Stocks and Commodities Market Update and Wabash R.R. Note
Early trading shows several active stocks led by U S Steel on an improved strike outlook. Leather and Sugar rise modestly while St Paul and New York Central gain. Wabash R R plans Philadelphia steamship link to New Orleans. a Pittsburg court fights extension. Boston and Maine reports a larger dividend surplus for year to June 30 1901 with substantial sinking funds and cash on hand.
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St. Paul
New York Central
Boston & Maine
Fitchburg
Bright, Sears & Co
New York Market
Aw Sugar
Atchiron
Atchicon
Brooklyn Rap
Chesa. &O
West
OM &St P
Cri&pac
St. L
Sess
del. & Hud
Menkettan
Acs
M. K
Bate New York Cen
N.yo& W
Pacific Mail
Penn Railroad Eee
Gus Saeee
Mig Lly
BC Sasscesevene
Tim So. KB
Bo. Rail P
Tenn. OC
Pfa
Texas & Pac
Union Pac
Steel Seereeee
Steel
Wabash
Weat Union
Boston Market
B.&a
Mex
Bingham
Glasses prescribed by Saul & Co relieve headaches
Miss A. G. O'Brien, bookkeeper for Read & Kittredge, 343 Westford Street, testifies that after months of using Saul & Co glasses her vision improved and headaches mostly ceased, saving her from resigning her job at Read & Kittredge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
C. T. Saul & CO
Central Street
A. G. O'Brien
Miss O’brien
Read & Kittredge
Westford Street
Tarred and Feathered in Goffstown Moonlight Dressing Down
In Goffstown, eight to twenty whitecaps tarred and feathered Leonard Paul, the village blacksmith, over alleged advances toward widow Mary Balch. The assault occurred after 11 pm in a central area. Paul remains silent, may pursue legal action, while public sympathy leans toward Balch, who has a widowed status and a 16 year old daughter Florence.
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Manchester
N. H
Goffstown
Whitecaps
Leonard Paul
Mary Balch
Mr. Paul
Paul
Strike Tragedy Over Chartier Plant Demolition at Carnegie
Pittsburg Aug 14 A strike tragedy unfolds as the Chartier plant of the American Sheet Steel company at Carnegie is torn down after workers refuse Monday’s return. Superintendent John Henry, who built the mill in 1886, pleads for workers to return. 18 join dismantling while about 200 strikers stand by. The firm warns more demolitions unless workers accept transfer options to Vandergrift or other plants.
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Pittsburg
Chartier
American Sheet Steel Company
Carnegie
G. G. McMurtry
Sheet Steel Company
John Henry
Henry
Mr. McMurtry
Trust
Vandergrift
Steel Footbridge Linking Causeway Street and Union Station
The Boston elevated line and Boston & Maine plan a steel footbridge with a covered passage at the elevated level, connecting Causeway Street with Union Station. An awning will shield stairs from the sidewalk, glass sides will close in bad weather, and construction will begin once the steel firm completes the contract. The bridge will allow pedestrians to cross under cover between the two terminals, mirroring a prior bridge at the south station.
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Boston Elevated Railroad
Boston & Maine
Causeway Street
Union Station
Steel Company
Union
South Terminal
Blondin Evaded as Berry-Picking Parties Sweep Quebec Woods
Matane Quebec August 14 The supposed Blondin did not emerge from a hiding place in the woods on the bluff as berry fans spread through the area. State Detectives Dunham and Letteney organized parties to trap the fugitive and searched roads between Matane and St Felicite but found no fresh clues.
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St. Felicite
Blondin
Burdock Blood Bitters Vision of Digestive Health
An advertisement claims half the illnesses people inherit arise from indigestion. It promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a tonic that strengthens the stomach and makes indigestion impossible.
Tragic suicide in Nashua women detainee cell
Catherine Connors aged 25 died by hanging in a police station cell after a drunkenness sentence. Known as Jessie Angel in Nashua, she had no prior police record. Witnesses saw her with men near Middlesex Street after a boarding house inquiry. Her death prompted changes in cell supervision to prevent repeats.
