Spiritualist healer linked to alleged abuse in New York hearing
The preliminary hearing in New York on Mrs. Knight's accusation against Walter K. Freeman explored a tale of two daughters raised amid haunted cabinets blue lights ghostly wrappings and Spiritualist practices. Mrs. Knight, a tall black dressed Spiritualistic operator from Boston, faces sensational questions over recent charges while Freeman, 35, muscular with a brown mustache, stands accused of assault.
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New York
Boston
Work
Freeman
Freeman’s Spiritualist Scheme Tangles Knight Daughters Case
In a Boston courtroom Freeman faces assault allegations linked to spiritualist schemes run by Mrs Knight. Freeman describes luring the Knight family into a flat system, exposing the daughters to alleged abuse and manipulation. The elder daughter is gravely ill from nervous strain at downtown address as bail set at 2500.
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Sarah B. Work
Freeman
Hogan
Annie
Arthur W. Field
Peckham Wheel and Truck Company
Boston
Grand Central Depot
West Twenty-fifth Street
Gerry Society
Fire destroys hundreds of boats on Canton River
Fire swept through hundreds of flower boats moored along the Canton River near Wong Kong. Most crafts were destroyed, many crew members leaped into the water and perished, with estimates suggesting at least ten percent of the boats' occupants died.
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Wong Kong
Canton
Boston Post Want Ads Offer Low Rates
The Post, the city’s largest morning paper, invites readers to place want ads with pricing listed at 1 to 2 cents per word. Includes situations wanted at 2 cents per word and other wants at 1 cent per word.
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Boston
Labor Day Office Closures Advised for Post Offices
The department informs inquiring postmasters that any post offices may close on Labor Day. The guidance implies observance flexibility for holiday operations and official closures across locales.
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Washington
Department
Police Board Dismisses Captains and Wardmen
The New York police commissioners held an executive session then a public meeting and found Captains William S. Devery and Asyram A. Cross and former Wardmen Edward Glennon George Smith and Edward Burns guilty of bribery and corruption and dismissed all five from the force.
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New York
William S. Devery
Asyram A. Cross
Fifth Street
Edward Glennon
George Smith
Edward Burns
Police Board
Atlantic House Hop Ends Summer Series at Nantasket
A grand Atlantic House affair at Nantasket hosted by the Damons drew hundreds of guests. Electric lights lanterns and decorations lit the grounds as Martland’s Band and Porter's Orchestra provided music while a chefs’ Columbus discovery confection drew praise. Notable invitees included numerous Hull Malden Boston residents and members of yacht clubs and social circles, with a large guest list detailing many individuals and families.
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Damon
Atlantic House
Nantasket
Columbus
America
C. J. Haley
George Dill
Jeremiah Williams
Martland
Brockton
Porter
Atlantic Hill
A. W. Spencer
F. Turner
J. P. Bates
H. W. Yerxa
F. B. Jones
Carl St. John
S. St. John
William Manson
Mr. Harris
Mr. Grant
Edward Hatch
Jerusalem Road
H. L. Alden
Horace Wadleigh
S. C. Dizer
Addison L. Aldrich
A. C. Aldrich
Henry M. Whitney
A. A. Pope
Albert Pope, Jr
Henry D. Hyde
William Mandell
Edwin Pope
Waldo Pope
Joseph PP. Lincoln
D. B. Wiswell
W. F. Dickinson
Colonel Woods
Walter Woods
Hull Yacht Club
Walter Littlefield
Elisha James, Jr
J. Hager
Fred Moore
Charles Beal
John Armory
Paul Folsom
Frank Jeffrey
Harry Gibbs
Waldo Friend
Eri. R. Friend
Mr. Backer
Mr. Edison
Robert Sanford
William Priest
William Stevens
Charles M. Lincoln
Timothy Jacobs
Fred R. Dorr
A. J. Selfredge
Barclay Tilton
Norman Greeley
Homer Bigelow
William M. Bunting
Hull
Bicknell
Malden
Bessie Lynde Maton
William Thayer
Kemberma
Clarence Hollander
Hingham
F. S. Risteen
Rockland House
Alexis Torrey Nantasket
Mr. Ward
Perkins
Boston
James H. Lake
Ernest L. Rutter
Jamaica Plain
Edmund J. Watson
C. S. Clark
J. A. Lord
Phineas Sprague
R. W. Kendall
J. D. Barroll
Curtis D. Noyes
M. DD. Greene
Arthur G. Brigham
William T. Ulman
Frank EF. Fennessey
Cottage City
I. F. Lamb
Hali
J. J. Souther
Winthrop Bouve
Arthur J. Andrews
George W. Bouve
Charles W. Fourdrinier
Tenny Smith
Winthrop Hotel dispute in East Boston Police Court
The Winthrop case returns in East Boston Police Court as Judge Cleary postpones ruling to Tuesday. Testimony centers on officers allegedly rough handling during arrests at the New Winthrop Hotel and questions over the legality of the arrests and the warrant.
