Sewall Accepts Democratic Nomination for Vice President
Arthur Sewall writes to Bath Maine accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He defends party principles, denounces the gold standard, and urges free silver as the remedy, arguing the nation faces a crisis and must unite to restore prosperity and public faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Arthur Sewall
United States
Stephen H. White
Democratic Party
Asiece
Jefferson and
Jackson
Leary-Dwyer nuptials unite Boston Post man and Dwyer bride
John J. Leary Jr of the Boston Post marries Miss Alice Ruth Dwyer at St. Marys Parochial Residence South Common street. Rev Father Hanawin officiates. reception at Mrs. Healeys 8 Church street. Couple to tour Baltimore and Washington before settling at 92 Church street. Guests come from Boston Salem Somerville and Newburyport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Healey
Church Street
Baltimore
Washington
Miss Herlihy
Finkelstein Starr Wedding at Baldwin Place Synagogue
Harry Finkelstein and Minnie Starr wed at Baldwin Place Synagogue in the afternoon. A large bridal party including Starr and Leven son relatives attended with Hyman Pill as best man. Reception at Monument Hall Charlestown followed by supper at 8:30 and dancing until 2 AM.
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Harry Finkelstein
Minnie Starr
Baldwin Place
Lena Starr
Goldie Starr
Annie Levenson
Superior
Romanow
Fellman
Amolsky
M. A. Palmer
Finkelstein
J. Levenson
M. Levenson
Palestina
Hyman Pill
A. Finkelstein
E. Starr
I. Finkelstein
A. Raskine
B. Goldstien
Annie
Mary Finkelstein
Gussie Finkelstein
Annie Leverson
Annie Raskin
Birdie Finkelstein
Monument Hall
Charlestown
Professor Williams
A. Alpert
Dave Balein
Joe Levenson
S. Pill
Sandibe
Murphy Gordon Wedding in Somerville Sealed Union
The marriage of Miss Caroline Mary Gordon daughter of Mrs Peter Gordon to John T Murphy a Prescott Club member and St Marys choir performer was solemnized yesterday at 406 Mystic Avenue Somerville Rev J B Galvin officiated The couple will reside at 406 Mystic Avenue after a wedding tour with bridesmaid Miss Mary Murphy and best man Walter Gordon both named.
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Caroline Mary Gordon
Peter Gordon
John T. Murphy
Prescott Club
St. Mary’s Choir
Charlestown
Mystic Avenue
Somerville
J. B. Galvin
St. Anne’s Church
Mary Murphy
Walter Gordon
Missing East Boston Children Reappear
After two days the Collinger children on White Street East Boston returned home from a relative. Neighbors and police searched in vain before the children surfaced, and their anxious parents were unaware of the stay.
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Collinger
White Street
Boston
National Mule Spinners Convenes in Puritan Hall
The National Mule Spinners Association opened its fourteenth annual convention in Puritan Hall with President Duggan of Lowell presiding. Delegates from Lowell Lawrence New Bedford Fall River Holyoke Utica Chicopee Dover Salem Lewiston Paterson Providence and Biddeford attended. Reports indicate the industry is in a wretched condition though Secretary Ross notes progress in organization and some favorable legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Roberts Honored on Return From Europe Visit
Friends of Superintendent T. D. Roberts gathered at the Boston Industrial Home to welcome him back from two months studying industrial work for the unemployed abroad. Jonathan A. Lane presided with remarks by Lane Blanchard and Deming. Mr Roberts criticized social conditions in London Paris and other cities praising Boston’s laws.
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T. D. Roberts
Boston
Davis Street
Harrison Avenue
Europe
Jonathan A. Lane
S. Blanchard
M. KR. Deming
Mr. Roberts
Miss North
Mayor Bancroft Repeats Name of Albert R Wait for Fire Dept
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen did not act on the mayor’s nomination of Albert R. Wait as a permanent fire department member. The nomination was previously rejected 6 to 5. A joint hearing on a University Press street improvement was held, and the board took the matter under advisement.
