Lowell Co operative Milk Association Hears Reports
Lowell farmers and stockholders met at Jackson Hall for the annual meeting. Treasurer’s report shows 139,140 cans of milk received from Oct 1, 1890 to Oct 1, 1891 at 22 cents per can, $44,993.49 in sales, $80,208.18 paid to producers, $2,883.17 to the collector, $6,886.06 to the employer, payroll down $291.81, expenses include interest $386.02 hay and grain $1,899.83 ice $323.89 taxes $93.63 coal $106.18 insurance $28.80 general expenses. Directors elected: Cutter, Foster, Gage, Connell, Perham, Marshall, Smith, Wood. Clerk/Treasurer J. Edward Gibson. President to be chosen by directors. stock-capital reduction suggested by S N Wood with no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Lowell Co-operative Milk Association
Middlesex County
Jackson Hall
Frederick A. Cutter
Enoch Foster
Daniel Gage
Philip J. Connell
Perley P. Perham
Daniel Marshall
Coburn
S.N. Wood
Blaze Leaves Lynn Dry Goods Row Total Loss
A major Lynn fire at Market and Andrews streets caused an estimated 80 000 to 90 000 in damage. Firefighters battled a fierce blaze in the cellar, with flames spreading to roofs and destroying most of the block while fronts along Market Street remained standing. Suspected insured losses hit Parker and Brown firms hard, with Brown and Parker each reporting tens of thousands in losses despite earlier hopes of partial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Navy
Willis KE. Heald
Market
Andrews Sts
T. E. Parker
A. J. Brown & Co
B. Talamini
L. E. Parker
Lynn Brass Band
R. Basker
Parker
Brown
Andrews St
Market At
Fastport
Eastport
Artist Crane Shapes Boston Anarchist Meeting
Walter Crane the artist says in a Boston morning paper interview that he attended the anarchist gathering in error, claiming he knew the Chicago executions were unjust. He emphasizes his sympathy with Boston anarchists, denies admission of dynamite support, and says he would attend again if invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Walter Crane
Boston
Chicago
Rane
GLOBE
Huntington
Phantom on the Providence Worcester Line Haunts Night Trains
A spectral figure haunts a Farnumsville section of the Providence and Worcester railroad between Millbury and Blackstone. The ghost appears in headlight glow as trains pass, causes a temporary stop, but no injuries or delays occur. Engineers inspect the engine finding a bloodlike mark before the phantom fades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackstone
Mass
Providence & Worcester Railroad
Farnumsville
Millbury
Providence
Worcester
Col Gardiner Tufts Dies At Reformatory Leader
Concorp Massachusetts November 24 Col Gardiner Tufts superintendent of the reformatory died at his home after a week of pneumonia He was 63 and leaves a widow and three daughters Funeral date not fixed Thanksgiving sports will be omitted in the institution in his memory Deputy superintendent Joseph F Scott assumes control pending Taft successor selection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concorp
Mass
Gardiner Tufts
Reformatory
Joseph F. Scott
Col. Taft
Kempton House Fire Stuns Worcester Area in Lakе
Mr and Mrs Edward Kempton left Wast Uxbridge for a grange meeting in Chestnut Hill. Benjamin Franklin the hired man visited Ellis Abbotts house and claimed a man entered his room. The Kempton house burned to the ground, valued around 2000 with no insurance. Franklin offered to name the intruder to an officer as Deputy Sheriff Bacon investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Edward Kempton
Franklin
Bacon
Uxbridge
Fire damages Mayo & Co cotton waste plant in Springfield
Springield fire at A. N. Mayo & Co on Worthington street injures 15 rag sorters and causes estimated losses between 8000 and 10000 dollars. The blaze drew smoke through the shop as firefighters arrived. Ownership and affected creditors include Houghton & Frazer furniture dealers Mayo & Co paper stock and cotton waste Col Goetting paper music supplies and A O Reilly restaurant keeper. Converted to Catholicism Rev Dr Spaulding rector Cambridge announced his change of opinion Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
A. N. Mayo & Co
Worthington St
Houghton & Frazer
Mayo & Co
Col. H. Goetting
A. O. Reilly
Dr. Spaulding
Christchurch
Cambridge
Farewell Sermon at Local Catholic Church
A large congregation attended the farewell discourse by Dr. Spaulding, longtime rector and a prominent high churchman, after accepting the doctrines of the Roman Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaulding
Currying Shop Burned in Woonry
Currying shop of B. Frank Kimball & Co in Woonry burned this afternoon, destroying building and machinery. Loss borne by J Otis Cummings estimated $5000 to $6000 with $4500 insured. Kimball's tools stock and engine loss about $7500 with $6000 insured.
