Death of Col George E Waring Jr From Yellow Fever
New York Oct 30 Col George E Waring Jr died at 7 45 am at his home 175 Second Avenue from yellow fever after arriving from Havana on the Yucatan He had been sent to Havana as a sanitary commissioner to study conditions and devise cleanup plans He was 66 and born in Poundridge New York He helped reshape New York City drainage and street cleaning and served as civil engineer for Waring Chapman Farquhar His death prompted quarantine measures and cremation of the remains
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New York
George E. Waring, Jr
Second Avenue
Havana
Yucatan
Pr. Blauvelt
Col. Waring
President Murphy
Board of Health
Roberts
Col. Murphy
Washington
Cuba
United States
Col.Waring
Health Department
Fifteenth Street
Gov. Flower
Dr. Doty
Swinburne Island
Central Park
Caribaldi Guards
T Tree
Fremont
St. Louis
Fremont Hussars
Fourth Missouri Cavalry
Rhode Ind
Ogden
Memphis
National Board of Health
Col
Waring
Strong
Waring, Chapman & Farquhar
Europe
Paris
Citizens’ State Party
Hime
Col George E Waring Jr Dies of Yellow Fever in New York
Col George E Waring Jr died in New York after yellow fever contracted at the noon Friday quarantine site. Waring renowned for the Memphis sewage system and as a noted authority on streets and sewers has his ashes kept at Swinburne Island awaiting Mrs Waring’s guidance. Funeral is to be private and simple per his wishes. Mrs Waring and John P Yates were with Dr Daniel M Stimson at his home.
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Eering
Memphis
Waring
Holland
Col. Waring
Century Club
New York
George E. Waring
Swinburne Island
Murphy
Health Board
War
Ormsby Charter Party Risks Ten Thousand Dollar Loss
The British steamer Ormsby, fresh from Shields, arrives at Erie Basin after a 23 day voyage with 3000 tons of grain chartered by Peter Wright and Son. The charter requires loading by 12 o'clock tonight or the charterers face a $10,000 penalty. Captain Robinson was unaware and did not hurry the ship.
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New York
The
Herald
Shields
Ormsby
Quarantine
Robinson
Erie Basin
Peter Wright
Wells the Economist health update in Norwich
Dr. W F E Tingley physician for David A. Wells says rumors of the patient’s serious condition are unfounded. Wells, age 70, recently took a cold and is feeble but not unconscious or in immediate danger of dying.
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Norwich
Conn
W. FE. Tingley
David A. Wells
The
Economist
Wells
Donovan Poised to win in Suffolk Senate race
Boston October 29 The ballot law commission may decide Monday whether W J Donovan can appear on the official ballot in the third Suffolk senatorial district amid withdrawals and vacancies. The Sixth regiment returns with talk of Col Woodward’s resignation and Lieut Col Butler Ames possibly succeeding Col Rice. Senator Gallivan fights on in the ninth district while Krebs Bradman and independent maneuvers shape the political scene. The piece notes party dynamics and intra-city campaigning as the season heats up.
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Boston
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Ballot Law Commission
Donovan-Rourke
Suffolk
W. J. Donovan
Sixth Militia
Col. Woodward
Butler Ames
Rice
Woodward
Charles K. Darling
West Pointers
Gallivan
Congress
Ward 13
Fitzgerald
Winchendon
Krebs
Bradman
Bruce
Jwbehua
Holden
McNamara
Quirk
Martin M. Lomasney
J. Horgan
Quincy
Veteran Drops Dead On Washington Street
Boston reports a man, likely John Blake of Augusta Maine, veteran of Ca C 28th Massachusetts volunteers, died suddenly from hemorrhage while walking in Washington street. Papers in his pocket show pension receipt but no clues to relatives or existence. SAVED FROM THE SEA. South West Harbor Maine Oct 40 Geo Norwood and William Mason returning from Seal Harbor were rescued after their boat overturned. Crew of steamer Sedgewick aided them, bringing them to North East Harbor unconscious.
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Boston
John Blake
Augusta
Maine
Ca. C
Massachusetts Volunteers
Washington Street
South West Harbor
Geo. Norwood
William Mason
Seal Harbor
Sedgewick
North East Harbor
Killed on Tracks in Leominster Mass
Leominster Massachusetts October 30 Hugh Hyland a 46 year old stonemason was struck by a carriage while walking on the Fitch bore and Leominster street railway track and instantly killed He leaves a family Blaze in Lynn October 30 a fire in a three story wooden block at 56 to 64 Monroe Street owned by J J Grover and Sons caused over six thousand dollars in damage
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Leominster
Mass
Hugh Hyland
Fitchbore and
Lynn
Monroe Street
J. J. Grover & Sons
Ceneral Firme
Ex President Harrison on Indiana and national issues
Ex president Benjamin Harrison writes from Indianapolis urging Indiana Republicans to unite behind the ticket. He warns that voting for free silver would harm honest money and emphasizes support for the war’s accomplishments, foreign policy stability, and party unity to oppose Democratic gains.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hornley
Republican State Committee
Harrison
New York
Indiana
Chicago
Congress
Spain
Cuba
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Maine's Heavy Artillery Leaves for Savannah and Havana
The Mississippi transport with four batteries of the First Maine Heavy Artillery sailed from Boston at 7 AM for New York en route to Savannah and likely Havana. Weather was rainy and thick, delaying departure until morning. The large ship will take an outside route roughly 40 miles south of Nantucket to clear the lightship before heading to New York.
