Saturday Chat Reflects Boston to Buffalo Exposition Scenes
A Lowell reader’s long Saturday night notes describe vacant stations and crowded baggage rooms as newspaper trains glide north. In Boston, travelers scramble to shelter with tales of clerks, swells, and nervous youths while a Lowell woman in Buffalo praises Exposition exhibits, illumination, and the West Point cadets alongside vivid impressions of the Manufactures and Government buildings, the Midway crowd, and nightly lake shows.
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Boston
Lowell
New Hampshire
Bartow
Chrysalis
Buffalo
Northern
Michigan
Manufactures
Singer
Tiffany
Manufacturers
Tiffany's
Jemima
Heinze
Armour & Co
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Post Office Department
Larkin Soap Manufacturing Co
Larkin
Illinois
Massachusetts Department of the New England
West Point
General Miles
Midway
Japan
McKinley Early Prominence in New England Visit
Joe Mitchell Chapple notes in the National Magazine that in 1882 a young congressman named McKinley appeared in New England as a campaign speaker wearing a mustache. He faced a chilly reception from state central committee dignitaries yet persisted despite the cold.
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Joe Mitchell Chapple
McKinley
National Magazine
New England
United States
State Central Committee
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted By Local Resident
An article notes widespread kidney discomfort among Lowell readers and cites Mrs Annie Dalton of 259 Northern Street praising Doan's Kidney Pills. The brand Foster Milburn Co. markets them for 50 cents, with agents nationwide. The piece also covers local social news, travel, and notable visits, including figures from Lowell society.
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Annie Dalton
Northern Street
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Worcester woman to receive $9000 in Brooklyn will
Miss Hertha M. Fobes of Worcester is named in the will of Stephen Ballard, a Brooklyn manufacturer, as sole beneficiary for five years of faithful service as his housekeeper. Ballard left about 150000 total, most to religious causes, with two thirds to the American Missionary Society and one third to Berea College. The 86 year old millionaire died August 11. probate occurred in New York yesterday.
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Worcester
Hertha M. Fobes
Stephen Ballard
Brooklyn
Ballard
New York
Miss Fobes
W. A. Fobes
Coburn Avenue
Lake View
Hiram Fobes
Mr. Fobes
Hookset
N. H
White, Potter & Page Company
American Missionary Society of New York
Berea College
Kentucky
Arthur A. Fobes
Pittsfield
Memorial to Whittier in Amesbury Planned as Statue
Amesbury August 23 committee for Whittier memorial opts for a statue of John Greenleaf Whittier, his longtime home, funded by voluntary global contributions. The design will be by a renowned sculptor, with a minimum cost of $10,000, and reviewed by the Whittier Home association and an advisory board including Stedman Hay Hoar Abbott Cuyler Pickard Meyer Slocum.
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Amesbury
Poet Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier
Whittier
Whittier Home Association of
Edmund C. Stedman
John Hay
George F. Hoar
Lyman Abbott
Theodore L. Cuyler
Samuel T. Pickard
George von L. Meyer
Bliss Perry
Murat Halstead
William F. Slocum
Emma C. Woolfenden
Mass
Movement to make Lynn shoe factory half holiday year round
A Lynn manufacturer backs extending the summer Saturday half holiday to all year and argues it boosts end of week productivity. He says workers gain more and bosses avoid excuses for idle Saturday afternoons while summer workloads already dip. The practice has rapidly spread in Lynn shoe shops.
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Lynn
Roosevelt’s Youngest Siblings Hospitalized in New York
Vice-President Roosevelt’s four year old son Quentin and his sister Alice are in Roosevelt Hospital New York. Quentin underwent an operation on Thursday performed by Dr George E Brewer, a visiting surgeon. Officials expect a reasonable recovery period. The Vice President spent the afternoon at his children's bedsides.
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New York
Roosevelt
Quentin
Roosevelt Hospital
Alice
Geo. E. Brewer
Promote Regular Bowel Movements with Stomach and Liver Tablets
The laws of health require daily bowels and punishment for violations is piles. Stay regular by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when needed. Price 25 cents. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Quiet factory shift change seen this summer
Labor unions have not moved to speed the shift and the change is expected to begin quietly in a few large factories with others following as necessity dictates this summer through June July and August.
Mayor Hart Re-nominates Mrs Mary Morton Kehew for Overseers
Boston August 23 Mayor Hart will again send the name of Mrs Mary Morton Kehew to the board of aldermen for confirmation to the board of overseers of the poor. The prior rejection by a party vote is expected to be reconsidered around September 11. Kehew, a wealthy reformer active in charity, has farm duties in Ashland and has hosted poor young women at Beacon Street.
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Boston
Hart
Board of Aldermen
Mary Morton Kehew
Kehew
Roger Wolcott
Fall River Rejoices Over Wage Cut Failure
Fall River operatives tonight completed arrangements to resist a proposed wage cut. Room fixers voted to strike if a cut occurs, aligning with four other textile unions. Manufacturers had not withdrawn the proposition, prompting broad city celebration and a forecast of good business for six months.
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Fall River
Blackstone Mills May Face Sale Over Valuation
Blackstone cotton mills owner Goddard Bros may sell the entire estate to obtain a fair valuation. The mills hold 43,486 spindles with valuations ranging from about $505,000 to $745,000. Assessors set $605,000 this year, last year $515,000, and the firm values the property around $505,000.
