The Wills Fund for destitute widow aid
A Post editorial urges charity for East Boston victim John W. Wills widow and six children. It notes public doubt and grief, appeals for a fund, and reports the fund total rising to 1430.64 dollars with 10.50 added by P Burns of Cambridgeport.
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Post
East Boston
John W. Wills
P. Burns
Norfolk Street
Cambridgeport
BR. J. Coste Sen
Wolcott
I. m Gilbert
M._H. Flynn
Sullivan
J. Ayres
Samuel Cunmerna
P. Ry Crocker
Steer
J . Burns
Steers Ee
Dennis Donovan Died After Illness in Roxbury
The medical examiner ruled Dennis Donovan died from a complication of diseases. An autopsy at City Hospital revealed no blame on Thomas Cooney, with whom Donovan was in a strength trial when his arm broke a week earlier. Donovan, 24, lived at 42 Webber Street in Roxbury.
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Dennis Donovan
City Hospital
Thomas Cooney
Donovan
Webber Street
Roxbury
Boy Thomas Caffey Injured While Playing Ball
Ten year old Thomas Caffey of 78 Middlesex Street was struck in the face by a ball while playing on the street yesterday. He suffered a broken nose and is receiving treatment at City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Caffey
Middlesex Street
City Hospital
Asthma Cure Promised by Doctor Schiffmann At Local Drugstore
A city trial of Dr Schiffmanns Asthma Cure offers free samples at W H Knight's Drug Store with many testers reporting immediate relief. The ad claims rapid easing of spasms and better sleep, while noting nationwide availability and 50 cent to 1 dollar pricing with money back guarantees if results fail.
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Schiffmann
W. H. Knight
Berean Easce Ooru
Reunion at Chickamauga Park Dedication in Chattanooga
The 1868 battlefield at Chickamauga reopened as a national park site with a joint ceremony to dedicate the grounds to the American people. Senators Palmer and Gordon spoke for reconciliation as Vice President Stevenson presided, with Generals Longstreet and Schofield among the honored attendees. Governors and veterans observed a day of speeches, military displays, and commemorations amid a heat wave and later a reunion of Army of the Tennessee survivors. Governor Upham of Wisconsin injured his leg during an afternoon drive.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Snodgrass Hill
Chickamauga
Herbert and
Smith
Wilson
Harmon
National Commission
W. C. Oates
Alabama
W. R. Atkinson
Georgia
J. P. Altgeld
Illinois
Claude Matthews
Indiana
E. M. Morrill
Kansas
F. T. Greenhalge
Massachusetts
J. T. Rich
Michigan
BE. A. Holcomb
Nebraska
G. T. Wert
National Park Commission
Lamont
Stevenson
Congress
United States
Chicamauga
Chattanooga National Military Park
Gailor
Tennessee
John M. Palmer
General Gordon
Charles Sumner
Federal
Senate
Republic
Gordon
McKinley
Morton
Longstreet
Army of the Cumberland
Northern Virginia
Army of the Potomac
Schofield
Lookout Mountain
Upham
Wisconsin
Granville M. Dodge
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Chattanooga National Park
C. O. Howard
Joseph Wheeler
Manderson
Confederacy
Willard Warner
Warship Sanchez Barcaiztegui Sunk Off Havana Coast
A Havana despatch reports the warship Sanchez Barcaiztegui sank after a collision with the Mortera near the harbor entrance. Admiral Parejo and Captain Ybanez perished. Adjutant d Aroca survived with injuries. Survivors were rescued as Mortera stood by.
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Madrid
Imperial
Havana
Sanchez Barcaiztegui
Delgado Parejo
Montera
Mortera
Parejo
Gaston
d’Aroca
Ybanez
Admiral Parejo
Sanchez
Martin
Essex Pythians Parade at Newburyport in New England
Thousands lined the Newburyport streets for the Essex county Pythians parade. Lodges from Newburyport Ipswich Amesbury Haverhill Essex Lynn Lawrence Saugus Salem Beverly Peabody Gloucester Lanesville and Marblehead joined seven bands and three drum corps led by captain E Wilson as grand marshal. About twelve hundred men marched while Mayor Gurney and grand chancellor James H Flint attended. A clam bake followed and the evening bail closed the festivities.
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Newburyport
Essex County
Yale Harvard football conference talks denied
Captain Thorne said Yale would not announce any conference with Harvard this fall and denied details of any hoped reconciliation. Manager Foote remains in New York as Yale alumni reportedly handle the reconciliation effort for the Yale eleven.
