Malden Alarmed by Smallpox Outbreak Quarantines
The Belmont Hill area of Malden faces a smallpox outbreak traced to four year old George Ostler of 260 Cross Street. Lincoln School and its kindergarten near the home are closed as quarantine measures spread. Dr. Shea confirms the case and the Board of Health imposes strict restrictions to prevent spread.
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Malden
Jar
Belmont Hill
George Ostler
Charles Ostler
Cross Street
Board of Health
Shea
Boston
Feltrup
Lincoln School
Ostler
McLearn
Remonstrance Against Fitchburg Railroad Lease
A Keene Sentinel published remonstrance protests a proposed lease of the Fitchburg Railroad to the Boston and Maine Railroad. Signature list includes Keene merchants and manufacturers such as Holbrook Grocery Co, Abbott Grocery Co, Colony Mfg Co, Chamberlain Co, Skinner Co, Knowlton Stone, Palmer, Smyth Co, Fuller Co, Spalter, Tilden, Whitcomb, Tilton, Beal, Little, Swan, Wheeler, Howard, Stearns, Nichols Wardwell, Goodnow firms, Mason, Jones, Johnson, Fitch, Harris, Scovell, Colony, and others urging directors to vote against the lease.
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Fitchburg
Keene
Keene Sentinel
Boston & Maine Railroad
Keene, N. H
Fitchburg Railroad
the Holbrook Grocery CO
GEO. E. Holbrook & £ C. Faulkner & Colony Mfg
Abbott Grocery CO
W. P. Chamberlain & CO
A.B. Skinner CO
Knowlton & Stone
C.H. Bridgman
E. A. Palmer
W. R. Smyth & CO
F. A. Fuller & CO
W. H. Spalter
G. H. Tilden
J. Fred Whitcomb
F.C. Tilton & CO
H. B. Swan
Geo. B. Wheelock
Oscar J. Howard & CO
Frank H. Stearns
Nichols & Wardwell
Geo. F. Stone
H. N. Ald
Goodnow & Whitcomb
D. W. Goodnow
L. E. Mason
C. E. Jones
C. L. Johnson
W. B. Fitch
W. F. Harris
Clarence Carleton Scovell
L. Wellington
CHAS
T. Colony
War delays UK artillery visit to Boston from London
The Honourable Artillery Company of London cancels its planned June visit to Boston due to Boer War complications. Boston Ancients had prepared a grand program including a large banquet and a special train tour to major cities, with a hoped reception by President McKinley in Washington.
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Honourable Artillery Company of
London
Boston
Weather forecast for New England and Mid-Atlantic states
Threatening weather segment notes Jan 16 forecast for Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut. Increasing cloudiness Tuesday with possible showers at night and Wednesday. Light southeast to southwest winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusectts
Rhode
Connecticut
Boston Tinkerings in Police Reform Proposal
Representative Whall proposes abolishing the present Police Board and creating an Excise Board of four liquor licenses officers with a single head Police Commission appointed by the Governor. A Boston citizen would be police commissioner with a $4000 salary. Four Boston residents would join the board, split by party, with staggered terms ending 1951 1902 1893 and 1904. Continuous notes indicate continuation on page 4.
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Whall
Clark, Curtis
Adams
Committee On
Hart
Yvestagday
Covernor
Boston
Excise
Town Meeting in Revere Ends in Pandemonium Over Schoolhouse Plan
A crowded Revere Town Hall erupted in uproar as 2000 residents clashed over Article 2 to discharge the current schoolhouse committee and form a new one with a $40 609 budget. Moderator J Nevins was elected amid cheers and chaos as the meeting veered into insults, accusations, and heated pleas to delay the vote.
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Revere
Phar Rosgeet
C. S. Lancaster
Warren Fenno
Ss. J. Nevins
Scholhouse
Albert
Burnham
Revere Town Hall
War News On Ladysmith Relief and Allied Attacks Across River
Warren reported across the river with a left flank turn while Buller’s western division and Clery’s centre column assault Ladysmith expect relief within 24 hours. Kruger orders all burghers to withdraw.
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Buller
Clery
Ladysmith
Kruger
Great Battle Reported Raging on Tugela River
London reports a major battle unfolding on the Tugela River with Warren's division crossing twenty miles east of Colenso and attacking the Boer left flank. The western division presses at Potgieter's drift near Springfield while Clery's division advances on Colenso amid uncertain results.
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London
Cape
Tugela
Warren
Colenso
Potgieter’s Drift
Sprinefield
Clery
Kruger Orders All Boers Out Front in Transvaal Crisis
London dispatch reports Kruger issuing proclamations ordering burghers to the front and urging intensified effort in the Transvaal. He cites Bible verses as guidance and warns of destroying gold mines if British cross the border. Boer commandos and Pretoria town guard shift to front line munitions. about 8000 British prisoners said held in Pretoria. Despatches note Tugela battle raging with multiple columns advancing toward Colenso and Ladysmith to be relieved within 24 hours. anxieties mix with hope as Buller commands 40,000–50,000 men and Boers prepare defenses along a 25 mile Tugela front.
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London
Daily Mail
Lorenzo Marquez
Kruger
Volksstein
Transvaal
Pretoria
Tugela
Cape Town
Warren
Tugela River
Olense
Potgieter
Clery
Colenso
Ladysmith
Buller
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S. Vorenberg & Co
Washington and Hanover Sts
Gross Street
Fiamaaibain
Repuricu
Grobler
Kloof
Honourable Artillery Company of London
Excise Board For
Clarks
Commissioner Adams
Chickering
Curtis
Lancaster
G. A. Lancaster
Ac O
A. B. Champlin
Colcord
Shakspere
Ser Nord
Wolf
Cor
Hanover and
Portland Sts
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