Erie Tax Cases Partly Heard in East Cambridge Court
Trial on the city against Erie Telegraph and Telephone directors resumed before Judge Hardy. Evidence covered assessor testimony on taxes and stock held in trust, company property, and valuation disputes. The judge barred certain value evidence and ended the day with the sole issue being whether assessments were made to the best of the assessors' judgment and belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company
Hardy
East Cambridge
Robert N. Read
Joan E E. Maguire
Charles F. Coburn
G. P. Cadman
Lowell
Harvey N. Shepard
Charles J. Glidden
Erie Company
Cleveland
Southwestern Company
George F. Richardson
Richardson
Qua
Glidden
Southwestern
Northwestern
Shépard
Mr. Shepard
Mr. Richardson
Shepard
Levi Sprague
James W. Bennett
Bell Telephone Company
Northwestern Company
Bell Company
Albany
John Co. Burke
Unusual Activity Noted in Mills Near Lawrence
Despatch reports heightened manufacturing activity around Lawrence with several mills expanding capacity. Talbot mills North Billerica run full though demand is light, while Merrimack woollen mills Lowell may reopen soon. Haverhill weavers A Roberts & Co run eight of fifteen looms on men's wear cotton worsteds. Andover M T Stevens Marland mill busy on ladies crepes. 14 carding and 116 broad looms active. Ballardvale, Pemberton, Methuen mills show full operation, recent additions, new dye houses, and expanded capacity to handle orders ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Talbot Mills
Billerica
Merrimack Woollen Mills
Lowell
A. Roberts & Co
Haverhill
M. T. Stevens
Marland
Andover
No. 1
George E. Kunhart
Island Street
Ballardvale Mills
Pemberton Mills
Methuen Company
Gents' Furnishings Offer Gift Ideas in Lowell
Seekers of suitable Christmas gifts for men should visit Arthur J. Cummiskey at 69 Merrimack Street. The store showcases a fine neckwear line and carries Towne's gloves and Dent's. Silk handkerchiefs, umbrellas, mufflers, seal skin gloves, dress suit cases, and suspenders fill the shelves at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Cummmiskey
Merrimack Street
Lowell
Cummiskey
Towne's
Dent's
Cummiskey's
Christmas Attraction at Music Hall Starts Dec 26
Frank G Campbell presents a new take on war plays at Music Hall with three nights and special matinees on Monday and Wednesday. The production offers a subtle, bright dialogue and a fresh approach after decades of war-themed works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Frank G. Campbell
Slippery Sidewalks Cause Two Women to Fall
Two women sustained hip injuries from slips on winter ice. Margaret Surply, of Gorham Street, fell on Tremont & Suffolk steps while entering the mill where she works and was taken by ambulance to the corporation hospital. Alice McCarty, of Merrimack Corporation, fell on Middlesex Street and was admitted to St. John's hospital. Christmas Tree Arrangements at the Ayer Home. Matrons announce a Christmas tree event for Saturday evening with donations of useful articles, toys, and candy welcomed beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Surply
Gorham Street
Tremont & Suffolk
Corporation Hospital
Alice McCarty
Merrimack Corporation
Middlesex Street
St. John's Hospital
Ayer
Juve Nile Trade Prep Impresses Local Store
The shop reports full prep for the juve nile trade season and highlights its choice Juvenile Stationery stock and the largest collection of Juve nile Books in the city. It also notes an ahead of rivals assortment of games.
79 Merrimack and 15 and 21 John Street
Telephone £ 8%-2, the fragment lists street numbers and a monetary symbol. No clear event or named entities. unable to determine a full news item without additional readable context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimack
John Street
Books for Christian and for the Navy in Spain
A serialized notice reviews G G A Henty "By Pike and Dyke" and John H Spears "Our Navy in the War with Spain" with details on publishers prices and praise. It also reports Edwin F Rice of Boston offering to donate 1000 volumes to Phillips Exeter Academy with conditions for a curated historic collection to be housed in a future library.
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Pike and Dyke
Holland
Zeeland
Spain
Prince of Orange
John HR. Spears
Charles Scribners’ Sons
New York
Scribnnrs’ Sons
Spears
Sampson
San Juan
Dewey
Manila
Crewe
Edwin F. Rice
Boston
Exeter
N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
William E. Merrill
Academy
Ieon
Philips Exeter
Rice
Offenston Public
Phillips Exeter
Mr Riordan's Big Head Charley Riordan Caribou Trophy
Charles Riordan of Norfolk Brewing Boston earns bragging rights as a mighty hunter. He tramped through deep snow to Miramichi in New Brunswick where he killed caribou, bringing back the largest head with 39-point antlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Riordan
Norfolk Brewing Company
Boston
Elwyn Lovejoy
John Faulkner
Charley
New Brunswick
Mr. Riordan
Charlie
Riordan
Central Africa
Massachusetts
Downfall of Marchioness of Donegal Describes Destitution
London reports the ill and destitute Marchioness of Donegal seeking admission to the Great Northern hospital then moved to Islington workhouse infirmary. She says she is homeless and refuses contact with her wealthy friends or husband who is ill with pneumonia. The couple separated in 1889 amid misconduct accusations. she failed to obtain alimony and later received charity. In May she broke a leg in a hotel elevator and was hospitalized. The Marquis is praised for a distinguished financial career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marchioness
Donegal
Great Northern Hospital
Islington
Ufe
Marquis
Destitute Family Taken To City Farm
A mother Maggie McKinley and her two children, ages three and eight weeks, were found in a tenement on Wamesit street in a sad state of destitution. Officer Horace Clements reported the case. the mother, ill with consumption, said her husband is away with relatives on the east. She had worked as a Brussels weaver at the Carpet mills before illness forced her to quit. The family was removed to the city farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamesit Street
Horace Clements
Maggie McKinley
Died on Train in Nashua Charles Sullivan Former Park Manager
Charles Sullivan 33 formerly linked with the Manchester driving park as a manager horseman and restaurant keeper died of consumption on a Nashua train while en route from Southern Pines to Manchester. He had gone to North Carolina for health in September with his wife and child, but declined rapidly and returned home. He belonged to the Elks and Moose clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sullivan
Manchester
Nashua
Southern Pines
North Carolina
The
Elks and the Moose Club
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Hammond
Washington Street
Mass
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Orp
Mark Andrews
Andrews’ Clothing Sale
E. D. Steele & Co., Iat
Lunroe
Shattuck & Son
Central St
Ede Flowers
Lapham & Hyde’s
Monument Sq
Philadelphia
Flowers, Harry, Yeers, Etc
P. R. Burtt, Stockmack Ris.” Telephone Convection
Hrunels’ Tulling
Courier
Marshall
the Courier-Citizen
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Board of Police
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Bree
Merrill’s
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Mame
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Walker St
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Liwell
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