New England News Fly Wheel Bursts in Amoskeag Mill News in Brief
In Amoskeag Mill a fly wheel ruptured injuring workers. A solemn service followed at Trinity Church as Dr. Brooks was elevated from minister to bishop before a vast assembly. The ceremony featured a procession of bishops from multiple dioceses, a sermon by Rev. Henry Potter, and a consecration aligned with the Book of Common Prayer ending with the hymn For All the Saints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Brooks
Offi
Ian Visitin
E¢ En
Rooks
Preseriers
Com Cotten Brooks
Field
Ar Brooks
Church of the Incarnation
New York
Cams
General Church
William Tallock
Rantford
Conn
House of Ops
J. Livingston Reese
Albeny
N. Y
L. Hutchins
House of
Oxford
Bishon
Williane
Whipple
Apple
Clark
Rhode Islan
Pennsylvania
Bish
Dies
New Hampshire
Lisle
Gohp
Long Island
Potter Reacher
The
Cas
Barnabas
Saul
Williams
Connecticut
Nnsistos
Talbot, Potter and Clark
Mg A
Laura Presbrey Victim of Kleptomania at Smith College
Dr. D. Presbrey traveled from Taunton to Northampton after his daughter Laura Presbrey admitted theft at Smith College. She disappeared after a late meeting with her father, leaving a note promising self harm. Her body was later found in Paradise River, Taunton to conduct burial services.
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Taunton
Mass
D. Presbrey
Northampton
Laura
Paradise
Laura E. Presbrey
Smith College
Destitute in Need of Bibles Report from Vermont Society
Watersury Vermont, Oct. 18 Rev L A Elliot reports the Vermont Bible Society work for the last fiscal year. Of 11 879 families visited 988 or about one in twelve lacked bibles. 344 families illiterate, 140 in one county among the wealthiest. Only 40 4 percent attended Protestant church and 23 42 percent connected to Sunday school. 2 180 Bibles and Testaments sold, 185 destitute families given Bibles. Caledonia named banner county. Sixty three percent attend church and 37 percent attend Sunday school.
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Watersury
L. A. Elliot
Vermont Bible Society
Peen
Caledonia
Banner
Pioneer’s Descendants Eastman Family Meeting at Concord
The Eastman Family Association of the United States held its annual meeting at Merimack Hall East Concord with a large attendance including members from abroad. Discussions focused on erecting a memorial to pioneer Cantenezer Eastman of Penacook now Concord and measures to increase the permanent fund. Notables present included Edwin G. Eastman J C Eastman George Eastman and S C Eastman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxcorp
Eastman Family Association of the
United States
Merimack Hall
East Concord
Cant
Enezer Eastman
I’cnacook
Concord
Edwin G. Eastman
Exeter
J. C. Eastman
Hampstead
George Eastman
Henniker
S. C. Eastman
P. Gage
Edson C. Eastman
Chandler Estman
Tf. A. Euston
EB. J. Aiken
Ikey
C. L. Roper
L. French
John E. True
Messrs
John E. Frye
Th Eastman
Cers
Maria L. Eastman
Dps
Fane
Julia A. Hosmer
Penageek
Eastman
B. E. Deer
Vrei Hastman
Ruth E. Staniels
Harriett S. Eastman
F. A. Eastfont
Josiah Fernald
Odotsu
Francis A. Walker
Ambrose Eastman
Edmund T. Eastman
Boston
Ambalt Eastman
Cumberland Millis
B . F. Eastman
Portland
Timothy
Ver
Tork City
Local Fraternities Host Festive Levee Evening
A diverse host of dignitaries gathered for a levee ending the festivities this evening. Attendees included Mrs. J. Shion of Macon Georgia and Eastman of Exeter alongside several executives and civic leaders from Concord Sagiman Easton Fernald and Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
J. Shion
Macon
E. . Eastman
Exeter
Col. J
Festnen
H Sead
Ian P. Curtis East
Concord
J. Fernald
Sagiman
Eon
Dge Easton
Sophia Fernald
Col. Ker
Ade Aspinwall
Cyrus
Fransson
Mary E. Robinson
E. Badner
