Formal Opening of the Grand Army Encampment in Chicago
Chicago hosts the thirty fourth Grand Army of the Republic encampment with Mayor Harrison greeting veterans and General Shaw praising hospitality. Delegates attend meetings while many veterans tour parks and stock yards, as pension talks and reports unfold, and plans for next year’s events take shape.
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Chicago
Grand Army
Studebaker Hall
Spottsylvania
Antietam
Shaw
Granin
Harrison
Ilinois
A. Lincoln
Douglass
Grant
Logan
Illinois
Ahea
Grand Army of the Republic
Lincoln
Death of Virgie Taylor in Baltimore Mystery
In Baltimore Miss Virgie Taylor, daughter of a former Norfolk mayor, died after taking 10 grains of morphine at Mrs. Albert Link home on Fulton avenue. Police investigate suspected poison and haste in embalming. coroner to conduct post mortem. Mrs. Link says the girl discussed diamonds, money, and his fate before dying.
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Baltimore
Virgie Taylor
Norfolk
Albert Link
Fulton Avenue
Ash
Phelps Street
H. J. Michaels
Gilbert
Miss Ash
Portland Street
Nashua Street
Green Street
Damon
Waverly Street
Burlington woman held for false pretences in Burlington
Mrs Helen Bagley or Isabelle is jailed for obtaining 88 dollars from the Howard Relief Society under forged telegrams said to come from Lawrence Knitting Company. She also forged nurse Eth el Campbell's name and withdrew 340 dollars from Burlington Savings Bank. Conspired with Medor Isabelle of Concord, N H, now sought. They reportedly spent time in Montreal pawning watches to cover hotel bills.
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Burlington, Vt
Helen M. Bagley
Isabelle
Howard Relief Society
Lawrence Knitting Company
Lawrence
Mass
Burlington Savings Bank
Gold Medal for Kaiser's Chief Engineer in Rescue
Carl Heinrich Barends chief engineer of the Kaiser Friederich was awarded a gold medal by the New York Life Saving Society for saving 37 crew members from the Saale during the Hoboken fire. Barends and his team breached bulkhead doors to reach trapped sailors and prevent their deaths.
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New York
Carl Heinrich Barends
Kaiser Friederich
Hamburg American Steamship Line
New York Life Saving Society
Barends
Lloyd
Saale
Hoboken
Turret plate accepted after navy tests at proving grounds
At Indian Head proving grounds the Navy tested a nine inch Harveyized turret plate for the monitor Wyoming. Two shots at 1710 and 1693 feet per second penetrated two and a half inches and two inches respectively. The plate group weighed about 240 tons and was accepted ballastistically for the government.
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Washington
Indianhead Proving Grounds
Navy Department
Wyoming
Census Returns For Wilmington And Paterson
The census bureau reports Wilmington Delaware has 76508 residents, up from 61431 in 1890, a 24.54 percent rise. Paterson New Jersey records 105171 people, up from 78347, a 34.24 percent increase.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Wilmington
Del
Paterson
N. J
Governor Appoints Cambridge Man to Superior Court Seat
Jabez Fox of Cambridge nominated as associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court to fill the vacancy created by Caley Blodgett. Also named were Herbert L. Pratt as Plymouth district court clerk, Arthur Lincoln reap pointed ballot law Commissioner, Wel ford A. Beane justice of the peace to issue warrants, and C. Fowler and Lewis H. Schwartz as justices of the peace to solemnize marriages. Fox, 50, born Taunton, educated at Harvard Law, active in Cambridge clubs and civic roles, has long practiced law and contributed to legal periodicals.
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Boston
Executive Council
Jabez Fox
Cambridge
Superior Court
Caley Blodgett
Herbert L. Pratt
Hingham
2D District Court
Plymouth
O. W. Soule
Arthur Lincoln
Welford A. Beane
Northbridge
Bk. C. Fowler
Orange
Lewis H. Schwartz
Lawrence
Justices of the Peace
Appointment of Fox to Supreme Bench Praised by Links to Trades
Judge Blodgett will be the first justice to receive a pension under the new law. Mr. Fox, a Democrat and noted free trader, is appointed to the superior bench joining Harvard connections and Cambridge ties. He will resign from Boston University Law School to join the court. Fox is married to Susan H. Thayer, with two children, Henry H. Fox and Gertrude W. Fox, and has an office in the Tremont building.
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Pension Office
Grand Army
Shaw
Pension Committee
Bassieur
St. Louis
Denver
Salt Lake
Washington Park
Association of the Army of the Frontier
David Murphy
John C. Bonnel
Chicago
Alfred H. Jones
Pittsburg
Alice P. Linehart
W. Craig
R. R. A. Patterson
Castle Shannon
Taunton
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Suffolk Bar
Charles Allen
Supreme Bench
Fox
Russell & Putnam
William G. Russell
Cambridge Club
Colonial Club
Old People’s Home of
Cambridge
Cambridge Library
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Wolcott
State Board of Bar Examiners
Blodgett
Supreme
Superior Court
Executive Council
Justice Blodgett
Boston University Law School
Susan H. Thayer
Henry
Mary Elizabeth Thayer
Henry H. Fox
Gertrude W. Fox
Tremont
Bishop William Lawrenas
Henry Cabot Lodge
Albert E. Pillsbury
Charles J. Bonaparte
Edward Burnett
Henry Clinton Backus
New York
Des Moines Cruiser Begins at Quincy Point Boston
The keel of the cruiser Des Moines was laid at Eastern Docks & Construction at Quincy Point. The vessel will be steel hulled, coppered, and sheathed, with trials reaching 16.5 knots and 2600 miles range at full speed. Armament includes ten 5 inch guns, plus auxiliary rapid-fire guns and machine guns. Crew of 285, deck protection, electric systems, and a 30 month completion with a $1,065,000 cost.
