Governor Greenhalge at Plymouth County Fair
Governor Greenhalge attended the seventy-sixth annual Plymouth County Agricultural Society fair with 10 000 spectators. Curtis Guild Jr praised the governor’s record and immigration stance while Judge Charles G. Davis spoke. the day featured horse shows, a 38-year-old colt race, a large dinner for 600, and Middleboro Band music amid competitive races.
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Bridgewather
Plymouth County Agricultural Society
Greenhalge
Moses
Davidson
Augustus Pratt
Old County Society
Massachusetts
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
Greenharge
John A. Andrew
Charles G. Davis
Plymouth
Long
Middleboro
Deserters From Minneapolis Sailors Risked Escape From Boston
Bitter complaints rise aboard the cruiser Minneapolis after forty two sailors desert during a Boston harbor visit. Three men attempted to slip away Monday night under cover of darkness but were spotted by deck officers and surrendered. Sailors accuse Captain Wadleigh of denying fresh provisions and blame him for harsh discipline while noting better fare on other cruisers.
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Minneapolis
Boston Harbor
Boston
Navy Yard
East Boston
South Boston
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
Massachusetts
Wadleigh
Ballers
Naval Brigade
Post
Captain Wadleigh
Police Board Faces Crowds and Salter Kittrell Case
Boston police headquarters swelled with visitors over license talks and the ex patrolman Salter S. Kittrell matter. General Martin warned that reinstatement must follow civil service rules, delaying any immediate decision despite commissions Curtis and Clark voting to reinstate.
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Salter S. Kittrell
Station 9
Police Commission
General Martin
Martin
Kittrell
Department
George Hunt
Neponset
Civil Service
Civil Service Commissioners
Clark
Curtis
Ryan
Police Department
Boston Fire Sale Promises 50 Percent Off Clothing At 91 Summer St
A mass sale advertised as the greatest fire sale of fine clothing in Boston opens at 8 AM at 91 Summer St. Prices slashed up to half cost on men and boys wear. The notice urges customers to bring the clipping, confirms a 20 day run, and notes extended Saturday hours with a visible electric sign.
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Boston
Sumther St
Boylston St
Sammer St
Summer St
Shabel Aims for World Record on Island Track
Ferdinand Shabel began an attempt to break the world thousand mile mark on the island track. After the first twenty four hours he had completed 3803 4 miles at 2 37 p m bringing him to the unpaced twenty four hour record.
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Toronto
Ont
Ferdinand Shabel
Chelsea Burglars Caught In Arlington Street Break-In
Officers Hussey and Parsons captured three men James D. O'Brien Frank McCarthy and Fred Allen as they pried a side door of a Chelsea stable on Arlington Street. They were arraigned in Chelsea Police Court on attempted breaking and entering with $500 bail for the grand jury.
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Hussey and Parsons
Chelsea
Arlington Street
Daniel Collins
James D. O'Brien
Frank McCarthy
Fred Allen
Four Wild West Men Injured In Arkansas Train Crash
A Pawnee Bill Wild West show train collided with an uncoupled car at Pine Bluff Arkansas this morning. Trainmen John Ross and John McLean suffered injuries along with crew members Mike Ryan Frank Smith John Beans the Arab acrobat and an Indian.
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Pine Blufyf
Ark
John Ross
John McLean
Mike Ryan
Frank Smith
John Beans
Late pleasures at Buzzard's Bay
President Joe Jefferson and Private Secretary Thurber visited Little Island Pond near Cape Cod Folks for a fishing trip. In the early evening Mrs. Cleveland was seen sailing the launch Esther and later left the launch at General Taylor's land.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Sept
Joe” Jefferson
Thurber
Little Island Pond
Cape Cod
Cleveland T
Esther
Evening Mail
Old Sleuth at Work Arrested for Lottery Ad
An artist was arrested here yesterday for violation of the anti lottery laws for advertising his pen drawings. The exchange reveals the curious manner of enforcement and hints at broader cracks in the era’s moral policing.
Reinstatement rules clash with civil service rulings
The article reports a quarrel over reappointing dismissed police officer Kittrell and the civil service rule that applicants must reenter via the examination process. It notes a 1887 statute requiring six months as a reserve before regular policing, and discusses the board’s divided stance, future hires, license grants, and political pressure shaping decisions at Boston’s police commission.
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Civil Service
Kittrell
Civil Service Commissioners
Board of Police
Eee Martin
Martin
Boston
Christian Endeavorers
Knights Templars
Dorchester
House of Representatives
Sparks at Yankee’s Mammoth Fire Sale Reported
Fire sale at 91 Summer Street lists men’s fine calf shoes reduced from $3.50 to 81 cents and Derby Hat prices cut to clear. Other stock includes coats and suits, with scattered text implying heavy crowd and bulk discounts.
