Light Trading and Narrow Fluctuations on Wall Street
Markets opened lower as absence of buy orders trimmed prices to small moves. Sugar spiked to par then closed near 98. Bank statements show a weekly cash loss over 5 million. Dividends declared by Royal Baking Powder and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railways. Osceola Consolidated Mining reelects old board and approves land sale plans. Santa Ysabel miners discuss bridging finance with brokers and potential gold vein purchase. Copper stocks rise with strong London demand and possible short squeeze fears.
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Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Boston
Waldorf- Astoria
Royal Baking Powder Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Osceola Consolidated Mining Company
Sears
Houghton, Mich
Centennial Coper Mining Company
Wolverine Copper Mining Company
Atlantic Mining Company
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
United Shoe Machinery Company
Sidney W. Winstow
John H. Hanan
Orlando E. Lewis
Wallace F. Robinson
Messrs. Buckminster and Mason
Messrs. Middleton
C. A. Putnam & Co
Fitzgerald
Towle & Fitzgerald
Santa Ysabel
Wheat prices steady as world supply tallies loom large
Wheat opened quiet in Liverpool at 5s 10 1 2d. amid a subdued trade. World visible supply on March 1 stood at 181,607,000 bushels, up from 161,124,000 a year earlier. February’s global reduction of 7,000,000 bushels contrasted with a 5,000,000 bushel rise in 1890, and notes cite large marketable surplus likely to persist. North West receipts totaled 547 cars, with weather routing and road conditions cited as dampening farm offerings. A late rally emerged as export activity and short-covering supported prices.
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Messrs. Howard
Crosby & Co
Liverpool
Trade Bulletin
Northwest
Three Highwaymen Shoot Brattleboro Man in Vermont
A 70 year old man, Joseph Houghton, was shot and seriously wounded in Brattleboro by three highwaymen. Officers and Guilford residents pursued the fugitives, exchanging fire. one hunter was hit in the thigh and at least one bandit may have been wounded as the trio fled into the woods.
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Brattleboro
Joseph Houghton
Houghton
Edward Tubbs
Guilford
Plan to charter navy ship for Paris Exposition trip
The Common Council debated a plan to send a city delegation to the Paris Exposition using a Navy cruiser. Charles Horrigan proposed appointing a seven member committee to request loan of the Boston or another ship from the Secretary of the Navy in Washington. President Kiley ruled the motion out of order as the session neared adjournment.
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Sam
Charles A. Horrigan
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Boston
Kiley
George C. Bosson Dead In Reading Home
Reading March 8 George C Bosson a leading local insurance man died at his home after a decade in Reading He was senior partner in Reed and Bros an agency on Kilby street He leaves a widow four sons and a daughter mourn his loss
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Reading
George C. Bosson
Conton
Reed & Bros
Kilby Street
Chinese Woman Admission Rule Noted by Spaulding
Assistant Secretary Spaulding informs collectors that a Chinese woman may enter duty free if married to a Chinese merchant lawfully domiciled here, subject to the fee admission rule, provided the wife qualifies without the standard certificate.
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Washington
Spaulding
Collectors of Customs
Democrats Block Free Ship Amendment on Shipping Subsidy
Washington March 8 The House committee on the shipping subsidy bill defeated a free ship amendment by Fitzgerald Massachusetts despite Democratic support from Jones Washington and Fordney Michigan. A second Fitzgerald proposal extending registration of ships bought abroad to 1901 also failed with Democratic and Jones backing.
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Washington
House Committee
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Messrs. Jones
Fordney
Michigan
Jones
Southern Pines Resort Ad Listings and Hotels
Southern Pines health and pleasure resort in North Carolina advertised with Seaboard Airline access and top golf links. Hotels listed include Piney Woods Inn Ozone Hotel and Prospect House with excursion tickets sold at the Boston office 3066 Washington Street.
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Southern Pines
North Carolina
Seaboard
Piney Woods Inn
Ozone Hotel
Prospect House
Boston
Washington Street
Railroad Tours From Boston Under Personal System
Under the personally conducted tourist plan of pepper ivania railroad tours depart Boston for vyavhin on March 16 and March 13 and 27 a fine 11 Ttere an N Bell Teurit Agent 26 Washington street bot.
