Fire Devastates Hosiery Mill in Reading Tragedy
Reading, Pa. Dec 7 One of the citys worst fires destroyed the Nolde and Holst hosiery mill killing two or possibly three workers and injuring about sixty. Nearly 600 women and girls employed, many leaped from windows as flames blocked exits. rescue ladders saved some, but the screen doors and nailed window screens drew sharp criticism. Loss is about 27500 with 150000 in insurance.
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Reading
Hosi Ry
Nolde and Holst Company
Schooner Thomas White Grounds on Cape Cod Bar
The three masted schooner Thomas White from Portland to New York ran aground on the bar off Sandy Neck during a heavy snowstorm. A volunteer crew from the Humane Society pulled her off and to a safe anchorage. she is leaking badly and will need constant pumping and likely towage to reach her destination.
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Lewis
Portland
New York
Sandy Neck
Marcus — A. Harsia
Humane Society
Cape Cod
Cape
Madame Paderewski Heads for Boston Visit
In Boston Madame Paderewski arrives with plans to stay while Ignace Jan Paderewski tours the country. She will not tour with him and intends to remain with friends in the city during his engagements. Her past as Helene Baroness Rosen and Madama Ladislas Gorski is noted.
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Madame Paderewski
Paderewski
Helene
Baroness Rosen
Ignace Jan
Madama Ladislas Gorski
Oceanic
New York
Riot erupts as Conry speaks at South Boston rally
Boston December 7 rally in Spelman hall ward 13 for mayoral candidate P A Collins and aldermen Michael Norris and Patrick Bowen drew crowd unrest. Excrement and ejectments occurred as police cleared several supporters and the scene threatened to force the hall’s closure.
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Boston
P. A. Collins
Michael Norris
Patrick Bowen
Aldetmen
Spelman Hall
South Boston
Boston meeting frames a Collins victory in solid ward support
Frances E Campbell introduced James B Clancey as chair man who opened with urging Democratic votes for Collins and aldermanic candidates. Clancey claimed Hart cannot win and ward 13 backs Collins. Joseph A Conroy praised Collins and denounced the opposition while noting party unity and a push for a strong mayor.
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James B. Clancey
Clancey
Collins
Boston
Hart
P. A. Collins
Joseph A. Conroy
Mr. Collins
Washington
Democratic Party
Murphy
Dissolution Granted in Boston Music Hall Case
In Boston on December 7 the supreme court entered a decree dissolving the old Boston Music Hall association as part of steps toward organizing a new Music Hall group. The report includes unrelated overheard remarks about a conductor and others, attributed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Boston
New Music Hall Association
Supreme Court
Lathrop
Old Boston Music Hall Association
Woman cured at home after six years of illness
Mrs. M. B. Wallace of Muenster Cook Co Texas suffered female weakness for six years and after four doctors failed found relief with Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. She gained eighteen pounds and feels like a new woman. Dr. Pierce offers free confidential medical advice and a bound copy of The Common Sense Medical Adviser for 21 stamps. return address included.
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M. B. Wallace
Muenster
Cook Co
Texas
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Common Sense Medical Adviser
Widely Distributed Ownership of Major Corporations
A New York Times summary details how dividends are shared among tens of thousands of stockholders across firms like Pennsylvania Railroad Western Union Consolidated gas New York Central and others. It notes many holders are small investors and women, with distributions varying from 1 to 12 percent quarterly or semi annual, and cites specific counts of shareholders, capitalizations, and regional spread.
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William HM. Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Europe
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
American Telegraph and Cable
Pacific and Atlantic
Northwestern Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
George J. Gould
Russell Sage
John Jacob Astor
John T. Terry
Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Consolidated, Gas Company of
New York
New York, New Haven
Consolidated Company
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Consolidated Railroad
Delaware and Hudson
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
New York Central System
Harlem Railroad
Harlem
Beech Creek
All Brook
Syracuse
Geneva
Cornhill
Roa
New York Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
W “Ork . Central
Lake Shore Road
Micalan Central
Canada Southern Railway
E. V.W. Rossiter
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Corporation
Common Cicck
Atchison
Manhattan Railway Company
New England
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metropolitan
Federal Steel Campany
Federal Steel Company
Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit
Prices Current Lowell Retail Market December 7 1800
Prices from Buttrick Co and others list groceries and provisions with extensive itemized quotes for butter tea cheese kerosene eggs vinegar coal fish and vegetables. The record shows numerous unit prices per pound or per quantity across meats dairy produce and dry goods reflecting early American retail trade.
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Buttrick & Co
Sherman & Co
E. A. Wilson & Co
Killpartrick Bros
F. B. Putnam
Prescott Street
Japan
Tub
Old Hyson
Java
Rio
Athos
T. Gross
Daweacsesee
Franklin
Cumberland
Trains Schedule From Lowell to Boston and Nearby Cities
The Boston and Maine Railway timetable lists Sunday and weekday departures from Middlesex Street Station Lowell to Boston and to Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Amesbury Ports mouth Exeter Dover Rochester Portland Augusta Bath Waterville Skowhegan Bangor St Johns St Johnsbury and other routes with many times and connections. includes special notes on sailings via steamer and express services and mentions Montreal Quebec via different lines.
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Wilmington
D. J. Flanders
Gen
HW. Co
Powell
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