Real Estate Woes Hit Local Coal Dealers Yard Changes Noted
Real estate shifts hit Lowell coal dealers as yards vanish or move. The Boston and Maine requires the largest yard, while Kittredge yard passes to D Sullivan and Gorham street yard to Warburton. Some firms bar office phones, and calls interrupt homes at night. Land along the Concord river and along railroads rises in value as others eye entering the coal trade. The city faces building code questions with penalties, and a fire fighting apparatus firm seeks a Lowell site as a board committee reviews options.
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Boston and Maine
Kittredge
Perry Street
D Sullivan
Gorham Street
Board of Trade
Lowell
Real Estate and Building Notes Preview Spring Outlook
Fewer sales were recorded last week than in nine months. Negotiations continue for the Thomas Nesmith house on Park street. Real estate men anticipate a good spring. Sirk building roof work on Bridge street began. The Massachusetts cloth room addition is complete and a temporary storehouse is under rapid progress on Bridge street. A. J. Ryan of the Builders' Exchange has resigned to focus on William E Livingstone Co. The public baths committee reviewed several proposed sites.
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Thomas Nesmith
Park Street
S. H. Weaver & Son
Sirk
Bridge Street
Massachusetts
A. J. Ryan
Builders’ Exchange
William E. Livingstone Co
Committee On Public Baths
Real estate transfers record multiple small property sales
A sequence of real estate transactions lists buyers and sellers across Lowell Billerica Chelmsford and nearby streets. Values show many $1 transfers with occasional larger sums such as $525 for Woodland property. Names include Moses Given Ethan A. Smith Wilfred Cadarette George H. Davis Jennie Perry and Samuel J. Garland among others.
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Lowell Bleachery
Andrew C. Wheelock
Moses Given
Ethan A. Smith
Pleasant Street
Joseph Cadorette
Wilfred Cadorette
Lakeview Avenue
Husband Missing: Police Seek Joseph Vadnais
A wife reports her husband Joseph Vadnais aged 35, 5 feet 9 inches, 140 pounds, light complexion, a painter by trade, disappeared from 498 Lakeview avenue since Wednesday morning. Police issued description and search, noting Deputy Welch suspects he may have deserted his family, with four children depending on her.
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Joseph Vadnais
Lakeview Avenue
Vadnals
Welch
Falsified ballots drive fight over ninth district seat
Boston December reports a fierce contest by Congressman Joseph A. Conry alleging forgery fraud and ballot mutilation in the ninth district race against John A. Kelcher. Kelcher won 10 452 to 10 033 with Charles T. Witt at 5208 as the party lines begin contest proceedings. Ballots are to be preserved as the challenge proceeds in Washington.
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Boston
Joseph A. Coury
John A. Kelcher
Ninth
Conry
Washington
J. M. Griggs
Keliher
Griggs
Kelcher
Charles T. Witt
Election Board
Congress
Mock Trial Tonight at Huntington Hall With Dexter as Judge
The Young Men's Christ association hosts a mock court tonight at Huntington Hall. Due to Burke's absence, K Dexter will preside. Cast includes Miss Donnelly, Mrs Darling, and others. 12 prominent jurors to hear the case. Doors open 7:30, court at eight, tickets on sale after 7. A sidewalk hole with coal dust draws curious glances nearby.
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Young Men's Christ Association
Huntington Hall
Burke
K. Dexter
Dexter
F. L. Roberts
W. H. L Hayes
Col. A. V. Newton
Worcester
C. B. Berry
Edw. W. Trull
C. A. Grant
Winchester
Mary Donnelly
Jnc. C. Darling
Asa C. Russell
Daniel
Lorenz Performs Bloodless Surgery On Children In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia at Jefferson hospital Prof. Adolf Lorenz of Vienna led a demonstration for 700 surgeons and students, performing five congenital hip dislocation operations on children in plaster casts. Five cases were chosen from twenty. one child narrowly avoided the fifth operation but was promised a later procedure. A Detroit dispatch reports Ella Beardsley’s death attributed to peritonitis and kidney trouble, with foul play suspected but later deemed unlikely.
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Adolf Lorenz
Vienna
Lorenz
Jefferson Hospital
East
Marion Green
North 43d Street
Detroit
Mich
Tribune
Kingston
Ella Beardsley
Coroner's report finds natural death in Waters case
New York dispatch states the autopsy on Mrs. Sarah Ann Waters nearly 100 years old shows no foul play. The coroner's physician concluded death resulted from natural causes, despite a contested will.
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New York
Sarah Ann Waters
Hood's Lotion for Weather Ailments Facial Care
Hood's Lotion is promoted as a facial and hand remedy for exposure to cold and sun. It claims to cure chaps sunburn and tan and offers a delicate fragrance with a large bottle priced at 35 cents.
