Prairie crew aboard and sailors claim mistreatment aboard ship
Reporters aboard the United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie during eight day southern waters cruise. crew of 830 petty officers and militiamen allege long hours and poor rations while demanding better grub and more crew. Officers deny, while naval brigade supporters call for fair treatment.
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Prairie
M. R. S. McKenzie
Massachusetts Naval Militia
A. B. Denney
Cunard
East Boston
Chum
Sughrue
Cape Charles City
Boston
Massachusetts Naval Reserve
Lafficain
Naval Brigade
E. N. Lafficain
York River
Yorktown
Cape Cod
United States
Union
Post
Ship of the Post
Naval Reserve
Cambridge Woman Identified After Subway Death
The body of an elderly Cambridge woman identified as Mary Garrigy of 10 Pearl Street after identification at Tinkham's undertakers. Mrs. Garrigy, about 60, widow, moved from Holyoke two years ago to live with Mrs. O'Donnell at 106 Pearl Street. She left for Boston a week earlier to visit her sister Mrs. Leary. police allegedly made little effort to identify the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street
Tinkham
Mary Garrigy
Pearl Street
Cambridge
Michael O’donnell
Gaffney
Minn. man fined a cent in domestic dispute case
Herbert S. Dudley, a minority husband under age, faced Judge Ely in Municipal Court for shaking his wife. The wife testified to temper and violence, and she acknowledged prior accusations about keeping liquor and questionable morals. Dudley was fined one cent.
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Herbert S. Dudley
Ely
Dudley
Madam Jeannette
Madam Cook
Madam Richardson
Richardson
Kusine
Annie
Creed Seeks Ward 15 Representative Seat
David W. Creed of Ward 15 announces his candidacy for Representative in the ward. A Boston real estate and insurance operator, Creed is 32 and has prior Legislature candidacy vote history, with strong local fraternal ties and charitable work through St Augustine's and St Vincent de Paul Society. His brother M J Creed has served in the State Senate and Ward 15 Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Creed
Ward
Mr. Creed
Andrews Grammar School
Boston Evening High School
Creed
Knights of St. Rose
Catholic Order of Foresters
Knights of Columbus
Boston Catholic Union
St. Augustine’s Remstance Society
Jefferson Club
Ward 15
St. Augustine's Conference of St. Vincent de Paul Society
M. J. Creed
South Boston
State Senate
Ward 7 Candidates for Representative
In Ward 7 the candidates for Representative are W T A Fitzgerald and Thomas Mackey. Fitzgerald is a Boston lawyer and skilled speaker who recently served as Speaker pro tem of the House and has led the Boston Democrats on the chamber floor. Mackey, a self made man and tradesman, works as a cornice maker and roofer and is active in unions as a strong advocate for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward 7
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Thomas Mackey
Fitzgerald
Boston
House of Representatives
Boston Democrats
Mackey
Delegates NISCLOSED in Ward 8 Campaign Power Struggle
Read of factional maneuvering in Boston ward delegations for Representative seats. Guild and Bates factions clash over ward pledges with Farr unexpectedly aligned in Ward 8 and multiple wards contesting leadership in the Municipal League and House races.
Keliher's Great Fight Sparks Fourth Suffolk Battle
In the fourth district a fierce contest pits Senator Kel iher against Timothy E. McCarthy and M F Sullivan. Backers say unwritten party law favors a second term for faithful service while accusing outsiders of aiming to disrupt Boston's Democratic ranks. Local figures John Quinn Jr and Pat- lead the Ward 7 alignment.
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John A. Keliher
Kelcher
Timothy E. McCarthy
Ward
M. F
Democratic Party
Boston
Keliher
John Quinn, Jr
Pat
Open Letter Calls for Saugus Public Debate in 1899
An open letter from Marion W. Putnam and Arthur B. Smith of Saugus Massachusetts challenges Frank P. Bennett and Horace H. Atherton Sr to a public debate at the Town Hall on September 20 21 or 22 1899. The topics include Bennett’s legislative term limits and influence over the Saugus Republican town committee. Debate rules set presiding officer Thomas P. Parsons and time limits with expenses shared and records to be produced.
