Tax cases spark Board of Trade discussion on taxing litigation
The Board of Trade heard F W Qua propose steps to curb costly tax litigation between the city and corporations. He urged changes to abatements, state tax adjustments, finality of commissioners, reduced interest on abatements, and trial before county commissioners. A committee will frame an act for the next Legislature.
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Board of Trade
F. W. Qua
Agent Southworth
Massachusetts
Dunbar
E. D. McVey
Qua
Tremont & Suffolk
Mason
Hamilton and Appleton
Superior Court
Conant
Carmichael
Father McGurty Recovery Report Cleared
Ottawa report says all fire victims are recovering well except Fr. Fulham. The note indicates Fr. McGurty of this city was not fatally injured and is not seriously burned. Rev. Fr. Flynn, Sacred Heart church, confirms relatives’ telegram that Fr. McGarty’s injuries are not serious.
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Ottawa
Fulham
McGurty
Fr. Flynn
Sacred Heart Church
Fr. McGarty
Social Dance Draws Crowd at Carders Hall Event
A lively social and prize drawing by the Spoolers Warpers Webdrawers and Ballers at Carders hall drew a good crowd of young people last night and finished financially well. Dancing began around eight with Pease Griffiths orchestra and ran to midnight. Officers of the evening included General manager Helen M. Brophy and reception committee members such as Beezie Finnegan and Mary Smith.
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Carders’ Hall
Pease & Griffiths
Helen M. Brophy
Mae O'Neil
Marguerite E. Ganley
Hannah O’connor
Sadie Clark
Agnes Duffy
Lucy Openshaw
Margaret Lynch
Annie Fitzgerald
Beezie Finnegan
Agnes Simpson
Mary Smith
Sadie Marshall
Katherine F. Reilly
Rose Gagnon
Brennan Birth in City Blesses Sargent Street Family
In this city on December 2 a son was born to Mr and Mrs George Brennan of Sargent Street confirming a new addition to the Brennan household and extending family ties in the locality.
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Brennan
George Brennan
Sargent Street
Firm Foundation Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement
Hundreds of Lowell residents publicize Doan’s Kidney Pills as a reliable remedy. Mrs. E. W. Harmon recalls her husband’s kidney trouble in 1898 and credit the pills from Ellingwood Co.’s drug store for improving kidney secretions and back pains. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
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E. W. Harmon
Andover Street
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
Countess Rus sell files divorce suit over cruelty
The Sun reports that former Countess Mabel Rus sell seeks a divorce from William Brown, once a coachman who married her in December 1902 as Prince Aphrobald Stuart de Modena. Grounds alleged are cruelty and misconduct by Brown, described as a Bavarian nobleman.
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London
Mabel Russell
William Brown
Aphrobald Stuart de Modena
Lowell Man Revealed as Frank Lally in Boston Case
Fred Morrill, recently jailed in Boston for larceny and sentenced to three months, is identified as Frank Lally, a Lowell native. His parents live in Lowell, though Lally has spent little time in the city over the past four years.
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Fred Morrill
Frank Lally
Boston
House of Correction
Lowell
Lally
Paris Hearing in Fair Will Case Reveals Topin Testimony
Witness Farmer Topin testified he arrived after the accident and carried the bodies of Mr and Mrs Charles L Fair to the porter's lodge. He described Mr Fair as stiff and Mrs Fair as still warm, supporting the view that she died after her husband. Casey to speak at Huntington Hall tonight. Go hear him.
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Paris
Topin
Commissioner Eisler
New York
Charles L. Fair
Porter’s Lodge
Lincoln Club Annual Concert and Ball in Presqt Hall
The Lincoln club held an annual concert and ball at Presqt Hall last evening, a merry social event decorated with bunting and evergreens. Hibbard's Orchestra provided music for dancing into the morning, with an early program featuring Master Clida McArdle. Attendees included Mayor and Mrs. Howe, William T. Patten, and many Republican candidates. Souvenirs bearing likenesses of several candidates were handed at the door. Officers included General manager Horton H. Hilton, floor marshal Capt. William Fair Weather, and chairman Charles E. Howe.
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Lincoln Club
Presq@tt Hall
Hibbard
Clida McArdle
Lamlet S. Greenwood
Charles E. Howe
Lowell Gas Petitions to Issue $200000 New Stock
Lowell Gas Light Company petitions the Gas commissioners for authority to issue 200000 dollars in new stock to finance additions to its plant. Boston date is December 3. The request aims to expand utilities infrastructure and fund capital improvements for gas service.
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Lowell Gas Company
Boston
Lowell Gas Light Company
Gas Commissioners
Harvard social notes and obituaries recount guests and deaths
Harvard notes recount Herbert Cleaves return from Maine with his brother Ed gar in apple business. Ethel Hannah visits. Mrs. Dunlop Smith’s reading of Isben’s A Doll’s House praised. Several locals host Thanksgiving guests. The body of Augustus Newhall is buried after dying in Lowell. Mrs. Charles Houghton of Clinton dies. maiden name Mary Brown remembered in Harvard.
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Herbert Cleaves
Maine
Edgar
Ethel Hannah
Dunlop Smith
Isben’s
Eunice Parsons
Tarrytown
James A. Barry
Clinton
J. P. Morrison
The
Hampton
Northampton
James F. Barry
Kingsbury
Falmouth
Lowell
Charles Houghton
Houghton
Mary Brown
Harvard
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Dean
Countess Russell
Casey
Huntington Hall
Cook, Taylor & CO
Cember
Slaugh
Wmorrow
Tit Talbot Clothing CO
Great Daylight Store
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