Fate of Mrs Rogers in Balance in Vermont Trial
In Burlington Vermont on December 21 1902 the case of Mary H Rogers charged with murdering her husband Marcus M Rogers by chloroform August 12 1902 was given to the jury. Prosecutor O M Barber delivered a vehement final exhortation while the defense attacked credibility of key witnesses. Judge Watson instructed three possible verdicts and the jury retired amid crowding interest.
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Burlington
Mary H. Rogers
Marcus M. Rogers
Bar of Justice
Barber
Rogers
Walloomsac
Watson
Leon Perham
Police scout a murder mystery that ends as tame affair
Inspectors Donaldson and Laflamme investigated a Saturday night tip about a potential murder case in New England. A Tyngsboro man contacted a local transport firm seeking a railroad station outside Lowell, naming Bleachery station South Lowell and Wamesit as outside the city limits. He offered any amount of money to be directed.
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Lowell
Wamesit
Tyngsboro
Portland
Donaldson
Laflamme
New England
South Lowell
Typhoid Epidemic Linked to Sewage Pollution
Dr. Thomas F. Harrington reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association on an epidemic of typhoid fever in Lowell during July to September caused by sewage pollution of the city water supply. The piece includes a district map, a health board table, and notes on Massachusetts water safety editorial insights.
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Thomas F. Harrington
The
American Medical Association
Chicago
Harrington
Lowell
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Lowell Board of Health
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
State Board of Health
Massachusetts
Williamstown
Picketing of funerals by Chicago union drivers halted
Chicago police under Chief O'Neil issued orders to stop all picketing around houses where funerals begin after a four day livery union strike. J B Wadsworth and Charles Stevens were warned that such actions will not be tolerated and must be settled away from mourning houses. The city also announced peace plans through the Chicago board of arbitration to settle the strike.
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Chicago
O'Neil
J. B. Wadsworth
Charles Stevens
Liverymen's Union
Chief O'Neil
O’neil
Chicago Board of Arbitration
House to Build New Office Block In DC
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Knox says condemnation jury set site value at 741000 dollars and titles are being reviewed before government takes title. Ground clearing and construction of a 3 to 4 million dollar building will start soon and take years.
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Washington
Cannon
Hepburn and Richardson
Tennessee
House of Representatives
Knox
George B. McClellan
New York City
Speaker Cannon
Congress
New York
Francis H. Pierpont
West Virginia
Capitol
Japan’s Reply Reported Communicated to Baron De Rosen
Tokyo dispatch to the Associated Press notes Japan’s reply was actually conveyed to Baron De Rosen and later shared with the British foreign office but not public. The legation calls the situation grave yet not immediately decisive, with no details released. Paris also denies Pekin reports that France warned China of siding with Japan in Southern China amid the Japanese Russian dispute.
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London
Associated Press
Tokio
Legation
Japan
Baron de Rosen
Foreign Office
Paris
Pekin
China
France
Rescue party nearly asphyxiated in Isle Royale mine
In Houghton Michigan on December 21 13 rescuers led by Captain Noyle descended 700 feet into the Isle Royale mine to save three suffocated miners. Gas surged and caused asphyxiation. one man reached the surface exhausted while 30 volunteers rushed in. Ten rescued from unconscious depths, two found crawling. The three bodies were recovered and revived after surface return.
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Houghton, Mich
Isle Royale
Noyle
Walter L. Taylor Convicted of Assault with Intent to Murder
In Tallahassee on December 21 Walter L. Taylor, previously acquitted on four indictments for assaulting Congressman Lamar, was found guilty of assault with intent to murder and sentenced to five years in state prison.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Walter L. Taylor
Lamar
Usual Bargains in Slippers Again
Pollard and Co advertises a large slipper sale with 98c pairs and a premium line at 1.98, including genuine alligator willow calf and elk skin styles. Basement shoe department.
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Pau
A. G. Pollard & CO
Four Years. Arthur Bernhart and Companions Sentenced
Arthur Bernhardt, Joseph McCrann, and William McCarthy were sentenced in Cambridge Superior Court. Bernhardt received not less than four nor more than five years in state prison. McCrann to reformatory for an indefinite period. McCarthy to the house of correction for eight months. The trio admitted to guilty counts in a brass theft ring causing about $2000 to $2500 in losses to local manufacturers and house owners.