Lowell
Typhoid Ravages Increase Death Rate in Week
The weekly report shows 214 deaths, up from 177, with a 24.2 rate. Of 210 whites and 4 colored, 92 males and 122 females, 180 US-born and 84 foreign born. Typhoid fever had 50 cases and 8 deaths, with 50 total typhoid cases citywide. Fifty measles cases had no deaths. measles reported for first time since Nov 9, 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
United States
East Boston
City
South Boston
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Dorchester
Brighton
Cee
Rutland County Court closes fall term with liquor law fines
Rutland Vermont October 17 The Rutland County Court ends a seven weeks term finishing the docket with two cases unresolved. Prohibition violators were fined a total of 5262 and six bootleggers sent to the house of correction for varying terms. About 20 liquor dealers escaped punishment by fleeing to New York and other nearby states. The divorce case of Rev Timothy L Drury versus Cecilia Drury was dismissed for lack of witnesses. The Rankins divorce case drew sensational testimony with charges of infidelity drunkenness and cruelty and Judge Thompson granted Alma Rankins a divorce with liberty to resume her maiden name.
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Retuano
Rutland County
House of Correction
Newark
Timothy L. Drury
Cecilia Drury
Boston
Thompson
Alma M. Rankins
Death by own action shocks Boston brokerage firm
Irving A. Evans son of Hon Alonzo Evans of Boston fatally shot himself at the Allenstown summer residence of Brice Evans. In Boston the firm in the Fiske building closed its banking rooms as news spread. The firm stated it is solvent though Evans faced market pressure and private speculations. Funeral held at 180 Commonwealth Ave Boston with extensive attendance.
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Suncook
N. H
Irving A. Evans
Alonzo Evans
Boston
Brice
Evans
Allenstown
Fiske Building
State St
William
Bliss
GtLosk
Stock Exchange
Morse
Commonwealth Ay
Boston Stock
Deadly Amoskeag Mill Disaster Shocks Manchester
At the Amoskeag mills in Manchester, a fly wheel burst causing a collapse that killed engineer Samuel Bunker and injured several workers, including Emile Delane and Thomas Dalton. A coroner’s jury began hearings, with reports from the injured and hopes no more fatalities.
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Manchester
N.H
Amoskeag
No. 5 Mill
Samuel Bunker
No.3 Mill
Thomas Dalton
Emile Delane
No. 6 Mill
McGregor St
Leberton Morthur
Gilbert x Oang
Mary Richardson
Lena French
Ada L. Cram
Mamie Kane
Miss Borden
Emile Duaine
Louis
Malvina
Myrtle
Amoskeag Mills
Eponnrag
Manchester Gay Attire Parade Draws 75000 In State’s Largest Trade Procession
A grand pageant in Manchester New Hampshire drew about 75,000 spectators as the largest trade procession in state history unfolded Wednesday. Gov. Tuttle reviewed the five mile long parade with a profusion of decorations and prizes totaling cash and goods awarded by judges including Charles H. Amsden H. H. Barber and J. H. Yelles.
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Manchester
N. H
Prominent Abolitionist George Evans Dies at 74
Obituary notes Mr George Evans of Malden Massachusetts a lifelong anti slavery advocate who sheltered fugitive James Otis and helped provide education at his home. He worked with Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison and later moved to Wakefield and served three years in the Union Army. Evans contributed to daguerreotype development in Worcester and patented holographic chairs later in life. Also reports Barnstable Universalist meeting in Eastham with Rev Burnell presiding and discussions on Our Country Churches. Levi M Bates reported drowned in Vermont, burial in Bristol.
