Roasts and Rhythms From Washington Society
The Gridiron club of Washington is noted for roasting guests. Joseph Verdi, not the greatest composer, created enduring melodies. The American Peace society secretary predicts wars end by AD 2000, leaving time for more conflict. Black attire dominates in England, and Carnegie faces pressure to give away wealth to avoid disgrace as danger looms.
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The
Gridiron Club of
Washington
Joseph Verdi
American Peace Society
Carnegie
Cincinnati's unique rail system ownership by city
Cincinnati stands as the sole U.S. city that owns and operates a railroad system valued at 33.5 million dollars. Other notes state European indemnity repayment by France within two years, funded largely by loans taken by French citizens. Northampton England hosts a century-old unrivaled newspaper since 1720. cloud heights average 1680 yards for heavy rain and 9700 yards for cirrus. Norwegian fjords water remains saltless enough to drink.
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Germany
Moonshining Battle Claims Two Officials in Kentucky
In a daylight clash on Elk Horn Creek near Hindman between revenue officers and moonshiners, deputy U S marshal James Hallifield and posse member Simon Combs were killed. Wounded were Rufus Wotton and Ambrose Amburgy. Blaine Combs captured. The fight lasted hours as outlaws pursued, with officials vowing a rescue in three days. The incident marks Kentucky moonshining’s deadliest episode.
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Lexington
Pike
Elkhorn Creek
Hindman
Jacksom
Russelly Wireman
Hallifield
Wireman
Combs
James Morton
Mason Smith
Kentucky
Traders Bank Promotes Full Service International Banking
Traders transacts a general banking business offering foreign exchange in English, German, and Swedish money. It provides safety deposit boxes with private rooms and a savings department paying 4 percent semi annually. The bank is a depository for the United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts with exclusive banking rooms for ladies. Hours are 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. on weekdays and 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. on Saturdays. Locations: Middlesex Street rooms 30 to 46 and Post Office Avenue rooms 1 to 24.
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Reach
Monety
Igdies
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Street
Post Office Avenue
Steamer Rolland Wrecked Off Rotterdam Morning
The steamer Rolland from London was wrecked at Northern pier. The captain and six crew were saved, with 14 crew and four passengers believed lost. Later reports say the vessel parted amidships and 16 aboard were drowned.
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Rotterdam
Rolland
London
Northern Pier
Insurrection Suppressed in District. More Rebels Surrender
Manila dispatch reports Gen Funston saying organized insurrection is largely over in his district aside from isolated mountain bands. Sixty five rebels surrendered on Panay. Geo T Rice editor of the Daily Bulletin, ordered deported by MacArthur for allegations against a fort captain, to be held until arrival in San Francisco.
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Manila
Funston
Panay
Geo. T. Rice
Daily Bulletin
MacArthur
San Francisco
Crown Prince Frederick William Receives Order of the Garter
In Cowes the Crown Prince of Germany Frederick William is invested with the order of the Garter by King Edward. The ceremony is described as brilliant as the king thanks the German Emperor for his visit amid sorrow and notes strong personal and national ties. It is rumored Emperor William will award Prince Arthur of Connaught the Red Eagle.
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Emperor William
Edward VII
Cowes
Germany
Frederick William
Order of the Garter of Orange
Edward
William
Order of the Red Eagle
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Duke of Connaught
Lynn Mystery Blanket Found in Bailey Case
One of the missing blankets tied to the Bailey murder mystery was found cut and hacked with an axe. A stone bearing a dull red stain, believed to be blood, lay nearby on the Newburyport turnpike near Hawkes corner Saugus. John C Best is indicted for murder. The body’s location had been a puzzle.
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Lynn
Bailey
John C. Best
Newburyport Turnpike
Hawkes Corner
Saugus
Howard Pleads Guilty to Bigamy Sentence
Judge Hurd accepted a guilty plea from George W. Howard on the bigamy indictment. He was sentenced to two years and ten months at hard labor in Sing Sing.
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New York
Hurd
George W. Howard
Sing-Sing
The Necessary $20,000 Found it Pittsfield Case
Pittsfield Jan 28 Robert S Fosburg charged with killing his sister May was bailed at 11 this morning for 20000 dollars.
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Pittsfield
Robert S.fosburg
May
TAWERSBURY Public meeting on annexation set for February 4
A town hall gathering is planned for Monday evening at 7 30 to discuss annexation and related issues including town resources taxation and public improvements. The Alumni of the High School held a meeting January 21 in Pickering hall deciding to hold an annual New Year’s reunion. A committee Grace Seabury Bert Marshall and Charles Smith will arrange the first meeting for January 1 1802 to promote alumni involvement in educational matters.