Medway Boy Confesses Incendiarism
Simple-minded Johnny Carr, the Medway arson suspect, was arrested and confessed to firing the O'Donnell House last Friday. He will face a hearing this afternoon before Judge Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medway
Mi Rorp
Mass
Johnny Carr
Ile
O'Donnell
Jude Fairbanks
Almy Learns His Doom In New Hampshire Case
The muttimus in the Almy murder case arrives at the state prison. Warden Colbath informs Almy that he is guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to be hanged on December 3, 1892. Almy listens, asks to speak later, and receives a letter from counsel Burleigh. The update sits amid other regional notices on rail, industry, and local incidents including wrecks and new factories.
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Coxcorp
N. H
Muttimus
Almy
State Prison
Colbath
Robinson
Lasso
Burleigh
Maine First National of Damariscotta Authorized to Reopen
The First National Bank of Damariscotta Maine reopened after the comptroller of the currency authorized the bank to resume business. A prior closure arose when funds were tied up in the Maverick Bank failure but an examiner’s review showed solvency and sound condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National of
Damariscotta
Washinaton
First National Bank of
Maverick Bank
St Albans Vermont Fire Destroys Town Block
A Tuesday morning blaze in St. Albans Vermont caused an estimated 150000 dollars in damage. The fire started in a barn rented by Charles Bailey and spread to Strouds livery, eight business premises, Waughs Opera House, several law offices, and the Congregational church, which burned completely. Winds drove the flames from Main Street toward residential areas before a shift in air helped halt the spread. Major losses included Waughs Opera House, Richardson Twigg & Co, and the Congregational church with extensive damage to other shops and Tilghman properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
Charles Bailey
Hackman
Mainst
Stroud
Waugh
Congregational Church
Weldon House
Canada and U S commerce debated at Providence club
Hon I A Chapreau spoke at the Commercist Club arguing for closer Canada United States trade relations. He warned against protectionist policies and McKinley tariff harms, noting Canada’s need for new markets and improved note circulation as prosperity rose. The remarks referenced Sir John Macdonald and Sir Charles Tupper along with historical reciprocity proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. 1
Canada
Commercist Club
I. A. Chapreau
State of Canada
Bearstary Chapleau
Richard White
The
Montreal Gazette
Thomas McFarlane
Canada Pawer Company
L. H. Tache
Chapeau
Narraansett Hotel
Chapleau
United States
Congress
Great Britain
England
France
Germany
Detroit
Sir John Macdonald
Charles Tupper
Bayard
Jonathan
Rutland Vermont Accidents And Fires Reported
The Rutland feed store elevator of Curtis and Co fell Friday injuring two men, John Eastman and J T Kelley, with Eastman facing probable death. Smith and Crandall's Pittsford lumber mill burned Wednesday afternoon, once famed. Edward Murphy of South Glens Falls lost a son who choked on a bone button, dying within 20 minutes. Rev G O Webster resigns as pastor of Calvinist Baptist Church at St Johnsbury to take the Montpelier post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smeal
John Whiting
Boston
Engee
North Attleboro
A. H. Tift
Tift & Whiting
America
Charles Marsh
Springfield
Pynchon National Bank
Mr. Marsh
Williams College
J. J. Ingalls
United States
Beverly
West St
George C. Stickney
Melville F. Grey
Perry Messenger
Pleasant St
Haverhill
Old Colony
Kingston
South Quincy
Daniel Doran
Arthur Scott
Scott
Tremont St
Bernard D. O'Connell
Lowell
Hallett
United States District Court
Newburyport
Alice Gertrude Brown
Josian Little Hale
Alex D. Brown
High St
W. C. Richardson
St. Paul’s Church
DeRuyter
Antwerp
Nessman
London
Joseph de Benckeleer
J. Taylor
Nessmore
Taylor
Prescott Bradley
Mass
Bradley
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Portland