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Blackstone
Goddard Bros
Blackstone Cotton Mills
Missing Worcester woman turns up at daughter’s home
Mrs John Durant of Brookfield was reported missing since Aug 14 but is staying with her daughter Mrs C E Newton at 210 Pleasant Street Worcester. She said she went to Boston to visit friends and returned yesterday. She is in good health and distressed by the publicity of her absence.
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Readville
Middlesex North Society
M. C. Williams
Clifton Springs
Robert Elliott
Westford
Lowell
Forge Village
L. C. Henry
Fortune’s Rock
G. E. Perley
Old Orchard Beach
William Gillam
Alton Bay
William R. Kew
North Tisbury
Mass
Kew
John Schroers
St. Louis
William of
Germany
Edward
England
C. M. Williams
R. Agnes Williams
New York
Hamburg
Vienna
Josephs. Francis
Philadelphia
George W. Patten
Brownington Centre
James R. Fulton
Atlantic House
Juniper Point
A. B. Woodworth, Jr
A. T. Coffey
Ocean View House
William H. Penn
Ipswich Neck
Charles M. Trull
Clare Reed
Nesmith Street
Wheeling
West Virginia
Carlisle
Samuel P. Hadley
Grace Hadley
Europe
Commonwealth
Worcester
John Durant
Brookfield
C. E. Newton
Pleasant Street
Boston
Boston Visit By Judge Wilson Aims At Personal Affairs
Judge Jeremiah Wilson, advisor to Admiral Schley, appeared in Boston on August 23 saying his presence concerns personal matters only and not the forthcoming naval investigation or any Schley affair.
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Boston
Jeremiah Wilson
Washington
Admiral Schley
Pyramid Pile Cure Advertised by Phil Owens
A reader from So.omeba reports relief after two years of itching and protruding piles using a single 580 cent package of Pyramid Pile Cure bought at a local druggist. The ad invites purchases at all druggists and offers a free little book titled Piles Causes and Cure by Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall, Mich.
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Phil Owens
So.omeba
Pyramid Drug
Marshall, Mich
FORCING MATRIMONY. Uncle Sam Makes White Men Marry Alaska Squaws
Tacoma reports a sensational tale of a revenue cutter Rush enforcing marriages between white men and Alaska Native squaws. Six couples wed at Sitka within ten days, as the government charity drives a new standard of morality in the territory.
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Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Sam
Revenue Cutter Rush
Sitka
Jones Improves Under Guard Ahead of Murder Trial
New York Aug 23 Assistant District Attorney Garvan said Valet Jones, held under special protection since his indictment for the murder of millionaire Rice, remains under police surveillance at 200 West Fortieth Street and is regularly treated by a physician. Garvan believes Jones is improving and will be himself again when the case is called for trial.
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New York
Garvan
Jones
Millionaire Rice
West Fortieth Street
Tug Tamaqua Strands in Fog En Route to Philadelphia
In a fog off Truro Chatham August 23, the Tamaqua towing three Boston barges went ashore but rode out the tide and floated free. Tormenter failed to reach the John Cullinan stranded on Shovelful shoal and will abandon the schooner. Laths cargo to be saved by underwriters.
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Chatham
Tamaqua
Boston
Philadelphia
Truro
Tormenter
John Cullinan
Kennan Returns From Russia Exile Warning
George Kennan author and Siberian penal expert arrived aboard the Commonwealth in Boston. He described his expulsion from Russia after criticizing reformatories, saying the warning to depart came through official channels and he complied as directed by the powers behind the parchment.
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Boston
George Kennan
Commonwealth
Russia
Mrs Sherman Dead in Gloucester at Bass Rocks
Mrs Edgar Sherman of Lawrence wife of Judge Edgar Sherman of the superior court died this afternoon at her summer residence Bass Rocks West Gloucester.
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Edgar Sherman
The
Supreme Court
Gloucester
Lawrence
Superior Court
Bass Rocks
West Gloucester
Passenger train wrecks near Ithaca injures crew
A Lehigh Valley passenger train on the Cuyagoa lake division wrecked just north of King's Ferry twenty miles north of Ithaca. The engine ran into the lake. Fireman Dennis Fitzgerald of Ithaca is missing and Engineer LaFranc of Ithaca was injured. Passengers were shaken but none seriously.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Lehigh Valley
King’s Ferry
Dennis Fitzgerald
LaFranc
Tragic Fall Kills 13 year old in Studley Building
Providence Rhode Island August 23 Bert Martin 13 the son of a widow Lydia Martin died after falling down a freight elevator shaft at the Studley building at five o clock this afternoon His skull was fractured in several places and the accident is reported as almost instantaneous.
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Providence
R. I
Bert Martin
Lydia Martin
Studley Building
Beigham Governor Beckhams Wife Hopeful For Recovery
In Frankfort Kentucky on August 23 doctors attending Mrs Beckham wife of Governor Beckham report hopeful signs of recovery after illness.
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Frankfort
Beckham
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Lion
Benjamin Butler
Lord Bacon
Ohio
Mayor Hart Firm
Mrs. Kehew
Revere Beach
Lottie Brandon
Uncle Sam
Rice
Kennan
Lake Cuyagoa
Providence Lad
Mrs. Beckham
Andover
Paris
Lowell Military Band
Sitsburban
Lowell Opera House
Schiller Stock Co
Ella Fontainebleau
Middlesex
Hibbard
D. S. Pace CO
Stata
Merrimacs
Lakeview Theatre
Ward and Curran
Annie Welmuth
the Sozeels
Mabelle Delberg
W. N. Reed
Edwin de Bonde
Joseph J. Fiyon
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack Street
Courier-Citizen Building
Courier
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