Cowley Case Ahead of Auditor in Lowell Water Case
The Cowley lawsuit names Locks & Canals and the City of Lowell in claims of health injuries from river water mixing with city supply after the 1903 Merrimack fire. Wm. Wilson and James Hill lead counsels as Hiram Mille testifies on water sources, gates, valves, and pumping, detailing alleged negligence and duties to provide pure water.
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Walter Adams
Framinghall
Charles Cowley
Locks and Canals Company
City of
Lowell
Court House
Wm. H. Wilson
Cowley
F. B. Dunbar
Locks and Canals Co
James G. Hill
Merrimack
Merrimack Manufacturing Co
Aiken Street
Pawtucket Falls
Neglec
Arthur T. Safford
Canela
Wm. FE. Badger
Bridge Street
Merrimack River
Belvidere
Boston & Maine seeks 10 million refunding bonds
Boston and Maine railroad seeks authority to issue 10 million dollars in four percent twenty year refunding bonds to refinance about 12 million dollars of existing debt. No opposition was raised as the Board of Railroad Commissioners considers the plan, hoping lower interest will fund more rolling stock and improvements.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Railroad
Central Massachusetts
Lawrence
Boston & Maine
Charlestown
Eastern
Water pumping and sewerage connections in Lawrence
The account describes pumping sources from the Merrimack canal and Lawrence wheel-pit, with discharges to the river. It notes 17 city connections to defendant governors’ mains in July 1908, responsibilities by Mr. Safford and Mr. Badger, and historic valve plans and a 1903 Bridge Canal corner valve. It also mentions reservoir elevations, January 1891 data on city death rates, and a Nashua sewer discharge to the Merrimack River.
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Lowell Machine Shop
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
Merrimack Canal
Lawrence
Lawrence Manufacturing Co
Safford
Bridge Street
Badger
Francis
Bridge and Canal Streets
Nashua
Merrimack
Train Stalled for Three Days Delays Passengers in Dakota
Minneapolis dispatch says passenger train No. 18 of the Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie line arrived three days late after being stalled on the Dakota prairies amid a raging blizzard. Cars carried passengers who were warmed and fed by the nearest station, and no one suffered seriously.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Sault Ste Marie
Dakota Prairies
Gov elect Guild Sees Improvement After Surgery
Governor elect Guild shows progress after a recent neck procedure. Doctors report he is responsive and expected to be able to go out by mid month as he recovers at the hospital with care from his staff and family.
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Esten
Dee
Lev Biest Curte Guild
Mystery Note Hints Gilride's Lead to Clue
A morning tele alert and a note found in the kitchen raise questions about a mystery. Gilride's name appears in the cryptic clue guiding investigators toward a possible solution. Local readers urged to await further developments.
Lowell City Delays Public Hall Loan Veto
A special meeting in Lowell will delay the 10,000 loan order for the lands and buildings department. Mayor Casey vetoes the loan proposing funding from the building fund, with voters set to decide on a public hall at the next city election. Overseers McManus Shields Eastman Shepard will oversee decisions, while plans shift to Monday night and a further meeting after.
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Casey
Lands and Buildings Department
Lowell
McManus
Shields
Eastman
Shepard
C. E. Donlan
Messrs. McManus
No Indictments In Delta Kappa Epsilon Death Case
Mount Vernon Ohio December 1 The Knox county grand jury reported no indictments against Delta Kappa Epsilon members or Kenyon College affiliates in the death of Stewart Pierson at Gambier during initiation The coroner and jury believe Pierson was trapped on or beside the railroad tracks and could not free himself but could not identify the guilty party or parties
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Knox County
Delta Kappa Epilion Fraternity
Kenyon College
Stewart Pierson
Gambier
Pierson
Death grimly framed in Dr McLeod Geary case trial
Boston trial details reveal Dr Percy D McLeod denying charges while defense presents testimony from Mrs W Harrison Stanford and Mrs Mary Dean. Witnesses allege Wm E Hunt used alias Dr Roberts and that Mrs Dean posed as Hunt’s wife. McLeod describes performing only one dissection for Geary case and asserts he urged immediate operation to save her life before her death.
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Boston
Wm. E. Hunt
W. Harrison Stanford
Philadelphia
Percy D. McLeod
Susanna Geary
Mary S. Dean
Miss Geary
Hunt
Dr. Richards
Dr. McLeod
Winthrop Street
Geary
Geary Girl
Mrs. Dean
Mo- 140d
Sughrue
Joe HH. Vahey
High Jump From Burning House in Ellsworth
Mrs. Charles E. Sinclair was seriously hurt when she leaped from a second story window to escape a blaze that consumed her Ellsworth home including the stable. The fire destroyed the house and contents. loss estimated at 3000 dollars with 1400 dollars insured.
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Ellsworth
Charles E. Sinclair
Birthday of Queen Alexandra Celebrated Across Kingdom
London dated December 1 reports Queen Alexandra turning 61 with widespread celebration. Artillery salutes, church bells, and processions marked the day as congregations from far and near gathered at Sandringham where the queen hosted tea for estate children and supervised the activities.
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London
Alexandra
Sandringham
Moroccan Conference Postponed to January
Paria premier Ronvier told the council of ministers that the Moroccan conference has been postponed until January due to some delegates' issues. The delay shifts discussions and potential decisions to the new year.
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Paria
Ronvier
Council of
Ambiguous Brain Event Quiets Local Readers
An unclear OCR fragment describes a medical or psychological event affecting a town and its people. Details are fragmentary, with mentions of a brain related affair and a sense of widespread impact. Further readable facts are not available in the text.