Purity of Castile Soap for Hair Cleansing
An article stresses using pure neutral soap for hair and scalp. It discusses olive oil soaps in green and bleached forms, notes Castile soap’s distinct odor and lather, and shares a letter from Lowell Massachusetts 1902 praising imported Castile soap for shampooing.
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Castile
Lowell
Mase
Dec
A. Rhodes
Carter & Sherburne
Cor
Bridge
Merrimack Streets
Rhodes
Cuba and United States near final reciprocity treaty
Havana December 12 A definite treaty of commercial reciprocity between Cuba and the United States was signed last night by General Bliss and Secretaries Zaldo and Montez. It awaits signatures of Secretary Hay and Senor Queseda and approval by the U S and Cuban Senates to become operative. The pact would cut tariffs 20 percent on Cuban imports with a parallel list showing Cuba and U S reductions per item. No material changes possible to the list at this stage.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
General Bliss
Zaldo
Montez
Hay
Senor Queseda
Harvard Students Barred From Local Opera House
A fracas at the Opera house arose when two Harvard students seated in the balcony tried to keep time with The Defender chorus. Officer Hamilton demanded they leave after resisting, sparking a brief altercation before security escorted them out. No tickets will be sold to Harvard students today.
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Harvard
Opera House
Hamilton
Cam
Columbia
Rostok
Mr Knowltons illness latest medical bulletin
New Bedford December 12 Dr Prescott reports Hosea M Knowltons condition unchanged from the prior day. Temperature runs 99 to 100.4 degrees with pulse 90 to 100. He takes only a small amount of nourishment and remains quiet but shows no improvement in strength or general condition.
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New Bedford
Prescott
Hosea M. Knowlton
Mr. Knowlton
Anglo Abyssinian treaty opens Far East trade route
London dispatch reports the foreign office releasing the text of the Anglo Abyssinian treaty ratified October 28. Britain gains a commercial station near Trang on the river Bare and the right to build a railroad through Abyssinia connecting the Sudan with Uganda.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Trang
Bare
Abyseiait
Soudan
Ugania
Seasonal rush for Christmas money orders to old country
The money order department reports robust business this season with volumes as high as last year and steady distribution across the week. Women dominate transfers to Ireland and Sweden, with many to England Germany and Russia. Greeks and Portuguese use registered mail or drafts. Average single sums are about two pounds with typical orders from one to three pounds and a peak of fifty dollars.
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Money Order Department
Ireland
Sweden
England
Germany
Russia
Greece
Azores
Committee reviews bath sites for public baths plan
The public baths committee visited multiple marketable sites including Tremont house on Merrimack street Plunkett estate Worthen street O Dowd property Hurd street Sanborn estate Lee street and Coburn estate Merrimack street The committee led by Chairman Roche with Councilmen Park Worcester and Alderman Brown plans to hold the next meeting Monday at 3 PM to speed the project.
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Roche
Park and Worcester
Brown
Tremont House
Merrimack Street
Plunkett
Worthen Street
O'Dowd
Hurd Street
Sanborn
Lee Street
Coburn
John Barrett Declines Japanese Minister Post
Secretary Hay received a cablegram from John Barrett in Calcutta stating he must decline the Japanese mission to remain with the St. Louis exposition. Lloyd Griscom Jr., now minister to Persia and former charge d affaires in Constantinople, is expected to succeed the late Minister Buck.
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Japan
Washington
Hay
John Barrett
Calcutta
India
St. Louis
Lloyd Griscom, Jr
Persia
Constantinople
Buck
Trouble in Marseilles sparks early clash with police
In Marseilles on December 12 a clash between strikers and police left several injured including a police commissary. Strikers tried to wreck a coal car at the portbound track. gendarmes charged the crowd and fifteen arrests were made.
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Marseilles
Banking consolidation unites Mutual Life Equitable and Morton Interests
New York Dec 12 Announcement of a banking consolidation brings Mutual Life Insurance Co Equitable Life Assurance Society and Morton Trust Co into one entity. National Bank of the United States Western National Bank and Western National plan fusion with capital to 10 million dollars. W P Snyder to lead, with Richard A McCurdy Jane K Hyde and Thomas F Ryan as vice presidents.
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New York
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton Trust Co
National Bank of the United States
Trust Company
Western National Bank
Bank of the United States
Western
Equitable
W. P. Snyder
The
Western National Bank of the United States
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Life
Jane K. Hyde
Equitable Life. S and
Thos
Christmas at the Thompson Hardware Co
Christmas shoppers are drawn to the Thompson Hardware Co store with an extensive selection of gifts. The cutlery department showcases curved knives and table knives. skates, sleds, mechanical toys, games, gas lamps, fireplace goods, and tools fill the shelves. Visit for a broad range of presents this season.
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Thompson Hardware Co
Toy Department Opens at Pollald Co Store on Mack Street
The Merrimack Street basement houses the Christmas department toys, cards, chairs, games and a line of china and glassware. The music section features popular vocal and instrumental records from A. G. Pollald & Co.
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Merrimack St
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