Polling Place Pay Revealed in Lexow Hearings
New York October session of the Lexow committee heard General Manager Forget of a French steamship line testify about paying Captain Schmittberger $500. Police officer O Riley described weekly payments from Cunard line and a shift at the wharf amid police corruption inquiries. Witnesses described naturalization fees, policy rackets, and polling-place payments to police, prompting an adjournment to next Tuesday.
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New York
Lexow
Forget
Goff
Cunard Line
Schmittberger
North River
Gustave Wolfe
Police Department
Grant
Wardman Logan
Doherty
Logan
Wardman Doherty
Joseph H. Brown
Court of Common Pleas
Naturalization Department
Tammany Organization
Luexow
Thomas Beesa
Superior Court
Lawrence Carney
Covington and Frankfort
Western Union
Harlem
Jim O’toole
Billy Meyers
Richard Phelm
el Ction
Hair mattresses ade to order for 40 pounds best tick
Advertises hair mattresses made to order at A. W. Wheeler & Co. Manufacturers 63 and 65 Hanover Street Boston opposite American House. Offers full oe tee for 10 dollars.
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A. W. Wheeler & CO
Hanover Et
Boston
American House
Hyde Park Mackintosh Strike Nears Union Ties
Hyde Park rubber works mackintosh workers who quit over wage cuts may join the United Garment Workers of America. F. W. Jacques is named to handle the dispute with Boston and New York labor leaders aiding. The company has advertised for 25 young filler workers as talks proceed toward settlement.
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Hyde Park
Mackintosh and Gossamer
Mackintosh
Department of the Works
United ‘Garment Workers of America
F. W. Jacques
Boston
Jacques
Isaac Goldberg
Boston Garment Workers
Goldman
New York City
McCormique’s stock company collapses amid swindled investors
Boston theatrics tale follows McCormique who forms a traveling company in Worcester square. He gathers funds from members, pockets salaries, escapes to New York, then a telegram proclaims his drowning, later contradicted by an inspector’s denial.
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W. H. Mahoney
McCormique
David Hill
Worcester Square
D. Hill
New York
Mahoney
Ella Burtes Seeks Divorce After Years of Strife
Ella M Burtes repeats plea for divorce from Howard Burtes in Chicago Divorce Court. She alleges cruelty and infidelity with memories of travels in La Grange Malden and Boston and claims his $6000 inheritance and threats of gunfire. Judge reserved decision.
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Ella M. Burtes
Howard Burtes
Howard
Ella
la Grange
Ill
Boston
Malden
West Chester Park
Paint and Oil Men’s Day Banquet At Vendome
The Paint, Oil and Varnish Association held a grand banquet at the Vendome with notable attendees including Governor Greenhalge Rev Edward Everett Hale Colonel Samuel E Winslow Oscar L Whitelaw J Seaver Paige ex President John P D Morton George H Vroomer and Arthur D McClellan The entertainment committee was Daniel G Tyler Albert E Carr W S Cutler J D Morton and W S Pratt An afternoon harbor excursion under I H Wiley visited Fort Warren and other sites for delegates.
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Paint, Oil and Varnish Association
Vendome
Governor Greenhalge
Edward Everett Hale
Samuel E. Winslow
Oscar L. Whitelaw
St. Louis
Howard B. French
Philadelphia
J. Seaver Paige
John PD. Morton
George H. Vroomer
Chicago
Arthur D. McClellan
Daniel G. Tyler
Albert E. Carr
W. S. Cutler
J. D. Morton
W. S. Pratt
I. H. Wiley
Fort Warren
Able Seamen Sought as Boston Port Booms With Jobs
Boston harbor reports high demand for sailors as deep water vessels seek crews and steamers run to Liverpool. cattle trade slower. fish wharf draws curious crowds after a painted fake bird story ends with a comical fake hawk on display. The Landsman.
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Boston
Liverpool
the Landsman
Stoddard's Season Opens at Brooklyn Academy of Music
The fifteenth Stoddard lecture season began at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with a crowded audience giving Mr. Stoddard a warm welcome. He presented a vivid realization of Paris, captivating listeners for about ninety minutes as the season moves to Philadelphia and then to other major cities.
