Jupiter Steel Patents Company To Sell Treasury Shares
Sole owners report 600 000 shares at 5 par with 263 480 held in treasury. Directors order sale of 10 000 shares to raise working capital for Neal Duplex Brake. Plants and land near Boston area described in industry journals and soon in operation. Navy and other machinery makers among Jupiter Steels customers.
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Neal Duplex
Titular Legacy of Tennessee Claflin and Family Trails to Sir Francis Cook
London reports Sir Francis Cook died at his home, leaving widow Tennessee Claflin, once linked with the Claflin sisters known for their sensational NY ventures. The sisters, Ohio-born Victoria and Tennessee, rose as financiers and advocates before fleeing to England in 1876, where they pursued humanitarian causes and published Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly. Victoria later married John Bidulph Martin, with the sisters' marriages following.
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Sir Francis Cook
Tennessee Claflin
New York
Trancis
Miss Claflin
Cook
Montserrat
Claflin
Ohio
Isd
Victoria
Canning Woodhull
Broadstreet
Woodull & Claflin
United States
Equal Rights’ Party
Oreton
Beecher-Tilton
Beecher
England
John Biddulph Martin
Lombard Street
Martin & Co
Priges Slashed at Jordan Marsh Co Semiannual Sale
Jordan Marsh Co announces a semiannual furniture clearance with lower than cost prices on surplus stock and in store pieces. Extended dining tables, parlor sets, chests, and china closets are deeply discounted. one sale allows no exchanges or approval deliveries as stock clears for spring arrivals.
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Jordan, Marsh & Co
President Diag to Return Soon May Visit US This Spring
Mexico City reports President Diag's health improves and a return to the capital is planned by Monday or Tuesday. He is not expected to travel to Europe and may instead visit the United States in the spring, possibly for the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
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Mexico City
Diag
Capital
Europe
United States
Buffalo
Nathaniel Swift dies in Chicago at 63
Nathaniel Swift brother of Gustavus F. Swift dies in Chicago after four days of illness. He was born in Sagamore Massachusetts sixty three years ago. He was ordained a Methodist minister and served Elstham Massachusetts as his first pastorate at age twenty two before joining the packing business with his brother in 1875.
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Chicago
Nathaniel Swift
Gustavus F. Swift
Packer
Mr. Swift
Sagamore
Mass
Elstham
Girl Miss Ellen Leek Dies in Long Illness at Babylon
In York on February 17 Miss Ellen Leek aged 6 died at Babylon Long Island after a condition of lifelong deafness muteness immobility and apparent absence of brain activity beyond minimal life support. Medical observers note the case attracted attention in medical circles.
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York
Ellen Leek
Babylon
L. I
Governor halts boxing carnival in Minneapolis
Governor Van Zant intervenes to stop the proposed boxing carnival planned for tomorrow night under the Exposition Athletic Club in Minneapolis. He met with Mayor Ames after arriving yesterday while fighters and referee George Siler were noted as arriving.
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Minneapolis
Minn
van Zant
Expositon Athletic Club
Ames
George Siler
Lawson’s Defender Won’t Be Ready for Trial Horse
New York February 17 The Tribune reports Mr Lawson says the Defender is in such a condition as to be useless to him and his new defender will have no trial horse. Yacht designer William Gardiner examined the boat at Coney Island and offers to repair it for 3000 dollars with work to be completed in three weeks on site.
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the Tribune
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Boston Defender
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Tribune
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Gardiner
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Clark
Ireland's McBride and Miss Gonne Staged in New York Rally
Believers in Irish independence gathered at the Academy of Music New York to honor Major John McBride who led the Transvaal brigade and to hear Maud Gonne. Clan na Gael hosted a fervent meeting with protests against British figures and strong calls for complete separation from England.
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Mead Gonne
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Joseph Chamberlain
Miss Gonne
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England
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Victoria
Hkoers
O'Mahoney
Boston Sells Her Virtue Sermon Clash
The sermon denounces Boston for profiting from vice while condemning Kansas for alleged impropriety. Rev C A Crane of Saratoga Street M E Church in East Boston attacks city laws that shield vice and describe Kansas as fighting vice, contrasting Boston’s tolerance with Kansas’ public moral battles.
