Death sentences posted as terror grows in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on February 28 notices on public steps declare Grand Duke Sergius Alexandrovitch executed February 17 by the Fighting Organization of the Social Democratic Party. Police impotence marked by bold threats as Grand Duke Vladimir and family endure warnings and letters of death. Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna seeks to shield Vladimir while he wrestles with fear and public blame amid ongoing unrest.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Sergius
Sergius Alexandrovitch
Social-Democratic Party
von Piehve
Marie Pavlovna
Vladimir
Cyril and
Boris
Elizabeth
Marie
Winter Palace
Boott Mills To Resume Work As Cotton Arrives
The Boott mill will reopen in the picker department tomorrow as new cotton from New York and coal arrive. The picker stage will lead to carding once quantities justify, with 400 bales already on hand expected to last two weeks. A 6000 bale South consignment is en route to extend operations five to six months. Agent Thomas will announce timing as development permits.
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New York
Picker
Thomas
Battling Nelson Set For Second Bout With Young Corbett
In San Francisco on February 8 1900 Battling Nelson and Young Corbett face off in a title bout. Nelson carries the betting edge at 10 to 8 as both fighters come in evenly matched and properly weighed for the contest.
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San Francisco
Peb
Nelson
Corbett
Railroad Strikers Win Out at Vistula Board Meeting
Warsaw February 28 noon The board of directors of the Vistula railroads granted most of the strikers demands at a morning meeting. It is hoped train service will resume later today.
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Warsaw
Vistula Railroads
Propriety medicine firms react to public formula reveal
The J C Ayer Company states that if all proprietary medicine formulas were made public, legitimate medicines would gain sales while frauds and fakes would fail. They assert merit based products would fare better and fraudulent preparations would be ruined.
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J. C.ayer Company
Hearing in Behalf of Blind Tom Dixon Annuit y Granted
A hearing by the committee on prisons considered a bill to grant an annuity to Thomas Dixon of uphis city who was blinded after being stabbed by a fellow prisoner at Concord reformatory. Representative Cecil Adams led the hearing and all local representatives spoke in favor with no opposition.
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Thomas Dixon
Uphis City
Concord Reformatory
Committee On Prisons
Cecil Adams
Dixon
Public Hearing on House Bill 427 in Lowell City Hall
Mayor James B. Casey urges all citizens to attend a Wednesday 7 PM public hearing before the legislative committee on clines. The bill would abolish overseers of the poor and establish a city board of charities, with citizens asked to present views to the committee.
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Legislative Committee
Clines
City Hall
Lowell
Mysterious Drug Case Ties Lynn Woman to Tewksbury Home
Lynn February report of Miss Josephine Livingstone of Tewksbury found unconscious in the Hotel Seymour. She is taken to Lynn hospital on the dangerous list after taking an unknown drug to relieve suffering. Police doubt her stated story of a drug store purchase and a Boston brother, Charles Livingstone, who works for Graves & Co.
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Lynn
Lynn Hospital
Josephine Livingstone
Tewksbury
Hotel Seymoure
Exchange Street
Young
Charles Livingstone
E. E. Graves & Co
Boston
City council weighs tax delinquent lists order tonight
Tonight the city council will consider a joint order for the city treasurer to furnish committee lists of tax delinquents poll personal and real estate. Councilman Dodge may introduce it after hours of talks with City Solicitor Hogan who departs today and will be replaced by James G. Hill. The common council may stall while aldermen may adopt the measure. Hogan has issued about 150 opinions and Hill will face the appropriation committee Thursday night. A Medford solicitor request for Hogan’s opinion on the lists is en route. The school committee and the education committee also meet tonight.
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Dodge
William A. Hogan
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Hogan
City Hall
James G. Hill
Hill
McAloon
Horan
J. M. Hallowell
Medford
Appropriations Committee
Committee On Education
City committee debates certified delinquent tax list access
The committee on appropriations grapples with obtaining a certified list of delinquent taxpayers. City Solicitor Hogan affirms the panel may seek council authority but doubts the committee’s current reach. The dispute centers on access to the treasurer’s books and potential secrecy pledges, with the committee favoring book inspection over revealing names.
Lawrence court hears touching tale of $50 theft
John Emo testified about meeting Jones in a Lawrence saloon, followed by a Lowell incident where $50 vanished after a night of drinking. Judge Hadley, noting Emo’s intoxication, found David B. Jones guilty of larceny and fined him $50 within five days as McKinnon and others served as witnesses.
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David H. Jones
Lawrence
John Emo
David B. Jones
Donald McKinnon
Robert J. Hewitt
Michael Murtagh
Emo
Jones
Murtagh
McKnnon
Hewitt
Edward J. Wade
Lu¢Ch
Defendant
Spickerville
Witness
Lowell
Gayety
Blackthorn
Middlesex Street
McKinnon
O'Brien
John
Dowell
Lincoln
Frank J. Gaffney
Hadley
Gaffney
Michael
The Mechanes Savings Bank Open Daily and Saturday Evening
Savings bank ad announces March 4 opening hours daily nine to one with Saturday evening seven to nine and invites deposits.
