The Cotton Picker stock sale offers big future value
The article argues for buying Lone Star Cotton Picking Company stock at a low price to fund machine production. It compares to Bell’s stock sale, claiming $10 par shares at 31 Milk Street can fund a machine costing $100 that yields $1000 per season. Time is money as the stock is said to rise soon.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone Company
Boston
Bell
Lone Star Cotton Picking Company
Milk Street
Paderewski Enchants Boston Society at Gardner Musicale
Mrs. John L. Gardner hosts a Paderewski recital at Burnsted Hall for Boston music teachers and society figures. Guards control access to a small invited audience. program blends educational pieces with light selections, followed by a reception and supper. The event, costly and exclusive, highlights Mrs. Gardner’s taste and influence in cultural circles.
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John L. Gardner
Boston
Bumstead Hall
Hamilton Place
Winter Street
Paderewski
Guardians of the Peace
Gardner
The Yellow Scourge at Sea from Rio Janeiro
Capt Bills of the Capulet reports yellow fever ravaging the crew after returning from Rio de Janeiro. Six sailors died there and eight others were hospitalized. Names of the deceased include Oscar Carlson, James Montague, George Black, Colon Fisher, Joseph W. Mann. Hospitalized crew members are G. A. Edwards, Robert Roberts, John Shearer, William Topping, J. Manney, Veich, Michael Byrnes, and Hernandez Hojer.
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New York
Bills
Capulet
Rio Janeiro
Rio
Oscar Carlson
James Montague
George Black
Colon Fisher
Joseph W. Mann
G. A. Edwards
Robert Roberts
John Shearer
Wiliam Topping
J. Manney
Veich
Michael Byrnes
Ernandez Hojer
North wall collapse ends Brackin Building in Pittsfield
A large section of the north wall of the Brackin Building at North and Union streets collapsed into Union Street this morning. The wall was badly out of plumb and the building, rebuilt on old walls after a July destruction, was opened for occupancy only last week.
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Pittsfield
Contested Idaho Senate Seat Delayed by Adjournment
In Washington on February 26, debate focused on public buildings funding and the Idaho election case of Claggett. The Senate heard Mr. Claggett’s two hour address criticizing the sitting member and disputed December election actions, but the case went over without action as the session adjourned.
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Craig
House
Mr. Claggett
Idaho
Senate
Washington
Bankhead
Alabama
Congress
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Fifty-first Congress
General Treasury
Enloe
Tennessee
Craig-Stewart
C. W. Stone
Pennsylvania
Messrs. Moore
Texas
Q O’ferrell
Virginia
Daizell
O’ferrell
Stewart
Yeas
Cochran
New York
Babbitt
Wisconsin
Sayers
Aquilla Jones
Frye
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Committee On Commerce
Vance
Claggett
Brockton
Rev O P Gifford Honored by Anti Tenement League
The Anti Tenement House League in Boston sends a set of resolutions to Rev. O P Gifford of Chicago praising his work as president. They commend his earnest leadership via pulpit platform and press to expose evils of sweating in tenement and pine shop conditions and note their regret at his move to Chicago.
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O. P. Gifford
Anti-Tenement House League
League
Chicago
Boston
Fire damages brick house at 40 Tennyson street
At 7 48 last night a lamp set fire to a curtain in a three and a half story brick dwelling owned by John A Nowell and occupied by Mrs H S Kelly. Alarm from Box 62. damage listed as 25 dollars.
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Tennyson Street
John A. Nowell
H. 8S. Kelly
Kaiser's Ride and Berlin Disorder Marked by Conflicts
A mob clashed with police near the castle as soldiers and a relief detachment patrolled. The Kaiser rode out at 2:30 pm to cheers, while Socialists jeered. police fought and wounded several. About 200 arrests and thousands in damages were reported. authorities vow to answer with accountability. The Kaiser’s courage and leadership were highlighted as pivotal to calming the city.
