Boom in North Woburn as new factories rise
Woburn reports rapid growth with a door sash and blind factory described as a large three story facility. A sliding fire proof blind shop nearly completes a one story building and a paperboard factory prepares for occupancy. Additional structures include a dry house storehouse power house engine room and office. In Brockton a Boston man is discharged after a diamond theft claim with the stone later returned. In Calais Dr. William H Todd of St Stephen NB dies after a long illness.
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Woburn
North Woburn
Brockton
James Nixon
Boston
George Reynolds
Reynolds
Calais
William H. Todd
St. Stephen
N. B
St. Croix River
Barn Fire in Lisbon Causes $1200 Loss
Timothy Messer reports his barn and contents were destroyed by a blaze last night. The fire, caused by a lantern exploding, resulted in an estimated $1200 loss with partial insurance.
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Lisbon
N. H
Timothy Messer
Barn Fire Destroys Property on East Main Street
A barn on East Main street owned by B. J. Boland burned last evening. Two horses perished. Loss estimated around 1600 dollars with 1500 dollars covered by insurance.
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North Adams
East Main Street
B. J. Boland
Cain breaks ankle in rings fall at Monatiquot School
Everett Cain of Mayflower Park fell from a pair of rings while exercising at Monatiquot School yesterday, breaking one ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braintree
Everett Cain
Mayflower Park
Monatiquot School
Bellows Falls theft suspect nabbed in Rockville
Police arrest John Welch of Bellows Falls for a theft involving $25 and a gold watch. Welch says the watch and money were taken in Springfield by a pickpocket at the railroad station.
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Rockville
Conn
John Welch
Bellows Falls
Welch
Springfield
Duxbury Captain Indicted for First Degree Murder
Captain Parker J. Hall of the schooner Robert P. King of Kingston faces a first degree murder indictment. Trial set for the 16th. health reportedly strong enough. Marlboro reports Frye's shoe shop strike ended as the obtrusive foreman left and workers return.
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Duxbury
Parker J. Hall
Robert P. King
Kingston
Marlboro
Mass
Frye
Sloop Deer Hill Sailor Falls Overboard at Sea
British schooner Deer Hill from New Carlisle to New York arrived at Vineyard Haven with colors at half mast after Captain Cleveland was struck by a back wind gust while setting a square sail. He fell overboard three miles south of Vineyard Sound lightship. body surfaced briefly then disappeared. A railroad tie was tossed in at the scene.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Deer Hill
St. John
N. B
New New Carlisle
Co. B
New York
Lindop
Vineyard Sound
William Neveland
Graham Wins 6000 Damages in Personal Injury Suit
In Dedham Norfolk Superior Civil Court a jury awarded John Graham $6000 against Charles L. Badger and others of Quincy for injuries suffered May 19, 1898, when a derrick rope failed and an iron block struck his back, causing paralysis. The court adjourned with another case, Mary A Bourbeau of Holbrook against Brockton & Holbrook Street Railway Co, seeking damages for a 1893 cheekbone fracture from alighting a car on Franklin Street.
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Dedham
Norfolk
Brockton & Holbrook Street Railway Company
Franklin Street
Holbrook
American Wringer Co. Fabricates and Repairs Home Goods
The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 15 Broadway extension, city, manufactures wringers mangies spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremert 764.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Massachusetts Militia Mobilizes for Boston Parade Today
About 6000 Massachusetts troops will assemble in Boston for a mobilization parade with units arriving at 9:30 to 10 a.m. and a grand parade at 2 p.m. The route runs from Exeter Street through Cambridge to Union Station, ending at the State House around 3:30 p.m. The event includes a notable marksmen display and an ambulance corps drill on the Common.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Ambulance Corps
State House
Exeter Street
Huntington Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Columbus Avenue
Eliot Street
Washington
School
Beacon Streets
Charles Street
Old Bay State
B. F. Bridges
Hovey
Infantry
Parker
Boston Baseball Grounds
Fifth Regiment
Cambridge
Cottage Farm Station
Boston & Albany
Roxbury Crossing
Providence
Old Colony
Westland Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Crescent Avenue
Ninth Regiment Infantry
Harrison Avenue
Eighth Regiment Infantry
East Somerville
Boston & Maine
Donovan
Breen
Ninth Regiment
Cottage Farm
Commonwealth Avenue
Somerville
Light Artillery
Shawmut Avenue
Union Square
Basebal Grounds
Walpole Street
Harvard Bridge
Myles Standish
Bath-House Robbery Case Undergoes Witness Testimony
Judge Burke heard witnesses for Solomon Weiner and Isaac Nudleman in the larceny case arising from the September 30 theft of an iron box containing 1085 from David Starr’s bath house at 61 Salem Street. Weiner identified a cap found near the safe as his, claiming he dropped it during the robbery and recovered it later. Both defendants remain jailed under $1000 bail and to appear before the grand jury in November.
