Power merger hearing pauses as witnesses testify on stock ties
In New York Aug 15 Special Examiner Mabie continued the Peter Power versus Northern Pacific suit. Testimony focused on how plaintiffs were secured in Great Northern stock and related dealings by Elsworth Chapman Boyden and Lamb. Witnesses described stock transfers telegraphs and payments amid questions of stock ownership and conduct. Adjournment set for Tuesday with Power expected to appear for disbarment proceedings.
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New York
Richard A. Mabie
Peter Power
Northern Pacific Railroad
Nothern Securities Company
Great Northern Railroad
Elsworth
Ives Chapman
Milton T. Boyden
Limburger
H. Content & Co
United States
Mabey
Northern Pacific
Guthrie
E. J. Chapman
Mr. Chapman
Albert T. Benedict
Western Union
West Hurley
N. J
George Alfred Lamb
Io Lamb
Broadway
Calumet Club
Peter
P. P
Z. Dean
J. Blake
Queen's Hotel
Montreal
Benedict
Joseph
George Syren Lamb
Lamb
Camille Weidenfeld
Great Northern
Chapman
Thomas
Lancaster
Stern
Weidenfeld
E. R. Thomas
Mr. Lamb
West
Mrs. Thomas
Capt. Stern
Great Northern Railroad Company
Boyden
Mr. Guthrie
Thomas and Post
E. R
C. F. Thomas
Gov. van Zandt
Wall Street
Mr. Thomas
Edwin Main Post
J. P. Morgan and Company
Queen Victoria’s Death Remembered on Royal Yacht Deck
The King and the Prince of Wales visited Osbourne House at East Cowes and marked the coffin spot on the deck of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. A brass cross was placed with the inscription of Queen Victoria’s resting place and dates. King Edward presented Westminster Abbey with a golden crucifix as a coronation memento.
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King
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Prince of Wales
East Cowes
Osborne House
Queen Victoria
Victoria and Albert
Edward
Westminster Abbey
Captured by Rebels in Colombian Conflict
San Jose de Costa Rica reports a naval engagement outcome in the Ague Dulce district. The government gunboat Boyaca was captured along with 300 soldiers and Generals Ortiza and Henao. The rebels also seized munitions, provisions, and a gasoline launch from government service.
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San Jose de Costa Rica
Ague
Dulce
Ortiza
Henao
Boyaca
Death of Former New Brunswick Mayor Nicholas Williamson
Dr. Nicholas Williamson, mayor of New Brunswick from 1896 to 1902, died today in New Brunswick at age 34 from typhoid fever.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Nicholas Williamson
Slang Education Sparks Debate At Clark University
A Clark University president denounces formal mumbo jumbo and defends slang for teens 14 to 19 as a tool for fluency. The poem like critique targets educators and traditional grammar, contrasting with playful lines about slang and a public notice ending with an unrelated testimonial from Bowling Green.
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Hall
Clark University
Chicago
The Hinderers by Edna Lyall review
A concise critique of Edna Lyall's The Hinderers noting its straightforward plot, agreeable characters, and social contrasts between independent women and hindering society types. The piece calls the work pleasant but not a major reputational boost, published by Longmans, Green & Co. in New York.
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Edna Lyall
Longmans, Green & Co
New York
COCCHI COX Literary Notes Overview of 1900s titles
A survey of new and forthcoming works from authors like Ralph Connor L Frank Baum and Mary Cowden Clark. Highlights include Glengarry’s School Days as a sequel to The Man from Glengarry, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus with colored plates, a revised One Thousand American Fungi, and Mrs Sarah P McLean Greene novels Flood Tide and Vesty of the Basins. Also notes Pine Tree Ballads by Holman Day nearing bestseller status and background on Henry Edward Rood and Elizabeth G Jordan.
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Ralph Connor
Glengarry
Leslie
Monthly
Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum
Mr. Baum
Mary Cowden Clark
Messrs. Harper & Brothers
Sarah P. McLean Greene
Australia
New Zealand
L C Page to Publish Joe's Paradise Sequel
L C Page and Company will publish this month Joe's Paradise or The Island of Brotherly Love by Marshall Saunders, sequel to Beautiful Joe. The author’s Tilda Jane has six editions and rising demand. Nearly a million copies of Beautiful Joe have been sold.