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Winthrop
East Boston
Wood
Mr. Pollock
Billy
George A. Winn
Pollock
Charles A. Fowler
Edward B. Seaver
Champion Nailing Machine Company
Tewksbury
Sydney J. Heirchberg
Lamb
Gus L. Levy
Winter Street
Boston
John F. Slattery
Slattery & D'Arcy
James H. Story
Widder, Peabody & Co
Charles A. Millen
Charlestown Street
Millen
Samuel H. Durgin
Board of Health of
Samuel Holt
Mr. Tewksbury
New Winthrop
Superior Court
W. Dwyer
Twenty fifth annual reunion of Massachusetts Cavalry veterans
The Independent Battalion Massachusetts Cavalry Association veterans will hold their twenty fifth annual reunion at the Thorndike on Wednesday evening September 12. A business meeting is set for 7 o clock followed by dinner at 8.
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Massachusetts Cavalry Association
Thorndike
Classified Wants Advertised in The Post
A notice indicating daily rates for wants in The Post: situations wanted at 3 cents per word. other wants at 1 cent per word. Compact newspaper ad pricing guidance for readers placing classified listings.
Fierce fights in Samoa and San Francisco report
Report from August 31 notes continued clashes in Samoa between rebels and government troops. British and German warships bombarded villages in support of King Malietoa, rebels surrendered 100 rifles after heavy losses, and an 80-strong force under Tamasese joined the rebels, who vow to fight to a finish.
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San Francisco
Samoa
Malietoa
Tamasese
Longer life for Bat Shea in murder appeal stay
Albany Aug. 31 Bat Shea, condemned for the Troy murder of Robert Ross on election day, will likely live another year as a stay is granted pending an appeal not yet filed. All testimony must be printed, as in the Buchanan case which took a year.
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Albany
N. Y
Tariff impacts cheer New England and Western trade gains
Bradstreet's notes broad improvement in business across many cities after tariff settlement. New England woollens buoyed by orders. Western centers show gains. Texas merchants healthier. Galveston export orders to West Indies canceled by retaliatory duty. Boston dry goods steady. Philadelphia and New York sugar rising. iron and steel outlook weak. Joliet to cut wages. local mills announce 10 to 20 percent reductions across main departments.
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New York
Bradstreet
New England
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Omaha
Minnesota
Atlanta
Birmingham
Texas
Galveston
West Indies
Boston
New Bedford
Fall River
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Buffalo
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Portland
New York Exchange
San Francisco
Chicago employment improves as three fourths return to work
Health department statistician Joseph Gruenhut estimates that about 75 percent of workers who were jobless a year ago are now earning wages. Based on factory inspector reports, idle workers in Chicago fell from over 100,000 last September to under 25,000, with a renewed boom in May and June 1893 giving way to a steady recovery. There are about 800 tailor shops in operation.