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Bancroft
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Albert R. Wait
Fire Department
Wait
Board of Aldermen
University Press
Mt. Auburn Street
Harvard Freshman Class Numbers 416, Slight Loss From 1899
Harvard College announced the freshman list totaling 416 men, about forty fewer than last year. The new registration system leaves some names to be added, with gains expected in the Lawrence Scientific School class to compensate any shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard College
Lawrence Scientific School
Colored Men's Troubles Hear Mayor at Cambridge Meeting
A Cambridge colored indig nation committee presented grievances to Mayor Bancrift at Temple Hall. The Mayor listened, promised consideration, and affirmed willingness to hear the complaint anytime, urging orderly and decorous hearings.
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Temple Hall
Cambridge
Bancrift
Plummer
Ah needs ae 2s ere treatment Dr Bull s Gough
A brief note describes medical treatment needs for a patient under Dr Bull and nurse Gough. Details are limited in the fragmented text. The record cites care steps but lacks full context or outcome.
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Bull’s Gough
Bryan's Indianapolis Tour Delights and Attacks
Indiana invades Indianapolis as Mr. Bryan, with Governor Matthews, crowds the Grand Hotel and State House. He addresses 35 000 to 60 000, denounces the National Democratic party, discusses currency, and urges silver unity with Populists before leaving tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
Bryan
Matthews
Grand Hotel
Free Silver Clubs
State House
Tomlinson Hall
National Democratic Party
Indiana
Breach of promise case forces payout in sensational trial
In New York Supreme Court on Oct 6, George Alfred Jewell a butterscotch maker was ordered to pay Miss Margaret A Kolsch sewing machine expert 7500 for alleged breach of promise. Testimony described intimate visits dinners and kisses plus spicy details and a confrontation with a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
George Alfred Jewell
Margaret A. Kolsch
Alfred Steckler
Jewell
Miss Kolsch
Louis Surface
Iss Kolsch
Jones's
Surface
Bryan Tours Indiana in 1890 Campaign Swing
William J. Bryan and party traveled by special train from Nashville to Indiana with a reception in Louisville and stops at Jeffersonville and Columbus. He addressed crowds of thousands, defended Democratic principles, attacked bank power, and linked anti monopoly to silver currency policy citing Harrison and Carlisle.
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Louisville
William J. Bryan
Nashville
Matthews
Shanklin
Indiana
Martin
Democratic State Committee of
Indiana State Committee
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Ohio River
Bryan
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Hamilton
Congress
Harrison
West
Columbus
Mr. Bryan
Carlisle
John G. Carlisle
W. D. Bynum
Bynum
Franklin
Secretary of Aericulture
Jeremiah Rusk
Faithless Wife Divorce Suit and Seduction Claim
Harry McGowan a City Court clerk sues for absolute divorce and seeks $50,000 against Harlem resident Harry Bell for alienating his wife’s affections. Bell had boarded in the McGowan home and remained close as Mrs. McGowan deserted in June. Detectives traced them to Fargo and Hotel Bristol before papers were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry McGowan
City Court
Harry Bell
Harlem
McGowan
Mr. Bell
Fargo
N. D
Heidelberg
Bell
Bristol
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Mr. McGowan
Mrs. McGowan
Tom Watson Accepts Populist Vice Presidential Nomination
A Chicago report states Tom Watson dictated a letter from Atlanta accepting the Populist vice presidential nomination. He recalls a St. Louis caucus of middle-of-the-road delegates from 21 states who backed Norton for president and Burket for vice president, a ticket Watson says would have beaten Bryan. He explains his assent shifted support to Bryan and the middle faction withdrew their opposition.
