South Boston rallies over police assault on veteran
Citizens in Ward 13 demand suspension of Patrolmen Lowery and Innes after they were convicted of assaulting Civil War veteran John Hickman. A mass meeting is planned with veterans and officials to press for action, amid calls for accountability and public justice.
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Post
Lowery and
Innes
John Hickman
South Boston
Ward
Lowery
Lowery and Innesda
Superior Criminal Court
South
Boston
William H. Ruddick
Gettysburg
Department of Massachusetts
John Dickman
Ruddick
Grand Army
Police Department
Commonwealth
Kansas
Ward 13
Old Commonwealth
Water quality analysis shows 8 percent defect rate
The Lawrence report from Oct 4 states the city water analysis after filtration indicates eight percent of river water fails to meet criteria, suggesting a notable defect rate in the supply.
Indictments for Cashier Work Dropped by Court
A United States grand jury had indicted Joseph W. Work, former Maverick Bank cashier, on false certification of checks and false bank entries. The circuit court suggested dropping one case and using Work as a witness in the Potter trial, a common result when a witness testifies against co‑defendants. Work was not later called by the government in the false certification case.
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United States
Grand Jury
Joseph W. Work
Maverick Bank
Circuit Court
Putnam
Work
Potter
Eeeeeen
Along the Water Front Here in Bangor Harbor
A handsome tug Brunswick of Bangor Maine tows two barges from Fort Point Maine toward Philadelphia and waits for poor weather. A fleet of about sixty schooners is weather bound in the harbor. The derelict Annie S Conant was pumped out and will stay on the flats until salvage and insurance are settled. Tug Agnes towed her to port and will depart when weather clears. The Anna and Mary gets a new foremast and the William H Cross reports a lost seine.
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Brunswick
Bangor
Fort Point
Philadelphia
Annie S. Conant
Simpson
Agnes
Anna
Mary
William H. Cross
Block Island
Federation of Trades elects officers and plans Chicago delegation
At K of P Hall a Federation of Trades and Labor meeting adopted a resolution to send two delegates to the Chicago convention. Durgan presided, Ross was secretary. Officers elected: Michael Durgari president, Robert Dow treasurer, Samuel Ross national secretary. Executive committee: Frank Mallarxey, J J Donahue, W Ann, J Sidebottom. Next meeting set for April first Tuesday.
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Federation of Trades and Labor
K. of P. Hall
Chicago
Mr. Durgan
Samuel Ross
Michael Durgari
Lowell
Robert Dow
Fall River
Frank Mallarxey
J. J. Donahue
W. Ann
J. Sidebottom
Union
Coffee House Needs Appeal For Winter Work
The Church Temperance Society issues a call for aid to fund coffee house work. It notes that over 300 young men attend nightly, justifying continued effort this winter. Each room costs about 125 dollars per month, and the treasury holds 75 dollars. the appeal covers seven months.
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The
Church Temperance Society
Death of Daniel J. Nihan Resident of the North End
Friends mourn the death of Daniel J. Nihan a popular young printer and North End resident who died yesterday after a three week illness. He was a prominent member of the Young Men's Sodality of St. Stephen's parish and will be greatly missed by those who knew him.
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Daniel J. Nihan
North End
Young Men's Sodality
St. Stephen's Parish
Twelfth Raymond & Whitcomb Transcontinental Tour Planned
Messrs Raymond and Whitcomb announce their twelfth annual transcontinental tours from Boston with a vestibuled Pullman special. The first party departs Nov 16 with monthly departures through winter, stopping in Chicago Las Vegas Hot Springs and Santa Fe, returning next summer.
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Messrs
Raymond & Whitcomb
California
Boston
Chicago
Las Vegas Hot Springs
Santa Fe
Washington Street
New England Historic Genealogical Society Meeting Highlights
The New England Historic Genealogical Society met at Boston University yesterday afternoon. Rev. George M. Budge of Leominster read a paper on a representative New England church, and the Rogers Bible once linked to Rev. John Rogers was shown.
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New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston University
George M. Budge
A.M
Leominster
Mass
New England
Rogers
John Rogers
Lynn Press Adds Column Across All Pages
The Lynn Press adds a new column to each of its eight daily pages claiming the move means suicide or success and arguing a Lynn newspaper can rival Boston. The Post plans to resist but welcomes the Press nearby.