Boston witnesses arrest shocks McLeod trial
Dr. Percy D. McLeod murder case saw Stanford of Philadelphia, brought as a defense witness, arrested as he left a cafe. Police say he faces a fugitive from justice charge connected to earlier allegations and an armed warrant issue noted during the day.
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Boston
Dee
J.—Wm
Stanford
Philadelphia
Percy D. McLeod
Musanha Geary
Thoree
Dee Deabert Le Vereon Hatred of Manetiey Tale
A garbled historical fragment mentions Dee and Le Vereon in a tale of hatred toward Manetiey. The wording is fragmented but signals a narrative focused on personal enmity and a named figure.
Threatened to shoot sweetheart in police court case
Henry J. Hodge faced Judge Hadley for threatening to shoot Maher S. Head, a former friend. He claimed it was a joke, admitted insults, and said he never carried a gun. Bond set at 100 dollars to keep the peace for six months plus costs.
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Henry J. Hodge
Hadley
Maher S. Head
Henry
Mabel
Welch
Hodge
John Street
May
Hen
Telegraphic Crisis Grips St Petersburg And Russia
New York reports that cable service to Russia and Finland halted and messages to St Petersburg delayed. Emissaries push for yardsticks of strikes while the government frays under pressure. Cronstadt mutineers face uncertain fate and martial law looms as Witte seeks order amidst revolution signals.
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New York
St. Petersburg
Finland
Russia
Europe
Asia
Durnovo
Telegraphers’ Union
M. Durnovo
Cronstadt
Sebastopol
Russ
Witte
Imperial
M. Bouw«vorin
Dl —— Vremyra
Anhounhoes
Associated Press
Sebastopol Mutineera
Mys Belo
Carriage Runaway Injures Mills and Badger in Tower Corner
Witnesses Hiram F. Mills and William B. Badger were hurled from Mills’s carriage when a horse ran away near the bridge at Central Street. The carriage struck a curb and smashed. Mills was slightly hurt and sent home by a hack. Badger and the driver were uninjured.
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Hiram F. Mills
William B. Badger
Cowley
Court House
Mr. Mills
Tower's Corner
Central Street
Mr. Badger
Compromise Grows as Russia Narrows Electoral Gaps
In a stage of tentative improvement Premier Witte and industrial leaders secure reopening of closed establishments, averting an immediate general strike. A near completion of the national assembly election law promises wide suffrage in the second degree while direct suffrage remains limited, seen as a government led compromise.
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Catc
Witte
National Assembly
Telegraphic link with St Petersburg restored
Washington reports telegraphic communication with St Petersburg has been restored as the state department receives a routine message this morning from Mr Body the chargé d affaires per the dispatch.
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Washington
St. Petersburg
State Department
Turkey May Yet Yield to Powers on Macedonia Control
Poria dispatches from Dec 1 report the foreign office notes suggest Turkey may yield to the powers over Macedonia. The international fleet has not been ordered to depart from the Mytilene area for any decisive action elsewhere.
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Poria
Foreign Office
Turkey
Macedonia
Turkish Ministers Weigh Demands Over Macedonia Control
A distinguished council of ministers met at the Vilche palace to discuss the ambassador’s refusal and consider modifications to demands on Macedonia’s financial control. Foreign Minister Pete and Prime Minister Nicholas B O’Conner led talks, with no change acceptable to the sovereign dignity. the ministerial group warned any alteration was impossible.
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Constantinople
Via
Bofte
Heuberte
Deo
Vilche
Macedonia
Teefts
Peete
Nicholas B O'Conner
Bameder
Philadelphia Express Plunges Twenty Feet in Wreck
Two trainmen killed and about a dozen injured when the Philadelphia express on the Central Railroad of New Jersey derailed near Penn Haven Junction. The engine and fireman died. many passengers sustained fractures, contusions, and lacerations, with nine taken to St Luke's Hospital. A relief train and rushed transfers followed, with early reports corrected by railroad officials.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Express
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Penny Haven Junction
Rupert
Mauch Chunk
Detroy
St. Luke's Hospital
R. A. Lindsley
F. E. Delong
Thomas Goodwin
Samuel Schultz
Landsford
M. B. Tillow
Bethlehem
George M. Willis
Mast Maud Chunk
Soulds
Charles Brady
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jersey Central Railroad
Penn Haven Junction
New Jersey Central
Peng Haven Junction
St. Luke's Bampit
Man Held After Hearing In Merritt County Case
South Norwalk area report describes the arrest of a defendant named Dew Munson Haymond in a 1000-dollar charge tied to Carbhen Street. He was escorted by deputy sheriffs to a hearing before Justice Merritt with two keepers, as officers said the key to the mystery was found by Bre Quibeide on page three.
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Norwalk
Munson Haymond
John DD Blarbeck
Carbhen
Merritt
Bre Quibeide
Corner Post Office Avenue Hours
Corner Post Office announces new hours including 4 am open on Saturdays. The notice references changes and requests customers to verify times and services while noting adjustments to mail pickup and lobby access.
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Locks & Canals
le Hom
Commission
GOV. Elect Guild
Toe Bey i
Gilride
D. K. E. Fraternity
Susan Geary
Queen Alexandra
Dadebert Levereon
Hater of Manetiey
Josep Lacket
Patrick Donnelly
Charles H. Garside
Engineer Mills
W. E. Badger
Penn Haven
New York, Dee. L
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