Stock Market Broadening With Modest Changes Amid Poor Weather
The market paused this morning as poor east weather weighed on sentiment. There was some selling on gains but the undertone stayed firm, with sugar margins near 1 percent and railroads in demand in the first hour. Secretary Gage downplays gold export fears, saying 50 million can be spared as citizens earn good interest. Analyst Paine urged buying several names with specified price ranges, while profit taking appeared to influence yesterday's session. Copper and other metals rose, outside buying showed, and Dividends were anticipated. The Cent Eureka mine released six month output and value, with substantial gold and silver contribution. The flower mission of the W C T U received praise for its work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolston & Bass
New York
Utah
Anaconda
Cent.Eureka
Old Home Week Celebrations Across New Hampshire
Rain briefy interrupted festivities in Concord and 30 towns led by Claremont Woodstock and Bristol. Highlights included parades, fireworks, and speeches by Gov Rollins, with many towns hosting reunions, concerts, and sports. Notable events occurred at Mount Vernon Plainfield Grantham and Washington as residents marked the annual Old Home Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Rollins
Russell House
Profile Grange
Beard’s Opera House
Deer Park
Gov. Rollins
Pemigowasset Valley
Claremont
Academy
Mount Vernon
Bristol
Plainfield
the Plains
Adams
D. C. Westgate
Converse J. Smith
United States Treasury Department
Boston
O. W. Burnap
Bessie Westgate
Samuel R. Sanborn
Winston Churchill
Richard Carvel
W. P. Thrasher
Abbie Chellis
Alva Chellis
Robert H. Duncan
New York
Samuel Duncan
C. C. Beaman
Mr. Gohengan
Maryland
Meriden Cornet Band
Herbert Williams
Windsor
Grantham
Imla Brown
C. T. Matthews
Edwin G. Eastman
Exeter
Harry W. Hurd
Grange Hall
Washington
Gilman Rice
S. N. Ball
Freeman S. Stowell
Townsend
Mass
Alstead
Dana W. King
Nashua
Short Falls
Epsom
Pittsfield
Mr. Blue
Warren Tripp
M. I. Rand
Edwin J. Burnham
Manchester
Tripp
McClary
O. C. Tarlton
Lilla Marden
Greenland
Walnut Grove
Weeks Point
Bayside
Henry Burnham
Griffiths
John Porter Weeks
Hensington
Universalist Church
Hudson
Cummings
Kimball Webster
Webster Grove
Sandwich
Town Hall
McCollom Institute Celebrates Semi Centennial Old Home Week
Mt Vernon New Hampshire August 15 McCollom Institute marks a joint semi centennial and Old Home Week with a historical address by Col W H Stinson of Manchester and speeches by Hon George A Marden and Dr W H Weston. An ode was sung and 50 year marriages and deaths reviewed. Tabasco club of Lowell performed a concert under W B E Stratton and a dance closed the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
W. B E. Stratton
Smooth paving funding stalls over Market Street work
City has funds only to pave Market Street to Palmer, with Market Street torn up above for electric conduits. At next aldermen meeting a $41,900 appropriation to pave more will be on the table, but votes are unlikely and a mayoral veto is anticipated if passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Palmer
New York Race War After Policeman Thorpe Murder
A mass of whites and blacks clash in Manhattan after the killing of Policeman Thorpe by a Black man. Rioters smash storefronts and fight police from Thirty-third to Forty-fourth streets as ambulances respond and captains Cooney and Devery marshal forces. Several are wounded, and a wake is held for Thorpe as the riot escalates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Devery
South
Thorpe
Thirty-third
Forty-fourth
Ninth Avenue
Sixth
Broadway
Eighth Avenue
Charles Street
West 125Th Street
Thompson
Cooney
Kennedy
Arthur Harris
May Eno
Fortyfirst Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Lizzie Thorpe
Highth Avenue
Miss Thorpe
Spencer Walters
