Populists Nominate State Ticket At Lynn Convention
Lynn hosts a Mass Populist convention with about 300 delegates selecting George H. Cary of Lynn for governor and James K. Harris of Haverhill for lieutenant governor. Isaac Skinner of Waltham, Thomas A. Watson of Braintree, Morris W. Landers of Pittsfield, and Conrad Greenagh of Fitchburg named for key posts. The platform calls for postal banks, state ownership of railroads and monopolies, graduated taxes, and free silver if needed. Cary receives enthusiastic welcome as nomination is announced.
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George H. Cary
Lynn
James K. Harris
Haverhill
Isaac W. Skinmer
Waltham
Thomas, A. Watson
Braintree
Morris W. Landers
Pittsfield
Conrad Greenagh
Fitchburg
Old Bay State
Linn B. Porter
Mason Green
New Nation
People’s Party of
Massachusetts
Charlotte Smith
Warren Johnson
Jamaica’ Plain
Uncle Sam
Miss Smith
George Kempton
Sharon
Walton
Gloucester
Lim
Major Winn
Malden
Cary
Lasters
Onry R. Legate
Lyman B. Taylor
Cambridge
Magon A. Green
Boston
Mayo Winn
Masden
E. Gerry Brown
James B. Woodtin
Marblehead
lLegate
Chairroan Porter
Committee On
George Cary 1847 Nantucket educator and public figure
George Howard Cary born Nantucket May 31 1847 one of oldest Massachusetts families tracing back to 1629 Charlestown. Union Army veteran educator in multiple Massachusetts towns later telephonic and General Electric mathematician in Lynn.
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George Howard Cary
Nantucket
Mass
Massachusetts
James Cary
Charlestown
Mr. Cary
Sixtieth Massachusetts
Cambridge
Western Massachusetts Telephone Company
Cary Telephone Signal Company
Cary
East Dennis
Yarmouth
Pittsfield
Natick and Lynn
Lynn Club
State League
Barrett
Mary G. Folger
General Electric Company
Lynn
Body found in Newport harbor identified as John Simpson
Medical Examiner MacKaye viewed the body at Portsmouth Grove landed there by John Rowse who found it floating in the bay. Boston police believe the deceased is John Simpson of Charlestown Massachusetts and relatives will arrive to identify the body. Circumstances indicate the body may have been dropped from the New York boat last night in unclear fashion.
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Newport R. I
MacKaye
Portsmouth Grove
John Rowse
Boston
John Simpson
Charlestown
Mass
New York
Mrs. Leighton
Carrs
Mrs. Carr
Mrs. Palmer
Cambridge Police To Drag The Charles River
The Cambridge police will drag the Charles river between Main street and the Harvard bridge for the body of 11 year old Eddie Gore who vanished Tuesday morning after reportedly playing with a stick on the flats. Witnesses describe a boy matching his description seen near the hole on the flats and claiming he fell in.
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Cambridge
Charles River
Main Street
Harvard Bridge
Kitl
Eddie Gore
Eddie
William Gore
Clark
Cambridgeport
Joseph Goodrich
Alexander Brown
Gore
Robert Ludkin
Governor Russell Ends Official Life Ambition at New England Fair
Governor Russell announces retirement from office during a visit to Worcester Massachusetts for the New England fair. He praises Massachusetts farmers and expresses gratitude to supporters while Rhode Island Governor Brown notes a shift toward farm living over mills and workshops amid industrial challenges.
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Worcester
Russell
Brown
Rhode Island
Bay State House
E. R. Sumway
Main Street
Franklin Square
Battery B
Elm Street
Fair Grounds
Grand Stand
Big Grange
Daniel Needham
The
New England Society
Massachusetts
Concord
Lexington
Appomattox
Commonwealth
Europe
O Rourke Entertained In Boston After Show
Eugene O Rourke spent last summer in Boston and returned with his new act The Wicklow Post man. Frank Norton gathered a party of about twenty five at Hotel Rossmore for a dinner after the show. Commodore Dixon presided and Captain Daly toasted O Rourke with a lively musical and literary program.
