Dublin Lord Mayor Excluded by World’s Fair Officials
At the Chicago World’s Fair the Lord Mayor James Shanks faced rebuke from Director-General Davis after a discordant start to the Music Hall banquet. Shanks complained Ireland was not represented with a building or toasts. Davis rejected the criticisms noting Ireland’s nation status at the fair and that speeches should not target U S politicians.
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Dublin
James Shanks
Davis
Genegre Hovey
Massachu Y
United States
Higinbotham
Massachusetts
Mr. Hovey
Shanks
Ireland
Great Britain
Engraved Hall Stand At Paine Warerooms
The column highlights a newly completed hall stand at Paine warerooms 48 Canal street with Eastlake and Queen Anne designs praised for their straight lines smooth surfaces and perfect proportion. The piece showcases refined design suited for cultivated taste.
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Paine
Canal Street
Man Identified After Ferry Slip Drowning
The drowned man at the North Ferry slip, a fortnight after leaping for a ferryboat, was identified yesterday as John Rooney of Troy New York.
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John Rooney
Troy
N. Y
Eastbound Lady Declares Struggle In Court
Gertrude Bodfish, wife of San Francisco lawyer William H Bodfish, testifies in Superior Civil Court that her income could not support two. she has lived in Roxbury since 1888 with help from friends and charity. Edward W Gilmore recounts wife Inez M Gilmore threatening to poison him and desertion. court hears his case next. Annie Freeman and father accuse husband William G of profligate habits and desertion. photographer now in Greenfield Massachusetts. judge reserves decision.
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San Francisco
Gertrude T
Parker Hill Avenue
Roxbury
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Fessenden
Edward W. Gilmore
West End Street Railway
Inez M
Fens
Inez
Mansfield
Edward
Annie M. Freeman
William G
William
Annie
Greenfield
Mass
Death of Lafayette G. Howard Brother of Boston Inspector
Lafayette G. Howard born November 21, 1834 in Vermont died Wednesday night from a second paralysis shock received last Monday at 62 Perkins Street Charlestown. He formerly farmed in California and later ran the hack business at the Lowell and Eastern stations of the Boston and Maine in Boston.
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John Howard
Boston Police Department
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Charlestown
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California
Lowell
Boston & Maine
Lost Cook children found after three days in Brookline woods
Alonzo Cook and his 9 year old sister wandered away from Brighton on Monday fearing teachers and punishment. They survived three days in Brookline with help from two local women and friendly neighbors before returning home to relieved parents. The children were not scolded.
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Brighton
Brookline
Charles
Cook House
Providence firms suspend payments amid Denver rail ties
The Providence failure reports two suspended firms Wilbour Jackson and Co and Sheldon Binney with hundreds of thousands at stake. The embarrassment stems from Denver Colorado street railway complications involving Wilbour Jackson who backed the Denver West End line and the Denver Street Railway Company. Attachments totaling $63,000 were served in New York against Wilbour Jackson with securities held by Sweet & Co.
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West End Electric Railroad
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Denver West End Road
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Denver
Denver Street Railway Company
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Sweetland
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Bristol
Senate Finance Committee
New York
Water damages eyed in Whitehall Pond case against Boston
Boston faces a large payment if a Superior Court appointed commission report is approved. The panel found damages of 498 850 dollars from loss of Whitehall Pond and other Sudbury River sources, with distribution to Dwight Printing and Newhall interests. The city may appeal to the Supreme Court on legal questions.
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Whitehall Pond
Superior Court
Charles H. Allen
F. T. Greenhalge
Sigourney Butler
Dwight Printing Company
City of
Horatio Newhall
Sudbury River
Framingham
Eben D. Jordan
Dwight Company
Newhall
F. P. Goulding
Worcester
B. C. Bumpus
Henry Baldwin
Prentiss Webster
Supreme Court
Woman Wins Medal at London Photographic Society Show
The sole woman medalist at the Photographic Society of Great Britain exhibition in London this summer was Miss Fitz, daughter of the Hon. and Mrs. Eustace C. Fitz. Her photograph titled Watching and Waiting was singled out as worthy of an award among 300 or 400 works.
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Photographic Society of Great Britain
London
Eustace C. Fitz
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps Recovers From Illness
Paris reports Count Ferdinand de Lesseps has fully recovered from his recent acute illness described as stomach disturbance after a bout of indigestion.
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Paris
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Whole town sinks as mines cave in Leadville district
In Leadville Colorado on October 12 the town’s ground began sinking after worked out coal districts lost props. Houses cracked and wells dried as the ground dropped two feet or more in places. If the supports fail further the town may be depopulated.
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Leadville
Col
Parker calls for expulsion of London bishop over temperance meeting
Dr. Joseph Parker of City Temple denounced the bishop of London Frederick Temple for forbidding Canon Leigh to attend a temperance meeting. He urged expelling such bishops and argued that nonconformists should not seek Church of England favors while maintaining cordial relations.
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London
Joseph Parker
City Temple
Birmingham
Parker
Frederick Temple
James W. Leigh
Death of a German Hero General George Katmecke
Berlin reports the death of General George Katmecke born June 14 1817. He led the fourteenth division in the Franco Prussian war and captured Thionville and Verdun. He commanded 30000 German troops who entered Paris after the surrender and served once as Prussian minister of war.
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Berlin
George Katmecke
Thionville
Verdun
Paris
Fare Reduction Applies to Boston New York Norwich Line
The Norwich line cuts the Boston to New York fare from four dollars to three dollars with proportional reductions from all other points.
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New York
Norwich
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