Fragmented Kentucky snow and a soaked city
The text references snow in Kentucky and rain to the south, calling the city water soaked. It weaves various items from the era including a playful line about the C A R diamonds, a Terre Haute factory claim, a match factory with 150000 daily capacity, a pork invention for the army, and scattered quips about April and the Buffalo exposition. It mentions Merritt and Lowell team play with defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt
Lowell
Bethlehem Police Claim Tramps Form Secret Fraternity
The Bethlehem chief of police reports a dozen hoboes in the lockup were conducting an elaborate initiation for a new candidate. A sensational claim of a tramps secret fraternity is presented amid a city police backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Ayer Home for Young Women and Children March Report
The Ayer Home counted 87 children and 49 adults, with 5 transients. Lodging and meals supported 2 and 6 respectively. no serious illnesses. Parents and others made 127 calls. Donations came from Miss Webber and numerous named ladies and Mr. F. C. Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Webber
J. L. Sargent
G. F. Penniman
Bryan
Napa
California
F. F. Battles
L. E. Pullen
Sabra Wright
F. C. Church
A. W. Burnham
E. J. Noyes
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Kirk Street Church
Local Grace church concert to aid the church fund
Mrs. Nellie Fenderson Sturtevant hosts a Grace church benefit concert this evening at 8 o clock. Featured artists include harpist Annie Frank Libby from Lowell, contralto Ethel Cross, and comedian S Homer Eaton with impersonations of Josiah Allen's Wife, praised by Marietta Holley. Entrance from Princeton Street door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Fenderson Sturtevant
Grace Church
Annie Frank Libby
Lowell
Ethel Cross
S. Homer Eaton
Josiah Allen
Marietta Holley
Princeton Street
Bobbin Incident Injures Employee on the Hamilton
Kate Joyce suffered a cut over the eye when a bobbin flew during work on the Hamilton. She was first treated at the corporation hospital and then sent home to 3 Bratton Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Joyce
Hamilton
Corporation Hospital
Bratton Avenue
Bank Business and Services Across Currencies
The institution conducts general banking, issues foreign exchange payable worldwide in English French German and Swedish, offers safety deposit boxes and private rooms, pays 4 percent per annum in the savings department with semi annual compounding and monthly start, provides a ladies banking room, and serves as a depository for the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Engine plunges into raceway at West Winsted yard
An engine attached to a freight train on the Central New England road plunged through a trestle into a raceway leading to Richards & Sons factory. All on the engine jumped and escaped uninjured. Water in Highland Lake is receding. danger is believed over.
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Winsted
Conn
New England
West Win- Sted Yard
Richards & Sons
Highland Lake
Flood Losses Soar in Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburg, April 22. Western Pennsylvania avoids worst flood yet, but rain returns and headwaters rise. Snow melt adds to damage with estimates of 1 to 3 million dollars. About 25,000 workers idle two days losing 200,000 in wages. Plant damage around 500,000 and railroad losses 100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Mohawk River Flood Swells. Bridge Abutment Gives Way
In Amsterdam New York April 22 the Mohawk River water is higher than in years. An abutment of the West Shore bridge at Pattersonville collapsed this morning. Northern tributaries are swollen and mills on Chuckamunda Creek are shut down due to the flood.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
West Shore
Pattersonville
Chuckamunda Creek
Denounce the tax at London coal meeting
At a large gathering of colliery owners miners and shippers from several coal centers in London the proposed export tax on coal was vigorously denounced. Threats were made to suspend the coal trade of the United Kingdom if the impost is not withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Editor Punished in South African Libel Case
Cape Town April 22 Albert Cartwright editor of the South African News was convicted of seditious and defamatory libel for publishing a statement that Kitchener secretly instructed troops to take no prisoners He was sentenced to one year in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Albert Cartwright
South African News
Kitchener
Eastman Trial Begun for Cambridge Brother-in-Law Murder
In Cambridge on April 22, the trial of Charles R. Eastman for the murder of his brother-in-law Richard H. Grogan began with 160 talesmen summoned as the jury pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Chas. R. Eastman
Richard H. Grogan
Talesmen
Dr Tanner Dead After Illness in Cork Division
Dr C K D Tanner, long-time representative of the Irish Nationalists for Cork middle division since 1885, died last night in London from consumption at age 51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C. K. D. Tanner
Cork County