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Eugene O’rourke
Boston
Tom Q. Seabrooke
Isle of Champagne’ Company
O’rourke
Wicklow
Frank Norton
Rossmore
H. P. Morrisey
T. J. Brady
George E. Mack
Robert Vernon
Edwin Bethel
J. C. Campbell
M. C G. Page
E A. Morrisey
Edward W. Foye
George T. Martin
Clipper Quartet
Captain W. Daly, Jr
M. J. Bradley
Daniel E. Lynd
Edward MceLaughlin
Michael Mullen
Locomotives Burned in Bridgton Fire
Fire destroyed the engine house of the Bridgton and Saco railroad in Bridgton Maine at 7 o'clock tonight. Two steam locomotives were consumed by the blaze.
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Bridgton, Me
Bridgton & Saco Railroad
Will of George Babcock Hazard Filed For Probate
Newport Rhode Island September 6 The will of George Babcock Hazard wealthy eccentric was presented for probate today After modest private bequests he leaves the residue largely real estate in trust to Reverend James Coyle for the use of St Joseph s Church Hazard three years ago built and gave St Joseph s parish a costly parochial school and later embraced Catholicism from Protestant background
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Newport, R. I
George Babcock Hazard
James Coyle
St. Joseph’s Church
Hazard
St. Joseph’s Parish
Father Coyle
Newton School Board Names New Appointees
The Newton School Board held a special meeting with the Mayor presiding. Lucy Morrill was appointed assistant at Prospect School for 600 dollars, Lily Cobb at Franklin School for 500, G B Young at Hamilton for 600, Sybilla Sarlow at High School, and George G. Edwards at Eliot School for 0. Resignations of George G. Edwards and Nora Tafft were accepted. Evening schools were authorized at Nonantum and Newtonville. A July-August department appropriation of 10 761 dollars was passed.
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Newton
Lucy M. Morrill
Prospect School
Lily A. Cobb
Franklin School
G. B. Young
Hamilton
Sybilla A. Tarlow
George G. Edwards
Eliot School
Nora Tafft
Pierce School
Nonantum
Newtonville
Police Seize Liquor At Two Chapman Street Homes
Division 5 officers, acting on a warrant, seized liquor at 27 Chapman Street and at 16 1/2 Chapman Street. At Flossie Gray’s home they confiscated five gallons lager beer one gallon whiskey and two and a half quarts wine. At Cora Briggs’s licensed premises they seized six gallons lager beer one gallon wine and one gallon whiskey.
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Division 5
Flossie Gray
Chapman Street
Cora Briggs
Mattress dealer Berg held on embezzlement charge
George L. Berg senior partner of George L. Berg & Son at 101 Fulton street was arrested by Inspector Collins on a charge of embezzling goods valued at 1400 from W. H. Britton & Co of Philadelphia. Berg allegedly took goods on trust receipts and used the proceeds. He was held in 2000 for a Tuesday hearing. a Post reporter could not locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Berg
Berg
Post
Thirtieth Massachusetts Volunteers Hold Twelfth Reunion
The twelfth annual reunion in Waltham Forest Grove drew 100 veterans and ladies. Guests included General Banks and wife Colonel Jonas H. French and General N A McDuffee. The battle flag from General Butler will be placed in Memorial Hall Lowell. New officers named for the year include Howe Ferris Burnham Moore Phillips Tierney Jey White and Floyd.
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Waltham
Massachusetts Volunteers
Forest Grove
Charles River
H. W. Howe
A. Warren Ferris
Newton
NP. Banks
Jonas H. French
Rockport
N. A. McDuffee
Boston Highlands
Alonzo Jey
Concord
J. C. White
Lawrence
B. B. Floyd
Haverhill
Salem to get a Japanese dwelling in South Salem
Sept 6 Salem announces a novel residence to be built in South Salem this fall and winter. The house will be an exact reproduction of a Japanese dwelling owned by Bunkie Matsuki, a native Japanese. Matsuki will marry a Salem woman and reside here part of the year, with him in Japan the balance of the year. The lot is behind Professor Morse’s residence.
