Turners Falls Tragedy Shocks Town in Mass Murder Spree
Louis Bitzer of Turners Falls shot five, killing clerk Ida Colombe and his five year old son, wounding wife Christina and two daughters. He was captured and jailed pending a district court hearing. Officials cite uncertain motive and possible temporary insanity. victims treated at Farren hospital Montague City.
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Turners Falls
Louis Bitzer
Ida Colombe
Franklin County
Greenfield
Bitzer
James McKay
Davis
Christina Bitzer
Carrie Bitzer
Farren Hospital
Annie
Turner’s Falls
Ida Columbe
Christina
Carrie
Montague City
Miss Columbe
Bitter
Farren
Treasury records strong year end balance and rising money supply
Secretary Gage described the treasury as in exceptional strength at year end. Receipts exceeded ordinary expenditures by about 100 million dollars, enabling large debt reductions. By Dec 1 1901 money outside the treasury totaled 2.25 billion, per capita 28.73, up from 24.14 on March 1 1897, with gold coin and certificates rising to 914 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Gage
Congress
Department
United States
Chase Through Town By Insane Man Ends With Capture
John Hayes, 32, of Brighton, leaped from a second story window on Middle street Nonantum after claiming enemies pursued him. A crowd of about 200 to 500 chased him for nearly two miles before Patrolman Maurice Kiley detained him. Hayes sustained serious head injuries and was committed to the Worcester asylum.
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Newton, Dee
John Hayes
Brighton
Middle Street
Nonantum
Hayes
Watertown
Maurice Kiley
Division 2
Worcester Asylum
Foraker Hanna Fight Narrows Legislature Vote Hope
In Columbus on December 31 both sides claim to control the legislature. Neither has a caucus majority yet, with about four votes needed by each side. Representative Willus of Hardin county distances himself from either camp, stating no firm position.
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Columbus
Ohio
Foraker
Hanna
Willus
Hardin County
Nine House members hold key to the speaker race
In Columbus the nine undecided House members still determine the outcome as both factions push hard. Senator Foraker backs Price for speaker with Cox, Kurtz, the State Brewers Association, and several Cleveland Dayton and Troy congressmen backing him. George B. Cox travels from Cincinnati to defend Price while Hanna remains confident in his allies. Sheriff Scobey’s backers also mobilize in the effort for clerk of the Senate.
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Foraker
Hanna
Geo. B. Cox
Cincinnati
Columbus
Price
Chas. L. Kurtz
State Brewers’ Association
Beidler and
Burton
Cleveland
Nevin
Dayton
Kyle
Troy
Sheriff Scobey
Miami County
Senate
New Year Welcomed in New York Across Churches
New York at the turn of 1902 held watch night services in many churches across Greater New York. Bells chimes horns and voices filled the city as Old Trinity Grace Church and St Patrick's Cathedral featured elaborate programs leading to midnight.
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New York
Old Trinity
Broadway
Grace Church
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Philippine Commerce Opens To Foreign Shipping Pending Congress
Washington reports that if Congress follows the war department, commerce between the United States and the Philippine islands and among the islands will be opened to foreign bottoms for an indefinite period. A bill in the House aims to exempt the Philippines United States traffic from coastwise laws, and the war department supports placing inter island trade on the same footing. Meanwhile the treasury will extend the suspension of the coastwise shipping laws for Philippine commerce.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
United States
Philippine Islands
Islands
House
Philippines
Treasury
Died Of Lockjaw At East Braintree Teenager
Christina Jorgenson 19, daughter of Captain Jorgenson of the South Shoal lightship near Nantucket, died of tetanus in East Braintree. Vaccinated December 4 at East Dennis Cape Cod, she had appeared to recover before jaw pains and neck stiffness began. Doctors could not determine the primary cause.
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Braintree
Christina Jorgenson
Capt. Jorgenson
South Shoal
Nantucket
William Nickerson
East Braintree
Miss Jorgenson
East Dennis
Cape Cod
G. D. Bullock
G. W. Tinkham
East Dennis High School
Lawrence Strike at Atlantic Mills Ends Loom Silence
A mass meeting in Lawrence tonight elects an executive committee to guide the 250 striking weavers of the Atlantic cotton mills. Looms silenced total 325 as agents report pay disputes. The workers seek a 10 cent per cut rise from an estimate of $10.20 prior to reductions, while agent Somersby offers 2 cents per cut, saying an increase is unaffordable.
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Lawrence
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Somersby
Quarrel Ends in Fatal Shot in Ironton Home
In Ironton Ohio on December 81 a quarrel at Frank Monah’s home led to Frank Wilson blowing off Monah’s right arm with a shotgun and Wilson fatally shooting Monah with a left handed revolver. Wilson likely to die from his injuries.
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Ironton, O
Frank Wilson
Frank Monah
Monah
Wilson
Unsuccessful Bank Safe Robbery Attempt in Milford
Milford Conn December 31 An unsuccessful attempt was made early this morning to rob the Milford Savings Bank. Burglars blew two explosions to gain entry but failed to open the vault. Handles and combination knob were broken and other damage occurred.