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Pepper Ivania
Boston
Vyavhin
N. Bell Teurit
Washington Street
Fraud in Lucky Box Prompts Federal Action
A Boston fraud case centers on a "lucky box" scheme run by Parker. Investigators report thousands of letters containing dollars and money orders, with Parker denying wrongdoing but facing a fraud order and arrest warrant. Police trace packing, rings, and prizes to boxes made in India and sold locally.
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Miss Skinner
Parker
Onlia
United States Dstrict
Casey
Washington
Howard Butler
Hibbard
Ruhl
William B. Watts
Police
Bromfield Street
Watts
Express Company
Lynn
Hanover Street
Hidden Hands Behind the Box and Gem Ring
Report describes a shop where workers were dismissed as they learned the business. A notable female detective found the employees unresponsive, silent to inquiries about management. The scheme relied on handing over boxes and gem change as hundreds shopped daily.
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Parker
Mystery of the sealed mouth clerk and late money refunds
A tall jeweled woman seized control of Parker’s office. refunds of at least 35 dollars were issued while customers begged for returns. The scene ended with closing at eight, others lamenting missed chances as the money back system collapsed.
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Parker
Unclear text fragment from Parker game report
A damaged OCR segment mentions Parker and authorities in an old bout but lacks coherent facts or names to summarize a clear event or outcome.
Reporter Buys Magic Three Star Ring Good Luck Box
A Post reporter visits Bromfield street enchanted palace run by a head magician to purchase a Good Luck Box. A girl in a shirt waist presents a white envelope for one dollar, with a printed instruction set to follow under a modern legal gloss.
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Post
Henry Parker
Bromfield Street
Hindoo luck boxes spun in Lynn loft by Boston maker
The Hindoo luck boxes marketed by Henry Parker of Bromfield Street Boston were manufactured in a Sprague Breed's Wharf loft owned by William A Brown in Lynn. A turner and his wife reportedly crafted the boxes, with 4000 to 5000 shipped to Boston for finishing in the past three weeks. Police from Lynn and Boston investigated the plant as residents bought boxes by mail.
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Lynn
Henry Parker
Bromfield Street
Boston
Sprague Breed
William A. Brown
Parker
Boers Repulse French Tells Urgency of Remounts
Despatches stress urgency of sending fresh remounts as Mafeking relief looms. A Molteno report notes British forces occupying Burghersdorp unopposed last night.
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Mafeking
Kimberley
Hunger in Mafeking Despatch Describes War Rations
A Mafeking report dated February 19 reports severe shortages as horse meat dominates rations and typhoid malaria and dysentery afflict women and the garrison. Hospitals overflow while locals seek work for extra meat. Boers shell streets. two hundred ninety two killed or wounded as the garrison remains tight lipped.
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London
Mafeking
War bulletins from Pretoria affirm burghers’ resolve after Cronje surrender
Secretary Reitz reports no official surrender yet accepts it as fact. He says the struggle affirms the independence of the republics and the Lord reigns. Burghers retreat to Biggarsberg from Natal and Ladysmith and Kimberley are no longer besieged. General Dewet commands Modder River commandoes. the President travels to Bloemfontein.
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Cronje
Free State
Natal
Biggarsberg
van Reenan
Ladysmith
Kimberley
Dewet
Modder
Bloemfontein
Jealous Husband Arrested After Gloucester Shooting
John Lund a 40 year old Swede is in custody on a charge of shooting his wife Ida in her Main street apartment. She was struck once in the back but is not expected to die. Lund claims he fired blank cartridges to frighten her.
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Howard, Crosby &Coras Rehes
Cora
Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams
Clinton
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Poplar Grove
Harse
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de Crespigny
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Ida
Lund
Sweden
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Eliza
Thompson
Stephen Colsen
Albion Backman
Joyce
Peter Thompson
Addison Gilbert Hospital
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Westfall Recalls Trenton Wreck At MA Sons of the Revolution Talk
Retired U S Navy officer J H Westfall described the voyage and wreck of the Trenton and related incidents during a smoke talk hosted by the Massachusetts Society of Sons of the Revolution at Young's Hotel last night.
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J. H. Westfall
United States Navy
Trenton
Massachusetts Society of Sons of the Revolution
Young’s Hotel
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