Five Deaths on Russia From Hamburg Health Quarantine
The steamship Russia arriving from Hamburg reports five deaths on voyage with several ill aboard. Health Officer Jenkins detains the vessel for quarantine, disinfects baggage, and monitors passengers as a precaution against cholera. Names include Catherine Luthge, Ida Stubbe, Augusta Thomas, Ida Aue, Wilhelm Sehnutt.
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New York
Russia
Hamburg
Jenkins
White
United States Marine Hospital Service
Catherine Luthge
Ida Stubbe
Gottfried
Alwena Stubbe
Charles
Bertha Scheel
Charles Stubbe
Augusta Thomas
Solingen
Ida Aue
Wilhelm Sehnutt
Swinburne Island
Byron
Health Department
Choltera
Hoffman Island
Kinyoun
Martine Hospital Service
Electric Car Rides Carriage On Main Street Collision
An electric car struck a carriage on Main Street near Pioneer Street in Cambridgeport at about 7 15 last evening. Four young men John and Colin McPherson Alexander McGuinness and Andrew Gillis escaped serious injury though John McPherson sustained a scalp wound. Patrolman Mulvaney Neison and Real assisted. the horse and gear were damaged and McPherson was taken to 148 Concord Avenue Somerville.
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Main Street
Pioneer Street
Cambridgeport
John
Colin McPherson
Alexander McGuinness
Andrew Gillis
North Avenue
John McPherson
Ken Bumstead to Speak at Bromfield Street Church Meeting
Mr. Ken Bumstead will address the noon gathering of the Evangelistic Association of New England in the Bromfield Street Church audience room. He will exhibit the large oil painting titled the Broad Narrow Way with appropriate solos interspersed during the address.
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Ken Bumstead
Evangelistic Association of New England Today
Bromfield Street
New Drunk Law Boosts Deer Island Populations
The Deer Island House of Industry houses over 1600 with space for 1200 as the new drunk law sends many to the facility. In a high point, 95 arrived on Aug 7, then 51 on Sept 5 and 52 the next day, while 1606 were present last Thursday, with numbers fluctuating as judges grant pardons and winter boarders loom.
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Deer Island
Gerrish
House of Industry
Overcrowded Prisons On Deer Island and Boston Facilities
A Post report details severe overcrowding at Deer Island’s House of Industry and House of Correction in South Boston. Thousands of inmates sleep on platforms and in attics, with crowded dining rooms and limited sanitary conditions. The piece notes the impact of the new drunk law on inmate numbers and quotes officials on policy effects.
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Boys’ Reformatory
Massachusetts
House of Industry
House OF Correction
Boston
Chelsea
Parmienter
Post
Jenks
Bunker Hill Lager Praised as Fresh Home Brew
A. G. Van Nostrand of Bunker Hill Breweries extols Bunker Hill Lager as a refined yet home produced beer. He notes European imports lose freshness in transit and contrasts them with this local brew established in 1821.
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Bunker Hill
A. G. van Nostrand
Bunker Hill Breweries
Hestablished
Court views on probation and Deer Island reform
The court considers probation for arrestees who stop drinking, while Deer Island reform relies on first-term inmates. The Board of Public Institutions holds pardoning power and exercises it heavily. Dr Jenks argues the old law already addressed the issue, criticizing the current experimental act.
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Island
Deer Island
Board of Public Institutions
Jenks
New England Knights of Labor Hold Quarterly Alliance Meeting
The New England Alliance Knights of Labor met in Blatchford Hall with over forty delegates from eighteen assemblies and three district and one national trade assemblies. They endorsed Plymouth Rock Pants Company strikers, heard United Garment Workers on Boston manufacturers, and discussed shoe industry disputes in Lynn. Resolutions favored restore of silver coinage. session ended with grievances against a federation affiliate.
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Knights of Labor
Blatchford Hall
Boston
Marlboro
Lynn
Winchester
Norwood
Milford
Meriden
Clothing Cutters’ Assembly
K. of L. Assembly
New England
United Garment Workers of America
Boston Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
T. G
Scituate
Mass
Manchester
N. H
Henry R. Legate
Boston Traveller
W. T. Drury
Vermont
American Federation of Labor
Textile workers win wage rise and shorter day at Sanger & Busch
Sanger & Busch of Chauncy Street concede a half hour daily reduction in work time and a $1 weekly wage increase for employees. The Cloth Hat and Cap Makers' Union elected A Gordon president Simion Tepografh financial secretary and N Rosnosky recording secretary at Saturday's meeting. Freight Handlers Assembly 5572 met at 63 Hanover Street to hear about the Plymouth Rock Pants Company strike and appointed a committee to inform members on labor treatment. The United Garment Workers label was adopted and union made goods will be purchased. Coal Handlers and Teamsters' Union at 63 Hanover Street endorsed the UGW label and pledged to buy only union goods.
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Sanger & Busch
Chauncy Street
Cloth Hat and Cap Makers’ Union
A. Gordon
Simion
Assembly 5572
Hanover Street
Plymouth Rock Pants Company
Assembly
United Garment Workers
Baker's Union Leader Urges Unity and Standard Wages
John A. Kelley of Brooklyn representing the International Bakers Union addressed bakers in Type Hall, urging affiliation with the international body and uniform hours and wages across the United States and Canada. He aims to unite the three local bakers organizations under one head.
