Cowardly stabs at Wood’s reputation
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of War Root replying to Senator Proctor about Brig. Gen. Bliss testimony on General Wood. Root warns press reports misrepresent the committee hearings and urges fairness. Bliss denies ordering duty remissions on silver service and defends Wood’s integrity during Cuba governorship.
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Washington
Root
Senator Proctor
Committee On Military Affairs
Tasker H. Bliss
Wood
Bliss
Gen. Wood
Elihu Root
Cuba
Iron Ox Tablets Cure Constipation Forever
An old warned tone explains severe constipation risks and promotes Iron-Ox Tablets as a tonede-laxative cure. It claims tablets build up digestion and liver function, avoid harsh purgatives, and offer lasting bowel health. Available as fifty tablets in a pocket case for 25 cents, from The Iron-Ox Remedy Co. Detroit.
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Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Mich
White Ribbon Remedy Promoted as Absolute Cure
An advertisement claims White Ribbon Remedy permanently cures drunkenness by secretly adding it to a drink. It asserts odorless, tasteless formula works for husbands, sons, or brothers regardless of drinking level. Sold in drug stores for 50c to $1, with trial packages and agents listed in Boston and Lowell.
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Woman's Christian Union
A. M. Townsend
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Tremont St
Boston
Mass
Lowell
Ellingwood & Co
Cor
Merrimack& Central Sts
Wood hearing probes Wood Bellairs affair in Senate session
Washington December 14 Senate military affairs committee resumes inquiry into Gen Leonard Wood with four witnesses including Dr C E Fisher and La Fontisee. Fisher testified Wood opposed printing a Havana Post piece on Bellairs and knew of prior charges. La Fontisee corroborated and added Bellairs had served time in Florida convict camps for forgery on a bank.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs Today
Leonard Wood
C. E. Fisher
Chicago
J. O. Lafontisee
Jacksonville
Bellairs
Gen. Wood
Dr. Fisher
Isle of Pines
Havana
Associated Press
la Fontisse
United States
Florida
England
Mr. la Fontisee
Johnson
la Fontisee
Wood
Ottawa University Fire Victim Fr. McGurty Desperate
Continued on page two from Ottawa Ontario reports Fr. McGurty the visiting priest hurt in the university fire is blind and delirious his life in despair from the Lowell Massachusetts origins of Fr. McGurty are noted as steps in the unfolding sad update.
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Ottawa
Lowell
Ont
Father McGurty
Ottawa University
Mc Gurty
Mass
Gherardi Burial Held at Naval Academy Chapel
Funeral services for Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi U S N ret., who died in Stratford Conn, were conducted at the Naval Academy chapel Annapolis. Burial followed in the Naval cemetery with a 13 gun admiral’s salute as the cortege departed. Attending were academy officers professors a 120 man seamen detachment and a brigade of midshipmen.
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Annapolis
Bancroft Gherardi
Stratford
Conn
Naval Academy
Naval Cemetery
New Lot Horse Blankets Listed at Deep Discounts
A. G. Pollard & Co advertises nine bales of horse blanket seconds and samples from the mill. Small squares at 7k each, larger 76 by 80 blankets at 1.39 to 1.69, pol plaids 80 by 84 7 to 8 lbs priced at 3 each. Basement department.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Water scandal delays in Grand Rapids court
Twenty cases tied to the Lake Michigan water deal scandal were postponed at the December term opening. The court continued all cases for a week to finalize trial plans. Former city attorney Lant Salsbury faces sentence for bribery, with the Supreme Court upholding his conviction. Aldermen Kinney, Johnson and Ellen enter present term hearings with bonds set at two thousand dollars each.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Lake Michigan
Superior Court
Brown
Newnham
Lant Salsbury
Supreme Court
Salsbury
Ward
Malachy Kinney
Ellen
Johnson
Wentworth Trial Sees Heirs Challenge Will for Charities
Boston hearing resumes as heirs seek to prove testator Arioch Wentworth was of unsound mind. Witnesses describe memory loss and changes in behavior. Dr. Jelly, alienist, testifies Wentworth likely suffered senile dementia amid age-related mental decline.
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Boston
Arioch Wentworth
Eliot Danforth
Bainbridge
N. Y
Danforth
New York
Wentworth
Kate Black Danforth
Mr. Wentworth
Benny Perkins
Judge Ladd Dies in Boston and Homeward Funeral Planned
The body of Judge Fletcher Ladd, former Philippine supreme court justice, died Saturday at St Paul's Hospital Boston. It was moved to Lancaster, New Hampshire, his birthplace, for burial as plans for funeral rites proceed.
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Boston
Fletcher Ladd
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
St. Paul's Hospital
Lancaster
N. H
Ladd
Packers May Strike in Chicago Stockyards Battle
Chicago December 14 officers of the packing trades council moved to launch a general strike affecting about 30 000 stock yard workers after failing to obtain favorable terms from striking coopers. The unions will vote this week on ordering the strike and binding books for boys and girls are offered at 25 cents by Lawler's.