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Pickering” Hall
Grace’ Seabury
Bert Marshall
Charles Smith
Five Cent Fare Assured in Lynn Boston Rail Plan
Boston hearing on a petition by Lynn and Boston Street Railway to acquire Lowell Lawrence and Haverhill and North Woburn, with five cent fares for Billerica to Lowell and Wilmington. Stock exchange valued at 2.8 million dollars with pay raises for North Woburn and L L H staff. Board to resume after two to three week wait on consolidation decision.
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Boston
Lynn & Boston Street Railway Company
Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Company
North Weburn Company
Billerica
Lowell
Bentley W. Warren
Lowell, Lawrence
Wilmington
Woburn
Lynn
North Woburn
John J. Donahue
Joseph E. Bushnell
Mlethuen
Mr. Warren
Warren
Carlisle Road relocation hearing before Chelmsford County Commissioners
County Commissioners held a public hearing in Chelmsford Centre on relocating and widening the main highway from the Carlisle line to near the Odd Fellows Building. Petitioners include Arthur M. Warren and others seeking defined bounds amid possible Lexington and Boston Street Railway franchise links. Seventeen attendees heard the discussions on jurisdiction and future improvements.
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Arthur M. Warren
George O. Byam
Joseph B. Warren
Riley Davis
J. Adams Bartlett
Harry L. Parkhurst
Wm. Clinton
Chelmsford
Centre Town Hall
Carlisle
Odd Fellows
Centre Village
Isxington and Boston Street
Seley Is
Lowell
South Street
Gould
Board of Commissioners
Spon
G. P. Dadma
Warren
Pe Wasin
Commissioners to decide who pays for road relation
Mr. Gould told the meeting the decision rested with the commissioners on who bears the expense of a road relation among town and county. He noted the road width could be set only after a view of the line. No remonstrants appeared and the session closed after about 20 minutes. The commissioners will review the route at an early date.
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Gould
H. S. Perham
J Henry Read Dead Longtime Middlesex County Commissioner
J Henry Read died suddenly in Toledo at 65 while traveling with friends after a long public career in Westford and Middlesex County. He served 25 years as county commissioner and held roles on the Westford selectmen school committee and as a state representative. Funeral at Westford Orthodox church tomorrow at 2 pm. Ideal Food Cutter advertised at 1.24 by Thomson Hardware.
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J. Henry Read
Middlesex County
Toledo
Read
Deadwood
S. D
Chicago
Boston
Mr. Read
Westford
Zaccheus
Mary Read
Republican Party
Springfield
Westford Academy
Middlesex
Westford Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Mary Eleanor
Daniel
Mary Ann Falls
Henry B
Alice Houghton
Littleton
E. G. Boynton
Carrie
Florence Read
Massachusetts Supreme Court hears Lowell cases names and reps
The Massachusetts Supreme Court heard arguments in Lowell on two cases Leah Cote versus Lawrence Manufacturing Company and Bartholomew Seanneil versus Hub Brewing Company. Lawyers W H Bent and JC H Conant argued for plaintiffs with G F Richardson and R D Nason for defense.
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The
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Lowell
Leah Cote
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
W. H. Bent
G. F. Richardson
Bartholomew Seanneil
Hub Brewing Company
JC. H. Conant
R. D. Nason
Centralville reports JusSano remedy spread hope across city
A Centralville Police wife recalls a cold after a JusSano sample left at her home. She says FisSano helped her. A basketball player recovered after using sano. Many ladies near the bridge report JiaSavo aiding hoarseness and sore throats. Hood & Cole sarsaparilla endorsed. M.C. A. team.
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Go’ng
Sano
JiaSavo
Oz Ee ‘Hood & Cole
FOSS Ai Be Has Fulfilled Day 3 Expectations
Druggists report progress on Reinstancée Day 3 with Fulfilled expectations and price details noting cents per bottle.
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Foss
A Square Denial By Representative Goward
Edward T. Goward denounces a last week circulated statement as a falsehood. He says he did not appear before the Massachusetts liquor laws committee in Boston nor attack Lowell city officials. The Lowell letter, dated January 26, 1901, brands the report as false and attributes it to persistent rumor.
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Goward
State House
Boston
Lowell
Edward T. Goward
Lowell, Jan
Court session fines total four dollars from four men
Judge Hadley presided after an illness as pleas of guilty trimmed the docket. Alfred Hanson Anton Carlson Adolf Johnson and Carl Peterson paid 15 dollar and 5 dollar fines for card playing or presence at a game. Joseph and John Bashow paid small sums for drunkenness while others faced probation or short jail time. Several defendants paid two to six dollars with installments arranged. One man sent to the state farm and six first offenders released.