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Chicago
Tribune
Atlanta
Tom Watson
Butler
St. Louis
Norton
Illinois
Birket
Mississippi
Bryan
Watson
Mrs Waldo Wins Suit Against Stewart & Co Over Satin Goods
After eighteen years, Mrs. Gertrude R Waldo, valued at $2 million, wins a suit against A T Stewart Co for $1350 paid for satin goods never delivered. The jury awards reimbursement plus depreciation from 1878 to 18 percent and interest from suit start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gertrude R. ‘Waldo
A. T. Stewart & Co
Henry Hilton
William Libbey
M Hilton
Waldo
Bryan Campaign Tour Through Indiana Draws Crowds
Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan visited New Albany Sellersburg Scottsburg Crothersville and Seymour in Indiana drawing large crowds. He urged free coinage of silver attacking the gold standard and branding Republican support for it as insufficient while calling for bimetallism.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bryan
New Albany
Mr. Bryan
Silver Street
Silver Grove
Indiana
Sellersburg
Mr. Ryan
Republican Party
Scottsburg
Crothersville
Seymour
Brown
Democratic campaign book links Lincoln Jefferson Bryan
The Democratic congressional committee released a campaign book naming Lincoln Jefferson and Bryan as three patron saints. The platform is a three plank set, with each plank attributed to one of these figures and presented as unified guidance throughout the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic Congressional Committee
Lincoln
Jefferson
Bryan
Clement declines run for Supreme Court seat in Brooklyn
Nathaniel H. Clement of the Supreme Court rejects a bid for a second judicial district seat on the Democratic ticket. In a letter he cites the Chicago convention platform as a new political creed he cannot subscribe to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nathaniel H. Clement
Supreme Court
Gegen
Second Judicial District
Democratic Judiciary Convention
Chicago
Colored voters plan mass meeting across Massachusetts
Prominent local colored men gathered at 325 Washington Street to discuss the position of the colored man in the upcoming election and decided to hold a mass meeting inviting all colored voters in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Mehaffey
Boylston Street
The
Colored Voters of
Massachusetts
Washington Street
Mass
Fight Over Australian Ballot for National Democrats
The State Democratic executive committees protested admitting the sound money National Democratic tickets to the Ohio ballot. They filed objections with the State supervisor of elections on October 6 in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
National Democrats
Democratic Executive Committees
Legislative Nominations in Worcester and Districts
In Worcester on October 6 the Fourth senatorial district nominates Crastus Jones of Spencer as Republican candidate. Calvin D. Paige of Southbridge re elected to the State committee. Third Essex Senate seat goes to J Loring Woodfall Democrat with C H Brown as committeeman. Eleventh district selects Representatives John A Powers Charles L Dean and Harvey L Boutwell all Republicans. Ninth Bristol nominates Eli Hardy Democrat. Eighth senatorial features William Pardee Democrat and William Beecher Republican. Representatives F L Averill Republican Major T Attwater Barnes Republican.
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Worcester
Crastus Jones
Spencer
Calvin D. Paige
Southbridge
Essex
J. Loring Woodfall
C. H. Brown
John A. Powers
Charles L. Dean
Harvey L
Boutwell
Bristol
Eli Hardy
Willliam
Pardee
Dem
William
Beecher
F. L. Averill
Major T. Attwater Barnes
Defiant Woman Seeks Husband In New Armory Scene
Christina Gonser, daughter of Harlem bag manufacturer Jacob Gonser, marched into the Ninth Regiment armory on West Fourteenth Street and seized Hermann Korten during a drill demanding he return home with her. Korten, claiming they were married two weeks, said he learned she has a living husband, leading to bigamy charges. Christina was led away weeping.
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New York
Ninth Regiment
West Fourteenth Street
Christina Gonser
Jacob Gonser
Harlem
Fourteenth Street
Company B
Hermann Korten
Christina
Congressional Nominations in Rhode Island Districts
The first district nominates The Hon. Melville Bull Republican. The second district nominates The Hon. Adin B. Capen Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Melville Bull
Adin B. Capen
Sprague Declines Joint Debate as Baker Campaign Rally Planned
Hon Charles F Sprague declines a joint discussion with opponent William H Baker in the eleventh district arguing no public good would come. A rally is set for this evening at the hall corner of Lowell and Fiske avenues Somerville with speakers on silver including Norton Alabama R F Baker Somerville candidate F H Jackson eighth district candidate and F H Buffum Norton will answer questions on free silver during the rally.
