Cambridge Woman Found Drowned in Charles River
The body of Mrs. Margaret Counihan 70 was found in the Charles River near Sawyer's Wharf yesterday afternoon. She left 28 Marney Street East Cambridge to go to church and was not seen again until Albert Weston found her and alerted Officer Scobey. She had been in poor health and may have wandered and fallen into the river. Survivors include Edward A. Counihan and Daniel Counihan a Cambridge police officer, plus Mrs. Mary Mahoney and Mrs. Annie Boyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Counihan
Edward A. Counihan
McNamee
Cambridge
Charles River
Sawyer'’s Wharf
Marney Street
East Cambridge
Albert Weston
Scobey
New Branch Formed of United Irish League in City
A new branch of the United Irish League was instituted in the city last evening with officers named John B. O'Higgins as president Patrick Ahern as vice president J J Cronin as recording secretary John Lane as financial and corresponding secretary and Michael J Ahern as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Irish League
John B. O'Higgins
Patrick Ahern
J. J. Cronin
John Lane
Michael J. Ahern
President Roosevelt Host to Chickamauga Battlefield Tour
President Roosevelt visits Chattanooga to inspect Chickamauga Park battlefield with General Boynton and the Seventh Cavalry. He reviews troops, attends services, accepts a tribute cane from Georgia citizens, and plans to address the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and local citizens before departing for Knoxville.
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Chattanooga
Penn
Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Orchard Knob
Lookout Mountain
First Baptist Church
McMillin
A. W. Chambliss
John A. Moon
H. V. Boynton
A. P. Stewart
J. P. Smart
Chickamauga Park Commission
A. W. Wylie
J. W. Shipp
Troley
Chickamauga Battlefield
Chickamauga Park
Seventh United States Cavalry
Baldwin
Boynton
Park Commission
Niles
Manigault
Hindman
Wilder
Seventh Cavalry
Evangelist Porter
Troop B. State Guard
Fyffe
Garryowen
Little Big Horn
Custer
Georgia
H. R. Harper
Rome
Cortelyou
Hanrahan
Brotherhood of
Loomotive Firemen
Snodgrass
Smart
Kentucky
Barnes
General Boynton
Point Lookout
Tennessee
Pinner
Cuba
Cartwell
Palmer
Mr. Crocker
San Juan
Court House
Knoxville
J C Best With De Tomorrow On Last Day Before Execution
John C Best faces his final hours as midnight summons the condemned to the chair of death. He prepared a last statement and hints of a confession while his brother in law William H Stiles is a key witness in his conviction. Rev Mellish remains with him until the end amid tense official readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Best
Best
William H. Stiles
Lynn
Mr. Mellish
Salem
Aged woman found wandering on Tremont Street last night
Patrolman Nee of Division 4 found an elderly woman wandering on Tremont Street about 8 pm. She spoke of being from Rockport Maine and gave the names Annie Fuller or Parker. She could not explain how she reached the city, had no friends here, and was sent to the Chardon Street Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nee
Division 4
Tremont Street
Annie Fuller
Parker
Rockport
Gloucester
Chardon Street
Chief Spencer Injured In Fire Truck Accident At Early Alarms
Chelsea fire department faced three alarms with Chief Henry A. Spencer thrown from his wagon near Broadway and Bellingham. He suffered a badly bruised right knee and was hospitalized at Frost Hospital for several days. Fire was minor on Medford street. Clark aided, escaping unharmed. A prior injury from a a Revere fire left leg and ribs damaged. A second alarm followed for a small fire on upper Broadway. A third alarm came from a missing alarm near Governor's Island.
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Chelsea
Henry A. Spencer
Spencer
Harry H. Clifford
Broadway
Bellingham Street
Clifford
Chief Spencer
Frost Hospital
Revere
Medford Street
Box 88
Upper Broadway
Governor's Island
Larceny charge and serious injury in city brief
Thomas Gormley age 25 of 3 Lewis Street East Boston was arrested by Division 7 for larceny of $10 from Allan McPhee of 4 Meridian Place. A ten dollar bill was found on him after a hotel incident. Edgar Chubbuck age 40 of 57 Dover Street suffered an epileptic fit at Brookline and Washington Streets, fractured his skull, and lies on the dangerous list at City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gormley
Lewis Street
East Boston
Division 7
Allan McPhee
Meridian Place
McPhee
Brookline
Washington Streets
City Hospital
Witch-Hazel Soap Promise by Munyon Advertises Skin Cure
A Munyon promotional slice touts Witch-Hazel Soap as a cure for chafing hives eruptions prickly heat and skin disfigurements. It claims to preserve creamy skin soften harsh skin and offer a medicinal toilet luxury for all seeking clear complexion and scalp relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Coal strike reaches eighteenth week in anthracite region
Philadelphia reports the anthracite miners strike now in its 18th week as union leaders resist concessions. Officials discuss potential legislative action by Governor Stone, while production remains far below normal with coal shipping and shortages shaping market pressures and future prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Stone
PREDICTS COAL FAMINE IN AMERICA
New York Sept 7 reports that Thomas P Fowler president of the On predicted a coal famine looming in the nation. He warned industries and households to brace for shortages and rising prices as demand outstrips supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas P. Fowler
Riot Ends With Police Officer Beaten in Wilkes Barre
In Edwardville a small riot erupted as Hiram Fisher, a coal and iron policeman, confronted striking miners with his son and another officer. Fisher fired twice but missed. a Polish woman was wounded. He was beaten unconscious, teeth knocked out, and an eye gouged. English-speaking miners rescued him and took him to the lockup amid threats of lynching by a large foreign crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Edwardville
Hiram Fisher
Fisher
Platt Sees Coal Strike Settlement By Mid Month
Senator Thomas C. Platt asserted the coal strike will be settled by mid month. Opponents including Henry S. Fleming of the Anthracite Coal Operators' Exchange and J. E. Childs of the New York Ontario & Western rail road dispute his view. Roosevelt deferred to Republican leaders in Pennsylvania to gauge prospects for an amicable settlement.