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Arthur Bernhardt
Joseph McCrann
William McCarthy
Superior Court
Cambridge
Massachusetts Reformatory
House of Correction
Judge Hardy
Bernhardt
Reformatory
Joseph McCrain
Appleton Street
McCarthy
McCrain
American Shuffle Company
Tanner Street
Holt
Speed & Stephenson
Beaverbrook
Bernhardt Tactics Questioned in Local Case
The Spanish American War veteran Bernhardt and two associates faced charges as they pursued work at various sites. Bernhardt denied all accusations despite admissions from companions and disclosed relatives in the city, having previously lived at 10 Kimball Avenue.
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McCrain
Bernhardt
Kimball Avenue
Ipswich Train Tragedy Claims Two Men Friends Die After Freight Crash
Thomas Fitz and William Russ, Ipswich residents aged about 45, were struck by a freight train on the Boston and Maine line. Fitz died instantly. Russ succumbed at Salem hospital. They were crossing the tracks for Russ’s home when the express approaching forced them to jump but the freight overtook them. Fitz, a teamster with a wife and two children, and Russ, a carpenter with a wife and four children, were intimate friends.
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Ipswich
Thomas Fitz
William Russ
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fitz
Russ
Salem
Unprecedented Land Offer Near Merrimack Square
Builder’s chance on Rea Street Park View Wentworth offers 10 lots assessed at 2050 priced at three quarters value. Also a 7 room cottage two years old with barn and hen house on 0.375 acre two miles from Merrimack square. $1500. Details from T H Elliott 64 Central Street. Telephone 908-2. Licenses not required for poultry.
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Rea Street
Parkview Avenue
Wentworth Avenue
Merrimack Square
T. H. Elliott's
Central Street
What to give for a present puzzle
This notice explains a gift puzzle and directs readers to Howard the druggist at 197 Central Street. It highlights pure candy gift options with holly and flower themed boxes, hand painted baskets, and various box shapes from 30 cents upward.
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Howard
Central Street
To & Ibs
Mrs Ella Keith Delivers Domestic Science Lecture
In North Billerica a sizable audience at the Baptist church vestry heard Mrs Ella M Keith of Worcester speak on Domestic Science. She demonstrated with a chafing dish and shared information from her railroad workers program under the W C T U. The crowd praised her as a fluent speaker and expect her to return after the holidays for further illustrated talks on European travels and the Passion Play.
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Ella M. Keith
Worcester
Baptist Church
Keith
Collinsville Ladies Aid sociable boosts Christmas stories and songs
The Collinsville Mission Ladies Aid held a semi monthly sociable at Mrs. Hamblett's Nashua road home last Saturday night. Invited friends enjoyed Christmas stories and choruses with notable solos by B. Beals and Mrs. Beals. Credit goes to Mrs. C. Hamblett for the refreshments.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Collinsville Mission
Christmas services at Central Congregational church
Dracut reports an engaging Christmas program by Chorister Warren Hamblett and aides, with quartette, readings by children trained by Addie Fox. At service end, copies of a book named Madonnas were given to Sabbath school members. A Christmas Eve vestry event is planned with a gifts committee led by Mrs. Addie Fox.
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Central Congregational
Warren Hamblett
William Hallowell
Addie Fox
Warren Fox
Amherst
Mason Bryant
Columbia
Harvard Students Return Home for Christmas Holidays
Ward Stevens of Harvard is listed among students returning home for the Christmas holidays.
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Ward Stevens
Harvard
Mrs Rachel H Adams 42 Dies at Lowell General
Mrs Rachel H Adams wife of Alexander Adams died at Lowell General hospital Monday morning after a year long illness aged 42 years 5 months The deceased leaves three sons three daughters one brother and one sister Mr Adams extends sympathy to all in the vicinity
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Rachel H
Alexander Adams
Lowell General Hospital
Adams
The Cuban Treaty Operative Beginning December 27
Treasury issues circular to customs officers on implementing the Cuba reciprocity treaty approved December 11, 1902 and effective by law and proclamation December 17, 1903. The circular states the treaty becomes operative one minute after midnight December 27.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Customs Service
Cuba
Congress
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