Lighted lamp attack ends in blaze and arrest
Emma Allen 29 struck Jane Cowell 20 with a lit lamp in a Cambridge Street hallway after a heated argument about local matters. The lamp shattered, causing a small fire. Emma was arrested for assault and battery and Jane and William Allen were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for injuries.
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Emma Allen
Cambridge Street
Jane Cowell
Jane
Bradford Street
Emma
William Allen
M. J. McDonough
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dusky Twain
Wool Manufacturers Meet at Parker House
The National Association of Wool Manufacturers held its 35th annual meeting at the Parker House yesterday noon. Officers elected include Charles WJ Harding as president James Phipps Jr John WN Carpenter and George Sykes as vice presidents Benjamin Phipps as treasurer and S. N. PD. North as secretary. Professor William Sedgwick of MIT spoke on the anatomical structure of wool fibre.
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National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Parker House
Charles WJ. Harding
James Phipps
John WN. Carpenter
George Sykes
Benjamin Phipps
N. PD. North
Willam T. Sedgwick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tragic Kansas mother slays children then herself
In M'Pherson Kansas Mrs Joseph Christie killed her two young children before taking her own life and setting a fire in the house. The children died instantly and Mrs Christie died shortly after.
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M'Pherson
Kan
Joseph Christie
Christie
Sugar stock plunge taps big profits for Lawson brokers
Sugar shares in New York and Boston saw a dramatic fall amid dividend-cut fears after American Sugar Refining Company signals. Thomas W. Lawson and Lawson Arnold & Co led large-scale selling, then shifted to major buying as Havemeyer warned of reduced dividends, suggesting a broader decline may follow.
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America
New York
Boston
New York Stock Exchange
American Sugar Refining Company
Jersey City
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Bears
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Lawson, Arnold & Co
Peasant Girl Fights For Cruger Estate In New York
Olga Salomea Heitz, a Russian peasant girl, is bequeathed Eugene G. Cruger's name and fortune valued at 135990 dollars but must battle in Surrogate's Court to claim the estate. Cruger disinherited three minor children and left a French will dated Fontainebleau May 29 1898, with questions of sound mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Olga Salomea Heitz
Eugene G. Cruger
T. Frederic Tams
Mr. Cruger
Cruger
Blanche Spedden
New Orleans
Tams
Meta Bell
Grenville Kane
Theatrical Talk A Busy Boston Stage Season
The article surveys Columbia Theatre and Boston stages with notices of A Greek Slave understudies, Sykes save at Victoria Theatre, Katherine Grey versus Mansfield, Little Red Riding Hood toy scene, James O Neill and Maude O Leary, Modjeska Mary Stuart and Macbeth, Mrs Fiske Becky Sharp, Across the Continent Bowdoin Square, With Flying Colors Castile Square, Princess Ohio at Columbia, Black Flag Grand Theatre, Sage Warrior Park Theatre, Sag Harbor farewell, Hayes and Lytton at Grand, Streator Zouaves at Howard, Fox and Allen at Keiths, Athletes of the Country at Austin & Stones Museum.
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Columbia
Jerome Sykes
Victoria Theatre
New York
Chris and
Lamp
Empire Theatre Company
Leo Trevor
John Blair
Independent Theatre
Ibsen
Park Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Atkinson
James O'Neill
Boston
Maude O¢el
Mme. Modjeska
Boston Theatre
Schiller
Shakspere
Eugene Scribe
Lesliie Carter
Hollis Street
Zara
Bowdoin Square
Oliver Doud Byron
Castile Square Theatre
Boston Museum
Rogers Brothers
Wall Street
Columbia Theatre
Kirke la Shelle
Julians Edward
Grand Theatre
Sag Harbor” Company
Joan CC. Fox
Katie Allen
Keith's
Miss Allen
Austin & Stone
Austin & Stone's Museum
Edward C. Stickney
Grocers Oppose Division Seek Stronger Ties
George A. Scherer of Peoria Illinois was guest of honor at a gathering of the Old Colony Grocers and Provision Dealers Union at the United States Hotel. He leads the Illinois Retail Grocers and Merchants Association and the National Association of Retail Grocers and serves as vice president of the International Congress of Grocers in Paris 1900. The Boston event aimed to show East West fraternal business spirit and promote a united grocers network across the United States and with European leagues through an international union.