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Hadley
Alfred Hanson
Anton &. Carlson
Adolf Johnson
Carl A. Peterson
Gorham Street
Crowley
Charon
Wilson
Hanson
Carlson
Bashow
Joseph
John H
John
Thomas Donahue
Thomas Earle
Clarence Bragdon
Daniel J. Murphy
John B. O'Connell
James Sullivan
Hiram Mitchell
Benjamin Russell
August Parachian
Laurence J. Martin
Martin Burke
Salmon Sirk Buys Merrimack Real Estate Portfolio
Boston investor Salmon Sirk completed a major purchase from the Merrimack corporation totaling about 200000 dollars. The deal includes roughly 100 boarding houses on Worthen Dutton Colburn and Prince streets and the Nesmith Street property opposite Wyman known as the old Burrows house. Transfer of deeds was expected today with potential rent increases likely to follow, possibly changing tenants in many properties.
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Salmon Sirk
Boston
Massachusetts and
Boott Corporations
Sirk
Merrimack Corporation
Nesmith Street
Wyman
Worthen
Dutton
Colburn
Prince Streets
Dutton Street
Boott
Massachusetts
Letter Confirms Corporal George H. Brown Alive in Philippines
William H. Brown of 33 Hildreth street received word from the office of the adjutant general that Corporal George H. Brown of Company I, 26th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, is living. The letter notes the 26th’s status and lists other units in transit and the ongoing return movements from the Philippine Islands as of October 31, 1900. It adds that Brown is present on the latest muster roll and not listed as killed or wounded. In Leon, Panay, P. I. the roll shows his continued duty with his company. The letter is signed by Assistant Adjutant General John A. Johnson and Lt. L. Council.
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William H. Brown
Hildreth Street
Adjutant General of the War, Department
George H. Brown
26Th Infantry
U.S. W
37Th Infantry
United States
36Th Infantry
Uth Cavalry
84Th Infantry
Co. I
Leon
Panay
P. I
Philippine Islands
Veterans Reunite After 36 Years At Arlington
Barney Hessian and John White, aged Civil War veterans from the 15th Massachusetts battery, met Sunday at Arlington hot for the first time since 36 years. White, father of Ervin White of Alma Chester company, came with his wife to see their son. They dined with Ervin White and Officer Jack Tilton, a fellow 15th member, in a casual reunion.
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Barney, Hessian
John White
Massachusetts Battery
Arlington
Mr. White
Ervin White
Alma, Chester Company
Jack Tilton
15Th
Indictment Filed Over Illegal Olaomargarin Sales
John B. and Mary A. Clandry face an indictment for illegal sales of olaomargarin without a license. The case is not processed by the United States district attorney.
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John B
Mary A. Clandry
United States District Attorney
City Hall Notes Highlight Labor Unions Endorse Convery
Six delegates from as many unions met the mayor declaring they represent Lowell laborers and endorse Joseph F. Convery for superintendent of public buildings. Tonight at 7 30 the second charter revision hearing will cover street department public buildings commons supply department and overseers of the poor. The mayor ordered department heads to sign requisitions to assume responsibility for all orders.
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Lowell
Joseph F. Convery
Detective Higham's Narrow Escape From Runaway Horses
Thomas Higham and his wife along with six year old Helen Dore were driving when frightened horses bolted after a dog near Winter Hill Somerville. The buggy overturned on Warren Street. Higham saved Dore from the reins then collapsed. Both were taken to the Cox residence. Higham suffered a knee injury and shock while Dore sustained scratches. The horses ran a half mile before halting near a telephone pole and were reined in.
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Thomas Higham
Paul Street
Boston
Mr. Higham
Helen Dore
Winter Hill
Somerville
Arlington
Broadway
Warren Street
Higham
Herbert Cox
Miss Dore
Gox
Peg
Yehiche
Deere
La Gascogne Bears the Brunt of Twin Seas to Port
The French liner La Gascogne arrived in New York with two lifeboats smashed and rails twisted after 35 hours of gales. Four hundred steerage passengers endured a terrifying Atlantic crossing as a first sea swept the port side and later a second monster wave wrecked lifeboat No. 2 and damaged deck fittings. The storm began near Havre and eased into calm upon reaching port.
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New York
la Gascogne
Havre
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Order OF the Garter
Howard
Young Fosburg
Tawersbury
Lyon and Boston
Billerica Centre
Carlisle Road
J. Henry
Thominson Hardware Company
Supreme Court
Centralville
Merrimack
Grip
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John A. Johnson
Trades and Labor Council
Tobin
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