Concord Junction Local Notes and Events
Community notices report a spring entertainment on April 20 and a dance by the C I R with Florence A. Gaddis directing. Announces Odd Fellowship 75th anniversary reception and ball April 27 in Association hall. Church schedule lists services, Sunday school, and Y P S C E. Local ads offer tenement for rent, bargain hunting at the Variety Store, and spring millinery and parcels of land for sale around Barrett mill road.
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Hannah Murray
Iphia
Union Church
The
Loyal Legion
Rolte
Concord
Florence A. Gaddis
Alice Trask
Concord Lodge
Odd Fellowship
Association Hall
L. N. Fowler
A. P. Joyce
E. G. Stoddard
Local notes and names from the Riverside area
A roundup of residents with property moves and health notes. A. F. Putnam’s hand heals and he returns to the factory. Edward Willard buys Wheeler or Smith property near Riverside park. Arthur Patterson rents a small farm near Abijah Walcott. Other items include a billiards match in South Boston, civic events, and an Independent auxiliary corps G A R meeting with a stream of social details and program items.
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F. Putnam
E. G. Wilson
Concord
Edward Willard
Wheeler
Smith Place
Riverside Park
Arthur Patterson
Abijah Walcott
Rebel flagship Aquidaban sunk off Santa Catharina
Report from Montevideo dated April 18 states Brazilian forces sank the rebel warship Aquidaban off Santa Catharina after engagement. The 5000-ton turret ship, built in England in 1885, carried heavy armor and multiple breech loaders and machine guns.
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Montevideo
Admiral de Mello
Santa Catharina
England
Raleigh in Commission Naval Ship Kept on North Atlantic Station
The Raleigh was commissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard and will stay on the North Atlantic Station while her armament is prepared and machinery tested.
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Raleigh
Washington
U. S. S. Raleigh
Norfolk Navy Yard
Dispute Ends with Injury on Kirkland Street
A quarrel between James E. Davis and W. H. Lucato, both Black, on Kirkland Street escalated until Davis drew a weapon and slashed Lucato near the anus, inflicting dangerous wounds.
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Boston
James E. Davis
W. H. Lucato
Kirkland Street
Davis
Lucato
Salvation Army Bowdoin Square Treasurer’s Rooms Broken Into
Burglars entered the Bowdoin square Salvation Army treasurer’s rooms in Boston and stole 18 shillings, 1 gold sovereign and 253 dollars. The incident occurred on April 18. Police are investigating.
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Boston
Bowdoin Square
Salvation Army
Musical Depot at Charles H Persons Maynard
The article promotes a large music store near us offering pianos organs and other instruments at cash prices lower than Boston due to lower rents. Instruments come from leading manufacturers with high quality workmanship. Charles H Persons of Maynard is praised for square dealing and courteous service and has an advertisement in this issue.
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Concord
Fitchburg
Waltham
Boston
Worcester
Charles H. Persons
Maynard
Rev J W Carney to Preach at Unitarian Church
Concord brieflets note that Rev J W Carney of Holyoke will preach at the Unitarian church next Sunday. The item also mentions Hancock's ad about lawnmower tune ups and urges calling C W Sanford to obtain a badge for the nineteenth, claimed to be the neatest.
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Concord
J. W. Carney
Holyoke
Unitarian Church
Hancock
C. W. Sanford
World s Fair Souvenir Portfolio Offer
Send 15 cents postage and your address to H. E. Bucklen in Chicago for a repaid Souvenir Portfolio of the World s Columbian Exposition. Regular price 50 cents, now nominal. It features full page views of the buildings with descriptions in high art style. If not satisfied, the stamps will be refunded.
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Adresse H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago, Ill
Washington Eyes Coxey Army In Patrol Lockstep
Washington police deploy two detectives to mingle with Coxey’s marchers in Cumberland. The force plans careful observation of the protest army to uncover any hidden designs while labor officials claim the crusaders act lawfully.
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Washington
Coxey’s
Washingtos
Coxey
Cumberland
Redstone
the Commonweal
Hollinberger
Army
Fire gutted Merchants hotel in Bangor. guests injured
Fire swept the four and a half story brick Merchants hotel in Bangor before 2 a.m. starting in the office and rapidly gutting the building. Guests panicked with several leaping from windows and sustaining cuts and bruises as adjoining property was threatened and losses mount.
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Bangor
Merchants Hotel
Yale Students In Court Over Prize Fight Arrest
Yale law school baseball team manager Harry Durant, now head of the state baseball league, was arrested for aiding and abetting a prize fight on February 17 in New Haven. Several students present were bound over to the superior court.
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Yale
New Hayes
Harry Durant
Yale Law School
Judge Winters Shifts Iron Hall Affairs to May 16
Indianapolis April 18 Judge Winters has moved most Iron Hall affairs to May 16 with all accountings due to Receiver Failey. Failey notes a complication in the life division affairs of the order in Massachusetts.
