State politics notes after last week's conventions
Boston special correspondent reports on Massachusetts conventions in Worcester and Boston, noting a cautious Republican platform tied to Paris peace talks and a cautiously optimistic view of Winthrop Crane for governor. It analyzes the tenth district flap around Barrows, Paige, and Atwood, the seventh district Roberts nomination and Ramsdell prospects, with Allen and Harwood blamed for past missteps and Democratic chances hinging on local fund access and party unity.
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Music Hall
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Washington
Philippines
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Dalton
New York
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Chelsea
Ramsdell
Lynn
Allen
Harwood
Picayune
Roberts
Hayes
Everett
Quincy
Phil Doherty
Funeral arrangements for Sherman Hoar in Concord
In Concord Massachusetts on October 9 final plans for the late Hon Sherman Hoar's funeral tomorrow are not yet complete. Mrs Lewis Thomson of Arlington Street Church Boston will preside at the organ and Rev Dr Samuel Eliott, Secretary of the American Unitarian...
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Concord
Mass
Sherman Hoar Tommorrow
Lewis Thomson
Arlington Street
Boston
Samuel ©. Eliott
American Unitarian
Funeral Arrangements for Mr Hoar Leader in Concord
The service will be officiated by Rev Henry King Hannah of a Concord chapel. Woodward Hudson handles arrangements. An honorary guard of former Harvard classmates, led by Wm L Putnam of Boston, will accompany the body to the cemetery. Gov Wolcott is expected to attend. Ushers include Murray Ballou Richard R Barrett Captain John L Gilmore C Ray Heywood Geo 8 S Keyes C Olcott Pratt Chas W Prescott and B Farnham Smith of Concord.
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Henry King Hannah
Rinkiy Chapel
Concord
Woodward Hudson
Hoar
Harvard
Wm. L. Putnam
Boston
Gov. Wolcott
Murray Ballou
Richard R. Barrett
John L. Gilmore
C. Ray Heywood
May Be Murder in West Quincy Stabbing
A stabbing at Breakneck Hill West Quincy left Joseph Mackie seriously wounded with a back gash. John Hill, a Finn aged 42, is under arrest for assault to kill after Mackie identified him. Hill claimed self defense, saying he saw a tramp in bushes. Mackie was taken home after blood flow was controlled. Hill found with a bloodied knife in his coat.
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Quincy
Mass
Breakneck Hill
West Quincy
Joseph Mackie
Finn
John Hill
Mackie
Hill
Barry
Bradley
Death in woods ruled suicide near Crooked Pond
Plymouth on October 9, the body of Richard Holmes, son of Solomon Holmes, was found in the woods beside Crooked Pond with a gunshot wound to the head. Believed to be self inflicted after bouts of melancholia, he had left home September 29 with a gun saying he would hunt for a day. A search led to the discovery.
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Plymouth
Richard Holmes
Solomon Holmes
Crooked Pond
Atlantic City Fire Destroys Boardwalk Buildings
A massive blaze in Atlantic City New Jersey razed over twenty blocks of the famed board walk area. The fire began at five in the morning engulfing hotels, shops and the Palace Circle and Schwamb eateries. Losses approach $500000 as authorities fear many victims remain in the ruins. Fire departments from nearby cities responded belatedly. Notable losses include the Casino merry go round building $25000 and Victor Fresinger’s store $50000 among others. Searches for victims continue.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John Gardner
Leonard Albertson
Palace Circle Company
I. Whildin Moore
Schwamb
Cafe
Rathskeller
Victor Fresinger
J. W. MecMann
Stuart MecShea
Croft
Wreck of the Safir Off Charleston Leaves Fourteen Lost
Only survivor Captain Knudson, rescued from the Safir wreck, recounted the Sunday storm that sank the 884 ton bark 60 miles east of the lightship. The Pensacola to Bahia Blanca lumber vessel carried a crew all lost. Knudson clung to wreckage before rescue.
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Charleston
S. C
Knudson
Pensacola
Bahia Blanca
Argentine Republic
Nurse Nellie Fatchwell Burned To Death In Waterbury
In Waterbury on October 9 nurse Nellie Fatchwell, 40, employed at Dr. Walter Holmes on Grand Street, was found burned to death in the bathroom. The cause remains unknown as the fire spread to an adjoining room and caused damage to the house estimated at two thousand dollars.
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Waterbury
Conn
Nellie Fatchwell
Walter Holmes
Grand Street
Java
Editor and proprietor jailed for contempt in Newfoundland
St. Johns Newfoundland October 9 editors Parsons and Herder of the Evening Telegram were sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for contempt of court after publishing criticism of supreme court judges. The move marks an unprecedented penalty in Newfoundland in forty years.
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St. Johns
N. F
Parsons
Evening Telegram
Herder
Supreme Court
Newfoundland
Heroes of Loudan London Welcomes Grenadier Guards Return
London honors the First Battalion of Grenadier Guards after their Sudan service with a vast crowd from Waterloo station to Wellington Barracks. The procession featured bands playing The British Grenadiers and The Return of the Guards as reunions and war-worn sights marked the homecoming.
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Associated Press
London
Grenadier Guards
Soudan
Waterloo Railroad Station
Wellington Barracks
Guards
Twenty-first Lancers
Omdurman
A Cry for Aid in Mississippi Yellow Fever Crisis
Mississippi faces a worsening yellow fever emergency with over 6000 people in need of food and nurses as authorities plead with the federal government for aid. Gov. McLaurin approved the appeal after being briefly expelled from Brandon, while deaths rise and refugees move northward amid spread to Hattiesburg Oxford and Natchez.
