Andre
Charles A. Pike
Stephens
Pike
Boyle Bros Promote Wide Clothing Line and Credit Plan
The Boyle Bros firm reports strong demand for clothing from Whitten Burdett & Co. They added extra sales staff to handle Saturday crowds, boast a busy ladies department with a large sample of imported and domestic cloaks, and continue to offer evening hours and their popular credit plan.
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Boyle Bros
Whitten, Burdett & Co
Missionaries Organize New England Division in Cambridge
The Mor mon church dispatches active work through city and suburbs with a Cambridge headquarters. A mission conference is planned at Raymond Hall Cambridge on Saturday at 2 and 7 1 2 p.m. and Sunday at 10 30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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Church of Latter- Day Saints
Mormon’ Church
New England
British
Theastern States
Cambridge
Raymond Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Mrs Catherine Morrissey Dies in Roxbury at 72
Mrs Catherine Morrissey mother of M J Morrissey of Tremont died yesterday at her son's home 8 Sand Street Roxbury A devout Catholic she was 72 The funeral will be from her residence Wednesday morning at 9 o clock with high mass at the church Interment will be in Gloucester Mass
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Catherine Morrissey
M. J. Morrissey
Tremont Airens
Sand Street
Roxbury
Gloucester
Seay
Officer Albert Shaw Leaves VOA Post for Health at Somerville Hospital
Albert Shaw, an officer under Commander Ballington Booth, accepts a paid position at Somerville Hospital and will not take on duties with the Volunteers of America due to prolonged illness.
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Albert Shaw
Ballington Booth
Somerville Hospital
Volunteers of America
Lynn City Man Confesses Faked Roadside Robbery Tale
John K. Moore of 47 Autumn street Lynn admitted to police he invented a tale of a midnight robber at Goldfish Pond after a staged struggle. Investigators found cuts in his coat and trousers made to resemble wounds and noted his alibi unraveled by poker losses and drinking earlier that day.
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Lynn
Globe
John K. Moore
Autumn Street
Moore
Post
Chestnut Street Bridge
Goldfish Pond
The
Burekes
Gene
Miller
Eureka
Market Street
Marshal Burckes
Moore Investigated After Alleged Stabbing Case
Dr. Miller reports Moore’s house visit where a man claimed to be stabbed in several places after drinking. Police questioned Moore in the afternoon. examination of clothes and pond surroundings found no sign of a struggle or drowning, contradicting the alleged assault.
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Dr. Miller
Post
Moore
Burekes
Nelson
Embassy denies Boston kidnapping tale as imposture
United States embassy officials declare the alleged kidnapping of Henry S. Clay of Boston to be a fabrication. They say Clay is mythical and the begging-letter writer sought only a half crown. Scotland Yard was asked to probe and detectives call it an imposture. The informant was paid a half crown and did not return.
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London
United States
Henry S. Clay
Boston
Mass
Scotland Yard
Described Letter Urges Immediate Release of Captive
A New York despatch reports a letter to the U S ambassador with the plea Will the finder deliver immediately for Gods sake. A man calling himself John Garner a Harrow Road schoolmaster said Henry S Clay of Boston was held by a physician vivisectionist. Clay claimed garret confinement limited food and opiates and asked for release.
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New York
United States
John Garner
Harrow Road
Henry S. Clay
Boston
Clay
Esterhazy Charges Paris Interview Claims Plot Against Him
Count Esterhazy says he is a victim of a plot and received an anonymous warning from a former war office official. He notified the minister of war and says a later letter warns of grave Dreyfus material. He says documents from the Dreyfus papers exist and could cause a sensation when published. He reports showing these papers to General Saussier after photographing them.
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Paris
Esterhazy
War Office
Dreyfus
Saussier
Pennsylvania Railroad Tour To Washington In December
Congress will be in session during the stay of the first Pennsylvania railroad personally conducted tour to Washington leaving Boston December 2. Rate twenty five dollars. Seven additional cars to Washington and four to Washington and Old Point Comfort with privilege to stop over in New York as long as desired. Itinerary by D. N. Bell tourist agent 205 Washington street.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Boston
Old Point Comfort
New York
D. N. Bell
Washington Street
Assyrian Monuments Lecture At Adath Israel Temple
Professor David Lyon of Cambridge delivered a lecture with stere opticon illustrations on Assyrian monuments and Hebrew inscriptions at the Adath Israel Temple in Boston. The talk occurred during a Boston section Council of Hebrew Women meeting chaired by President Mrs. Sarah Van Noordan.
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David Lyon
Cambridge
Adath Israel Temple
Columbus Avenue
Northampton Street
Boston
Council of Hebrew Women
Sarah van Noordan
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