Union Paving Company Wins Lawrence Hampshire Street Contract
In Lawrence on August 7, the Union Paving Company of Boston, led by Robert E. Crowley of Lowell, won a ten year contract to pave Hampshire Street with Trinidad asphalt. The project covers about 7000 yards at a cost around $20,000, with the city to oversee excavation. The Merrimack Paving Company of Lowell contested the award, proposing different guaranties and excavation arrangements. the final bid accepted was Union Paving's $2.93 per square yard for Trinidad asphalt with the city not excavating.
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Lawrence
Merrimack Paving Company
Lowell
Union Paving Company of
Boston
Robert E. Crowley
Hampshire Street
Trinidad Asphalt
Union Paving Company
Guaranty
City of
Trinidad
Desiranit
Seizle
Merrimack
Moody
Knights Templars Triennial Conclave Planned in Louisville
Louisville hosts the 28th triennial conclave with over 100000 funds for pageantry. Events run Aug 7 to 12 include worship, parades, receptions at the custom house and Masonic Widow and Orphans Home, a grand ball, a competitive drill at Churchill Downs, and tours of Kentucky including Mammoth Cave.
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Louisville
Knights Templars
Broadway Methodist Church
Very Em
J. W. Cox
Washington
Grand Commandery of
Kentucky
Custom House
Orhan
Confederate Hall
Ohio River
San Francisco
Churchill Downs
Denver
Chicago
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Pittsburg
U. S. Army
J. C. W. Breckham
Frankfort
Blue Grass Region
Mammoth Cave
Limited Edition sale case heads to court of appeals
In Buffalo on August 7 an attorney filed in the county clerk's office a judgment for 80 dollars against publisher James Barcus over costs of an appeal in the Messages and Papers of the Presidents dispute. The case has seen Barcus defeated three times in appellate courts and the suit may end unless Barcus pursues further appeal to the court of appeals.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States Senate
James Barcus
Barcus
Court of Appeals
A Fine Layette For Edith King don Gould
Miss Edith King don Gould daughter of Old Neptune owns a grand layette for George J. Goulds yacht Sybarite taken last Friday night. The collection features pure white fabrics with delicate handwork and rosebuds and forget me knots on a white wicker basket lined with silk. Includes many dresses cloaks caps sacques bootees and linen cambric frock richly embroidered with lace and blossoms suitable for varied weather.
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New York
Edith Kingdon Gould
Neptune
George J. Gould
America
Valenciennes
Christening Robe and Accessories for Little Miss Gould
The description details a christening gown for Little Miss Gould, matching her brother George Jay Gould Jr.’s robe from five years earlier. White satin with Valenciennes lace, puffed sleeves, lace cape, cap, silk lining, and a matching lace trimmed enamel hamper filled with toilet articles. Mrs Gould delights in the exquisite attire surrounding her daughter.
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Miss Gould
George Jay Gould, Jr
Tariff Hurdles Delay Protocol Signing in Pe Kin
Washington reports indicate the delay in signing the Pe Kin protocol stems from adjusting an ad valorem tariff rather than a fixed basis and coordinating military cooperation on firearm imports. Pacific coast merchants say a proposed five percent gold basis duty would seriously handicap flour shipments to the Orient.
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Washington
State Department
Pekin
Local Woman Hangs Self in Woods Near Middletown
Miss Clara Eaton of Unionville, daughter of Gabriel Eaton, reportedly driven by religious mania hanged herself Monday night. She fled her room about midnight, walked to woods half a mile away, fashioned a noose from a stocking, and attached it to a shrub to end her life.
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Middletown
N. Y
Clara Eaton
Gabriel Eaton
Unionville
Denial Issued on Russia German Commercial Treaty Talks
At the Russian embassy in Berlin officials denied the Koenigsberg Allgemeine Zeitung report that M. De Witte the Russian finance minister told Russian representatives in Germany to halt preliminary work on commercial treaties. The denial clarifies that no such instruction was given and that negotiations were proceeding as usual.
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Berlin
Koenigsberg Allgemeine Zeitung
M. de Witte
Germany
Ehrichs Expedition Sails From Kiel Aug 11
Berlin August 7 The German Antarctic expedition led by Prof. Ehrich von Drygalski of Berlin, famed for Arctic glacier studies, is expected to sail from Kiel on August 11.