New Constitution Launch Delayed to May Fourth Ceremony Planned
New York dispatch reports the launch of the new Constitution will not occur until May 4 or later. Officials assure a ceremonial element will accompany the event, with details to be determined as plans firm up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court Denies Carter Admission Request
The Supreme Court denied the application of Capt. Oberlin Carter for admission to bai. The ruling closes his bid to be admitted, with no further details provided on the court’s reasoning or next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Supreme Court Today
Capt
Oberlin Carter
Bai
Senior Citizen Sallie Batch Dies at 107 in Peabody
Mrs Sallie Batch elder aged 107 died this morning at her Peabody residence bringing to a close a life spanning three centuries. The death was recorded in the local obituary notice with brief details of her age and place of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Sallie Batchelder
Elder woman lifespan spans many presidents in NH born
She lived through every U S president and kept her faculties intact. Born in Chichester New Hampshire, she stood as a witness to many eras and events, embodying enduring vitality in old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chichester
N. H
Arkansas Senate Passes Dram Drinker License Bill
The Arkansas Senate approved a bill by 14 to 1 to require a $5 annual license for drinking intoxicants. Violators face a $15 fine or up to 36 days in jail. The measure aims to fund public revenue but faces opposition as democratic and leveling in impact. The bill includes a public cost badge system for licensed dram drinkers marked with L. D. D.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Senate of Arkansas
Arkansas
House
Little Child Killed by Ice Wagon in Jewett Street
Albert Lear six years old, son of Mr and Mrs William H Lear of 2 Fulton avenue, was run over and killed in Jewett street by a Daniel Gege ice wagon shortly before 10 this morning. He fell from the wagon as horses started to back, his head crushed beneath a wheel. father employed by Adams and Co notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lear
William H. Lear
Fulton Avenue
Jewett Street
Daniel Gege
Adams & Co
Busy Week Ahead for Local Association Functions
This week features a regular class Monday, a business men's banquet Tuesday with Hibbard's Orchestra, and a large reception on Wednesday for Young People's societies of Congregational churches. Thursday hosts juniors and Boys' club league games, with Reds and Whites vying for first place and the turkey supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Reds and Whites
Odd Fellows Anniversary Meeting Planned for April 28
The Odd Fellows Sunday service committee met to arrange the 82nd anniversary program on Sunday April 28. Revs J M Craig and C E Fisher will speak. Past Grand George H Taylor of Centralville lodge presides. First Baptist choir to provide music. David Haskell to marshal the parade. Centralville, Chelmsford lodge and possibly Shawsheen lodge to join the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Odd Fellows
J. M. Craig
C. E. Fisher
George H. Taylor
Centralville Lodge
First Baptist Choir
David Haskell
Centralville
Chelmsford Lodge
Shawsheen Lodge
Billerica
Institute Leader to Speak at YMCA Dinner Tomorrow
President H. S. Pritchett of the Institute of Technology will be principal speaker at the YMCA dinner tomorrow night. He will be a guest of Hon. and Mrs. Frederick Lawton of Pawtucket Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Pritchett
The
Institute of Technology
Frederick Lawton
Pawtucket Street
Boys Suits With Vests Define Our Children's Dept
The store highlights boys eight to sixteen wearing suits with vests in several styles from four to ten dollars. Desirable options at five, six, seven, eight and ten dollars showcase blue serges, unfinished worsteds, fancy mixtures, and exclusive child makers. Top coats range from three to eight dollars.
New Pastor Rev James H McDonald Begins His Work
Rev James H McDonald begins his pastorate at St Pauls church in Lowell. A 37 year old graduate of Wesleyan in 1890 born in Cranston R I he comes from St Pauls in Fall River and is welcomed by the congregation after a quiet transfer. He preaches on partial knowledge and the church’s Holy Spirit guiding Pentecost and the liturgical heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. McDonald
St. Paul's Church
Wesleyan University
Cranston
R. I
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul's
Fall River
Lowell
Methodist Episcopal Church
God
Budha
Confucius
Plato
Socrates
Virgil
Christ
Baal
Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church
Luther
Calvin
Wesley
Channing
Swedenborg
Joseph Smith
Irving
Holy Catholic Church
Calvary
Egypt
Moses
Promised Land
Mt. Sinai
John
Bishop Grafton Preaches at House of Prayer
Lt. D Bishop for Fond du Lac preached yesterday morning to a large congregation at the House of Prayer. The service was beautiful with exquisite music led by violinist Miss Chariton and solos by Mrs. Ward Miss Ida Wilson and Mr. Frank Fowler. The sermon opened with Psalm CXXT 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. The Right over C. C. Grafton D.
