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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
2
Gloucester August 20 The fish skinners and handlers strike ended as the union voted to return workers to work in the morning. Some 700 strikers lose all contentions including a nine hour day wage increase and union recognition.
Washington August 20 information reaches here of the engagement of Senator William P Frye of Maine president pro tem of the Senate to Miss Ellen May of Portland daughter of the late Edna May The bride to be who has traveled widely has spent winters in Washington and is known among the New England colony No date for the wedding has been announced but it will likely occur early in autumn Frye who will be 71 next month is a widower about 30 years older than his fiancé.
Lewiston Missouri residents from the Frye family say there is no truth to reports that Senator Frye has become engaged to Miss Ellen May. The local family calls the circulating rumor unfounded and incorrect.
Albert Champion defeated Hugh McLean by two smiles in the 25 mile motor paced event at the Coliseum as part of a $500 challenge. McLean led early before his machine balked, dropping Champion to a two lap lead and sealing victory. Abbott and Kimball also won their respective handicap and two mile lap races.
A thousand Boers including General Cronje his wife and staff departed Jamestown St Helena today bound for South Africa confirming the end of their exile on the island The departure follows their surrender and relocation after the conflict in the region with Cronje leading the contingent aboard a ship to the mainland.
In Middletown New York August 26 racing continued at Goshen with the 2.22 pacing finishing as Montejo wins the eighth heat ahead of Little Fred and Piccolo after Willie Osborne was distanced. Best times posted include 2.15 halves. The 2.16 2.20 trotting classes remained unfinished with Rosebud leading the 2.12 pacing purse at 600 dollars as Rosbud wins and Quarterstairs places second Ready third.
The article chronicles the rise of vacation schools as a progressive, voluntary educational movement begun in Springfield with support from the women’s club. It highlights hands on learning, nature study, and playgrounds, stressing freedom from textbooks and the role of science and sentiment in shaping well rounded youth.
The Springfield Republican discusses growing municipal vacation schools in New York City and Boston offering playground based learning. It notes expansions on city rooftops and vacant spaces, with programs featuring manual crafts, gardening, cooking, and field lessons to occupy children during summer for safety, skill-building, and civic good.
New York reports Samuel Seeley once jailed for the Shoe and Leather bank fraud is in Brooklyn visiting friends after a West mining success. His accomplices included a bank depositor named Baker. Baker drowned at Sands Point when the fraud news broke. Seeley’s wife divorced him during his imprisonment and remarried. Rumors place Seeley’s fortune from $100,000 to $1,000,000, with some estimates as high as mid seven figures.
Boston August 20 Donald F Cameron a mining engineer in British Columbia spent the first day of his honeymoon confined at the sheriff's office in Pem perman square after Deputy Sheriff Silsby served a civil suit for 10000 damages for breach of promise of marriage filed by Miss Alexie Morrison of Boston. Cameron was taken to the sheriff's office then to lawyer Nye of Court street while Judge Harrison represents Miss Morrison as both sides seek a compromise to allow the honeymoon to continue.
Justice Geiger of the New York Supreme Court signed an order directing Fire Commissioner Sturgis to show cause why the order relieving Fire Chief Croker from duty should not be rescinded. The writ is returnable on August 22.
Boston mourns publisher Benjamin F. Guild as funeral services were held at his residence 222 Commonwealth avenue. Rev. Charles F. De Normandie officiated in a simple ceremony with no music. Interment followed at Mount Auburn.
Bridgeport mayor Dennis Mulvihill, famed as Rugged Honesty, condemns trusts and Connecticut trolley and public service companies. He argues the right of property has become property abuse and praises historic fights against taxation without representation while attacking corporate power and tax levies.
Boston reports Corp O Brien, of Adams Massachusetts, charged with perjury before a Senate war in the Philippines inquiry, begins transfer to Washington. Marshal Darling and Deputy Waters escort him from Charles Street jail to the 9 a.m. train, while O Brien shows calm confidence in a strong defense at trial.
New York August 20 J Ogden Armour of Chicago returned from a trip abroad on the Oceanic and declared I know nothing about a 230000000 beef trust being organized in response to inquiries He commented on the proposed removal of the Australian cattle tariff in England saying it will not affect the U S market and added the unusually heavy corn crop may lower beef prices eventually but not immediately
A Simla dispatch reports plague deaths increasing at about a thousand weekly in British India. The plague spread is traced to urban centers with rising mortality, prompting public health concerns and calls for measures.
Boston dealers raised furnace coal to 10 a ton with Franklin priced at 11 as public buying slowed, stockpiling discouraged for winter supply. New York buyers sought 200 to 300 ton lots but failed, freight added a dollar a ton for distant shipments, Franklin coal remains scarce and pricier due to quality and dealer caution.
Boston August 20 A swift pursuit aided by two youths a grocery wagon and a lamp bearing officer William Leonard captured burglar Francis M Gould 21 after he fled from the home of Hon Harvey N Shepard 223 Townsend Street. The man hid behind a furnace a desperate cellar search ended with his cuffing and photograph at police headquarters. The Shepard house showed no missing items beyond an empty dress suitcase found with Gould.
Katie McComb a domestic at 13 Verndale street Brookline reports a street assault on Harvard avenue Allston at 8 30 last night. A man or woman grabbed her pocketbook containing 4 10 and stamps as she walked near Commonwealth and Brighton avenues. No one came to help and she did not report the crime until this morning.
Aug 20 The coroner's jury rules Minnie Mitchell died from a bullet wound inflicted by an unknown person at an unknown place. The jury recommends holding Thompson Claffy and Counselman for the grand jury and that William Bartholin be apprehended.
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