Glad to be at Home Walter Leach Returns From Copper River
Walter Leach left 89 Fourth street on March 9 1898 for Copper River Alaska and returned July 30 bronzed and wiser but with no gold. He joined the John Ericson party from Boston crossing a 30 mile glacier via benches hauling a sledge to reach timber near Clutina river. Loss of his outfit 1200 pounds of provisions at the rapids ended the venture. He notes flour gold is scarce and mercury needed to extract it. He earned money as a baker on the trip but many men fail to return with wealth.
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Walter Leach
Fourth Street
Copper River
Leach
Klondike
Valdese
Alaska
John Ericson
Boston
Clutina
Copper
Lowell
Seattle
Ad Imagery and Advice Prompt Copper River Avoidance
Fragmentary line indicates Mr. Leach warns men to stay away from the Copper River while readers are told others would be glad to depart. This brief excerpt suggests a public caution or advisory in a local setting.
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Mr. Leach
Copper River
Dr Holt Assaulted on Kirk Street in Lowell
Dr Edward B Holt was attacked near Kirk and Merrimack streets around 10 PM by a man who slashed him with a dirk, injuring his right cheek and abdomen though the wounds are not considered dangerous. Witnesses name Therrox as a possible suspect. Officer McCloughry paced the scene and the assailant fled into an alley.
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Edward B. Holt
Kirk and
Merrimack Streets
Kirk Street
K Kirk Street
Therrox
Lowell
McCloughry
Mayors renomination and local political tensions
The Lowell letter surveys Republican support for Mayor Bennett with calls for his renomination, noting his strong personality and efforts to curb expenses. It contrasts Democratic doubts about Pearson versus Dimon as possible successors and hints at party dynamics likely shaping the upcoming renomination. Personal notices list numerous residents traveling, staying, or visiting various New England locales and beyond.
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Lowell
Col. Bennett
Bennett
Pearson
C. A. R. Dimon
Gen. Dimon
Sunday Herald
New Corset Fitting Parlors Open In City
Miss Josephine Maker and Miss Isabel McCurdy open corset fitting parlors at 118 Merrimack street offering corsets and waists for women, misses, and children with Standard makes altered to fit. Special opening sale features Thomson’s glove fitting corsets at 69 cents, normally 1.25 to 1.50. Gloria Water is also offered, with agents for the state.
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Josephine Maker
Isabel McCurdy
Merrimack Street
Thomson
Brewery Sewer Standoff Stays In Statu Quo
City Solicitor Qua reported no new developments on the sewer issue and a title search could take about three weeks. The land in question, once a private street, may have been deeded back to Conners Bros, with the claim unused. The Brewery and health board push to abate Hale's brook nuisance.
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Qua
Conners Bros
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Board of Health
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Gent's Plain Hose Sale at Steele and Co Prescott Street
A local advert announces Gent's plain hose offered at cut prices by Steele and Co at Prescott Street. The brief notice highlights affordable stockings for shoppers seeking value and basic hosiery.
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Steele & Co
Prescott Treet
Tea and Coffee Department Offer From O'Donnell and Gilbride
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the Tea and Coffee Department
Opal ring once worn by Civil War colonel retrieved by buyers
A Providence dealer bought the ring once owned by Col. John Slocum of the Second Rhode Island, slain at Bull Run on July 21, 1861. Sold to Mr. Duprez for 425 dollars after private sale, the piece has since been shown at a hotel. The item, a relic of the family for nearly 50 years, now returns to public view.
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John Slocum
Rhode Island
Bull Run
Farrington
Westminster Street
Providence
Duprez
Tienen
Providence Journal
MA Worker Die by Live Wire in Dorchester Scene
Massachusetts report details Mack a 28 year old East Boston man killed after a live electrical shock on a pole at Dorchester avenue and West First street South Boston. He worked for New England Telephone Company. The piece also notes 175 Hampshire County National Bank depositors received checks for a 50 percent dividend totaling about 75 000 and government contract for Boston Tow Boat pontoons inspected by Lieut Hobson and to be delivered to New York.
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East Boston
Dorchester Avenue
West First Street
South Boston
City Hospital
New England Telephone Company
Hampshire County National Bank of Northampton
John Mason
Boston Tow Boat Company
Hobson
New York
West Boxford tragedy claims girl in revolver accident
Gladys Sias, nine, daughter of James Sias, West Boxford, was killed Friday afternoon when a revolver in the hands of her 17-year-old brother discharged accidentally. The bullet struck her in the abdomen and caused almost instant death.
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Gladys
James Sias
West Boxford
Duke of Norfolk silences rude clerk with telegram
The Duke of Norfolk witnessed a post office clerk dismissively demand a name. He produced a sharper telegram to reprimand the Office, then agreed to destroy the message after the clerk nearly collapsed, intending only a lesson.
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Duke of Norfolk
Publc
Norfolk
London
Frederick Douglass Tale Of Dublin Violin Tune
The Buffalo Express recounts a Freder ick Douglass memory in Dublin where he bought a violin for five shillings and played Rocky Road to Dublin and The Irish Washerwoman. The dealer and his wife danced, Douglass earned five shillings, and the storekeeper exclaimed a slave could coax such tunes from that fiddle.
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Frederick Douglass
Buffalo Express
Dublin
Frederick
Rocky Road
How Cuba Lost Its Fruit Trade
A Cuban fruit trade veteran laments careless packing and rough handling that bruised oranges and pineapples from Cuba. He explains how mule transport, rough loading, and haphazard packing doomed shipments to rot in transit, paving the way for American growers to dominate the market.
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Cuba
America
Winnie and the Flag at Civil War's Start
A Niagara captain faces a kinship test as the Civil War splits sailors aboard the Niagara. Officers sign a loyalty pledge to Uncle Sam, nine men join, but one absent name ends the effort, shaping a moment of oath and conscience at sea.
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Jack
Bill
Niagara
North
South
Sam
Wealthy Denver miner sails for Europe with hotel waiter
David Moffat of Denver takes Thomas Gay head waiter at the Fifth Avenue hotel on a six week continental tour. Accompanied by Moffat's secretary H A Kirmann, the party leaves on the Cunarder Campania after Moffat, famed for vast wealth and democratic ways, once faced a $21,000 theft attempt at Denver First National Bank.
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
Tom" Gay
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Moffat
Washingtonville
Orange County
N. Y
Creede
Leadville
Laundry Chimney Fire Quelled by Central Station Crew
A Monday evening still alarm sent Central fire station crew to Lee street laundry run by Mrs. Smith. The chimney fire was quickly controlled by a hand extinguisher, preventing further damage.
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Central Fire Station
Advertisement spotted in the Courier
A note for advertisers stating that readers saw their ad in the Courier. The brief confirms ad visibility and invites continued placements in upcoming editions.
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Courier
Financial Markets Report From Boston and New York
Bright Sears & Co provides today’s market sweep from Boston and New York with brief notes on price movement. Stocks show mixed direction as traders weigh earnings and macro data.
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Boston
New York
James Walsh Florist and Nursery Man and Gardener
James Walsh operates as a florist and nurseryman and landscape gardener offering floral designs for all occasions. He keeps cut flowers and a stock of trees shrubs and plants and provides concrete paving and coal tar pitch services from 155 Highland Avenue Lowell Massachusetts with orders accepted for walks gardens floors and roofing materials.
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Highland Avenue
Lowell
Masa
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