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Joseph H. Barnes, Jr
A. Dudley Bagley
Hugh L. Stalker
Thomas B. Grimes
Collingwood C. Millar
Bernice M. Schwartz
Joseph J. Dennison
George A. Garland
George H. Hayden
James F. Gleason
Cyrus K. Babb
Frank J. Enos
David O. Felt
Richard Middleton
Wallace F. Flanders
Jacob Tarplin
Ard
James F. Mon
Michael Chirurg
Benjamin Greene
Ellas Schreftgeisser
John E. Smith
William €. Parker
Freeman O. Emerson
Walter E. Nichols
Charles S. Clerke
Charles D. Bradbury
Charles R. Saunders
George
Selfridge
James F. Bliss
John B. Dumond
David B. Chamberlain
John B. Morrison
Henry E
Andrew Brauer
Albert B. Root
Lewis Breed
W. Stanley Campbell
Fred C. Gilpatric
Harry Ball
Samuel H. Mitchell
William M. Farrington
Austin Bigelow
William D. Wheeler
Frank P. Bennett
Saugus Centre
Mass
Saugus
Horace H. Atherton
F. P. Bennett
Republican Town Committee
Thomas P. Parsons
Bennett
Republican Town Committee of
Marion
W. Putnam
Arthur. B. Smith
Sullivan Silent On Re election Questions From Voter
Timothy F. Crowl of Ward 14 asks Representative M. J. Sullivan to meet and explain why he should seek re election. Crowl cites Sullivan’s record at the State House including opposition to a 60 foot bridge for South Boston and voting against the Telephone bill amid labor union and Democratic party wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont
Boylston
House
Ines
Boston
Stoneham
Journal of the House
Timothy F. Crowl
Ward 14
M. J. Sullivan
State House
Sullivan
Crowley
Mr. Sullivan
South Boston
Post
MLR
Eves Labor Union
Democratic Party
Boston Senate Nomination Clash Across Ward Lines
Boston politics vies for renomination of Senator John A. Keliher as Michael F. Sullivan and Timothy McCarthy challenge in Ward 7 and Ward 17. The dispute pits Lomasney allies against Keliher with calls for party unity and accusations of betrayal amid hospital and reform debates.
Law on Direct Senate Nominations Pushed in Suffolk
A campaign to require direct voter nominations for the Senate in Suffolk County seeks to curb shady delegate conventions. The effort has spanned two years and aims to empower voters to choose nominees without intermediary party processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cir
Senate
Suffolk County
Colored Voters Set to Shape Local Caucus Power
In Wards 10 12 and 18 colored voters are viewed as key at the September 26 caucuses to elect delegates to the State convention. Three clubs operate nightly, rivalries arise between downtown and Back Bay factions, and organizers seek to mobilize hotel workers and janitors for a day off to vote and influence ward control within the Republican party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild
Bates
General Guild
W. W. Farr
Farr
Ward 2
Ward Committee
Ward
War Committee
Municipal League
Samuel B. Capen
William L. Rutan
League
John C. Haynes
Senator Innes
Innes
Pasor Dyar
Senate
Stalker
Isaac B. Allen
House
Oliver H. Durell
Joseph B. Maccabe
Maccabe
Ross
Brighton
Hammond
Austin Bigelow
Board of Aldermen
William C. Parker
George S. Selfridge
John B. Dumond
Arthur P. Russell
Frederick W. Farwell
Frank A. Foster
John Bletler
Albert B. Root
Fred C. Gilpatric
Harry B. Whall
Corporation
Jon Beacon Hill
Freeman O. Emerson
Charles 8. Clerke
Charles R Saunders
William D. Wheeler
Back Bay
Republican Party
M Isaag's Good Record McIsaac Seeks Ward 15 Return
Representative Daniel V. McIsaac of Ward 15 seeks a second term praising a record of uniform support for popular measures. He backed the Post telephone bill and aided the Carney Hospital $10,000 appropriation, while defeating the Marine Park Tower Company bill. He opposed giving public park rights to private interests and supported Cove street extension against a big corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel V. McIsaac
Ward 15
South Boston
Post
Carney Hospital
Boston
Committee On
Ways and Means
Carlton
Marine Park Tower Company
Cove Street
McIsaac
Architect Ingraham's Correct Adress
In a Boston Post special edition dated September 3 the address for architect George H. Ingraham was printed as 528 Tremont Street. The correct address is 628 Tremont Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
George H. Ingraham
Tremont Street
Tremont Building
Will of Fanny Davenport Filed in Plymouth Court
The late Fanny Davenport's will leaves $34,000 to sisters Florence C. Tiers Mary D. Seymour and Blanche Davenport and brothers Edgar L. Davenport Harry Davenport with further bequests to cousins and others. Canton house to sisters May D. Seymour and Florence C. Tiers. Husband W Melbourne MacDowell receives library manuscripts and estate residue. Seat sales for Richard Mansfield at the Hollis begin Tuesday Sept 26 ahead of Cyrano de Bergerac opening Oct 2. George Lederer seeks 100 shapely young girls for Junior Man in the Moon in Boston Philadelphia and Washington papers.
