Prohibition Convert Speaks at Westboro Rally
The Republican rally in Westboro Town Hall featured Hon. F. T. Greenhalge as the principal speaker with introductions by E. B. Dunlap. Judge E. C. Bates and M. H. Walker also spoke, discussing taxation and national policy while highlighting Greenhalge’s call for voter turnout and the duties of Massachusetts residents to fund government at all levels.
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Westboro
F. T. Greenhalge
E. B. Dunlap
Republican Town Committee
John W. Fairbanks
E. C. Bates
M. H. Walker
Prohibition State Committee
Greenhalge
Internal Revenue and Customs Departments
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
United States
Deadly train wreck tolls across several towns
The morning crash through Jackson West injured and killed numerous people. The death list includes Maggie McMasters Penn Yan and Blanche Beardsley Canton among others. Many passengers from Elmira to Hammondsport suffer severe injuries with bones broken and internal injuries reported. The incident also claims a baby among Herringtons.
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Jackson
Gbing
Maggie McMasters
Penn Yan
I. N. Beardsley
Canton
Penn
Blanche Beardsley
Searle
Elmira
N. Y
Edward Fay
C. W. Fay
Laura Fay
William Whalen
Webb Special
J. H. Gardner
Horsehead
Allen Harris
Troy
Frank Farley
Columbia Cross Roads
J. A. Burlingham
Springfield
L. B. Ainsworth
Robert Walsh
Johanna ‘Healey
J. N. Anderson
New York
Kate, Healy
Morris Run
Timothy Donovan
Anson Herrington
Herrington
Maud Benedict
FE. A. Colemetch
W. R. Humphrey
Chenango
Symphonies Begin First Public Appearance of Emil Paur
A vivid report of Emil Paul in his first public rehearsal with the Symphony Orchestra. The piece notes his aristocratic Saxon features, tall frame, and stage presence as he conducts Beethoven’s Fifth, eliciting ecstatic applause from a packed audience and transforming into a plain German man between pieces.
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Emil Paul
Paur
Franz Kneiisel
Anon
Emil Paur
Yesterday Nominations for State and Local Offices
Nominations listed by party and district across Massachusetts. Notable entries include Second Bristol Senatorial with Joseph O Neill and C B Perry, Worcester County. Sixth Essex and Eleventh Worcester yields. various Franklin Hampden Middlesex representatives. several Berkshire and Plymouth selections. Specified candidates include both Republicans and Democrats for registers, commissioners, councillors, and representatives.
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Bristol
Joseph O. Neill
Worcester
C. B. Perry
Thomas H. Riley
Milford
James McLaughlin
Westboro
Essex
George L. Gage
Berkshire
Gilbert L. Jewett
North Adams
George L. Cook
C. R. Day
Millville
Franklin
Erastus C. Day
Montague
Charles E. Ward
Buckland
Henry A. Howard
Coleraine
Hampden
Jason Butler
Wilbraham
Middlesex
John H. O'Neill
George E. Baxter
George F. Babbitt
Amesbury
Charles F. Worcester
Townsend
Plymouth
A. M. Hidridge
Brockton
James E. Loge
Salem
E. F. Kennedy
Lewis Towey
Lawrence
James Derbyshire
John Haight
Stormy Senate session delays Union Pacific probe
Washington Oct 13 News from the Senate shows Voorhees resuming debate on a bill amid amendments from West and Allen. Manderson moves to investigate Union Pacific receivership. Brice reports legal bottlenecks and insufficient funds for government counsel. Resolution postponed for now.
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Washington
Senate
Voorhees
Stewart
West
Allen
Treasury Department
United States
U. P
Manderson
Rep
Nebraska
Committee On Pacific Railroads
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Brice
Dem
Ohio
Pacific Railroad Committee
Union Pacific
Attorney-General
Solicitor-General
S. A. H. Clark
House Debates McCreary Bill on Chinese Exclusion Act
Washington October 13 The House resumes debate on the McCreary proposal to amend and modify the Geary Chinese registration exclusion act with votes set for Monday afternoon. Speakers include Democrats Raynor and Sickles and Republicans Loud Bowers Draper Morse Maguire with arguments about treaties immigration and U S policy toward China.
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Washington
House
Raynor
Dem
Maryland
Sickles
New York
United States
China
Loud
Rep
California
Bowers
McCreary
Wilson
Draper
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Morse
Maguire
Labor union notes outline local labor actions
Labor notes report that Paving Department Assembly 9816 endorsed the Plymouth Rock Pants Company cutters strike and set a ball for December 5. Harmony Lodge Machinists will host Boston State convention in December at 724 Washington. A new gasfitters union formed with 25 charter members at 699 Washington, meeting weekly. Cigar Makers Union 97 endorsed Garment Workers label and pledged to buy only ready-made clothing bearing it. The Waiters’ Benevolent Association anniversary will be celebrated next Monday at 994 Washington with music and literary entertainment.
