Major Norfolk Fire Levels Downtown Blocks
A February 31 incident in Norfolk destroys the Columbia building on Granby street and surrounding properties. Fire, fanned by whiskey explosions, blankets 150 offices and residences, with Atlantic hotel and Virginia club burning. Loss likely exceeds half a million dollars. water shortage hampers efforts as police, firemen, and citizens conduct rescues.
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Norfolk
Columbia
Granby Street
D. Lowenberg
Brown's
Neddo’s
Atlantic Hotel
Virginia Club
Plume and
Granby
Johnston China Company
J. Hull Davidson
American Cafe
Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Connecticut Grown Sumatra Tobacco Sale Planned May First
A government commission decides to hold the Connecticut grown Sumatra tobacco sale in New York around May 1. The department of agriculture supplied seeds directions and a thirty-strong expert supervision team for the crop grown in the Connecticut valley. Growers bore the growing and harvesting costs while the department financed expert guidance, seed, and packing supervision. Forty five acres were planted to educate growers through instruction and experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Government Commission
Department of Agriculture
Connecticut Valley
Connecticut
Traders National Bank Services and Rates
Traders National Bank offers deposit boxes at $5.00 per annum in Cooper Rooms and provides general banking services including foreign exchange in French German and Swedish. Savings interest is 6 1 4 percent compounded semi annually with monthly start. Ladies banking rooms available. Located at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave with hours 4 A M to 4 P M weekdays and 8 A M to 1 P M Saturday plus 7 to 9 P M for banking rooms.
Growers Agree Crop Sale Under Department Oversight
Farmers consent to sell the entire harvest under department auspices to demonstrate what departmental expenditures have achieved and to show independence in their industry moving forward.
Lamb to Represent State Courts in Northern Securities Case
George Alfred Lamb, attorney heading two suits against Northern Securities, will travel to Minneapolis to attend next week’s Power case hearing. He plans to examine President Hill on Wednesday and has a commissioner appointed to take testimony in the suit against the Great Northern, with J. P. Morgan and other financiers likely to be questioned. Lamb argues the U S Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction and believes the matter will be settled in state courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Alfred Lamb
The
Northern Securities Company
Minneapolis
Lamb
President Hill
Great Northern
J. P. Morgan
Three Men Held On Suspicion In Chelmsford Jewelry Case
Supt. Moffatt and Officer Noye nabbed three men on a Woburn car near Dyer hill Chelmsford Friday noon after reports they tried to dump jewelry near Gorham street. Prisoners Peter F. McGuinness John F. Shea and William Farran claimed Charlestown and Boston as homes. They were held in cells awaiting word from other cities and property in their possession is being traced.
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Supt. Moffatt
Noye
Woburn
Dyer’s Hill
Chelmsford
Gorham Street
Peter F. McGuinness
John F. Shea
William Farran
Charlestown
Farran
Boston
Funston Reduces Medical Plan Heads to Lawrence
Gen. Fred Funston will not need another operation and will stay several days longer for treatment in Kansas City before traveling to Lawrence today.
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Gen. Funston
Kansas
Kansas City
Fred Funston
Funston
Lawrence
First Edition Steamer Lost in Channel Storm
London reports continued gales in the channel with many shipping casualties. The steamer Sprite, a 823 ton vessel of West Hartlepool ownership and 225 feet long, with 20 crew, is believed lost. she was bound for Hamburg and long overdue. The Dover to Calais mail service also returned damaged.
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London
Channel
Sprite
Hamburg
France
Dover
Calais
West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Company, Limited
Robbers Raiders Near Icho fu In Japan
The Yoko hama Advertiser reports soldiers battled a band of outlaws near Icho fu. Six prisoners were captured. The robbers’ rendezvous burned. 14 outlaws perished, eight killed, and 40 to 50 others escaped. Meanwhile Yazadou bank frauds in Tokyo implicate outside accomplices, with losses pegged around 300000 yen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Yokohama Advertiser
Indravelli
Ichofu
Additon
Tokio
Independent Glass Firms Boost Wages for Unskilled Workers
Pittsburg on January 31 Acting independently of the combines the D O Cunningham Glass company the largest window glass maker outside the American Window Glass company has raised the wages of all unskilled labor by 100 percent Similar moves were taken by S McKee Co and Cunningham Co Limited all members of the Independent Glass company The expected pattern is for other plants in the Independent Glass company American Window Glass company and Federation Co operative Window Glass company to follow The raise affects about 2000 men and comes after a higher rate for skilled labor was granted by the American Window Glass company and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
D. O. Cunningham Glass Company
American Window Glass Company
S. McKee & Co
Cunningham & Co., Limited
Cunningham Glass Company
Independent Glass Company
Federation Co-operative Window Glass Company
Independents
Man Identified After Wandering in Merrimac Night
In Haverhill on January 31, authorities identified a half frozen man found wandering in Merrimac as William E. Kelley of Newton New Hampshire. His wife located him last night and he was taken to the Merrimac lock-up where he rests comfortably.
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Haverhill
Merrimac
William E. Kelley
Newton
N. H
Kelley
Newton Proper
New York Tunnel Scheme Fairly Launched
New York reports the formation of Union Terminal company with capital of 40 million dollars to build Manhattan tunnels under Fourteenth and Forty-second streets, linking New Jersey to Long Island. Real estate activity surged as owners pledged 11 million dollars in consent, though no purchases yet.