Portsmouth
Exeter
Shute
Phillips Exeter Academy
Hostler
Concord
Berlin Mills Company
Thomas Perkins
Conway
Joss
Belden Company
North Groton
Walpole
John Clark
Scotts
Bunker Hill
Quincy
Concord & Montreal
Manchester
Hallsville
Gale Brothers
Almy
Doe
G. O. Webster
Calvinist Baptist Church
St. Johnsbury
Montpelier
Jury delays slow Graves murder trial in Denver Cal
Despatches from Denver Cal report the murder trial of Thatcher Graves for Mrs. Barnaby of Providence is bogged down as jurors are scarce. Woonsocket Republicans nominate Aram J. Pethier for mayor. Obadiah Smith, administrator of Mowry Smith’s estate, is halted by a no exeat writ for 76000 dollars. Deputy Sheriff Byron H. Arnold serves the writ and finds Smith in Smithfield. Smith cannot post security and is jailed in Providence. Deputies also issue subpoenas to seven banks where Mowry Smith reportedly kept funds.
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Denver
Cal
Thatcher Graves
Republicans
Woonsocket
Aram J. Pethier
Mowry Smith
Obadiah Smith
Hampton
Byron H. Arnold
Smith
Smithfield
Providence
Court House
Arnold
Mubpanies
Connecticut Laborers Die and Officials Pass Away in State
A laborer named Stone died after a pole fell on him while helping unions telegraph poles in Thompsonville. Erastus Brainerd of Portland, a prominent businessman, died, as did Winthrop M. Wadsworth of Farmington Savings Bank aged 79. James Breckenridge Amason, 19, fell from a Norwich roof. James Moran, from Lowell, died suffocated in an oil tank at Berlin works. William Burke saved Moran’s body but declined reward, donating the money to a workers benevolent group.
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Stone
Thompsonville
Erastus Brainerd
Portland
Conn
Brainerd Quarry Company
First National Bank of Portland
Freestone Savings Bank
Winthrop M. Wadsworth
Farmington (Conn
Wadsworth
State Agricultural Society
James Breckenridge
Amason
Jarvis
Moran
William Burke
Burke
Kemloves’ Benefit Association
Queen's Own Rooms at Windsor Visited by Mrs Custer
Mrs Custer tours Windsor private apartments noting three highlights Gen Gordon's Bible on display the expansive avenue view from the state drawing room and a life size marble statue of the Queen with Prince Consort. She contrasts regal splendor with a longing for homely touches and imagines royal routines behind closed doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windor Castle
Gen. Gordon
Mattyr
Hoever
Wang
Evizanern B
Custer
A Rare Experience Life Young Poet Dialogue
A brief exchange shows a young poet asking Mr Shears if he ever rejected his own article. The editor recalls rejecting one work due to insufficient backing to cover its value and sent it to another publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Shears
Money for Agents in 350 Appointment Offer
Ambiguous recruiting note promising $150 profit in four weeks for agents. Claims a 350 appointment in zero days with Bey Free sample for stamp. Mentions Address A and SHoor & Co., Racine Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A . Shoor & Co
Racine
Wis
Lytton, British Envoy to Paris, Dies in Paris
The Rt. Hon. Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton, former viceroy of India and British ambassador to France, died suddenly in Paris from heart disease. Born 1831, he had a long career in diplomacy and letters, including leadership during the Afghan War and the Victoria empress coronation pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Robert Bulwer
Lytton
Earl of Lytton
France
Paris
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Washington
Henry Bulwer
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Vienna
Copenhagen
Lisbon
India
Disraeli
Victoria
Edinburgh University
Lord Lytton
Owen Meredith
Clytemnestra
Remo
Wanderer
Lucile
Thanksgiving Day Observed by U S Legation in Athens
