Salem Theatre Notes and Sea Ballad Fragments
In a locally busy issue readers find remarks on cremation costs rising forty percent at the local society, Salvation Army symbols, a Massachusetts Press Association gathering in Boston, a typographical error in a printers’ circular, and a theatre bill for Brian Born. The page also presents a sea shanty verse about longing and a ballad by H C Bunner, all reflecting era mood and public notices.
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Massachusetts Press Association
Boston
Brian Born
Gems of Humor in a Newspaper Exchange
A humorous exchange from historical columns features a stage manager and heavy actor debating how to stage a scene with a crystal goblet of wine. The second item recalls Squire Huxtable, a long-time reader who paid in advance and never claimed editorial omniscience, ending with a wedding notice gift.
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Theatrical Company
Washington Star
Squire Huxtable
Perkins Junction
Chicago Tribune
Egypt Irrigation By Wind Oxen Pumps Hundreds
In Egypt about 50 000 pumps and water wheels operate using wind and oxen to lift water from shallow wells for irrigating rice and cotton. Each well with pump costs around 150 dollars, land rents range 2 to 5 dollars per acre, and the crude method yields solid returns for farmers. Paris Sees Dressmaking Boom And Notable Honorary Presidents
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Egypt
Arbitration Treaty With Great Britain Reaches Final Step
Washington Jan 11 The general arbitration treaty with Great Britain is now an accomplished fact. Only the signatures of Olney and Pauncefote remain and they are likely to be affixed today. The treaty will likely be submitted to the Senate within a day or two.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Great Britain
Olney
Pauncefote
United States Senate
Venezuela and Britain US arbitration pact advances
King Oscar has given formal assent as final arbiter for the arbitration agreement between Great Britain and the United States. Venezuela retains to ratify by Congress, which is expected to convene in February.
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Washington
Congress of Venezuela
Venezuela
Great Britain
United States
Oscar
Sentinel Drops UPI for AP News in Connecticut
South Norwalk date line reports The Sentinel has abandoned United Press service and begun receiving Associated Press reports. The move marks the fourth Connecticut newspaper in two weeks to switch to AP, reflecting a rapid AP consolidation in the state.
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South
Norwalk
Conn
the Sentinel
United Press
Associated Press
Connecticut
Jury urged to indict Ivory alias Bell in dynamite plot
In the central criminal court the recorder charged the grand jury to return a true bill against Edward J. Ivory alias Bell for conspiring to cause a dynamite explosion, stating it was the jurors duty.
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London
Central Criminal Court
Recorder
Edward J. Ivory
Bell
Painter J Fred Hathaway arraigned for arson in Fall River
Fall River residents heard that J Fred Hathaway the painter who confessed starting a blaze to collect insurance was arraigned this morning and held in five thousand dollars for the grand jury.
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Fall River
J. Fred Hathaway
Grand Juro
Tragedy in Manchester as Young Man Killed by Train
Thomas Kelley aged 22 was killed by a train in Manchester Conn this morning while on his way to work. He did not hear the locomotive and lived only ten minutes after the impact.
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Manchester
Conn
Thomas Kelley
Cheney Brothers silk factories resume full time operations
In South Manchester Connecticut on January 11 the spun silk department of Cheney Brothers began full time work for the first time since July 13. All other departments have also moved to full time production, marking a return to normal operation across the mills.
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Manchester
Conn
Cheney Brothers
Strike of weavers at Granite mill in Fall River
Thirty five weavers struck today at the Granite mill in Fall River over a reduction in wares. The action reflects wage pressure amid industrial adjustments, with workers asserting job terms and management reviewing production cuts.
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Fall River
Granite
House Defeats Pacific Railroad Funding Bill
Washington report states the House defeated the Pacific railroad funding bill by 166 to 110 on January 11, with the measure failing to pass in the current session. The vote reflected a sizable opposition and the outcome shifts funding prospects for the project.
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Washington
House
Pacific Railroad
Fatal fall ends in death of carpenter John Proulx
John Proulx, 37, a Staging on St Peter's church, died at St Johns hospital after a compound fracture of both legs worsened to blood poisoning. Amputation above the knee followed to save him, but delirium and decline led to death after a brief improvement. He leaves a wife and three children.
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John Proulx
St. Peter’s Church
St. John’s Hospital
Mr. Proulx
Proulx
Tremont Mill to Hire 1200 As Plant Expands
The Tremont and Suffolk mill now employs about 300 workers and will keep adding new hands for six weeks, aiming for around 1200 when all departments run. Agent Thomas says cloth quality remains the same as under Lawrence, though profitability was a concern. Overseers named include J. T. Banks as carder, J. T. Williams as spinner, BE. A. Robinson as weaver, and J. C. Mitenell in the cloth room.
