Big Sham Battle at Gloucester Draws Curiosity
In Ottork era style, troops prepare a staged clash directed by Col William A Pew Jr of the Eighth Regiment. A mysterious expedition visited Essex with instruments and maps to set up near Powder House Hill, while units mobilize from Ipswich Has ex to meet near the Appleton farm in a mock engagement.
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Gloucester
William A. Pew, Jr
Essex
Newburyport
Powder House Hill
Major Livermore
Board of United States Engineers
English
Company H
Amesbury
Cannon
Pew
Eldridge
Miles River
Hamilton
Wenham
Dow
Ipswich
Latter Condemns Bloomers On Wheels In Boston Lectures
Mrs. Annie Jenness Miller spoke in Association Hall on dress reform vs artistic dress. She ridiculed bloomers worn off the bicycle and praised stylish, practical outfits, including a bicycle costume, stressing muscle and health for women.
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Mrs. Livermore
Annie Jenness Miller
Association Hall
Mrs. deAvore
Paris
Wedding Day Security Arrangements for Consuelo Vanderbilt
Police arrangements are set for the wedding at St. Thomas's Church. Frank H. Johnson will supervise about fifty policemen along streets around the church on Fifty-third Street and Fifth Avenue. Corner of Fifty-third Street will be restricted. public access will be on the opposite side. Invitations are issued. two cards accompany each invite for ceremony and for breakfast and reception at Mrs Vanderbilt's house on Madison Avenue and Seventy-second Street.
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New York
St. Thomas's Church
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Frank H. Johnson
Fifty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-third
No More Whipping Ends Corporal Punishment Practice
The Revere whipping case leads to a suspension policy change. Superintendent M. K. Putney and Principal G. F. Winslow faced a $5 fine after a 14 year old pupil A. F. Darrington was found guilty. They appealed as the Superior Court will review the case. The School Board voted to suspend corporal punishment and to support the superintendent and principal.
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Revere
M. K. Putney
G. F. Winslow
Walnut Avenue Grammar School
A. F. Darrington
Putney
Winslow
Judge Grants Decree nisi in Caledonia Divorce Case
Judge Fessenden yesterday granted a decree nisi for the divorce of Pasqualina Caledonila from Gervasio Caledonia. Most testimony was private. The alimony issue remains, with a decision awaited today.
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Fessenden
Nisi
Pasqualina Caledonila
Gervasio
Caledonia
Carney Hospital Fund Meeting Notice
The Carney Hospital subscription fund committee regrets that total contributions fall short of expectations. Subscribers are urged to attend the next meeting at Parker House on Thursday evening Oct 24 at 8 o'clock to report returns and aid the fundraising effort. Edmund A. MacDonald chairman Charles P. Mooney secretary John D. Carmody treasurer.
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Carney Hospital
Parker House
Edmund A. MacDonald
Charles P. Mooney
John D. Carmody
Great Boston clothing sale this Thursday to Saturday
We offer a diagonal suit line at ten dollars with sizes for all. Five hundred suits in cheviots tweeds and cassimeres priced at twelve eighteen or twenty one. One hundred clay diagonal frock and sack suits at fifteen. Overcoats in kersey at ten twelve or fifteen with blue black or brown finishes. Raw edge kersey overcoats twenty five. All items presented at three fourths two thirds or half price. Read tomorrow for more values and details. Thursday Friday and Saturday biggest sale of boys and children's clothing in Boston.
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Boston
Woolley Attack Sparks Christian Endeavor Controversy
Indignation rises as Hon Jo G Woolley and New York Voice attack President Clark of the Christian Endeavor Society for not joining the Prohibition party. The dispute centers on Woolley’s alleged third party speech and Clark's advice to stick to reform within own parties. Replies from Dr Clark, Baer, Shaw, and Barr defend nonpartisan Endeavor aims while criticizing partisan use of the group.
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Christian
Woolley
F. E. Clark
Endeavor Societies
Dr. Clark
Christian Endeavor
Boston
Clark
Woolsley
Shaw
Barr
Brown Sentenced Seven Years For Malpractice
Dr. Jacob W. Brown alias J Wales Brown was sentenced to seven years in State Prison by Judge Gaskill in the Superior Criminal Court yesterday afternoon. He was convicted of criminal malpractice for performing an operation on Maud L Farrell in the South End on August 3, from which chloral effects followed.
