South Acton Local Notes and Disturbing Events
South Acton locals report a railroad relief dance in Waltham and a 3 pound pickerel catch. Miss Della Barker leaves illness recovery to attend events while Charles Fraiser loses his left thumb at the piano stool shop. Gibbs' express messenger Frank Thompson visits from Stow and is later robbed near a swamp as six ruffians seize his pocket book. Community notices advertise a masquerade ball and local shops offer services and goods.
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Charles Fraiser
Frank ‘H. Thompson
Gibbs’ Waltham & Boston Express
Stow
South Acton
Thompson
Concord
Epworth League event and Gen Wiley obituary noted in Sudbury
Last week’s Sudbury notice recalls an Epworth League reception in the Methodist vestry and a biographical sketch of Gen Daniel D. Wiley born 1837 in Readmore Vermont. Wiley served in the Civil War from Templeton Massachusetts, rose to commissary captain, earned brevet brigadier general, and received multiple Johnson commissions before his death in 1893.
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Epworth League
E. A. Powers
Department of Mercy and Help
Readesboro
Sudbury
Mass
Daniel D. Wiley
Green Mountain
Massachusetts
Worcester County
Baldwinville
Templeton
Otter River
Twenty-First Regiment
Thomas Wilson
Army of the Potomac
Richmond
Grant
Meade
Sheridan
Sickles
Wiley
Andrew Johnson
Gen. D. D. Wiley honored with funeral rites and memory
Obituary recounts Gen. D. D. Wiley 1837 1893 detailing Civil War service on Sheridan and Custer staffs. It notes his paralysis death at 55, civic roles in Boston and Worcester, and a large funeral with out of town attendees and varied floral tributes.
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Amos ‘Webster
Washington, D.C
U. S. Army
U. Ss. Grant
Wiley
U. S
Lee
San Antonio
Texas
Sheridan
Custer
Worcester
Soule, Bryant & Co
Boston
E. W. Kingsley Post No. 113
Quinsigamond Lodge of
Freemasons of
Gen. Wiley
James R. Bement
Sudbury Centre
D. W. Morehouse
Memorial Church
South Sudbury
Atherton W. Rogers
Minot J. Savage
Church of the Unity
Geo. W. Hunt
Hubbard H. Brown
Edward B. Hunt
Charles F. Buzzell
Jerusalem
the Golden
Holme Land
D. D. Wiley
Boston Custom House
Caleb Chase
Chase & Sanborn
New England Jolly Club
Catbridge
Quinsigamond Lodge
Freemasons Worcester
Rose C. Mansfield
William Sawyer
E. B. Grant
Silas W. Ingraham
Eli H. Willis
Seneca A. Wilson
Lyman W. Gilbert
Edward Gleason
George W. Green
Burnside Post
Saxonville
Francis Garfield
Alpheus Puffer
Henry Edson
Josiah Gleason
Sudbury Veteran’s Association
Baldwinville
T. H. Dunham
C. W. C. Rhoads
B. R. Wales
B. Fred Waters
George H. Keyes
Col
C. T. Colby
Charles H. Pinkham
A. M. Thomas
Maj
Muzzey
Lexington
Ames
Salem
Capt
Robinson
Hawaii Annexation Opportunity for U S Pacific Control
Washington notes new Hawaiian provisional government after a bloodless revolution. Senate talks favor annexation or protectorate to secure military and commercial key to the Pacific. Ships to be sent, new president and Congress to decide after March 4.
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Washington
Hawaii
Islands
Boston
Congress
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
England
Hawaiian
Pacific
Green Mountain Association Banquet in Boston Draws Governor Fuller
Two hundred Vermonters gathered for the annual meeting and banquet at the Vendome Boston with Governor Levi P. Fuller and wife in attendance. Officers included H. O. Houghton as president and S.E. Howard as secretary. Fuller spoke of loyal ties to Vermont and the group heard addresses from Houghton Boardman Benedict and others amid songs by Miss E. V. Palmer.