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Salem
South Salem
Bunkie Matsuki
Matsuki
Japan
Professor Morse
Elijah Clarks Descendants Hold Millis Reunion
A reunion of Elijah Clark's descendants gathered today at the Putnam Clark place in Millis. About seventy members spanning four generations attended, with the youngest Raymond Clark of Millis and the oldest D. H. Rockwood of Milford, age eighty two.
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Franklin
Clark
Elijah Clark
Putnam Clark Place
Millis
Raymond Clark
D. H. Rockwood
Milford
Sarcophagus Dedicated by Lynn Knights Templar
Olivet Commandery Knights Templar in Lynn consecrated and dedicated a new 19 foot high 34 ton Quincy granite sarcophagus for its Pine Grove Cemetery burial lot. The monument was presented by Sir Knight John N. Collamore of Boston Commandery and features decorative elements.
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Lynn
Death in a Front-Yard Wrestling Session
John Ryan aged 35 a blacksmith from Sixten Acres died while wrestling with friend William Souden in the front yard of Mrs Julia Rochford house. The only injury noted was a broken leg and the death occurred in Springfield on September 6.
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Springfield
John Ryan
Sixten Acres
William, Souden
Ryan
Julia Rochford
Republicans Nominate Horner for Maryland Comptroller
Baltimore dispatch reports Joshua Horner Jr president of the American National Bank was nominated for comptroller of the State treasury by the Republican State convention. The convention dissolved the Baltimore City Republican organization and placed party management in hands to be named by the State chairman.
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Baltimore
Joshua Horner, Jr
American National Bank
Baltimore City
Kerosene Lamp Fires Cause Small City Blazes
A kerosene lamp topple in the Bird street station ticket office of the New York & New England railroad sparked a minor blaze and set off Box 317 alarm at 7 27 pm. Later a $25 fire in a two story woolen building at 2054 Washington street was triggered by a broken lamp. The house is owned by Dr. Bush and occupied by Abraham Levine.
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Bird Street
New York & New England Railroad
Box 317
Box 214
Washington Street
Dr. Bush
Abraham Levine
Neponset Hosts Quiet Home Wedding for Blanchard Kidson
Miss Nettie Louise Blanchard and Mr. Ervin Barton Kidson of St. Louis wed last night in Neponset. The bride, daughter of Captain William Blanchard of Steamer 20, is active in the Unitarian Church of Dorchester.
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Neponset
Nettie Louise Blanchard
Ervin Barton Kidson
St. Louis
William Blanchard
Steamer 20
Dorchester
Charlestown Improvement Association Holds First Meeting
The Charlestown Improvement Association convened in Lincoln Hall with Hon. John R. Murphy presiding. New members admitted include H. N. Hanson Mellen Jose Owen J. Doherty J. W. Ruggles Otlin W. Perley and George A. Gidden. A gas committee was named to push cheaper gas before the Gas Commission: George R. Kelso George H. Gammons and Alfred V. Lincoln.
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Charlestown Improvement Association
Lincoln Hall
John R. Murphy
H. N. Hanson
Mellen Jose
Owen J. Doherty
J. W. Ruggles
Otlin W. Perley
George A. Giden
Gas Commission
George R. Kelso
George H. Gammons
Alfred V. Lincoln
Child Struck by Runaway Team in City Crossing
Last night around 8 30 a runaway team hit eight year old Fred erick Armstrong of 2 Albany place at Harrison avenue and Broadway. He suffered a compound fracture of the right forearm with both bones broken and was taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment.
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Frederick Armstrong
Albany Place
Harrison Avenue
Broadway
Flo
Henry Chapman to Open Stock Farm in Wenham this Winter
Henry Chapman formerly with Horace Nelson at Waterville Maine and trainer of the stallion Nelson will establish his own stock farm in Wenham this winter. He plans to bring several of Maine's famed horses to the new operation.
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Wenham
Henry Chapman
Horace Nelson
Waterville
Nelson
Maine
Vanderbilt sails for New York aboard Valiant
Newport reports W. K. Vanderbilt departed in the steam yacht Valiant for New York with his family and servants to close the Newport house for a long absence. He plans to head for England in a week or two, spending a couple of years abroad with his family.
