Greater Boston faces harbor needs and transit surveys in 1893 report
The Boston city surveyor reports 1893 department expenditures at 48163.39, up 12969.52 from 1892, due to rapid transit surveys and street widening. He urges a new harbor line at East Boston, removal of freight crossings, and extended sea walls to improve docks, wharves, and ocean commerce capabilities.
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Boston
South Bay
Harbor Commissioners
East
Aire Front
Atlantic Seaboard
Missing West Linked to Forged Checks Mystery
James Henry West, confidential clerk and bookkeeper for a mortgage firm on School Street, has been missing since September 22. Police and bank officials seek his address amid forged checks, while his wife Alice Holding, whom he wed in Boston after meeting on the Cephalonia, hopes for his return. investigators Houghton and Gerraughty coordinate the inquiry with Manager Rothenburg.
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James Henry West
West
School Street
Police Department
Rothenburg
Boston
Cephalonia
Alice Holding
East Boston
Alderman Short
Navy yard budget slashed yet rise in essential needs
Washington report on Commodore Matthews shows stern economy by Secretary Herbert for the next year. Proposals from shore stations totaled over 7.5 million dollars, but the chief of Yards and Docks cut it to 1.861 million, still above last session by one million due to needed improvements for usable navy yards.
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Washington
Commodore Matthews
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Naval Administration
Herbert
Navy
Congress
Admiral Gherardi
New York Navy Yard
Aquia Creek Train Robbery Leader Identified as George Carter
Washington October 14. Authorities say the gang leader in the Aquia Creek Va robbery is likely George Carter a former resident and ex convict from Sing Sing. Carter a railroad engineer allegedly fired on the express car and planted dynamite with accomplices while key indictments are pending in Virginia and Pennsylvania. He had prior escapes from Sing Sing and a Virginia jail and knew the robbery surroundings.
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Aquia Creek
George Carter
Sing Sing
Carter
Blackwell's Island
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Orators Clash on Boston Common in Cold Sunday
A windy Sunday on the Common drew a crowd to hear single taxers, Populists, Socialists and Salvationists. General Morrison I Swift is in California, sending a letter of opposition to capital. Patrick O Neil mocked party lines from a bench as James Campion spoke of free speech in Maine.
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California
Boston Common
Equity
Boston
L. W. E. Kimball
O’neil
James E. Campion
Portland
Tom Reed
Campion
Maine
Berwick
Kennehuntport
Greenhalge
G. O P
Tennessee
Texas
Baldwin
State Committee
Defaulting Attorney L T Bird Vanishes After Massive Losses
Sioux City Iowa October 14 L T Bird a prominent local attorney vanished after heavy defalcations. He acted as agent for loan firms and rent collector for clients leaving creditors owed amounts including 5000 to the Hartford Loan and Guarantee Company 1800 to M L Jones 5700 to Stephens Lumber 700 to James Horton 1850 to W H Hogan plus negotiable notes. His property was mortgaged so victims have no equity and his whereabouts are unknown.
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Sioux City
L. T. Bird
Loan and Guarantee Company of
Hartford
Conn
M. L. Jones
Smithland
Stephens Lumber Company
Bird
Paris Bull Fight Sparks Civic Tension In Dax
An officer tried to stop a bull fight in Dax, France, delivering a legal prohibition, but the directors ignored it and the toreadors killed the bull amid cheering spectators. Police were mobbed after, though no violence occurred. The government had banned bull fighting in September.
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Paris
Dax
France
New Sights in Gilchrist’s New Store on Winter Street
Gilchrist & Co. unveils enhanced stock across two floors with skylit silk displays and extensive women’s wear. Floors feature laces, ribbons, gloves, and perfumery. second floor showcases outer garments from capes to jackets in beaver and chinchilla, plus fur options and budget jackets. Children’s apparel, corsets, and undergarments accompany the varied selection as shoppers are invited to view in bright, comfortable surroundings.
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Gilchrist & Co
Winter Street
Gilchrist
Three Convicted of Attempted Train Wrecking
In Ogden on October 14, a sentence was handed down for DeCamp, McConnell, and King who were convicted of attempting a train wreck during the American Railway Union strike. King received four years, while DeCamp and McConnell drew twelve years each in the penitentiary.