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Charles F. Sprague
William H. Baker
Eleventh
Lowell and
Fiske Avenues
Somerville
Mr. Norton
Alabama
R. F. Baker
F. H. Jackson
Eighth
F. H. Buffum
Norton
Ailver
Stage Talk Parody Highlights Boston Theatre Week
A lively Boston theatre round up notes parodies and performances. Pete Dailey sings in A Good Thing at Hollis while The Littlest Girl charms as curtain raiser to The Mummy at Park. Cast changes and new faces appear at Castle Square and Tremont with rose tributes and previews of Bohemian Girl and Paradise Alley.
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Pete Dailey
Mahoney
Hollis
Bob Hilliard
Park
Fitchburg
W. H. Power
James T. Powers
Castle Square
Denman Thompson
Charles Frohman
Boston
Theodore Bendix
Rogers
Park Theatre
Castle Square Theatre
Laura Millard
Arline
Nile
Tremont
Frank Daniels
Keith
New York
Columbia
New Grand Theatre
Yitenia
Chinatown
Bowdoin Square
Mile
Pianka
Austin & Stone’s
Grand Opera House
Howard Atheneum
Harry Morris
Dunn
Bijou Opera House
Kate A. Gallagher
the Immaculate Conception Church
Anna C. Westervelt
Annette Welsh McMunn
James J. Herrick
Lon F. Brine
Flora Goldsmith
Accompan
James T. Whelan
Bernard Johnsen
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Theemocratic Party
Republic
Ceapair
Marion A. Smith
Sunbury
Price
Porren
STARR
Murphy
Gordon
Roberts
Cambridge Aldermen
Harvard
Manhattan
Mannatran
A. Shuman & CO
Edison Electric Illum. CO
Guid
Mary
Firs
Husband
Babs
Marines
A. I. Stewart
OLD Howard
Athenaum
Wmaids
Venus
Viola Thorndyke
Living Pictures
Col. Washington
Dover
Sidmans, Crimmins and Gore
Young Men's Christian Association
Boylston and
Berkeley Streets
Frank P. Speare
Young Men's Congress
Association
Vmiedford
Joe Patchen
Celest
Monsula & Russell
Boston City Band
F. L. Collins
Kneeland St
Scollay Sq
Sullivan Sq
Union Station
No. Somerville
Lowell
Lawrence
Northern
Hollis Wert
Arne Isaac B. Rich
J. J. McNally
Albert Chevalier
Castle Theatre
J. J. Taxon
Balfe
Enametne Eet
Lant
Salvation Oil
Sea
Pitts, Kimball & Lewis
Yo Ateres
Joeb Foo
Elamtehan
Huntington Avenue
Reeves
Mechanics’ Building
NEW Theatre
Jessie Couthous
Hilda Thomas
Della Rocca
New Living Pictures
Cinematographe Views
Boston Museum
London
London Telegraph
Bowdoin Se
Charles I. Atkinson
Tonlget
Laura Biggar
Burt Hav
Hoyt’s
Dan’l
Sally
Eugene Tompkins
America
Tremont Theatre
Abbey, Schoeffel & Gray Co
Ltd
Paradise Alley
Geo. W. Ayer
Robert Hilliard
Nellie McHenry
Austin & Stone
Capfarian Lions
Columbia Theatre
Mars
Wed
Sidewalks OF
Oliver Doud Byron
Ormerly
Palace Theatre
Constans
Ida
Gertie Gilson
Major Doyle
Moore
Whitman
Davis
Cts
Portland
Iorth
Bay
Port
Wyatt A. Sf
Williams
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