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Mario & Western Railway Company
Fowler
Senators Quay
Platt
New York
Thomas C. Platt
Henry S. Fleming
Anthracite Coal Operators’ Exchange
J. E. Childs
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
Senator Platt
M. L. Quay
The
Adirondacks
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Cambridge Burglary Arrest Reportedly Foiled
Patrolman Fred Eilis of Cambridge police arrested a Black man named John Johnson in the act of breaking into Nicholas Halberg’s residence at 28 Broadway Cambridge. Johnson claimed he came from Richmond Virginia and had last lived on Blossom Court. He was charged with breaking and entering and to be arraigned in court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Eilis
Cambridge Police Department
Nicholas Halberg
Broadway
Cambridge
John Johnson
Johnson
Richmond
Blossom Court
Weston
Protest Meeting At Faneuil Hall On Coal Strike
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall tonight, led by the Boston Traveler, will urge Roosevelt to press coal magnates to arbitration. Chairman Torrey E Wardner will preside. Speakers include Hamlin Gaston McNeil Conry Fitzgerald Hutchinson Fitzgerald Donavan and others. Notables and officials from both parties are expected from across the region.
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Faneuil Hall
Boston Traveler
Roosevelt
Torrey E. Wardner
The
Traveler
Charles S. Hamlin
William A. Gaston
George E. McNeil
Joseph A. Conry
John F. Fitzgerald
William T. A. Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
Isaac P. Hutchinson
Republican City Committee
Ashley
New Bedford
Harry Lloyd
Godfrey Morse
William S. McNary
Democratic State Committee
A. A. Plumb
E. J. Donovan
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
Carmack
Tennessee
Quay
Pennsylvania
Tillman
South Carolina
Henry A. Hicks
New Jersey
David B. Hill
New York
Mayor Collins
Boston
Remedy for coal strike sermon reference major judge idea
Reverend Crane quotes an Illinois judge proposing eminent domain style remedy for the coal strike. He argues the public could take needed coal properties at a fair price to end shortages, noting coal is a necessity and that patience may turn to haste as factories shut and travel halts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Temple
Charles A. Crane
Illinois
Old Bradford Eight Outing Reunites Oarsmen at Nahant
The Old Bradford Eight held its sixth annual reunion at Bass Point Nahant with ten members and guests. A sail to the harbor and fishing grounds yielded no whales, followed by a banquet at Relay House. New chief officer Henry F. Corcoran of South Boston accepted, with Colonel Roger F. Scannell delivering witty remarks. Awards and souvenirs closed the day before the return to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Eight
Bass Point
Nahant
Kemp
Lincoln Wharf
J. E. Mahoney
Henry F. Corcoran
South Boston
Corcoran
Roger F. Scannell
Welkin
Boston
Mahoney
New St James Church Pastor Morse Opens Parish Work
The Rev. Glen Tilly Morse takes charge at St. James's Church West Somerville and meets the new congregation. He plans social programs for youth, two rooms in the parish house, two nights weekly in West Somerville, and his first sermon on the third Sunday of the month. He is Harvard class of 1898 and Episcopal Theological School Cambridge class of 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Tilly Morse
St. James's Church
West Somerville
Morse
Socialists Stir Massachusetts Convention Over New Constitutions
The Massachusetts Socialist state convention opened at Paine Memorial Hall with rival constitutions debated. Goldstein’s draft urged disqualifying speakers attacking religion or promoting violence, but Moilly’s plan passed. The assembly adopted Moilly’s constitution with changes, elected officers, and approved resolutions showing solidarity with Pennsylvania miners and Boston brewery workers. The Marseillaise closed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party of
Massachusetts
Paine Memorial Hall
William Moilly
Moilly
David Goldstein
Goldstein
James F. Carey
John W. Sherman
Charles H. Coulter
Brockton
Charles E. Lowell
Whitman
William H. Hitchcock
Lynn
Frederick O. MacCartney
S. E. Putney
C. A. Wilkinson
Charles BE. Fenner
W. P. Porter
C. S. Beals
Richard Brooks
Pennsylvania
Boston
the Marseillaise
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Klein's Pharmacy
Bradbury's Pharmacy
Mary T. Goldman
Mary
Goldman
ST. Paul, Minn
Moore
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ventura
California
A. M. Townsend
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Tremont St
Mass
Jaynes & Co
Wash. St
Cor
Hanover
Washington St
Warrenton
Summer St
Uambrige Laly
White Dental
Washington Street
R. H. White Co
Oxford
Gieen
U.S
J.S. Waterman & Sons Epuneral Undertakers and
Dudley Street
Tel. Roxbury
Slye
Broderick's
Munro's
Ellot St
Otis St
Lady's Gold Watch
Seventh Congressional District
Longstreet
Wheeler
Hood
Mr. Wright
J.C
Chibe
Manyon
Thompson's Spa
Sterday
Beecgham
Beecham
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Eng
Canal St
Dustin Sprotes
OLD Bradford
St. Gerard
St. Leonard's
Prince Street
North End
Father Wenicelaus
Ubaldus
Valeneraus
Michael Effla
Wm. H. Kelley
Jaynes
Matt Kelley
ST. Jacobs
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