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Newspaper

Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1891

Page

3

Vermont Tax List Cant stop crime and casualties

FRANKLIN Mass Oct 9 Excerpts discuss electrical experiments to force plant growth, memories of Dr Lyman Larkin and helper George W Jackson. notes on Massachusetts crimes including David Reagan habitual criminal, court actions, mill wage increases, and local incidents across New England.

Franklin Mass France Lyman Larkin Wrentham Larkin F. P. Redding Dr. Larkin George W. Jackson James Jones Sheldonville Wrentham Centre Jones New York State

Vermont Grand List Report Details Taxation Totals

Vermont treasurer receives the grand list with poll, acreage and personal property values. Total grand list equals 1 733 706.35 with warrants due by Oct. 13 to fund state taxes for towns. The report notes gore lands taxed separately and often isolated from towns.

Rutland Vermont

Chick Drowning Believed Cause After Quarrel Row

In Danvers Massachusetts on October 6 doctors and the medical examiner ruled Samuel Chick's death a drowning after a quarrel with Marblehead roughs. Chick reportedly fell into the stream while running away or defending himself and authorities will question the Marblehead party about the incident.

Danvers Mass Baldwin Foster Osborne Samuel Chick Marblehead Roughs Chick

Keene Fears Water Shortage Amid Drought

In Krenr New Hampshire October 6 drought depletes Woodward pond Roxbury keene water source. Workers blast a channel to lower rock ledge to gain three or four feet of water. Goose pond remains connected but its quality is poorer than Roxbury supply.

Krenr N. H Woodward Pond Roxbury Keene Goose Pond Roxbury E

Charge of Murder Quashed in New Reptorp Case

Dr Anna H Chase held in 10000 bond after arraignment in Third District Court on murder charge in Marion death of Clara F Burgess. Case not pressed and abortion complaint substituted. Charles B Chase and Elizabeth E Morse charged as accessories with 3000 bond each.

New Reptorp Mass Anna H. Chase Borden Third District Court Clara F. Burgess Marion Miss Burgess Charles B. Chase Elizabeth E. Morse

Young Worker Dies After Crush at Factory in Connecticut

Nazire Chabot, 16, was crushed between rolls at Holmes Booth Hayden’s factory in Wartersury on Oct 7. Medical Examiner North led the inquiry as the girl died late last night. In New Haven, Patrick Flanagan, condemned for Terrance McDermott’s murder, nears execution while ill with consumption.

Entwistle William P. Hill Tilton N. H Rhode Island Providence Mendon Mass James M. Staples Eliza United States Rutland Vt J. Warren Eastman Darling Eastman Corinth J Warren Eastman Christian Endeavor Union of Vermont Srattleboro John W. Elliott Exeter Portsmouth Lewiston Cherryfield Amoskeag, Stark and Amory Mill Corpotations Manchester N.H Amoskeag Wareham Mass Gammons Plymouth County Garfield Plantation Aroostook County New Haven Connecticut Kilborn J. Brown Malden Concord John A. Markham Holyoke New York Central Falls T. Mel. Davis West Farmington A.R. Parshley Parshley & Co Middletown Conn Athol H. P. Cummings & Co Ware James Early Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Nashuast Worcester Patrick Lynch Mittineague Boston & Albany Springfield New Hampshire Universalist Enemy H. W. Parker Claremont Christian Endeavor New Britain C. A. Dickinson Boston James Conlon Ross’ Lodge Milperd Hingham Social Library Hingham, Mass Supreme Court Dover George Bradford Rochester Mendon Luss Alvin R. Dunton Camden Dunton William A. Rice Bristol Massachusetts New Jerusalem Association Swedenborgian Society Abington Timothy Sullivan East Providence New York, Providence & Boston Kingston Northampton G. M. Pratt Connecticut River Durham Drewnie Frank May Farmington New Durham Nutter May Hartford Willimantic Meriden Common Council Crandell Norwich Pinney Principa William Beattie Old Colony Railroad Fall River Wartersury Nazire Chabot Holmes, Booth & Hayden North Patrick Flanagan Terrance McDermott Naugatuck

Black snake fatal accident injures two near Talcott Mountain

Hart Troop reports a snake on the road caused a horse to bolt while three young women returned from a drive to Talcott mountain. Annie Mahon of Waterbury was killed when she jumped from the carriage and struck a stone. Margaret and Georgiana Kenny suffered serious bruises as the carriage overturned.

Hart Troop Talcott Mountain Annie Mahon Waterbury Margaret Georgiana Kenny

Abbott fractured leg on trip to Woodsville arraignment

The record shows George A. Abbott alias Frank C. Almy suffered a badly broken leg during return from Woodsville after an arraignment. Dr. Perkins found the leg broken the next day despite prior splints and a plaster cast, with no complaint of ill treatment and no opinion on how the injury occurred.