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George Evans
Malden
Wakefield
Mass
Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
Ohare
Honederi Alass
Massachusetts
Evans
Mrouglass
Canada
Vans
John B. Gough
Worcester
FastuHam
Barnstable Universalist Association
H. P. Burnell
M. M. Smith
Provincetown
W. L. Nickerson
Chatham
C. A. Bradley
Brewster Fis
Edward Jerris
Rowe
M. Brisson
French
Chamber of Deputies
M. Rochefort
Madrid
Cub
Commercia
United States
Spain
Toinien
Jowsa
Kiev
Astrachan
Moscow
Odessa
London
Millwall
Europe
Berandford
England
Prince George
Prince of Wales
Charles Scott
C. B
Orlando
Bing
Osborne
Reichenberg
Bohemia
Austria
New South Wales
Times
St. Petersburg
Pamir
Kashgar
Labor Department
British Board of Trade
Marquis of Lorne
Argentine
Germany
Paris
Chili
Brazil
Richard Hall
Sealers’ Association of Victoria
B.C
Wladivestock
Alfred Tennyson
Russia
the Times
Dockers’ Union
Mark Quinton
Harry Hamilton
Vatican
Rome
Local marriage ends abruptly after quick wedding in Bururaton
Minnie Durand of Bururaton V. I. married Almon Shepard, a drummer who claimed to bail from Cortland New York, after meeting on Saturday evening. The couple wed on Tuesday, and Wednesday Almon borrowed five dollars from his mother in law and left town.
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Bururaton
Minnie Durand
Almon Shepard
Cortland
N. Y
Almon
Death of Charles P. Rollins Ex-Express Pioneer of West Newbury
Charles P. Rollins aged 84 was found dead at his West Newbury home. A longtime express operator, he founded the West Newbury Groveland and Boston express in 1846 and ran it until recent years. He leaves a widow a son and a daughter.
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Havernint
Mass
Charles P. Rollins
West Newbury
West Newbury, Groveland and
Boston Express
Fire damages Lowell shop and church rector dies in Boston
A Payne street boxmaking shop owned by Mrs. Valentine Wilson burned at 1 30 this morning, with losses of about 12000 for the building and engine and 10000 on the property, partly insured. Rev Firmin Coppin S M rector of the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Boston died Thursday after a long illness at age 64 native of Lorraine. He served the French community in Boston for over two years and previously worked in Louisiana.
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Lowst
Mass
Frank P. Cheney
Payne St
Valentine Wilson
Cheney
Firmin Coppin
S. M
Church of Our Lady of Victories
Isabella St
Boston
Lorraine
Louisiana
Clark
Aee Edwin Short
Colony Railroad
Tiverton
Newport
R. L
Providence
Capt. Pratt
Dream
Aert Guaranen
Eastport
Cochran Ledge
United States
Neill
KE. A. Wright
Fitchburg
Daddy
Deerfield River
Con- Say
Junction
Vermont State Medical Society
Burlington
Charles 5. Caverly
Rutland
A. C. Bailey
West Randolph
D.C. Hawley
D. G. Kemp
Montpelier
Rutland County Citizens’ Alliance
Farmers’ League
Hartford Silk Company
Tariffville
Nottingham
Frank Wilkinson
Chilwell
Borrowash
Derby
Essex County Superior Court
Lawrence
John McGovern
Andover
Haverhill Board of Aldermen
Committee Out Manufactures and Trades
Washington
Superior Court
Lowell
Eliza Forbes
John W. Lane
South Newmarket
Nhs
Stratham
Congregational Society of
Stephen L. Starrett
Thomaston
Connecticut
Stonington
New York
City Island
Massachusetts
Plymouth and Bay
William Mayo
Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad Company
Sagadahoc
Dan Y
Ledo
E. W. Bishop
New Haven
Frederick Callup
Crompton
Tennessee
Calais
Rockville House
Rockville
Conn
B. Ryan
Spraham & Ray
Niantic
James G. Wright
Northampton
C. M. Bailey, Sons & Co
Baileyville
Henry Geoghan
Waterbury
New England
Brooklyn
Har Ris of Romano Stricken With Apoplexy