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M. E
Boston
Kansas
Abraham
Another Crowe Dream In Omaha Sparked by Newspapers
Edward A. Cudahy disputes the Waterloo Tribune interview with Pat Crowe calling it another Crowe dream and an imaginative report. Omaha police chief Donohue also doubts the Waterloo tale. A telegram from Fort Thomas Arizona says Crowe was there last week with friends.
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Pat Crowe
van Metre
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Tribune
Rowe
Donohue
Fort Thomas
Ari
Crowe
Visit Washington Tour Details From Royal Blue Ine
While Congress is in session a Royal Blue tour from Boston leaves Friday evening. The rate is $25 covering all expenses for five days in Washington Philadelphia visit and a stop-over in New York. Other tours on March 1 15 and 29 April 12 and 26 May 10 and 4. Descriptive pamphlet available on application to A J Simmons N E A 211 Washington street Boston.
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Washington
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National Capital
Philadelphia
New York
A. J. Simmons
Washington Street
Cambridge woman injured after fire escape fall
Mazie Powers aged 22 of 36 Portsmouth Street Cambridgeport fell from a hotel fire escape on Friend Street after two floors. She suffered two scalp wounds and was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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Cambridgeport
Randolph Hotel
Friend Street
City Hospital
Midnight Roxbury fire damages ice cream shop, unknown cause
A midnight blaze damaged a one story building at 2019 Washington Street Roxbury injuring two tenants. Joseph Kane and the Roxbury Ice Cream Company reported a loss of 250 dollars. Cause of the fire is listed as unknown.
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Roxbury
Joseph Kane
Roxbury Ice Cream Company
Gaelic League of America Branch Formed in Brockton Hall
In Brockton a large audience gathered at Hibernian Hall to form a Gaelic League of America branch. Michael J. Hallinan was elected president with Michael Moran as secretary and Cornelius J. Halisey as treasurer. A three-member committee was named to secure a public school for Irish language classes. The next session is planned for Sunday at 3 PM to hear committee reports and set weekly class dates.
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Hibernian Hall
Gaelic League of America
Michael J. Hallinan
P. J. O'Daly
Boston
Michael Moran
Cornelius J. Hailisey
Philo Celtic Society Sunday Session Report
The Philo Celtic Society held its Sunday session yesterday afternoon with Superintendent James Drinan J Lyons and J J Ahern in charge. Vice-President J J Lyons opened the meeting at 650 P.M. and programs by Miss Margaret Drinan J J Ahern John King Miss Nora Higgans James Drinan Miss Ahern Misses Grace Marshall Mary Hellahan and Charles K Bonnby followed.
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James Drinan
J. Lyons
J. J. Ahern
J. J. Lyons
Margaret Drinan
John King
Nora Higgans
Miss Ahern
Grace Marshall
Mary Hellahan
Charles K. Bonnby
Mil Linery Line Offers Boston to New York Round Trip
A special train fare of 3.50 covers travel from Boston to New York and back via Providence. Tickets depart Boston on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p m arriving in New York at 7 30 am next day. Inquiries to George F Tilton Boston city passenger agent 214 Washington street.
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New York
Providence
George F.tilton
City
Washington Street
Corner State
Mass
Retired Officer Jonathan W. Baker Dies at 73
Jonathan W. Baker, a retired police officer, died at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday. He served 41 years on the force, was a former lieutenant at Stations 1 and 3, a detective in 1858, and later watched at the school committee building and Probate Court. He retired in 1895.
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Jonathan W. Baker
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fire Damages Muller Estate Warerooms in Brooklyn
A fire at 47 49 Dean Street Brooklyn caused $40 000 damage to stock and contents at the George J Muller estate warerooms with partial insurance.
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Brooklyn
New York
Dean Street
George J. Muller
Hart says Boston needs no crackdown after slumming tour
Mayor Hart defended Boston as a well behaved city after visiting the North End hotels, dance halls, and Chinatown. He said opium joints do not exist there, that residents observe laws, and he could safely enter any area unarmed with fear of reform.
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Hart
Post
Dbosion
Clark
North End
Italy
Piscopo
Fleet Street
Touraine
Chinatown
Wing
Tam
New York
Little Italy
Women’s Equal Suffrage Group Plans Marlboro Street Meeting
The Women’s Equal Suffrage Good Government League will hold an informal meeting at Mrs. Quincy Shaw’s Marlboro street townhouse tomorrow to discuss municipal reform in Boston. Mrs. Charles G. Ames notes a test of anti suffragist claims and mentions registering women to vote for school committees as a likely start.
