Lowell Plans New Cremator and Bridge Talk
City officials debate a new cremator in Lowell funded by $10,000 set last year, while a prior $25,000 Smith cremator plan was abandoned. Mayor Casey seeks opinion on free landings near the Pawtucket canal. a Mystic river bridge hearing in Boston is slated with Medford and Somerville, Lowell promising restraint on city funds. Supt. Morse aims to cut street shovel costs as ice and heavy snow raise expenses. Overseeing officials clash on Eastman’s standing. aid sought for a family of six in Dodge Street after fleeing Providence.
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Lowell
Knapp
Board of Health
Waterbury
Bridgeport
New York
Casey
Hogan
Pawtucket Canal
Boston
Metropolitan Park Commission
Mystic River
Middlesex
Medford
Somerville
Supreme Court
Morse
Supt
Agent Richardson
The
Humane Society
Courtney
Overseers of the Poor
Dodge Street
Providence
Cold Wave Grips West Five Die in Oklahoma
A brutal cold wave grips the central and western states. In Oklahoma five persons are reported frozen to death as Kansas stock losses and Indian territory stock hardships mount. Central and western Kansas see 30 degrees below zero with gale force winds. trains delayed and cattle stampeded across the plains. Telegraph wires demoralized as coal shortages compound hardship.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Southwestern Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
California
Chickasaw Nation
Pacific Mail Steamer Encounters Floating Debris Field
The City of Panama sailing from San Francisco on January 21 faced a vast drift of vegetation trunks and animal carcasses miles thick on January 23 at roughly 16 58 north 100 29 west. Debris hindered progress and mystery surrounds its origin possibly a Central American volcanic eruption.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
City of
Panama
Acapulco
Central American
Kate Armstrong Sentenced for Forty Dollar Theft in Cambridge
In a police court case, Kate Armstrong pleaded guilty to stealing forty dollars from James Winslow after a night at his room. Judge Hadley sentenced her to ten months in the house of correction. Winslow described the scene as officers searched her Appleton street quarters, uncovering the cash concealed in her clothing.
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Kate Armstrong
James Winslow
Kate
Winslow
House of Correction
Hadley
Clerk Savage
Correction
Winstow
Katé
Appleton Street
Jim
Capt. Kew
Inspector Lee
Mr. Kew
Walsh
Katherine
Katheryn
Miss Armstrong
East Cambridge
Mass
Frank E. Roark, Jr
Loretta Rourke
Nashua
Annie McCloughrey
Mary Blight
Blight
Patrick J. Kane
Max.Spahrs
Henry Friedman
Frank Connors
Fall River
James F. McGarvey
Central
Charles
Hoch's Latest Wife Demands Her Money
Chicago Feb 13 Mrs Emelie Fischer Hoch the latest wife of John Hoch visited him in police custody to demand her money He promised her repayment if she remained calm and asked for time While detectives search for a drug store tied to arsenic purchases the post mortem found arsenic in Mary Welcker Hoch’s stomach
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Chicago
Emelie Fischer-Hoch
Johann Hoch
Hoch
Shippy
John
Hodh
Mary Welcker-Hoch
MANY SPORTS FINED IN MASS RAID AT COOKING MAIN
York Maine February 13 Sheriff George C Athorne who led a raid arresting 18 men at the cooking main before midnight Saturday night worked with Deputy Sheriff George Preble who was knocked unconscious by four blows in the raid. They later arrested 60 men present and arraigned them before Trial Justice A B Cole for fines of five dollars each. A large portion of the audience came from New Hampshire and Massachusetts towns including many prominent sporting men.
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York
Geo. C. Athorne
Geo. Preble
A. B. Cole
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Boston
Minister Arrest Shocks Huntington Revival Scene
In Huntington West Virginia on February 13 Reverend Washington Haber of Hadley a Baptist minister was arrested charged with passing two counterfeit ten dollar bills. He was leading a revival meeting at Big Ugly Creek when the arrest occurred. The episode stirs local concern as counterfeit currency had circulated freely for months in the area.
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Huntington
W. Va
Washington Haber
Hadley
Big Ugly Creek
Coal wagon drivers strike at Gloucester with wage demand
Gloucester February 13 A strike by one hundred coal wagon drivers from four coal dealers seeks a ten hour day and weekly wages of 12 to 15 dollars. One firm agrees to the schedule. The longshoremen's union will not handle business at ten harves tied to the four firms.
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Gloucester
Cracksmen blow safe in Aurora post office. steal horse
In Aurora Oregon on February 13 a band of thieves used a large dynamite blast to wreck the brick post office and loot its contents. They escaped with about $100 and seized a horse and cutter before fleeing the scene.
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Aurora
Coal strike ends in Essen Prussia
The coal strike in Essen Prussia ended with full shifts resuming at the mines this morning after the stoppage concluded.
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Essen
Prussia
Fire in Harlem Tenement Ruins Building. 150 Homeless
A five story Harlem tenement at 2057 First Avenue housed sixteen Italian families when a cellar fire spread to upper floors. Residents fled via fire escapes as panic spread. police rescued many children from the crowd. One woman is missing and the building is ruined.