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Lynn Press
Lynn
Boston
The
Post
Six Lectures for Workingmen by Wells Memorial Institute
The Wells Memorial Institute announces a course of six lectures on social progress in England for workingmen to be given at the institute by William Clarke of London. The first lecture is next Sunday evening with weekly sessions through November 12.
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Wells Memorial Institute
England
William Clarke
London
Bunker Hill Breweries Puts Lager Direct To Consumers
A note from A. G. Van Nostrand of Bunker Hill Breweries explains that Western lager travels long distances before reaching Boston stores. The firm, established 1821, emphasizes direct delivery from breweries to consumers, guaranteeing pure and sparkling beer.
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Boston
Bunker Hill Lawer
A. G. van Nostrand
Bunker Hill Breweries
Daniel Defoe in New York Aboard Prior Hill Sailor Arrives
The British sailor Daniel Defoe, great great grandson of the famed novelist, lands in New York aboard the Prior Hill. He speaks of six months left in apprenticeship, his low pay, and plans to return to land after service.
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New York
the Sun
Priorhill
Staten Island
Daniel Defoe
Defoe
Chelmsford
Essex
Daniel
Robinson Crusoe
John Henley
London
Daniel Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe Defoe
Defoes
Blue Coat School
Bluecat
John Whitaker
England
Henley
Isle of
Juan Fernantes
Auburn Situation Flare Ups Leave Streets Blocked
Three men arrested in Auburn Maine for blocking streets amid rising tension. Police strengthen force as citizens’ committee seeks compromise between manufacturers and labor groups. One man jailed ten days for resisting orders. Armenian arrivals noted.
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Aubirn
Citizens’ Committee
Pais
Footprints of Patriarchs Lecture Series Begins
The second series of Sunday evening lectures by Rev. W. T. Perrin at St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church South Boston will begin Sunday evening. The course features sermons on Footprints of Patriarchs and Prophets with descriptions and reminiscences of places visited in Egypt and the Holy Land.
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W. T. Perrin
St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church
Roadway
South
Boston
Egypt
Holy Land
Unknown man discharged as patient at City Hospital
More than a dozen visitors have sought an unnamed man who attempted suicide by shooting himself near Franklin Square on Friday. He refuses to reveal his name or origin, citing family privacy, and may be discharged soon if his condition allows. The man is described as dark complected, 5 feet 7 inches, 140 pounds, with dark hair and a dark brown mustache.
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City Hospital
Franklin Square
Sailors in Honolulu Host Boston Officers Ball
The United States steamer Boston visited Honolulu on Sept. 26 with a grand reception in the executive building throne room. A crowd over two thousand attended a ball with music from the Philadelphia band and a banquet prepared for the crew. The ex Queen hopes to regain the throne and rebuild a palace, while rumors of an election influence circulate.
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San Francisco
Cal
Oceanic
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Honolulu
United States
Boston
Admiral Skerrett
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Knife-wielding Salmon Washburn Jr Threatens in Taunton
Salmon Washburn Jr roams Taunton showing a large knife and threatening lives. He trailed his estranged wife on Matin Street and followed her toward her brother-in-law’s store where his brother tried to calm him. The knife was drawn but not used amid a tense confrontation.
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Taunton
Salmon Washburn, Jr
Matin Street
Grave charges against Northern Pacific directors
A Philadelphia circular by Charles D. Barney & Co. accuses Northern Pacific directors of buying on margin for preferred stock at 60 to 70 dollars a share. It alleges directors sold or leased company properties in which they were interested, enriching sellers and bankrupting the company.
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Philadelphia
Charles Db
Barney & Co
Steamer Jean Reaches Record North Pole Latitude
Captain Porter aboard Newport reports 84th parallel reached while chasing whales. Conditions were so favorable he believes with dogs and sledges he could have pushed to the pole, surpassing Greely’s 80 degrees 24 minutes.
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San Francisco
Jean
Pacific Steam
Porter
Newport
Greely
Chinese actors barred from landing in New York
New York on October 4 1911 Collector Kilbreth ordered two alleged Chinese actors who arrived from Havana aboard the Ward line steamer Orizaba to return aboard and not land. The decision followed evidence from Chinese Inspector Scharf and the men have been detained on the vessel.
