Cole Leads Push for Governor Appointed Inquiry
Charles H. Cole, chairman of a policy holders committee, reports 800 signatures backing a Governor appointed investigation into the Massachusetts Benefit Association. He denounces Insurance Commissioner Merrill for appointing a limited committee, urging a full public inquiry with governor power.
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Charles H. Cole
Massachusetts Benefit Association
Merrill
Major Merrill
Association
Mr. Litchfield
Senate
House
Olicy
Litchfield
Robbers Crack 2000 Pound Safe in Hartford Office
In Hartford at the Standard Oil office a 2000 pound safe was blown open by masked burglars. About $200 in cash was taken while Hubert F. Guinan, sleeping in the office, was gagged and tied to a post in a barn nearby before freeing himself and reporting to police. Detectives swept depots and suburbs as the case unfolded.
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Hartford
Conn
Burgars
Standard Oil Company
Hubert F. Guinan
Jimmy
Blackwell Missing Man Sighting Sparks New Leads
No trace of E D Blackwell from Montpelier Vermont. A letter to E R Naughton says F W Kirkland saw Blackwell en route to Boston with a small iron box likely containing electrical goods. Blackwell alighted at Bellows Falls for an appointment, could not find the recipient and resumed travel with the box toward Boston.
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E. D. Blackwell
Montpelier
E. R. Naughton
F. W. Kirkland
Blackwell
Boston
Bellows Falls
Coldest September 24 in 21 years hits New York
New York records a low of 43.8 degrees this morning marking the coldest September 24 in 21 years. Frosts spread from the Ohio Valley to the Middle Atlantic with light frosts reaching Philadelphia and Lynchburg, a heavy frost at Pittsburg, and killing frost at Louisville and Northfield.
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New York
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Lynchburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Louisville
Northfield
Youth Given Reformatory Sentence for Drinking
Judge Bishop of the Superior Criminal Court sentenced William James a 17 year old to the Massachusetts Reformatory for drunkenness. The offence occurred on May 17, 1894 when he was 15. he had been placed on probation at the Municipal Court as a first offense after being surrendered by Officer Keefe due to bad associations at the West End.
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Bishop
Superior Criminal Court
William James
Massachusetts Reformatory
James
Municoe Court
Keefe
West End
Pretty Hot Talk Leads Cambridge School Board Meeting
Cambridge school board held a lively session with White accusing Dr. Clancy of misstatements and nominating Peter Roos for a drawing teacher vacancy. Clancy challenged Roos credentials while board officers postponed final action and approved travel study leave for ten-year teachers.
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Cambridge
White
J. M. Stone
Stone
Worcester
Peter Roos
Europe
Roos
University of Illinois
Clancy
Boak
Fince
Malley
Mr. White
Bancroft
Booles
Herbert S. Bates
Moses A. Child
Harriette G. Burr
Minnie A. Noyes
Agassiz
Margaret H. Cloud
Mareerie G. Moloney
Catherine G. Richards
Caroline A. Leighton
Taylor
Ellen N. Leighton
Gore
Elizabeth R. Hanlon
Edith A. Hall
Helen H. Ball
Mary A. Batcheller
Callahan
Ross
LaSalle
Miss Gahm
Otis
Mulloney
William B. Hewitt
Willard School
William B. Dale
Crescent Street
Fusilier Veterans Hold 109th Fall Banquet in City Hotel
The Fusilier Veterans' Association held its 109th fall banquet at the United States Hotel after a 3 PM parade from headquarters at 994 Washington Street through downtown streets. Major Gillespie was praised as ex-Major Sanders spoke by invitation, and Colonel Beals awarded Gillespie a golden badge. An informal ice cream party followed at Temple Street Church.
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Fusilier Veterans’ Association
United States
Washington Street
Fusilier Field Band
Pearl
Milk
India
Faneuil Hall Market
Merchants’ Row
State
Washington
School and
Tremont Streets
Temple Place
Beach Streets
United States Hotel
W. J. Gillespie
The
Fusiliers
Sanders
Lawrence
Calais
Association
Olin
William Beals
Snow
Bean
Walker
Hanna
Rose
Foss
Camrell
Hatch
Beals
Gillespie
William A. Gillespie
Temple Street
Peabody Fair Nets Record Receipts
Peabody September closing saw the county fair end with the largest receipts in society history. President Appleton led the dinner amid speeches by George von L. Meyer A. E. Wells W. L. Moody Oliver S. Butler and Benjamin P. Ware ex-president and R. S. Rantoul. Admissions receipts totaled about $3000.
