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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1900
Page
1
New Hampshire Firemen Relief Fund Rules Approved
Governor and council approve the New Hampshire State Firemen’s association relief rules funded by 2000 dollars yearly from foreign fire insurance taxes. The plan pays widows and children of fallen firefighters and offers daily benefits to injured members, with caps and administration by the association.
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New Hampshire
Boards of Engineers
Com Bieatet
New Hampshire State Firemen's Association
New Hampshire State Firemen’s Association
Board of Engineers
Executive Committee
Battle of San Juan staged by Buffalo Bill in Portsmouth
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Roosevelt Rough Riders plan a vivid San Juan battle recreation in Portsmouth on a Thursday in June. About 600 performers, including wounded veterans Gerald A Webb Walter M Cook and Tom Isa bal, will reenact the famous fight with special scenery and photographs of the memorial site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Wild West
Congress of Rough Riders of the World
Portsmouth
Messrs
Cody
Salisbury
Battle of
San Juan
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Bill
Gerald A. Webb
Bill Cline
Walter M. Cook
William McGinty
Col. Roosevelt
Tom Isabal
Organized Businesses in Kittery and Wiring Goods
ORGANIZED IN KITTERY B and H Electric Construction and Suppy Co organized at Kittery to manufacture and deal in electrical and plumbers goods with 30000 capital stock none paid in Officers President Lonn M Cook Providence treasurer Louis H Murphy Providence Meyer Thread Co organized at Kittery to manufacture and deal in threads with 500000 capital stock none paid in Officers President Edmund Willcox Wavarly treasurer Frank E Rowell Kittery Certificate approved May 9 Impossible to foresee an accident Not impossible to be prepared for it Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Monarch Lover pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B and H. Electric Construction and
Suppy Co
Kittery
Lonn M. Cook
Providence
Louis H. Murphy
Meyer Thread Co
Edmund Willcox
Wavarly
Frank E. Rowell
Thomas
No Arrest Made In Sprague Case Amid Ongoing Inquiry
Laura Berwick reports that the Sprague murder case remains unsettled as deputy Miles returns to court duties in Alfred for the York County term. Investigators search the Knight farm basement and barn area for the murder knife while reviewing new clues and interviewing Samuel Locke, who fears living alone near the farm.
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Laura Berwick
Sprague
Miles
Saco
York County Supreme
Alfred
Mites
Spencer
Knight Farm
Dover
Samuel Locke
Big Postal Receipts Show Growth Over 1899
Washington issued April postal receipts data comparing this year to 1899 reveal a total increase of 255 thousand five hundred five dollars. Major city gains include New York 90 thousand eight hundred eleven, Chicago 43 thousand two hundred twenty five, Philadelphia 43 thousand eleven, Boston 13 thousand two hundred fifty, St Louis 8 thousand seven hundred eighty five, Cincinnati 10, Brooklyn 36 thousand two hundred fifty eight, Baltimore 2 thousand eight hundred eighty two, San Francisco 4 thousand sixty five, and Pittsburgh 5 thousand thirty five. Lowell, Mass. suffers the largest percentage drop at 675 percent.
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Gity
Washington
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Baltimore
San Francisco
Pittsburg
Lowell
Mass
Official Visitation by Grand Master at St Andrews Lodge
Mont Worshipial John McLane of Milford, grand master in New Hampshire, made an official visit to St. Andrew's Lodge No. 66, A F and A M, on Monday evening. Members turned out in full numbers for the event followed by a well ordered collation. The visitation had been postponed for several weeks due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont
John McLane
Milford
New Hampshire
St. Andrew's Lodge
G A R Adjourned Meeting and Social Events
The G A R will hold an adjourned meeting Thursday evening. The Ladies Aid Society of the Second M E church will host a picture social and supper Thursday evening. A Bible study was held at the church last night. The Ladies circle of the Second Christian church meets Wednesday afternoon. Frinbee's hall at Kittery Point hosts a social and dance tonight. Florence C Bowden joins W E Pauls store in Portsmouth. Kittery will send three Portsmouth High graduates Marion Bowden Leon Stimson and Charles Philbrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Second M. E
Ladies’ Circle
Second Christan Church
Frinbee’s Hall
Kittery Point
Florence C. Bowden
W. E. Paul's
Portsmouth
Kittery
Portsmouth High School
Marion Bowden
Leon Stimson
Charles Philbrick
Graduating High School Class Lists Thirty Four Pupils
The annual graduating list includes Latin course students Susan Elizabeth Borthwick through Teen Earle Stimson, Classical course members Ellen Brackett to Arthur Sewell, and English course group Bertha Beyer to Charles Phitbuck. The class numbers thirty four pupils, about the average.
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Susan Elizabeth Borthwick
Laura Sybil Canney
Margaret J.ourge Garrett
Mary Ashton Hatch
Hattie Lillian Horton
Leonore Agnes Moses
Abbie Mabel O'Keefe
May Elizabeth Whittier
Albert Ruyter Hatch
Earle Stimson
Ellen Augusta Brackett
Harold Hotchkiss Bennett
Arthur Thomas O’keefe
John Samuel Paul
Arthur Eugene Sewell
Bertha Jennie Beyer
Marion Francis Bowden
Ethel Marion Burnell
Lizzie
Boat Race Arranged by Piscataqua Club and Bowery Blues
The Piscataqua club and the Bowery Blues have organized a Memorial day boat race from Portsmouth bridge to the beacon and back. Supporters of both crews are confident of victory and backing them heavily.
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Piscataqua Club
Bowery Blues
Portsmouth Bridge
Beacon
Tug Robert Locke Hart Arrives At Perth Amboy
A vessel named Robert Locke Hart arrived on May 15 in Portland for Bangor and Perth Amboy tasks. The barge Bangor accompanied the shipment, indicating interstate waterway activity and port calls in the period.
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Robert Lockehart
Portland
Bangor
Perth Amboy
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