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Indianapolis
Winters
Iron Hall
Failey
Life
Order
Massachusetts
Logan iron works gutted by Lewiston fire loss
A blaze at the Logan iron and steel works near Lewiston last night nearly destroyed the facility. Damage was estimated at $100,000 with extensive fire suppression needed.
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Harrispure
Logan Iron and Steel Works
Lewiston
Registration of Physicians Faces Amendments in Senate
The Bay State Legislature discusses amendments to a physician registration bill with debates on exams, monopoly concerns, and parity for irregular practitioners. Other measures include extending a Boston firemen one day in seven and a report on liquor traffic and crime. The treasurer’s bureau inquiry and trout sales during the close season move forward. Concurrent action sends prison committee testimony to the governor.
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Boston
City Council of
Board of Survey of Boston
Senate
Frothingham
Sanger
Kittredge
Harvey
Mencal College Gradutes
Bill
Committee On Treasury
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
House
Committee On Prisons
Superintendent of Prisons
Treachery and Fraud Now Charged Against Newfoundland Government
Followers of ex Prime Minister Whiteway vow to force dissolution as new administration faces calls for elections. They publish appeals denouncing the O Brien ministry for treachery and fraud, aiming to render an open assembly impossible without a quorum. Further developments awaited when the house reconvenes.
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Str. John’s
N. F
Whiteway
O’brien
Whitewayites
Fire destroys Neu Sandec central district in Austrian Galicia
April 18 report from Craeow describes a major fire in Neu Sandec central Neu Sandec, Austria Galicia, consuming the Jesuit monastery, gymnasium, post office, several churches, and many houses. Population listed at about 7000. A cyclone 30 miles east near Gurmidz, O T, caused damage in Lincoln County with demolished houses and injuries. Across the line in Pottawatomie County two dozen houses wrecked and two killed.
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Craéow
Neu-Sandec
Austrian Galicia
Gurmriz
O.T
Here
Lincoln County
Pottawaotomie County
Death of ex-state senator Wood ties to finances
Saginaw Michigan April 18 Hon A B Wood former state senator and prominent citizen was found dead in his barn in what authorities call death by own action caused by financial reverses. Green Springs West Virginia April 18 date mentions Bath Works big premium and naval notes. Washington April 18 Senator Hale introduced 95000 appropriation to Bath Iron Works for premiums on gun boats Castine Machias. Danbury Connecticut April 18 Paul Jones from Boston pursuing globe circumnavigation on a 5000 wager now in financial trouble.
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Saginaw, Mich
A. B. Wood
Bath Works
Washington
Hale
Iron Works
Bath
Castine
Machis
DanparRy
Conn
Paul Jones
Boston
Globe
Jones
Mill agents to shut down after treasurers decide to run
Lowell Massachusetts April 18 mill agents fear union threats and decide to shut down tomorrow after treasurers ordered operations to continue despite tensions.
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Lowell
Mass
Almanac Weather Summary for April 18 in New England
The almanac notes fair conditions with a 10 00 AM daylight length and sea winds from the south. It predicts warmer temperatures in the eastern portion and a sunset around 10 30 PM with moonset after.
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New England
Firebugs near lynching in Meridian Mississippi
The report notes two firebugs were nearly lynched in Meridian Mississippi. Other items include an Albuquerque bank president jailed five years, a possible nonrepeal of the state bank tax in congress, and the son of President Rodriguez fatally stabbing a student at Carlsruhe.
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Meridian
Miss
Albuquerque
N. M
Congress
Rodriguez
Carlsruhe
Hotchkiss Gun Company
Rhode Island
Donovan
Democratic State Committee of
Maine
Albert Jasmin
Putnam, Conn
Waltham
Mass
Asbury Grove
Crispi
Milwaukee Street Railway Strike Pressure for Higher Wages
Milwaukee street railway employees forced management to halt new hires under threat of an immediate strike. They rejected a proposed wage cut to 17 1 2 cents per hour, signaling the dispute.
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Milwaukee
Who Captured Alms
Judge Smith orders a June 16 hearing to determine the reward receiver for the capture of Alms the Christie Warden murderer. Five claimants contend for the awarded prize. the case was sent to the supreme court for adjustment by the last legislature.
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Lebanon
N. H
Boston Plans Coxeys Army Protest March
Boston officials have ordered a contingent of unemployed residents to join Coxey's army. A noon Saturday start is planned under Major General Fitzgerald and Brigadier General McCoy to march to Washington.
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Boston
Coxey
Fitzgerald
McCoy
Washington
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Said Harriman
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JunLtus Loewi
Thomas Hilli
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Lucy L. Miles
Charles Thompson
Anata
Charles J. McIntire
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S. H. Folsom
Register
Jane G. Gale
Itaid
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