Fire at North Packing works causes total loss of shed
A fire started in a box car at the North Packing Company works in Somerville spreading to the hog run and adjacent sheds. Fire crews from Somerville and Cambridge, aided by 42 firefighters, battled the blaze for over an hour and a half. The shed valued at 9000 was destroyed while cars and fertilizer were damaged. cause believed to be arson by local firebugs.
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South
Medford Streets
Somerville
North Packing Company
Dooty
Cambridge
J. F. Guthrie
Hopkins
Medford Street
Casey
John P. Squire Company
G. E. Corliss
Victorian steamship inspection by Boston journalists
Representatives of Boston newspapers invited by H W Lincoln Co visited the Victorian at East Boston dock. The Leyland Line vessel impressed with size, cleanliness and smooth operation. A Monday reception is planned for Boston merchants, shipbuilders, owners and officials as outward cargo is hastily loaded to ready the ship for departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
H. W. Lincoln & Co
Leyland Lhe
Leyland Line
Sses
Governors renomination under AP A pressure rocks Massachusetts
Republican leaders face a power struggle over Governor Greenhalge's bid for a third term. The A P A opposition stalls renomination as Lodge remains abroad and Williams attacks from Springfield. Delegates may shift to anti Greenhalge factions, with Col Young promising a retaliatory anti Greenhalge slate if plans fail.
Travel Offer to Albany by Boston & Albany Route
Special travel opportunity to Albany via Boston and Albany Railroad down the Hudson to New York. Includes Fall River Line to Boston with departure starting October 8. Limited seats available. act quickly to reserve passage and enjoy the scenic metropolitan route.
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Albany
Boston & Albany
Hudson
New York
Fall River
Boston
Famous College President Endorses Paine's Celery Compound
Rev Erastus Rowley lauds Paine's celery compound as a superior remedy for constipation nervousness insomnia and heart palpitations after years of illness. He credits the product with restoring nerve strength and wellbeing and plans to continue its use and recommendation.
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Erastus Rowley
Paine
Kentucky
Deer Isle Plans Welcome for Defender Crew Return
Defender crew of the America s Cup defender to be welcomed with a town ceremony. Deer Isle public committee invites Captain Haff and wife to visit. pledge best care and city honors. Letters praise crew discipline and merit, urge all men to land at one point for a grand reception and banquet at the Town Hall.
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Depr Isle
Haffar
A. Richardson
Deer Isle
America
Eear
Aricha General Committee
Missing English tailor L Bloom leaves wife and two children
Three persons are reported missing including L Bloom a 24 year old English tailor who vanished September 14 after leaving 2% Margaret Street to go to work. His wife says they lived in the country six months since marriage in England and there is no known reason for his disappearance. He has two children and no relatives in the area.
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L. Bloom
Houge
Margaret Street
England
New York
Free Buck Board and Overcoat Sale Offer
A small advertisement promotes a Wool Boys' art overcoat priced at 1.95 after a 5.00 value, plus a free large durable Boys' Buckboard valued at 2.00. Also offered are a pair of boys' cheviot pants.
Cambridge Boy Gone
James E. Hamilton, a 17 year old Cambridge resident living at 54 Middlesex Street, disappeared last Tuesday. Described as homelike and not prone to wandering, he stands five to six feet tall, light complected, about 145 pounds, wearing a black coat, sweater, and dark pants at the time of disappearance. Authorities seek information from the public.
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James E. Hamilton
Cambridge
Middlesex Street
Martin Curran Missing From Norwood. Tannery Worker Outgoing
Norwood Sept 19 There are no tidings of Martin Curran who has been living in Norwood about a year and worked at Winslow tannery. He left for Boston on the 12 69 train then toured South Boston with two friends. He was last seen near Federal street bridge with plans to return home. His brothers, Thomas and another Curran, believe he is dead.