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New Haven
Conn
Thorne
Yale
Harvard
Foote
New York
Five State Fair races finish in three straight heats
Milwaukee reports five races on the State fair program ending in three straight heats for all but the 2 14 trot. Zigler won the 2:14 pace in 2 14 2, Belmont took the 2:11 pace in 2 10 4, Norther captured the 2:14 trot in 2 14 2, Maggie won the 2:40 in 2 19 4, and Red Leaf took the 2:35 in 2 16 2.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Zigler
Belmont
Norther
Maggie
Red Leaf
Body of Mrs Abbie Hillard Found in Creek At Portsmouth
Charles Wilson of Kittery Point found Mrs Abbie Hillard's body floating in a creek near Government Grove. She had been missing since Sept 8. A shawl was tied about her head suggesting foul play. Coroner Spinney will panel a jury tomorrow to hold an inquest.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Charles Wilson
Kittery Point
Abbie Hillard
Government Grove
Spinney
Skull Fracture Death of Forty After Doorstep Daze
A man about 40 years old, believed to be Patrick Gratton of 10 Unity Street, died at City Hospital after a skull fracture. He was found dazed on rear steps of 206 Hanover Street at 11:15 PM Wednesday with a minor head wound and no pulse. Police investigate the circumstances of the injury.
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Patrick Gratton
Unity Street
City Hospital
Gratton
Hanover Street
Thieves active loot homes and streets in East Boston
A spate of thefts reported across East Boston including a trunk burglary at 151 Maverick street where clothing vanished from a lodger’s room, a pocketbook theft near Green and Stamford streets with $30 cash a bank book and a note, and a small cash theft from L. F. Gardner’s at 166 Blue Hill avenue. Also a gold hunting-case watch taken from a lodger's trunk at 542 Shawmut avenue and jewelry and cash stolen from two other residences including a baby carriage theft at 21 Union Park street and a missing Knights Templars badge plus a silver watch from 279 Columbus avenue after the occupant left door open.
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George Hamlin
Maverick Street
Boston
Moses Cohn
Merrimack Street
Station 3
Green and
Stamford Streets
Prince Edward Island
L. F. Gardner
Blue Hill Avenue
David B. Thomas
Shawmut Avenue
Station 5
Allen Stanley
Marion T. Folsom
Union Park Street
Orange Street
Lassie J. McCall
Columbus Avenue
Knights Templars
Weavers Weigh Strike Prospects in Fall River Meeting
In Fall River on September 19 the public eye focuses on the weavers meeting at Music Hall. The outcome, debated by operatives and manufacturers, may postpone action awaiting further developments as disputes center on cut lengths, cotton costs, and margins.
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Fall River
Music Hall
New Bedford
Whitehead
Abduction of Boy With Parent Ties Stirring Boston Case
A 10 year old boy, son of George Bush, was abducted in Portsmouth as he walked with a companion. Two women took him from a guardian named O'Donnell, crying during the transfer. Bush is separated from his wife in Boston and authorities suspect she may know the boy’s location.
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Portsmouth
N. H
George Bush
O’donnell
Bush
Boston
Street Loafers Arrested In Dover Street Nuisance
Police in Division 5 raided a Dover street area between Harrison and Washington streets and arrested eleven men for obstructing the sidewalk under a city ordinance. Some claimed they were waiting for cars and were bailed. all to be arraigned in Municipal Court.
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Dover Street
Harrison Avenue
Washington Street
Division 5
Daly
Dedham Street
Small elevator fire at Hotel St. Cloud
A slight fire broke out in the elevator well of Hotel St. Cloud at 565 Tremont Street last night. The blaze, likely caused by a cigar stub, was extinguished with trifling damage. the five story marble building is owned by Henry F. Milton.
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Hotel St. Cloud
Tremont Street
Henry F. Milton
Cyclone Rips Twenty Miles Through Door County
A cyclone struck the Door county peninsula near Green Bay Wisconsin last night destroying thirty buildings across twenty miles of forests and farms. Two persons are reported injured with no fatalities announced.
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Green Bay
Wis
Door County
American Wringer Co. Ad Promises Repair and Mail Orders
The American Wringer Co. advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers produced at 13 and 15 Broadway extension. It offers repair of all kinds of wringers and sweepers and promises prompt mail orders. Telephone Tremont 764.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Miller Dead and Cronan Critically Injured in Rail Yard Accident
William E. Miller, a 31 year old printer, died at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries after being knocked from the roof of the Owl Express at the Boylston street bridge on Wednesday night. His companion Cornelius Cronan remains alive but in critical condition with concussion and probable skull fracture. Cronan's mother resides on North Harvard street in Allston.
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William E. Miller
Owl Express
Boston & Albany
Boylston Street Bridge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Beach Street
Harrison Avenue
Dayton
Cornelius Cronan
Cronan
Harvard Street
Allston
Minnesota Village Blasted by Fire Devastates Town Center
Alden Minnesota. Fire swept through the business district destroying half the town including the State Bank, a newspaper office, the Methodist church and fifteen business houses. Ten families made homeless. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars with little insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden, Inn
State Bank
Obscene Literature Seized in Springfield raid
E E Davies of Boston, agent for the New England Watch and Ward Society, seized more than 200 books this evening in Springfield. Fred Fanks, proprietor of the Haynes House stand, and P H Dunbar of 225 Main street were arrested for selling indecent literature.