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Berlin
Ehrich von Drygalski
Kiel
Hartford Ordered to Attend Emden Opening Ceremonies
The training ship Hartford, now at Kiel Germany, has been ordered by the Navy Department to participate in the Emden port opening ceremonies Friday. Captain Hawley cables that he cannot reach Emden in time.
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Washington, D. C
Hartford
Kiel
Germany
Navy Department
Emden
Hawley
Tragic trolley wire break injures crowd in Brooklyn
One boy was killed and four other passengers seriously injured when a trolley wire broke on Marcy avenue between South Third and South Fourth streets in Brooklyn. The ends of the wire fell on a crowded street car this afternoon.
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New York
Marcy Avenue
South Third
South Fourth Streets
Brooklyn
Explosion injures Coston at Staten Island signaling works
An explosion at the Coston night signaling works in Staten Island seriously injured proprietor W. F. Coston and destroyed a small building. He was taken to a hospital. The monetary loss was reported as small.
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New York
Coston Night Signaling Works
Staten Island
W. F. Coston
Stage Personalities in Brief at New York Theaters
Two actors at St Luke's Hospital await new ears and a new nose after deformities. Miss Drina Waters, English boarding in West Thirty second Street, is dangerously ill with appendicitis. Arthur Byron, long with John Drew, will star under Wagenhals Kemper and receive a winter run at a Broadway house. Marie George of The Strollers seeks absolute divorce from William Lester Brown in a secret proceeding reported to Judge Gildersleeve.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
New York
Arthur Charlesworth
Walter Burke
Drina Waters
St. Paul
Plerodora” Company
West Thirty-second Street
Arthur Byron
John Drew
Wagenhals & Kemper
Mr. Byron
Oliver Doud Byron
Ada Behan
Marie George
George W. Lederer
Knickerbocker Theatre
Clara S. Brown
William Lewster Brown
Gildersleeve
Miss George
New Duty Falls On Farmers To Sprinkling Mosquito Patch
A new duty falls on farmers and gardeners to water the mosquito patch. The directive assigns responsibility to landholders to ensure wet ground areas are kept moist to deter mosquito breeding.
Royal funeral planned for Dowager Empress Frederick
Berlin Aug 7 Definite plan set for the Dowager Empress Frederick’s funeral on Tuesday Aug 13. Remains to be laid in Friedens Kirche mausoleum near Potsdam. Emperor William orders six weeks mourning with specific dress and emblems. No military music for eight days. Court dress rules extend to May 5. Press commentary questions mourning edicts. Details of last moments describe Emperor William at her side from 5:30 am to near noon and again near the end as family knelt nearby.
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Berlin
Frederick
Friedens Kirche
Potsdam
William
William L
Hamburger Nachrichten
Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Emperor Frederick
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
Frankfuerter Zeitung
Royal Family to Attend Empress Frederick Funeral
London reports King Edward Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria with Prince Nicholas of Greece will depart for Hamburg Friday to attend Empress Frederick's funeral the family will be present at services next Sunday in Hamburg.
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London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
Prince Nicholas
Greece
Hamburg
Frederick
Boston man held over Paris express robbery loot checks
A man claiming E C Bolles of San Francisco but registered as Bolles of Boston was arrested in Berlin for presenting Paris bank checks tied to the April robbery of the American Express Co office. The April 26 burglary yielded 30,000 francs. others named include Tom Edwards, George Newber, May Churchill, and Eddie Guerin, all linked to the gang.
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Berlin
E. C. Bolles
San Francisco
Kaiserhof
Bolles
Boston
Dresden
American Express Company
Paris
American Express Co
Tom Edwards
Chicago
George Newber
Amiens
May Churchill
May
Eddie” Guerin
Express Company
Floods in China Drown Thousands of Villagers
Great floods from the Yangtze overflow have turned vast areas of China into a lake, with the river rising about 40 feet. Boatmen estimate about 20,000 drownings in the affected district and 10,000 drowned at Chong Teh. Victoria B C reports the tragedy on August 7.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Chong Teh
Lt. Cresap Dead Amid Dye Exposure in Norfolk
A special dispatch from Norfolk reports the death of Lieutenant Cresap today, attributed to dye poisoning from a sock. The incident occurred while he was aboard a naval vessel in Virginia. Authorities have launched an inquiry into the dye exposure and related safety protocols.
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New York
Norfolk
Navy orders Machias to Haiti Roads then Colon transit
The acting secretary of the navy ordered the gunboat Machias at Boston Navy Yard to proceed to Hampton Roads then Colon near the Panama railroad to observe and ready for departure. The move follows a Marachin train halt near Panama City and a navy conference noting no marine landing expected. Commander Nathan Sargent commands the Machias with prior West Indies experience aboard Scorpion.