Hon Joel B Harris, longtime Romano businessman and former Springfield railroad car wheel manufacturer, was stricken with apoplexy yesterday. He is 70 years old and in precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romano, Vt
Joel B. Harris
Springfield
Mass
Boston Board mulls Japan mission expansion plan
The American Board session focuses on missionary work in Japan. Dr. Gordon urges prioritizing Japan, while Joseph Cook seeks a policy to close the exposition on certain days. The group also discusses a $100,000 extra fund with pledges already reaching $50,000 amid various local incidents and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Japan
Gordon
Oseph Cook
Death of Mrs Phebe Nichols at Wilmington Mass
The obituary notes the death of Phebe, wife of H Brewster Nichols, at Wilmington Massachusetts on Wednesday October 14. It praises her life as full of goodness and her influence on all around her, describing her as pure in heart and embodying a Christlike life that renews its power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe
H. Brewster Nichols
Wilmington
Mass
Christ
Paris Pork Prohibition Rise Sparks Senate Clash
Paris on October 17 the customs committee debated raising the ban on American pork replacing it with a 20 franc duty. M. Ribot and M. Roche led for the government while M. Ferry urged postponement. Ferry announced resignation but later withdrew the move after talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Customs Committee
Senate
M. Ribot
M. Roche
M. Ferry
Poland to Parnell wreath sent from Warsaw
Delegate Zieminski arrived from Warsaw with a wreath for Parnell's grave. Poles wished to attend the funeral of the Irish leader, but the Russian government kept the date out of Polish papers. The laurel wreath bore Polish colors and silk bands expressing sympathy and support for Parnell's cause. It had to be smuggled across the frontier to avoid confiscation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dracin
Zieminski
Warsaw
Parnell
Poland
Trish
Irish National League fund stirs controversy in Paris
The Irish National League fund in Paris, held by Munroe & Co, faces further disputes as heirs of the late John Gillis Biggar contest trusteeship. Clerical influence in Athlone politics alarms both Parnellites and anti-Parnellites amid shifting Irish leadership and new papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish National League Fund
Messrs. Munroe & Co
Paris
Caisse Des Consignation
John Gillis Biggar
M. P
Parnell
Athlone
Lanan
John Gauty
Bernard Becky
Joseph Sweeney
Mr. Parnell
House of Commons
Dublin
United Ireland
Parnellite
Ireland
England
National Press
McCarthyites
Parnellite Party
Parnellites
London Daily Telegraph
Charles Stewart Parnell
John H. Parnell
Pierce Mahoney
North Meath
Terrific gales sweep Britain as hurricane storms rage
London reports a terrific storm of wind rain thunder and lightning causing widespread damage. Channel ports note severe weather across the coast with wreckage on beaches and ships lost. An Irish Sea gale brings the strongest conditions in years with drownings and a stricken crew. A Leicester menagerie suffers animal deaths including a bison and several primates. An old lion named Wallace weakens as the storm subsides then reaccelerates. A Belfast telegram cites increased sea dangers and a collision near Portland Bill with a British bark.
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London
Channel
Irish Sea
Holyhead
Cardiff
Leicester
Nam Wallace
Mystery Star and Czar Peace in Dreibund Policy
Mysterious Star 887 tons suffers heavy damage alongside another vessel. In Milan, Oct 13 M de Giers arrives, followed by Marquis di Rudini and Sig. Chimini. Italian leaders praise the Czar’s stance, seeing it bolster the peace policy of the Drebund alliance.
