Noted Army Officer Dies in Burlington at 80
Colonel J Mansfield Davies, Civil War veteran and former commander of all Union cavalry outside Washington, died at his Burlington home aged 80. Born at West Point, he later studied botany and lived in Fishkill-on-the-Hudson before moving to Burlington nine years ago. His wife Miss Martha Brooks of New York City survives him.
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Burlington
J. Mansfield Davies
Davies
Washington
Harris’ Light Cavalry
New York
West Point
Charles Davies
Military Academy
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson
Martha Brooks
New York City
Florist’s Wife Honored for Surf Rescue Bravery
In New York on October 12 the United States government awarded Mrs. Lulu Small the gold medal for saving two women from drowning in the surf. Charles A. Small is her husband.
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New York
Lulu Small
Charles A. Small
United States
Best Recipes From New England Housewives Page
A feature from Best Recipes includes household suggestions and recipes with tips from Lydia E Pinkham endorsements. Readers share tomato stuffed dishes, pea and milk soups, fruit jellies, bread puddings, steamed vegetables, and fruit flavors, credited to various writers.
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New England Housewives
Aach Techsains
Melrose Youth Grows Two Monster Radishes
William Bliss Jr of 289 Porter street Melrose showed two monster radishes weighing 91 2 and 101 2 pounds each and about two feet in girth and over three feet long. He has raised prize corn tomatoes and cucumbers on a %-acre plot inside the city. The seed, the Black Winter variety, came from Hamburg Germany and was planted after Chelsea's first big fire.
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William Bliss, Jr
Porter Street
Melrose
Office of
the Post
Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Hamburg
Germany
Chelsea
Monster tomato weighs exactly three pounds in harvest festival
Harl W. Coolidge of 173 Shute street Everett visited the Post's agricultural expert proposing a grand harvest festival entry a tomato weighing three pounds. The specimen is described as smooth skinned blemish free and a true prize beauty.
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Harl W. Coolidge
Shute Street
Everett
the Post
Pork mould with herbs and gravy recipe from Mrs. Stewart
A recipe for a pork mould serving six persons uses two pounds lean pork four ounces fat per pound pepper salt minced parsley sage or savory mace nutmeg lemon peel and rich gravy. The pork is not chopped, spices pounded with lemon peel, mixed, placed in a mould, baked about an hour, cooled and turned out.
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John Stewart
Slater Street
Webster
Dwight Testifies Ring Fell Into River In Theft Case
Frederick C. Dwight told the Superior Criminal Court the diamond ring Miss Ethel Thompson said she wore slipped into the Charles River from Charlestown bridge. He said a diver searched mud below but yielded nothing while Thompson testified they walked together and Dwight took the ring, valued at 374 dollars. Dwight was found guilty of larceny.
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Frederick C. Dwight
Superior Criminal Court
Ethel Thompson
Charles River
Charlestown
Dwight
Miss Thompson
23 MIDDIES FAIL TO PASS AT ANNAPOLIS
Annapolis Md Oct 12 The Naval Academy authorities have called upon 23 midshipmen for their resignations. The action follows an Academic Board meeting after September mental examinations showed 15 of the new fourth class and eight second class men failed to pass. The resignations will reduce the brigade’s number amid existing vacancies.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Eigh
Seven New Clerks In Collector's Department
City Collector Brown announced seven new clerks were hired last week due to heavy workload. The new hires are Colonel William H. Oakes, Thomas F. Murray, Thomas F. Coughlin, Simon Hershon, P. F. Schmid, Robert F. Nay, and Ernest T. Curtis, all to be paid at least eight dollars daily with indefinite employment.
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Finance Commission
Brown
William H. Oakes
Thomas F. Murray
Thomas F. Coughlin
Simon Hershon
P. F. Schmid
Robert F. Nay
Ernest T. Curtis
Mrs Howe Replies to Mrs Ward on Suffrage
The Times prints Mrs Julia Ward Howe letter to the London Times rebutting Mrs Ward on American woman suffrage She declares reports of the movement's decline false and asserts suffrage has come to stay and will expand as true government principles apply.
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New York
the Times
Julia Ward Howe
London Times
Boston
Humphry Ward
America
United States
Poison Kills a Lynn Man
William Osborne of Crosby Street died in hospital from strychnine poisoning. He had returned from Chelsea where he worked and was found unconscious on the cellar floor by his wife after a long absence. Police suspect despondency over poor health led to the act. He was 48 years old.
Eighty Years Old Woman Dies After Paris Green Incident
In Port Huron Michigan on October 12 Mrs Anna Broom aged eighty committed Paris Green poisoning after expressing despair at leaving her home. Her daughter from South Bend Indiana was with her earlier. The death followed hours of suffering.
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Port Huron
Mich
Paris Green
Anna Broom
South Bend
Ind
Bear on the loose ends up in Woburn after brush with dog catcher
In Woburn on October 12 a bear wandered near Hudson's Grove prompting dog catcher Callahan to pursue it. He lassoed the animal, got tangled, then fought the bear with a club, finally killing it. The man stood four feet tall and weighed about 160 pounds.
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Woburn
City
Callahan
Moosehead Lake
Horn Pond
Hudson’s Grove
Brain
Bruin
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Colt J. Mansfield Davies
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Mary I. Lloyd
Dudley Street
Roxbury
C. J. Navonod
Oak Street
Franklin
Steve
Kauce
L. Smith
Chestnut Avenue
Jamaica Plain
National Biscuit Company
Melrose Youth Grows
Washburn
Crosby's
Capserce
Mrs. Howe
Mrs. Ward
Julia Ward
How&d
Lynn
Directoire
Neevndeics
All Good Stores
HOOD
H. P. Hood & Sons
Rutherford Ave
Mass
Chameter’n Coo Dairy Laboratory
Huntington Ave
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