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Burke
Solomon Weiner
Isaac Nudelman
David Starr
Salem Street
Starr
Isaac Nudleman
Weiner
Cohen
God
Dwyer
Master Horseshoers Convene Third National Convention in Wells Hall
The National Master Horseshoers Association opens its third convention in Wells Memorial Hall with speeches by Buckley of Detroit and J. McKay of Boston. Delegates from cities including St. Louis, Detroit, Pittsburg, Rochester, and Boston gather for credentials and discussions on apprenticeship standards.
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Master Horseshoers’ Association
Wells Memorial Hall
Buckley
Detroit
J. McKay
Boston
Master Horseshoers’ Protective Association
Sanford
Matthews
P. J. Canty
St. Louis
W. J. Moore
Pittsburg
Rochester
Louisville
Worcester
Rock Island
Syracuse
Omaha
New York
Watertown
Grand Rapids
Mobile
Milwaukee
Sesson
Daniel Reardon
Chicago
Putnam Nail Company
Casino
Cotillon Hall
Woollen Mills in Eastern Connecticut Revive Activity
Reports from Rockville Talcottville Broad Brook Stafford Springs indicate a modest upturn in the woollen trade. Mills run full time on small orders, Talcottville Woollen and Broad Brook Woollen restarted full operations, Warren Woollen adds staff.
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Rockville
Conn
Connecticut
Talcottville Woollen Company
Talcottville
Broad Brook Woollen Company
Broad Brook
Stafford Springs
Warren Woollen Company
Announcement urges hygienic feathers for pillows
Paine's Furniture Company runs a brief notice stressing the importance of thoroughly cured odorless feathers in home pillows. It argues public sentiment underemphasizes the issue and says the cost is a mere trifle for the best live geese feathers available.
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Paine
Furniture Company
Hattie M. Graham Towes Abandoned Lumber Schooner
Gloucester reports the fishing schooner Hattie M. Graham towed in the lumber laden schooner Alice T. Boardman from Calais. Found waterlogged and abandoned Oct 6 about 75 miles east by south of Highland Light. A note says the crew was taken by the British steamer Durham City from Boston to London. captain named Tinker.
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Gloucester
Hattie M. Graham
Alice T
Calais
Highland Light
Durham City
Boston
London
Tinker
Distinguished Guest at The Hotel Brunswick
The Hotel Brunswick hosts the Rev. Dr. Arbuthnot rector of Holy Trinity Church Stratford on Avon and keeper of Shakspere's tomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Arbuthnot
Holy Trinity Church
Stratford-on-Avon
Shakspere
Democratic campaign harmony boosting Faulkner predicts Hill as New York Governor
Senator Faulkner in New York says harmony among Democrats is forming ahead of the state tickets with Hill expected to win the governorship. He cites Hill’s leadership and Whitney’s help, predicts no NY congressional losses, possibly gaining the city district. He asserts continued House control despite past landslides.
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Washington
Faulkner
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
New York
Hill
Whitney
Platt
Qui
Amalgamated Street Railway Workers Convene in Milwaukee
The third annual convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America, with 35 000 members, opened in District Hall at 2 pm. President Mahon presided, and Secretary-Treasurer S M Massey reported ten new divisions formed across as many cities, bringing the total to 41 divisions.
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Milwaukee
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America
Mahon
S. M. Massey
Taking of Snell Convicts Essex Gambling Ring Leader
L H Snell formerly of Newbury street Boston, identified as a principal in an Essex county gambling gang indicted by the grand jury. He moved to Lynn last March, operated on Munroe street, later at 37 Central avenue, with raids in June arresting 77 men but failing to secure convictions. True bills found against Snell and others after the grand jury presentation, a first in which indictments were issued over police heads.