Thomas J. Healey
Walters
Healey
Robert Williams
Sergt. Ryan
Thirty-seventh Street
John Kennedy
Thirty-seventh
James H. Cook
Albert Sanders
Charles Sanders
Jesse Paine
George White
Women play prominent role in riot violence
The women of the region took a prominent part in the riot. They did not attack the negroes as the fiercer women of Paris streets did, but they cried for vengeance against the negroes and urged men to unleash greater fury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Borden Sees No Curtailment at Iron Works Mills
Fall River reports three thousand operatives in the Iron Works mills controlled by Matthew C. Borden, who expresses optimism that production will not be cut this year. He rejects rumors of closures, notes a dull season, and expects higher production and demand in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Iron Works Company
Matthew C. Borden
Grandson Caught in Barn Trap Over Chicken Theft
Bridgeton New Jersey August 15 Isaac Mulford set a trap for a chicken thief after repeated visits by a prowler. His grandson Arthur failed to appear last night and was found this morning inside the trap, badly bruised and scratched after spending the night as a prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N. J
Isaac Mulford
Mulford
Arthur
Belvidere Boy to be Turned Over to State Authorities
Ernest Hobdan found wandering in Belvidere on Tuesday claimed to live at 93 Washington Street Boston. Police report no trace of home or parents and suspect the street or number given is incorrect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hobdan
Belvidere
Washington Street
Boston
Death of Charles H. Doe Former Worcester Gazette Owner
Word arrived from Worcester of the death in Sussex New Brunswick of Charles H. Doe aged 78. He long owned and edited the Worcester Evening Gazette before selling it four years ago and living in frail health. Born in Boston 1838 he studied at Chauncey Hall and Harvard. He edited the Gazette 27 years and was a member of the Commonwealth and Worcester clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Sussex
N. B
Charles H. Doe
Worcester Evening Gazette
New Brunswick
Mr. Doe
Boston
Chauncey Hall School
Harvard
Boston Advertiser
Gazette
Doe & Woodwell
Doe
Commonwealth and
Drowned Man Osborn Remembered in Brant Rock Area
Middlesex County resident George B. Osborn of 16 Winter Street drowned at Brant Rock on Tuesday. He worked for a Boston insurance firm and was a well known, popular figure in the village. He had just left for a two week vacation last Saturday. his father works at Saco and Pette machine shops. The family includes a mother and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Osborn
Brant Rock
Winter Street
Boston Insurance Company
Saco and Pette
Thayer Charged With Assault After Dough Pan Incident
In Woburn district court Walter E Thayer of Reading faced assault with a dangerous weapon after an early morning incident at William Bryden s home. Thayer allegedly fired through a door and later tried to pawn the dough from the pan. He denied involvement and was fined 25 for assault and 15 for drunkenness with bond continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Thayer
Reading
Woburn
William Bryden
Thayer
Bryden
Wedding at high noon in Hingham marks a pleasant home ceremony
Miss Emily Wilder wed Mr. Frank Moore at the home of her parents with Miss Clara Stone and others in attendance. The couple plan to live in East Rindge New Hampshire. The event followed by family and local visitors, including Daniel Farr of Glens Falls Academy, who spoke at the Baptist Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara L. Stone
Emily Wilder
Hingham
Baptist Sunday School
Stockwell
Adelaide
Watertown
Onset
H. T. Clark
Maine
John Gough
Webster
New Hampshire
Hattie Alld Yeomans
Miss Gee
Worcester
EB. Hall
