Chicago Joy A Ball Ends Up The Civic Parade
In Chicago on October 20 a ball at the First Infantry armory drew about 10,000 attendees, surpassing the auditorium event. The military themed reception featured Lt Col Turner, Gen Miles, and high officials, with 100 musicians, dancing, and a chorus including Loyal Legion and National Guard members. Notables Morton Reid Depew attended as processions and music filled the hall.
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Turner
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
A. H. Nettleton
Nettleton
Douglas
Fellowship Club
Morton
Whitelaw Reid
Chauncey M. Depew
Loyal Legion
Regular Army
Navy
National Guard
Maryland
Moon eclipse described by Boston observers and universities
The article recounts yesterday's solar eclipse as seen from Boston with a 12:07 starting speck on the sun and a 1:45 to 3:08 crescent progression. It notes observations by Boston University and Harvard, misinterpretations by papers, and plans for the April 18 total eclipse with Pickering heading to Chile and expeditions to Africa.
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Washington Street
Luna
Boston University
Somerset Street
Harvard University
Pickering
Avery
Boston
Chile
Brazil
Chili
Africa
Mrs. Harrison Weakens at White House in Illness
Washington reports a decline in Mrs Harrison's condition with exhaustion and inability to turn in bed. By 10 pm she showed slight rally but remained critically weak. doctors warned she could pass away within hours if distressing spells recur. Salvation Oil advertised as 25 cents remains unrelated to her care.
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Washington
White House
Brighton bank plot leads to Newton post office robbery link
Two men named N. Hunt and James A. Coclis were captured after a bank raid attempt in Brighton, with the trio suspected of planning to rob a Savings Bank, while a Newton post office robbery had already identified one man as Dan Hunt alias Carter from Superintendent Byrne’s Criminals of America. Authorities found a tin cash box with papers, a gag, and a pine block, and identified the suspects as Henry E. Vining and James A. Coclis, with postmaster Nash confirming the link to the Newton post office burglary.
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Brighton Five Cent Suavirtgs
Newton
Gerraughty and Houghton
Dan Hunt
Carter
Byrne
America
Hunt
Savings Bank
Murphy
Lynde
Jones
Whuld
Station 14
Herrick
Flynn
Desert
Henry E. Vining
James A. Cocliss
N. W. Sanora
B. M. Fiske
Gerraughty
Houghton
The Gig Civic Parade Delights Chicago for World’s Fair
Crowds flooded downtown Chicago to view a grand civic parade marking the World’s Fair dedication. Streets glowed with national colors and terra cotta accents, with electric arches over Michigan Avenue and Congress Street. The three mile route wrapped quickly as spectators congested sidewalks amid planned chaos.
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Lake Michigan
Chicago
Lake Front
Adams Street
Congress
Michigan Avenue
Congress Street
Auditorum
Miles
Columbus in Boston Today Like a Time Traveler
A dramatic imagined scene places Christopher Columbus entering Boston during a public procession. The piece riffs on his possible reactions to modern sights and attire, from long trousers to crowds, as he seeks landmarks and reads a bulletin board near Water Street.
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San Salvador
Boston
Columbus
Washington Street
Water Street
Return of the Discoverer and the Old Navigator
A postman discovers the old navigator and assumes guiding role, prompting the veteran to study other Bulletin boards in the newspaper row. The elder shields his eyes with both hands, troubled by deciphering the clues.
Discovery of America through the moss and barnacles
The piece playfully imagines Christopher Columbus confronting 19th century American issues. It riffs on modern politics and reforms, noting tariff disputes, gubernatorial rumors, Irish American voters, streetcar rates, traffic stoppages, and public policy debates. It ends with Columbus’s imagined plea for a proper burial with Republican and Home Market Club sentiments on Election Day.
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Boston
Senator McEttrick
Congress
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