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New York
Kilbreth
Havana
Ward Line
Orizaba
Scharf
Mrs Peck of Lyme Nears Death from Starvation
Hartford news reports Mrs Charles Peck of Lyme is slowly starving to death after thirty five days without nourishment. Doctors say no treatment can prevent her death as her stomach cannot retain food.
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Hartford
Conn
Charles Peck
Lyme
Abington Railroad War Trials Postponed
The trials of Chief of Police H. B. Russell Officer Keon and Messrs W J Sheehan Edward and John Manley, arising from the railroad war, were postponed one week at the request of railroad counsel Choate.
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Abington
H. B. Russell
Keon
Messrs
W. J. Sheehan
Edward
John Manley
Second District Court
Choate
Kimballs Hold October At Home Event at 633 Columbus
Dr and Mrs I M Kimball hosted an at home gathering yesterday at 633 Columbus Avenue as part of October Wednesday events. A large number of friends attended the social function reflecting a cordial neighborhood reception.
Boston Short Line Inspected by Engineer Olmstead
Chief Engineer Olmstead of the New York and New England railroad rode the Ridgefield and New York line to assess grades and country, to report to President McLeod and Director McDonald who will fund the New England road into New York City. The Ridgefield and New York line from Port Chester to Danbury links with the NYC and Westchester railway, shortening trips to Harlem River. McLeod aims to secure majority capital. New Haven may oppose the parallel plan.
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New York
Olmstead
New York & New England Railroad
Ridgefield & New York Railroad
McLeod
McDonald
Baltimore
New England
New York City
Port Chester
Danbury
New York City & Westchester Railway
Harlem River
Ridgefield
New York, New Haven & Hartford Company
New Haven Company
New England Road
New England Railroad
Gould
Sage
Manhattan Company
Messrs. Sage
Objections to Boston Railroads Being Owned Out of State
A letter to the Post argues that New York capitalists control Boston area rail routes, threats to tariffs and Boston New England interests, and that a canal and steamship link between Boston and New York could benefit the public and wealth. The writer urges Massachusetts to act to counter monopolies, noting rising Fall River line rates after New Haven takeover. Boston, Oct. 4.
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Boston
Sir
New York
Massachusetts
Boston & Albany
New Haven Company
Old Colony
Fall River
New England
McLeod
Sean
Philadelphia
Boston &Maine Company
New York, Hartford & New Haven
New York Central Company
Fall River Line
Cape Cod
Commonwealth
Puritan
Pilgrim
Illegal marriages declared void in Bowie County Texas
Judge Shepard of Bowie County District Court rules over one thousand marriages in Lowie County Texas illegal and void. For ten years licenses were filled out by justice clerks in blank and sold to applicants. The decision targets licenses and ceremonies conducted under them, with an appeal planned to the state Supreme Court.
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Austin
Tex
Shepard
Bowie County District Court
Lowie
Texas
Justice of the Peace
Lowle County
Texarkana
Supreme Court
Large bequests from late Samp son estate listed
The Samp son estate allocates 100000 to American Baptist Home Missionary Society and 100000 to American Baptist Missionary Union. 50000 for First Baptist Church North Adams in trust for Stamford VT. 15000 to North Adams Hospital. 15000 to Grand Ligne Mission Quebec. 26000 to John B Stetson University Deland FL for the Cor Familyson Library. Estate inventory around 500000. Edward Wickinson named executor.
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North Adams
T. Sampson
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
American Baptist Missionary Unio
First Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Stamford
North Adams Hospital
Grand Ligne Mission
Quebec
Canada
John B. Stetson University of
Deland
Flo
R. Famneyson
University
Edward 4. Wickinson
Adams National Bank
Shipbuilder on the Lakes Assigns
Buffalo October 4 report notes David Bell, described as the oldest shipbuilder on the lakes, receiving a new assignment or role in a local maritime industry update.
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Lakes
Buffalo
David Bell
Precious pair arrested in lottery prize scam
Miss Minnie Russell alias Maud Russell, alias Dr Russell, and Frank K Moore are jailed on an indictment for larceny of 179 dollars from Mrs Mary A Ham. The pair posed as clairvoyants promising lottery prizes while fleecing victims through staged trance draws. Moore, called Dr Hall, is described as the more dangerous partner. others connected in earlier capers are noted.
