Trial of the Monitor Nevada Arrives at Charlestown Yard
The Monitor Nevada, first of four coast defense ships, docked at Charlestown Navy Yard in the old stone drydock after arrival from Bath Iron Works. Under Engineer McDonnell, she will undergo bottom cleaning before trial in December, with Cape Ann or Boothbay routes possible. The vessel features a single forward turret, Harvey armor, twin screws, and a crew of 7 officers and 135 men.
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Nevada
Charlestown Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works
McDonnell
Cape Ann
Boothbay
Norwegian Bazaar Draws Boston Norwegians to Tremont Temple
Several hundred Norwegians gathered at Tremont Temple yesterday as the Norwegian Lutheran Church women opened a bazaar showcasing Norwegian home industry. Tables, decorations, a cafe serving original Norwegian dishes, and an evening music program drew visitors. The fair runs today and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Committee members include Mrs. E B Larsen, Miss O Berntsen, Miss B E Lintrup, Mrs. C Swain, and Miss L Sjoberg.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
EB. Larsen
O. Berntsen
BE. Lintrup
C. Swain
L. Sjoberg
Ex Governor Long to Lead Mayflower Society Initiation
The Hon John D Long will ride the goat at a Somerset banquet for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Massachusetts. The seventh annual meeting features Long as principal speaker and lists officers and candidates from Morton Dexter to Samuel Billings Capen amid a dignified social ceremony.
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John D. Long
Navy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Somerset
Long
James Chilton
Mary Chilton
John Winslow
Edward Winslow
J. Weston Alien
Harriet A. Shaw
Horace A. Soule, Jr
John A. Remick
Ray Greene Huling
Frame
Henry Raymond
Morton Dexter
Winslow Warren
Charles Augustus Hopkins
George Hughes
D. D
George Ernest Bowman
Sumner Bass Pearmain
Frederick Wesley Parker
Samuel Jason Mixter
M. D
William Lawrie
Henry Southworth Shaw
Horace Homer Soule, Jr
Charles Peter Clark
Edwin Sanford Crandon
Monard Hunting Rudd
Samuel Billings Capen
London druggist notes orangeine sale and rush shipment
The prominent London druggist Mr. J. Colman Nicoresti reports that orangeine was sold to the last box and that a rush shipment was dispatched.
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London
J. Colman Nicoresti
Rush Shipme
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Rest and Digestion
A marketing article argues chronic dyspepsia is curable with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims the stomach needs rest rather than dieting or bitters and asserts the tablets digest food even when the stomach is inactive, enabling nourishment and a lasting cure.
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Stuart
Women Sue for 70000 in Chelsea Cambridge Case
Four plaintiffs including May and Elizabeth Graham and Daniel and Sweeney seek 70000 damages from Lynn and Boston Street Railway over a June 12 1899 collision between a railway electric car and a milk wagon at Broadway and Second Chelsea. Each plaintiff claims injuries and loss of consortium with trial set for Monday next.
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Middlesex County
Cambridge
May Graham
Edward J. Graham
Chelsea
Elizabeth Sweeney
Daniel Sweeney
Lynn & Boston Street Railway
Broadway
Second Street
Graham
Sweeney
Mr. Sweeney
Syrian Church Raided by Thieves in Tyler Street
The Little Syrian church of Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon on Tyler Street was robbed as thieves ignored altar ornaments and the poor box. Chor Bishop Yasbek’s rooms were ransacked on a trip to Lawrence, with $12 cash, gold earrings and rings, episcopal insignia, chalice items, and sacred vessels stolen, totaling about 200 dollars. Police were alerted but no trace found.
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Littl
Portland Street Railway Raises Pay for 300 Men
Portland Me November 20 The Portland Street Railway Company raised wages for motormen and conductors by 10 cents a day. Pay now stands at 1.8 dollars per day and covers all lines owned by the company, benefiting 300 workers.
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Portland
Portland Street Railway Company
Koch Lung Cure Proclaimed By Contagious Claim
Thousands of physicians endorse Professor Kochs inhalation treatment for consumption and lung diseases. The Boston office at 361 Boylston Street offers free initial consultation after a medical exam. The World Congress of Physicians in London endorsed the method as a cure, despite doctors criticizing injections and stomach medicines.
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Warner
Warner's
Warner’s
Safe Cure Company
Rochester
N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Puber
Professor Koch
Boston
Boylston Street
Congress of Physicians
London
Koch
Government conducts borax food study on 12 volunteers
Professor W. H. Wiley will start two week tests on 12 young government employees to assess physiological effects of borax treated meat versus untreated fare. Six volunteers will receive pure foods while six eat chemically treated meals, with weights and daily appearance notes tracked.
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Washington
W. H. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
Bach
Wiley
Food for a year ration claims and digestion note
An advertisement presents a claimed fair ration for one man for a year and notes some people eat yet grow thinner due to defective digestion. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as tissue building, offering a sample upon request, with contact at Scott & Lowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott
Scott & Lowne
3Earl Street
New York
Newton Republican ticket survey in Newton caucuses
Republican caucuses in Newton nominated mayor and aldermen with large turnout. Incumbent school committee member C S Luitwieler lost renomination to H E Wells in Ward 5 while Mayor John W Weeks was unanimously renominated. Aldermen at large named Barber Carter Ellis Brown Mellen Bowen Day. ward aldermen listed Blue Dennison Hunt Johnson Webster Morris Weed.
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Newton
C. S. Luitwieler
H. E. Wells
John W. Weeks
D. Fletcher Barber
A. P. Carter
George H. Ellis
Charles R. Brown
George H. Mellen
E. B. Bowen
A. Day
Alexander Blue
Charles S. Dennison
H. H. Hunt
Frederick Johnson
F. W. Webster
H. S. Morris
A. R. Weed
Not Candidate for Any Office Declares Antonio Mullen Notice
Thomas A. Mullen of Boston writes to the Post denying any nomination for the School Board. He states he has neither time nor inclination to hold any office and requests his name not be used in connection with a nomination. The letter is dated November 20 in Boston.
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Thomas A. Mullen
Boston
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Lillian Ramsey
Quincy Club
Denver
Col
Rebecca Smith
Westfield, XN. J
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Money Down
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Common Street
Enincs
Sunday Post
The
Black Sea
Vienna
Bucharest
Bosnia
Florio & Rubattino Company
Sulina
Danube
Pauline Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Majestic
Mme. Flory
Astor
Greater
Boston Zionists
John W. Paul
Philadelphia
Miss Astor
Duke of Roxvarghe
England
Continent
Norwegian Lutheran Church
E. Christensen
Fin ¢Tec
G. Lintrup
Treas
Cor
O. Bernsten
E. Larsen
Portland Street Railway
Pioneer Clothing Co
Slash
Berkeley
Varsity
College
DR. Koch
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