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Unter den Linden
Thiergarten
Prince Henry
Kaiser
Schloss
Richard
Wat Tyler
Brandenburg
Berlin
Konigsberg
Frankfort-on-the- Oder
Yageblatt
Boresen Courier
Vorwarts
Vogsische Zeitung
The Post's Candidate for President from Massachusetts
The Post believes Governor Russell may be nominated at the Chicago convention. Massachusetts leaders discuss sending him as a guest of the delegation or as a delegate, with Corcoran and others signaling Russell as a rising presidential possibility. If Palmer is nominated, Russell could be considered for Vice President or second choice.
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Old Bay State
Russell
United States
Chicago
Massachusetts
P. A. Collins
John W. Corcoran
John E. Russell
Martin van Buren Edgerly
Springfield
Corcoran
Cleveland
Hill
McDonough
Palmer
East
Josiah Quincy
Executive Committee
State Committee
Williams
McNary
New York
W.C. Whitney
Navy
Asseil
Yale Banquet Honors Walter Camp at Depew Event
A Yale graduates banquet in Depew New York on February 26 honored Walter Camp for his services to Yale athletics including football and baseball. Judge Henry E. Howland presided with toasts praising Camp and Yale’s athletic ethos and evolution into a robust university sport culture.
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New Yorks
Yale
Walter Camp
Henry E. Howland
Chauncey M. Depew
Isaac M. Bromley
Joseph H. Twitchel
Gas Stiles
Buchanan Winthrop
E. L. Winthrop
Amos P. Wilder
D. W. Richards
Welling
Judge Howland
C. M. Deen
L. Richards
J. H.twitchell
Captain McClung
W. A. Stiles
Isaac H. Bromley
Depew
Phillippics
Bob Cooks
Walter Camps
James Pierrepont
Timothy Dwight
Five Inquests Handled by Municipal Court Justices
Reports of five inquests returned to the Superior Court recount deaths in January and December. Timothy Keough died Jan 26 after being struck by a West End Street Railway electric car on Hanover Street while crossing without a cross walk. the driver was discharged. Patrick Coughlin’s death could not be determined, with possible blows or a fall on Albany Street bridge. An unknown man crushed on Commercial Street by a Union Freight Railway car likely crawled under the cars while intoxicated. Albert E. Randall, Old Colony brakeman, died Jan 9 from locomotive accident at South Boston freight yard. company or staff not at fault. Brakeman Perley Knight died Jan 26. he reportedly tried to board a locomotive and was run over.
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Timothy Keough
West End Street Railway Company
Hanover Street
Ely
M. F. Blount
Hardy
Patrick Coughlin
Justice Forsaith
Albany Street
Union Freight Railway Company
Commercial Street
Board of Health orders vacating distant tenements in Cove area
The Board of Health issued formal notices to tenants at Nos 14 16 18 and 20 Cove place 29 Shaving street and 1 East street place in South Cove to vacate within fourteen days. Authorities say Cove place and East street place are badly lit and ventilated, unfit for occupancy, with about twenty families and 60 to 100 people affected. Dr Durgin notes aim to push the action through carefully without unnecessary disruption.
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Board of Health
Cove Place
Shaving Street
East Street
South Cove District
Durgin
Powderly Confined After Heart Trouble At Richelieu
T V Powderly grand master workman of the Knights of Labor is confined to his room at the Richelieu Hotel in St Louis. Physicians order complete rest after a heart trouble attack that followed his speech at a People's party conference last Thursday. He has not left his room since and a revival was only temporary.
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St. Louis
T. V. Powderly
The
Knights of Labor
Richelieu Hotel
Powderly
People’s Party
Chile Declines World’s Fair Participation in Chile
Valparaiso February 26 Chile has declined to participate in the Chicago World's Fair citing inability to afford the trip. Lieutenant Harlow met with the government and conveyed sincere regret over withdrawing the previous acceptance.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Chicago
Harlow
Attachment filed in Middlesex contract action in Boston
An attachment for 225000 dollars was filed yesterday in the Norfolk county registry of deeds in a contract action by Georges Abbott of Melrose against William B Hills of Boston Shubael L Norton of Cottage City Dukes County William Bradley of Hyde Park and Erastus P Carpenter of Foxboro. The case is to be tried in Boston.