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M. de Giers
Milan
Marquis di Rudini
Sig. Chimini
Travelling Plant and Antelope Chase on Arkansas Valley Train
In a passenger car on a windy day a train witnesses a herd of antelopes racing the train, pursued by giant gray balls identified as tumbleweeds, later learned as Cyclosoma platyphyllum. The scene unfolds along the prairie in the Arkansas valley with wind-driven debris piling by the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Arkansas Valley
Irish Triumvirate as Par nellite Leadership Question
A detailed examination of potential successors to Charles Stewart Parnell in the Irish Party. It analyzes John Dillon, William O'Brien, and Patrick Sexton as possible leaders, noting their ages, temperaments, parliamentary records, and public reputations, and assesses whether any could rival Parnell’s guiding influence and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillion
O'Brien
Sexton
Parnell
Mr. Parnell
McCarthy
Freeman's Journal
United Ireland
T.W. Russell
South Tyrese
York
O’brien
Trilon
Mr. O'Brien
House of Commons
England
Mr. Gladstone
Ireland
Dublin
Philippic
Paine Commission
Dillon
Gladstone
Arthur O’conor
War Office
Salu vi Sand
Politi
Man Bof
Prairie brush storms scatter seeds and stampede grazing
The passage describes dry brittle vegetation swept over the prairie in autumn winds. Stems break, tumbleweeds bound away scattering seeds as antelopes and jack-rabbits, grouse and prairie dogs flee. Cattle are stampeded and road-beds clog with flying masses of brushwood.
Big Money for Agents in Racine Ad Promises Profit
An advertisement from A. Soop & Co. of Racine Wisconsin offers agents a $50 appointment in 30 days with a guaranteed $150 profit in four weeks or no pay. Free stamp sample provided to lure applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soop & Co
Racine, Wis
Curiosities and Oddities From Various Lands
A wide array of trivial and extraordinary facts spans gems, astronomy, geography, and daily life. Notes include ruby values, court customs, fossil rock finds, moon theory, oceanic land loss, coffee and royal incomes, mosquitoes, UFOs, and records on mushrooms, ant movements, tunnels, octopus size at birth, and global time differences.
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NEW England News
Phillips Brooks
Vermont
Amoskeag Mill
Caledonia Pious
Pioneer's Descendants
Rutland County Court
Bess
Victor Wen
Aretas Blood
Reman
Eastham
Levi M. Bates
Burtwand
Ricker’s Island
Bowery Bay
A. C. Bates
Verpat
Mie
Bristol
Norwood Central
Warrous
New York & New England Railroad
James Connor
Hartford
Mills
Colebrook
John C. Jeffords
Thomas McHugh
Holyoke
Deane
Julia Benson
Bridgewater (Sonn) Hospital
Henry A. Littlefield
East Limington
Hampden Paint and Chemical Company
Armory St
Board of Trade
Charles T. Main
Merrimac River
Ogneminy
First Unitarian Church
Middleboro
Howard N. Brown
Brookline
Judge Kelley
V. W. L. Chaffin
J.C. Jaypee
West Newton
Grindall Reynolds
H. G. Spaulding
Sunday School Society
Pollock
Gracie Belle
New Bedford
Wamsutia Mills Corporation
Cyrus A. Stone
Lynn
Supreme Court
Holmes
Board of Registrars of Voters
Alvan G
George B. Clark
Cambridge
Gastos
Foreign News
British Politics
Balfour
Union
Standard
Jackson
the Treasury
Gorst
Ritchie
Power Hamlets
London Standard
Harry VII
Goschen
Exchequer
House of Lords
Gladstonians
Italy
Romr
Great Britain
Mysterious Star
Czar
William O'Brien
Bennett of
Hee
George I
Checto
Philadelphia
Furcher
Astronomer
Cheyenne
Wyo
Charlotteville
M., Cooke
British Isles
Africa
Fahenheit
Vietona
Iceland
Kohlbrauch
St Gothard
Mont Cents
Hoosac
Severn
Nochistongs
Sutis
St. Gothard
Manasarovara
Thibet
Bookseller's Monthly
Mercurius Librarius
California
Forest City
Santiago
Kansas
Justice of the Peace
Pare
Oord
Hannibal & St. Joseph Rai
Mine Telia
Arctic Ocean
Constellation
St. Louis
Sean
Attoc Island
Maine
Green Lake
Col
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