Mother's Pitiful Story of Starvation in Wrentham
Mary L Barrows a 26 year old mother of six living on the outskirts of Wrentham describes weeks of hunger after desertion by her husband Lewis Barrows and the loss of work. Local King's Daughters and neighbors delivered bread flour milk and eggs and offered clothes and money while Barrows hopes to find winter washing or mill work to pay rent. Her baby born six months ago received aid as did the other children cared for by grandparents or town funds. The family faces possible poorhouse if aid ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrentham
Mary L. Barrows
Crystal Lake
Lake Pearl
Waterloo
Canada
Shepardville
Lewis Barrows
Franklin
Minnesota Sizzles as Heat Sharply Rises Past Noon
Reports from Minnesota and the Dakotas show yesterday as the hottest day of 1893. In St Paul the temperature hit 94 at 3 pm while Mankato recorded 99 in the shade. Several railroad border locations reported higher readings and western Minnesota has had no rain for six weeks, leaving streams dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Dakotas
Mankato
Returned Ill-gotten Booty in New Haven
Allan Seaman, a Ferry street wholesale provision dealer, transferred $5000 of his business to Sperry & Barnes to pay them for losses tied to a conspiracy in which Seaman acted as the chief. He bought stock from two dishonest Sperry & Barnes clerks who stole and resold it to him. Seaman is noted as active in church and society circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Allan Seaman
Ferry Street
Sperry & Barnes
Seaman
Boston and Maine Adds Vestibuled Trains to Bar Harbor Route
Improvements on the Boston and Maine railroad move fast with seven of fifteen ordered vestibuled coaches arriving. A solid vestibuled train service to Bar Harbor and the mountains begins today, featuring end and door windows, automatic trap doors, extended platforms, and gas lighting. Locomotive No. 534 powers the 9 a.m. Eastern division departure, praised as possibly the finest regular train on the line. Freight and passenger business show marked improvement, signaling a broader revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad
Pullman Works
Bar Harbor
Mountains
Boston & Maine
Salem
Hale & Kilburn
Eastern Division
Rhode Island Locomotive Works
Boston& Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Chicago
Oldest traveler joins Johnson World’s Fair excursion party
Miss Susan Edgell of Woburn Massachusetts leads this week’s Johnson World’s Fair trip list as the group departs for Chicago. The long roster includes dozens of Boston area residents and nearby towns with travelers from Cambridge Charlestown Belfast Stoughton and Rockland among others on the complete party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Edgell
Woburn
Mass
Chicago
Edgell
Providence
R. I
Frank Brown
Bath
EB. A. Goodwin
Exeter
N. H
George F. Doyle
Charlestown
C. J. Bolton
Chelsea
G. W. Davison
Winthrop
Belfast
E. M. Low
W. H. Thayer
Brockton
Samuel T. Newell
North Salem
Peter Carrow
Methuen
Frederick Wallace
S. W. Fottler
Mattapan
Etta B. Piper
Brighton
Lottie R. Curtis
Clara BE. Styles
Neponset
Laura Greeley
Mary L. Walker
Bridgeton
David W. Weaver
East Somerville
F. M. Haley
New York
N. Y
Ora Leighton
East Pepperell
C. Leighton
Cambridge
F. Leighton
Alice Leighton
Leroy Leighton
Annie Ball
Cc. A. Fowle
C. A. Fowle
Lexington
Rosette E. Arnold
Florence May
St. Johnsbury
George P. Boyce
Barre
R. J. Thopson
Fall River
W. F. Hutchins
Nathan D. King
Lamoine
W. Cuchman
L. Pickering
H. Gerrish
Malden
Ellen Pabodie
Ella Pabodie
R. 1
Edward H. Richards
John Co. Buck
E. A. Atkins
Roxbury
Benjamin Palfray
Boston
Alden Batchelor
Climena Wakefield
H. E. Holden
E. C. Holden
Mary Holden
Emma Holden
Reading
Mabel 5. Roberts
A. A. Roberts
Harley Gowing
Dinsmore
Mary Bancroft
Turner
BE. P. Fox
Grafton Murdock
Will Murdock
James Skinner
Hattie E. Foster
Temple
Hannah Richardson
Lulu Richardson
New Ipswich
Charlotte T. Bailey
Amesbury
William R. Wheeler
Ethel Wheeler
Salem
Grace Gutterson
Bessie Johnson
Meass
Frank Winship
John McGrath
Benjamin Clarke
Rockland
H. M. Whipple
C. H. Parker
Goffstown
Noted Doctors and Doctresses Visit Boston for Pan American Congress
