Peary’s Infant Daughter Draws Attention at Home
In Washington the infant Marie Almighito Peary is the focus at the explorer’s mother’s house. Eskimo nurse Bill, 12, adjusts to American life while Marie shows off Eskimo garments and a sealskin suit. Mrs. Peary defends provisions and hints at plans to outfit another Greenland expedition for next summer.
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Washington
Peary
Marie
Greenland
Bill
Bowdoin Bay
Marie Almighito Peary
St. John’s
America
Little Marie
American Geographical Society
New York
Wellman Returns From Arctic Expedition Attempt
Walter Wellman and three companions arrived in New York on the Spree after an Arctic voyage that started in March from New York. The party faced ice floes that crushed their steamship and forced a dogsled journey to Tromsoe, ending with a return via London. Wellman plans another expedition next spring, glad to be home with his wife awaiting in Washington.
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New York
Walter Wellman
Spree
Britannia
Mr. Wellman
O. B. French
Thomas B. Mohun
Charles C. Dodge
Tromsoe
Norway
Bernatuse
London
Belgium
Wellman
Washington
Gilsey
Reception at the H. H. Home for King's Daughters and Sons
The Helping Hand Society hosted a reception at its Charles street home for about five hundred weavers of the silver cross. A reception committee led by Mrs. Eliza Trask Hill and others oversaw a decorated house, with singing tableaux vivants and an address by Mrs. Louis Barton on Women’s Opportunities in Our Time.
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Helping Hand Society
King’s Daughters and Sons
Charles Street
Silver Cross
Eliza Trask Hill
Emily Little
A. E. Lord
A. P. Dickerman
J. M. Vinal
Mary
Louis Barton
New York Excursion Train Starts October Ninth
The $5 round trip excursion to New York via Albany and Hudson River routes departs October 9 returning by Fall River Line and Boston via Boston. Albany R. R. operates the service with connections from Fall River and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany
Hudson River
Fall River Line
Boston
Albany R. R
Is He Liable Or Not In Lawrence Marriage Tale
Doubt arises over Herbert S. Parker age connected to a Boston marriage license to Lilian Manning. City registrar notes possible violation of a 1900s law with fines and jail risk if underage or falsified residence. case hinges on Parker’s true age and potential perjury. Prosecution would come from parents if pursued.
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Herbert S. Parker
Lawrence
Walter Parker
Pacific Mills
Boston
Lilian Manning
Mr. Earle
Harvard Street Baptist Church
Young Parker
Old Court House
South Fourth Street
House of Correction
Groton Street
Post
Parker
High Street
Baltimore
Providence
Herbert
Miss Manning
September Wedding of Dr Manning Keep and Miss Grace Bradley
Prominent Boston dentist Dr Charles Manning Keep and Grace Bradley daughter of William H Bradley were married last night at 7 30 at 35 Longwood avenue Brookline in a home ceremony. Rev Reuen Thomas of Harvard Congregational Church officiated in a parlor with abundant foliage. A reception followed from 8 to 10 o'clock.
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Charles Manning Keep
Boston
Brookline
Grace Bradley
William H. Bradley
Bradley
Longwood Avenue
Reuen Thomas
Harvard Congregational Church
Pretty wedding at Church of Our Lady of Victories
Yesterday morning Adele M Lambert wed Joseph McDonough a Boston fireman in a full choral ceremony. Father Donovan officiated as Gounod Ave Maria Von Weber mass were sung and Mendelssohn’s wedding march played. Guest maid of honor Josephine Bovendier wore white dotted Swiss muslin. best man was Thomas Flathery. A reception followed at 84 Tyler street with gifts plentiful.
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Church of Our Lady of Victories
Adele M
Louis M. Lambert
Joseph McDonough
Boston Fire Department
Father Donovan
Gounod
von Weber
Mendelssohn
Kittie Mahoney
Grosvenor Pitman Tie The Knot In Swampscott Church
Miss Lillian Munson Pitman daughter of Charles S Pitman of Swampscott and John Milton Grosvenor of Beach Bluff were married by Rev J L Egbert at Mrs C S Stetson Currier residence Rock avenue Swampscott. The couple stood beneath an arch of palms and potted plants. The bride wore white silk and carried lilies of the valley.
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C. Stetson Currier
Rock Avenue
Swampscott
Lillian Munson Pitman
Charles S. Pitman
John Milton Grosvenor
Beach Bluff
J. L. Egbert
St. Michael’s Church
Marblehead
Quiet Allston Wedding Sees Weamouth and True Tie the Knot
Last night at 8 at 29 Bradbury Street Allston a quiet home wedding joined Fred R. Weamouth and Grace E. True both of Bridgeton Me. Rev Turner performed the ceremony and the couple will reside in Bridgeton after a brief wedding tour.
