Toledo Grain Elevator Disaster Leaves Dozen Dead
Eight burned to death and eight more fatally injured in a grain elevator explosion at Paddock Hodge & Co in Toledo. The blast shook nearby streets as workers and families gathered, with at least twenty men unaccounted for inside the seven story building and a night of frantic rescue efforts.
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Toledo
Paddock, Hodge & Co
Samuel Alexander
Bert Wainwright
Fred Garrett
Harold Parks
John Smith
Grace Parks
Frank van Housen
John Carr
David
Superintendent Parks
Grace
Harold
Union Elevator
Fire Department
Ten Breaks In South Boston House thefts alarm police
South Boston reports eleven days of ten dwelling break ins by false keys with $200 in losses last night. Homes on 706 Third Street and others show jewelry, watches, furs, and cash taken. Police admit no clues and note ongoing larcenies despite two arrests. An inspector from headquarters will assist.
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Boston
Roxbury
John H. Jardine
Third Street
Abner F. Porter
Athens Street
Waltham
Odd Fellows
Henry Bubie
F Street
John Flynn
Broadway
Henry Doherty
Baxter Street
John Meonard
West Sixth Street
John S&s. Chamberlain
West Seventh Street
John Galvin
Bolton Street
John Grelish
Gold Street
C. I. Knight
Cc. I. Knight
Coventry
Knight
Gorham
Asa Parmlee
Bartlett
Knight & Bartlett
Albany Street
Davis Street
Hudson Street
E. A. Knight
Gay
Knight’s
Letme
Messrs. C. I
Corbett’s Column Highlights Knights Bakery and Local Ventures
Corbett discusses the Odd Fellows founding principles and profiles C I Knight and E A Knight of Knight & Bartlett bakery in Roxbury and Boston growth. He notes Pan American Dredging’s $5,000,000 capital and local ads, praising Mrs Atkinson’s dining rooms and urging charity via Dr Burt. He closes with community notices and a greeting to Odd Fellows.
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Order of
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellowship
Bathing on the water front roils with ship notices and arrivals
A long list of maritime notes from the harbor describes the City of St John’s long voyage on the Yarmouth route, the Express wreck at Barrington, the death of Captain Jacob Saunders, 58, a Yarmouth native, and latest sailings. Also reported are crews, vacations, and port movements including the Bay State’s first outward trip to Liverpool with a record cargo, the Sachem’s Liverpool call, and pilots handling deep drafts.
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City of St. John
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Halifax
Yarmouth
Express
Barrington
Lancaster
England
Jacob Saunders
Bark
Douglass
Brooklyn
N. S
Christiania
Hamburg- American Line
Hamburg
Constitution Wharf
Barber
Boston Towboat Company
Phil Freeman
Bert Baker
Vesta
Joe Kemp
J. G. Neafie
Billy Smith
Neafie
Kansas
Bay State
Charlestown
Liverpool
Eastaway
Mystic Wharf
Billi McMillan
Varuna
Glasgow
George Lawler
Hesper
Nashe’s Rock
Leyland
Saturn
Lebanon
Sterling
Norfolk
Hawaiian Islands
Marcellus
Landsman
West End row ends in alleged murder attempt
At 10 o clock last night a disturbance at 10 Cotting Street West End led police to report a possible murder. William H Hayes intoxicated, allegedly assaulted Mrs Sophie Greenburg on the third floor, threw her down stairs and struck her with a teapot. Hayes was arrested at Station 3 and jailed. Greenburg suffered a deep cut on the forehead and a lip cut needing stitches.
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Cotting Street
West End
William H. Hayes
Sophie Greenburg
Yfayes
Greenburg
Bryan to resign. Bryan voices restraint on public talk
A Jacksonville report says Colonel William Jennings Bryan of the Third Nebraska Volunteers will soon resign from the U S Army and resume public debates. He declines to discuss politics or the army and notes he values ideas over any office. He will not reveal his resignation date.
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Kansas City
The
Star
Jacksonville
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska Volunteers
United States Army
Bryan
Stage Talk Hints at Sans Souci Future Plans
Rumors swirl over the Sans Souci fate with no firm conclusions. The lease suggests continued use as a venue, with names like George B. McClellan linked to a new deal. Boston beginnings shape the music hall project as Henry Miller acquires Barricard from Madeleine Lucette Ryley for Frohman. Nestor Lennon and Maud Banks perform a war sketch in vaudeville.
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George B. McClellan
New York
Boston
Henry Miller
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Charles Frohman
Nestor Lennon
Maud Banks
Major Grady Memorial Featured By Redberry Knights
The Redberry Council Knights of Columbus honored Major Patrick J. Grady with memorial resolutions praising his service in the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry and leadership at Santiago. They expressed sympathy to his widow and children and plan an October meeting with entertainment in his memory.
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Redberry Council
Knights of Columbus
Patrick J. Grady
Mungovan
Richard Sullivan
Patrick F. Ford
John E. Galvin
Ninth
Massachusetts Infantry
United States Volunteers
Kingdom of Spain
Santiago
Grady
Resi Idence Amen
Man Burned In Live Wire Accident At Kneeland and South Streets
Thomas McGuiness of the Boston Electric Light Company suffers severe burns across the head face body and legs after contact with live wires in a manhole at Kneeland and South streets. Doctors warn the right leg may be amputated. Tickets go on sale Wednesday Sept 21 at 260 Washington Street Union Station for the Fitchburg railroad Hoosac Tunnel excursion on Sept 24 at a rate of $2.
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Boston Electric Light Company
Kneeland
South Streets
Washington Street
Union Station
Fitchburg
Hoosac Tunnel
Pittsburg
Boston
Subway
The
Ants
Tremont St
Boylston St
Appleton & Bassett’s
Washington St
Connnelly
Adams House
Lemaire
Quincey Centre
Old Colony Station
L.H. Green
Roo 202
Tremont Bldg
Professor Attila Praises Kutnow Powder In Training Testimonial
The world famous athletic instructor and Sandow tutor endorses Kutnow’s Improved Effervescent Powder as a prep aid for exercise and tone maintenance. He offers a free sample to readers who write to Kutnow Bros. at 13 Astor Place New York City and mention the Boston Post.
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Sandow
Kutnow
Kutnow Bros
Astor Place
New York City
Boston Post
US envoy Loomis arrives with cane gift for Venezuela
Francis B. Loomis, the US minister to Venezuela, landed in New York with a gold mounted cane presented by President Andrade. Loomis described Andrade as enthusiastic over McKinley’s conduct of the war and his peace terms. The cane is crafted from 127 native wood varieties from across the states.
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Francis B. Loomis
United States
Venezuela
New York
President Andrade
Andrade
Loomis
McKinley
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