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Paving Department Assembly
Dexter Hall
Plymouth Rock Pants Company
Harmony Lodge of Machinists
Washington Street
Boston
Cigar Makers’ Union 97
Type Hall
Garment Workers’ Union
Waiters’ Benevolent Association
Valkyrie Defeats Vigilant In Turbulent Race By Narrow Margin
English cutter Valkyrie wins by 40 seconds after a shifting breeze turns into a gale. Vigilant suffers from a split spinnaker and a stuck centreboard, delaying key gains as both yachts sling their kites and battle heavy seas near the outer mark.
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Valkyrie
Cranfield
Iselin
Watson's reply on yacht centerboard clash
London dispatch notes Glasgow designer George L. Watson of the Valkyrie was asked if New York despatches claimed he admitted centerboard yachts superiority He answered that the Vigilant centerboard beat the Valkyrie keelboat in their race and that is all he admitted.
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London
Glasgow
George L. Watson
New York
Robbery at Hotel Reynolds Stuns Dinner Guests
Robert E. Green was robbed of a gold chain valued at $9 by a midnight thief who entered his room at Hotel Reynolds. The daring crime occurred as a lone intruder climbed fire escapes and tried several windows, with Green’s unfastened window the likely entry. A detective is now to pursue the suspect, while chambermaids reported an outsider attempting entry.
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Robert E. Green
Hotel Reynolds
Mr. Green
Green
Mr. Reynolds
Incendiary Fire Destroys Newton Grain Storehouse
A fire on Centre street in Newton gutted an old wooden building likely from incendiary causes. The lower floor housed Albert Brackett & Sons grain store, while the second story housed carpenter and painter shops run by 8 K. McCloud and Charles Hill. Firefighters arrived after 6 o’clock, the blaze caused about 500 dollars in damage.
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Newton
Centre Street
Albert Brackett & Sons
K. McCloud
Charles Hill
Man Arrested After Alleged Scissors Assault
James F Bennett, 44, of 17 Norman Street, was arrested by Station 3 police last night for an alleged assault on his wife Josephine with a pair of scissors. The woman sustained a severe cut to her right cheek and was treated by Dr Thompson.
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James F. Bennett
Norman Street
Josephine
Dr. Thompson
Bennett
Man injured as floor gives way at Winslow rink
Patrick Murphy a 55 year old worker of 56 Edgerly Place sustained internal injuries after a section of flooring collapsed during demolition at the Winslow skating rink on Clarendon Street. He was admitted to City Hospital for treatment.
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Winslow Skating Rink
Clarendon Street
Patrick Murphy
Edgerly Place
City Hospital
Storm’s wire outages loom over lake region forecast
Weather clerks at the Post Office monitored a major storm as wires failed from the south and west of New York. Early reports indicated a northward movement with potential havoc around lake regions, later shifting to a more easterly course as the New York AP desk warned of blackout since 8 o'clock.
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New York
Associated Press
Washington
Storm Wrecks Wires Across New York City at Night
The October storm battered New York with heavy rain and strong winds. Telegraph and telephone lines were down citywide. by 2:30 a.m. only one westward wire remained functioning, while all southward lines lay broken. No news from Washington had arrived since 8 p.m.
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New York
Washington
Democrats Fight In First Senatorial District Nomination
In Chelsea Revere Winthrop and East Boston Ward 1 voters prepare for a lively Democratic convention next Tuesday nominating Jabez K Montgomery and Burnham of Revere is favored by delegates. Ex Senator Champlin praises Montgomery while Maccabe factions seek independent papers or protests.
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Jabez K. Montgomery
Chelsea
Revere
Winthrop
Boston
Champlin
Joe Maccabe
East Boston
Post
Maccabe
Montgomery
Burnham
W. H. Bryant
Seventh
Democratic Congressional District Committee
First Suffolk Senator Nomination At Chelsea Convention
The first Suffolk Senatorial Democratic convention met at City Hall Chelsea with Charles A. Tilden as chair and John B. Sewell as secretary. Jabez K. Montgomery of Chelsea was unanimously nominated for Senator, praised as a renowned business man who would draw both Democrats and independents. Montgomery accepted, and leaders including W F McLellan and W A O'Brien spoke at a celebratory adjournment with plans for a collation.
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Chelsea
Charles A. Tilden
East Boston
John B. Sewell
Revere
William Woolley
Jabez K. Montgomery
W. H. Bryant
W. A. O'Brien
William F. McLellan
State Central Committee
Montgomery
City Hotel
W. F. McLellan
W. F. Delehanty
East
Boston
M. M. Merritt
Montgomery & Howard
Winnisimmet Ferry Company
First Ward National Bank
Chelsea Gas Company
Revere Club
Tindall for Councillor in Third District race
Henry B. Tindall of Ward 1 East Boston was nominated by Democrats to run against Councillor Leeson in the Third District. The Democratic convention at State Headquarters elected John McSoley chair and Henry N. McCaffrey Jr. secretary. Tindall accepted the nomination, pledged to fight to reduce the Republican vote, acknowledging the district’s Republican history.