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Lynn
Essex County Grand Jury
L. H. Snell
Newbury Street
Boston
Munroe Street
Haben’s
Watch and Ward
Snell
Central Avenue
David Hyams
James Campbell
William Holmes
John Nintt
William Joyce
John
Unknown man found on Central Hudson tracks near Utica
The body of a man mangled by train cars was found on the Central Hudson tracks at Oriskany nine miles west of Utica. Detective Barry identified the deceased as John Kelley, a Catskill jail escapee, via a circular. Kelley bore the initials J K on his right arm and faced robbery and rape charges with a $50 reward previously offered.
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Utica
N. Y
Oriskany
Barry
John Kelley
Catskill
J. K
Fred Castor
Rome
Castor
Washington Street
Boston
Robbers Go 10 Jail
In Superior Criminal Court yesterday Judge Bond sentenced William Horan to five years in State Prison for robbing John Bateman last month. Several others received prison terms for break ins larceny and related crimes including Charles Tecangate four years and Abram Budod four years in the House of Correction. Additional defendants James Anderson and William Shannon got eighteen months each for stealing a trunk from Union Station.
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Superior Criminal Court
Bond
William Horan
John Bateman
Charles Tecangate
Gustave Seiferth
Lawrence J. Kavanagh
House of Correction
Thomas Conway
Abram Budod
William Murray
William Johnson
Daniel Crowley
John P. Riley
James Anderson
William Shannon
Union Station
Charles E. Freeman
Bernard Cain
John Robertson
John Ahearn
Henry Preiss
Patrick Perkins
Peter J. Galvin
House As Correction
Gothenburg liquor system debated by Universalists
Frederick Pettersen of the city, a Sweden native, argued against claims tied to Sweden’s Gothenburg system. He said liquor dealers are not respectable, denies prohibition links, and rejects pastor endorsement. Other speakers included Dr A A Miner and F C Nash of West Acton.
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Frederick Pettersen
Sweden
Gothenburg
Swe
Boston
A. A. Miner
F. C. Nash
West Acton
Hurd to Become City Solicitor in Suffolk County
Fred E. Hurd, currently first assistant district attorney of Suffolk County, will replace the resigned R. W. Nason as first assistant city solicitor. A Boston University Law School graduate, Hurd joined the district attorney's office as indictment clerk years ago and succeeded T. W. Proctor as first assistant district attorney. Sughrue, now second assistant district attorney, is expected to succeed Hurd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Hurd
Suffolk County
R. W. Nason
Mr. Hurd
Boston University Law School
T. W. Proctor
Sughrue
Hurd
Hallett Estate Receives Treasury Fees Recovery
The estate of Henry L. Hallett, longtime United States commissioner, will receive 6385 dollars from a suit filed during his life to recover fees disallowed by the comptroller of the treasury. The full claim was about 9500 dollars. Judge Colt rendered the decision yesterday in the United States Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Hallett
United States
Comptroller of the Treasury
Hallett
Colt
United States Circuit Court
Four Italians ill after eating toadstools in Hartford
Four Italians living at Thompsonville were poisoned by eating wild mushrooms Saturday night. Doctors fear they may die as the victims suffer the effects of toadstools. Two men and two women are hospitalized and others are monitored for symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Thompsonville
Scotch Miners Strike Dying Out Reported
Edinburg reports that about 4500 Scottish miners among the strikers have resumed work, and the prolonged dispute is seen as subsiding as of October 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Massachusetts Republicans Platform Rouses Debate Over Prohibition
Hoar era Massachusetts platform praised for broad rhetoric but mocked for a prohibition plank. The Sun notes twenty six points from equal government shares to immigration and loyalty to the flag, while questioning the dram drinking stance and suggesting the proffered words resemble drunken rhetoric.
