Mather Letter Allegedly Urges Slavery Plot Against Quakers
A Hartford discovery claims Cotton Mather wrote from 1682 urging capture of William Penn and Quakers aboard the ship Welcome and sale of captives to Barbadoes. The letter’s authenticity is under historical review by Samuel Abbott Green of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Cotton Mather
Hartford
Quakers
Boston
Conn
William Penn
Mather
John Higginson
Newport
George A. Reynolds
R. Greenaway
W. Penne
Scampe
Malachi Huxett
Samuel Abbott Green
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Preble Trial Nears Verdict In Doris Heath Murder Case
In Maine the defense rests in the Sidney K. Preble murder trial of his playmate Doris W. Heath. The defendant testified about parental abuse and hardship from childhood. Hospital officials described him as slightly feeble minded but not insane, and rebuttal is expected before jurors retire.
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Bath. Me
Sidney K. Preble
Doris W. Heath
Preble
Bigelow T. Sanborn
Augusta
Paper Row Sparks Ward 14 Filing Controversy
At the Democratic city committee filing last evening Representative John Driscoll allegedly tried to snatch papers for the Norton Baldwin delegation from clerk Miss Mary Meyers. Ex-Representative Bobby Ware claimed Logan delegation first while others dispute filing order and possible election-commission review looms.
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Democratic City Committee
John Driscoll
Ward 14
William Quinn
Norton-Baldwin
Mary Meyers
Miss Meyers
Bobby’’ Ware
Logan
Norton
Baldwin
Charles Sumner Sullivan
Quinn
Driscoll
Sullivan
Ware
City Committee
Ot & Quinn
Ward 17
Teddy’ Glynn
Curley
Tom Joyce
General Bartlett
O’connell
Whitney Leutenant
McNary
Whitney
William Bunton
Bartlett
William J. Powers
Dennison-Moran
Leavy- Donovan
Jim” Donovan
Linehan
Donovan
Sheriff Seavey
Fitzgerald
Thomas Coogan
John Donovan
Ward 20
Mrs Earle Sails To Obtain Divorce In Separate Lives
New York press records Mrs Ferdinand P Earle of Monroe New York sailing on the steamer Ryndam to France to secure a divorce so her husband the artist and Socialist may marry another woman he calls his affinity. On board villagers hissed at Mr Earle as Mrs Earle and her young son Harold prepared to exile.
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Wayla
Codde
Penne
Barbadoes
Huxett
Cotton Mather
New York
Ryndam
Ferdinand P. Earle
Munroe
N. Y
France
Earle
Monroe
Mr. Earle
Feitelson Found Guilty in Needham Horse Cruelty Case
In Dedham on September 4 William Feitelson was convicted of cruelty to a horse after a trial over a Needham animal. He argued the horse, 15 years old, could still trot 3:30, while prosecution witnesses showed a emaciated, immobile animal. A prosecution photograph featured in the trial. Feitelson was fined $20 by Judge Grover.
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Dedham
William Feiterson
Needham
Feitelson
Grover
Wrist Fracture Ends Life of Wendall Wescott
Wendall S. Wescott, 48, of South Portland Maine, killed himself with a revolver today after three weeks of wrist injuries left his right hand disabled. Authorities believe the fracture and its aftermath drove the act.
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South Portland
Wendall S. Wescott
Two Cambridge Bartenders Charged with Manslaughter
Patrick J. Collins and James J. Leavey, bartenders in a West End Cambridge saloon, were arraigned on manslaughter charges after Thomas McCarthy died from peritonitis linked to a ruptured abdomen. They waived examination and are held on $2000 bonds for the October grand jury term.
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Patrick J. Collins
James J. Leavey
Murray
West End
Thomas McCarthy
Monroe Street
East Cambridge
McCarthy
Cambridge
Collings
Leavey
Discord Rises Among Secret Society Women in New Haven
In New Haven on September 4, Daughters of Isabella members from Russell and San Salvador courts protested a Sunday meeting held by their local Santa Maria Court. The independent courts were accused of posing as the national Knights of Columbus order, spurring a planned mass meeting to address the issue. Speakers' remarks reportedly angered independent court members, who stayed silent.
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New Haven
Conn
Russell
San Salvador
Isabella
Chartered National Order
Santa Maria
Knights of Columbus
National Order
Independent Courts
Battleship Vermont to Have Final Trial Tests
The Vermont, launched last year at Fore River yard Quincy, will begin final acceptance trials. After these tests the 16,000 ton warship will sail to Charlestown Navy Yard for supplies and repairs before joining the Atlantic squadron for Pacific service this winter. Other vessels, including the Kentucky Missouri New Jersey and Illinois, will visit for dry dock and general repairs to prepare for long voyages around the Horn.
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Vermont
Wiver Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Pacific
Kentucky
New Jersey
Missouri
Illinois
Horn
Hair Growth Product Claims From a Historic Ad
An ad touts a hair care product promising luxurious healthy hair growth and dandruff removal. It claims to stop hair loss, keep hair soft and glossy, and asserts the formula is not a dye and is perfectly pure. Distributed by Philo Hay Spec. Co. Newark New Jersey with sales through Jaynes Co. and Houghton & Dutton Co.
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Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
WN. J
Jaynes i Co
Houghton & Dutton Co
Mahogany Furniture Lot With Tables Bureaus and Dressers
Fragmentary listing describes mahogany corner cabinet with inlaid lines a extension dining table in quartered oak and other mahogany pieces including bureaus with four drawers a dressing table with French legs and bevelled mirror itemized with partial prices and measurements.
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Goume Bunge Goons Ie Ik Es
Unpainted Canal Street Reservation Draws Boston Protest
A Boston visitor criticizes the unsightly reservation along Canal Street from Causeway to Relief Hospital owned by the Boston Elevated. The writer urges city beautification of the riverfront and improved views for arriving visitors, citing Mayor Fitzgerald’s beautification ideas.
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Canal Street
Boston
Post
Boston & Maine
Boston Elevated
Causeway Street
Relief Hospital
City Beautiful
Fitzgerald
River Front
Beacon Street
Boston & Maine Road
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Thomas
Paine
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