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Carder
J. T. Banks
J. T. Wiliams
BE. A. Robinson
J. C. Mitenell
Middlesex tavern owner found guilty in liquor sale case
John F. Arlin of 1637 Middlesex Street was convicted of illegally keeping liquor for sale. He faces a $150 fine and five months in jail, with an appeal bond set for February term. Several drunks were fined or jailed in the same session and multiple cases were continued.
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John F. Arlin
Middlesex Tavern
Middlesex Street
McQuade
Jeremiah Crowley
W. H. Young
Young
Crowley
Peter Lynch
John Joyce
Peter Lovell
Michael Foley
Thomas F. Burns
Joseph Brennan
Edward Lowe
Harriet Busbee
Frank E. Thorpe
Daniel Hurley
Wm. Purcell
Albert Bedard
Mary Gardner
Kate Joyce
Patrick McMahon
Mary A. Smith
George Hillard
William F. Colyer
David Boyer
Harry Mitchell
Archibald McGaughey
State Farm
John Robbins
W. B. Lyford
Susie E. Trask
Lyford
Burglars Loot Bryn Mawr Post Office Cash Stamps
Burglars entered the Bryn Mawr railroad station post office Saturday night and escaped with 2000 dollars in cash and 75 dollars in stamps. Miss Julia Benjamin, 40, died by suicide in Wooster Cemetery Connecticut Sunday night from carbolic acid, due to hereditary insanity, after going toward church around 7 pm.
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Bryn Mawr
Julia Benjamin
Wooster
Conn
Ex Gov Brackett elected Massachusetts Electors president
Massachusetts news notes ex governor Brackett chosen president of the Massachusetts Electors at a Boston meeting on Saturday. A police raid at 948 Washington Street, Boston, smashed a door and led to five arrests. A raid on disorderly houses in Holyoke Saturday night resulted in a woman dying within an hour from excitement.
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Brackett
Massachusetts
Boston
Washington Street
Holyoke
Surprise party honors Mr and Mrs Parker at home
A pleasant surprise party at the home of Mr and Mrs Parker at 6 and 7 Lowell had dancing from 8 with master of ceremonies William OBrien. At 9 15 guests presented Mrs Parker with a 112 piece dinner service and Mr Parker with a gold mounted meerschaum pipe. More dancing followed until 10 30 with lunch and songs, then a hypnotist from Bradford performed. Sunday was anticipated with Home Sweet Home.
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Parker
Lowell Corporation
Willliam O’brien
Fred Parker
Sunday Services and Town Meeting Report
Sunday services featured fine music at several churches. Rev George F Kenngott spoke on Samson and Ruth at First Trinitarian, urging pure lives. Annual reports presented, including treasurer I Warren Bisbee with receipts 2492 56 expenditures 2427 85 and a 64 71 balance. A $50 gift to Lowell General hospital. Reports from juvenile and Sunday school departments show growth and reorganizations. A special town meeting at Centre town hall approved enlarging the Centre school building to 12000, borrowing up to 12000, with all votes unanimous. Central Congregational heard Rev Arthur Stanford discuss The Religion of Japan incl Shintoism,the sun goddess and emperors being deified, with a Japan church relief collection.
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George F. Kenngott
Samson and
Ruth
Trinitarian Church
I. Warren Bisbee
Lowell General Hospital
Charles T. Upton
Nellie Richards
O. C. Frye
Mechanics Hall
Miss Richards
Christian Endeavor Society
Grace Boynton
Intermediate Society
S. H. Harvey
King’s Daughters
Grace Martin
Women's Missionary Society
Centre Town Hall
Geo. A. Parkhurst
Henry S. Perham
Central Congregational Church
Arthur Stanford
Japan
Kioto
Revival at First Church Highlights Common People
Rev S M Dick opened a revival at the First Congregational church with Samuel J MacWatters and a large chorus. The sermon on The Common People urged that reforms and leadership come from ordinary folk, praising women’s labor, social progress, and a heavenly home for the common man.
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S. M. Dick
First Congregational Church
Samuel J. MacWatters
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles R. Thomas
Christ
Martin Luther
John Calvin
John Knox
John Wesley
Jesus
First Baptist Sermon on Four Great Questions
Rev Smith T Ford preached the second lecture in a series on Four Great Questions for the New Year at First Baptist Church. He used Isaiah fifty five two and contrasted laboring for unsatisfying pursuits with enduring spiritual satisfaction, citing Moody’s view of the world as a sinking ship.
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First Baptist Church
Smith T. Ford
Moody
Appropriations Under the New Charter Drawn Into Focus
City Council faces a budget knot as the new charter shifts receipts to the treasury and a legal cap of 12 dollars per thousand valuation constrains department allocations to about 235 602 18 dollars. Last year’s overspent 31 200 000 must be funded from gross estimates, risking a deficit before next year. The Water Board keeps receipts but no appropriation. sinking fund totals drop dramatically. the mayor weighs complete financial statements. and the city reports sinking funds, water loan funds, and Hapgood Wright trust fund changes.