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New York
Union Terminal Company
Manhattan
New Jersey
Long Island
Fourteenth
Fourteenth Street
Colds and bronchitis warning promotes Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
A brief warning that colds progress to coughing and bronchitis, urging quick relief with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Advertises sizes 2c, 50c, and 1.00. Mentions J C Ayer of Lowell Massachusetts.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Mase
Status of Filipinos. Taft Testifies on Philippine Government
Washington January 31. Senate Philippines Committee opens inquiry into island governance with Civil Governor Taft as first witness. Taft recounts tours since 1900, noting 34 Christian provinces with civil government and Moros largely friendly. He describes provincial acts, temporary appointments, and American control of treasurer and superintendent roles.
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Washington
Philippine Archipelago
Senate Committee On
Philippines
H. Taft
Senator Lodge
Gov. Taft
Taft
McKinley
Accidents at YMCA Gym Involve Several Injuries
Matthew Powers of Franklin court, worker for Boston and Maine, fell from an engine and bruised his left shoulder at the YMCA gym. Adam Myrick of 53 Branch street suffered a forehead cut needing three stitches after colliding with a gym post. Thomas Hisey of Chelmsford sprained his back lifting a bag of oats and was admitted to St Johns hospital.
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Matthew Powers
Franklin Court
Boston & Maine Railroad
Adam Myrick
Branch Street
Thomas Hisey
Chelmsford
St. John’s Hospital
Merit System Implemented by Houston and Texas Central
Denison Texas January 1 circular from the federal office of the Houston and Texas Central railroad states that on May 1 the merit system will begin and all employees from the highest to the lowest will receive merit and demerit marks guiding their future. The order covers every worker in stations offices and train crews.
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Denison
Tex
Fe Ieral
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
London Railway Rejects Yerkes Union Proposal
London January 31 The Metropolitan Railway directors rejected handing over any portion of the property's control to Mr Yerkes and associates as the price of union with the District railway. Shareholders holding 1,500,000 pounds of stock favored keeping control and preventing a 13,000,000 pound capital transfer to Yerkes Traction. The railway would supply its own electricity saving about 100,000 pounds yearly.
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London
Metropolitan Company
Yerkes
Larceny Alleged In Towell Case Ends With Arrest
Frank X. Beaudoin was arrested by Officer Breault on a larceny charge after allegedly stealing a cousin's suit and pawning it at Curtin's pawn shop. Inspectors Laflamme and Donaldson pursued the case, Beaudoin being a newcomer from Canada. He will appear before Judge Hadley in police court tomorrow morning. Clothes recovered at Curtin's.
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Frank X. Beaudoin
Breault
Beaudoin
Severin Beaudoin
Curtin
Laflamme
Donaldson
Towell
Canada
Severin Dubuque
Merrimack Street
Hadley
Curtin’s
Set-Back for Great Northern Merger in Burlington order
Omaha Neb Jan 31 A Burlington railroad circular reverses an early 1930s move to treat Great Northern rolling stock as Burlington cars The latest order eliminates the original scope and reports all Great Northern cars as foreign cars signaling no immediate plan to merge other Hill system departments
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Great Northern Road
Burlington
Great Northern
Earthquake and Landslide Reported in Olympic Mountains
Port Townsend reports a quake and landslide in the Olympic mountains of western Jefferson county just before last week’s big storm. The notice notes a seismic event followed by a damaging landslide with impacts not yet quantified. Local authorities await details and continuation of weather surveys.
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Port Townsend
Olympic Mountains
Jefferson County
Norwegians Receive Nearly Three Million Kroner in 1901 Postal Orders
From Christiania to Norway 1901, nearly 3,000,000 kroner were sent by postal orders by United States residents to friends in Norway during the year.
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Christiania
Norway
United States
Walton Might Have Frozen to Death in Lowell Alley
A New Hampshire man named John Walton from Lebanon came to Lowell seeking work and was robbed, beaten, and left in an alley to die of cold. Officer Crowley found him and helped him to a box. Walton pleaded guilty to drunkenness in police court.
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John FE. Walton
Lebanon
New Hampshire
Lowell
Walton
Middlesex Street
John J. Crowley
N. H
Catherine George
North Chelmsford
William Sheppard
George
Sheppard
Wotton
Hadley
Massachusetts Reformatory
Albert H. Dowd
Frances Rourke
Delia O'Heir
Westboro
Courtney
O'Heir
Deer Island
Boston Harbor
Thomas Qualey
Wall Flower
Cuspidor Corps
Reformatory
John Christie
Stanislaus Hosina
Christie
Joseph McBride
State Farm
Joseph E. Bertrand
George Faselos
TWO GREEN GOODS MEN HELD UNDER BIG BONDS
In Boston on January 31 W C Woodward known as Big Hawley and C C Cannister and Otto Shuler appeared before U S Commissioner Fiske with nearly 20 witnesses. On Shuler’s attorney request a continuance was granted until February 8. Bail set at 10000. default return to Charles street Jail. The article notes the deaths of McKinley Wellington Montcam on related anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
W. C. Woodward
Display of High Grade Suits And Overcoats In Window
In the front window the shop showcases garments representing the highest grade suits and overcoats in stock.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Admiral Sampson
Schiey
Traders National Bank
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
the Traders National Bank
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
P.M
Post Office Ave
Northern Securities Case
Newton, N. H
Senate Committee
Status OF
Foot Board
Farmer
Texas
London Railway
Frank Beaudoin
O'Sullivan Bros. Go
Shoe House of
City Hall
Lemly
Tremont & Suffolk
Jennie Charsland
Lacey Myers
Maria St. John
Victoria Labelle
Green Goods
Duke of Wellington
Gen. Montcam
Quebec
Errimack Clothing CO
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