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New York
The Sun _ today
Boston
Greenhalge
Hoar
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
The
Republic
Liberty
Samoa
Hawaii
Republican Party of
George Frisbie Hoar
Music Hall
Young
Parker
Maine
Judge Gaynor
Young Men’s Christian Association Convention Set
The twenty eighth annual convention of the YMCA of Massachusetts and Rhode Island will meet in Newburyport October 18 to 21 at the North Congregational Church. Sessions include lectures by James Stokes Rev James M Gray and others with special business and district work meetings. A reception and banquet at City Hall Thursday will feature Elijah Morse James Stokes and President Merrill E Gates.
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Newburyport
Young Men's Christian Association of
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
North Congregational Church
James Stokes
New York
James M. Gray
Boston
Matthew S. Hughes
Portland
Francis O. Winslow
Norwood
W. J. Hobbs
Boston & Maine Railroad
D. E. Yarnell
M. D
James H. Eaton
Lawrence
Luther D. Wishard
Corliss Memorial Building
City Hall
Elijah Morse
Merrill E. Gates
Autumnal Excursion to New York Arranged by Rail Line
The Boston & Albany Railroad offers an autumn trip to New York via Albany Hudson River and returning via Fall River Line and Boston on Tuesday October 9. The excursion costs five dollars and is advertised as best value for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany-Hudson River
Fall River Line
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Cardinal Gibbons Opposes Woman Suffrage in Sermon
Baltimore editorials report Cardinal Gibbons delivering a cathedral sermon denouncing woman suffrage. He argues women belong in the home, warns politics would drag them into dirt, and lauds women's influence as mothers guiding religion and virtue in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Cathedral
Greece
Athens
United States
North Shore Boston Institute closes summer care for women and children
The North Shore home of the Boston Institute for the care of women and young children ends its season with 1200 children having weeklong stays at Beachmont houses. Mothers and infants enjoy September October holidays. The yearly cost is 4500 dollars without deficits, mortgage remains on the 10000 dollar home, and improvements are planned next year. Officers include N. F. Thayer president Rev. N. R. Deming vice president A. S. Stafford superintendent Mrs. Benedict matron and 8S. B. Thing treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore
Boston Institute For the
Beachmont
N. F. Thayer
N. R. Deming
Barracks Blown Up in Granada Nicaragua
A Granada dispatch reports Panamanian barracks blown up causing extensive city damage. An estimated 200 killed and many wounded, with no precise casualty count yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Star and Herald
Granada
Nicaragua
Dr McGlynn Condemns A P A Anti Catholic Vote
Rev. Dr Edward McGlynn addressed 3500 on Staten Island denouncing the A P A and urging that voting against a Catholic or Protestant candidate over religion is an American civil rights violation. He blamed some foreign born priests for fueling the school debate and urged handling it like tariffs, not with religious prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward McGlynn
Staten Island
McGlynn
Ark
Return of the Behring Sea Patrol Ends Mission
All American warships have returned from Behring Sea patrol. Only two vessels, the revenue cutters Rush and Bear, remain in Alaskan waters until Dec 1 or until ice forces home. Mohican and Corwin arrived at San Francisco and Albatross at Port Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Behring Sea
Rush
Bear
Alaskan
Mohican
Corwin
San Francisco
Fish Commission
Albatross
Port Townsend
Mrs Cleveland Visits Plymouth Rock In Massachusetts
Mrs. Grover Cleveland and party toured Plymouth Rock today driving from Gray Gables. They visited Pilgrim Hall and lunched at the Samoset House before leaving for home at 4 30 p m.
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Plymouth
Grover Cleveland
Gray Gables
Plymouth Rock
Pilgrim Hall
Samoset House
Supreme Court Opens October Term With Full Court
The Supreme Court began its October term at noon with all nine justices present marking the start of the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
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John Duencan’s Sons
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M. Smith
Bowdoin St
Roxbury
Smite
MT. Bowdoin
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Elmo St
Dorchester
New England
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Paris Green
Keeley
Graham
Main Springs
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Tempie Place
Hood
Nudelman
Arbuthnot OF
Flowers of America
Wild Flowers OF
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Sulliv
Irving
Sherman
Grant
P. O
the Post
Post
Dickens
Cooper
Street Garden
American Association
Hallett Estate
Norfolk Brewery
Millard
Tremont Street
Itasonte Temple
Babes
DR. M'Glynn
Return OF the Behring Sea Patrol
U. S. Supreme Court
G. N. Collins
Leeds Street
American Dental Parlors
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