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L. C. Page & Company
Marshall Saunders
Tilda Jane
Corner Store For Rent And Tenement Offer Near Depot
TO RENT A Corner Store. Great chance for business meat and groceries. Refrigerator for meat. Just off Westford street nice 3 room tenements in best repair pleas antly situated 7.00 dollars per month Near the Northern Depot Choice tenement large rooms sunny and very sightly 11.00 dollars per month.
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Westford Street
Burdock Blood Bitters Aids Digestion and Prevents Indigestion
Advertising copy claims half of human ailments stem from indigestion and promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a tonic that strengthens the stomach and makes indigestion impossible. The tone mimics early 20th century patent medicine promotion with emphatic health benefits.
Middlesex County Social Roundup and Town Meeting
Mrs E B Marsha of Roxbury and Mrs M t of Tewksbury visited their brother W A Parkhurst and later A F Parkhurst while listening to Rev Mr McPhail at the Baptist church. Attendees included Miss Evans of Texas and Mrs E H Torrey of Shirley. Miss Arline Putnam returned from Nashua and Miss Cora Sleeper sang at Sunday service. The town accepted William A Gardner’s offer to pay 4000 for 53 acres of woodland on the town farm. The Groton Farmers and Mechanics fair is set for Sept 18.
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E. B. Marsha
Roxbury
Tewksbury
W. A.parkhurst
A. F. Parkhurst
Mr. McPhail
Warren A. Clough
Baptist Church
E. H. Torrey
Shirley
Miss Evans
Texas
Groton
Framingham
Lintlet N
West Acton
South Acton
Maynard
Sudbury
South Sudbury
Mrs Harriet P Brown dies after long illness at 87
Mrs Harriet P Brown died just before 11 Sunday night after days of unconsciousness. Funeral held Wednesday with Rev J W Roberts officiating. interment in Groton family lot. Born August 14 1814 in Sterling, she married George H Brown and moved to Groton. Survived by three of five children, 21 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. active Unitarian with noted knitting.
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Harriet P. Brown
J. W. Roberts
Unitarian Church
Groton
Brown
Sterling
John and
Mary (Kendall) Porter
George H. Brown
East Bridgewater
Ayer
Mr. Brown
John H. Turner
Billerica Summer Social Notes and Visits Across Town
West Point graduate Wallis G Clark visits his father in Billerica while Mrs Hackley from New York and Rev Dr and Mrs Savage host guests at Old Acre. Local families welcome visitors, including Miss Flora Bradford and Mr Joseph Jaquith. The Swampscott Ocean Reminder notes Gwendolyn Holden’s 13th birthday party at Swampscott with gifts and games. Concord river draws rowers and campers, with Aug 8 guests from Bedford Middlega Weirs. Mrs Tyler in Europe keeps up charitable letters, and Rev A E Wurst preaches at the Orthodox church on Aug 10.
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Wallis G. Clark
West Point
Philippine Islands
William G. Clark
Billerica
B. Hackley
New York
Mhackley School
Tarrytown-on-Hudson
N. Y
Mino
J. Savage
Old Acre
Billerica Centre
Livers
J. Nelson Parker
Fairview
Flora Bradford
Franklin, N. H
Moses’. Greenwood
Minot O. Simons
Cleveland
Ohio
Unitarian Church
Boston
Lincoln
Charles Haynes
Joseph Jaquith
Anna
Salem Willows
Juniper Point
Ocean
Swampscott
Gwendolyn
Joshua B. Holden
Knowles
the Weirs
N. H
Eames
Andover
Billerica Centra
Luther W. Faulkner
Concord River
Rebecca Mudge
Bedford
Lillian and
Edith Fletcher
Middlega
Frank Ingalls
Brooklyn
Galatians mark of the Lord Jesus inspires devotion
In a devotional service Oliver Greenwood played violin with the choir as Rev. John Eliot Bowman read Scripture and prayed. Mr. Wurst spoke of Galatians vi 17 stressing that Paul bore marks of Christ through service and suffering and urging readers to live like the Master. Services next Sunday invite attendance.