United States legation and American residents in Athens marked Thanksgiving Day with a formal dinner hosted by United States minister A Loudon Snowden. Notable guests included Robert T Lincoln, minister to Great Britain, touring the East, and a banquet line of officials and guests in Berlin and Vienna events described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
United States Legation
A. Loudon Snowden
United States
Robert T. Lincoln
Great Britain
Naples
Orient
Berlin
Grunewald
American Physicians’ Association of Berlin
Englisches Haus
Gress
Miller
Mark Twain
Legation
Nasserhof
Coleman
Phelps
Vienna
Fred D. Grant
Vatican emissary in Salisbury household a foolish tale
A sensational claim of a Jesuit major-domo in the Marquis of Salisbury’s household is dismissed by Lord Salisbury’s secretary as too foolish to officially contradict. Other sources confirm there is not a word of truth in the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
Balfour Denies Home Rule for Ireland at Glasgow Speech
In Glasgow Arthur Balfour declares Ireland will not gain a Dublin parliament. He contrasts Conservative and Liberal aims, defends orderly law and government policy, and pledges to uphold loyalty and moral principles across the empire. In Newcastle a prisoner, Baker, dies after swallowing prussic acid in court following a 10 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Arthur J. Balfour
The
Treasury
Ireland
Dublin
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Newcastle
Baker
Iee
Army Chief Booth Correspondence From Australia Report
The page relays cable exchanges between General Booth of the Salvation Army and his son Bramwell Booth. The son reports broad army support for Booth’s campaign, fund-raising success, and prayers for India, while Booth replies from Adelaide about a four day town hall campaign and preparations for continuing to India. The second item discusses winter salads and home growing of herbs in boxes and barrels with practical methods for blanching, rooting, and harvesting peppers and beets for year round use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Navy
Booth
Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
Adelade
Tam
Colombo
Lam
Adien
India
Miscellany of world curiosities and wonders
A long list of odd facts and figures: oversized checks in Europe, a claim about the largest sponge, the Pillars of Hercules myth, global birth estimates, coinage and factory trivia, fauna notes, architecture and engineering feats, and assorted geographic and historical tidbits. Includes remarks on Washington state trees, Irish coast caverns, Japanese naming customs, and European clock vs sun time, among many unrelated items.
Relief aid arrives as famine toll rises in Samara provinces
In St Petersburg on November 27 a church pastor received more than 300 pounds of Indian corn meal from Col Charles J Murphy for famine relief. The report notes widespread starvation deaths in Samara and cites a Standard commentary on a Conservative event in Birmingham referencing Lord Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Samara
Mr. Francis
Charles J. Murphy
Canary auctions set high prices at London shows
The piece notes canaries sold for up to 2600 and 6000 dollars in livestock sales, while individual birds fetch 60 to 100 dollars for piping bulfinches and top singing canaries command high prices. Germany ships large numbers of canaries to America and England, with Hartz mountains supplying prime songsters. peasants earn 50 to 126 dollars yearly rearing them. English naturalist James Innes cites a singing canary price of 150 dollars and a singing linnet at 15 guineas. Goldfinches of exceptional merit have reached 260 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Hall
Islington
London
Germany
America
England
Russia
Black Forest
Hartz Mountains
James Innes
Paper quilts aid the poor in frugal warmth
Across various regions a modest trade exists where impoverished individuals craft quilts from brown paper sheets sewn together and perforated. Covered with Cuinntz or Cretonne on one side and lined with palm work or old sheets, these improvised covers provide surprisingly warm protection and are greatly valued by neighbors in need.
