Knights of Odd Fellows Hold Grand Decoration Ceremony
Eleven members receive the Grand Decoration of Chivalry at Boston Music Hall with sword ceremony and arch of steel. Canton City of Lynn recipient Lt. John Hemenway leads honors. parade drills on South End grounds win Canton McKeen $200. Alfred S. Pinkerton to be installed as grand sire at Copley Hall.
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Boston
Music Hall
Ivanhoe
Richard Coeur de Leon
John Hemenway
Canton
Lynn
J. B. Andrews
Altoona
Penn
J. T. Doran
California
Q. A. Scott
Waterville
New Hampshire
John Corkhill
Pittsfield
Mass
Thomas F. Wilton
Canton Mascotte
William F. Gay
Grand Canton Shawmut
F. E. Gaylord
Canton Malden
E. B. Barnes
Salem
Gra
Terre Haute
Ind
South End
Canton McKeen
Charles 5. Morton
Thirty
Michigan Volunteers
United States
Santiago
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Michigan
Patriarchs
D. W. Rigney
McKeen
George H. Mullis
Patriarchs Militant
Springfield
Keith’s
Alfred S. Pinkerton
Copley Hall
Sire Carleton
Gladys Brown
Ward 14 Opposes Baldwin for Senator Cronin Emerges
In Ward 14 voters express strong opposition to John E Baldwin due to his vote for Bell Telephone rates. They rally behind Dennis M Cronin a Sterling Democrat praised for honesty and integrity. Cronin, resident for 22 years and brother of ex Senator Cronin, is seen as a champion of people over corporate interests with a caucus for delegate selection set at Gray's Hall next Monday.
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Ward 14
John E. Bald'n
Dennis M. Cronin
John E. Baldwin
Suffolk
Baldwin
Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Hardihood
Senate
Mr. Cronin
Cronin
Public endorsement for Doan’s Kidney Pills from East Boston resident
Mr L G Glidden of 111 Eutaw St East Boston testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured six months of kidney pain backache and urinary trouble after failing with other remedies. He bought at Knight’s pharmacy 97 Court St and urges others to use them, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the U S.
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Boston
L. Glidden
Eutaw St
East
Glidden
Dean
Knight’s Pharmacy
Court St
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Knights and ladies honor roll at grand lodge ceremony
The sovereign grand lodge event featured five lady assistants awarding emblems of knighthood. Prizes went to the canton for drill excellence as Brigadier-General Edward Emerson presided. Officials defined that lodges may pay funeral benefits only to immediate relatives, while funeral expenses go to service providers.
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Lillie F. Adams
Mary Washington Lodge No
Aber-Towne
Frances L. Peck
Emma E. Dinsmore
Mary Washington Lodge No.1
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Call for Alger Resignation Shifts GOP Strategy
Washington report says Republican leaders Babcock and Hull told President McKinley that Secretary of War Alger is a political liability. They endorsed his resignation to avoid undermining GOP chances in the November elections after tours of the middle West and New England. They warned continued service could cost the next Congress.
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New York
Washington
Babcock
Hull
Republican Congressional Committee
McKinley
Russell A. Alger
Alger
Middle West
New England
Fitchburg Railroad Excursion to Hoosac Tunnel Sept. 21
J. R. Watson, general passenger agent, will mail full particulars on request about the Fitchburg railroad popular Hoosac Tunnel excursion set for September 21.
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J. R. Watson
Fitchburg
Hoosac Tunnel
Man Seriously Bladesman at Roxbury Crossing
Daniel McCue thirty is stabbed and seriously injured by William H Doyle twenty nine at the Roxbury crossing beneath the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. McCue was taken to City Hospital. Doyle was arrested after a struggle with police. Police plan to curb nightly crowds under the bridge due to frequent loitering and fights.
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Daniel McCue
Mindore Street
William H. Doyle
Halleck Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Roxbury
Doyle
McCue
Miss Winnie Davis Funeral Plans Altered in Richmond
The Washington and Confederate leaders will miss the service as changes to the funeral order are made. General Fitzhugh Lee, the Secretary of War, and the Governor cannot attend, shifting pallbearers. Colonel William Preston Johnson arrives and will serve as pallbearer. The cortège proceeds to St. Pauls Church with guard of honor and no public viewing. Burial lies near Mr. Davis in the Davis circle with floral tributes pouring in from the South.
