Two Trolley Companies Heard in Billerica
A public hearing at Billerica Town Hall on Wednesday drew over 250 voters to weigh franchise requests for electric roads from Billerica Centre to the Burlington line. The Lexington and Boston Street Railway and Lowell and Boston Street Railway proposed routes. attendees favored granting the latter a franchise while urging lighted crossings and prudent conditions.
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Billerica
Billerica Centre
Burlington
Lexington and
Boston
Arlington Heights
Lowell and Boston Street Railway Company
Parker
Lowell
Messrs
Lowell and Suburban
Haskell
Lowell and Boston Street Railway
Burlington Ne
Foster
Lowell and Boston Company
Woburn
Cummings
Lexington and Boston Street Railway
Burlington Hne
Lexington and Boston Railroad
Kohlrausch
Barrington
Concord
Wigginville
Billerica Avenue
Tewksbury
North Billerica
Pull
Park Street
Mr. Banning
Lynn
Hoston
Tr. Singhi
Lowell and Heon
Ygton
Usme
Mercy
Resen
Crose-Roads
Riedvett
Roaton
Ent
Conway
Singhi
Gleason
Faulkner
Death by own action idea scouted in Crowell case
Wakefield reports little new on the John W. Crowell murder case found dying in his barn Monday. A fourth bullet hole suggests the assailant grappled Crowell, possibly turning the pistol and firing into the door. A whiskey flask and cork found in the stall imply Crowell drank privately. Authorities discuss ongoing police work and no released findings.
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Wakefield
John W. Crowell
Mr. Crowell
Crowell
Official Vote Totals Published by Executive Council
Boston December 5 The executive council released the official national and state election figures. Republican electors at large: Wolcott 238,566 Holyoke 238,784 Higginson 155,07 Gargan 154,966. Republican Governor Crane 265,054. Paine Jr Democrat 130,078. Lieutenant Governor Bates 231,617. O'Donnell 127,469. Congressional pluralities listed by district: Third Thayer 120, Firth Knox 421. Eleventh Power 19,876. Twelfth Lovering 10,834. Thirteenth Green 10,383.
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Boston
Executive Council
Roger Wolcott
William Whiting
Holyoke
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
Thomas J. Gargan
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
John T. Bates
John RB
O'Donnell
Northampton
Thayer
Firth
Knox
Powera
Lovering
Gas Explosion at Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Company
An explosion of gas at the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company works in Ashley Pa today wounded four workers four fatally burned others with unknown cause officials said the incident occurred at Maxwell street location and involved Wilkes Barre area workers
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Wilkesbarre
Maxwell
Lehigh
Ashley
Boys' solid Cassimere Knee Pants sale price
A compact notice advertising Cassimere knee pants for boys, solid fabric and well made, previously priced at 35 cents now offered at 15 cents. Includes emphasis on value and bargain appeal targeting shoppers seeking durable children’s clothing.
Bridge Fell Drowning Seven Men on New England Bridge
Berlin New Hampshire December 5 two men drowned five others left chilled or exposed after a suspension bridge on Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co property collapsed into the Androscoggin river fifty feet below. Thomas McKeown and Thomas Rogers died. Rogers 21, McKeown married with a child. Five survivors were rescued after long exposure. The bridge had been lightly built for worker use.
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Berlin
N. H
Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co
Thomas McKeown
Thomas Rogers
Burgess Co
New England
Androscogein
Burgess Sulphite Fibre Company
Rogers
McKeown
Canada
Rescue of two men after Kelley's Falls near Manchester
In Manchester on December 5, Frank Tremblay and Benjamin F. Holmes ventured in a small boat to disentangle driftwood from a dam. A strong wind and flood currents swept them over the dam. Tremblay kept hold of a cable and was carried a mile downstream before grounding near bobbin shop falls. Both were rescued with the river running high and swift.
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Manchester
N. H
Frank Tremblay
Benjamin F. Holmes
Kelley's Falls
Piscataquag River
Tremblay
Holmes
Bobbin Shop Falls
Merrimack River
Falla
Desperate mine escape near Dunmore saves 22 workers
In Dunmore a thousand feet underground 32 miners fought for life as iv o acres of surface collapsed blocking the exit. A rescuing party formed while the imprisoned men dug through the debris with shovels and picks. After hours they cleared a path and surfaced unharmed.
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Scranton
Dunmore
Have
Firemen Fight Gale Storm Blaze At Heywood Bros Store
In Portland street Boston firemen battled a stubborn blaze at the Heywood Bros. and Wakefield Rattan Co. building. A fierce gale hampered ladders and outside streams, causing water damage to valuables estimated at 150000 dollars while the fire itself caused small losses. The cause is unknown.
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Boston
Boston Fire Department
Heywood Bros
Wakefield Rattan Co
Portland Street
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Portland
Wndler
Double Crime at Blackwell Ends in Dual Deaths
In Blackwell Missouri on December 5 two vagrants slept in a boiler room. The younger man was found dead on a railroad track likely murdered and robbed. A posse seized the older man who then killed himself with a knife in front of his captors. Names of the dead could not be learned.
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Hallett
Wakefield
Rhodes
Blackwell
Wreck at West Brookfield Injures Trains and Kills Hogs
A Springfield local freight collided with a Swift & Co livestock train near West Brookfield on the Boston & Albany line. Seven cars burned, about 200 hogs killed, 400 hogs escaped but later recaptured. Engine damaged, east track blocked for the day. No injuries reported.
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Brookfield
Boston & Albany
Springfield
Swift & Co
Boston
Swift
West Brookfield
Ume
Fly Wheel Burst At Quidnick Mill No 1
The main fly wheel at Quidnick company's No 1 mill burst, sending rim fragments through three-inch planks and wrecking several looms. No workers were hurt as the accident confined to the machinery. The 22-foot diameter pulley had 24-inch face and had run over 30 years, running at 98 revolutions per minute when it failed.
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Quidnick, R. T
Dee
Quidnick Company
Rmont
Wee
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Lexington
Reefers
New York
ONE Price Clothing, Company
Merrimack, Str
Dublin
Oxford
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