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Minnie Russell
Maud Russell
Dr. Russell
Mary A. Ham
Frank K. Moore
Dr. Hall
Worcester
Shawmut Avenue
Cincinnati
Moore
Boston
Hall
Tremont and
Eliot Streets
Dr. Warren
Mme, de Forrest
B. A. Atkinson & Co
Fatal fall aboard Lula ends life of 80-year-old mate
Edgar Steves, about 80, fell from a chair lashed to the Lula’s foremast at Commercial wharf yesterday noon. He struck the deck and died from a skull fracture after an ambulance took him to the Emergency Hospital. The Lula, from Millbridge, Me, lay at the north side awaiting fair wind for an eastward voyage.
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Edgar Steves
Lula
Commercial Wharf
Steves
Millbridge
Lewis Jones & Co
Lagrange Street
J.T. Steves
Ansonia
Conn
Moncton
N. B
Rail collision damages rolling stock on Boston and Albany line
An accident at Riverside on the Boston and Albany railroad damaged three gravel cars and wrecked one gravel car. The outward passenger train traveling from Boston at 8 50 collided just below Riverside station. the engine sustained slight damage. Trains were delayed about an hour while wrecking work finished. no injuries occurred.
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Boston & Albany
Riverside
Boston
Parana Declares Against Peixoto as Brazilian Revolt Spreads
A Montevideo dispatch reports Parana State siding with rebels against President Peixoto. Rio de Janeiro Congress closes as Mello’s fleet threatens, with rebel authorities forming a provisional government. Santa Catharina to Desterro rebels, Bahia joins northern squadron, and frontier towns fall under revolutionary control.
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New York
The
Herald
Montevideo
Parana
Brazil
Peixoto
Congress
Rio Janeiro
Mello
Republica and
Pallas
Desterro
Santa Catharina
Santos
Uruguay River
Ruy Barboza
Bahia
Itaqui
Guarrili
Rio Grande Do Sul
Bage
Yaguaron
Castilho
Pelotas
Porto Alegre
Bribery Allegations Over Robeson Schoolhouse Bid
Walter Bullock, contractor in Fall River, claims a committee member was bribed in the Robeson schoolhouse bid. A meeting heard Councilman Hargraves say he could not vote for Bullock and that if Sears secured the contract it would bring him $500 in political gain.
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Fall River
Walter D. Bullock
Robeson
Coughlin
Hargraves
Walter Bullock
Bullock
Sears
Boston woman charged with theft at Mathewson Street dive
Providence dispatch reports Eliza Prouty of Boston arrested on a theft charge after allegedly stealing 48 dollars from William Hunter at a Mathewson street dive. In District Court she pleaded guilty and was held in 200 dollars bail for trial at the higher court.
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Providence
Willam O'Neil
Central Station
Eliza Prouty
Boston
William Hunter
Mathewson Street
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Joseph J. Kelly
Ninth Regiment
Est
James P. Gallivan
John H. Griffin
Kothy J. Sullivan
Board of Police
Uncle Sam
Federation OF Trades
Daniel Nihan
Raymond
Church's
Swageer
Thm
Auburn
North Pole
Graves
Maryland
Signa
Ture
Chester H
Graves & Sons
Cests
Orosere
New York City Terminal
New York and
NEW York Control
C. T. Sampson
Charles Goodwin
Fitchburg Road
West Cambridge
Henry BB. Fales
Tremont Row
Winnie M. Mumford
Jamaica
Lawrence Casala
J. James Connolly
Warren
Roxbury
Eighth Aig
Philip Little
Danvers
Salem
Haverhill
Gloucester
Marblehead
Newburyport
Parana and
ST. Catharina
South End
NEW England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
SSEIS
Berd F. Stevens
Alfred VD. Foster
F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
COODS
Shawmut Furniture Co
Shawmut Ave
Baston
Keane Eee
Ee Sess
Kenison Farm
East Lefogton
Mees
Bridge Sto Fa
Keninon Ae
A Parra
Dock Aduhea
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