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Catherine Connors
Montpelier
Nashua
Jessie Angel
Curran
Middlesex Street
Catherine O’connor
Katie Connors
Gregg
Donaldson
J. W. Brooks
Supt. Moffatt
Obituary notices for multiple local residents
Sympathies extend to Frank J. Pensa on the death of his 16 year old son John W. Simonds of 170 Pleasant Street. Simonds, a capable boy once employed by The News, served as president of the Sacred Heart Sodality of Immaculate Conception church. He is survived by his father, two brothers, and a sister. Also noted are short obituaries for Charles H. Hiland, infant Peter Mick, Matilda Kennedy, and Miss Margaret McCarney with details of their ages, family residences, and funeral arrangements in local Catholic cemeteries or under local undertakers.
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Frank J. Pensa
John W. Simonds
Pleasant Street
News
Sacred Heart Sodality
Immaculate Conception Church
Charles H. Hiland
Michael
Bridget
Webster Street
C. H. Molloy
Peter Mick
Robert
Mary
Mills Corner
Dracut
J. F. O'Donnell
Matilda Kennedy
Martin
Mill Street
Bernard
Haverhill
Margaret McCarney
Thomas Conaton
Hereford Place
Marshall Street
County Tyrone
Ulster
Ireland
Mary Howe Outs In A Court House Stunt
Mary Howe, with a troubled police record, staggered into the Market building toward the private entrance to the municipal court room, fell down the stairs, and rolled to the landing. Officers arrived to find her dazed and cursing but allowed her to go. Later she wandered the South common, collided with an elm, and brawled when Officer Dooley refused her demand to remove the tree, leading to her confinement at police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Howe
Mary
Dooley
Body of Drowned Man Joseph Albert Recovered
A telephone message from Saco Missouri reported Capt Kew that the body of Joseph Albert, who drowned in the Kennebec river August 10, was found yesterday afternoon. Albert, 20 to 25, with dark complexion and a black mustache, had been in Saco about two weeks and claimed to have an uncle in Canada and a sister in Lowell. The coroner now has custody in Saco.
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Saco
Kew
Joseph Albert
Kennebec River
Albert
Ken
Canada
Lowell
S. C. Bradbury
Chamberlains World Wide Remedy For Colic Diarrhoea
A historical advertisement proclaims Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a world wide reputation for cures. It claims the medicine never fails and is pleasant and safe to take and offered for sale by all druggists.
Accidents On The Farm Prompt Quick Relief With Oil
On farms injuries like cuts stings and sprains occur often. Dr Thomas Electric Oil provides instant pain relief and is advertised as essential for safety on rural properties.
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Thomas
Long list of area funeral services and burials
Funeral services were held for Miss Agnes Hylan at her mother's home with Rev. George Batchelor officiating and burial at Lowell cemetery. Mrs Mary Muldoon and Mrs Ellen E Murphy also had church Masses and Catholic burials with choir and multiple bearers. Additional obsequies for Mary Powers, George Leo Sheehan, Luke W Welch were conducted at homes and churches with interments in Catholic cemeteries and several bearers named.
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Agnes Hylan
Shuah C. Hylan
Oak Street
George Batchelor
D. A. Floyd
Harry Stocks
Edwin J. Hylan
William F. Wilder
Ralph F. Brazer
William E. Westall
Lowell
St. Michael's Church
Sixth Street
Requien
Eugene A. Carney
James A. Murphy
Schmidt
Carolyn A. White
Murphy
Thomas P. Boulger
John Kilroy
Thomas Nearney
James Critchell
Irving Bancroft
John McPherson
James Thorpe
Fr. Carney
Charles H. Molloy
Mary Powers
Powers
Adams Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Timothy V. Callahan
Edward F. Faulkner
Hattie
Michael Powers
Michael Murphy
John J. Riley
James W. Barry
Mary Galligan
Rogers
Luke W. Welch
Luke
Bridget
Fayette Street
St. Peter's Cemetery
Molloy
Christie Allen
Edward Shaughnessy
Matthew Shaughnessy
Edward Walsh
James Reynolds
Thomas Green
Obituary notices for Simonds McCarney Kennedy and Flynn
In this city notices report John W. Simonds age 46 funeral at Immaculate Conception church after services from 170 Pleasant street. Margaret McCarney age 26 dies at 7 Hereford place off Marshall street. A Kennedy infant of 23 Mill street Collinsville, age months 23 days. James E. Flynn aged 5 months dies at 199 Baldwin street, Aust 13.
