John L Sullivan Buys Jaunting Car for West Abington Farm
John L Sullivan former World's champion pugilist has acquired a farm called Donlgross near West Abington. He has renovated the farmhouse and outbuildings, plans to live there, and recently received a new Irish jaunting car with rubber tires for trips to Brockton. He comments it is fine business as he admires the estate.
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Brockton
John L. Sullivan
Pusgilist
Big Farm
West Abington
Donlgross Farm
Donlgross
Hmerald Isle
John L
Secret Wedding of Brockton Hero Fireman Dewhurst
Charles Chick Dewhurst of Station 4 quietly wed Miss Evelyn V. Stanley in a City Hall ceremony. The couple tied the knot on his day off and news emerged as he usually returns with a fellow firefighter. Dewhurst, famed for five child saves and multiple rescues, drew public notice with the hush nuptials.
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Brockton
Charles “Chick” Dewhurst
Evelyn V. Stanley
Stanley
Dewhurst
Rebels Winning in China Pekin
Oct 23 report notes revolutionary spirit spreading to the north and Manchuria. Observers fear secessions may follow in rapid succession. Rumors of planned risings near the capital indicate broad sympathy with the revolt.
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Pekin
Manchuria
Diplomatic corps weigh need to keep Tien Tsin Pekin linked
Report covers limited garrison strengths at Pekin legation quarter about 1000 troops and Tien Tsin 8200 with only Japanese forces from Port Arthur and Dalny available in an emergency. It notes possible Manchu intrigues, press censorship, and mixed loyalties of leaders Yin-Tchang and Yuan Shi Kai amid rebellion and foreign relations.
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Tien Tsin
Pekin
Port Arthur
Dalny
Shanghai
Tts
Yin-Tchang
Ho-Nan-Ho- Peh
Hankow
Chinese Foreign Board
Bis
Yuan Shi Kai
Chang-Te
Dr Anna Shaw Wins Re election At Suffrage Convention
Dr Anna Howard Shaw of Moylan Pa longtime president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association was unanimously reelected at the Louisville gathering. Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago received second honors. Other officers named include Sophronisba Breck enridge Mary Ware Dennett Susan W. Fitzgerald Jessie Ashley Belle La Follette and James L Laidlaw.
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Louisville
Anna Howard Shaw
Moylan
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Shaw
New York
Miss Shaw
Laura Clay
Miss Addams
Tranifer
Sophronisba Breckenridge
Mary Ware Dennett
Susan W. Fitzgerald
Boston
Jessie Ashley
Belle la Follette
Madison
James L. Laidlaw
THE
National American Suffrage Association
Man of 74 to Take a Bride in Boston Home
Mrs Sara Burshett Baning of 189 Warren Avenue Boston will wed Captain Thomas A Cobb of Lebanon Indiana aged 74 in a Worcester ceremony. Baning widow of Stoughton Baning has lived in Boston. Cobb, Civil War veteran and wealthy landowner, met her in Daytona Florida. After marriage they will travel to the bride’s winter home before settling in Lebanon Indiana.
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Worcester
Sara Burshett Baning
Warren Avenue
Boston
Thomas A. Cobb
Lebanon
Ind
Baning
Stoughton W. Baning
Captain Cobb
Daytona
Fla
MGR CAPEL DEAD AT 75
Monsignor T. J. Capel once private chamberlain to the Pope has died in Sacramento at age 75. He preached at the Catholic cathedral yesterday and was found unconscious in bed this morning. Born October 28 1836 he was ordained in 1860 and helped found St Marys Normal College in 1864. He later established the English mission in Pau and served as chaplain there.
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Sacramento
Cal
T. J. Capel
Cardinal Wiseman
England
St. Mary’s Normal College
Hammersmith
Pau
Man Fined After Assault on Boston Transit Start
John J. O'Mahoney of East Walpole faced Brookline District Court after an assault on a Boston private starter who blocked his entry to the Forest Hills terminal for fare nonpayment. He was found guilty and fined $16.