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Boston
Mississippi
Maine Heavy Artillery
New York
Savannah
Havana
Augusta
Nantucket
Concord remembers volunteer Sergt Ralph P Hosmer
In Concord Massachusetts the Unitarian church hosts the funeral for Sergt Ralph P Hosmer of Company I Sixth Massachusetts US Volunteers who died in Utado on September 11 at age 21. Stores closed and flags at half mast mark the tribute. Private services were held at his home then the church service with ushers from his social and business circle.
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Concord
Mass
Unitarian Church
Ralph P. Hosmer
Massachusetts Regiment
Utuado
Sergt
Hosmer
J. C. Howard
Lewis Sohier
Co. 1
Regi
Local Officers Attend Church Service Delegations Present
Under command of Capt. Cyrus H. Cook and Lieuts Hart Decker a church service included officers seated in the body of the church. Delegations from Co. Ly Sixth regiment with Lieut Braxton Qm Sergt Turpin and First Sersgt Dandridge were present. Also from the Sons of Veterans camp and the guild, of which he was a member.
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Ment
Cyrus H. Cook
Joseph S. Hart
William N. Decker
Co. Ly Sixth Regiment
Lieut. Braxton
Turpin
Sersgt
Dandridge
Sons of Veterans Camp
The
Guild
Bel Fowler's near-hold up in Winchester
In Cross street Charles F. Cogswell baker was targeted by two masked men about 6 45 pm. A revolver was pressed to his face and a club threatened to force surrender of money. Cogswell spurred his horse to Main street and then to M and Nelsons, but the attackers vanished.
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Winchester
Cross Street
Charles F. Cogswell
Mr. Cogswell
M. & Nelson
Charged With Forgery Two Men Nabbed In Boston
Boston Oct 30 police say John A Stanley and Harry Lester were identified as the forgery duo who cashed a check at First National Bank of Amherst. Authorities believe signatures were forged and say descriptions match fugitives in Dedham and Cambridge, with similar reports from other towns suggesting a wider case.
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Boston
First National Bank of Amherst
John A. Stanley
Harry Lester
Dedham
Cambridge
Rock mystery as coast survey steamer probes wreck site
New Bedford reports the coast survey steamer Blake searched near Quick's Hole for the rock that sank the barge Felix two years ago. A sunken rock was found near the reported site but its connection to the sinking remains unproven. The Blake will next survey Porto Rico. its commander is D. B. Wainwright, brother of Lieut. Wainwright of the Gloucester.
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New Bedford
Coast Survey
Blake
Quick's Hole
Felix
Porto Rico
D. B. Wainwright
Lieut. Wainwright
The
Gloucester
Arranged His Gibbet Providence Tragedy
The body of Michael Glennan a about 45 year old laborer was found hanged from a tree on Sackett street in Providence. Police ruled death by own action noting the man arranged a cord as a noose and stood off from the ground. He was unmarried, and relatives could not explain the act after he left home on Saturday night.
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Providence
R. T
Michael Glennan
Sackett Street
Glennan
Two More Bodies Found in Toledo Elevator Fire
Two bodies were recovered from the Union elevator ruins in Toledo Ohio tonight raising the death toll to 18 from the September 20 fire. One body is believed to be Albert Wainwright who remained missing. The disaster unfolded in late September and now confirms the full toll.
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Toledo
Albert Wainwright
Fever in Monterey Reported Deaths and New Cases
Mexican officers report three deaths from yellow fever in Monterey on Friday with four new cases. Private information suggests higher mortality and more sickness. United States Marine officials inspect all through trains leaving the infected districts.
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Larendo
Tex
Monterey
United States Marine
Saturday College Games Scoreboard Highlights
College football and basketball scores from Saturday show Harvard 11 Indians 5 Yale 10 West Point 6 U of P 23 Chicago 11 Princeton 28 Brown 0 Wesleyan 23 Dartmouth 24 Williams 6 Amherst 10 Bates 6 Bowdoin ? Colby 6 Maine 5 Boston College 5 Campello 6 Naval Cadets 18 Lafayette 0 Cornell G Oberlin 0 Harvard 2 0 Exeter Andover 5 Worcester Academy 56 Plus real estate rental listings across multiple streets in Belvidere Centralville and nearby areas offering rooms and six to seven room flats with varying rents.
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Harvard
Indians
Yale
West Point
U. of P
Chicago University
Princeton
Brown
Wesleyan
Dartmouth J. Williams
Trinity
Amherst
M. J
T. A Bates
Bowdoin
Colby
University of Maine
Boston College
Campello
Naval Cadets
Lafayette
Cornell G
Oberlin
Exeter
Andover
Worcester Academy
Dr Thomas Electric Oil Ad Copy Fragment
A fragmented ad line promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for burns and cuts. It urges use at the druggist and emphasizes home treatment with the product. The readable text hints at a period advertising style and medical claims.
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Dr. Thomas
Trade of Lowell: Merchants seek wider market via advertising
The piece reviews Lowell trade after a busy summer, noting lingering depression in finances but improving employment. It argues that electric railways expand the city’s reach, boosting stocks and drawing Boston shoppers. Merchants should advertise widely to attract tributary populations and foster regional exports.
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Ireland
Lowell
Boston
Washington Street
Massachusetts
A Musical Mechanic and the Whistled Tune Incident
A Paris Opera Comique tale recounts Halevy’s new work The Queen's Musketeers faced scrutiny as rehearsals went well until a joiner outside the theater whistles a tune he wrote. The craftsman reveals he’s the author, prompting Halevy to reward him with a louis while pondering the luck of a hidden melody.
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Queen's Musketeers
Opera Comique
Halevy
T. P. O'Connor
London Sun
Roland
Paris
Louis
Carpenter
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