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Ogden
DeCamp
McConnell
King
American Wringer Co. Wringers and Sweepers Maker
The American Wringer Co. advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers manufactured at 13 and 15 Broadway extension city. Repairs all kinds of wringers and sweepers and mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 7.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont 7
Anarchist Arsenal Found in Havre Packages
Havre reports seventy packages landed from Southampton claimed as furniture but opened to reveal an arsenal of anarchist weapons. Police note bombs explosives old arms ammunition skeleton keys and burglars tools. English authorities tracing sender details with Havre police.
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London
Havre
The
Central News
Southampton
Italian King Flags Warship Re Umberto in Venice
The minister of marine hoisted the flag on the warship Re Umberto in Venice. A vast crowd watched as two naval squadrons fired salutes in the harbor. The King praised the Italian navy’s strength and the fatherland’s prosperity in his message read by the minister.
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Venice
Re Umberto
Hudson Y M C A Anniversary Observed in Hudson
The Hudson Y M C A marked its first anniversary with a large gathering at the Baptist Church. Assistant Secretary W G Lobee of Boston delivered the principal address, joined by Secretary Norris and local ministers Rev Radcliffe and Rev Chamberlain of Hudson.
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Hudson
Hudson Y. M. C. A
Baptist Church
W. G. Lobee
Boston
Norris
Radcliffe
Mr. Chamberlain
Lynn Man Luther Morse Dies at 57
Luther M. Morse, a well known Lynn citizen, died at his home on Jefferson Street. He was 57 and a member of Post 5, 6 American Legion and the West Lynn lodge of Odd Fellows. He was the father of Chester A. Morse of the Globe staff.
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Luther M. Morse
Lynn
Jefferson Street
Post 5
A. R
West Lynn
Workingmen's Democratic Club Plans December Ball
At its regular weekly meeting the Ward I Workingmen's Democratic Club voted to hold a dance on Monday December 11. A committee was appointed to organize the event including J Daunt M Sullivan T McCleary and J Toohey.
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Workingmen’s Democratic Club
Ward i
J. Daunt
M. Sullivan
T. McCleary
J. Toohey
Free Medical Services For All Diseases Offered By Dr Dewey
Examinations and medical attendance are free to all during hard times. Dr Dewey the Specialist will continue treatment for rich or poor. Offices at Hotel Pelham 74 Boylston Street. Hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 6 and 6 to 8 pm. Sunday 10 to 4 pm. Wednesday and Thursday evenings closed.
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Dewey
Hotel Pelham
Boylston Street
Thunderbolts Test Homes in Brockton and New Bedford
A severe storm struck Brockton on Oct 14 with lightning that damaged E. O. Wilber’s residence at 87 Florence Street. The bolt pierced the roof and ceiling near a sleeping child, tore mouldings, and knocked bricks from the cellar underpinning, yet no one was hurt. In New Bedford lightning struck William P. Wilson’s County Street home damaging a chimney and interior. a nearby George A. Potter farm barn burned with stock and equipment, losses estimated at 2000 dollars and partially insured.
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Brockton
E. O. Wilber
Florence Street
New Bedford
William P. Wilson
County Street
George A. Potter
Hathaway Road
Time to Pull Together in Yale Catholic Protestant Talk
Professor William C. Robinson of Yale Law School and Justice Simeon E. Baldwin of the Connecticut Supreme Court debated Catholic and Protestant relations at a crowded United Church event in New Haven. Baldwin urged unity against anarchic threats and immigrant challenges, calling Catholics allies in defending republican government. Rev Dr Lilly of St Mary's attended.
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Conn
William C. Robinson
Yale Law School
Simeon E. Baldwin
Connecticut Supreme Court
United Church
Congregational
St. Mary’s
Robinson
Saratoga
Justice Baldwin
America
Dr. Lilly
Rose Mosenheim Wins World Female Sculling Title
Miss Rose Mosenheim of St Louis defeats Miss Tillie Ashley of Hartford Conn to win the world championship in a mile and a half race along the river from Palm street to above Eads bridge. The finish time is 12 23 4 with Mosenheim winning by four lengths before 50 000 spectators.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Miss Mosentheim
Centrals
Battleship Maine Trial Board Arrives at New London
The Maine’s trial board arrived from New York and is at the Crocker House. A four hour sea run is planned to test power up to 00 horsepower while she develops speed. The ship left New York Saturday and reached New London at 2 p m with an average 18.6 knots. Fifty two seamen come from the cruiser San Francisco and sixty from the New York.
