St Marys C T A minstrels and dance in Melrose City Hall
In Melrose on November 18 the St Marys C T A Society staged a minstrel show by It Minstrel Company directed by W T Fahy. Interlocutor Bernard J Kieran and end men Jack Rorke George Brown and Chris Kirmes led the acts joined by J B Maroney Pat Callahan and Billy Fahy on tambos with a 60 member circle. After the show dancing followed with Miss Mary M Doherty and Miss Nellie W Riley directing a cadre of aids.
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Jack Rorke
George Brown
Chris Kirmes
Bones
J. B. Maroney
Pat Callahan
Billy Fahy
Tambos
Mary M. Doherty
Nellie W. Riley
Aids
Judge Dewey Hears Custody Case With Four Year Old Exhibit
In Probate Court Judge Dewey displays Grace McDonnell as an exhibit while Nellie Barnard seeks return of her children. Guardians from St Vincent de Paul previously ruled the mother unfit. The mother remarried John F Barnard in May and witnesses testified before the case adjourned to Monday.
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Dewey
Grace McDonnell
Nellie Barnard
St. Vincent de Paul Society
John F. Barnard
Nellis Brainard
Sight Promises Riches Yet For Blind William Kilmartin
William Kilmartin a laborer at 1240 Tremont street received a 14500 verdict from the Superior Court for an eye losing blast at a Selwyn street Roslindale ledge on February 27 1901. He laments he would trade money for sight and now relies on relatives living in a dim four year aftercare room reflecting on a past planned marriage and his changed life.
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William Kilmartin
Tremont Street
Kilmartin
Selwyn Street
Roslindale
Kilmartins
Mt Vernon Council to Hear J. H. Casey
Mt Vernon Council 139 of the Knights of Columbus will host a smoke talk on Monday evening November 28 at Hancock Hall Uphams Corner. Former U S district attorney John H Casey will recount his decade in the United States attorney’s office and relate observations from his court experiences. A lively welcome is planned followed by an entertaining program.
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Mt. Vernon
Gruiser Pennsylvania Trial Trip Set for Monday
The armored cruiser Pennsylvania will undergo official speed trials maneuvering and anchor tests Monday following recent Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise runs. If weather permits she may surpass Colorado's record, as Pennsylvania follows sister ships West Virginia and Colorado in fall trials. Built at Cramps.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Colorado
Cape Ann-Cape Porpoise
Cramps
Funeral of Thomas Daly Dorchester Resident
Funeral services for Thomas Daly an old-time Dorchester resident who died Tuesday at his daughter's home were held yesterday from St Peter's Catholic Church. He was 86 and had lived in Dorchester for 60 years. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Survived by two daughters and two sons, all of Dorchester. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Thomas Daly
Dorchester
Bernard Garrity
Vaughan Avenue
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Daly
Father Kenney
John F
Peter H. Garrity
James McCabe
Martin Daly, Jr
William Daly
James McDonald
Disbanding of Co F Eighth Reg Second Brigade Beverly
General Order No 18 disbands Company E Eighth Regiment Second Brigade at Beverly. Adjutant General Dalton orders Col W A Pew Jr to detail an officer to take all US and State property from Company E and forward it to the State arsenal. Governor Bates authorized the action after inspector-general reports cited inefficiency.
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Beverly
Dalton
State Militia
W. A. Pew, Jr
Eighth
United States
State
Bates
Yankee engineers not wanted in Halifax
Halifax mayor vetoed Halifax City Council’s hire of Frank A. Barbour of Boston to report on city water service with a maximum fee of 2000 dollars. He cited Barbour’s US residency and that Canada could not engage a resident to work in the United States. Barbour had begun travel to Halifax.
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Halifax
N. S
A. B. Crosby
Frank A. Barbour
Boston
Mass
Barbour
United States
Canada
Education lessons by mail campaign of education ad
Shorthand course promises 20 lessons with first lesson free and guaranteed position. Claims to be updated and endorsed by boards of education and newspapers. Operates by mail from Department 201, Campaign of Education, 211 Townsend building, New York.
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Boards of Education
Campaign of Education
Townsend Bldg
New York
Somerville man dies after Charlestown assault night
Eugene Mead of Somerville died last night at 74 Prospect street after being mortally injured in an assault in Charlestown on October 26. Found by his wife at his doorstep, Mead had remained mostly unconscious since the incident, with brief moments of recognition but no speech. He was about 23, employed at North Packing Company in Somerville.
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Eugene Mead
Somerville
Charlestown
Prospect Street
Mead
M. W. White
North Packing Company
Medford Street
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Melrose
Waltham Watches
American Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
Glavering
Council
J. H. Casey
Gruiser
TO Disband CO
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Moody’s
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Vepequersees
Brighton
Macallar Parker Company
Amesbury
Arthur Page
Clark’s Pond
John Corcoran
Young Page
Carl Peterson
WM. J. Daly
Mor
William S. Clouther
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Osceola
Atlantic Works
Relief Hospital
Waltham
Benjamin S. Freeman
Sara Simmons
Mr. Freeman
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