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John McSoley
Cambridge
Henry N. McCaffrey, Jr
Somerville
Henry B. Tindall
East
Boston
Marcus Merritt
Chelsea
Executive Council
Tindall
Leeson
Portuguese barber cuts life short in Cambridge doorway
Manuel Pavia, a 35 year old Portuguese barber, ended his life yesterday morning at No 5 Holly Street Cambridge by slashing his throat with a razor. The rash act was attributed to his inability to find work in his trade.
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Manuel Pavia
No. 5
Holly Street
Cambridge
South Boston Citizens Stand Firm Over Police Case
South Boston residents cling to hope as officers Lowery and Innes face suspension. They credit the Boston Post and plan mass meetings to push for action. A citizen committee, led by ex-Senator Creed, coordinates resolutions and possible governor appeal while awaiting Tuesday night outcomes. Lowery and Innes remain off duty during vacations amid inquiries and witness searches.
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South Boston
Lowery and Innes
Boston Post
Citizens’ Committee
Michael J. Creed
Creed
Melvin O. Adams
E. B. Callender
Paul
Broadway
Joseph J. Kelly
Spelman Hall
Gray's Hall
Police Department
Lowery-Innes
Police Commission
Innes Or Lowery
C. T. Gallagher
Ward 13
Gallagher
City Point
Lowery
Innes
Boston
Sinc
Pepperell Place
Condemnation of Police Leadership by Farragut Camp
Farragut Camp No 1 of Columbia’s Blue Jackets in South Boston passes a motion protesting police commissioners for shielding criminals and ignoring calls to suspend Officers Loweryard Innes. It denounces Castle Whiting in Pemberton square, vows to support citizens’ push for freedom from aggressive policing, and condemns the perceived leniency toward violators amid Massachusetts’ Commonwealth.
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Farragut
Columbia
Blue Jackets
South Boston
Gettysburg Command
Union Veterans’ Union
McClellan Association of Soldiers and Sailors
Loweryard Innes
Pemberton Square
Boston
Lowery and Innes
Castle Whiting
Dorchester Heights
John Hickman
Police Commission
Massachusetts
Lowery and
Innes
Vincent McGregor
John Lambert
Everett man falls from streetcar on Alford street
Peter Duffy of Everett fell from the rear platform of an outward bound Everett electric car on Alford street Charlestown last evening. He was unconscious, brought to Station 15 by ambulance, with a deep chin cut and facial bruises. After medical treatment he was locked up in intoxicated condition.
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Peter Duffy
Everett
Alford Street
Charlestown
Duff
Funeral of John McManus Charlestown Sali maker
The funeral of John McManus the Charlestown sailmaker took place from his son Thomas F McManus 39 Mt Vernon street yesterday morning. Services were held at Marys Church at 9. Four pallbearers and many carriages accompanied the deceased to Mt Calgary for burial.
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John McManus
Charlestown
Thomas F McManus
Mt. Vernon Street
Mary's Church
Mt. Calgary
Interview with Joe Jefferson at Young's in Boston
The aging actor, famed for Rip Van Winkle and Bob Acres, grants a long interview recalling old friends, past visits to Boston, and his current fatigue from touring and recent home rebuilding. He notes Florence’s illness during a Rivals performance and reflects on aging in the theatre.
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Joe Jefferson
The
Post
American Stage
Jefferson
America
Globe
Captain Swift
Buzzard’s Bay
Boston
William Warren
Bulfinch Place
Young's
the Adams
Warren
Florence
Rip van Winkle
Bob Acres
Caleb Plummer
Mr. Jefferson
New York
Middlesex Ice Company Assigns Assets in Malden
Middlesex Ice Company of Malden has assigned to William B. Robinson of Boston for the benefit of creditors, the Salem report dated October 13 notes.
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Salem
Middlesex Ice Company of
Malden
William B. Robinson
Boston
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Boston Herald
Taunton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Russell
Orcester
Canada
Lowell
Washington St
NEW
Watson
the Reynolds
Suffolk
Kelly
Nulfinch Street
Parker
England
Medical Review
DR. Gordon
OLD DR. Gordon Remedy CO
Tremont Row
Bostos
Mass
John M'Manus
Joe” Jefferson
Swift
Buzzard's Bay
Middlesex Ice Company
Hood
Mrs. Eliza Legree
Potter Hill
Westerly
R. 1
Hood & Co
Rhode
Hood’s
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