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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1902

Page

2

Greek and French Canadian Elopements Stir Lowell

Greek youths in Lowell are abducting French girls from mills in a race clash near the Acre and Little Canada. Judge Hadley orders police to investigate rising elopements and underage matches, with Rose Minard age 13 and Adelaide Couture age 16 among those reported missing. Greek worker Michael Poulos linked to a Nashua marriage with a 19 year old girl as evidence in court.

Lowell Hadley France Acre Canada Perths John Cote Little Suffolk Strees Rose Minard Adelaide Couture Tremont Suffolk Michael Poulos Laflamme Market Suffolk Streets Police Poulos Nashua Edwin Hitchcock Judge Hadley

Yankee Sailor Fights Russian at Nieuchwang

At Nieuchwang China American sailors from USS Vicksburg clash with Russian soldiers in three incidents. One Russian wounded, Russian ambassador complains to Pekin, Conger informs State Department. Secretary Long orders Berry to prevent further collisions. Vicksburg, 1400 ton sunboat, in Mae dock at river mouth, cannot be released until spring. Commander Edward B. Barry.

Washington United States Vicksburg Nieuchwang China Pekin Conger State Department Secretary of the Navy Berry Mae Edward B. Barry

Railroad wreck kills two in Roanoke area

At 7 o'clock this morning a collision on the Kenova division of the Norfolk and Western railroad near Roanoke, Va., claimed the lives of Hugh Smith, express messenger and baggage master of Roanoke, and John Turner, a flagman from Bluefield, West Virginia.

Roanoke Kenova Norfolk & Western Railroad Hugh Smith John Turner Bluefield West Virginia

Snowy Wednesday Then Clearing Afternoon Coastal Forecast

Snow is forecast Wednesday with clearing in the afternoon and brisk northerly winds becoming variable. Thursday brings fair, warmer weather with southwest winds. In the eastern New York and New England regions expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light to fresh northerly to northeasterly winds, snow in northern and eastern portions on Wednesday, followed by fair conditions Thursday.

Washington New York New England

Debut of Miss Anna Thayer Draws Boston's 400

The sophomore Thayer family introduces Miss Anna Thayer, debuting at a Fairfield street mansion with 200 guests invited by Mrs Thayer. The event attracts New York and Boston society, including Astors, Vanderbilts, and prominent Thayers with ties to Newport and London. Strong familial connections anchor the season's social calendar.

Anna Thayer Nathaniel Thayer Boston Thayer Fairfield Street Commonwealth Avenue The Astors William CC. Whitney George de Forest Clarence McKay Mrs. Ladenburg Stanford Whites William K. Vanderbilts Cornelius Vanderbilts H. Mortimer Brookses Henrys Clews Stuyvesant Eugene V. R. Thayer Raleigh Street Katherine Thayer John EK. Thayer Clinton and Lancaster Bayard Thayer Andrew Mabel Simpkins Washington John Simpkins Congress J. Hampden Robb New York Miss Hayer Cornelia Thayer

Diplomatic Reception At White House Honors Global Envoys

President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted the first formal evening levee of the season at the White House. A full diplomatic corps gathered in the blue room as trumpets from the U.S. Engineer Band announced their entrance. Attending were Cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, and numerous notable dignitaries and their families.

Washington Roosevelt White House Diplomatic Corps United States Engineer Band Root Knox Smith Hitchcock Wilson Oosevelt Cabinet Sureme Court Senator Rye Miles Corbin Wesley Merritt Charles Francis Adams Adams Cornelius Bliss Bliss Grant Hanna Foraker Morgan Kean McMillan Allison James K. Jones Elkins T. C. Platt Proctor and Wetmore J. West Roosevelt Bishop Satterlee Bishop Hurst

Cushing Backed for Boston School Committee Chair

Gratton D. Cushing won unanimous endorsement for chairman of the Boston school committee at a meeting of non-partisan members in a B Y M Co hall. Fourteen members-elect attended. Willard Allen presided and urged a non-partisan policy while speakers Paine Voegsst Burrill Bolster and Coolidge voiced support. The vote signals Cushing’s likely chairmanship.

Gratton D. Cushing Boston School Mr. Cushing Willard 8. Allen Francis L. Coolidge Robert Treat Paine, Jr James J. Torrow Mark B. Mulvey George E. Brock Randall G. Morris Joseph Morrill Emily A. Fifield Wilfred Bolster Charles N. Burrill Frank Voegel George A. 0. Ernst Cushing Allen Megers Paine Voegsst Burrill Bolster Coolidgs Haveny

Townsend's The Fi Stirs Taunton Embezzler Cashier Townsend

Taunton's Bristol County National Bank cashier Harry H. Townsend is jailed in New Bedford on embezzlement charges totaling about 85,000 to 35,000 dollars. Bank officials disclosed the shortage and Townsend admitted stock speculations as the motive while his arrest followed a bank examination and lengthy inquiry.

Taunton New Bedford Bristol County National Bank Harry H. Townsend Townsend S United States Marshal Waters Alfred Finer County Bank Examiner Seth L. Cushman Ewer Townsend K Evans Boston Riverside Park Mae A. McLeod Goodspeed

Hutchinson Re elected Republican City Chair in Confusing Hall Debate

The Hon J P Hutchinson was re elected president of the Republican city committee at Wesleyan Hall Bromfield street. Fred Dc Gilpatric barely carried 49 votes to 116 for Hutchinson amid a chaotic session with rule disputes and a later diamond gift to Hutchinson. The convention adjourned without resolving leadership, signaling another election may be needed.

J. P. Hutchinson Republican City Committee Wesleyan Hall Bromfield Street Fred Dc. Gilpatric Hutchinson Gilpatric H. H. Atwood Arthur P. Russell Atwood Russell Rorchester Mr. Hutchinson Hutch

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