Foreign delegates of the Pan American medical congress arrive in Boston this morning aboard the Fall River line. About one hundred eminent physicians, male and female, from all American countries stay at the Hotel Brunswick. They tour the Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School and Harvard University today with lunches and receptions planned by Drs. White Wolcott Durgin Cabot Bradford Warren and Fitz. A lunch aboard the J Putnam Bradlee follows a visit to the quarantine station in Boston Harbor for the Boston Board of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-American Medical Congress
Boston
Fall River
America
Hotel
Brunswick
Physicians of
J. C. White
H. P. Wolcott
Ss. H. Durgin
A. 7. Cabot
E. H. Bradford
J. C. Warren
R. H. Fitz
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
City Hospital
Boston Harbor
Boston Board of Health
J. Putnam Bradlee
Stowaways Detained After Boston Arrival on Olivette
Two men identified as Charles Harris age 29 and Martin Sullivan age 36 from Halifax arrived on the Halifax steamer Olivette in Boston yesterday. Immigration officials detained them and plan to send them back on the same steamer this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Halifax
Charles Harris
Martin Sullivan
Cemetery Row Looms Over Whitney as Board Demands Resignation
In Wilmington on September 11, the Cemetery Commissioners clash over superintendent Whitney. Four members press for his resignation, citing loose management, while Whitney defends his record and refuses to quit. Speakers accuse, defend, and threaten impeachment if he does not resign before the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Board of Cemetery Commissioners
Whitney
Cemetery Commission
Salem Street Cemetery
Messrs
Jones
Ray
Parker L. Converse
Andrew R. Linscott
Salem Street
Charles Jones
Post
Along the Water Front Extends Steamship Season Notes
Reports detail the John Brooks on charter to America’s cup races and return to service after charters. Baltimore readying overhaul, Philadelphia remains sole active vessel with three round trips daily. Heaviness on harbor fires damages Willie G schooner deck loads. Elaine Gerry bottom damage and salvage efforts. Immigrant stowaways arrested. Olivette arrival yields two men to immigration, and creek conditions noted near Sandy Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brooks
Boston & Portsmouth
Boston
Sandy Hook
Baltimore
Beverly
Salem Willows
Marblehead
Atlantic Works
Philadelphia
Charles A. Silliman
Portsmouth
Isles of Shoals
Olivette
Halifax
Charles Harris
Martin Sullivan
Willie G
Boothbay
Rockland
Ruth L. Hodgdon
India Wharf
Elbridge Gerry
Staten Island
N. Y
New York Plaster Company
Broad Sound
William H. Gallison
Johnsons Anodyne Liniment backs cycling meet prizes
At the Waltham bicycle meet I S Johnson & Co offered prize numbers on score cards. Four numbers correspond to gold prizes including 10 and 5 and 3 and 2 dollars. Previous gifts from the firm to cycling clubs include a $150 Columbia bicycle to Agnes Burnham of Oldtown Maine and a $55 camera to the Press Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
I. 8. Johnson & Co
Johnson
Anodyne Liniment
I. S. Johnson & Co
Custom House Street
Columbia
New England
Agnes Burnham
Oldtown
Pension Investigation Draws Fire Over Suspensions
Pension Agent William H. Osborne denies a report that 600 men were suspended from the pension rolls. He notes only seven or eight suspensions recently, with about 66,000 New England veterans receiving quarterly remittances. The inquiry, led from Washington, has tightened under Commissioner Lochren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Osborne
Osborne
Harrison
Lochren
Washington
New England
Uncle
Sam
Treasury
Virginia Governor Election Faces Triangular Fight
Virginia politics open with Democrats Prohibitionists and Populists active, Republicans abstain from nominating. Democrats forecast sweeping victory by 30 000 to 40 000. Election set for November 7 to decide Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General and halves of the Senate and full House of Delegates. Legislature will choose two U S Senators five Supreme Court of Appeals judges and local judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mahone
Senate
House of Delegates
United States
Supreme Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Growing Navy Shows Record Building Progress