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John A. Kelley
Brooklyn
N. Y
International Bakers’ Union
United States
Canada
Burglars Active in Fall River Crime Wave
Fall River reports increased petty break ins as police detain suspects. Rinfret Bree store in Bowenville lost clothing and underwear worth 100 dollars. much stolen property recovered and three men James E Bamford, Joseph Delaney and James McClaren arrested. Sears and Hall’s store robbed of 11 dollars and shoes with no clues yet.
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Fall River
Rinfret Bree
Bowenville
James E. Bamford
Joseph Delaney
James McClaren
Sears & Hall
Greenhalge Defends Candidacy for Governor of Massachusetts
In a letter to a Republican newspaper, Greenhalge argues he is a Massachusetts citizen with native principles, a farm owner in New Hampshire, and a reluctant public servant. He notes his regard for public duties, defeats private interest, and believes his Republican candidacy would restore business confidence nationwide. He cites his clean record, legal work for Lowell, and opposition to certain Democracy policies as evidence. He warns Democratic rule could harm breadwinners while Republican principles offer true American prosperity.
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Burke
Middlesex
Concord
Lexington
Bunker Hill
New Hampshire
Andover
Eric
American Bell Telephone Company
General Butler
Lowell
Massachusetts
New England
Benjamin Harrison
Democratic
Republican
Repairs at Commercial wharf glare under old Boston docks
The article notes extensive work at Commercial wharf with the north side rebuilt and the south side dredged. It cites public concern over lobster traps and potential poisoning, calls for repaving and laments ancient flags and worn cobblestones hindering horses and boat traffic to the International and Province steamboat lines.
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Boston
Beverly's First Daily Launches In Town
The Beverly Evening Times issued its initial number on Thursday last. It aims to be a strictly Beverly paper with up to the hour home news. It sells for a cent and, though smaller than the Post, is worth more than a cent to readers in town and beyond.
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Beverly Evening Times
Beverly
Post
Cape Cod Antiquity Unearthed Stone Carved With Human Profile
In Yarmouthport Mr. R. H. Harris unearthed a subsoil stone near his hill acropolis showing a carved human profile. Examination reveals a single profile with incisions, suggesting an ancient engraving of a person. The find hints at historic artifacts on Cape Cod.
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Cape Cod
R. H. Harris
Yarmouthport
Stone with two faces unearthed on Cape Cod
A stone found on Cape Cod bears two faces at opposite ends. It is the first such specimen recorded there, drawing interest from relic hunters. Some say it is an Indian relic, others place it in an earlier age. The discovery is notable given Cape Cod’s rich history.
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Cape Cod
Pilgrim Church in Dorchester Opens Doors to Public
Dorchester’s new Pilgrim Church opened yesterday with morning services including procession baptism of children and deacon installation. Rev William Henry Allbright delivered the dedicatory address with Willis Clark directing music. Afternoon holy communion and member reception followed. Rev N Manley of Oakfield preached the sermon. Christian Endeavor held an evening service with an enthusiastic rally led by F B Clartt and George W Coleman. Evening services by many clergymen announced.
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Pilgrim Church
Dorchester
William Henry Allbright
Willis Clark
N. Manley
Oakfield
Christian Endeavor Society
F. B. Clartt
Two Young Thieves Arrested for Notorious City Pickings
Wakefield youths Albert Adams aged 15 and Ralph Kitchen aged 14 were seized by Inspector Knox at the tombs on a street spree. They allegedly robbed stores and picked pockets along Washington street, with Adams previously jailed for breaking and entering. Kitchen blames Adams as his instigator. their mother sought information at the tombs as bail actions loom.
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Wakefield
Albert Adams
Ralph Kitchen
Inspector Knox
Tombs
Washington Street
Knox
Adams
Kitchell
Boston
Kitchen
Incendiary Fire Strikes Houghton Summer Home at Beachmont
Fire at the heirs of the late Dr Houghton summer residence on Bellingham avenue Beachmont was discovered after 2 AM. The fire alarm failed delaying response as house and barn burned. Neighbors evacuated as furniture was removed from adjacent Campbell property amidst suspicions of arson following recent local blazes. Damage listed at $1800.
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Houghton
Squire Farm
Infant crushed to death by falling stone at Millbridge
A 3-year-old boy, son of Levi Foren, was killed instantly in Jheckerfield Millbridge when a ton weight of rock rolled onto him while he played in a quarry. It is believed the child shifted the stone while searching for smaller rocks.
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Jherryfield
Levi Foren
Millbridge
Tie
Still Aggressive The Moors Rally Near Melilla
Despatches report fierce Moorish mobilization near Melilla with larger forces and famine threats. The Moorish commander sought peace with the governor as Spain readies the Second Army Corps under General Chinchilla for Melilla.
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Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
Spain
Cuerva
Melilla Harbor
Malaga
Chinchilla
Melidia
Prominent Waltham Man Dies at Home
William F. Kieth a longtime Waltham resident and former Ward 4 alderman died at his South street home of heart failure. Born in Bridgewater in 1842 he moved to Waltham about twelve years ago and served as superintendent at Roberts's paper mill. Kieth chaired the streets committee and contributed to city affairs leaving a widow and two sons.
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Wiliam F. Kieth
South Street
Bridgewater
Roberts
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