Six Year Old Hilma Davis the Consulting Skipper
Hilma Davis of Portland Maine serves as a consulting skipper on the bark Samuel H Nickerson. At almost six she keeps the crew busy sews signal flags tends binoculars instructs the ship s parrot and even chooses preserves for the voyage. She shares duties with her brother and mother aboard the ship and recounts hard work amid head winds near the Amazon mouth.
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Hilma Davis
Samuel H. Nickerson
South Atlantic
Hilma
Rio de la Plata
Nickerson
Portland
Bill
Cassy
Petersen
Casey
Amazon
Bryan's kingly New York welcome dazzles crowds
The city greeted William Jennings Bryan with a royal reception on October 16 as vast crowds lined streets to hear him speak at Cooper Union Tammany Hall and an open air address. Noted Democratic leaders attended and Tammany displayed strong support as Bryan's progress through the city resembled a conquering march.
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New York
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Tammany
Cooper Union
Tammany Hall
Vessel Ashore Near Highland Light in Bay Wreck Fears
Oct 17 report from Highland Light says a fisherman vessel went ashore one mile south of the light. A gale from the northwest last night and this morning hindered life-savers as they tried to reach the grounded ship. Fifteen to twenty lives feared lost, crew believed twenty. rescue efforts ongoing with surfmen and horses to pull gear to the scene.
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Highland Light
Marshall
Highland Station
Willard Small
Worthen
Boston and Montana Copper and Silver Mining Company declares dividend
A Boston owned mining firm, the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company, declared a regular quarterly dividend of % per share plus 10, payable November 20 to stockholders of record October 22. The pay out totals 2,250,000 and marks the fourth dividend this year amid a rising copper market.
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Boston & Montana Company
Montana
Boston
Calumet & Hecla
Boston Owned
Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company
Sears
Petersen Tells Of Long Voyage In Boston Harbor
The speaker recalls a seasurvey voyage with doubts and fearless resolve. He claims the water ran uphill and that the voyage, originally planned for fifty days, stretched to 110 without danger. He asserts leadership of the crew, remaining on deck to oversee operations. The Nickerson lies at East Boston as the consulting skipper endures all weather in oilskins.
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Petersen
Father
Boston
Nickerson
East
Quiet Day At United Mine Workers HQ In Hazleton
Strike region report from Hazleton Pennsylvania notes an exceedingly quiet day at United Mine Workers headquarters. President Mitchell said no communication or hint of operator acceptance of the convention proposal had been received. Gibbons Coal Company at South Scranton plans to resume work within a day or two and has offered to grant strikers' demands if the strike ends.
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Hazleton
Penn
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Gibbons Coal Company
South Scranton
Rebellion Reports and Actions Near San Chun
London reports deny confirmation of Pao Ting Fu capture as discredited. Hong Kong despatches describe continued rebellion spread and a Daily Express note cites the Handy shelling 2000 rebels near San Chun with forty killed and hundreds wounded.
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London
Pao Ting-Fu
Hong Kong
Daily Express
Handy
San Chun
Bryan Speaks at the Garden in New York Speech
Mr Bryan opened at Madison Square Garden with a defense of the Democratic cause. He said honest wealth is not enemy to Democrats, who favor wealth earned by effort and service to society. He argued Democrats oppose predatory wealth and urged support for honest industry, noting Republicans appeal to farmers and laborers. He criticized trusts and asserted presidents fail to enforce anti trust laws, while ridiculing party leaders.
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New York
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Democratic Party
Aepublican
Hanna
Roosevelt
McKinley
Iee
Lomasney Fitzgerald Rivalry Surfaces in Ninth District Pact
In the ninth district contest the Lomasney and Fitzgerald pact emerged at the third Suffolk senatorial district convention. Neddo Mahoney sought renomination while Ward 6 aligns with Ward 2. tensions rose over credentials as Lomasney named presiding officer and substituted delegates were later revealed.
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Fitzgerald
Nlomasney
Suffolk
J. Edward Mahoney
Wesleyan Hall
Lomasney
Faneuil Hall
State House
Beacon Hill
Neddo’ Mahoney
John H. Lane
Joseph P. Lomasney
Committee On
John J. Douglass
Ward 2
Committee On Credentials
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Oxford
Vorenberg’s
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
OF Voyace
Madison Square
Coe Yeyrat
Bar
Tiss Hiema
Davis
Samuel Nickerson
Roxbury
Columbus Ave
Roessle Brewery
William J. Bryan
Santos
Porto Rico
Spisclal
S& Lbs
New England
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Co
Causeway St
Friend St
Washington St
Saint Nicholas Hotel
Province ST
School & Bromfield Sts
Angeus Orchestra
Hannah
Wilson Jewelry CO
Tremont Row
Comer's Com’s College
Cor Beach
C. A. W. Crosby & Son
Washington Su
Omasney
Bernard M.wolf
Cor
Hanover and
Portland Sts
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