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New London
Maine
New York
Crocker House
San Francisco
Mrs Reed May Die In Malden Car Crash
Three carriages collided at Washington and Francis streets in Malden. Mr William H Reed and his wife were severely injured. Mrs Reed was badly cut and unconscious with possible skull fracture. Other occupants, from out of town, escaped with minor injuries.
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Malden
Washington and
Francis Streets
William H. Reed
Tribute to Oliver Wendell Holmes by Rev Loren B MacDonald
The sermon praises Holmes as a pure mirthful poet whose wit cocoons joy and kindness. It lauds his life as serene and uplifting, saying poetry expresses divine music and that his songs will endure to cheer humanity.
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Loren B. MacDonald
New Old South Church
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
At His Own Church at Shepard Memorial Cambridge
The Shepard Memorial Church in Cambridge marked its annual foreign missions collection with a sermon centered on foreign missions. A hymn by the deceased poet was sung as Dr. MacKenzie recalled the loss to a church where the poet’s father served forty years as pastor and the son grew up in its fellowship.
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Cambridge
Holmes Prophet in Bowdoin Sermon on Holmes Life
At the Baptist Tabernacle Bowdoin square the Rev Walter Calley opened a series of afternoon sermons on the Life and Work of Oliver Wendell Holmes He praised Holmes as pure sincere and a prophet whose death closes a great era of prophetic writing in American literature noting his tender words and noble song
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Baptist Tabernacle
Bowdoin Square
Walter Calley
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Czar in Decline Reported by Vienna Physician
A Vienna physician close to the Czar's doctors says the diagnosis swings between kidney cancer and nephritis. All agree the Czar’s decline will be gradual, not sudden.
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Berlin
Vienna
Worcester thread magnate Alfred D Warren dies at 58
Alfred D Warren a Worcester and Boston textile figure founder of Warren Thread Company and Glasgow Thread Company died at 42 Harvard street Worcester at 8 20 pm He was born in Portland Missouri October 8 1888 nephew of Ichabod Washburn of Washburn Moon Manufacturing He served on Worcester Common Council in 1874 75 and helped form the Worcester Continentals after a yearlong illness
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Alfred D. Warren
Boston
Warren Thread Company
Glasgow Thread Company
Harvard Street
Portland
Ichabod Washburn
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Common Council
Worcester Continentals
Essex County Military Basketball League Opens Championship Schedule
The Essex county Military Basket Ball League announces its schedule and will start the championship series next week. Teams from the military companies at Lynn Marblehead Danvers and Beverly compete in the league.
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Lynn
Essex County Military Basket Ball League
Marblehead
Danvers
Beverly
Missing 18 year old Mary Conrad after home scolding
New Haven Connecticut report dated October 14 states Mary Conrad of East Street has been missing for a week. The 18 year old left home after being chastised by her parents and has not been seen since.
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New Haven
Conn
Mary Conrad
East Street
Wages Restored at Blackinton Woollen Co
A 10 percent wage cut has been restored by the Blackinton Woollen Company in Blackinton. The raise will take effect tomorrow.
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Blackinton
North Adams
Blackinton Woollen Company
Mrs Sprague Takes Laudanum Mistaking Medicine
North Adams reported Mrs Marshall Sprague swallowed an ounce of laudanum thinking it medicine. She was unconscious for hours but revived and is believed to be out of danger.
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North Adams
Marshall Sprague
Made to order hair mattresses at Wheeler Co Boston
Made to order two part hair mattresses forty pounds best tick full size for ten dollars. Sold by A. W. Wheeler & Co manufacturers at 63 and 65 Hanover street Boston opposite American House.