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NEW England News
Massachusetts
Spook
Col
Gordon Tufts
Humphrey Kerns
Lawrence
Syms & Dudley
Holyoke
Nonatuck Paper Company
Maj
Nlow
Traverhill
Ladder Company 1
New Bedford
Odd Fellows
Lancaster
Cheever
Peters
Jamaica Plain
William Laverty
Marlboro
Herman C. Tower
Hudson
Jotn Ashe
T. Lyman
Winchendon
Charles H. Davis
New Hampton
Augusta
Charles E. Davis
Bristol
N.H
Joseph A. Ordway
John G. Tyler
Block Island
R. I
Mary Peabody
North Beverly
Thomas K. Broughton
St. Joseph C. T. A. S
Waltham
Bourne Mills
Fall River
Corporation
Endicott
Cabot and
Washington Sts
John H. Sears
Peabody Academy of Science of Salem
Lake Wenham
Saugus
Rowley
Montserrat
Catherine Houlihan
Martha A. Collins
Mashpee
Barry
Morning Times
Evening Star
Dana
Kirk Street
Edwin K. Clark
United States Army
Nashua
Clark
William H. Lounsbury
Lounsbury
6Th Excelsior
74Th New York
Dan Sickles
Graham
Riverside Press
Johnnie Carr
Grafton & Upton
William Skute
Malden
Morocco
Charles S. Dennis
Roses St
Mr. Dennis
Burelars
William Barrett
L. W. Bean
Main St
George L. Hubbard
Daniel H. Adams
A. G. Neal
Sudbury St
People’s United Legion
Fourteenth Street National Bank
New York
New Hamppire
W. Db. Witting
New Hampshire
Maine
Charles E. Whitney
Brownfield
Orono
FE. Mansfield & Co
John Devereaux
Kegzar Falls
Parsonsfield
Mattawamkeaga
S. B. Gates
L. I. Stratton
B. F. Eastman
Eastman Brothers
Eastman Brothers & Bancroft
Franklin County
Farmington
Dyer
Lewiston
Unite States Treasury Department
W. H. Haskell
Bridgton Centre
Jgna
Tucker
Maine Central
Shaw
Westbrook
Lewis Libby
Libby
Charles H. Varney
Vermont
Rhode Island
Rawley & Olmstead
William Locke
Connecticut
Windsor
Foreign News
South Africa
Massana
Manicaland
Bulawayo
Czar
Central Committee of Relief
Tyne
Shields
Aix
M. Fallieres
the Figaro
Figaro
China
Mongolia
Iss
Harvey Goodwin
Carlisle
King's, Lynn
Norfolk
Ely
Herr Zollinger
Count Kalnoky
Austria-Hungary
Boileau
Butcher
Manipur
Skene
Vas de Calais
Regiment of Dragoons
Lalle
Salvation
Australia
Thomas J. Murrey
Europe
Formuda
Calpe
Gibraltar
Abula
Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Flerevles
B.C
Gideon
Israel
St. Louis
Greenwoul
Neb
Kansas
Missouri
Axe
Royal Veterinary College of London
Horn Head
County Donegal
McSwiney
Henry VI
Savannah
Oscar Lene
Sellingham Bay
Puget Sound
Holland
Prince Mignon
Union Pacific Company
Lehigh Valley Railway
Japan
Christian
Smith Peter
Wild Horse Valley
Grand Falls
Labrador
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Homestead
Woolwich Arsenal
United States Marine Corps
H. Klein
Rossville Kan
Mr. Klein
Damaria
Damarland
Weehawken
N. J
Torneo
Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
Spitzbe
Ught
Humbert
Coboure
Gotha
Virginia
Col. Murphy
Standard
Birmingham
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