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Miss
United States
State Board of Health
Health Board
State
Howard Association
Oxford
Ridgeland
Illinois
Madison County
Natchez
St. Louis
Mobile
Ala
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Lamberton
Payette
Starkville
Edwards
Water Valley
W. T. Dick
Taylor
Relief at Old Point reaches Newport News hospital ship
The United States hospital ship Relief arrived at Old Point off Newport News Virginia on Saturday carrying 248 sick and convalescent soldiers. About 50 men were carried ashore while the rest walked. The new arrivals include troops from the 3d Wisconsin 6th and 9th Massachusetts 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and regulars from the 3d and 5th artillery hospital and signal corps. They were taken to Joshua Simpson General Hospital.
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Old Point
Virginia
3D Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
5Th Artillery, Hospital and Signal Corps
Joshua Simpson General Hospital
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Ralph E. Dramon
John J. Hanley
Maurice Hardy
William McGinnis
Thomas Murth
Alexander Losan
Fred D. McCarthy
Napoleon T. Richards
Ed. Burns
David W. Gorman
Peter H. Keville
Ernest Kensche
Fred W. Newell
John Olsen
Elmer Granville
William Crawley
Alexander Normnee
Howard B. Souther
Simon Chosen Senator by Oregon Legislature
Joseph Simon of Portland was elected United States senator by the Oregon Legislature in joint session receiving the full Republican vote. The vote totals were Simon sixty four, Kincaid twenty eight, Denew two, and one absent. The lengthy contest ended with a Republican faction securing Simon’s election.
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Salem
Ore
Joseph Simon
Portland
Oregon
Simon
Kincaid
Denew
Corbett
Germany
New Orleans
California
Joseph
Mitchell & Dolph
Mitchell
United States Senate
Dolp
Freight collision in Omaha injures several diners
A Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley freight train rear ended an Omaha passenger train in the yards near Locust street. Dining car waiter Harry Jones was killed. Conductor Otto Homedale badly burned and likely to die. Parsons and other crew members severely injured. Engineer Mike Smith failed to stop on a down grade.
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Omaha
Neb
Fremont, Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
Locust Street
Delmonico
Harry Jones
Otto Homedale
J. Westerheid
M. W. Brandt
Frank S. Peck
Otto Parsons
Madden
Parsons
Mike Smith
Cyclists' meet ends with dead heat in five mile race
Tom Cooper tied Champion Eddie Bald in the five mile championship at Athletic Park and won the two mile handicap from the 30 yard mark. He also took the Richmond City handicap at a mile after qualifying in his heat. Arthur Gardiner refused to race Major Taylor while Bald stayed for possible races. Taylor and Gardiner did not race Sunday.
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St. Louis
Tom Cooper
Athletic Park
Cyclists’ Racing Association
Eddie Bald
Richmond City
Arthur Gardiner
Major Taylor
Gardiner
Taylor
Bald
New York
Ordered Release to Father's Deathbed
Mrs. Robert H. Snyder of Louisville thanks Mrs. McKinney after a wartime plea leads to her son Robert Snyder’s immediate discharge from the Louisville Legion by order of the acting secretary of war. The family awaits his return as his father nears death in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Louisville, Ky
Robert H. Snyder
McKinney
Snyder
Robert
Louisville Legion
Ward
Lumber Mills Burned at Annicon in Michigan Fire
West Superior Mich Oct 9 The mill and yards of the Annicon Lumber company at Annicon 30 miles south of here burned yesterday afternoon causing about 360000 in losses.
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West Superior
Mich
Annicon Lumber Company
Annicon
Here
Gov Holcomb urges Manila and Jacksonville regiments be discharged
Lincoln Nebraska October 9 Gov Holcomb wires the War Department urging the sick and deserving in the First regiment at Manila and the Third Bryan’s regiment at Jacksonville be discharged. He argues mustering out one entire regiment would cause undue hardship on many in the other and that the War Department must designate if one is released.
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Lincoln, Neb
Holcomb
War Department
Manila
Bryan
Jacksonville
Doctor Guilford Linked to Bridgeport Midwife Death Case
London dispatch reports Dr. Nancy Guilford now in Holloway jail infirmary after nervous collapse. She concedes she is the Bridgeport midwife but denies involvement in Emma Gill’s death and says she sailed to England under an assumed name for another matter she will later disclose.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Nancy Guilford
Bridgeport
Conn
Emma Gill
England
Holloway Jail
Refund Promise Card for Greene's Syrup of Tar Bottle
A card states a refund offer on a fifty cent bottle if it fails to cure a cold or cough and a twenty five cent bottle to prove satisfaction or no pay. Signed by G C Brock Co, Geo C Osgood MD Ellingwood Co, Central and Middlesex, F H Butler Co, 391 Middlesex, and C F Blanchard.
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Greene’s
G. C. Brock & Co
Geo
C. Osgood
M. D. Ellingwood & Co
Central and
Middlesex
F. H. Butler & Co
C. F. Blanchard
Choice for Low Priced Tenements in City
We offer several tenements at $5 to $10 per month across the city. The Winter option includes steam heated rooms at prices barely above unheated rooms. T H Elliott advertises at 4 Central Street.
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T. H. Elliott
Central Street
Miracle cure credited to Burdeck Blood Bitters
Miss Julia Filbridge of West Cornwell Conn says the product cured a severe body eruption. She calls it almost a miracle and expresses deep gratitude for the remedy.
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Burdeck
Julia Filbridge
West Cornwell, Conn
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