Arrest of Amelia Bates and a Murder in 1897
EAST WEYMOUTH Sept. 4 Officers plus Deputy Wentworth arrested Amelia Bates in Norwell on a murder charge in the death of her 1-year-old daughter Lottie S. Bates at Lovell's corner April 13 1897. Georgianna Bates confessed the note implied her mother compelled its writing. The case follows a long investigation with prior arrests and family tensions cited.
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Hor
Corgianna
Mrs. Bates
Quincy
Norwellomorrow
Purifying Process Liquors Priced at One Dollar Per Gallon
High Tone. THE CUSHING PROCESS CO. sells goods with character. Dr Cushing purifies natural poisons from liquors, greatly improving them by a scientific method. Highest grade goods in demand for family and medicinal use. Mail orders same day. Free shipping over $1.00 nearby. $1.00 per gal for port sherry and other California wines. No package charge.
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THE
Cushing Process CO
DR. Cushing
California
Captain Nickerson Accuses Troops of Dirty Habits Aboard Alleghany
Captain Nickerson describes poor troop behavior on the transport Alleghany from Santiago to Montauk. He cites laziness, waste mismanagement, and neglect of sanitation by the Ninth Massachusetts volunteers, while praising crew efforts and noting the ship’s cleanliness and adequate ice and water.
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New York
United States
Alleghany
Nickerson
Montauk
Santiago
Cuba
Cape Maysi
Massachusetts Troops Endure Squall at Camp Hamilton
At Camp Hamilton Lexington on Sept 4 a heavy squall and thunderstorm forced Massachusetts troops to rush tents and seek shelter. Colonel Pew led a Sunday sermon, with limited remarks from Chaplain Saunders. Several men sent to division hospital. furloughs pending transport home. Harbor crowds visited ships while tugboat and ferryboat fares spurred lively, costly shore excursions.
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Hamilton
Lexington
Colonel Pew
Saunders
Massachusetts
Division
Wood
Hheadquarters
Burdett
Company H. H
Detroit
Navy Yard
Solace
Castine
Wilmington
Bancroft
Marietta
Helena
Boston
Busy Sunday Aboard the Battleship Massachusetts
Visitors crowded the Massachusetts from 1 to 5 pm with thousands aboard as sailors recount Cuba era skies and gun workings. Mothers mistake admirals while relic hunters search for souvenirs. A tobacco spit incident sparks naval ire and a dramatic near accident fills the crowd with nerves.
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Jacky
Boston Harbor
Welcome for Ninth Massachusetts at Camp Dalton South Framingham
Camp Dalton in South Framingham prepares for the Ninth Massachusetts detachment from Camp Meade arriving around 2 AM after delay. Colonel Whitney orders tents, rations, and cooking arrangements with 144 enlisted and 12 cook tents. Funeral details depart and Chaplain House leads Sunday services as officers and visitors arrive. typhoid patient Corporal McLeod shows improvement.
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Camp Dalton
South Framing. Haim
Whitney
Ninth
Camp Meade
Landy
State Arsenal
Quartermaster Clarke
Cabot
Adams
Rockland
Cofren
South
Boston
Worcester
Larock
J. W. Brewer
Ninth Massachusetts
South Framingham
Chaplain House
Dalton
Convers
Barnes
Ramsey
A. C. Warren
Samuel Turner
McLeod
Henry L. Kincaide
Company K
Clifford E. Hamilton
Cerespany F
Clarence A. Perkins
Company L
Officers Drive in the Park Tour by City Mayor
Mayor Quincy hosted a two hour park drive for naval officers visiting the city. About forty officers toured the Back Bay Fens and Franklin Park with bicyclist escorts as locals spoke of the extensive park system. They returned to Driscoll's landing by six.
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Quincy
Driscoll’s Landing
Higginson
Back Bay Fens
John Boyle O'Reilly
Franklin Park
Boston Nurses Doin Well After Montauk Mission
Grace Tafft Anderson former chief nurse at Somerville Hospital reports Boston nurses in good health and well supported at Montauk caring for sick soldiers. She heads a large ward with many officers and says the work is no harder than ordinary hospital duty.
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Grace Tafft Anderson
Somerville Hospital
Montauk
Boston
Highland Cadets Arrive for Boston Welcome Tour
The Highland Cadet Corps arrived at Union station after 9 PM and were greeted by the Scottish Clans of Boston and a large crowd. They housed in East Cambridge, paraded through the North End, visited Revere Beach, dined at Oak Island Grove, and performed a band concert before an Ellot Street parade and Scottish Clans events at the South End grounds.
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Highland Cadet Corps
Union Station
Boston
East Cambridge
North End
Revere Beach
Bath House
Oak Island Grove
Ellot Street
Grange
South End
Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers Arrive in Jersey City
Nearly 400 soldiers of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers under E. J. Murphy reach Jersey City from Camp Meade. They were raised to join Cuba operations but halted at Camp Alger when hostilities ended. The unit proceeds to South Framingham Massachusetts for muster out.
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New York
Ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
E. J. Murphy
Jersey City
Camp Meade
Penn
Cuba
Camp Alger
New Haven Road
Frameingham
Mase
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Ktchen
Bates
Lottie Wat
Miss Bates
Amelia Bates
Child
Washington St
C. W. Miller
Paris
Bonhours
Qomers
Letor
Upsis
Aod
C. EB. Comer
Washtop St
Cor. Begh
Yee
Teen Psi Battleship
Newton
Malden
Subway
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Leviathan
Uncle Sam
Navy
Bay State
John
Mercury
Cook’s Department
Bay
Post
Mrs. Boston
Tuaretsion
John gaBon
Thes
Mas Summers Tye
Highland Cadets
Crescent Beach
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