Mawhinney Shoe Co Accepts Lowell Project Offer
The Mawhinney Shoe Co of Boston will establish a shoe plant on Mollahan land on Gorham Street near the Boston and Maine tracks in Lowell, with construction set to begin this spring. Mayor Casey frames the deal as a public spirit test while arranging land title provisions and rail access talks.
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Casey
Mawhinney Shoe Company of
Boston
Lowell
Gorham Street
Boston & Maine
James B. Casey
T. C. Goddard
Treas
Mawhinney Co
Boston & Maine Railroad
Braden
Body of girl found in Merrimack canal remains unidentified
The body of a girl recovered from the Merrimack canal has not yet been identified. Due to prolonged immersion the remains are in bad shape, and burial will occur soon.
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Merrimack Canal
Grover & Co. Assigns Assets for Creditors’ Benefit
Brockton reports that R. B. Grover & Co. has voluntarily assigned for creditors after the March 20 boiler explosion that killed 58 and caused $250,000 in property loss. Assignees are C. P. Hall, Judge Warren A. Reed, and Fred B. Howard. Assets include Emerson stores nationwide. assignment aims to keep operations during the season. Meeting set to discuss continuance and possible reorganization.
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Brockton
R. B. Grover & Co
Charles P. Hall
American Hide and Leather Company
Boston
Warren A. Reed
Fred B. Howard
Home National Bank
Reed
Emerson Shoe
Edward H. Keith
R. B. Grover
J. F. Hill
C .O. Emerson
Daniel S. Howard
Mr. Hill
Stoughton
Garfield to Open Kansas Standard Oil Inquiry
Topeka April 10 James Rudolph Garfield commissioner of corporations arrived to start his investigation of Standard Oil methods in Kansas. He is joined by L P Caswell Charles Earl and Luther Connant Jr all bureau employees. Garfield says no news yet on plans and will meet Governor Hoch to learn the local situation before proceeding.
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Topeka
Kan
James Rudolph Garfield
Kansas
L. P. Caswell
Charles Earl
Luther Conant, Jr
Mr. Garfield
Hoch
Death by fall shocks Quebec city dentist surgeon
In Quebec City on April 10, Dr. Gilmour a surgeon dentist from New Hamburg Ontario leapt from Dufferin terrace to the rocks 150 feet below and died instantly. He was about 35 years old and suffered numerous broken bones in the fall.
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Quebec
Gilmour
New Hamburg
Ont
Dufferin Terrace
Veterans to hold May meeting of opposing Civil War factions
Washington April 10 A two days greeting to the American soldier planning a reunion of veterans who opposed each other in the sixties has been arranged for May 11 and 12 in Washington. Cordial invitations have been sent to every veterans association on both sides across the North and South.
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Washington
Veterans’ Association
Roosevelt and party reach Camp Roosevelt near Deep Red creek
President Roosevelt and entourage arrive at a hunting camp 17 miles from Frederick Oklahoma on April 10. The camp hosts about 20 tents and a mess hall while nearby Camp Quanah Parker houses Comanche leader Parker and companions. A detail of Fort Sill troopers guards the area. The president shows horse knowledge and plans an early hunt with Saddle horses and dogs available. Dr Alexander Lambert, while exercising his horse, was briefly thrown but unharmed.
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Frederick
O. T
Roosevelt
Hunting Camp
Red Creek
Camp
Quanah Parker
Chief Parker
Fort Sill
Camp Roosevelt
Cat Themen
Burke Burnett
Texas
Alexander Lambert
New York
Tom Waggoner
President Roosevelt to visit Fort Sill in Oklahoma
Lawton Oklahoma April 10 It is said Roosevelt plans to visit Fort Sill on Wednesday. Eighth Cavalry under Major Murchett guards the president in Big Pasture and will escort him to the fort. Officials are preparing a grand reception and banquet. Lawton Commercial Club invites may come with the visit. The president camp lies about 25 miles south of Lawton.
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Lawton
O. T
Roosevelt
Fort Sill
Eighth Cavalry
Murchett
Texas National Guards
Big Pasture
Severe storm crosses pasture reserve near Frederick
A severe wind storm crossed the pasture reserve last night near Frederick, causing partial tent wreckage and minor damage. No injuries reported. President Roosevelt’s party had left Frederick earlier, and it is believed they were not in the storm’s path.
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Lawton
O. T
Frederick
Roosevelt
Were Not Separated in Death
New York April 10 Playmates in childhood betrothed in youth and married over 50 years died within hours of each other at their city home. The aged husband woke to his dying wife and uttered her name before both fell into a final sleep. He died almost immediately. she lived seven more hours but never regained consciousness.