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Police Department
General Treasury Fund
Pawtucket
the Water Board
Hapgood Wright Centennial Trust Fund
Sunday School Figures and Burmese Mission Efforts at Wigginville
Attendance reached 274 as 100 earthen jugs were given to children to fund Moo-Khay-Law the Burmese missionary. Next month an entertainment will reveal results after the jugs are broken. Revival services run four nights this week starting Tuesday with Rev Morang and Rev William Merrill to preach. Band of Hope meets Saturday. choir rehearsal occurred Saturday at Mr William Ruckledge’s home.
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Moo-Khay-Law
Mr. Morang
William Merrill
Band of Hope
William Ruckledge
Obituary notices from local New England paper
John J. Minahan aged 24 dies at home on Lilley avenue. Theresa McCormick infant daughter of Timothy and Annie dies at 102 Dummer street. Alfred S. Davis 76 dies in Westford after long illness. formerly Keene police officer. leaves wife and one son. Mrs Mary Breton dies at 44 Race street at eh years.
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John J. Minahan
Patrick
Mary Minahan
Lilley Avenue
Theresa McCormick
Timothy
Annie McCormick
Dummer Street
Alfred S. Davis
Westford
Westerday
Keene
N. H
Mary Breton
Race Street
Deaths in Hudson and local area prompt notices
In Hudson New Hampshire Mary M Chase aged 84 died January 8 Funeral services Tuesday at 1 pm burial at Lowell cemetery Friends invited electric cars will stop five minutes from Ned Spaulding place In this city Harriet E Blodgett aged 70 died January 9 at Old Ladies Home Mary Breton aged 65 died January 10 at home John Proulx aged 37 years 7 months died January 10 at St John s Hospital Did Abel Wheeler have to go without his dinner on Christmas Day
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Proulx
S J. John's Hospital
John Proulx
Short bosom shirts offered in varied styles and prices
A catalog note lists shirts both laundered and unlaundered priced at 50 cents and 1.00. It claims wide availability of Star shirts in five sleeve lengths for business or formal wear, including stout sizes. It also advertises quick sales with boys shirts at 25 cents, mens at 29 cents, and trimmed night shirts at 39 cents.
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Quicix
Local Births and Community Notes Across Lowell
Putnam and Son announce a son born Friday afternoon to Rev. and Mrs. Smith T Ford. A daughter born the same afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Bassett Ranlett of Royal Street. Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Lawler welcome twins born Sunday. All are healthy. Michael Colling remains in stable condition after transfer to the Collinsville Corporate hospital. Paul O. Kable of the Y M C A gym returns from Christmas in York. Miss Gertrude Edmund to speak on Child Study at Boston kindergarten conference Saturday. Chelmsford visitors James P. Emerson and J. Adams Bartlett and Charles T. Fish and M. W. Libby depart for Lovell Me for ice fishing. Rev. Paul N. Cayer praised for mission field success in Waterville Me with a $100 check from church members. Miss Cora Edsall, retired from Savoy, plans New York rest then joins Reeves Hands Across the Sea company.
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Smith T. Ford
Bassett Ranlett
Royal Street
W. P. Lawler
Michael Colling
Collinsville
Corporaton
Paul O. Kable
York
Gertrude Edmund
Training School For
Kindergarten Conference of Educational Workers
Boston
James P. Emerson
J. Adams Bartlett
Chelmsford
Charles T. Fish
M. W. Libby
Lovell
Paul N. Cayer
Watervile
Cora Edsall
Savoy Company
New York
Reeves
Hands Across the Sea Company
Lowell
City
Funeral Notices for Foley Minihan Blodget and More
The funeral of Peter J. Foley was held from his home at 5 Kinsman street with services by Rev Fr Mecenna at St Peters church, burial in Catholic cemetery. John J Minihan’s funeral was from Lille avenue, with interment in Catholic cemetery and Undertaker O Donnell in charge. Harriet E Blodgets service was at Ol Ladies home with Red Bowley Green officiating and body to be sent to Cambridge for Mount Auburn burial.
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Peter J. Foley
Kinsman Street
Fr. Mecenna
St. Peter’s Church
Davey
John J. Minihan
Lille Avenue
O'Donnell
Ol Ladies
Harriet E. Blodget
Red Bowley Green
Worthen Stiv¢ Baptist Church
Cambridge
Currier
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Rooster Feed Question at Dan Var Num’s Park
A reader asks whether the Rooster feed took place in Dan Var Num’s Park, seeking confirmation of the event location and timing. The inquiry notes uncertainty about the park’s name and the feed’s occurrence.
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Dan Varnum's Park
Woman Rescued From River Ice After Plank Aid
A woman crossing the river near Gage's ice house broke through thin ice on a treacherous stretch. Men arriving with a plank aided her, averting drowning. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon on the Pawtucketville side.
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Pawtucketville
Gage
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