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New York
First Avenue
Harlem
Agawam National Bank to Liquidate Under Second National Bid
Springfield February 13 stockholders voted to liquidate Agawam National Bank. Directors accepted an offer from Second National Bank to carry on the liquidation process.
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Springfield
Agawam National Bank
Second National Bank
Traffic in Vermont Resumes After Snow Storm
The snow storm that blocked trolley lines and delayed steam trains yesterday passed during the night. About six inches of heavy snow fell in Burlington and surrounding areas. Traffic was resumed essentially on the usual schedule today.
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Burlington, Vt
The Best Whiskey Medicine in Sanford's Ginger
Taken as medicine is a poor substitute in Sanford's Ginger for colds and chilis according to a brief note. The item references whiskey as a supposed remedy and signals a casual, period tone without specific events or dates.
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Sanford
Named for postmaster in Portland Me nomination
Washington February 13 The president sent to the senate the nomination of Fred H King to be postmaster at Portland Maine.
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Washington
Senate
Fred H. King
Portland
Building Collapses Buries Worker at Merrimack Street
A two story barn on the Cosgrove property at 474 Merrimack Street collapsed while carpenters were at work at 3 30 this afternoon. John Lawson a Swede was buried beneath fallen timbers. Henry P Hoy of 15 Butterfield Street was struck and likely injured. A man named Soule escaped. Firemen and police freed Lawson who was alive but gravely injured and he was sent to St Johns hospital. The owner was Crawford of Frye Crawford druggists.
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Cosgrove
Merrimack Street
John Lawson
Henry P. Hoy
Butterfield Street
Reprieve sought in Greason Edwards murder case
Philadelphia February 13. A petition filed in the supreme court seeks reopening of Samuel Greason’s case after Mrs Ed wards confessed exonerating Greason. If granted, neither suspect will be hanged this week. Edwards provided a supplemental confession detailing the husband’s hammer blows and a child’s role, with the daughter now under surveillance in St. Louis. The infant was moved from Reading to Philadelphia then south along the Pennsylvania railroad under overseen care.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Greason
Greason
Mary
Reading
Woman dies rescuing child in Day Spring fire
Halifax report says Mrs Rodenhizer and her child perished when a blaze engulfed their Day Spring home. Neighbors rescued the others but one child remained inside until the mother returned to save it, losing her life in the effort. The financial loss was not large.
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Halifax
N. S
Rodenhizer
Day Spring
Fatal railroad collision at Moline wreck kills two engineers
A south bound double header passenger train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad collided head on with a switch engine at Moline. Engineer Wm Doolin of Chicago was killed and Engineer Charles Stapleton of Rock Island fatally injured. No passengers were hurt.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Moline
Wm. Doolin
Charles Stapleton
Conjugipion can certainly be cured
An early stage recovery is possible for nearly all cases with fresh air and good food aiding, followed by a medicine to quiet the cough and reduce inflammation. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is recommended and readers are advised to ask their doctor about it.
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Ayer
Sullivan Attacks Hearst in House Debate
Washington Feb 13 Immediate after the house convened Sullivan read an article from the New York American condemning Hearst and questioned his monarchial dignity. He criticized Hearst for unfair remarks about Democratic colleagues and declared the piece an insult to a member. The exchange grew heated as lawmakers challenged his order.
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Washington
House
Sullivan
New York American
Lamar
Florida
Hearst
N. Y
Congress
New York
United States
Salva-cea Promises Quick Relief for Sore Throats
An advertising note touts Salva-cea as a superior remedy for sore throats, claiming faster relief than medicine or gargling. The brief copy emphasizes ease of use and soothing effects with minimal effort for immediate comfort.
President Objects to Senate Amendments Step Backward
President Roosevelt will not present the arbitration treaties in their senate amended form to the negotiating countries. Secretary Hay notes the senate may reject or modify treaties, and such changes are seen as a backward step. Many senators abstained due to unclear pairings, while some votes were misattributed. Senator Cusom defends the senate’s prerogative and urges presidential conformity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
State Department
Hay
Allee
Alger
Depew
McEnery
Proctor
Mallory
Clark
Arkansas
Millard
Pettus
Crane
Simnons
Clapp
Cuslom
Committee On Foreign Relations
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Eastman
Committee On Appropriations
Dr. Donlan
City Hospital
James E. Donnelly
E. S. Eastmen
Ourseers of the Poor
City Solicitor
James McCoy
Middle West
Northwest
Superior
Wis
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Janesville
St. Paul
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Saginaw
Des Moines
Mercury
Frank Rourk
Joseph North
Wilmington
Miramichi’river
New Brunswick
Belland
Maine
Agawam Bank Liquidation
Vermont
Ei-Azhar In
Soule
Lawson
John’s Hospital
Crawford
Frye & Crawford, Druggists
MR. Hearst
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