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Fanny Davenport
Plymouth County
Florence C. Tiers
Blanche Davenport
Mary D. Seymour
Edgar L. Davenport
Harry Davenport
Edgar L. D. Seymour
Harold Tiers
George MacDowell
Melbourne MacDowell
Manhattan Savings Bank
Canton
Penn
May D. Seymour
George W. Lederer
Boston
Washington
P ‘Ladelphia
Charles Frohman
Earl of Yarmouth
Newport
Aileen Crater
Australia
William A. Brady
Tremont
Park Theatres
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall
100th Way Down East in Boston Draws Big Audiences
Preparations are underway for the 100th performance of Way Down East at the Tremont Theatre in Boston with increasing advance sales and full houses. Other shows include Sporting Life at the Boston Theatre, Mile Fifi at Park Theatre, and Roland Reed ending his engagement at the Museum with The Moth and the Flame starring Kelcey and Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Tremont Theatre
New England
Boston Theatre
Park Theatre
Roland Reed
Museum
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
E. M. Holland
Fritz Williams
Hollis
India
Castle Square Theatre
Belasco and de Mille
Hoey and Morton
Grand Opera House
Marie Jansen
James _ F. Hoey
Clifford and Huth
John J. McNally
Charles Kilpatrick
John Leclair
Keith's
Professor Swain
Barnyard Circus
Austin & Stone’s
Norumbega Park
Columbia Vaudeville Company
Rustic Theatre
Nickelodeon
Curio Hall
Palace Theatre
Billy Carter
Combination Park
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Uneeda
Uneeda Biscuit
Isiness
The
Ward Room
Naval
McKenzie
Wilson Wilson Bros
Hanover St
Ember
Han Oo Street
Wilson’s
Mrs. Dudley
Hunter
Baltimore
Trape
Wellington A. Hardy
Broad Street
Lomasney
Rick J. Daly
Michael F. Sullivan
John Quinn
Daly
Quinn
John A. Kelcher
Timothy McCarthy
Ward 17
McCarthy
Mr. McCarthy
John F. Dever
McCarth
Dever
Rene Categ
Martin M. Lomasney
Mr. Lomasney
Ortous
Roustas
Unio Union Shoes
Washington Street
Cor
Essex
Court Street
Howard
City Hall Ave
School Street
M'Isaag
Ingraham
Sallie K. Sellars
Eterllog Nemedy Company
Chicago
Wortreal
New York
Kivaudeville
Ezra Kendall
DeHaven and
Matie
Emile Gautier
Russell Brothers
Grapewin and
Chance
Rixford Brothers
Genaro and
Baiey
Symphony
Marie Decca
Lew Bloom
Janet Cooper
Lillie Western
LIFE
Eugene Tompkins
Mgr
Boston & Maine RR
Lowell
Lawrence
Lynn
Salem
Worcester
Roseton City
Washington St
Union Station
D. J. Flanders
Gen. Pass
Ticket Agt
Gloucester
Cape Ann
North Side Central Wharf
State Street
Columbus Orchestra
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Co
Tremont St
Tele
Oxford
Boston Museum
Imes Reed
Kelcey-Shannon
Hemoth
FLAME
Zoological Caden
Rare Animal Featiurea
Ectric Fountain
Columbia
Bill of Faure
Orchestra
Newton Boulevard
Subway
Hollis Enttarre
Isaac B. Rich
France
Boston Ball Grounds
ST. Louis
Appleton & Bassett’s
Connelly
Adams House
Eugene Temeneee
Lessee
Matinees
Bass Point
Nahant
Grand Harbor
Lincoln Wharf
A. P. Lane
Stone's
Tremont Row
Cora McNeal
Hoosier Marvel
Sat
Hoey & Norton
Clifford & Huth
New Palace Theatre
Burlesquars Ve
Huntington Chutes
Kilpatrick
Riatog
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