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Milford, Conn
Milford Savings Bank
Lancaster Strike Settled At Jillincaster Mills
The Jillincaster cotton mill strike ended at noon with loom start resumed. Workers won a 4 cent per cut wage increase on 247 cloth affecting seven hundred operatives, praised for the quick resolution and the committee’s favorable reception by the company and Agent Richardson.
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Clinton
Des
Jillincaster
Richardson
Boston schooner Harry L. Belden wrecked at Green Island
The Boston schooner Harry L. Belden struck Green Island in the Bay of Fundy during a thick night and was totalled. All 18 crew members were rescued after difficulties. The vessel measured 123 tons gross 117 net, 94 feet long 25 wide nine feet deep, built in Essex Massachusetts in 1889 and owned in Boston.
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Essex
Mass
Boston
Salem aldermen clash as mayor attacks police hearing and sewerage board
In Salem on December 31, Mayor Hurley led a volatile meeting denouncing the press and aldermen over a police hearing. Alderman Fowler replied with sarcasm as Hurley criticized the police findings and the sewerage commissioners. The board refused to send the Packard nomination for city marshal to confirmation and kept the punishment recommendations for officers in play.
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Salem
Salem Board of Aldermen
Hurley
Board of Aldermen
Alderman Fowler
Fowler
Rees
W. 8. Nevins
P. Frank Packard
Whitney House Looted In Weekend Break-In
The old Loring house in Salem once owned by Henry M. Whitney was found looted after being empty for a month. Carpets plumbing fixtures and brass ornaments were taken, with property loss estimated in the thousands and theft at about 1800. Police reported no leads on the burglars.
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Salem
Henry M. Whitney
Boston Gas and Railroad
Loring
Whitneys
Whitney
De Witte Aims Radical Russia Industrial Reform
Russian finance minister De Witte seeks sweeping factory law reform to modernize industry. He plans to present a comprehensive scheme to the imperial council of state, promising a Magna Charta for Russia's future manufacturing sector.
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de Witte
Siberian
United States
Europe
Brussels
Russia
Imperial Council of State
For Sale Two Story Homes With Two Tenements
For sale an extra good two story two tenement house offering five rooms plus a bathroom in each tenement, separate front and back entries, large land, located on the electrics line. Price 2100 with payment terms to suit. Also two miles from Low ell post office five acres of land with nearly new buildings, fruit trees, one acre of heavy wood, good poultry location. Price 1200. Apply to T H Elliott sixty four Central Street.
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Lowell Post Office
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
Outing and Jersey Skirts Marked Down at Pollard Co
Forty five dozen fancy colored outing skirt patterns, high quality at 25 cents, reduced to 20 cents each. Also fifty dozen elastic Jersey ribbed skirts in pink blue cream and light gray feather edged ready to wear, previously selling at 39 and 49 cents, now 25 cents to clear stock in the basement department of A. G. Pollard & Co.
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Cloge
A. G. Pollard & CO
Boston Society Women Take Up Worthy Whist For Money
A writer hints that Boston society women may be playing whist for money. He suggests that even a Walt Whitman club would be preferable to such gambling, implying concern over social manners and propriety.
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Boston
Walt Whitman Club
Swindle Suspects Dishonest Deal Hits Spencer Knit Co
A proposed Shepard Knitting Co plan to open a northern branch in Spencer sparked an inquiry into a possible bold swindle. Citizens had pledged 2600 dollars as a bonus to lure the Maryland company, but officials halted negotiations after a prison supervisor questioned credentials, and no money has changed hands.
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Spenser
Shepard Knitting Company of Maryland
Board of Trade
Shepard Co
Maryland Company
Elmira
N. Y
Shepard Knitting Co
Spencer
Geo. E. Shepard
Shepard
Supt
F. W. Robertson
Supt. Robertson
Henry M. Tower
Shepard Company
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsements From Local Customer
In a testimonial from Mrs. John B. Porter of 24 Broadway she praises Dean's Kidney Pills for quick relief of kidney ache and better sleep. She claims lasting benefits, noting prior remedies failed. Pills sold by Ellingwood & Co. drug store and via Carter & Sherburne. price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is sole U.S. agent. remember the Dean's name.
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Our
Republic
John B. Porter
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean's
Remembering Mrs. Georg Henschel A cherished singer dies
A tribute recalls the life and artistry of Mrs. Georg Henschel once known for a small delicate voice. The writer recalls her early talent in Buffalo Haydenville and Brooklyn, her European training, and the joy she brought at recitals with her husband and teacher.
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Georg Henschel
Buffalo
Unitarian
Europe
Mr. Henschel
Haydenville
Mass
Hayden
Northampton
Florence
Miss Bailey
Henschel
Haydn
Charles Hayden
Priory
George Eliot
Tyndall
Tennyson
Longfellow
Brooklyn
Wealthy oil boss rues riches in Bible class talk
An oil company president valued at 300 million dollars laments the burdens of wealth in a Bible class address. A spectator quips about Benson's Plaster. the ad extols Benson's as fast relief for neuralgia, rheumatism, and pains, urging readers to buy and noting prepaid postage. Seabury & Johnson advertise the plaster nationwide.
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Benson
United States
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists
N.Y
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