Washington reports a remarkable year for naval construction with eight new vessels completed and battleships Massachusetts and Indiana nearing completion by spring. Yard progress is uneven with regular navy yards lagging. The overtime penalties issue occupies the Secretary's attention, including the Detroit case valued at $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
Indiana
Detroit
Arrested on a bad charge in Bridgeport
Bridgeport police arrested Thomas C. Clark, 30, on suspicion of causing the death of Patrick Corrigan, a Southern New England Telephone lineman. Corrigan died in hospital from a fractured skull after a fight two weeks earlier. Clark acknowledges a fight the night Corrigan was attacked, but police doubt he is the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Thomas Co. Clark
Patrick Corrigan
Southern New England Telephone Company
Corrigan
Willimantic
Clark
City Bonds Public Appeal Gains Steam in New Haven
New Haven reports Mayor Sargent’s plan to raise 100000 private bonds at 5 percent interest is drawing strong private support. Donations come in at about 3000 daily, with 66000 secured in two weeks and 34000 still needed to reach the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Sargent
Paine's Furniture Company Announces Price Reductions
Paine's Furniture Company announces a price reduction in their custom cabinet work department effective today. The announcement highlights a valuable opportunity for readers to take advantage of the lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine’s Furniture Company
Tale of woe on Edith McIntyre in a hurricane
The two masted schooner Edith McIntyre from Boston, captained by Duncan Matheson, was driven ashore by a hurricane after leaving Baracoa Cuba on August 18 with 230000 cocoanuts for Hart Steamship Company. After crew losses and fatal injuries, the vessel was towed into Boston by pilot boat Washington No 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith McIntyre
Boston
Duncan Matheson
Washington
New York
Baracoa
Cuba
Hart Steamship Company
Philadelphia
Catitano
Balboa
Pensacola
Cadiz
Hamburg
Paris
Bath
Provincetown
Philip A. Whoof
Cape Breton
Miss Kate Griffin Found Safe After Suicide Fear
Friends feared Miss Kate Griffin had killed herself due to despondency from unemployment. A Dorchester police inquiry revealed she was safe, staying with a family on Harrison avenue after leaving her aunt’s home amid reported disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Griffin
Miss Griffin
Harrison Avenue
Dorchester
Merrick
Hamilton Fish Laid To Rest At Garrisons Church
Hamilton Fish burial held at St Philip s Church of the Highlands Garrisons with New York guests Mrs A S Grant and Col Fred Grant among early arrivals. A special train carried mourners from New York as Bishop Potter conducted the Episcopal service and pallbearers included John A King Benjamin D Silliman Seth Low and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Fish
St. Philip's Church of the Highlands
Fish
Elizabeth Stuyvesant
Dix
Potter
Episcopal Church
Jesus
John A. King
Benjamin D. Silliman
Seth Low
Samuel Sloan
John Schuyler
Alexander J. Clinton
W. C. Schermerhorn
Colonel Arden
Funeral of John H Galligan in Taunton
Between three and four thousand mourners attended the funeral of John H Galligan late registrar of probate of Bristol county at St Marys Church Taunton Today. Rev John M Quirk Taunton celebrant Rev Thomas Grace Providence deacon Rev J F Clark New Bedford sub deacon Rev J F McDonough Providence eulogist. A choir from the Boston Clover Club provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
John H. Galligan
Bristol County
St. Mary’s Church
John M. Quirk
Thomas Grace
Providence
J. F. Clark
New Bedford
J. F. McDonough
Boston Clover Club
Elopement shocks Chester as judge's son marries belle
Sam Clayton, son of Judge Thomas J. Clayton, after a divorce and breach of promise suit, elopes with Belle Clyde. They were married in Camden last Saturday and returned to Chester yesterday. Belle Clyde is about 20 and sister of L Edward Clyde, major of the Third Regiment, N G P. Clayton is about 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sam Clayton
Chester
Thomas J. Clayton
Pardridge
Chicago
Alice Goodley
South Chester
Belle Clyde
Camden
Sick Baby Service Report From Boston Post Archive