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Peabody
Appleton
George von L. Meyer
A. E. Wells
W. L. Moody
Oliver S. Butler
Benjamin P. Ware
Marblehead
Rantoul
President and aides avoid conference at Gray Gables
Buzzard s Bay Mass Sept 24 The President and Mr Perrine fished all day with no callers. Secretary Carlisle returned to New York on the lighthouse tender Rodger s as did Secretary Hamlin who came to confer with Mr Carlisle.
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Buzzard's Bay
Mass
Gray Gables
Perrine
Carlisle
New York
Rodgers
Hamlin
Rally at Faneuil Hall pushes Hebrew Sound Money drive
A large crowd attended a one month old Hebrew Sound Money League rally at Faneuil Hall. Solomon Scheinfeld opened the meeting and Moses S. Lowrie argued for gold standard policy, criticizing silver and Sherman era policies. Edward Atkinson, Leon Egges, Willard Howland, and John F Cronan followed with pro sound money remarks.
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Hebrew Sound Money League
Solomon Scheinfeld
Moses 8S. Lowrie
England
France
Germany
Edward Atkinson
Bryan
Leon Egges
Russell
Ulysses
Willard Howland, Esq
John F., Cronan
Sound Money Rally Draws Railroad Men in Fitchburg
A large crowd of railroad workers gathered at a rally for sound money hosted by the New England Railway Men's Non-Partisan Sound Money Club. Speakers including John C. Cobb and James K. McConnell discussed silver versus gold, railroad finances, and impacts on wages, with critiques of silver Democrats and appeals to workers and merchants.
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Stone
Fitchburg
New England Railway Men
Sound Money Club
Robertson
John C. Cobb
James KE. McConnell
Chicago
Fetc
John C. Lane
Massachusetts Sound Money Democratic League
William A. Murphy
Little One Run Down by Horse Team in Mattapan
Gertrude Levine a four year old of 149 Richmond Street was knocked down by a horse and team driven by Richard Kelly of River Street Mattapan at Salem and Parmenter Streets yesterday afternoon. Her left thigh was fractured and she was taken to the Children's Hospital.
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Gertrude Levine
Richmond Street
Richard Kelly
River Street
Mattapan
Salem
Parmenter Streets
Children’s Hospital
Ambrosoli Estate Sees Public Administrator Named
In Suffolk Probate Court Joseph N Pastene was appointed public administrator of the estate of Bernardino Ambrosoli the Italian hotel proprietor in the North End who was recently murdered.
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Suffolk
Joseph N. Pastene
Bernardo Ambrosoli
North End
Brockton Fair Draws Boston Tourists With Fast Rail Service
The Brockton Fair, four day event next week, will be served by NH & 4H railroad special trains from Kneeland Street in thirty five minutes. Attendees may depart at noon and return by early evening after enjoying trotting races and fair features. Excursion tickets cost 1.15 dollars and cover fares both ways and admission to departments.
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Boston
Brockton
N.H
Kneeland Street
Blood Diseases Requiring Purifier Not Local Treatment
Osteopathy notes eczema salt rheum and scrofula are blood diseases not cured by ointments. They require a blood purifier rather than local application.
Ilants and Species Ic Illants Blood Purifier Ad
An advertisement touts Ilants as the greatest blood purifier and Nature's own remedy. It offers a Home Treatment Book for 10 cents postage and invites readers to order by mail to 104 Broad Street Boston or contact Ypsilanti Specific Co.
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Broad S&t
Boston
Ypsilanti Specific CO
Registration totals climb as five days remain in final rolls
About 82,000 registered with five days left. daily indoor totals rise at the Old Court House as Republicans fade and Democrats gain, led by Ward 7 with 49 registrations and Ward 4 with 7. Overall, total heads toward an estimated 89,505 with continued outside registrations needed.
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Old Court House
Vecssvett
Cisiess
Tivities
Nveesie Gaus Rra
Ward
Vini Ee
Ais Bane
Iss
Sm Seis Ree Aay Seesten
Siskes
Verckein
Anes
Quarrel Over Three Cents Ends in Fines
S Howard Martin of Roxbury was fined ten dollars after a dispute over three cents. He had hired a boy to sift ashes, then refused to pay the agreed amount, leading to repeated demands and an assault charge that landed him in court.
