Hayes Memorial Fountain Route to Concord and Lexington
The article describes the direct path from Boston along Massachusetts Avenue to Lexington and Concord. It notes landmarks from Beacon Street to Harvard Square and North Cambridge, with alternate detours via Middle Street at Pierce’s Bridge. It mentions hills within the first three miles but notes the macadam surface aids riders.
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Concord
Lexington
City
Massachusetts Avenue
Beacon Street
Boston
Harvard Square
North
Cambridge
Porter's Station
Arlington
Middle Street
Pierce’s Bridge
Middle
Marrett Streets
Harwood salesman arrested in Lowell blames rival for false arrest
T Pancoast Wilkes of Harwood Cash Register Co Columbus was arrested on a Rochester hotel baggage matter. He was discharged in Police Court and says a rival cash register firm engineered his arrest to harm his success. He plans suits against the rival and the Eggleston Hotel.
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Lowell
Harwood Cash Register Company
Columbus
Allen and Laflamme
Eggleston
Rochester
N. Y
Wadley
D. J. Donahue
Moffatt
Dilkes
Post
Hapa Gnd
Harwood Company
Egglestone
Dukes
Boston
Milkes
Mikes
Iggleston
Cearly
Hal- Biaenas Register Company
Xes
Andrews Accepts Nebraska Chancellor Offer
Chicago April 18 Dr B Benjamin Andrews superintendent of Chicago public schools has decided to accept the position of chancellor of the University of Nebraska. He tonight presented his resignation as superintendent of schools to immediate effect.
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Chicago
B. Benjamin Andrews
Chicago Polific Schools
Univerty of Nebraska
Mor rison Acquitted in Dream Burglary Murder Trial
Alfred Morrison, tried at White Plains for the murder of a woman he had bigamously married, was acquitted. He testified that he shot his wife in a dream in which burglars appeared, claiming the crime occurred during sleep.
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New York
Alfred BE. Morrison
White Plains
Morrison
British Forces and Boers Clash as Rain Haunts Front
Consul Hay reports troops from Boston New York and Chicago indicate British advance while censorship hides true progress. Boers continue to besiege Wepener as 2000 British soldiers occupy field hospitals amid heavy rains and flooding.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
Wepener
Ambulance corps members abandon Red Cross symbols in Pretoria
A dispatch reports about Chicago ambulance corps members from Boston New York and the West tearing off their Red Cross badges on arrival at Pretoria. The U S consul Adelbert S Hay warns the Transvaal government he will report the incident to Washington. Heavy rains slow British columns as Wepener blockade holds. Stores move south from Bloemfontein due to southeast Bree State actions. About 200 sick in field hospitals mostly dysentery and enteric fever. Censoring and blurred war intelligence notes appear in reports.
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London
Daily Mail
Lourenzo Marques
Chicago Ambulance Corps
Boston
New York
Pretoria
Adelbert S. Hay
United States
Trasvaal
Washington
Ilockade
Wepener
Bloemfontein
Bree
Gold-Bricked Farmer Outwitted Near Springfield
Daniel Leonard, a Feed ing Hills farmer near Springfield, was swindled by two slick strangers who sold him gilded bricks claiming virgin gold. He lost cash and gained 7 pounds of misrepresented metal, with no clues for the police as the conmen fled town.
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Springfield
Daniel Leonard
Feeding Hills
Fire damages McClench machine shop in Hallowell
The McClench machine shop in Hallowell was nearly destroyed by a blaze Friday night. Loss is estimated at 15 000 to 18 000 dollars with partial insurance. cause is unknown.
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Hallowell
George B. McClench
Richard Pege Dead in New Haven
Richard Pege, secretary of the New Haven Steam Roller company, died at his home in New Haven tonight at age 87. He had served the firm for many years and was well known in local business circles.
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New Haven
Conti
Richard Eer
The
New Haven Steamre Seleke
Hackett Nominated for Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Washington April 18 The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Frank W. Hackett of New Hampshire to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Adee goes abroad Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee leaves Washington for a two months vacation tour in northern Europe.
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Washington
Senate
Frank W. Hackett
New Hampshire
Avy
SEC
Adee
Europe
U. S. S. Boston to be repaired at Mare Island Navy Yard
The U S S Boston will undergo repairs at Mare Island Navy Yard at an estimated cost of 1000 dollars according to a Washington dispatch dated April 18.
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U. S. S. Boston
Washington
Ofton
Mare Island Navy Yard
Opening of the Baseball Season Promises Big Patriot Day
The opening day activity includes Patriot Day events and busy Lexington and Concord as thousands of pilgrims visit. Patriotic societies will hold exercises and social organizations host events while the baseball season opens as a peak attraction. The Marathon run is also slated as a major feature.
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Lexington and
Concord
Weather Forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Forecast promises fair weather with light southwest winds and bright sun. For Thursday and Friday expect partly cloudy skies and fresh to brisk southwest winds across New England and eastern New York.
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New England
New York
Celebrations Programme at Concord and Lexington
Detailed schedule outlines sunrise salutes, bells, and a full day of athletic events, processions, and speeches in Concord and Lexington. It lists arrival times for the governor, church exercises with a Bonaparte oration, parade routes, dinners, drills, fireworks, and band concerts, plus train schedules to both towns.
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Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Edward, Waldo Emerson
Walden Street
Battle Ground
Fair Grounds
Lexington
Hayes Memorial
Governor Crane
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the Minute Man
Internal Revenue
Harvard
T. Pancoast Wilkes
Lowell Court
Register Company
Andrews
University of Nebraska
GEO. F
RED Cross
Free State
Alfred B. Morrison
Consul Hay
Richard Pege
Hackett
Liquid Air Rights
Tigua AP
A. J
Fitchburg
Albany
Boston & Maine
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