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New York
Stoddard
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Europe
Stoddara
Paris
Philadelphia
American Wringer Co Wringers and Sweepers Makers
The American Wringer Co announces its manufacturing of wringers mangies spring beds and carpet sweepers at 13 and 15 Broadway extension city. Repairs of all wringers and sweepers offered. Mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Best Dinner in Boston Ad Note
Local ad fragment touts a dining spot in Boston described as the best dinner option. References Morse 4 Drake's and a location at 112 High, 822 Swashinetos. No clear event details or dates.
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Boston
Morse
Drake's
Funeral for William Jones the rat catcher of Somerville
William Jones of Somerville aged 49, famed for clearing buildings of rats, was buried yesterday at Woodlawn after services by Rev George W Durell. A Cambridgeport Lodge delegation attended. Jones served in the Confederate war aboard the Alabama then trained ferrets and a dog for twenty three years.
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William Jones
Somerville
New England
Linwood Place
George W. Durell
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Cambridgeport Lodge
Sons of St. George
Woodlawn
Baltimore
Alabama
Everett’s John Mellow Celebrates 60th Birthday
Friends from Salem Newburyport East Boston and the city gathered at John Mellow’s Third avenue home in Everett to honor his 60th birthday. Gifts included a gold watch chain and charm symbolizing Odd Fellowship and a driving whip. James R. Bennet presented the gifts while Pierce and Newell provided music and dancing followed.
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John Mellow
Everett
Third Avenue
Salem
Newburyport
Boston
James R. Bennet
Messrs. Pierce and Newell
Librarian Falls to Death at Cambridge Public Library
Miss Almira L. Hayward, about 60, longtime Cambridge Public Library librarian, died after falling from a first floor ventilator into the basement. She struck a table in the reference room, fracturing her skull. doctors arrived but she never regained consciousness.
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Almira L. Hayward
Cambridge Public Library
Miss Hayward
Broadway
Taylor
Don and
Lancaster
Salesmen of Yankee Clothing Company Listed by Experience
A roster of salesmen at the Yankee Clothing Company 91 Summer Street shows many with years in the trade. Names include William E. Sargent James Cunningham P Doyle Comer's Old South I Steinberg Lange ley and others with ties to Houghton Dutton Rogers Peet New York and Worcester firms.
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Yankee Clothing Company
Summer Street
William E. Sargent
Houghton & Dutton
James Cunningham
J. B. Barnaby
P. Doyle
Continental
Comer’s
Old South
I. Steinberg
Rogers, Peet & Co
New York
F. Lange
Majella Sinks in Gale. Six Die Off Rhode Island Coast
The flat bottomed steamer Majella owned by W. C. Caswell lies upside down between Matunuck Beach and Point Judith after foundering in yesterday's gale. Her six crew members perished including Captain J. H. Cook of Saunders town and fireman son of Captain Charles Arnold of Saunderstown.
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Providence, R. I
Majella
W. C. Caswell
Narragansett Pier
Matunuck Beach
Point Judith
J. H. Cook
Saunderstown
Winfred Arnold
Charles Arnold
George W. Allen, Jr
Groton Street
New London
R. I
Storm Claims Captain in Gale Aboard Tillie Vanderherchen
Vineyard Haven reports the schooner Tillie Vanderherchen from Philadelphia to Gardiner Maine arrived with colors at half mast. Captain Charles Bateman of Morristown New Jersey and one colored seaman drowned when a massive sea swept the vessel at the main rigging washing them overboard. Two men were seen briefly astern before sinking. Sailing and pilot boats were moved at Tarpaulin Cove. the schooner Er. K. Hart sunk there likely to stay.
