Colonel Pope Leads Era Of American Bicycle Industry
A profile of Colonel Albert A Pope, founder of the Pope Manufacturing Company, detailing his rise from Boston youth to Civil War officer and industrial titan. The piece credits him with introducing modern bicycles, expanding Hartford's industry, promoting good roads, and shaping national infrastructure while noting his public service, education advocacy, and financial influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Pope
Colonel Pope
United States
New England
Hartford
Conn
Weed Sewing Machine Company
Great Pope Manufacturing Company
Pope
Wheelman
Outing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
Lawrence Scientific School
Harrison
Congress
Movement For
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Engineers’ Club of
New York
American Academy of Political and Social Science
American Association of Inventors and Manufacturers
Wellesley College
Club Life
Algonquin Club of
Boston
Boston Athletic Association
The
Country Club
Art Club
Beacon Society of Boston
Union League Club of
Reform Club
Larceny Charge Involving $400 From Bakery Driver
Gabrielle Companaro, 31, of 119 Richmond street, arrested for larceny of $400. Complaint by Annie C. Flecher of 111 Everett street, East Boston. Employed as bakery wagon driver since Nov. 1, 1902, accused of not returning money collected.
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Gabrielle Companaro
Richmond Street
Annie C. Flecher
Everett Street
Boston
First News Service Bids to Reach Lucania at Sea
London January 30 The first attempt to supply incoming steamers with a news service occurred when Reuters Telegram Company filed with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company to send 10 words of news to the Cunard liner Lucania, then nearing Queenstown. Messages reach only 20 to 30 miles from Brow Head, arriving hours before Queenstown. The Minnetonka, Atlantic Transport liner, will receive a test message tomorrow as it passes two miles from the Scilly Islands and reaches London about 48 hours later.
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Salignac
Home Guards
Brookline
Massachusetts Infantry
Lucania
London
Reuter
Telegram Company
Marconi Wireless Telegraph ‘Company
Cunard Line
New York
Queenstown
Sages
Brow Head
Atlantic Transport Line
Minnetonka
Scilly Islands
Ice cutting delayed on Kennebec River reports harvest progress
Gardiner Mo Jan 30 All ice harvesting operations on the Kennebec River were suspended due to unfavourable weather and will not resume before Monday. Up to now about two thirds of a crop has been harvested on fields where cutting began a week ago.
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Gardiner
Kennebec River
Inspector's Good Work on Boston Robber Arrest
James Russell alias John J McAuliffe, a professional criminal once jailed for a Roxbury home robbery, returned to Boston and was arrested on Washington Street Thursday night by Inspector Cronin who never forgets.
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James Russell
John J. McAuliffe
Edward Brown
Roxbury
Boston
Inspector Cronin
Washington Street
Landslide Buries Buildings at Mica Insulating Works
In Schenectady New York on January 30 a ground slide buried two buildings at the Mica Insulating Works. Frost loosening the cliff overhang caused the failure and theloss is estimated at $25 000 with no insurance. Night watchman John Van Auken heard the rumble and escaped as the avalanche hit the plant leaving it in ruins.
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Schenectady
N. Y
John van Auken
Bakery Owner Accuses Driver of $400 Theft
Annie C Flecher of East Boston runs a bakery and employed Gabride Campanaro to drive her cart. He claimed many trusted customers with accounts. The cash misappropriated totaled $400, and North End residents await the court decision.
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Annie C. Flecher
Ill Everett Street
Boston
Gabride Campanaro
Annie
Gabride
North End
Wineless Hayes Sideboard Finds Home in Washington Beer Garden
A sideboard once owned by Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes during the White House era, renowned for banning wine, now sits in a Washington beer garden filled with siphons and liquor bottles. It sold at auction for $8 to the garden proprietor, far below its material cost, after the auction of discarded White House furniture. Colonel Webb Hayes offered to buy it later for $3,000, but the deal was not completed.
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Colonel Pope
Congress
Bureau of Road Inquiry
Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Columbus Avenue
President Hayes
Washington Beer Garden
Washington
Cincinnati
Lucy Webb Hayes
White House
Hayes
Bellamy Storer
Austria
William Taft
Philippines
John R. McLean
Ohio
Beer Garden
Webb Hayes
Sceptics Turn Believers and Are Cured by Catarrhal Powder
An Easton, Pennsylvania resident reports instant relief from catarrh after a single puff of Dr. Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder. The testimonial claims pain relief above the eyes and cleansing of nasal passages, with the product sold by local drug firms.
Meridian street bridge closure delays traffic at East Boston Chelsea
The Meridian street bridge between East Boston and Chelsea was closed yesterday afternoon for about 35 minutes due to power failure. The towboat Irving F. Ross assisted by hauling line swung the draw back into position and repairs were completed, restoring operation.
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Meridian Street
East
Boston
Chelsea
Irving F. Ross
International Mercantile Marine Company organized
The complete organization of the International Mercantile Marine Company was announced. Officers include President Clement A. Griscom, vice president in Great Britain Sir Clinton E. Dawkins, vice president in America Philip A. S. Franklin, treasurer James S. Swartz, secretary Emerson E. Parvin, general counsel Francis Lynde Stefson, and other senior officers.
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New York
International Mercantile Marine Company
Clement A. Griscom
Great Britain
Clinton E. Dawkins
America
Philip A. S. Franklin
James S. Swartz
James &. Fahnestock, Jr
Emerson E. Parvin
James J. Hope
Insurance Department
Rodman D. Griscom
Monroe W. Tingley
Francis Lynde Stefson
Easy wash day with Fels-Naptha soap plea
A simple home note praises Fels-Naptha for easy washing saving effort and cloth care. It urges using no hot water for the process.
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Popes
Pierces
Coles
Stubbies
Neales
Charles Pope
Alexandria
Fort Slocum
Fort Stevens
Virginia
Burnside
Tennessee
Vicksburg
Grant
Sherman
Jackson, Miss
South Mountain
Antietam
Sulphur Springs
Jackson
Fredericksburg
Knoxville
Poplar Springs Church
Petersburg
Philadelphia
England
Quincy
Newton
American Loan and Trust Co
Wooston Five Cents Savings Bank
Edward W. Kinsley
Massachusetts
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Society of the Cincinnati
Thirty-fifth Regiment of
Park Street
Young Pope
Jerusalem Road
Cohasset
Cluett “Brand
Arrow. Brand
Marea
Peabody Ae
H. M. Whitney
Mass
State Board of Pharmacy
U. S. Health Reports
Boston Drug CO
Tremont St
Baker
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