Canada holds lion's share of Niagara power says official
Toronto report quotes George Gibbons, chairman of the International Waterways Commission, asserting the river and Niagara Falls configuration favor the Canadian side for most water flow and that diverting water to the American side would damage the falls. He adds that control of electric power should largely rest with Canada.
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Toronto
George Gibbons
International Waterways Commission
Commission
Niagara Falls
Canada
Bath rejects Carnegie library gift by two to one vote
London February 27 Bath citizens vote two to one against accepting Andrew Carnegie's offer of sixty five thousand dollars for a public library.
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London
Bath
Andrew Carnegie
Nick and Alice Visit Battle Ground at Daiquiri
Congressman Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth arrived from Havana and traveled by boat to Daiquiri where American troops first landed. They will ride 24 miles back by horseback along the route of the army this afternoon.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Havana
Daiquiri
Do Not Want My Husband Returns From Vanished Spouse
Mrs. Joseph Dixon of Cambridge speaks of her refusal to welcome her husband back after he vanished and was presumed drowned. He later turned up in Rochester, New York, alive, sending a letter asking to return. She recalls his departure left her destitute, with two small children, and notes he provided no support during months away. The husband’s arrival unsettles a fragile family situation.
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Joseph Dixon
Cambridge
Post
Rochester
N. Y
The
Charles
Mr. Dixon
A Fighting Chance staged by Irving Club last evening
The Irving Club presented A Fighting Chance at the Newtowne Club house last evening followed by dancing. The club is composed of young ladies and the players orchestra and ushers were all women. Soloist Miss Alice Cadman of Somerville led the program with a lineup including Frances Harrison May MackKnight Eleanor MacDonald Queenie Wheaton Maud Macknight Augusta Harrison May Austin Augusta Silver Harriet LHomedeau Christine Hilton and Ida Harrison.
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Irving Club
Newtowne Club
Alice Cadman of
Somerville
Frances Harrison
May MackKnight
Eleanor MacDonald
Queenie Wheaton
Maud Macknight
Augusta Harrison
May Austin
Augusta Silver
Harriet L’homedeau
Christine Hilton
Ida Harrison
British House awards 273080 for Newfoundland fishing rights loss
London reports the House of Commons approved 273080 to compensate France for the loss of fishing rights along the Newfoundland coast. The decision reflects postwar maritime negotiations and the diplomatic dispute over colonial waters.
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London
House of Commons
France
Newfoundland
Eloped Lovers From Salem and Lowell Tie Quiet Knot
Albert Luscomb Brookhouse of Salem and Alice Thompson Green of Lowell married in Providence after a secret elopement. Brookhouse, grandson of ship owner Robert Brookhouse, is prominent in Salem sports and educated at Salem High Walker Private School Dean Academy and Lowell Textile. The elopement surprised Brookhouse’s mother Julia F Brookhouse and the couple had no parental knowledge beforehand.
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Salem
Providence
Albert Luscomb Brookhouse
Alice Thompson Green
Lowell
Young Brookhouse
Robert Brookhouse
Brookhouse
Walker
Dean Academy
Lowell Textile
Miss Green
Julia F. Brookhouse
Lowell High School
Total Abstinence Union to Meet Sunday
St Patrick s Total Abstinence and Literary Society of Roxbury will be represented at the quarterly convention of the Boston Catholic Total Abstinence Union to be held in Aquinas Hall Cambridge Sunday afternoon. Delegates include William J Butler Joseph P Cussen Hugh McNulty and Thomas F Phelan with Rev Francis J Butler presiding as president.
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St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence and Literary Society of
Roxbury
Boston Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Aquinas Hall
Cambridge
William J. Butler
Joseph P. Cussen
Hugh McNulty
Thomas F. Phelan
Francis J. Butler
Roxbury Association Hosts Ladies Night at Hampden Street Hall
The Roxbury Athletic Association held a ladies night at 67 Hampden street with purple and white bunting in the hall. The club announced the first dancing party will be at Corinthian Hall on April 23.
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Roxbury Athletic Association
Hampden Street
Corinthian Hall
Pauline Chase Joins Church at St Martin’s Trafalgar Square
London proves the pink pajama girl becomes a baptized church member as Miss Pauline Chase receives the rite at St Martin’s Church Trafalgar Square Ellen Terry and an actress from Peter Pan stand as godmothers with James M Barrie as godfather The ceremony was prepared by Miss Chase’s mother Mrs Bliss and the curate H F Davidson both former actors.
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London
Pauline Chase
Liberty Belles
St. Martin’s Church
Trafalgar Square
Ellen Terry
Miss Chase
James M. Barrie
Broker Squier Of New York Much Improved
Frank Squier treasurer of H. and J. T. Slade stock brokers was knocked down and run over by a delivery wagon. He is now much improved after bruising from head to foot and possible internal injuries. Driver Joseph McCormick was arrested. Squier is a noted New York figure and member of several arts and civic organizations.
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New York
Frank Squier
H. & J. T. Slade
Broad Street
Squier
Hudson Street
Brooklyn
Joseph McCormick
Mr. Squier
Municipal Art Society
The
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Salmagundi Club
Americus Founders and Defenders
Montauk Club of Brooklyn
Art Club of Brooklyn
Brooklyn Institute
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of the Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Brooklyn Art Guild
Headaches and Neuralgia From Colds Remedied by Grove
Advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine cold and grip remedy claims to remove the cause. Encourages readers to call for the full name and to seek the signature of E W Grove. Priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
W.grove
Dyspepsia in Women Cited as Female-Oriented Cure
The article promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for a gender related form of dyspepsia. It cites Mrs Maggie Wright of Brooklyn who was cured after trying other treatments. It asserts the product has widespread endorsements and a record of female-trouble cures.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Thief Steals $100000 Bonds From Train in Altoona
A suitcase with two Central Railroad of Pennsylvania bonds worth $50,000 each belonging to ex Congressman James Kerr of Clearfield was stolen from a train. Detectives found the case without the bonds at Charles Gatto's boarding house in Retort, 15 miles north of Tyrone, and Gatto was arrested.
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Penn
Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
James Kerr
Clearfield
Charles Gatto
Retort
Tyrone
Gatto
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