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H. H. McCausland
Bradbury Street
Allston
Fred R. Weamouth
Grace E. True
Bridgeton, Me
Turner
Bridgeton
Connellan and Fitzpatrick Wed in St Joseph’s Church Rome
Boston Pilot correspondent P. L. Connellan and Mrs. Sarah A. Fitzpatrick were married Wednesday at St. Joseph's Church with Rev. J. J. McNulty officiating. The ceremony united the couple in Rome.
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P. L. Connellan
Boston Pilot
Sarah A. Fitzpatrick
St. Joseph’s Church
J. J. McNulty
Working Girls Auld Lang Syne Harvest Festival Preview
The Working Girls' Friend Society announces a Thanksgiving Day harvest festival and market day fair to raise funds for the Working Girls' Home. A meeting at 89 Union Park Street next Thursday will appoint committees to ensure the event is financially and socially successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working Girls’ Friend Society
Working Girls’ Home
Union Park Street
American Wringer Co Offers Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Co. at 13 and 15 Broadway extension, city, manufactures wringers, mangles, spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs for all kinds of wringers and sweepers available. Mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 76.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Rice v D'Arville Burlesque Trial Hearings Resume
Justice Holmes opens Rice v D Arville at the Supreme Judicial Court with Emmett Driscoll and Lillian I Spitzer testifying on the burlesque status of Little Christopher Columbus. Lena Dykstra and others, including Wadleigh, offer views on comic opera versus burlesque as the trial pauses for a second day adjournment and resumed arguments.
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Rice
D’arville
Justice Holmes
Supreme Judicial Court
Emmett Driscoll
The
Bostonians
Hummel
London
Francis Wilson
de Wolf Hopper
Lillian I. Spitzer
Boston
Christopher
Disastrous season cited in DArville contract dispute
Court notes a bitter contract dispute between Miss D Arville and Mr Rice over $100 weekly payments for services. Hummel cites Miss D Arville could be placed in a female minstrel troupe if Rice’s interpretation stands. Rice pleads poverty as he admits no funds to pay.
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New York
D’arville
Mr. Rice
Miss D’ar
Reputation at stake over alleged inferior burlesque contract
Letters reveal Mr Rice and Miss D Arville discussing a London piece and her role while she earned $450 weekly elsewhere. Mr Barry claims she refused Rice contract to perform in Boston for at least $250 weekly plus 50 percent profits, becoming a partner. Envelope bore Camille D Arville Comic Opera Company heading. Judge Holmes reserved decision.
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Tremont Theatre
Boston
D’arville
Camille D’arville
A. M. Palmer
Kemp Sturgeon to Lecture on West Indies Islands in Brighton
On Monday evening October 1 the Hon C H Kemp Sturgeon will lecture at Red Men's Hall Brighton on the Islands of Trinidad Barbadoes Dominica and Antigua in the West Indies The talk will cover geology constitution and government and will be illustrated with stereopticon views Alderman John H ie will preside as chairman.
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C. H. Kemp Sturgeon
Brighton
Trinidad
Barbadoes
Dominica
Antigua
West Indies
John H.ie
Buried Wires Move Toward Underground Trolley System
The West End corporation contracted Norfolk Insulated Wire Company to supply thirty miles of underground cable and conduits. Delivery is set for two to three weeks, with burial to begin immediately and complete by January 1 under Commissioner Murphy order. Fire department welcomes removal of wires that hinder firefighting.
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West End Corporation
If. B. Parsons
New England
Norwich Insulated Wire Company
New York
Samuel Little
West End Company
Commissioner Murphy
Murphy
West End
Fire Department
London Chamber Dinner Honors Wilson and Americans
The London Chamber of Commerce hosted a Whitehall dinner honoring Hon. William L. Wilson of West Virginia with British and American guests. Speakers including Secretary Morton and Congressman Strauss praised the US tariff policy as Wilson declared the protective system overthrown and US manufacturing supremacy likely to rise. The event closed with toasts to US chambers of commerce while a London auction episode and a note on seat desires at last year’s sale were observed.
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London
London Chamber of Commerce
Whitehall Rooms
William L. Wilson
United States Congress
West Virginia
Albert Kays Hollit
J. Sterling Morton
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Brittain
Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
Eastwood
Huddersfield Chamber of Commerce
Court of St. James
Wilson
Morton
Strauss
Chambers of Commerce of the United States
Symphony Seating Auction Echoes What Ame I Bid
Bidding for seats at the Symphony unfolds in a numbered sequence with bidders calling out numbers in stilted phrasing. The scene captures a crowd reacting to escalating bids as the auctioneer navigates ten dollar increments and quirky bids.