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Summer Street
Bipamogg
Goasmer
Assessor Duncklee Faces Voter List Abuse Claims
The Republican and Democratic city committees clash over alleged improper assessing for fall voting lists. Inquiries by the Board of Assessors follow a Treasurer Smith complaint noting a North End house with 22 or 40 registered voters. Officials cite district assessors and clerks in compiling names, with political figures tied to addresses and positions, while pledging investigation by the Assessors.
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G. Walden Smith
Republican City Committee
Duncklee
Board of Election Commissioners
Smith
North Hind
City Hall
House
North End
Democratic City Committee
Republican State Committee
Curtis
Connolly
Patrick H. Connolly
Cross Street
Ward 7
Thomas H. Bond
M Bond
Bond
Sears
Tyler Street
John J. Murphy
Harrison Avenue
Murphy
Board of
Old Court House
Justice of the Peace
Pearson
Camp Talks On Football in New Haven
Walter Camp Yale football adviser said there is no Yale committee to meet the Harvard advisory panel for a football reconciliation. He has urged Yale alumni and counselled peace and believes Yale and Harvard can play this fall if they wish, but no direct movement to arrange a meeting to settle differences was known.
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New Haven
Walter Camp
Yale
Harvard
Oxford
Yale Cambridge
Griffo Knocks Shadow Maber Out in One Round Fight
In Coney Island early this morning Shadow Maber and Young Griffo fought on the Bowery. Griffo scored a decisive knockout with a hard right to Maber’s jugular as a large crowd watched. Maber later faintly recovered in a saloon while authorities sought the boxers.
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Coney Island
N. Y
Maber
Griffo
Pugilists
Bowery
West Brighton
Shadow
Perry’s Glass Pavilion
Frost
Bob Fitzsimmons
Mather
Walcott and O'Brien Held for October Court
In Municipal Court, Dick O'Brien and Joe Walcott were held for the October term of the Superior Court with bail set at 1000 dollars each. Judge Ely criticized a referee's remark promising twenty-five rounds, calling it wrong and noting the contest should end when one man shows superiority.
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Dick’’ O’brien
Joe”’ Walcott
Ely
O’brien-Walcott
Daly
Harvard Club Alumni of Rhode Island Meeting at New Cliffs
The Harvard Club Alumni of Rhode Island held its annual meeting at New Cliffs Hotel in Newport with twenty guests. Attendees included Governor Lippitt and ex-Senator Edmunds of Vermont, plus professors and local officials. Officers elected: President G. L. Collins, vice president H. G. Mackaye, secretary J. P. Farnsworth, treasurer Frederick Bradley, corresponding secretary G. T. Swartz, poet G. W. Cutler, librarian R. H. Storer. A university house committee was named. progress uncertain.
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Newport
R. L
Harvard Club
Rhode Island
New Cliffs Hotel
Governor Lippitt
Edmunds
Vermont
Sloané
Princeton
Judge Green
Pennsylvania
F. C. Bass
D. D
A. O. D. Taylor
Kirkpatrick Brice
Brice
G. L. Collins
Providence
H. G. Mackaye
J. P. Farnsworth
Frederick Bradley
G. T. Swartz
G. W. Cutler
R. H. Storer
University House
Reverend Dealy Returns to Joyous Homecoming in Fall River
The Rev. Louis J. Dealy, pastor of St. Louis Church on Durfee avenue, arrived from Europe and was greeted by hundreds at the Fall River line wharf. A carriage drawn by four horses conveyed him to the parish residence as streets glowed with illumination and celebratory displays.
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Fall River
Louis J. Dealy
St. Louis
Durfee Avenue
Fall River Line
Mulberry
Framingham Railroad Franchise Hearing Held
Framingham selectmen conducted a hearing on the Milford Framingham Holliston Electric Railway Company petition for a South Framingham franchise to run from the Ashland town line through Hollis Pine Cedar and Waverly streets to the depot. A remonstrants petition against Cedar street operation was presented and the hearing was continued to Sept 17. There is little opposition to granting the franchise.
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South Framingham
Framingham
Milford
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Essex
Plymouth County
Curtis Guild
Police
Shabel
Fisk & Coff
Boylston
Washington and Tremont
Wild West
Tak
Washington ST
Lorrimer
Haittines
John J. Fox
N.Y
E. E. Woodward
Cor
Tremont
Bromfield
Express
Lorrimer &Co
Penna, Ave
Baltimore, Md
Warpath
Dixon-Griffin
O’brien
Walcott and O’brien
Grand Jury
Rhody
Father Dealy
Framingham’s New Railroad
Sunday Post
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