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S. Howard Martin
Roxbury
Martin
Flogging Dispute At Frothingham School Sparks Parents Concerns
Mrs Bartholomew Connolly of 79 Tremont Street Charlestown accuses Miss Calesworthy of harsh punishment against her son Dennis at Frothingham School. Principal Atwood supports the parent while classmates claim the boy was severely flogged.
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Frothingham
Charlestown
Bartholomew Connolly
Tremont Street
Dennis
Boston Evening Dispatch Company Organized in Maine
Hon J H Mellen of Worcester and William T Way of Boston with J W Keith formed the Boston Evening Dispatch Company of Boston under Maine law through City Clerk Edwin L Dyer. The Democratic daily plans to support Bryan and Sewall. machinery and staff chosen. Mellen named president Way treasurer and Dyer clerk. First issue set for October 1.
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Portland
J. H. Mellen
Worcester
Mass
William T. Way
J. W. Keith
Boston
Edwin L. Dyer
Maine
Boston Evening Dispatch Company
Bryan and Sewall
Mellen
Way
Dyer
Ivory in London Court faces dynamite conspiracy charge
Ivory or Bell, the American linked to Tynan's alleged dynamite plot, was arraigned at Bow Street. Prosecutor Gill said four men left New York in August, funded by a Fenian group to Antwerp, then to London or Glasgow to plan explosions. He read Tynan and Ivory letters and described a cipher code system.
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London
Ivory
Bell
Glasgow
Tynan
Gill
Bayard Praises Cleveland and Victoria at Dinner
Ambassador Bayard lauded President Cleveland and Queen Victoria at a meal hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Cleveland. He praised Cleveland's financial integrity and fidelity to public obligations and cited Lord Russell of Kilowen’s arbitration remarks during his US visit.
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American Chamber of Commerce
Ambassador Bayard
Cleveland
Queen Victoria
Bayard
Lord Russell of
Killowen
England
United States
Earth for Liberty Tree in Charter Oak Plan
Hartford action plans a soil package from the Charter Oak site to William Logan Rodman Post in New Bedford for planting the liberty tree on October 6. A Hartford delegation may attend the New Bedford ceremonies.
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Hartford
Conn
Robert O. Tyler
G. A.R
Charter Oak
William Logan Rodman
New Bedford
Wheel Examiner Run Over by Train in Yard
Mansfield report says William Fallon aged 24, an examiner of car wheels for the New York New Haven Hartford line, was struck by a train in the yard this afternoon. Both legs were crushed and must be amputated. he was taken to a Boston hospital for treatment.
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Mansfield
Will'am Fallon
New York, New Haven
Hartford Road
Boston
Magician Herrmann recalls chop stick trick with Li Hung Chang
In Boston notes, Alexaner Herrmann shows a chop stick souvenir to Berl Li at the Waldorf. The tale recalls a Pekin dinner where Herrmann used a chop stick to conjure a tomato salad crackers and cheese coffee brandy and two cigarettes, amid host amusement.
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Alexander Herrmann
Li Hung Chang
New York
Waldorf Hotel
Herrman
Berl Li
Herrmann
Pekin
Two Good Things A North American Review Offer
The North American Review offers a special edition Encyclopedic Dictionary in four volumes. The publisher aims to distribute 1000 sets with easy terms, pairing a magazine subscription with a reduced price reference work. Dr Parkhurst lauds the library as condensed depth, and orders pour in from Boston at 607 Washington Street and by mail.
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The
North American Review
Review
Dr. Parkhurst
New York
Boston
Washington Street
Strikers Plan Monster Picnic at Oak Island Grove
The Lynn strikers announce a full day of entertainment at Oak Island Grove in Revere starting at 10 30 a m with athletics dancing and music continuing to 10 30 p m. John J Sweeney owner offers grounds free while a Lynn band volunteers and the Boston Revere Beach Lynn railroad provides round trip transport for 10 cents.
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Lynn
Oak Island Grove
Revere
John J. Sweeney
Boston
Revere Beach
Williams College Enrolls Record 370 Students in 1927 Opening
Williams College opens with 124 in the entering class and a total enrollment of 370, the largest in the institution's history. This fall term marks a significant growth for the college.
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Williamstown
Williams College
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