the Baptist Sunday School
Lake Nancy
D. H. Hall
F. R. Knowlton
Dea
Teele
George Burroughs
Hattie Hutchins
Stoneham
George W. Green
Ira Stockwell
Anfi M. Stockwell
Local Social Notes Mention Visitors and Travel
The piece lists visits and movements among residents: Mrs Lottie Dickerman and daughter Katie in West Swanzey N H. Virginia Sanderson’s sisters visiting from New Jersey. Dr. F L Gilbert covering for Dr Barker in Acton Centre. Franklin Leighton at his son’s in Brookfield. Mr and Mrs Vose traveling to Princeton for two weeks. Miss Marion Burroughs returning from Lynn. Dr Dodge may preach next Sunday at the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Dickerman
West Swanzey
N. H
Katie
Dodge
Baptist Church
Virginia Sanderson
New Jersey
F. L. Gilbert
Barker
Acton Centre
Franklin Leighton
Brookfield
Vose
Princeton
North Reading opens spur line with inaugural test run
Sunday rails laid across Boston and Maine track at the turnpike station and Monday the first trip was made. A special car carried officials and a 27 piece North Reading and Middleton brass band from Reading to Andover and back in under 30 minutes. Revenue topped 1000 fares by 8 PM. six cars planned for next Sunday. Cars from Wason Manufacturing Company are praised for safety and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Maine
Turnpike
North Reading and
Middleton
Reading
Andover
Supt. C. D. Shepard
North Reading Centre
Col. Woodward
A. F. Upton
B. A. Carpenter
F. French
Chas
P. Howard
J. B. McLane
H. A. Upton
H. H. Dame
Wason Manufacturing Co
Springfield
North Reading
Murray Haton
Will Allen
Arthur G. Eaton
J. Allen Eames
History of a Chinese Uniform in Victorian Britain
The tale recalls a British private who after the 1860 Chinese war took the red sun general’s gown and hat from a dead officer, sold them to a Petticoat Lane Jew, and sparked a diplomatic protest when a tea dealer kept the bill man in high style as a Chinaman. The Chinese legation and minister later retrieved the uniform for a large sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taku
Tsong-ping
Petticoat Lane
Legation
Pekin
Curtain sale described in city store ad
The notice advertises curtain discounts in East and West sections with prices from 86.50 to 98c, 1.49, 1.98, urging shoppers that higher cloth costs affect value and hinting next summer arrivals. It notes upstairs and upstairs locations and mentions full sized, ruffled and lace trimmed curtains.
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Stock Market
Gage
J. Overton Paine
Manhattan
Federal Steel
American Steel & Wire
B. R
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
Bright, Sears & Co
Flower Mission
Am. Sugar Res. Co
Eeenewe
Atchison
No. Pacific
Pacific
Bay Tenn. C
Texas & Pa
Union Pacific
Union Pac Pr
Boston & Albany
Ams
Poe Amalgamated
Readian
Atlantic
Boston and
Mont
Sila Centennial
Tim River
Isle Royale
Janta Fe
Mg. Co
Wolverine
Ala
Dich. Tel
Seve
Flex
Eee
R. L. Day & CO
Bank of Commerce
Webster Bank
Merchants Bank
Gahy
Union Bank
Mt. Wollaston Bank
Pepperell Mfg Co
Middlesex Co
Franklin Co
Lewiston
Mass Gotton Mills
Boott
Lawrence Mfg Co
Bigelow Carpet Co- Gam
Hamilton Mig Co
Stark Mills
Lyman Mills
Boston Belting Co
Nashua & Lowell R
Concord & Montreal R
Vermont & Massachusetts Revisscee
LT .&Tairbacks & Co
Sheen T
Odsseas
S Am. Waltham Watch Cy
Quincy R .Bridge Co
National Tube Co
Lee
Coco Srey
United Fruit
McCollum
Mont Vernon
Concord
McCollom Institute
New York City
Borden
Org
Middlesex County
Newton
West Acton
Uneeda Quartet
Uneeda Biscuit
Uneeda
Jinjer Wayfer
Graham Wafer
National Biscuit Company
Graham
Ichigan
Montana
A. G Pollard
New York Mills
Tere
Oxfords
Russia
Goodyear West
Palmer Street
A. G. Pollard & CO
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Sts
St Vincent’s Hospital
Bowler Bros
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