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Norfolk County Registry of Deeds
Georges Abbott
Melrose
Middlesex
William 8. Hills
Boston
Shubael L. Norton
Cottage City
Dukes County
William Bradley
Hyde Park
Erastus P. Carpenter
Foxboro
Three Days More Till the Big Candle Burns for Exposition
The Past’s World’s Fair candle will burn at noon March 1, inviting three people to win a trip to the Columbian Exposition with free transport and ten days’ hotel. Three Boston daily newspaper representatives and three colored attendants in Continental costume guard the candle, with coupons collected to fund the prize. Citizens submit time estimates by mail to earn chances, with a surge of responses detailing hours and minutes across dozens of names and addresses.
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Boston
World’s Fair Sentinel
All About the Candle Burns at Chicago World’s Fair Time
A six foot beeswax candle weighs fifty six pounds with six inch butt diameter and five and a half inch top. It will be lit at noon on March 1. Readers are invited to guess burn time. Gov Russell estimates 700 hours and Mayor Matthews 600 hours. Closest three get free World’s Fair trips.
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Post
Russell
Matthews
Chicago
Government Agent to Congo Free State Heads for Africa
Special to the Post. Mr. Dorsey Mohun, recently named commercial agent of the United States government to the Congo Free State, sails tomorrow on the steamship Trave. He plans to stay three years or more, with hopes to report satisfactorily and possibly trigger a steamship line to the Congo region.
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Dorsey Mohun
United States
Congo Free State
Wandered Away Missing Elder In Medford February Report
Medford on February 26 reported John Ahearn an over 80 year old Depot Street resident wandering from home and still missing. Authorities and local parties are out searching for him.
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Medford
John Ahearn
Depot Street
Secretarial testimony opens pension office probe
Secretary Noble testified before the House committee on the pension office management. He described Raum’s removal, questioned practices on resignations and leave, and discussed charges against Raum and clerks Howard and Engle. He defended reratings and recounted initial reforms to curb self rerating and ensure accountability.
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Washington
Noble
Special House
Young Green B. Raum
Civil Service Commission
Young Raum
Little
New York
Raum
Enloe
Messrs
Howard and
Engle
Pension Office
Bussey
Saylor
Young Baum
Howard
Taylor
Black
Tanner
Kaum
Pension Bureau
Pension Board of Appeals
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Enroe
Board of Pension Appeals
Benefit Fraud Report Details Mutual One Year Benefit Order Officers
Supreme Court received the report of Sherman I. Whipple as receiver, naming officers in charge since October 8 1891 and earlier, detailing a $20,000 payment by John W McKinnon to secure control. Restitution has been made by three officers, while three others face doubts over good faith and civil suits for embezzlement. Greenwood has absconded. criminal proceedings have begun against him.
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Supreme Court
Sherman I. Whipple
Mutual
William F. Morrill
F. Donovan
John W.mckinnon
Arthur E. Felch
F Lowe
M.D
F. L. Newman
Julius Schwartz
Supreme
Evan H Morgan
Augustus P. Calder
Alvan L. Greenwood
A. Hale Kingsley
F. Wallace Abbott
Supreme Medical Examiner
Charles K. Newston
John W. McKinnon
Hampden Lodge No. 106
Greenwood
Calder
Morgan
Commonwealth
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Schioss
Lustgarten
the Post
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New England
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Merchant’s Row
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Pelham
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L. B. Holt
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J. F. Harrigan
Bennington Street
William J. Ryan
Architree
Mrs. A. Poggi
Isabella Street
H. E. Stofie
Somerville
Carrie N. Sturtevant
West Somerville
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