Hibbardism Bad Reform sparks youth political club
Dr. Louis M. Jacobs of Philadelphia lambasted Mayor Hibberd and current municipal practices during a lecture on Abuses of Municipal Reform at Leverett Street. About 400 young men attended and formed a Young People's Independent Political Club to advocate proper reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis M. Jacobs
Philadelphia
Ghetto Associates
Leverett Street
Philadelphian
Ghetto
Jacobs
Hibbard
Hibberd
Red Eyes and Tired Eyelids Prompt Marine Eye Tonic Ad
An advertisement claims marine eye tonic treats red eyes weak eyes and tired eyelids. The copy urges readers to use the tonic for relief and vision issues.
Italian Cruisers to Escort Duke in Transatlantic Visit
The Italian cruiser Fieramosca is ordered to wait for the Duke of the Abruzzi in New York where the cruiser Etruria will also be sent. The two warships are to escort the duke and his bride to Italy. It is said that no Elkins family member will attend the marriage deed ceremony in Rome. Senator Elkins may receive the title of Chevalier of Annunciade during a later Italy visit. Fieramosca currently lies in New York waters after arriving from Bridgeport where it joined Columbus Day events.
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Rome
Duke of the Abruzzi
New York
Italy
Elkins
Fieramosca
Bridgeport
Eight Hurt In Fast Greenville Car Crash
In Greenville eight miles from Providence on October 22 C E Alonzo Cameron of Springfield Massachusetts was severely injured. H T Bowles P H Moore and W F Cook all of Springfield narrowly escaped death. Moore and Cook were hurled 16 feet into a churchyard while Cameron his chauffeur H G French and Bowles were pinned under the automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Greenville
C. E. Alonzo Cameron
Springfield
Mass
H. T. Bowles
P. H. Moore
W. F. Cook
Car Crash At Greenville Injures Five People
A party riding in a test car owned by Mr. Cameron collided with a churchyard ditch near Greenville. Moore and Cook were thrown into the churchyard, Bowles and the chauffeur into the road, Cameron pinned under the car with a fractured hip and right shoulder. Cameron was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, while others escaped with minor injuries.
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Cameron
Bowles
Greenville
Moore
Cook
Tonneau
Mr. Moore
Mr. Cameron
Rhode Island
Novel brick impact from a fall injures man in Philadelphia
Frank Ecock was struck on the head by a brick in Philadelphia on October 22. He walked to Hahnemann Hospital reporting the hit, then lost consciousness shortly after arriving at the receiving ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank Ecock
Hahnemann Hospital
Clothing on Credit Advertisement Highlights Easy Union Made Credit
A vintage ad promotes a clothing store offering credit with no personal questions. It boasts union made goods with a union label, comparable value to cash purchases, and flexible weekly payments. The message urges immediate account opening and emphasizes 30 years of honest business.
Boston Theater and News Figure Marries Miss Phelan
Robert G. Larsen a leading Boston figure in theater and newspapers wed Elsie Gertrude Phelan at her Somerville home. Phelan, Cambridge born composer, rose to prominence with marches rivaling Sousa. her piece On the Gridiron praised by Sousa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Larsen
Boston
Elsie Gertrude Phelan
Hall Avenue
Somerville
William Couden
Bob
B. F. Keith
Phelan
Gertrude EB. Phelan
Cambridge
United States
White-Smith Company
Oliver Ditson Company
John Church Company
Sousa
Symphony Orchestra
Foreclosure Sale Possible for Yerkes Mansion
New York on October 22 reports the Yerkes mansion at Fifth Avenue and Sixty eighth Street may be sold at foreclosure. The announcement frames the event as a pending legal action and notes the property’s prominent address in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
Sixty Eighth Street
Deaths and funeral notices from Melrose East Boston Roxbury
Albert A. Day a Civil War veteran first sergeant of Company K Forty third Massachusetts Infantry died aged 63 in Melrose. His funeral will be Oct 28 at 2 15 pm from his daughter Mrs Charles M Cox 683 Franklin Melrose Highlands. In East Boston Margaret Greenfield wife of Thomas R Greenfield died Oct 22 at home 336 Summer Street. Requiem mass at Church of the Assumption Oct 23 at 10 am. Dr Adolphus Wengenroth died Oct 22 in Roxbury aged 58. Funeral notice to follow.
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Melrose
Albert A. Day
Forty-third
Massachusetts Infantry
Charles M. Cox
Franklin Street
Melrose Highlands
Greenfield
Boston
Margaret
Thomas R. Greeneld
Sumner Street
Church of the Assumption
Wengenroth
Roxbury
Adolphus Wengenroth
Death of Lt. Jephson, King's and Queen's messenger
Lieutenant Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson, long-serving royal messenger since 1901 and prior Queen's messenger since 1895, died today in London. He led a detachment during the Emin Pasha relief expedition under Henry M. Stanley from 1887 to 1890. In 1904 he married Miss Anna Head of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson
Emin Pasha
Henry M. Stanley
Anna Head
Addison E. Head
San Francisco
Sciatica cured by pink pills claims reader relief
A Salisbury Massachusetts worker recounts severe sciatica, says doctors failed, and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with rapid relief. The ad asserts the pills cure sciatic neuralgia, require rest, and are safe with no narcotics, sold by druggists or direct from the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Cronin
Cushing Street
Salisbury
Mass
Newburyport
Dr. Williams
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Bleecker St
N. Y
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Yous
Ko Phon
Npr
Tilton, Fuller & Milton
Summer St
Summer Street
Hite Coo
Boneron
Waste
Geet Remerkble
Tilton, Puller & Milton
Portland
Melvino M. Bell
Wilmot Street
Massachusetts
Yours Truly
Geo. J. Raymond
Washington St
Dr. Jacobs
Abruzzi
W. FR. Finlayson
John J. Dolan
Woman’s Specialty Shop
Washington Street
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Burleigh & Martin
Berkeley Street
ST. James Avenue
Telephone
Back Bay
Boston, Mass
Jephson
Sciatica
The
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Opp
R. H. White
Athens
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