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Washington
Aug
Adee
Gudger
Marachin
Panama City
United States
Nathan Sargent
la Guara
Venezuela
Panama
Aspinwall
North Atlantic
Jouett
Navy Department
New York
B. H. McCalla
Admiral Jouett
Isthmus
Matachinj
McCalla
Aixpuru
Aixpura
Cleveland
Congress
Bayard
Pacific
Growing Navy Expands Newport Apprenticeships Worldwide
Newport training station now oversees 1100 naval apprentices, up from 700, plus 200 at Goat Island, San Francisco. Eight training ships sail with landsmen headed to navy berths as two more are added. Native-born rate tops 91 percent, the highest in history. Newport to host 3000 apprentices within a year, becoming the world’s largest such school. Britain and France lag behind the U S in producing educated sailors. Recruiting nationwide remains short of authorized strength despite improving enlistments.
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Washington, D. C
Newport
Admiral Luce
Goat Island
San Francisco
T Sull
Great Britain
France
United States
Treasury official rejects Pago Pago land purchase funds
Washington Aug 7 the comptroller of the treasury Treadwell ruled no appropriation is available for buying more lands to extend the naval coaling station at Pago Pago harbor Tutuila P I despite recommendations from the bureau of yards and docks and the Navy Department.
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Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Treasury
Treadwell
Naval Coaling Station
Pago Pago Harbor
Tutuila
P. I
Bureau of Yards and Docks and Equipment
Navy Department
North Chelmsford Outing Plans and Local Events
James S. Turner of the North Chelmsford Supply Co has returned from Newport R I where he watched yacht races. The German Merrimack Lodge S O B A of Lowell plans a Crystal Lake outing Sunday. Moulders and machinists of the Chelmsford foundry prepare a ball game. Troop F cavalry will practice shoot Saturday at the new grounds.
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James S. Turner
North Chelmsford Supply Company
Newport
R. L
Turner
Merrimack Lodge
Lowell
Crystal Lake
Chelmsford Foundry
Troop F
Cavalry
Picnic of First Congregational Church Postponed
The annual church picnic at Willow Dale was postponed yesterday due to rain. Jesse T. Fuller of Boston is spending a week with his mother Mrs. Lorenzo Fuller in North Tewksbury. A. G. Marshall visits Peaks Island Portland Harbor Me. F H Yarmer bought a new gasoline engine and plans to use it to pump water at his premises.
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First Congregational Church
Willow Dale
Jesse T. Fuller
Boston
Lorenzo Fuller
North Tewksbury
A. G. Marshall
Peaks Island
Portland Harbor
F. H. Yarmer
Unitarian Picnic Set for August at Canning's Grove
Sudbury announces the Unitarian church picnic at Canning's Grove Boone's Pond on August 14 with a weather contingency by post office. Barges will ferry attendees from the Unitarian church at 8 30 a m and return, with drivers urged to confirm plans a day ahead. A varied games and sports program invites other town churches, and a pavilion may be hired if enough dancers attend. The basket picnic aims for a large turnout and quotes The more the merrier.
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Canning’s Grove
Boone’s Pond
Unitarian Church
A. A. Clark
ACTON CENTRE NOTES AND LOCAL VISITS
G Dole and family spend weeks among Rangeley lakes. Blanche Varney visits Miss Ella Miller in Hudson. Mrs. Rouillard improves buildings with new paint. Ralph Sanders visits relatives. Sympathy for Dr and Mrs C B Sanders on death of their youngest child. Mrs Jarvis Williams ill with asthma. Mrs Mary Richardson visiting sister Mrs Brown. Mrs Lucy Tilden now settled in the Odd Fellows Home Worcester. Rumor of a lawn party for Village Improvement funds. Walks on library and common delaying entertainments this season.