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Boston
Green Mountain
Levi. K. Fuller
Houghton
H. J. Boardman
Robert D. Benedict
Brooklyn Association
Robert M. Jar
George M. Steele
E. V. Palmer
Khedive Imposes Cabinet Crisis Settlement in Cairo
Debats reports Cairo cabinet crisis ending with Fehmi Pasha ousted after Cromer pressure. Compromise accepts Riaz Pasha and keeps other ministers, seen as Khedive victory by excluding Fehmi Pasha, deemed an English tool.
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Paris
The
Debats
Cairo
Lord Kramer
Fetimi Pasha
Tigrane Pasha
Fehmi Pasha
Lord Cromer
Khedive
England
Parliament Opens with Queen Victoria Address
The queen's speech opening parliament notes Ireland under exceptional law provisions revoked and reports improving agrarian crime. A bill to reform Ireland's government is planned to provide relief and strengthen the empire, with bills to amend Great Britain registration, shorten Parliament terms, and ensure one vote per elector.
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Longboy
Ireland
Great Britain
British Warships Ordered Not To Hawaii From Australia
London dispatch reports Admiralty denies orders for warships to Hawaii. The corvette Garnet with fourteen guns sailed from Acapulco January 7 bound for Honolulu. Orders to proceed to Esquimault were countermanded and the vessel instructed to remain at Honolulu until matters settle.
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London
Admiralty
Hawaii
Australia
Garnet
Acapulco
Mex
Honolulu
Esquimault
Edward H. Savage Dies Former Boston Police Chief
Edward H. Savage ex chief of the Boston police force died last night after a short illness. A severe cold and heart failure were cited as the causes. Born in Alstead New Hampshire in 1812, he had been aged and frail in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edward H. Savage
Mr. Savage
Alstead
N. H
Possible murder in Three Rivers assault on wife
Springfield report states Peter Phillips attacked his wife with choking and kicking at Three Rivers last evening. He used a fence picket and clubbed her, leaving her severely injured and the incident may be classified as murder in the making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Peter Phillips
Three Rivers
Phillips
Bangor People Swindled by Boston Art and Portrait Firms
A large number of residents in Bangor and nearby areas were swindled by agents of several companies naming the Boston Art Company and the Boston Portrait Company. Agents collected 50 cents or a dollar in advance for pictures to be copied.
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Bangor
Vicinity
Boston Art Company
Boston Portrait Company
Elevator tragedy claims life at Pitts street shop
Frank Norgren, an employee at Badger & Co. Scopperstuith shop on Pitts street, died after an elevator failed to stop and the car crashed into the roof. His head was crushed and he died almost instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frank Norgren
Badger & Co
Scopperstuith
Pitts Street
Norgren
Bradley Habitual Criminal Sentenced to 25 Years
Salem Massachusetts February 1 John Bradley aged 50 convicted of breaking and entering and already with three prior offenses was sentenced to twenty five years in state prison as a habitual criminal. Bradley is a veteran of the late war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
John Bradley
Bradley
Summer Resort Burned at Lake Auburn Mineral Spring Hotel
The Lake Auburn Mineral Spring Hotel six miles from Auburn Maine was burned last night. The property cost about 60000 dollars and had been closed after two years of litigation. A Boston syndicate had recently bought it and all claims were settled.
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Auburn
Lake Auburn Mineral Spring
Irish National League condemns home rule bill in America
The Irish National League of America issues an address opposing the Home Rule Bill to be presented in Parliament. It says promoters do not intend to pass it and that it will not satisfy any party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Irish National League of America
Freight Train Falls Through Bridge at Atherton
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight derailed when it plummeted through a Spring Creek bridge near Atherton in Terre Haute Indiana. Nearly every crew member sustained injuries though none were fatally hurt.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Spring Creek
Atherton
Return of workers at old prices ends factory dispute
In Lynn Massachusetts February 1 the Leary and Luddy shoe factory settled a dispute with Secretary Kane of the Lasters union. Workers will return to work at the old wages and the firm will not install new machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Leary & Luddy
Kane
Lasters’ Union
Scarlet Fever Spreads in Weymouth Ward 3
Scarlet fever is prevailing at an alarming rate in Weymouth Massachusetts with at least twenty five cases in Ward 3 and new cases reported daily. Residents complain schools have not been closed.