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Jacob W. Brown
J. Wales Brown
Gaskill
Superior Criminal Court
Brown
Maud L. Farrell
South End
Lynn Board authorizes new Amoskeag steam fire engine
At a special Lynn board meeting the purchase of a new first class Amoskeag steam fire engine for the Lynn fire department was authorized up to 4150 dollars, financed by a special bond issue. The pay of call men in the department was increased by zero dollars yearly.
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Lynn
Lynn Board of Aldermen
Amoskeag
German Warship Wurttemberg Aground in Little Belt Vigorous Damage
Kiel Oct 22 The German ironclad warship Wurttemberg lies aground in the Little Belt between the Baltic and the Cattegat and is seriously damaged. She is leaking badly. The Brandenberg and the despatch boat Sachsen have gone to her assistance.
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Kiel
Wurttemberg
Baltic Sea
Cattgat
Brandenberg
Sachsen
Westfield Attorney Disbarred by Interior Department
Washington Oct. 22 The Secretary of the Interior has issued orders disbar ring Pension Attorney John N Bates of Westfield Mass from practice before the Department of the Interior and its branches.
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Westfield
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
John N. Bates
Mass
Department of the Interior
MABEL HARTFORD AVENGED IN CHINA MASSACRE
Mabel Hartford and thirteen others convicted for taking part in the Hwasang massacre were executed at Kucheng yesterday after the trial held in Foo Chow.
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Mabel Hartford
Foo Chow
China
Hwasang
Kucheng
Attempted Murder in Athol Hits Teenager's Home
In Athol on Oct 22 a 19 year old, Charles Harrington, was targeted in an attempted murder when a shot went through his hat into a beam during a party at his home. A friend, Newton, stayed overnight and a heavy iron bar was later dropped on Harrington's bed causing no injuries. Police and electmen met to discuss the incident.
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Athol
Charles Harrington
Newton
Harrington
Counterfeiters in Court in Trenton New Jersey
William Brockway a noted counterfeiter pleaded not guilty in Federal Court to six indictments stemming from his Hoboken arrest. Co defendants Sidney Smith Abbie L Smith James Courtney and William E Wagner also pleaded not guilty. Dr Orlando Bradford linked to the gang is jointly indicted. Separate trials sought by Brockway and Courtney. all held in Hudson County judiciary facilities.
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Trenton
N. J
William BD. Brockway
Hoboken
Sidney Smith
Abbie L. Smith
James Courtney
William E. Wagner
Brockway
Orlando BE. Bradford
New York
Courtney
Courtn
Hudson County
Schooner Samuel L. Russell Sinks in Saugus River
Lynn October 22 Schooner Samuel L Russell Captain McCormick from Millville New Jersey loaded with 300 tons of molding sand for Thomson Electric Welding Company sank in the Saugus River at 7 last night. It rests at the entrance to the draw in about thirty feet of water and the sinking was likely caused by striking a sunken pile. The crew saved all their effects. Vessel owned by John Russell Leesburg New Jersey.
Robert McCullough on Trial for Pension Robbery
Robert McCullough faced trial in the Superior Criminal Court on charges of robbing Stephen B. Purdy of his pension money. Purdy testified McCullough assaulted him in the hall of a West End restaurant. The jury remained deliberating at adjournment.
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Robert M'Cullough
Robert McCullough
Superior Criminal Court
Stephen B. Purdy
Purdy
McCullough
West End
Miss Holt Wins Post Proverb Puzzle Reward
Miss Lottie L. Holt of Roxbury found the hidden proverb Remove not the ancient landmark in the Boston Post advertisements. She earned five dollars for solving Tuesday's puzzle, with ten runners up named among Boston area responders. The paper promises a new chance this morning.
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Lottie L. Holt
Wood Street
Roxbury
Boston Post
Post
Miss Holt
Co. Warren
Derne Street
Boston
B. Gilmore Richards
Province Street
M. B. Gillogly
P. B. Fauncey
Gertrude Gallagher
Spruce Street
Milford
G. W. Leighton
Natick
Mass
W. J. Bowler
Lambert Avenue
Roxbury Highlands
Lizzie Cox
Dickinson Street
Somerville
John J. Craig
Exchange Building
Borton
A. H. Herwig
Washington Street
Thanks for the Prize Check From The Boston Post
To the Editor of the Post a letter from W M Corby of Stee and Springfield streets thanks the paper for a sixth proverb prize winning check. He praises the paper’s concise news and compares its importance to New York World in Manhattan.