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Leven
Auctioneer Drives Up Price With Quick Wagers
A fragment shows speculators bidding through rising quotes as an auctioneer nudges higher. Each bidder nods, pushing the price from twelve to fourteen, with the energetic facilitator prompting the next raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leven
Back Up Boston Strikers Move Affects New York Shops
The executive board of the Brotherhood of Tailors said they ordered all New York shops working for Boston manufacturers to stop. Material for 800 coats was sent back to Boston and contractors vow not to handle Boston goods until the strike ends. If Boston’s strike isn t settled by noon tomorrow about 80 workers would join the strike, affecting local contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Brotherhood of Tailors
Boston
Schoenfeld
Cambridge Man Hart Injured In Embankment Wreck
Cambridge Mass resident D Maroney suffers knee injury after four cars attached to the St Louis express bound for Mast go over an embankment near Cambridge on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Other passengers and train crew escape with a shaking up.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
St. Louis Express
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
D. Maroney
Halley Avenue
Cambridge
Mass
The Storm 18 A Loser
The hurricane near Charleston moved northeast and stayed west of Wilmington at 8 PM with 29.46 inch pressure and 80 mph easterly winds. Norfolk logged 36 mph from the east. The storm has waned but dangerous gales and high tides persist along the coast from Hatteras to Nantucket as a Nova Scotia high pressure barrier slows its advance.
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Washington
Charleston
Wilmington
N. C
Norfolk
Hatteras
Nantucket
Nova Scotia
Cambridgeport Chinese laundryman injured in brick attack
Police search for a young man named Aker who threw a brick at Lang Heom of 1279 Cambridge street Cambridgeport, severely cutting his face.
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Aker
Lang Heom
Cambridge Street
Cambridgeport
Air Line Limited Promises Year-Round Boston New York Travel
The September travellers between Boston and New York can rely on the Air Line Limited leaving after 3 p.m. daily. The vestibuled train offers buffet smokers and aftor cars, coaches, and a dining car from New York and New England station in Boston.
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Boston
New York
Air Line
Oer
New England
Boson
Natural Brain and Nervous System Cure by Dr Leclerque
Dr Myron E Leclercque offers constitutional treatment for diseases of the brain and nervous system including paralysis epilepsy locomotor ataxia and longstanding functional disorders. Office and residence at 278 Boylston Street opposite Public Garden Boston Mass.
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Myron E. Leclerque
Boylston St
Opp
Public Garden
Boston
Mass
Republicans face illegal voting charges in South Boston court
William Morris and Patrick Roach appeared in South Boston court yesterday morning and pleaded not guilty to illegal voting at caucuses. With government counsel absent, the case was continued to Oct. 6. A new warrant lists Stewart of East Broadway with the same offense, and a Democratic ward committee member says additional Republican voters from Ward 14 may be summoned.
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William Morris
Patrick Roach
South Boston
Ora
Albert Brackett
Fallon
Stewart
East Broadway
Morris
Roach
Ward 14
New Cambridge Catholic Union Elects Officers
A Cambridge Catholic meeting in the Cambridge Citizens' Trade Association Hall elected officers. Edmund Reardon was chosen president with Dr John E Somers as vice president, William M Wadden secretary, John H Hurley financial secretary, John J Ahern treasurer and an executive committee including Dr John E Dwyer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW
Cambridge Catholic Union
Cambridge Citizens’ Trade Association
John J E. Dwyer
Edmund Reardon
John E. Somers
William M. Wadden
John H. Hurley
John J. Ahern
James F. Aylward
Notable Seat Transfers At The Theater Crowd
Mrs John L Gardner travels abroad while her agent watches the lower balcony seat on Mrs Jack Gardner. The observer kept eyes on the audience and the seat until Gardner’s claim to it was secured beyond doubt. Mr Alexander Porter reportedly secured his former seat, with Mrs J W also involved in the notes.
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John L. Gardner
Jack
Jack Gardner
Alexander Porter
J. W
Apthorp Ends Quiet Symphony Turnout With Exits From Seats
Apthorp and a list of last season's Symphony frequenters produced dull proceedings for most attendees, as those with fewer means dropped out after the first rounds, leaving the event largely attended by agents and affluent patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apthorp
Symphony
Free medical services for all diseases offered by Dr Dewey
A historic notice proclaims free medical examinations and attendance for all during hard times. Dr Dewey the specialist will continue service to rich or poor at Offices 7 and 8 Hotel Pelham 74 Boylston Street. Hours are 9 to 1 and 2 to 6 and 6 to 8 p m with Sunday 10 to 4 p m Wednesday and Thursday evenings closed.
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Dewey
Hotel Pelham
Boylston Street
To Let Build To Suit Estate Near Fulton And Blackstone
The owner of a large estate at Fulton and Blackstone streets offers a build to suit space for a strong tenant. Suitable for beef or produce business. Apply to Alex S. Porter at 27 State Street.