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John J. O'Mahoney
East Walpole
Brookline
Boston
Forest Hills
Bay State Judge Weds in New York
New York Oct 24 Florence Dorothy Holding niece of Henry Holding of Vale City married Judge Biz Randolph of Nantucket. The ceremony occurred in New York with attendees from diverse places.
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Bay State
New York
Mies
Florence Dorothy Holding
Henry Holding
Vale City
Randolph
Naitucket
Taft in South Dakota A 0nce in Enemy Country
In Aberdeen on October 23 Taft faced a rare truce between Republican regulars and insurgents. The opposing camps warned Taft could win delegates only by a hard fight and predicted surprises for next year.
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Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota
Taft
Mr. Taft
President to Visit Minnesota and Wisconsin Amid Tariff Debates
The President plans trip through Minnesota and Wisconsin amid conflict between insurgents and regulars. He delivers tariff remarks in Huron and defends the Payne Aldrich wool schedule while citing the Underwood La Follette bill. He vows to veto if adequate information is not provided by December 1 and urges tariff board review.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
Huron
Tatt
Payne
Tariff Board
Civil War veteran and Boston wharfinger Christopher O'Brien dies
Christopher O'Brien a Civil War veteran and wharfinger at the city yard in the North End died yesterday at 521 Commercial Street of a complication of diseases. He was 70 and one of Boston’s best known citizens. He is survived by his widow and one son George.
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Christopher O’brien
City Yard
North End
Commercial Street
Mr. O’brien
Boston
George
Jones Freed in Butter Case
James T. Jones of Boston is found not guilty of larceny of 7500 dollars from Samuel Butter a Boston junk dealer in Providence Rhode Island after two hours deliberation. He is discharged.
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Providence
R. I
James T. Jones
Boston
Samuel Butter
Jones
Police hold Miss Foley up on Winter street stop
Miss Margaret Foley, noted woman’s rights advocate, was stopped by a Station 2 officer last night for driving on Winter street without a license. Her name and address were taken and she will be summoned to court. She and party members were returning from a suffragette meeting in Winthrop.
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Margaret Foley
Station 2
Winter Street
Miss Foley
Winthrop
Dressmaker Driscoll Found Guilty by Board in New York
Mme Driscoll of Boylston has been found guilty by the board of general appraisers of undervaluing for customs evasion model gowns and women’s apparel bought from Paris designer Charles Eymerd last spring. The board says undervaluation ranged 60 to 80 percent, leading to payment of regular duties plus a 60 to 80 percent penalty.
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Driscoll
Boylston Strong
Board of General Appraisers
New York
Charles Eymard
Paris
Mme. Driscoll
Divorce Petition Highlights Hat On Bed Claim
Mrs Henrietta Bigwood of Newton sues William H. Bigwood Jr citing his habit of retiring with hat and shoes on. Judge Hardy grants a decree nisi that becomes final in six months.
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William H. Bigwood, Jr
Henrietta Bigwood
Newton
Hardy
Obituaries and funeral notices flood local papers
A long list of death notices from Marshfield to Dorchester announces Thomas B Blackman 80, Anna Marie Burns, Daniel W Carney 60, Ay Efford, George Os Griesman 86, George W Hollis 69, Elisabeth Kennedy, Richard L Knappe 33, John J Kennedy, John Lynch, Julia A Mahan, William J Millican 70, Hugh McQuade, Edna M O'Brien, Chris Sullivan and others with funeral details, addresses, and service times in Boston area churches and cemeteries.
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St. Francis Church
South Braintree
Millican
Quincy
Yeon
William J. Millican
Edwin Arent
Atlantic
T. John
Anna Maria
Francis Mitchell
Madison Avenue
Winy
M'Quade
South
Hugh McQuade
Cathe
Rt Bt. Patrick's Church
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