Notable Boston Dinner Showcases National Financial Problems
Boston October 8 The Republican club of Massachusetts hosted its annual dinner at Symphony Hall with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw as the guest. Governor Crane Lieut Governor Bates Senator Lodge and Eben S Draper spoke on national policies and Massachusetts industry praising protectionist gains.
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Boston
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Symphony Hall
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Treasury Department
Eben S. Draper
Shaw
Gov. Crane
Gov. Bates
Henry Cabot Lodge
Draper
Elihu Root
Republican Party
Treasury
Union
United States
Democrat Party
Senator Lodge
W C T U Convention Attends Large Meeting in New Bedford
W C T U New Bedford reports a large morning attendance at the city convention with a prayer meeting led by Mrs H D Walker. The state treasurer Mrs Sarah D P Peaver shows receipts 768.04 and expenditures 6916.34. Sabbath observance committee cites Massachusetts bills to weaken the Sabbath and to increase labor toil.
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New Bedford
H. D. Walker
Sarah D. P. Peaver
Massachusetts
Temperance Work Among Railway Men Draws Debate
A New England meeting detailed railway department efforts to promote temperance and health among workers. Programs include gospel meetings, leaflets on narcotics and licensing, funeral attendance by officials, and support for families. J Ashbury Pitman urged scientific temperance instruction, provoking extended debate without resolution.
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Union
L. C. Purrington
Samuel W. Simpson
Flower Mission
C. M. Caswell
Plymouth County
Cheney
J. Ashbury Pitman
Marlboro
Mob kills Garfield Burley and Curtis Brown in Newbern
In Newbern Tennessee a mob of 500 men fatally wounded Garfield Burley and Curtis Brown, two Black men, after Burley allegedly killed D Flatt following a horse trade dispute. Burley confessed while being moved from Huffman Arkansas to Dyersburg, naming Brown as an accessory.
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Newbern
Lenn
Garfield Burley
Curtis Brown
J. Burley
D. Flatt
Dyersburg
Flatt
Burley
Huffman
Ark
Agitator warned to cease speeches or leave Switzerland
Geneva reports the government ordered additional troops amid a threatened general strike. Public prosecutor summoned Sebastian Faure, a well known French agitator, who urged a general strike at a workers meeting and was warned he would be expelled if agitation continued.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Sebastian Faure
Village of Ross Ablaze Sparks Forest Fire Across Township
Detroit dispatch reports Ross, a village 25 miles north of Menominee, engulfed in flames with surrounding forest fires cited as the cause. Marinette fire department has dispatched aid to the blaze.
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Detroit
the Tribune
Menominee
Ross
Marinette Fire Department
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Endorsed by New York Woman
Miss Kate Kollman of New York City shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her back pain headaches and fatigue improving her health after a weak period. The ad offers $5000 if a genuine letter cannot be produced and urges women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
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Kate Kollman
142Nd St
Wales Ave
New York City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ghastly Find in Ice Cream Factory Storage
Thirty bodies found in a Louisville cold storage plant behind an ice cream factory on Eighth street. Authorities say the bodies were kept in a rear shed and cooled with the same pipes used for chilling cream. Colleges claim the bodies came from penitentiaries and asylums.
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Louisville
Eighth Street
Fire destroys coal sheds in Wakefield district
Wakefield on Oct 8 reports a blaze consuming Samuel H. Helen’s coal sheds in the Greenwood district along with sawed wood and nearly 100 tons of coal. Authorities suspect an incendiary act. Estimated loss runs around $10.
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Wakefield
Samuel H. Helen
Greenwood
A Great Mile Exhibition by Dan Patch at Terre Haute
Dan Patch paced an exhibition mile at Terre Haute Indiana in 2 01 flat on a still damp clay track. Driver McHenry said the mile was the pacer’s best ever, despite slow conditions with split times of 30 and 30 1-4, 30, and 30 3-4 seconds.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Dan Patch
McHenry
25th District Democratic Convention Chosen Candidates
The 25th District Democratic convention held in Huntington hall nominated John J. McManmon ward 7 and John J. Rourke ward 4 along with Eric A. Perham Tyngsboro as district representatives. Ballots shown McManmon 31 Tobin 18 Perham 35 Fox 13 Tobin 1. Perham won unanimously. ward 4 Gormley Mahoney ward 7 Tobin ward 8 Fox Chelmsford Ward Ward Ward Tyngsboro Marshall. Convention adjourned at 9 30.
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Huntington Hall
John J. McManimon
John J. Rourke
Eric A. Perham
Tyngsboro
Joseph H. Gormley
James A. Sullivan
Jonn
Griffin
John J. O'Connell
Ward
Andrew Barrett
John T. Hendricks
John. McManmon
Chelmsford
H. J. Tolles
Dunstable
R. Marshall
Wheller
Michael J. Markham
Sheehan
Ward 4
Tolles
Gormley
John J. McManmon
J. T. O’hearn
McManmon
O’hearn
F. A. M. Tobin
Mr. Tobin
Mr. McManmon
T. H. Fox
Mr. Perham
A. A. Marshall
Ohio's First Century Celebrated in Historic Review
The piece highlights Ohio's path to statehood and a century of progress. It traces the 1787 Ohio Company charter, Marietta settlement, and abolition of slavery in the Northwest. It notes Ohio's 1860 population, growth, rail links, diverse religion, and prominent figures like Harrison, Wade, Giddings, and Allen.
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Ohio
Union
David F. St. Clair
Mr. St. Clair
Mannaseh Cutler
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
Ohio Company
Jefferson
Cutler
Congress
Rufus Putnam
New England
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Marietta
Marie Antoinette
Northwest
Joseph Smith
George Fox
America
Noble Lake
William Henry Harrison
Wiliam Allen
Benjamin F. Wade
Benjamin Ewing
Joshua R. Giddings
Murashu Sons Office Unearthed At Nippur Inscriptions
An upper mound near Nippur reveals the office of Murashu Sons, a prominent firm from Artaxerxes I to Darius II. Some 730 tablets include mortgages leases promissory notes and receipts showing diverse business activity with Jewish witnesses and parties named Jonathan and Nathaniel. Prof Hilprecht identifies a canal river Chebar near Nippur on two tablets.
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Nippur
Murashu Sons
Artaxerxes I
B. C
Darius II
Jonathan
Nathaniel
Chebar
Nebuchadnezzar
Ezekiel
Ely Cream Balm Cures Catarrh Says Shantz and Freeman
A reader testimonial from Marcus G Shantz of Rahway New Jersey says Ely Cream Balm cured his catarrh allowing taste and smell to return after a short use. Mrs Franklin Freeman of Dover New Hampshire reports relief after first application and notes the balm does not irritate or trigger sneezing. Sold by druggists for 50 cents or mailed by Ely Brothers in New York.
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Winchester
Druggs
Express
Winchester Pile Cure CO
Medford
Mass
Lowell
Falls & Burkinshaw
Middlesex Street
Ely
Marcus G. Shantz
Rahway
N. J
Franklin Freeman
Dover
N. H
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
N. Y
Robbery and Crime Theme Prompts Carriage Repair Pitch
A provincial piece riffs on robbery as a crime and the price of coal, urging substitute protections and citing the Sawyer Company. It promotes fair carriage repair in emergencies, inviting readers to call Phone 354-3 with carriage troubles.
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Sawyer Company
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Courier
W. E. Livingston Co
Parker Coal & Wood Co
Moore & Bennett Co
Mr. Wood
King's Music Store
ROMBI
Angelus
Ring
Merrimack St
A.vergengeen
DD. P. Knomlton
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