Defaulter in $75,309.70 of Preachers Aid funds
Willard S. Allen, treasurer of the Preachers' Aid Society of the New England conference, confesses a defalcation totaling $75,309.70 from society funds. In a Montreal letter to Rev. George H. Spencer he admits speculation, says he fled to avoid capture, and notes a long career in Boston legal and civic life. Authorities, bonds, and security audits are underway to recover missing assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Willard S. Allen
Preachers’ Aid Society
New England Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Montreal
George H. Spencer
Saratoga Street
Allen
Watts
United States
Spencer
Vermont
Society
East Boston
John L. Bates
Rev
L. B. Bates
Mr. Allen
Obituary notices from Chelmsford and Lowell deaths
Obituaries notice Mrs Rhoda P Coburn of Lowell born Chelmsford 1822 died 1903 at home. Survived by sister Gratia Coburn. Twice married to Lindsay and Coburn. Known for charity and Nazarenes devotion. Also notes Daniel Leo Kearns burial in New Bedford and Thomas S Miskel and young Lewie Gumb deaths with funeral details and community tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda P. Coburn
Jonathan
Betsy Parker
Chelmsford
Lowell
Gratia Coburn
S. A. Coburn
Nathaniel P. Lindsay
Henry Albert Coburn
Caleb L. Smith
Rhoda
Ww. A
Undertaker Savage
Daniel Leo Kearns
New Bedford
Funeral for Mrs Mary Mack Held at Home
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Mack wife of William A. Mack was held at 93 Mt Vernon street yesterday noon eleven o'clock. Rev George EF Martin pastor of Kirk Street Congregational church conducted the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mack
William A. Mack
Mt. Vernon Street
George EF. Martin
Kirk Street Congregational Church
Lowell Cemetery publicity notice urges preplanning and burial lots
No wiser action can man do in providing for his family, than to purchase a burial lot in the Lowell Cemetery. Purchasers will receive attention by the Superintendent at Lawrence Street Office, or an official will call at your home if desired. Printed matter available at the Treasurer's Office, Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Charles A. Stott, pres. Charles L. Knapp, treas. Robert H. Mulno, supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Cemetery
Lawrence St
Middlesex Safe Deposit and Trust Co
Charles A. Stott
Charles L. Knapp
Treas
Robert H. Mulno
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah A Osborne held at home
Funeral at 2 PM at 41 South Walker street for Mrs Sarah A Osborne led by Rev D B Martin of Paige Street Baptist Church. Quartette sang as bearers, four sons carried casket, burial in Edson Cemetery under Undertaker J A Weinbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Osborne
South
Walker Street
D. B. Martin
Paige Street Baptist Church
Etta Rutherford
Lillian A. Stephens
Carrow
Stanley
Frank E. Fowler
Josiah
Willard N. Edgar C
Frank Osborne
Edson
J. A. Weinbeck
Rhoda P. Coburn
Henry A. Coburn
Chelmsford Street
E. V. Bigelow
Eliot Church
Coburn
Maud Blackmer
Geo. E. Burns
Osmond Long
Arthur T. Munn
Chas. H. Coburn
Lowell Cemetery
Horace Ela
Deaths in City List of Infants and Adults with Addresses
A Rhode Island city obituary list notes multiple deaths on Aug 5 to Aug 7 at various homes. Entries include Lewis Daniel Gumb age 13, Raymond Douglas infant, Cora May Corey age 3 months, Thomas Carroll 65, Thomas Miskell 31, Rosalie Chabot widow, Delima Ouellette 8, Leo Boucher infant, Moise P Montbleau 3 months, Achilles Bernier 5 months 15 days, Jos R Lefebvre infant, with funeral details at 28 Anderson Street and other local addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora May Corey
Carroll
Davidson Street
Thomas Carroll
Miskell
Dartmouth Avenue
Thomas
Chabot
Mitchell Avenue
Pawtucketville
Rosalie
Jean B. Chabot
Ouellette
Perkins
Delima
Joseph
Josephine Ouellette
Boucher
Worthen
Leo
Moise
Victoria Boucher
Montbleau
Bridge
Moise P
Marie Montbleau
Bernier
Common
Achilles
Elizabeth Bernier
Lefebvre
Ford
Jos. R
Amarylus Lefebvre
Fire destroys Esparraguera housing area in Spain
A massive blaze in Esparraguera, fourteen miles northwest of Barcelona, leaves about three thousand working families homeless and reports say some laborers perished. The fire wrecked the workers quarter, and the disaster shocks the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Esparraguera
Auto Licenses Regulate Registration and Chauffeur Licenses
Lowell Massachusetts reports a new system for automobile and motor cycle registration under the Massachusetts Park Commission. Dr William E Hicks of Lowell becomes the first professional chauffeur licensed to operate any vehicle, with two more expected shortly. The new forms plates lamps and badges regulate display and hire licenses expire yearly. The act outlines registration application fees duties and license examinations and the commission may revoke licenses for misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Boston
Massachusetts Park Commission
William E. Hicks
Vermont
Maine
State Board On Parks
Dr. Hicks
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Commission
Hicks
Highway Commission
Vendee
State Highway Commission
Real estate transfers list several Lowell area deeds