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Chicago
Packing Trades Council
Admits arson during trial in Attleboro case
In Attleboro district court Mrs. Margaret Giles was acquitted after Philip J. Heitchman, 23, confessed in open court to setting both fires at Dr. Solomon's private hospital and barn. Heitchman was held on a $1000 bond for the grand jury, and Giles was discharged. Heitchman the police suspect is mentally weak and from an influential Providence family.
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Attleboro
Margaret Giles
Dr. Solomon
Philip J. Heitchman
Giles
John Nerney
Charles Wilbur
Heitchman
Bryan
Taunton
Providence
Wray Taylor Heard From After Disappearance
Former Agricultural Commissioner Wray Taylor, indicted for alleged embezzlement of $800, has resurfaced. He traveled to California on official business, disappeared, and in a letter to Hawaii Bishop Restarick he says he went to England after visiting New York, with his mind blank from San Francisco to England.
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Honolulu
Wray Taylor
Taylor
California
Episcopal
Restarick
Hawaii
New York
England
San Francisco
Obituary for John H. Comber Former city cricket player dies
John H. Comber, once a familiar cricket figure in this city, died in Norfolk Virginia on Friday at age 388 years. He leaves a wife and one child. The body will be brought here for burial. funeral notice appears elsewhere.
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John H. Comber
Norfolk
Funeral services held for Thomas Smith at home
Thomas Smith's funeral took place Monday afternoon at 2 from his home 48 Andrews Street. Reverend Ralph Gillam led the service with Reverend H. B. Foster assisting. Miss Alice Leith sang hymns, and tributes highlighted his Christian life. Floral tributes, including a large At Rest pillow from the family, reflected the esteem of relatives and friends. The five brothers served as bearers. Undertaker Young supervised burial in Edson Cemetery.
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Thomas Smith
Andrews Street
Ralph Gillam
H. B. Foster
Alice Leith
Spray
L. D. Churchill
C. A. Colby
L. P. Reed
Goerley
First Congregational Church
Dr. Osgood
Edith Boucher
James Lores
Bamford
Larue
Undertaker Young
Edson Cemetery
Obituaries Notice for Kelly Northrup Comber Cottrell
Obituary notices list Frank F. Kelly of 66 years died December 12 at his home on French street with funeral at Lowell cemetery chapel Wednesday at 2. Frank Northrup 27 died at Dracut residence of John Hutchinson. John H. Comber 38 died December 11 in Norfolk Virginia with funeral at Edson chapel Wednesday December 15 at 2. Harriet M. Cottrell formerly of this city died December 13 at Worcester Insane Hospital.
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Cottrell
Worcester
Worcester Insane Hospital
Harriet M. Cottrell
City health weekly report shows deaths and infections
For the week ending December 12, 1902 the population was 101,969 with 33 total deaths, including six under five. The week ending December 12, 1903 recorded a death rate of 16.8, with infectious diseases totaling 3 and listed cases of typhoid fever two, scarlet fever five, diphtheria seven, membranous croup one, and measles one.
Wall at Bailey's Beach to be Removed, Newport
Newport December 14. The city council highway committee voted to recommend removing the Bailey's beach wall. A prior council hearing had considered the wall a nuisance and urged its demolition after a city solicitor's opinion was read. The issue was referred to the highway committee.
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Newport
R. L
Highway Commission
Bailey's Beach
Council
Warren Re elected Westbrook Mayor for Third Term
Westbrook, December 14 Republicans re elected Joseph A Warren as mayor for a third term.
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Westbrook
Joseph A. Warren
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal care offered
Ely Brothers offer Ely's Liquid Cream Balm with a spraying tube priced at 75 cents. The liquid version preserves the medicine's properties, absorbs quickly into nasal membranes, and does not dry secretions, instead returning them to a natural healthy character. Available from druggists or by mail at 56 Warren Street, New York.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
N. Ye
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Seeks to Cure Ills
An advertisement for Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root proclaims the kidney liver and bladder remedy fights disease and improves overall health. It includes testimonials from a 73 year old man Robert Berner and an offer of free samples by mail with a guarantee and details on usage and where to order.
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Hilmer
New York
Robert Berner
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Citizen- Courier
Gas Lamps and Radiator Brushes on Sale in New England
A seller offers gas lamps with Welsbach light, tubing and shade from 2.50 up to 15.00 with various prices in between. Also advertised are radiator brushes praised as best for cleaning radiators, priced at 25 and 30 cents as a useful gift option.
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New England
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Phillipines
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M’gurty
Gherardi
NEW Lot
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U. K
Fairbank Company
W. P. Ladd
Harvard
Dr. Jelly
Testator
Judge Ladd
Packers
Lawler's
Rhodes’ Hair Store
Merrimack St
C. H. Hanson & CO
Lowell, Mass
New York State
Rock Street
Olean
C. H. Hanson & CQ
Dr. Solomon’s Hospital
Courier-Citizen
THE
H.R. Barker Mfg. CO
Middle Street
Palmer Street
Buffalo
Welsbach
Gorham
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