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Fulton and
Blackstone Sts
Alex. S. Porter
State St
War on policy players continues in Roxbury district
In Roxbury last night divisions 10 and 13 seized policy slips and a book at 16 Hampden street and arrested Charles Robinson Edward Walker and Edwin Forrest for gaming. At 671 Centre street Jamaica Plain others were seized and John Errickson Charles Hull and Christopher Hanley were arrested. Division 9 put out a rear dwelling fire at 410 Howard avenue caused by hot ashes in a wooden barrel with $10 damage.
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Roxbury
Hampden Street
Charles Robinson
Edward Walker
Edwin Forrest
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
John Errickson
Charles Hull
Christopher Hanley
Division 9
Curtis
Howard Avenue
Fire on Charlestown roof causes minor damage
Officers from Division 15 extinguished a small roof fire at 2 Marshall Street Charlestown at 7:15 p m Sparks from a chimney were blamed for the blaze which caused $10 damage A three year old girl Mary Kelly of 66 Old Heath Street Roxbury burned arms and legs yesterday afternoon while building a bonfire in back of her home and was taken to City Hospital for treatment
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Marshall Street
Charlestown
Mary Kelly
Old Heath Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Freight agent Frank H Forbes dies at 50 in New York
Frank H Forbes freight agent of the Fall River line dies at his New York residence from cerebral hemorrhage at age 50. He once served as agent and treasurer of the New York & New Bedford Steamboat Co and aided the Fall River line after 1879. He was a Vestal Lodge member and past commander of William Logan Rodman Post No 1 G A R. Interment will be in New Bedford.
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New York
Frank H. Forbes
Fall River Line
West Twenty-fifth Street
Forbes
Old New York & New Bedford Steamboat Company
Old Colony Steamboat Company
Vestal Lodge, S. O. O. F
William Logan Rodman
Massachusetts
New Bedford
Yale Professor Dr Robinson Asked to Lead Catholic U Law
New Haven Conn Sept 27 Professor William C Robinson of Yale Law School has been asked by the Catholic University faculty in Washington to head the new law department to be established with the university He is now in Laconia N H and will decide in a few days He is nationally known as a leading authority on law matters.
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New Haven
Conn
William C. Robinson
Yale Law School
Catholic University At Washington
Robinson
Laconia
N. H
Cambridge and Waltham Confer Over Water Basin Land Take
The Cambridge Water Board and the streets committee of Waltham met yesterday in Waltham to seek an amicable agreement on land seizure for Cambridge's water basin. Waltham submitted a proposal to Cambridge officials for careful consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Water Board
Committee On Streets of
Waltham
Cambridge
Two Students Drown After Cayuga Lake Canoe Sinking
Edward A. Johnson of Dayton Ohio and Clarence D. Goodnow of Brooklyn New York arrived at Cornell University in Ithaca traveled by canoe on Cayuga Lake in high wind. The overturned canoe was found waterlogged this morning and both men are believed drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Edward A. Johnson
Dayton, O
Clarence D. Goodnow
Brooklyn
Cornell University
Cayuga Lake
Post Offices Enter Presidential Class Including Vinal Haven
Washington reports on October first thirty one fourth class post offices shift into the presidential class adding thirty one new appointments for Mr Cleveland. Among the offices is Vinal Haven Maine with an annual salary of one thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Vinal Haven
Runaway Dog Causes Damages Suit Against Hayes Family
Fremont resident Hueston Smith sues the Hayes family of Spiegel Grove for 10000 dollars claiming his wife sustained permanent injuries in a runaway caused by a dog owned boarded and harbored by the ex-President’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, O
Hueston Smith
Hayes
Spiegel Grove
People's Party Rally at Smith Street Schoolhouse
A rally under the People's party will be held tonight at the Smith street schoolhouse in Ward 22 with James F. Morton, candidate for Congress in the tenth district, as the chief speaker.
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People’s Party
Smith Street
James F. Morton
Congress
Tenth District
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Peary Farty
Body
H. H. Home
J. A. Lakin & CO. Cor. Tremont and Boylston
Mr. Parker
M'donough—Lambert
Grosvenor— Pitman
Rome
Bell’s. Chansi
Temple Place
Camille
Mr. Hummel
England
Miss D’arville
Lena Dykstra
A. F. McCollin
George W. Chadwick
Nelson Morkill
Gustav Kerker
Venus
John Braham
Wadleigh
Miss D'Arville
Abe Hummel
Blanchard Waxes
Wild Flowers OF
Corbett
Sullivan
P. O. Box
the Post
Irving
Sherman
Grant
Dickens
Cooper
Music Hall
Boston Strikers
Man Hart
Brussels
George F. Ricker
Charles St
Main St
G. N. Collins
Leeds Street
American Dental Parlors
Tremont St
Boston Museum
Herrick
TALES
Facity
Washington University
Cornell
People’s Party Rally
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