Real estate transactions show multiple transfers across Lowell and nearby towns. Names include John McMenanin to Alojzy Kochanek, Ella P. Mooney, Catherine Rodger, Sophia L. Clay, Joseph H. Perkins, Mary McKenna Rosetchell estate, Lewis E. MacBrayne, Bernard Reddy, Mary McCusker, and others. Properties involve land with buildings and wood lots on streets such as Lakeview Avenue Shaw Street Houghton Street Race Street Belmont Street Linden Street and more. Sums are commonly listed as one dollar, with one noted as 1200 dollars. </S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Brickett
Ella P. Mooney
Shaw Street
Sewall A. Potter
Catherine Rodger
Houghton Street
Harriet A. Farmer
Sophia L. Clay
Race Street
Joseph H. Perkins
Houghton St
Thomas Mahon
Mary McKenna
Rosetchell
Lyons Street
William P. Canning
Lewis E. MacBrayne
Belmont Street
John J. O'Connor
Bernard Reddy
Mary McCusker
Linden Street
Murder indictment quashed opens new trial next week
The Newfoundland supreme court quashed Capt. Frank Wollard of Gloucester Massachusetts indictment for the murder of John Yettman a crew member of the Helen Whitten dated July 3. The court ruled the indictment faulty and ordered a new trial under a different indictment to begin next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
N. F
Supreme Court
Frank Wollard
Gloucester
Mass
John Yettman
Helen Whitten
Boy Cured of Colic After Doctor's Treatment Failed
Four year old suffered colic and cramps. Physician gave morphine with no relief. After giving Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, the child slept in thirty minutes and recovered. F L Wilkins, Shell Lake Wisconsin, bookkeeper for Shell Lake Lumber Co. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Shell Lake
Wis
Wilkins
Shell Lake Lumber Co
Gents Cotton Hose Bargain From Pollard & Co
Three hundred dozen Quaker Seconds arrive in fast black with two qualities, heavy and strong worth 15c and finer grade 19c. Selling at 9c per pair or three pairs for 25c. No better value in real good durable hose. Basement department. A. G. Pollard & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Pollard & CO
First Gun Fires in Mimic Naval Off Maine Coast
A simulative naval clash near Bar Harbor Maine signals a two day buildup as Admiral Sands fleet feints near Mt. Desert Rock. Hilda reports two contacts off Bar Harbor while a torpedo boat destroyer spots a large warship. Barker’s Kearsarge flag leads patrols off Mt. Desert Rock in anticipation of an attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
New England
Bar Harbor
Mt. Desert Rock
Admiral Sands
Cook
Hilda
Parrsboro
Sands
Barker
Kearsarge
Maine
New Suit of Sails for Reliance
The Reliance sails from Bristol Rhode Island after receiving a new sail set. Under Captain Barr the yacht moved to New Port for preparation before leaving for New York. It tested the new sails near Hog Island and Sandy Point light, with Sunbeam carrying racing gear in tow. Sailmaker Hathaway will repair the yacht during the cup races and the vessel will be dry docked in Erie Basin once in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R. I
Reliance
Newport
New York
Barr
Hog Island
Sandy Point
Sunbeam
Hathaway
Erie Basin
Boston machinists threaten strike over nine hour day
At a large meeting in Allston Boston and Albany railroad machinists voted to strike at ten o clock tomorrow unless the company grants a nine hour day with ten hours pay. They acted in sympathy with Springfield workers who have notified the company they will quit Saturday if demands are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Allston
Springfield
New Bedford Driver Killed by Freight Elevator
Antonio Viannia, a 20 year old single driver for New Bedford Product company, was killed at the garbage plant near Hathaway road when a freight elevator collapsed onto him. He worked around the elevator and was struck on the head, breaking his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Antonio Viannia
Team 11
New Bedford Product Company
Hathaway Road
Viannia
New Schedule of Wages for Framingham Teamsters
Framingham August 7 1903 employers of teamsters notified by a five member committee that General Wagon Drivers local union 602 has voted to set a wage schedule effective August 20 1903 through April 1 1904. Double teams twelve dollars weekly heavy single teams twelve dollars weekly light singles eleven dollars weekly overtime twenty five cents per hour. Nine hour day from seven a.m. to five p.m. with one hour for dinner. Stable work excluded. Union acknowledgment by employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham
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Aid Society
Canada
Miskel
Lewis Daniel
Harry M
Louise B. Gumb
Anderson Street
Lewie
Blossom Street
Amherst
N. H
Mack
George H. Watson
Charles A. Mitchell
Henry A. Smith
Albert L. Thompson
New Hampshire
J. B. Currier
William A. Flynn
Adams Street
Savage
Law
Genesis Punx Foop Co
N.Y
John McMenanin
Alojzy Kochanek
Lakeview Aveue
Billerica
Moses G. Magarian
Hovennes
Caden
Dracut
Edison
Victor
Ring
Merrimack Street
Ke X
Ceylon
India
A. G. Pollard
Palmer Street
Madras
White Mountain
C. B. Coburn
Market Street
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