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Simonds
John W. Simonds
Pleasant Street
Immaculate Conception Church
McCarney
Thores Conaton
Hereford Place
Marshall Street
Margaret McCarney
Kennedy
Martin
Bridget
Mill Street
Collinsville
Matilda Kennedy
Flynn
Aus
Arthur
Annie
Baldwin Street
James E. Flynn
Officials praise Boston and Northern Street line test run
Tewksbury reports the Boston and Northern Street Railroad officials completed a second trial on the new Boston line. The five mile run from the centre to Wilmington took fifteen minutes forward and fourteen minutes back. Car 776 operated with Conductor Dalton and Motorman Arnold aboard.
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Boston and Northern Street Railroad Company
New
Boston
Wilmington
Dalton
Arnold
Death of Mrs Mary Wilson Greeley of Pelham N H
The sudden death of Mrs Mary Wilson Greeley of Pelham occurred Tuesday the 18th after a seven day illness. She leaves husband Alonzo D Greeley two sons Arthur Greeley of Lowell and Frederick A Greeley and two daughters Grace I Greeley of Pelham and Mrs Frank Hillman of Lowell Funeral services at the home at 2 o clock on Friday Aug. 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wilson Greeley
Pelham
N. H
Alonzo D. Greeley
Lowell
Arthur Greeley
Frederick A
Grace I. Greeley
Frank Hillman
Multiple Accidents Claim Lives in New York and New England
News items report several fatal incidents across the region. Frederick A. Mollenhauer, 53, conductor of a Jersey City music conservatory and brother of H. F. Mollenhauer, killed by an electric car in New York. In Bristol, Conn., Charles Luhl, 69, and a newlywed, crushed when a grinding stone fractured at Clayton Bros. shop. Two laborers buried by a sand bank collapse near Fort Fairfield, Maine, one dead, one seriously injured. worker Rossmison, 23, Dane. In Old Orchard, Maine, 12 year old Laurie Darling killed after being struck while passing a loaded buckboard on a sandy road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Mollenhauer
Conservatory of Music
Jersey City
N. J
H. F. Mollenhauer
Brooklyn
New York
Clayton Bros
Bristol
Conn
Charles Luhl
Fort Fairfield
Rossmison
Laurie Darling
J. B. Darling
Barre
Old Orchard
Best Kind Of Fighting Man In Modern Warfare
Analysis of colonial volunteers in South Africa and the US army shows individual initiative and adaptability trump traditional drills. M de Bloch argues modern rifles and guerrilla warfare require self-reliance, affecting future military organization in Europe and America, stressing education and equal opportunity as national safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Bloch
United States
Europe
American “Monthly Review of Reviews
Prominent New Yorkers Plan Private Smallpox Hospital
A group of notable New Yorkers reportedly intends to establish a private smallpox hospital, based on physicians’ forecast of a fresh outbreak with the coming cold weather. The plan hinges on the prophecy guiding public health responses and funding.
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New York
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Stock Market
U. S. Steel
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago
George Gould
Wabash R. A
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Panama
Mr. Gould
America
Wabash R. R
Chas. T. Saul & Co
ZO Central ST
Nicholas G. Norcross
Lowell, Mass
Am. T.&t. Co
Haight & Freese
Bway
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Pitt
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
Ohio
Cincinnati
Columbia
Wwe
As Breas Osts
Uneeda Biscuit
Tewksbury
Pelham, N. H
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
W. H. S. Hayes
W. H. I. Hayes
Lowell Morning Citizen
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