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Newport
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York
England
Castine Sets Speed Record in Four-Hour Trial
THE CASTINE'S PROWESS. BATH ME September 6 The gunboat Castine completed a four hours trial averaging 15.6 knots, beating Machias's record.
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Bath
Castine
Machias
Yale Names Michael Murphy Track Coach for Next Year
New Haven announces Michael Murphy of Southville Massachusetts as coach of the Yale track athletic team for next year. Murphy succeeds the departing coach and arrives with a background in sprinting and middle distance events, promising a reshaped training plan and new emphasis on sprinters and relays.
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New Haven, Conn
Michael Murphy
Southville
Mass
Yale
Fall River mills avert strike by adopting 1858 wage standard
Fall River operatives will not strike as the conference committee of the Manufacturers' Association and the Mule Spinners' Union agree to adopt the 1858 standard price list on a fifty eight hour basis, reducing wages by ten percent. The plan aims to curb losses from a depressed cotton goods market, with some mills likely to restart Monday if the cut is accepted.
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Fall River
Manufacturers’ Association
Barrett Claim Settled for Nineteen Thousand
In Dedham on Sept six a decree allowed Charles Fairchild Harry Barnett and Wilmon W Blackmar executors of Lawrence Barrett late of Couphasset and actor to compromise and settle Cromwells claim against the estate for $19000. The debt originally about $43000 secured by a mortgage on the widow’s real estate and life insurance assignments was reduced to $30000 after vouchers and set offs. Executors say Cromwell would settle for $19000 and the court authorized settlement on those terms.
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Dedham
Charles Fairchild
Harry Barnett
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Lawrence Barrett
Couphasset
William Neilson Cromwell
New York
American Exchange
Europe
Cromwell
Emperor William Honored at Metz Banquet by Lorraine Officials
At Metz the Emperor addressed municipal authorities and Lorraine high officials, thanking them for a loyal welcome during his Urville visit. He praised Metz for devotion to the empire and lauded Lorraine’s enthusiasm as proof of happiness in German unity and national greatness.
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Metz
William
Lorraine
Urville
Germany
Whole party saved after drowning report quiets fears
In Haverhill on Sept 6 a letter from Kennebunkport states Fred Gordon his wife and two children and Mr and Mrs Charles Wright and their two young daughters of this city were reported drowned but the letter confirms the entire party is safe, ending the shipwreck scare.
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Haverhill
Kennebunkport
Fred Gordon
Charles Wright
Bishop Brooks' Succesor Ordination Planned for Oct 5
The ordination and consecration of Bishop elect Lawrence will be held Thursday Oct 5 at Trinity Church. The presiding bishop Rt Rev Dr John Williams of Connecticut will consecrate, assisted by many bishops, with Bishop Whipple delivering the sermon.
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Lawrence
Trinity Church
John Williams
Connecticut
Bishop Whipple
Brooks
Somerville Aldermen Debate Fire Alarm Needs and Bonds
The Somerville Board of Aldermen met last night with Alderman Fitts urging upgrades to the fire alarm system after storm damage left large city portions unprotected. An Alderman Winther motioned reviewing a $500 yearly alderman salary and discussions continued on city finances and high school construction. Barber supported selling bonds as Boston did, citing potential par sale of $600,000 in twenty year bonds at 4 percent.
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Board of Aldermen of
Somerville
Alderman Fitts
Committee On Fire Department
Winter Hill
Winther
Committee On Finance
Fitts
Boston
Barber
Bicycle Stolen From Tremont Street Resident
Louis White reported the theft of his red pneumatic tire Columbia bicycle valued at 125 dollars from an entry at 2538 Dover Street last evening. He left the house for under ten minutes and notified Division 5 police.
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Louis White
Tremont Street
Dover Street
Division 5
Norton's Forgery Charge Stuns Local Court Action
Edward F Norton aged 18 was arrested by a central office inspector on charges of forging his father Joseph Norton's name from Newburyport to a $52 check and uttering it in the city. He faces a Municipal Court hearing today.
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Edward F. Norton
Joseph Norton
Newburyport
Young Norton
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