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Chicago
Joseph Gruenhut
Health Department
Gruenhut
Diseases of the Grain and Nervous System Natural Law of Cure
Tissue Cell-Building and constitutional treatment offered by Dr Myrone E Leclerque. Focused on diseases of the nervous system including paralysis myasthenia and ataxia. Practices from 278 Boylston Street Boston Massachusetts.
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Myrone E. Leclerque
Peru
Boylston St
Opp
B Garden
Boston
Masa
The Drought's Effect in Wyoming Valley
Aug 31 190? The drought grips Wilkes Barre area as springs run dry and the Susquehanna River falls to expose its bed. Algonquin Coal must close Pine Ridge collieries due to Yatesville reservoir drying up. Lehigh Wilkesbarre mines rely on Spring Brook water, now scarce. Many collieries shut. Hazleton district suffers. Rail traffic slows as water tanks run dry. another week may force nationwide mine short time.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Wyoming Valley
Susquehanna River
Algonquin Coal Company
Pine Ridge
Yatesville
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Spring Brook Water Company
Hazleton
Wilkesbarre & Eastern Railroad
Sealer Wanderer Arrested At Victoria For Hidden Guns
The sealer Wanderer arrived in port under arrest by H. M. S. Pheasant after a U. S. patrol vessel search found secret guns aboard. Wanderer had earlier taken two deserters from the whaling bark California of San Francisco. The Hunter and another vessel were reported lost. Hunter’s crew were saved by the revenue cutter Bear and are said to have survived by cannibalism.
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Victoria
B. C
Wanderer
H. M. S. Pheasant
United States
California
San Francisco
Hunter
Bear
Night express wreck near Plattsburg injures several
The Montreal to Troy night express train derailed at Port Kent near Plattsburg after rail spreading. Engine and four cars ditched. Conductor Hall of West Troy broken shoulder. Special Agent Stokes of Port Henry cut on head and body. Thomas Jones of Troy badly cut. Beresford of Albany injured about the spine. Others hurt.
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Troy
N. Y
Montreal
Port Kent
Plattsburg
Hall
West Troy
United States
Stokes
Port Henry
Thomas Jones
Beresford
Albany
Labor Day Prison Entertainment Planned at State Prison
On Labor Day the State Prison will omit work and host an in chapel show for inmates. Derby Mascot volunteers will perform while Warden Bridges approves. Kate Rooney imitates her father, Bumb and Rudd present grotesque dances, Isabel Loraine recites, and Mr and Mrs Ray Nor e perform comedy sketches, followed by yard privileges.
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Derby
Bridges
Kate Rooney
Bumb
Rudd
Isabel Loraine
Raynore
Burglars Blow Open Hartman Private Bank Vault
Clarksburg Ontario burglars dynamited the Hartman private bank vault early today and seized valuable deeds papers and a large amount of silver. No clues yet to the culprits.
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Clarksburg
Ont
C. M. Hartman
American Wringer Co. Wringers and sweepers maker on Broadway
The American Wringer Co. located at 12 and 14 Broadway extension offers wringers, mangles, spring beds and carpet sweepers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers and attend to orders by mail promptly. Telephone Tremont 764.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Vanderbilt Separation Sparks Gossip Over Swell Lifestyle
New York Aug 31 Much gossip centers on the two summers old companionship of Mrs W K Vanderbilt and Perry Belmont as it bears on the Vanderbilt separation. The couple rose to social prominence on wealth and spectacle but grew isolated as they pursued lavish living. No divorce suit is planned and neither side shows sympathy.
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New York
the Recorder
Willie K. Vanderbilts
Willie K
Alva Smith
William H. Vanderbilt
Fortieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Newport
Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Europe
William Kissam Vanderbilt
Superintendent Roberts Injury On Beachmont Car
Mr S D Roberts superintendent of the Boston Industrial Home was shocked stepping from a Beachmont car about 8 30 pm Thursday. He cried out loudly and could not release the iron rail until the conductor cut the trolley. He fell unconscious and was taken to a nearby store for medical aid.