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Cc. G. Dole
Rangeley Lakes
Blanche Varney
Ella Miller
Hudson
Margaret Rouillard
Ralph Sanders
C. B. Sanders
Jarvis Williams
Mary Richardson
Brown
Lucy Tilden
Odd Fellows
Worcester
Boxborough Community Notes Include Illnesses And Visits
Mrs J C Mead on sick list last week and Mrs D W Cobleigh ill again. Rev G Easterbrook of West Acton to preach here next Sunday in exchange with Rev W C Martyn. Mr and Mrs S P Dodge entertained Mr Nahum Farmer and his daughter from Worcester. Mrs Nellie S Wood expected home Monday. Rev S S Martyn and family returned to Haydenville Aug 3. Ladies circle met Aug 1 for sewing for the fair. Dr Esther Barnard of Worcester visiting the Hagers. B O Hager in town Sunday Aug 4. Frankie Burns visiting grandfather. Fall asters and cone flowers in bloom. cedar birds and goldfinches active. Family party for Mr Daniel Whitcomb’s 86th birthday at Harvard July 30. Mr E B Cobleigh, Mr J S Braman, and Den S B Hager saw a deer in Cobleigh field during haying last week.
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J. C. Mead
D. W. Cobleigh
Esther Barnard
Worcester
B. Hager
B. O. Hager
Frankie Burns
Daniel Whitcomb
Harvard
E. B. Cobleigh
J. 8
Braman
Den
Chelmsford Reunion Highlights Church Vestry Evening
Chelmsford residents gathered for a reunion of Rev BE Bartletts Sunday school campers in the Central Congregational vestry. Activities included phonograph, solos, readings, speeches, jokes, and a round. Refreshments followed as organizers listed, while nearby Union church repairs and lighting adjustments progress.
Dutton Completes Advanced Training And Harvard Degrees
Dutton graduated from Worcester academy in scientific and classical departments and earned an M D from Harvard Medical School as well as an A B from Harvard University. He has worked in hospital out patient departments at Massachusetts General and City Hospital in Boston. A large circle of friends wishes him abundant success. Monthly selectmen meeting Saturday. Registrars of voters to meet Saturday afternoon to revise the annual register.
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Dutton
Worcester Academy
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Massachusetts General
City Hospitals
Boston
Littleton social notices and summer plans
Last Monday Mrs G W Sanderson and Miss Fannie went to North Woodstock for a few days outing. Miss Hannah Willis will visit Old Orchard Beach with Rev Mr Nichols and family. Unitarian Sunday school picnic planned at Whalum next Wednesday. Guests included Miss Hatch Exeter at Mrs Abbott's and others at various homes. Local carpenters Needham and Fletcher remain busy with orders. Prof B W Fletcher of Pullman married Edith Wallace of Amherst. he studied at Amherst Agricultural College and now teaches in Pullman. Mr O Ewings and daughter Etta head to Townshend Vermont for old home week. he is 84. F B Priest will bring water to the street, Miss Willis to have it in her new house. J H D Whitcomb travels to Buffalo for exposition with cattle. Mrs Whitcomb and Mrs F A Lawrence visit there. Mrs Gardner Prouty and family travel to Gloucester for the beach. Master Edward in Clinton. Bicycle races at Littleton park Aug 10 promise best country track event yet with motor tandem races.
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Unitarian
Whalum
Miss Hatch
Exeter
Amherst
W. Fletcher
Pullman
Washington
Edith Wallace
Fletcher
Steve
Amharst Agricultural College
O. Ewings
Etta
Townshend
F. B. Priest
Gardner Prouty
B. E. Fletcher
Gloucester
Edward
Clinton
Littleton Park
Holt
Fort Pond
Lunenburg
Nature
George Sanderson
Frank Bennett
Arthur Fenner
Charles Mason
Page’s Hall
Washington Street
Frost King
Winter
Edward Richardson
Reno
Town Notes and Reflections From Lunenburg
Local survey of town life: Sabbath picnic at Fort Pond with crowds and a police skirmish recounted. Notes on taxes, poll votes, and town expenditures reveal public concern over rates and governance. Garden colors bloom as nature decorates the town hall and streets show signs of improvement as residents travel and visit.
Nature's Color Blend in a Sweat Pea Hedge
A vivid description compares nature to a color blender, imagining a human attempt to mix purples and pinks as they blend within a sweat pea hedge. The piece emphasizes the sensory impact of color and plant life without a concrete narrative.
Courier Ad Inquiry Prompt for Advertisers
Readership is reminded that Courier readers may have seen your ad. If you want to confirm placement or discuss options, contact our advertising department with the reference you noted in the paper. Ensure your business details and dates align with the issue you saw.
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The
Courier
Rooms for rent near Merrimack Square in prime location
Seventeen words describe fourteen rooms well furnished with eighty boarders, noting the very best class and splendid location near Merrimack Square. Rent is reasonable and price very low as the owner leaves the city.
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Merrimack Square
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