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George A. Scherer
Peoria
Ill
Old Colony
U’nion
United States Hotel
Scherer
Illinois Retail Grocers and Merchants’Association
National Association of Retail Grocers
International Congress of Grocers
Paris
Mr. Scherer
Boston
United States
States
Welcome Ac
League officers elected in cordial reception
Officers of the League were elected: John N. Sh Quincy president, George A. Clift Whitman first vice president, E. W. Hunt Weymouth second vice president, Josephus Sampson BrainTree treasurer, M. W. Lynch Weymouth secretary, executive committee F. W. Hayden Randolph, George T. Wilde Holbrook, Frank B. Chute Rockland, Andrew M. Neil Hingham.
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Scherer
League
John N. Sh
Quincy
George A. Clift
Whitman
E. W. Hunt
Weymouth
Josephus Sampson
Brainitree
M. W. Lynch
F. W. Hayden
Randolph
George T. Wilde
Holbrook
Frank 8. Chute
Rockland
Andrew M. Neil
Hingham
Bryan's Visit Plans Big Democratic Banquet
The Democratic State committee arranges a large banquet and demonstration for Mr. Bryan on January 30 with plans for the largest city dining hall. He will then speak in a public hall with general admission after the banquet, staying about a week to ten days with appearances in Providence Portland Concord New Haven and several Massachusetts cities.
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Democratic State Committee
Bryan
New England
Providence
Portland
Concord
Massachusetts
New Haven
Havemeyer Signals Dividend Cut For Sugar Company
At the Jersey City meeting of the American Sugar Refining Company stockholders President Henry Havemeyer warned that future quarterly dividends may be reduced. He opposed declaring a dividend that would weaken the company’s financial strength and urged directors to consider profit declines since 1898. A resolution was approved to reserve accumulated profits as working capital, with directors free to declare future dividends. Havemeyer, Arthur Donner, and John Maver were elected directors.
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New York
Henry ©. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Jersey City
Havemeyer
H. ©. Havemeyer
Arthur Donner
John Maver
Boston Merchants Association Plans Commerce Department
President Carter presided over the Boston Merchants Association meeting. A resolution backed revising postal laws on second class mail and supported creation of a Department of Commerce and Industries. The group discussed the Nicaragua Canal inquiry and noted a new canal commission. Carter and Hamlin will attend the National Board of Trade meeting in Washington on January 2. Alexander S. Porter was admitted.
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Carter
Boston Merchants’ Association
Department of Commerce and Industries
Trades League of Philadelphia
Nicaragua Canal
National Board of Trade
Charles S. Hamlin
National Board
Washington
Alexander
Porter
The Penny Magazine Brain Test No Nine
A teaser from The Penny Magazine advertises The Ten Longest Words puzzle with a $300 prize pool. Readers are invited to solve and win cash prizes.
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Penny Magazine
Ten Longest Words From Penny Magazine Contest
Contest asks entrants to form the ten longest English words using only letters from the wavy-line text. First prize 200 dollars. one hundred one-dollar prizes for runners-up by word-length. Entries require a year’s Penny Magazine subscription and may include multiple submissions before April 15.
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PENNY
Penny Magazinio
The
Penny Magazine
Depew
Dr Haight's Goitre Cure Promoted From Cincinnati Return
Dr John B Haight of Cincinnati promotes a home remedy for goitre claiming cure without surgery. He offers a free thirty day trial by mail from 56 Glenn Building Cincinnati Ohio. Testimonials from Newport Kentucky Lebanon Ohio and Bombay India are cited. no details on the remedy are provided.
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John B. Haight
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chas. W. Clarry
York St
Newport
John M. Hatton
Lebanon
Dr. Haight
Bombay
India
Young Men's Democratic Club Plans Push Against State Convention Delegates
The Young Men's Democratic Club intends to lead a movement opposing delegates at the Democratic State convention in Massachusetts. The plan aims to counter the calls for expansion and influence the direction of the convention.
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Young Men's Democratic Club
Witzgeralds
Democratic Party of
Massachusetts
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