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Boston
Des Moines
Eastern Docks & Construction Company
Quincy Point
Hichborn
Naval Construction Board
Congress
Raleigh
Cincinnati
Boston Marketman Found Dead by Gas In Market Office
John E. Worcester aged 65 living at 401 Columbus avenue was found dead this morning in the market office at 1310 Blue Hill Avenue. The body sat in a chair with feet on the desk, a cigar near the hand, windows and door closed, gas from the radiator wide open. He had been ill and despondent. Police seek his family who are away. Undertaker Gleason has the body.
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Boston
John E. Worcester
Columbus Avenue
Blue Hill Avenue
Division 11
Gleason
Death certificate withheld for analysis in Cambridge
Cambridge Board of Health withholds the death certificate of Margaret J. Ring for chemical analysis to determine the cause of death. She was admitted to Cambridge hospital on August 17 and died the following day. Her husband Frank Ring works at a drug store near Harvard Square. Doctors are unsure of the cause.
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Boston
Cambridge Board of Health
Margaret J. Ring
Infernal machine found on Charlestown sidewalk
In Charlestown Boston a 14 year old boy Robert Shaw is held for trial after an electric contrivance linked to a lamp pole shocked Patrolman Daniel H Gould. The device was hidden debris in a baby carriage under a sidewalk. Shaw faces counts of disturbing the peace and diverting an electric current with a possible $100 yearly punishment. Police expect more arrests by Saturday.
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Boston
Gould
Robert Shaw
N. G
Charlestown Court
Shaw
Daniel H. Gould
Rutherford Avenue
Miller Street
Cotton
House of Correction
Taunton Letter Carrier Confesses to Stealing Contents
Arthur K. White, a Taunton letter carrier, was arrested by Post Office Inspector White and confessed to opening letters and stealing contents. He will be arraigned in Boston tomorrow after yielding the letters and admitting theft. His boldest act involved forging a receipt for a registered letter and taking an English five pound note mailed to Boston. He dates his theft to June 1 and estimates total losses under 150 dollars.
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Taunton
Arthur K. White
Post Office
White
Boston
Trouble in Gloucester as fines and wages clash with mayor
Deputy Sheriff Cronin served capias writs on Gloucester’s city treasurer and City Clerk Somes for July wages owed to 177 call men of the fire department. The council had raised pay, the mayor vetoed, the veto was overridden, and Mer chant then declared the order null. The council sought city solicitor opinion on the mayor’s authority.
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John J. Flaherty
Committee On Fire Department
Gloucester
George EK
Merchant
Cronin
Fire Department
Capias
Smallpox Eradication Seen In Pittsfield After Epidemic
Pittsfield New Hampshire reports the outbreak nearly ended with the last case moved to the contagious hospital five miles away. Fourteen patients remain mild and close watch on houses continues. Twenty five cases have occurred. vaccination underway and no town quarantine.
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Pittsfield
N. H
Board of Health
Dartmouth Sues International Paper For 275000
Dartmouth College in Littleton New Hampshire files a US circuit court suit against International Paper for 275000 damages alleging trespass on college lumber lands. Another Dartmouth linked case seeks 50000 damages from trustees and Alexander McKenzie for negligence in demolishing a chimney in Hanover injuring former student Currier.
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Littleton
N. H
United States Circuit Court
Dartmouth College
The
International Paper Company
Fred W. Currier
Dartmouth
Alexander McKenzie
Hanover
Currier
Fire destroys Dalton property near Glen Station
A blaze on the Jackson road near Glen Station, North Conway, destroyed the house, store, and barn of Geo. Kk. Dalton this afternoon. Discovered at 5:30, the fire's origin in the barn could not be determined. about $2000 in losses, partly insured.
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North Conway
N. H
Geo. Kk. Dalton
Jackson Road
Glen Station
Wabash Reports Higher Earnings in Annual Stockholders Meeting
At the annual stockholders meeting in St Louis the Wabash railroad presented the fiscal year ending June 30 results. Gross earnings reached 16 440 990 up 2 047 016 from last year while operating expenses were 11 947 417 up 1 533 948. Net earnings totaled 4 493 572 up 511 072 with 210 000 in dividends on Debenture A bonds and a net surplus of 210 099.
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St. Louis
The
Wabash Railroad
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Lowell Letter
Mrs J Ring of 90 Bartlett street attests to Doan's Kidney Pills easing backache and kidney illness after using them herself and recommending them to friends. She bought from Ellingwood & Co and also bought for a lady friend. Price 56 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Lowell
Doan
Ellingwood & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Nicks
Doan’s
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Joliet
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Lanesville
Mord Census
Lowell Daily Courier
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Captas
Sues International Paper Co
George HE. Dalton
Courtney Dabster
Pigeere
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Highlands
Yostal
Carter & Sherburne
Choice Poultry
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Devine
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