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Oliver Greenwood
Wurst
John Eliot Bowman
Bridgewater
Jesus
Paul
Grant
God
Christ
Los Angeles Herald
Charles Sumne
Desmares
California
The
Herald
Herr Transfer Company
Desmarer
Billerica
Los Angeles
Charles Q. Tirrell
Lyons
Post Office Department
Bedford Church Talk and Sudden Death in Town
The Bedford E. subjects a sermon on The Life of Faith by Walter Anderson for next Sabbath evening while Rev Dr Patrick will preach in the morning at the Congregational church. Samuel Taylor Hughes, son of William B. and Lucy A. Hughes, died suddenly after a moonlight ride misfortune. burial held at Concord street. Depot square updates include moving Hartford barn and elevator, new office planned, and Hoddon Bros decorates stable front. Local artist Elizabeth Copeland gains attention for copper and silver jewel boxes. Master Marshall Hayden Wood, age two, hosted a luncheon birthday party on August 7 with young friends on the lawn.
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Walter Anderson
H. J. Patrick
West Newton
McAllister
Samuel Taylor Hughes
William B
Lucy A. Hughes
Sam
Bedford
Hodgdon
Mr. Ho
Depot Square
Bedford Coal and Grain Company
Hartford
Dayton reader praises Chamberlain Pain Balm relief
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio says his wife suffered eight weeks with terrible back pains until she used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. After a few days she felt renewed and soon the pains vanished, allowing her to resume household duties. The liniment is sold by all druggists.
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George Schaub
New Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton Volkszeitung
Chamberlain
Bee Ling Bids To Name A Honey Eating Habit
A lighthearted note features a punning exchange about a character who boasts he can eat a pound of honey daily. The dialogue playfully contrasts a hornet and a bumble bee with a tongue twister style joke about naming the habit.
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Bumble Bee
The Sunday School Lesson on Israel at Sinai and Obedience
A devotional study on Israel's journey from Sinai to Paran guided by Moses obedience to God. It centers on the tabernacle, cloud and fire as divine guidance, Hobab's offer, and trust in the Lord for safe marching and victory, ending with the need to remember Jehovah in all life.
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American Press Association
Moses
Sinai
Paran
Tabernacle
Israel
Hobab
Raguel
Rauel
Jethro
Zipporah
Egypt
Heb
Naomi
Ruth
Orpab
Christ
Jesus
God
Simon Peter
Satan
Jesus Christ
David
Jordan
Jericho
Jehovah
Life of Faith in Christian Endeavor Message
Rev. 8 H Doyle outlines a weekly topic on The life of faith, arguing faith guides life more than practical concerns. He cites Puritans and Abraham, notes faith is possible and profitable, and urges believers to trust in God and His future promises.
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H. Doyle
France
Paul
Abraham
God
Chaldees
Look Away To Christ The Suffering Man Of Sorrows
Exhortation from the Philadelphia Ledger urging readers to cease self focus and gaze upon the sinless Christ. It contrasts self examination with contemplating the lonely Christ in temptation, revulsion, tears, and crucifixion, urging devotion in life and death.
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Christ
Gethemane
Philadelphia Ledger
Christian unity through love, not force, says Bishop
Bishop John ston of Western Texas argues Christian unity cannot be achieved by hard hitting theologically but by believers learning to love one another. He contends that internal divisions give the devil power and a united church would quickly strip him of his strongholds.
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Johnston
Western
Texas
Communion Verse On The Lord’s Altar And Remembrance
A reflective verse speaks of communion as self forgetting and love extended to others. The speaker notes bread and wine symbolize shared sacrifice and tenderness toward a brother, echoing remembrance of Him. Indanandent.
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Western Lawrs
Milton F. Boyden
Victoria
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Dean
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Cocchi Cox
Charles McKvaine
Bowen-Merrill Company
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Mr. Day
Maine
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Major Andre
Bear Ridge
Pleasantville
Elizabeth G. Jordan
Harpers
Miss Jordan
Samuel Johnson
Reginald
Right Kauffmans
Mr. Kauffman
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Harvard
Philadelphia Press
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GF. Babbitt
Fort Pond
St. Andrew's Church
E. H. Higley
Groton School
Taft Cottage
Sandy Pond
Lucy B. Foster
John B. Tyler
Europe
Underhill
A. E. Wurst
Orthodos Church
Ma Ana
D. M. Stearns
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