George A. Abbott Frank C. Almy Woodsville Perkins Abbott Hanover

What Are We Going To Wear This Season Fashion Trends

New York reports a fall fashion forecast with woollen corduroy in pepper and salt, bold checks, and shaggy surfaces in pink and black. The drop gebra in black and brown is noted for the daring, brown being favored. Draped or not remains debated as skirts stay plain over the hips and boulices feature basques.

New York

Fashion illustration previews mohair trellis gown

The illustration depicts a mohair trellis gown in blue and white with a trellis pattern, black braiding on the revers and skirt edging, astrakhan trim, and matching sleeve trim. A left hip gore filled with silk is laced to jet buttons, the revers form a waistcoat, and the bodice features a moderate length with a high collar and modest sleeves, plus a small train.

Astrakhan

Tal i Uy Tal i Uy Crepe Evening Gown

Rose crepe de chine evening gown with a black velvet corsage shoulder strap and accordion pleated crepe sleeves. Rosettes on the shoulders attach to the plain skirt with jet pins. matching straps trim the skirt and a pointed gossamer train finishes the look.

Redyern

Massachusetts Tariff Debate Features Old Commonwealth Image

In a heated address the speaker cites Massachusetts as a battleground over tariff policy, arguing that low duties helped establish the state’s industries, while protection harmed them. He lists mills and firms across New England, warns against duties on raw materials, and defends a higher moral purpose above pockets.

Massachusetts New England Commonwealth Haverhill Ohio Pennsylvania Lowell Hamilton Appleton Middlesex Lawrence Boott Washington and Atlantic Mills Pacific and Pemberton Mills Everett Mills Holyoke Fall River Massachhusetts Congress Revere Company Poston Crocker Brothers Taunton Republican Party Massachusett’s Lake Superior Revere Copper Company Point Shirley Gov. Ames Rhode Island Manchester Locomotive Works Albert Field Tack Company American Screw Company Washburn & Moon Bay State South Boston Tremont Plymouth Fairhaven Foundries Armington & Sims Engine Company Bostonbridge Works Newneland Neland Eira Sandwich Suffolk Wadlin United States American Wool Reporter Hadhey Worcester Boston Hampden County Berkshire New York West

Wanamaker Not to Blame Over Damaging Site Claim

A San Francisco telegram says the site for a federal building is a quagmire and would cost over 1,000,000 to lay a foundation. Secretary Foster doubts the claim, noting the commission and New York and state officials backed the site, while Wanamaker did not endorse the selected elevated location.

Washington Treasury Department de Young San Francisco Foster Special Commission Wanamaker

Inspector Byrnes Mock Arrest Joke At City Hall

Inspector Byrnes told a light joke to an officer of the City Hall squad a couple of mornings ago. He asked why cops are like a penny because you are a copper, then paused the arrest tale as the officer began.

Byrnes Jim Ardian

Electric treatment of seeds and soil by Russian agriculturist

Following Fetchner's work, M Specimelf reportedly electrified seeds for two minutes ten times, doubling growth rate in peas and rye. He then electrified the earth with zinc and copper plates sunk into ground, claiming dramatic vegetable growth including radish to 44 cm and carrot to 27 cm in diameter, with large produce weights.

Fetchner M. Specimelf

Foreign News Highlights From The Old World

Reports detail Russia England tensions in Pamir talks and possible interview between Italian premier and Russian minister. Attacks on Irish politicians unfold, shipwrecks and storms claim crews, notable deaths include Karl I of Württemberg and Belgian explorer Vandevelde, with political unrest surfacing in Germany Spain and Brazil.

The Standard Russia Pamir England Asia Caspian India Crispi Holyhead Romania Milos Vacaresco Leopold of Trehenzollern Metz Strasburg Santander Spain Newbury Scot Aberdeen OSS Herr Babel Berlin Poland Dillon O'Brien Healey Thurles Tipperary Vandevelde Congo Free State Karl L Wurtemberg William I Olga Nicholas London Standard Vienna Pruth Austria William Henry South Walmer Castle Deal Hambleden Oxfordshire Victoria Stuttgart Wilhelm II Benjamin Jewett Oxford Uiversity Arthur Haliburton English War Office Sam Slick Thomas Chandler Haliburton Antonio de Navarro Mary Anderson Tunbridge Ells Herr Quendenfeldt Meroece North Africa Guyot, Roche Rouvier Marseilles Hussars Endarmes Alevard Liberto Rio Janeiro Ingriguse Kieff

Dogs become ad carriers in London streets

A Pall Mall Budget note describes dogs pressed into advertising in London. A restaurant, hatter in Shoreditch, and a Finsbury purveyor send dogs with coat or mouth holding hand bills. The dogs distribute ads, sometimes fending off other dogs while the bills are retrieved afterward.

Pall Mall Shoreditch Finsbury Buto

Remarkable world items and curiosities from era crowds

A miscellaneous clipping reports on a vast array of oddities from 19th century life, including massive sawmills and wheels, rare weights, color photography plans, a huge lighthouse flame, old English measures, a walnut Bible shell, notable court transcripts, and unusual natural phenomena, all tied by curious discoveries and record-breaking claims.

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