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The
Mechanes Savings ® Bank
Kuroki Advances Threaten Mukden Route
Reports from St. Petersburg and New York describe Gen Kuroki’s forces driving the Russian left near the Shakhe river with fighting at several passes. A possible Hun river crossing could open the road to Tie pass and threaten Kuropatkin’s position, while Brooklyn authorities investigate a church floor collapse killing ten and injuring over four hundred with blame still undetermined.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Kuroki
Mukden
Shakhe
War Office
Shakhe River
Oyama
Hun River
Tie Pass
Severe fighting reported at Tsinkhetchen battle
Official dispatches from Tokio describe severe fighting as Japanese forces moved on Tsinkhetchen on February 23. Russian defenses held initially but were forced to abandon the town after intense frontal and flanking attacks. Russian casualties were reported at 150 dead. Chinese sources claim about 1000 Russian losses. Japanese secured machine guns and prisoners with no frostbite among attackers.
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Tokio
Tsinkhetchen
Taitse
Ol- Stacles
Japanese defeat Russians at Tsinkhettochen on Feb 23
Report states that during the February 23 engagement at Tsinkheten, 25 miles north of Simachi on the far right, Russian forces of about 17,000 were defeated with an estimated 2,000 killed or wounded. Japanese losses were described as slight.
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Tokio
Tsinkhetchen
Simachi
Russians Suffer Heavy Losses at Tsinkhetchen Fight
General Kuroki's field report from Fusan dated Feb 28 states Russians suffered 203 dead on the field during Feb 22 23 fighting at Tsinkhetchen and lost several machine guns with total casualties estimated over 2000.
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Kuroki
Fusan
Tsinkhetchen
Russian repulse of ten Japanese attacks near Tansintong
Telegram from Gen Kuropatkin to Emperor Nicholas reports ten attacks by two Japanese battalions and cavalry west of Tansintong repulsed. Japanese renewed assault February 27 and were again defeated leaving about a hundred Japanese corpses before Russian positions. Russian loss reported as six men.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Nicholas
Tansintong
Japanese repulse Russian attack near Mukden road
Tokio reports Field Marshal Oyama says Russian batteries at Manpoo mountain Spahupao and Sufangtai shelling Japanese lines. Small Russian infantry attacked four positions west of the Mukden road Sunday night but were repulsed. Russians resume defense works near Litajentun and shell Chenchiehpao.
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Tokio
Oyama
Manpoo Mountain
Spahupao
Sufangtai
Mukden Road
Litajentun
Chenchiehpao
State highway work debated in Lowell to Lawrence route
Work on the state highway from Lowell to Lawrence is to begin within a few months. Two route options exist, one along the Merrimack river to Lawrence and another along the old Black North road. Dracut residents split on the choice with residents north of the river favoring Yellow Meeting house and riverbank routes. Lowell favors the river route for directness and scenery. Mayor Casey will seek to place the highway along the river banks and start work this spring if plans hold.
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Lowell
Lawrence
New Hampshire
Merrimack River
Dracut
North Road
Yellow Meeting House
Merrimack
Casey
Van Bibber Bemoans Lost in Forest Scene
In Brooklyn Life the character Van Bibber complains he has "losht" for the tenth time as he encounters an unpenetrable forest scene, a humorous turn reflecting repeated misfortune and theater narration.
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van Bibber
Brooklyn Life
Tenement Ablaze At Lilley Avenue Damages Two Families
Early morning fire at the upstairs tenement 100 Lilley Avenue forces the evacuation of eight Marchand children and two Lavin households. A signal mix up misdirected fire units from box 67 to 68 delaying response. flames gutted the lower tenement, climbed to the upper floor, and destroyed the roof. George Marchand estimates near a thousand dollars loss with all clothing burned. The Lavin children were awakened by the blaze and narrowly saved from suffocation.
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Frank Lavin
Lilley Avenue
George Marchand
Christian Hill
Hildreth Street
Merrimack Street
Sixth
Fremont
Fire destroys home. family saved by quick action
Mrs Marchand told Courier-Citizen she found smoke and fire in a closet and nearly fainted. Frank Lavin, returning from Lawrence, said they lost everything except the clothes on his back but are thankful his wife saved the children. The house owned by A J Foisy the baker and insured by Fred C Church. total loss around $3000 with tenants facing extra personal losses.
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Frank Lavin
Lawrence
A. J. Foisy
Fred. C. Church
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James B. Casey
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Brooklyn
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Flaherty
Martin W. Littleton
Harriet Nelson
Ruby Thorp
Ei-Azhar Sz
Traders’ Nat. Bank
Sam
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