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Women's Equal Suffrage Good Government League
Quincy Shaw
Marlboro Street
Board of Registration
Rally at State House Grounds Ends With Arrests
Crusaders gathered before daylight on the State House grounds for a planned raid. A woman identified as WILO SGENES was arrested for the fourth and last time that day and jailed after a brief two hour detention. A prominent black city official signed her bond. Guards checked entrants at all entrances, turning away those not in white armbands.
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State House
Nationism spreads as Carrie Nation sparks Kansas saloon raids
Carrie Nation’s campaign gains strength across Kansas as women join raids closing Topeka saloons and forming vigilant groups. Injunctions curb liquor sales while district judges and officials move to enforce prohibitory laws. Spreading action reaches Enterprise Anthony Dalton Wellington EUREKA Halton towns with mass meetings and destruction of saloons and liquor property.
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Kan
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Mrs. Nation
Nation
Shawwnee County
Treno County
Hutchinson
Harper
Arkansas
Dalton
Poplar Bluff
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Wellington
Eureka
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Halton
Vigilance committee vows to hang saloon keepers in Kansas
In Winfield Kansas 400 temperance adherents signed an oath to hang any saloon man who assaults a member of their group. A vigilance meeting reported no closed saloons yet and an ultimatum expires at noon Wednesday amid threats of bloodshed. The Rev George T Smith says the crusade continues with defiant letters from saloon men.
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Winfield, Kan
Kansas
George T. Smith
Saloon Raiders and Prohibition Foes Face Armed Opposition
The article notes widespread armament among residents and saloon raiders led by Mark Nation, nephew of Carrie Nation, as tensions rise. Jointists vow to defend property while ministers travel with revolvers, signaling a volatile clash over prohibition efforts.
Treat Them as Burglars at Golfs Depot
In Atchison Kansas on February 17 Missouri Pacific general attorney B P Wage goner says depots must be treated as common burglars after women temperance crusaders broke into the Golfs depot. He cites a penitentiary offense for breaking the door and argues the railroad as a common carrier deserves protection under the law whether liquor is from another state or not.
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Atchison, Kan
B. P. Wagegoner
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Golfs
Kan
Efe
Gofts
Explosion at Providence Saloon Burns Owner and Damages Property
An explosion of nestylene gas in the cellar of John Scheminger’s saloon at Weybosset and Snow Streets in Providence this morning caused about 1000 dollars in losses and burned the proprietor’s face. Firemen, trying to fight the blaze, poured water on calcium carbide to cool it. the resulting gas exploded, knocking several firefighters off their feet but causing no serious injuries.
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Providence, R. T
John Scheminger
Weybosset
Snow Streets
Scheminger
Susan B Anthony Speech Denounces Men and calls for Prohibition support
Miss Susan B Anthony lauded women’s voting rights in Kansas and urged voters to back candidates who commit to public duty. She argued the ballot remains civilization’s weapon and attacked party failures to address Prohibition, urging resignations of officials who do not show their hand.
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Rochester
N. Y
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Mation
Anthony
Kansas
Prohibition Party
Nation
Saloon Crusade Sermon Highlights Carrie Nation Raid
The Rev Clarence MacKinnon preached on Mrs Carrie Nation’s saloon wrecking act comparing it to Gideon and Jesus overturning temple money tables. He argued the moral issue was the alcohol traffic as the great evil regardless of right or wrong in taking law into her own hands.
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Halifax
Reverend Sheldon Defends Mrs Nation Actions
The Rev Charles M Sheldon voices measured support for Mrs Nation and her temperance campaign. He argues reform should rely on law first and only resort to people enforcing prohibition if officials fail to enforce it. He asserts Nation acts sincerely and that he cannot judge her calling.
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Charles M. Sheldon
Pastor Defended Mrs Nation in Kansas Prohibition Crusade
The Rev N J Fisk at Broadway M E Church Somerville urged support for Mrs Nation and linked her temperance campaign to historic protests. He compared her raid to the Maine episode the Spanish War John Brown uprising and the tea party in the Revolution describing her actions as a potential turning point.
First Snow in 50 Years Shocks Mexico City
Snow fell in Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico early this morning marking the first snowfall there in nearly fifty years. Ground cover reached higher suburbs and tropical trees wore a white mantle exciting curiosity and local excitement.
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Mexico City
Valley of Mexico
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