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S. D. Roberts
Boston
Beachmont
Wie
Plans alleged to free General Ezeta from hotel custody
Reports from San Francisco say U S authorities were informed that Ezeta’s friends plotted his escape while he is a prisoner in a local hotel. Guards have been doubled doors barred and windows secured despite his promise not to flee.
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San Francisco
United States
Ezeta
Condescension to Customers Prompted in Letter
A letter to the Editor criticizes a phrase used in a business note. The writer argues that I will have the pleasure to call on you sounds condescending and favors the more suitable I shall have the pleasure of calling. The exchange is dated New York August 31 and signed H. Gilmany.
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New York
H. Gilmany
Ed Cent Word Rates Dwindle Amid Other Wants
A brief notice notes pricing for services at one cent per word with additional requests pegged at modest rates. The swap hints at a shifting market where buyers seek low costs and sellers adjust expectations.
Willson Johnson Appeals Sentence for Knife Assault
Willson Johnson, a colored man, yesterday withdrew his appeal after deciding to serve two months in jail. The sentence, given last Tuesday by Chief Justice Parmenter in Municipal Criminal Court, followed an assault with a knife on colored Pugilist Bob Green.
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Willson Johnson
Municipal Criminal Court
Parmenter
Bob’’ Green
Johnson
Sunday Notices From Roxbury to Music Hall Gatherings
Open air meeting by Evangelistic Association of New England at Roxbury corner Washington and Bartlett streets on Sunday at 4 p m with Frank W Smith. Tremont Temple hosts church services at Music Hall with Rev G C Lorimer and Dr A B Earle. Fulton features tax bishops program at People s Church Columbus Ave at 2 30 p m. B Y M Christian Union holds vesper at Union Hall 48 Boylston St with Rev A D Mayo and Mr Samuel W Ball. Dr Landis offers free self knowledge lectures at 1677 Washington St. Second Nationalist Club hosts Pierre Humbert on industrial status at Park Square. New England Gospel and song service at Music Hall includes Rev Isaac J Lansing and aiding musicians. all seats free.
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Evangelistic Association of New England
Washington and
Bartlett Streets
Roxbury
Frank W. Smith
Ruggles Street
Tremont Temple
Music Hall
G. C. Lorimer
A. B. Earle
Fulton
People’s Church
Columbus Avenue
Justin D. Fulton
B. Y. M. Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
A. D. Mayo
Boston
Samuel W. Ball
George Mendall Taylor
OR. Landis
Washington Street
Worcester
Pierre Humbert
Park Square
Isaac J. Lansing
Park Street Church
R. F. True
James I. Dodge
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Sarah E. Work
the Post
Fostoffice
Main Springs
Garment Dept
Washington St
Col. Dix Pl
New York Board
Urkhardt’s
Salvator
Burkhardt Brewing CO
Cor. Parker and Station Lts
Bat Shea
A. H
Atwood CO
Aavrin
New
Tyr
P. O. Box
Post
Irving
Sherman
Grant
Dickens
Cooper
Joliet
Iil
Lambert & Bishop
Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
Illinois Steel
Red Department
Pennsylvania
Montreal Express
Vanderbilts
Superintendent Roberts
Shady Hill Station
Union Station
Shady Hill Nursery CO
Cambridge, Mass
Cor
Kneeland
Browning, King & CO
Holmfield
Blue Hill Terrace
River Street
le Bar Easurer
Melrose Edwin &. Small
Devonshire St
Main St
Melrose
Town Hall
Chauney-Hall School
Institute of Technology
Lloyd
Copley Square
New England Conservatory of Music
Carl Faelten
Eben Tourier
Prospectus Free
Frank W. Hale
Franklin Square
Mass
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Hannah Mae- Fague
John Reade
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah Georgh
Register
Illinois
Wilson Bros
Colony Railroad
Tremont Row
Jemima
Dewey
Hotel Pelham
To&s
O. S&s. Sargent
M. D
West Roxbury
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