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Springfield
E. E. Davies
Boston
New England Watch and Ward Society
Fred Fanks
Haynes House
P. H. Dunbar
Main Street
Excursion to New York by Albany Line Oct 8 Start
A rail excursion departs October 8 traveling to New York via Albany and the Hudson River, returning by the Far River Line and Boston via the Boston and Albany Railroad.
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New York
Albany
Hudson River
Far River Line
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston City Council Debates Police, Streets, and Warren Statue
City lawmakers volley issues from police staffing in South Boston to a proposed Warren statue. Workmen gain standing rights near Mechanics Exchange, a $15,000 appropriation backs the General Joseph Warren memorial, and ambulances receive district funding. Transit plans detail a harbor tunnel open trench route with dual tubes and car lanes.
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Edwin
Fields
Ward 20
Mechanics’ Exchange
General Joseph Warren
Joseph Warren
St. James Park
Warren
St. James
Regent Streets
Warren Street
Alderman Folsom
General Committee
Boston Architect to Judge Minnesota Capitol Designs
Edmund M. Wheelwright, former city architect, is invited to act as sole judge for the Minnesota State Capitol design competition. He will leave Boston for St. Paul on Tuesday to review and decide the contest entries.
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Edmund M. Wheelwright
Minnesota State Capitol
Boston
St. Paul
People Party Nominates Multiple Candidates in City Wards
The People Party in Ward 19 nominates Alfred J. McCarthy and John Letterston for the House of Representatives. In Ward 22 the party picks James T. Brickley.
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People’s Party
Alfred J. McCarthy
John Letterston
House of Representatives
James T. Brickley
Notice of office marriages by Justice of the Peace
Sidney Laurence Justice of the Peace announces marriages performed at his office day or evenings and also Sundays. Address 18 Davis Street off Washington Street.
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Sidney Laurence
Davis St
Washington
Chauncy Hall School Opens Session in Boston
Chauncy Hall School begins term with high and grammar classes on September 18 from 9 to 23 and open house until 4. Primary department starts September 25 and kindergarten October 7 at 593 Boylston Street near Copley Square.
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Chauncy Hall School
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Democratic Caucuses in Boston Ward Rooms Friday
Democratic voters in Boston are summoned to caucuses in ward rooms on Friday evening September 27 at 7 30 except Ward 20 to meet at 4 00 p m for electing delegates to State Councillor County and Senatorial Conventions and choosing caucus officers Per order James Donovan president Boston Democratic City Committee secretaries William J Donovan and John F McDonald
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Boston
James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
William J. Donovan
John F. McDonald
Eight Day Historical Excursion to Gettysburg and Washington
A rightfull eight day excursion includes New York Philadelphia Gettysburg Pen Mar and Washington D C. The party is personally conducted and the rate of 29 dollars covers transportation meals en route hotel accommodations and every necessary expense. Send to A J Simmons N E P A 211 Washington Street for descriptive circular.
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New York
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Pen Mar
Washington, D. C
A. J. Simmons
Washington Street
Nex Blue Line
Engagement Rings at Wilson Bros Big Clock Row
If you want to be sure you are getting gold trade with Wilson Bros Big Clock, every good marked down to suit the times. We can give you money, 10,000 rings to select from.
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Wilson Bros
Big Clock
Marriages Recorded in West Roxbury Manchester and Medway
In West Roxbury on September 17 Miss Grace Alma Robinson daughter of A. J. Robinson wed Edward Irving Baker. In Manchester on September 18 Stephen Van Rensselaer Crosby and Henrietta Marian Grew were married. In Medway on September 17 George H. Dame wed Grace A Jenckes. In Boston Isaac D. Dana wed Mary E. Woodbury on September 18.
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Medway
R. K. Harlow
George H. Dame
Boston
Grace A. Jenckes
Dana
Woodbury
Edward A. Horton
Isaac D. Dana
Mary E. Woodbury
Bostom
Obituary notices from Sept 18 local deaths in Dorchester Milton and Roxbury
Obituaries list B Bernhardt aged 62, William Berryman six months, Maria Brandt 46, Adelia Pinkham funeral at Brookline, Annie Roach 39, Patrick Cooney 70, B Bernhardt 52, John Joseph Dolan 19. Funeral details given for several with dates September 20 to 22 and place names Dorchester East Boston Roxbury Brookline Meeting House Hill Vernon Roxbury and St Francis de La Church.
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Dolan
John Joseph
Michael
Mary Dolan
North End
Boston
Washington Street
St. Francis de la Church
Vernon Street
Roxbury
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Roger F. Scannell
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American House
Kittrendge Optician
Winter St
Fitchburg R. R
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Wood, Harmon & CO
School St
Norris
Ward 13
South
Barnes
Committee On Public Institutions
Board of Trustees
Isaacs. Burrell
Transit Commission
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Liana Seceesereees
Mirs
H. A. Corson
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