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New York
Howard
Mary Hasbrouck
Russians Split Fleet Reported Near Vladivostok
Far East despatches say Admiral Rojestvensky has divided his fleet with no news of the main squad, suggesting he seeks a base at Vladivostok and avoids immediate engagement. Togo’s force reportedly patrols the route as Japanese predict a Russian defeat.
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Far East
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Russians Sighted Offshore Near Anambas and Saigon
The British steamer Gregory Apear reported a Russian squadron under Rear Admiral Enquist passing 20 miles northeast of Manki in the Anambas group, about 150 miles NNE of Singapore. Four warships, likely Japanese, were seen off Cape St. James near Saigon on April 7.
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Singapore
Straits
Settlemen
Enquist
Gregory Apear
Manki
Anambas Group
Cape St. James
Saigon
Russian Admiral Avoids Immediate Battle Plans
Tokio April 10. Vice Admiral Rosetsvensky's second Pacific squadron has not been reported since passing Singapore. General speculation centers on his intent to avoid immediate combat and seek Vladivostok with its docks and shops.
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Tokio
Rojestvensky
Singapore
Rosestvensky
Vladivostok
Great Stuff High Street Enterprise at vestry sale
At High Street Church vestry in Lowell a two day sale April 12 and 13 offers fruit, fowls, fish, fans, and various items to raise money for a new vestry piano. Features include vaudeville skits, stunts, music, and a roast of refreshments. Three voting contests grade household scales, a baby carriage, and a parlor pool table. Admission 2 cents. Doors open 7 PM.
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High Street
Lowell
Howe Scale
Robertson Bros
Prescott Street
Courier
Citizen
Morse & Derby
Thompson Hardware Company
Harriette Read
Missing Blaisdell Father Of Nellie Keefe Feared Dead
William W Blaisdell 60 disappeared from 26 Brown street after leaving for city stables mid day last Wednesday. He was in poor mental condition following his daughter's disappearance and recent grip illness. Family fears death by his own action. description notes height five five, gray hair and moustache, scars, wearing gray sweater and overalls. He is survived by wife, two daughters Mildred and Nellie, and son Frank.
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William W. Blaisdell
Brown Street
Nellie Keefe
Lowell
Blaisdell
Post 42
Vermont
Philadelphia
Mildred
Frank Blaisdell
Strike in Boston and Maine Concord Shops
Concord New Hampshire April 10 boiler makers at Boston and Maine railroad shops struck this morning demanding the single non union man join the union or be dismissed Railroad refuses to discharge him Forty two men are out
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Concord
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Trial Postponed In Nan Patterson Case As Extradition Fight Broadens
New York April 10 The Nan Patterson murder trial was postponed for one week on prosecution request under Recorder Golf after the extradition fight of J Morgan Smith and wife in Cincinnati. They are named witnesses in the Young case. Patterson not brought to court. her father and witness John D Mellin present. Cincinnati April 10 The habeas corpus hearing for the Smiths aimed at New York indictment was adjourned. A contempt charge against counsel Thomas F Shay arose from a grand jury probe into a bank shortage and a broker Balman. Mayor Casey planned to present chemists Allen and Irish beer and liquor analyses to the state board of health with notes on preservatives and purity. The report contends standards are lacking and discusses salicylic acid in beer and ale and fusel oils in whiskey and other spirits.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Recorder Golf
Court of General Sessions
Cincinnati
Young
Goff
Ohio
J. Morgan Smith
United States Grand Jury
Thomas F. Shay
Smiths
Shay
John Balman
Grand Jury
Balman
U. S
Spieml
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr
Casey
Thomas O. Allen
Cyrus W. Irish
Lowell
State Board of Health
Dr. Harrington
Harrington
Lowell Board of Police
Massachusetts
Rockefeller offers second 100000 gift to Baptist Missionary Union
John D. Rockefeller proposed a second hundred thousand dollar donation to the American Baptist Missionary Union, to be used for building missionary plants in foreign countries rather than running expenses. The offer, received at Rockefeller’s headquarters, was to be reviewed by the union's executive committee at this afternoon’s meeting.
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Boston
John D. Rockefeller
American Baptist Missionary Union
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Baptist Society
Unon
British mill manager stabbed in Russia amid strike tensions
Lodz, Russian Poland April 10. James Ratcliffe, a British manager of Poznanski's cotton mill, was stabbed returning from a mass marking the end of the strike. The assailant fled. Two non-striking workers were found stabbed to death yesterday, suspected to be by strikers.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
James Ratcliffe
Poznanski
Accidental Rifle Blast Kills Girl in Starksboro
In Starksboro Vermont on April 10 Cora Sweet aged 16 died when a rifle believed unloaded discharged in her sister’s head after her brother Daniel pulled the trigger. The accident happened while the weapon was in his care and the fatal shot struck Sweet, ending her life instantly.
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Starksboro
Cora Sweet
Daniel
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