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Girs
Annie Kelly
Belle Bailey
Father Fitzpatrick
St Ann’s Church
Belle
Bailey
Mabel
Annie
Boutwell Avenue
John J. Crowne
Walker Street
Mabel Doyle
Crowne
Halloran
Quincy
Wollaston
Neponset Bridge
Atlantic
Eetal
Tey
Boston
Greenharge
Wolcott
Greenhalge
Friends
Young
Springfield
Massachusetts
Celene R. J. Hamilton
Halle
Greenhaige
Civil Service Commissioners
General Draper
Norwood
Martin Curran
Curran
Winslow Tannery
Timothy Foley
Washington Street
P. McCabbe
M. Curran
Federal Street Bridge
Ah of Curran
Portland
Thomas Curran
Mayor Curtis Hospitalized and City Hall Change
Mayor Curtis is seriously ill and expected to be absent from City Hall for about two weeks. Acting Mayor Sanford will run municipal affairs. City solicitor appointment of Samuel M. Child noted, a Democrat from New Hampshire with Harvard Law training. Contingent fund exhausted as council members face expenses from a Philadelphia junket and local critics urge accountability.
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Curtis
City Hall
Guild
Knights Templars
Sanford
Samuel M. ‘Child
Babson
Ray
New Hampshire
Cushing @aburnham
Harvard
Colg
Law School
Mign
City Hall Hagig
Boston
Board of
Street
ex-Finis
Fred Folsom
Bro Folsom
Horace Go
Jesse Gove
Noyes
Republcan
Samuel Kelly
Patrick F. O’shea
Dorchester
Peters
Quincy House
Philadelphia
Common Council
Bullet in His Heart Falls Newton Laborer at 6:20 PM
Edward N. Slyney a Newton laborer committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart at his Parker Street boarding house in Newton Highlands at 6:20 PM. He was 25 years old and from Worcester.
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Newton
Edward N. Slyney
Parker Street
Newton Highlands
Worcester
Walpole Water Board elects three commissioners
Walpole voters chose Henry P. Plimpton for three years, Arthur N. Cram for two, and Thomas M. Crowley for one, by Australian ballot. The new board will confirm existing contracts, preventing work stoppage and saving up to $10,000 due to current material costs and business prospects. The board met tonight to review all prior contracts.
Watertown Woman's Club to Honor Miss Harriet Hosmer
The hospitality committee chaired by Mrs. John H. Conant prepares a reception for sculptress Miss Harriet Hosmer at the Unitarian building in Watertown tomorrow afternoon. The receiving party includes club president Mrs. A. M. Silsbee Mrs. Alfred Hosmer and Miss Harriet Hosmer.
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Watertown
Watertown Woman's Club
John H. Conant
Harriet Hosmer
Moulders Strike Halts Boston Foundries at 10 A.M.
Boston iron moulders walk out in a widespread strike led by local No 106 after months of wage and union card disputes. Joseph Valentine arrived to push for a $2.50 minimum, while firms like Barbour and Stockwell and Mechanics Foundry faced picket lines and mass meetings. About 750 workers displaced with potential extension to 200 pattern makers if unresolved, and plans for a baseball game among strikers noted.
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Boston
International Union
International
Joseph F. Valentine
Massachusetts
Pacific Slope
Mr. Valentine
Valentine
New York
Barbour & Stockwell
Henry M. Bird
Osgood & Hart
Cambridge
Lincoln Jewitt
F. B. Foster
B. Hodge
Mechanics’ Iron Foundry
Kimball Street
Roxbury
Mechanics’ Foundry
Merrill
Gibby
West
Mr. Merrill
Charlestown Fark
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Piano Headquarters
Tremont, St., Boston
NEW England Piano CO
Doyle Cain Wollaston
of North & Go, Samififide
Grete Aza
A.P.A
Senator Lodge
Europe
George Fred Williams
Young Men's Democratic Club
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Republican State Committee
Gillett
James Phillips, Jr
Phillips
California
Donovan
John J. Hoad
Senate
Hoar
Creed
Horan
F. H. Gillett
Ottie
Baltimore, Md
Edward E. Phelps
Dartmouth College
Camp
New Haven
Cook
National Teachers’ Association
Blu
Chikire
Martin. Curran
Jess
S. M. Child
C. J. Noyes
Walpole Water Board
Gentionen
Summer St
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