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Richmond
Winnie Davis
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Corps
William Preston Johnson
New Orleans
Lee Camp
St. Paul's Church
Davis Circle
Davis
South
Mrs Whitney Leaves Bar Harbor Aboard Sagamore
The steam yacht Sagamore with Colonel Oliver H. Payne arrived at Bar Harbor and then departed for New York carrying Mrs William C Whitney. Her condition is slightly improved and the family remains hopeful for her ultimate recovery. Eight sailors ferried her onto a pneumatic bed at noon and the yacht sailed, with a probable New York arrival by tomorrow night or Sunday morning.
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Bar Harbor
Sagamore
Oliver H. Payne
New York
William C. Whitney
Stolen Silverware Recovered From Cambridge Home
Inspectors Shields and Kelly recovered seventy four pieces of silverware valued at 150 dollars from the Cambridge residence of Gilbert D. Jackson. The recovered property was turned over to Cambridge police.
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Shields
Kelly
Gilbert D. Jackson
Cambridge
Yellow Mill Pond murder case arrests rise in Bridgeport
Three suspects are in custody in the Yellow Mill Pond murder. Walter Foster, Emma Gill's lover, Charles Plumb of Stratford, and the son of Dr Nancy Guilford, midwife. Police confirm Emma Gill of Southington is the victim and say identification is complete.
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Emma Gil
Bridgeport
Emma Gill
Southington
Walter C. Foster
Walter Foster
Charles Plumb
Nancy Guilford
Conn
Yellow Mill Pond
Stratford
Birmingham
H. D. Hitchcock
Miss Gill
Foster
James H. Pratt
Pratts
Lighthouse Point
New Haven
Winter C. Foster
J. Jones
Plumb
Emma
Arnold
Gill
Detective Arnold
Doten
F. L. Curtis
Charles A. Plumb
Harry Guilford
Gilbert Street
Central
Young Guilford
Patriotism at the Fair to Honor Army and Navy in October
About sixty representatives of patriotic societies met at Parker House to plan the coming fair in Mechanics Building opening October 10. The program includes days for Constitution, Lafayette, Mount Vernon, and many patriotic commemorations with relics, teas, and entertainments under the executive committee and D A R members.
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Parker House
Sara White Lee
Patriotic Historic Department
Mechanics
Lafayette
Nathan Appleton
Mount Vernon
Alice Longfellow
Army
Navy
Veterans
D. R
United States Daughters of 1812
Woman's Relief Corps
Volunteer Aid
Serapis
Paul Jones
Edward Everett Parker
Bunker Hill
Governor Greenhalge
Greenhalge
Private Kingsley Dead at Marine Hospital Chelsea
Yesterday morning Private George P Kingsley of Company B Seventh Infantry died of typhoid fever and pneumonia at the Marine Hospital in Chelsea. He was the son of David P Kingsley.
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City Hospital
Arthur C. Masneger
Relief
Chelsea
Seventh Infantry
Cuba
Camp Wikoff
Marine Hospital
George P. Kingsley
Company B
David P. Kingsley
Steamship expansion and harbor changes announced
Steamship agent Thomas Harling arrives from Liverpool to set up Portland and Montreal offices for Leyland Line with a winter service to Liverpool and a summer return via the St Lawrence. New steamers Philadelphian Lancastrian Georgian Columbian Bostonian bring fresh routes. captains McConkey Shepherd McCollum Hill Parker named for duties amid a list of fleet shifts. Wrecked Belvidere flagged as purchased potential. large lumber cargoes aboard Governor Ames and Sagamore signal strong trade activity.
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Thomas Harling
Liverpool
Leyland Line
Portland
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Spencer
London
Furness
M Harwichport
Stell Lennan
John
E. Hesseltine
Marine Division
The
Custom House
Charley Foote
Bath
Billy Kemp
Juno
Foote
Frank
Long Wharf
Beverly
John W. McGrath
Commodore Watson
Port Antonio
Jam
Guantanamo
Newark
New York
Admiral Sampson
Cramp’s Yard
Philadelphia
Admiral Dewey
McGrath
Admiral Watson
Admiral Schley
Belvidere
Cape Maysi
Betts
Governor Ames
Savannah
Taunton
Sagamore
Brunswick
John G. Crowley
Ames
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ODD Fellows
Bell Telephone
Militant
Grand Lodge Meeting
Tremont Row
J. Edward Wilson
Wilson
ROV
Mr, Alger
W. H. Doyle
D Ferca
Miss Davis
Mrs. Whitney
Thre
Fld. Fitchcock
Waters
Mrs. Hitchcocks
Kingsley
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