A partially legible entry from the Boston Post details a sick baby service report. It records financial figures totaling 479.44 and counts calls and cases treated across September seven through eleven, noting doctor C. D. EK Ball and multiple dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. EK
Ball
Charles Robinson Named Likely Successor to Quincy
The Times reports Charles Robinson of New York as a probable successor to Josiah Quincy as Assistant Secretary of State. At 24 he is an authority on international law, studied under Professor Falkenbridge, and is an editor at the North American Review. His father Nugent Robinson confirms the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Times
Charles Robinson
Josiah Quincy
Massachusetts
Robinson
Falkenbridge
The
North American Review
Washington
Nugent Robinson
President nominates new diplomats and officials in sweeping slate
Washington Sept 1 The President sent to the Senate Charles H J Taylor Kansas as minister to Bolivia and Charles B Aycock North Carolina U S attorney for the eastern district Also Sharles Butcher New Jersey collector of internal revenue for the first district and 36 postmaster nominations approved during the recess with other appointments summarized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Charles H. J. Taylor
Kansas
Bolivia
Sharles Butcher
New Jersey
Charles B. Aycock
United States
North Rolina
Desertion from United States cruiser Chicago follows Berlin voyage
Four sailors who deserted from the U S cruiser Chicago recently left the ship Berlin after arriving from Southampton. Two seamen remain missing, one jumped overboard and was caught, while Thomas H Goodwin, returning passenger, had complained of harsh discipline aboard the Chicago. The Chicago has lost eleven men to desertion since its last cruise began two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Steamshiperlin
Watkins
Southampton
United States
Thomas H. Goodwin
Berlin
West Street
Goodwin
The
Powell Arrested in Vermont Larceny Case Over Recalled Team
In Barre Vermont on September 11 W N Powell is charged with larceny of a horse carriage and harness that belonged to C J Sutton a Burlington liveryman. Powell allegedly hired the team last Friday to drive to Williston and did not return. Sutton arrived to claim his property. Powell’s arraignment was continued to Tuesday. Powell refused to discuss his past life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre
W. N. Powell
W. W. Bellivue
C J. Sutton
Burlington
Powell
Williston
Sutton
Bellevue
Sunday Post arrival shocks Boston paper scene
The Boston Sunday Post debuts with 32 pages and 61 295 circulation backed by orders for 40 000 more. Editorials praise its features and accuse rival papers and combines of obstruction. The public and advertisers urged to favor fair competition as the Post asserts it is here to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Boston
Evening Telegram
Sunday Post
Telegram
Herald and Globe
New Sunday Post
Standard Oil
Boston Post
The
Earth
New Post
Globe
Combine
Herald
Boston & Albany
New York News
New England
Echo of Black Friday in Westport Death of Mrs Maurice Ketchum
Mrs Maurice Ketchum dies at her Westport residence Hockanum after brief illness. She was widow of Maurice Ketchum Wall Street banker and several times millionaire who lost most of his fortune on Black Friday and died soon after. The Ketchums are an old New York family who summered in Westport for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Conn
Maurice Ketchum
Hockanum
Ketchum
Wall Street
Ketchums
New York
Larceny Arrests In Rye Over $135 Theft
Charles Hamilton, a clerk for Druggist James F Pierce, was arrested with William Nelson at the Newmarket House in Rye New Hampshire for the alleged theft of $135 from a safe earlier Sunday afternoon. They are to be brought before the court tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Charles Hamilton
James F. Pierce
William Nelson
Newmarket House
Rye
N. H
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L. L. Whitney
Lusky
Pension Investigaion
Virginia
Shawmut
Awmut Ave
Sailor
Matheson
Wohlquist
Hatteras
John Galligan
Sick Baby Service
TE Awa
Atae & Bee
Quincy
Herald-Globe Combine
the Sunday Post
Beecham’s
Tr Fa
Guinea
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