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Wrymouth
Mass
Vining Sentenced to Three Years in State Prison
Salem report says Frank Vining, once Georgetown prominent citizen and church deacon, was sentenced to the state prison for three years for forging notes totaling five thousand dollars. The case marks a dramatic fall for a local figure.
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Vining
Salem
Mass
Frank Vining
Georgetown
Man Struck by Freight Train in Worcester
Jonas B. Aiken a 48 year old retired manufacturer from Franklin New Hampshire was struck by a freight train on the Boston and Maine railway in Worcester Massachusetts and seriously injured doctors fear for his recovery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Jonas B. Aiken
Franklin, N. H
Boston and Maine Railway
Massachusetts Legislature Faces Food Adulteration and Bills
Massachusetts legislators report extensive food adulteration at the World’s Fair Boston agents of the state board of health list samples including pepper with wheat and nutshells and cinnamon with shells and dirt. Governor Russell outlines charity and exhibit costs with a $150,000 appropriation and $99,134 balance, urging more funds. Bills propose closing drugstore saloons, gubernatorial removal of prison officials, smoke nuisance limits in large cities, and constitutional amendments to streamline insolvency offices and liquor licensing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
State Board of Health
Fall River
New York
Russell
Public Charities Department
Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association
Board of Registration In Pharmacy
Anderson
Robbins
Parkman
Fitzgerald
Sensation Promised in Baroff Beloff Case in Court
New Haven February 1. Count Fisher Beloff and Mrs Alexander Baroff appeared in city court for alienation of affections and criminal conduct charges linked to a $10000 suit. Baroff refused to testify, claiming the suit targets him not Mrs Baroff. Case postponed to next Friday amid marriage doubts and Bond issues. Baroff seeks sensational evidence against Count Beloff while Baroff’s family faces destitution with five children dependent on charity.
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New Haven
Fisher Beloff
Alexander Baroff
Baroff
Beroff
Holmes Case Motion for New Trial Overruled
Springfield report says the court overruled the motion for a new trial in the W. W. Holmes wife murder case. Holmes will be hanged Friday.
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Springfield
Mass
W.W. Holmes
Holmes
Potter Trial Hinges on Government Evidence
Boston February 1 Judge Putnam warned in the Potter trial that without further evidence the government will be deemed to have failed to make out a case. The remark sets the course for potential dismissal if new proof is not presented.
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Potter
Boston
Putnam
Weather forecast and almanac notes for New England
Weather indications show generally fair and warmer conditions followed by colder Thursday. Forecasters expect variable winds shifting to southeasterly. Almanac data note moon phases and day length, with sunrise and sunset details for the period.
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Fes
Washington
New England
Telegraphic Briefities Highlight Haiti, Shipping Rates Clash
Enemies of Hippolyte in Haiti talk of revolution as Pacific Mail Steamship and Panama Railroad wage a rate war. Mrs Isaac Hawley of Brookfield Connecticut died in a fire caused by her clothing catching while she sat before an open fireplace. Captain Leander Gould aged 80 died at Chatham Massachusetts, a former shipmaster famed among sailors.
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Hippolyte
Haiti
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad
Isaac Hawley
Brookfiel
Corin
Leander Gould
Chatham
Mass
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Della Barker
Aaron
Joseph Evans
Railroad Avenue
Joseph Short
Nashua
Exchange Hall
Brigham’s
Fred S. Mead and Son
J. C. Gates
West Acton
Nevada
Iowa
Universalist Church
Young People’s Christian Union
Nelson J. Cole
Baldwin’s
Daniel D. Weley
Ayer
Concord Junction
Ladies’ Union
A. M. Elmes
C. S. Hart
Carl Cadwell
Flossie Burbank
Harvard Quartet
W. W. Campbell
Phillips Brooks
Association Hall
Fredson Brooks
J. A. Grant
Concord Reformatory
S.C
K. T. McKenzie
Fred Hawkins
Mr. Bean
E. C. Damon
L. N. Fowler
Dr. Godfrey
Sarah Derby
J. F. Scott
Florence Russell
Boston Record
Enterprise
Union Church
Con Cord Junction
Hunt's Market
Miss Stoddard
Uncle Sam
Green Mountaineers
Queen Victoria
Weymouth
Sista
Legislatustr
Holmes Muat Hang
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