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A. W. Wheeler & CO
Hanover St
Boston
American House
Framingham Y M C A marks third anniversary
The Framingham Y M C A observed its third anniversary with union services in Framingham Centre Saxonville and South Framingham. Speeches were given by Oliver C. Morse Dr L D Gulick and W L Fillebrown of the International Y M C A Training School of Springfield. Additional church exercises and a men's meeting at the Y M C A rooms were held.
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South Framingham
Framingham
Long Island marks 250th anniversary of First Presbyterian Church
The 250th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church in America was celebrated at Christ's First Presbyterian Church in Hempstead with an address by Rev. Dr. Farmer and other exercises. The commemorations continue Monday and Tuesday with clergymen from New York City Brooklyn and Long Island villages participating.
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Hempstead
L. I
First Presbyterian Church In
Bicycle rider injured by carriage in Malden
William J. Damon on Pleasant street was struck by a horse drawn carriage. The carriage shaft pierced his side causing a serious wound. He was taken to Malden Hospital where doctors report the injuries are not fatal. Damon's home is on Cedar street.
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Malden
William J. Damon
Pleasant Street
Malden Hospital
Cedar Street
Insanity expert Dr Stuart Douglas dies in New York
Dr Stuart Douglas former head of the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital died in New York this morning at age 84. He was renowned as an expert on insanity and contributed to psychiatric practice in his era.
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New York
Stuart Douglas
Bellevue Hospital
Broadway Bridge
Division 6
Peter McDonald
Catholics acquire land for cemetery in Barre Vermont
BARRE VT Oct 14 A stock company of Catholics has purchased land here for a cemetery for the sum of 1900.
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Barre
Notable Guests at Elite Hotels in New York Tour
Mr W L Jaques proprietor of the Murray Hill Hotel is stopping at the Brunswick with his wife. A D Russell president of the United States Printing Company is at Youngs Hotel. Miss Georgia Cayvan of Frohman company is registered at the Thorndike.
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W. L. Jaques
Murray Hill
New York
Brunswick
A. D. Russell
The
United States Printing Company
Young’s Hotel
Georgia Cayvan
Frohman’s Company
Thorndike
Rev Burtis Judd Dies Aged 76 In Framingham
The Rev Burtis Judd died at his South Framingham home Saturday evening after a long illness. He was 76 years and 10 months old and had lived in Framingham about twenty years. He was known in Massachusetts and Connecticut as a Methodist preacher and previously worked in real estate and insurance.
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Framingham
Burtis Judd
South Framingham
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Lynn Lace Curtain Blaze Damages Essex Street Room
Lace curtains in a room occupied by Miss Emma Foster at 228 Essex Street Lynn caught fire from a lamp last evening causing $200 damage to contents and $300 to the building.
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Emma Foster
Essex Street
Lynn
Spanish bark Barcelona crew loses captain and crew off Florida
In Pensacola Florida on October 14 Captain Sinto and sixteen crew members from the Spanish bark Barcelona are rescued after dismast and water exposure. One seaman drowned. The bark John T Ludwig from Pensacola was towed in after a storm wrecking three masts and causing the mate to be swept away. Panic over the steamship Scythia overdue.
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Fla
Sinto
Barcelona
New Orleans
Haze
John T. Ludwig
Bar
Monarch
Scythia
Mob Hangs Oscar Morton in Beattysville Ky
Oscar Morton was dragged from jail by about 100 men and hanged in Beattysville Kentucky. He had been jailed for shooting and killing Sheriff William Simms who had tried to arrest him at the county fair. Morton was from Breathitt County where he had been bound for killing James Wilson three months earlier.
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Beattysville
Oscar Morton
William Simms
Morton
Breathitt County
James Wilson
Clergyman Awaiting Answer to Church Call
Rev. Seth K. Mitchell received a call to become pastor of Second Baptist Church East Cambridge. He did not answer now but will make a definite decision by week’s end. The Sunday school marked its seventieth anniversary last evening.
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Seth K. Mitchell
Second Baptist Church
East Cambridge
Barrett to Speak in Ward 3 Lynn Tonight
The Hon. W. E. Barrett Republican candidate for Congress in the seventh district will address the Republicans of Ward 3 Lynn this evening at Kossuth Hall.
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W. E. Barrett
Congress
Lynn
Kossuth Hall
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