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Post
Fortune
Boston Post
Boston
New York World
Manhattan Isle
W. M. Corby
Stee
Springfield Streets
Proverb Prize Note From Boston Reader
Charles F. Tenney of State House Boston writes to the Post thanking it for a $6 prize check in a proverb contest. He suggests the editors may offer another profitable feature after the proverb series ends and signs the letter from October 22.
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Post
Charles F. Tenney
State House
Boston
SCHOONER CLARA DAMAGED IN HEAVY WEATHER AT ROCKLAND
The schooner Clara under Captain Hatch from Rockland to New York was towed to Atlantic Works wharf for repairs after losing its foremast head and other damage in heavy seas. The schooner Julia A. Decker bound for Rockland from Port Johnson with logs and broken masts was also to be repaired at this port. The British steamer Salamanca, short of bunker coal, put into Havana for fuel, while the Leyland line steamer Victorian completed a faster second voyage from Liverpool. Local shipyard activity included repairs on several vessels and a shift of focus to racing plans for next season after recent purchases.
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Clara
Hatch
Rockland
New York
Atlantic ‘Works
Julia A. Decker
Decker
Port Johnson
Vineyard Haven
Marquand’s
Salamanca
Hutchinson
Progréso
Mexico
Havana
Cuba
Victorian
Leyland Line
Shepherd
Liverpool
Valparaiso
Chil
Parthia
San Francisco
Juan Fernandez
Condor
Baltimore
Beesley
Boston
London
River Thames
Cunard
Cephalonia
Seccombe
Queenstown
John H. Cross
Providence
R. I
Cross
Sceptre
Bimpson
Mary G. Powers
Carrie B. Phillips
Simpson
Phillips
Kelly's Yard
Sallie I
Evie B. Hall
Leighton’s
Torment
J.S. Dalzsell
H. H. Sawyer
Landsman
Cadet Uniforms to be Furnished by A Shuman & Co
The uniforms for the cadets of the Massachusetts nautical training ship En terprise will be furnished by A Shuman & Co.
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Massachusetts Nautical Training Ship
Enterprise
A. Shuman & Co
Knockout Woman Held After Municipal Court Hearing
Nellie Brown alias Woods, linked to alleged knockout drops, was held on 800 bail after a Municipal Court hearing. Companion Miss Belyea did not appear, and police suspect she left the city. Witness Newton Hurlburt testified Brown was the woman he met in Scollay Square and was taken to the Randolph House where liquor was drank and $20 stolen. Brown denied the charges.
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Nellie Brown
Woods
Belyea
Newton H. Hurlburt
West End
Scollay Square
Randolph House
Pensions for New Englanders Listed by Washington
Pensions announced in Washington include original and additional grants for New England residents across Massachusetts Rhode Island and Vermont. Names cited cover Newburyport Boston Lynn Taunton Pawtucket Rutland Albans and Dublin areas with widows and reissues noted for several claimants.
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Washington
D.C
New England
Massachusetts
George 8. Ross
Newburyport
Moses’. Cleaves
Boston
Fisher A. Cleaveland
East Freetown
Henry Bailey
Bayfield
Increase
Robert Cashin
James Widdip
Lynn
Nicholas B. Ward
South Boston
Malachi Cannell
Alexander Gaines
North Uxbridge
Inns
Kexia
Wood
Warren F. Stewart
Pawtucket
Vermont
Edward Lovelett
Rutland
Mary Stone
Albans
Olive A. Waterman
Sharson
America’s Author’s Birthday Observed at Howard Seminary
The Rev. Dr. S. B. Smith, author of America, visited Howard Seminary yesterday as a guest of Dr. and Mrs. Horace Willard. Smith continues the annual custom of sharing his birthday with longtime friends, marking a congenial reunion with old acquaintances.
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America
S. B. Smith
Howard Seminary
Horace ” Willard
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