Linnehan Day in Court Delivers Multiple Sentences
In Lowell the Linnehan family faces justice for drunkenness with Mary A. Linnehan jailed six months and Jeremiah sent to the State farm. John and Dan Linnehan receive small fines while Joan Doherty and others encounter fines or further discipline. A Cape theft leads Frank Clark to four months, and Isadore Albert faces tardy charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnehan
Samuel P. Hadley
Mary A. Linnehan
Jeremiah Linnehan
State Farm
Michael Lennon
John
Dan
Joan J. Doherty
Agricultural Institution
Charles Smith
Stephen Staphenik
Charles Borack
Michael Coronet
Alfred Delude
Thomas R. Probin
Probin
James Carey
Patrick Costello
John G.mccluskey
Massachusetts Reformatory
Moses Patenaude
Mabel A. Bent
Frank Clark
Chicago
Lowell
Howard Street
Celia Fisher
House of Correction
Cambridge
Omer Auger
Alexis Bambeault
Isadore Albert
Rosanna Levesque
D. J. Donahue
Hadley
Felix Paquin
Ellen Wedge
Staley Joked At Boston Theatre Concert Chaos
A Boston Globe report describes last night’s theatre concert where Prof. D. Meyer Staley faced heckling from the gallery. The Salem cadet band performed and audience members joshed with jokes as Staley improvised a lighthearted persona, prompting laughter and crowd banter throughout the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theatre
Globe
Rome
Salem Cadet Band
A. Ts. Chase
Mona
D. Meyer Staley
Quiet Audience Laughs Through Hidden Professor Tale
An audience roars as a retired professor resurfaces to tell a humorous story. Those in the front rows catch roughly one word in ten while the gallery joshes the unseen speaker, who enjoys the moment as much as listeners.
Bidding Not Spirited in Lowell Co-operative Milk Auction
The Lowell Co-operative Milk association property, founded in 1885, sold at auction by Charles F. Keyes for 7270.10 after a November meeting authorized dissolution. Assets included the creamery building and machinery to A. C. Wheelock for 5040, a barn to D. L. Page company for 2550, a water tower to Wheelock for 52, and several vacant land lots sold at per foot rates. Various building contents brought 137.35, with land parcels purchased by multiple buyers at nominal per-foot prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Co-operative Milk Association
Charles F. Keyes
Hildreth Street
A. C. Wheelock
George A. Taylor
D. L. Page Company
Mr. Wheelock
Association
City Hall Meeting Delays Fill for Vacant Council Seats
City hall reports a brief committee on State aid session with little action. With deaths and disappearances leaving two council seats vacant, no petitions seek a special election, and officials see no need to fill the vacancies. A special election would cost about 400 dollars per ward. Each party has lost one councilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On State Aid
City Hall
John H. Spillane
Pierre A. Brousseau
District Attorney Wier Improves After Illness
District Attorney Fred N. Wier, unable to attend the Eastman murder trial in Fast Cambridge today due to illness, is reported to be better and hopes to be out tomorrow. He has a sore throat and fever, has had little nourishment, and remains confined to his room, weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred N. Wier
Eastman
Fast Cambridge
Wier
O Sullivan Bros Oxford Display Impresses Shoppers
The O Sullivan Bros Oxford display showcases Oxford Ties for both ladies and gentlemen. Demand is high this season, with prices kept as low as possible while maintaining quality stock and shoemaking.
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Oxford
Ladies' Oxford Styles and Calf Shoes Range
The listing offers dark Zulu Calf oxfords with thick soles, Patent Calf Shoes in various skins for street and dress, Enamel Oxfords with thick soles, and a price range from 5 dollars down to 1 dollar 25 cents. Sizes run from 2% to 7 with widths AA to D and A to B, B to FB, C to BB, and more.
Gentlemen’s Oxford Shoes Exhibit Distinct Styles
The J. & M. badgers showcase leads in Patent Calf Blucher Oxford double soled models. Patent Calf Oxfords single sole suit street wear. Black Ruesia Calf comes plain lace and Blucher cuts. London Brown Tan Oxfords single sole but thick. Polished Grain Oxford double sole features a central rubber insert and rubber heel for climbing use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
London
Walk Over Oxford Shoes in Bright Leathers Sale
Classified item notes a Walk-Over line of Oxford shoes in bright leathers with prices 4.00 and an array of other Whitelin styles at 3.00 and 3.50, suggesting a local shoe sale or ad brief.
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Nota Bene
Kentucky
Society of the Children of the American Revolution
C. A. R. Diamonds
Terre Haute
Ind
Buffalo
Cheshire National Bank of
Keene, N. H
Salvation Army
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
the Traders National Bank
Middlesex Street
Post Office Avenue
West Winsted
Raceway
Mohawk Valley
England
DR. Tanner
the Constitution
Carter
ODD Fellows
Errimack Clothing Co
Wr. McDonald
Paul
Tennyson
Bishop Grafton
House of Prayer
Staley
Boston
Mrr
O’sullivan Bros
Ladies
Oxfords
Gentlemen's Oxfords
O’ Sullivan Bros
Hal
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