Morgans Aims At World’s Biggest Bank Proposal
Private dispatches from Washington indicate J Pierpont Morgan contemplates forming the largest bank in the world by absorbing major houses to act as a bulwark between the Treasury and finance. He has discussed feasibility with officials, with some power figures hinting it might be useful or necessary. The Bakers Union in New York also debated uniting women bakers, voting to refer the plan to the next meeting.
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Financial World
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Maxine
Bowdoin
Jacer
Mamie Remington
Howard
Will Haror
Boston Music Hall
Austin Tixohes
Kaiser Seeks To Bar Reporters From Public Addresses
Berlin May 23 Emperor William orders exclusion of newspaper reporters from all public and semi public functions where he speaks. Police and entourage to block stenographers and notes. He criticizes prior leak of his Alexander Regiment address and says public utterances should be conveyed in general summaries to Reichsanzeiger. Unveiling of the Bismarck monument set to begin enforcement on June 3.
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Wiliam
Williaa
Bismarck
Funeral for Charles Addison Botelle in Bangor
Funeral services for former Congressman Charles Addison Botelle were held at the Central Congregational Church Bangor. The service drew the largest crowd at any local obsequy since Hannibal Hamlin’s burial with delegates from Grand Army of the Republic and Loyal Legion, four mayors, and prominent citizens in attendance. The burial followed at the cemetery with officers from the two posts and city officials present as business paused.
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Sewall
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Bresci Dies by Suicide in Prison After Humbert Killing
Rome May 23 Bresci, the assassin of King Humbert, has killed himself in prison by strangling with a rope made from blankets. A wall message reading vengeance was left in his cell. He endured solitary confinement in a secret cell, then moved to Santo Stefano for ten years in stricter confinement.
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Italy
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Paterson
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Muleine
State canvass seeks farm hands to save wheat crop
Kansas employment bureau launches systematic canvass for farm labor from Illinois to New England to aid the wheat harvest. At least 20,000 men are needed to save the crop. railroads will waive rates to move workers, and county clerks are asked to organize local canvasses.
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Crod
Iillinois
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Ohio
Aia
England
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Pope
Willoa
Yeet
Mayor Hurley’s Latest Fight Over Liquor Expresses
Salem battles Mayor Hurley as liquor expresses lose licenses and use fictitious names to dodge rules. Lynn remains wet on a dry Salem, with police instructed to curb violations and carriers seeking permits in neighboring city.
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William Lincoln Dead Prominent Brookline Citizen Dies at 93
William Lincoln a longtime Brookline resident and former Board of Assessors chair died at his son William E Lincoln’s home on Gardner road. He was 93, died of natural causes after a brief illness. Lincoln, born March 8 1808 in Falmouth Massachusetts, held many offices, aided roads and banks, and was active in Republican politics. His career spanned print trade oil and coal oil ventures, packet lines to New Orleans California and Australia, and real estate development in East Cambridge and Brookline. He leaves four sons, D F Lincoln James Lincoln Walter H Lincoln and others.
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Leyden
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New England
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Falmouth
Mass
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Titusville
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Bake shop girl seeks boss relief in Boston letters
A South Boston worker writes to the Post thanking its editor for attention to her plight. She describes 100 hour weeks with a one hour dinner and every third Sunday off in a prominent South Boston store, earning less than a dollar. She calls for organization to improve hours and pay. May 23.
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Sunday bake shops should close Sunday afternoons
A Boston reader urges a law to close bake shops on Sunday afternoons so that the Daxery girls can have an afternoon off. The letter notes workers would stay until 11 am if permitted rest, arguing orders could be sent in the forenoon to spare the young female staff a slave life.
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Customer favors early closing at bakeries
A Boston reader, mother of a large family, asks bakery hours be cut to 7 PM and not open Sunday afternoons. The letter dated May 23 argues early closing is convenient before hot weather arrives.
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Unclear public notice on store hours and bakery remarks
A fragmentary letter from Boston on May 2 discusses preferred closing times at 7 pm or Sundays after noon. References grocery stores typically closing at 6 30 and notes variability during the week and in summer. The text is garbled and includes stray names and phrases.
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Boston
Reward Offered. Judge Hanna Sought as Trial Witness
An advertisement in a Boston newspaper dated May 22 1901 offers a substantial reward for information on the whereabouts of Judge Septimus J. Hanna. Attorney Frederick W. Peabody seeks Hanna as a material witness for a civil libel case involving Mrs. Josephine Woodruff and Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, with trial set for early June.
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Bay
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Judgestine
Carl Pflueger Funeral Held at 21 Trowbridge Street
A simple service for Carl Pflueger the noted musician and composer was held at 2 pm yesterday from his home at 21 Trowbridge Street. Many friends attended including Orpheus Society members. Rev Horton of Boston conducted the service. Cremation will take place at Mt Auburn.
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Trowbridge Street
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Horton
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Mt. Auburn
Batch of 200000 wall-e fry expected at Horn Pond
A shipment of about 200000 wall-e fry will be released at Horn Pond and placed where they will attract anglers. The move aims to boost pond fishing and provide interest for local anglers before opening.
State House sky line rules to guide nearby buildings
Plans to beautify the State House Park curb unsightly structures with a skyline rule. The committee on state house works to ensure new nearby buildings conform to the State House silhouette.
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State House
Tate House
Enterprisé Training Ship Sails From North Ey Park Berth
The Massachusetts Nautical Training School reports its training ship Enterprisé will leave its winter berth at North Ey Park and anchor midstream. The expected sailing date is probably June 1.
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Enterprisé
North Ey. Park
Theatre Gossip and Summer Plans in Boston Arts Scene
Rumors of a new theatre on Temont Street with a stock company. Grand Opera House opens with Two Little Vagrants and fan Fan cast Neva arrison. Events include Young Ladies’ Charitable Association tenth anniversary at the Boston Theatre for the Free Home for Consumptives in Dorchester.
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Move for Release of Luigi Storti in Circuit Court
Attorneys Stockbridge Wardner and Egges petition Judge Lowell for Storti’s release pending Supreme Court decision. They argue no law under Chapter 226 justifies detention, that Governor Crane’s respite expired, and that Warden Bridges lacks authority to hold him for death punishment. The case raises due process and treaty concerns.
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Wrong Sheridan in coffin at Watertown undertaker
A Philadelphia coffin opened at John Flood’s undertakers in Watertown revealed the face of James Sheridan of Newton rather than James P. Sheridan of Watertown. The real James Sheridan is believed alive after a drowning in Philadelphia prompted a funeral preparations and telegrams to Watertown residents.
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Philadelphia
James P. Sheridan
Waterown
James Sheridan
Newton
Ead
Philadephia
Mass
St. Patrick's Church
Moogan
Funeral of Harvard Student Harold Rich Held in Cambridge
Funeral services for Harold A. Rich Harvard sophomore who died after falling from Weld Hall were conducted at Appleton Chapel Cambridge yesterday noon. Dr Francis G Peabody offered prayer and scriptural selections Dean Briggs spoke of Richs life and debating activity many students attended the services
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A Areer
Death of Pretorius, Boer Leader, in South Africa
Marthinus Pretorius, founder president of the Dutch African Republic later renamed South African Republic, died May 18 at Potchefstroom after a two day illness. He led the republic through early years and helped shape its status within the region.
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