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Vineyard Haven
Tillie Vanderherchen
Philadelphia
Gardiner
Charles Bateman
Bateman
Morristown
N. J
Freak
Sylph
Er. K. Hart
Tarpaulin Cove
Provincetown schooners salvage after gale
The Ada Ames of Rockland Maine was floated at Mathesons wharf with no damage after parting chains and running aground. Longwood and Indiana caused damage to masts and bowsprit and will be repaired at Union wharf. Augusta Herrick was floated with no damage. William Butman of Thomaston Maine has a lime cargo fire on board and preparations to scuttle the vessel were made as the fire continued.
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Provincetown
Ada Ames
Rockland
Matheson’s
Longwood
Indiana
Gloucester
Union Wharf
Augusta Herrick
William Butman
Thomaston
Ladies Night at Charlestown 999th Artillery Club
The 999th Artillery Association of Charlestown held a reception with 500 attendees in the expanded social hall. Membership stands at 342 and the ladies nights will occur every second Thursday for eight months. A quartet including Orcutt Akerley Meyers and Kammerlee performed, with dancing until midnight.
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Albert C. Orcutt
Val P. Akerley
Albert Barnes Meyers
Gus Kammerlee
William H. Bursley
W. S. Brown, Jr
E. 8. Nichols
Open Letter From Me On Tariffs And Farm Prices
A letter to General William Cogswell of Salem Mass questions the Wilson tariff impact on Northern industry and farm prices. The writer cites wheat cotton and corn price declines since the McKinley tariff and argues protection harms farmers, businesses, and regional towns in York County Maine.
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William Cogswell
Salem
Mass
Boston
Congress
W. F. Draper
McKinley
Canada
Liverpool
Washington
Cleveland
Lebanon
County of
York
Portland
Saco
Biddeford
Massachusetts
Seaboard
New England
York County
Barn Fire Claims Two at Fort Recovery
A spark from a threshing engine ignited Nathan Greer’s barn six miles from Fort Recovery Ohio. William Greer and Ellsworth McAfee died in the blaze and Nathan Greer suffered fatal burns.
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Fort Recovery
Nathan Greer
William Greer
Ellsworth McAfee
Hibernians to Entertain in St Omer Hall
An entertainment under Division 11 A O H South Boston is set for this evening at St Omer Hall 376 Broadway. Prominent speakers and noted artists will volunteer performances. Division 11 members are known as good entertainers and Suffolk county Hibernian chiefs and military company captains have been invited.
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Division 11
South Boston
St. Omer Hall
Broadway
Hibernian
Suffolk County
Czar’s Health Dubious as Renowned Doctor Takes Lead
Berlin report says Professor Leyden will treat the Czar personally after months of leave. Russian doctors cite asthma and related symptoms as uremia, while Leyden attributes the illness to extreme nervousness. Dr Zacharia’s eccentricities noted as unsuitable for the anxious patient.
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London
Daily News
Berlin
Kaffir Horde Hemmed In Portuguese Stronghold
A Lourenzo Marques dispatch from Delagoa Bay reports Portuguese forces hemmed in by about 30 000 Kaffir natives. The town is barricaded and natives looted the suburbs and burned many houses.
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Lisbon
Lourenzo Marquez
Delagoa Bay
Printer Bureau Employee Arrested for Stamp Theft
Washington oct 11 William B Smith an employee of the bureau of engraving and printing was arrested today for stealing 50000 two cent postage stamps from the bureau
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Washington
William B. Smith
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
Boston Distance Question Sparks Petite Debate
A visiting Englishman asks if Boston lies within hours of New York. Miss Vinton counters that the cities are not within twenty years of each other, reflecting playful social banter in Vogue.
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Mr. Kilbradge
Boston
New York
Miss Vinton
Vogue
Free Medical Services For All Diseases By Dr Dewey
The specialist Dr Dewey offers examinations and medical attendance for all, rich or poor, during hard times. Offices at Hotel Pelham 74 Boylston Street. Hours 3 to 6 p.m. 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday 10 to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday evenings closed.
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Dewey
Hotel Pelham
Boylston Street
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Wild Flowers of America
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Cooper
Cambridge
the Yankee
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Boston Training School of Music
Geo. H. Howard, A. M
Music Hall
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Bowdoin St
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