Miners Strike Wins More Pumpers to Quit Work
In Wilkesbarre on June 5 the anthracite strike continued with more pumpers deserting and being replaced by nonunion workers hauled in at night. Thirty three more strikers joined, while operators filled vacancies with outsiders. President Mitchell offered no settlement news as engineers and firemen face shortages and rising water in mines.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
New York Board of Trade
Roosevelt
Mitchell
Soft coal miners strike looming in Virginia and West Virginia
Roanoke reports indications that a general soft coal miners strike across Virginia and West Virginia will take effect next Saturday. Officials say most fields will be tied up. operators expect the stoppage as a solution to the labor disputes. New workers are already being hired and guards posted to protect workers. Workers are told to work or quit and to leave the mine reservations if they quit.
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Roanoke
Virginia
West Virginia
W. R. Sheets
Turkey Gap
Crime Report From Bristol County Indicts Notables
New Bedford reports grand jury to superior court with about 40 indictments. The most sensational accuses the wife of ex Mayor J H Abbott of Fall River of adultery. Other cases include 15 counts of larceny against Jacob Luckman Jacob Tishler and Louis Tishler for stealing $15 000 worth of wool at Norton. William Hamilton of Fall River indicted for manslaughter in the death of John Wallace and Amable Lucier of Fall River indicted for assaulting Mary Laundre with intent to murder her.
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New Bedford
J. H. Abbott
Fall River
Jacob Luckman
Jacob Tishler
Louis Tishler
Norton
William Hamilton
John Wallace
Amable Lucier
Mary Laundre
Lynching of Jim Black Near Ravenal in South Carolina
Jim Black, an African American accused in the murder of J. K. Jones’s wife, was taken from a posse near Ravenal and lynched by a mob while being transported to jail. He had escaped after the crime weeks earlier, was recaptured near Savannah, and reportedly confessed his crime.
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Charleston
S. C
Jim Black
J. K. Jones
Atlantic Coast Line
Ravenal
Black
Savannah
Chamberlain Leads With 341 Vote Governor Margin
Portland Oregon June 5 complete returns show Chamberlain Democrat leading for governor. After a later error correction in Multnomah county Chamberlain's statewide margin stands at 213 votes. County totals vary as small precincts report.
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Portland
Ore
Chamberlain
Multonomah
Lipton to Challenge for America's Cup in 1903
The Exchange Telegraph reports Sir Thomas Lipton will challenge for the America's Cup in 1903. A yacht to be built by Dennys will be designed by Fife with Watson and Fife collaborating on the design.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company Today
Associated Press
Thomas Lipton
Dennys
Fife
Watson
Middlesex County Transit Schedule Update and Staffing Shifts
In Tewksbury the North Woburn to Lowell line starts at 5 15 a m with Centre and Lowell arrivals and half hourly departures after 6 50 a m. All Lowell crews are eliminated with operations from North Woburn. Leona Fitzgerald leaves Bryant and Stratton to join Armstrong Transfer at Union Station Boston. A B Moore of North Tewksbury joins Boston and Maine at Somerville.
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North Woburn
Lowell
Medford
Boston
Leona F. Fitzgerald
Bryant and Stratton Business College
Armstrong Transfer Company
Union Station
A. B. Moore
North Tewksbury
Boston and Maine Railroad
Somerville
Birthday and festival notes from South Chelmsford
Monday evening a surprise party honored Mrs. George P. Mansfield on her birthday. Tuesday neighbors welcomed Miss Rosa Spaulding and Miss Lizzie George with songs, readings, and refreshments. Wednesday the annual strawberry festival lit the vestry with decorations, drawing a good crowd and fine entertainment. E.
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George P. Mansfield
Rosa Spaulding
Lizzie George
Acton Centre Notices and Local Events
Arthur F. Davis is elected librarian. Ac ton Cornet band held first open air concert but crowd was small due to short notice. Rev Bernard Copping retires as pastor Oct 14. Rev Mr Smith of South Acton preached here. Rev F P Wood preached in South Acton. Albert and Charles Smith invested in an automobile. Rev F B Noyes was in town.
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Arthur F. Davis
Acton Cornet
Bernard Copping
Mr. Smith
Congregational Church
South Acton
F. P. Wood
Albert
Charles Smith
F. B. Noyes
Public exercises at Centre grammar school in Westford
Town hall hosts public exercises Friday evening June 13 from 7 to 9 oclock. Inspect school work first hour, then address on Present Ideas of Education by John G Thompson Fitchburg normal school. Admission invites all.
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Centre Grammar School
Town Hall
Ant
John G. Thompson
Fitchburg Normal School
Town House
J. Henry Colburn
Wallace W. Handley
Littleton
Grammar School
Thompson
North Chelmsford Village News Highlights and Events
Postmaster Hall announces improvements at the North Chelmsford post office adding sixty four all mail boxes and a new window for the money order department. Sunday services at Second Congregational church include Children’s Sunday baptism and special music led by Mrs. Duncan and Hiram Dawson. The Sacred Heart novena at St John’s church ends tonight. Town streets repair work continues under David Higgins. Saturday features two baseball games Parson Pets versus Tyngsboro and Young Union versus Merrimacks of Lowell. Stone foundation work advances on George C Moore’s mill addition.
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John S. Hall
Second Congregational
Augustus
Duncan
Hiram Dawson
Sacred Heart
St. John’s Church
David Higgins
Parson Pets
Tyngsboro
Young Union
Merrimacks
Lowell
George C. Moore
Concord Memorial Day Observance Includes Graves Decorated
Memorial Day in Concord featured a morning parade to Lincoln to decorate 10 graves, then ceremonies in local cemeteries with 108 graves marked by heavy artillery. A band played, and out of town sight-seers attended until sundown. The high school concert aiding Old Concord post raised funds, with assistance from Miss Margaret Withers.
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Old Concord
Lincoln
Old Concord Post
Margaret Withers
High School Orchestra Feature Delights Attendance Over Five Hundred
A soloist and the high school orchestra under C Brook Hersey wowed listeners with strong leadership. More than 500 people attended. A charity baseball game between the fat men and lean men was played Tuesday but split after the fat team refused to face lean players alone, yielding no clear winner.
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C. Brook Hersey
Memorial Day Observances At West Chelmsford School
Children at West Chelmsford Public Schools observed Memorial Day with a 9 30 morning program including flag salute songs and recitations, then visited the cemetery to decorate soldiers graves and were treated at Mrs Alfred G Parkhursts home. Local civic figures and visitors are noted, and reports say a new electric railway survey company may replace the earlier charter holder.
Bedford Orthodox church to hold children day concert
Bedford notes a children's day observance at the Orthodox church featuring a concert and special singing with all invited. Also mentions Frank H. Simonds of the New York Tribune vacationing with his father, Ruth Simonds's milestone birthday party, and local memorials at Shawsheen cemetery including the Ashby Goodwin and Joseph Green monuments.
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Frank H. Simonds
The
New York Tribune
William H. Simonds
Mary F. Jenks
Ruth
Edwin A. Hartwell
Tibbetts
Bedford House
Charles H. Menrick
New York
Kenrick
Paris
France
Shawsheen Cemetery
Ashby- Goodwin
Quincy
George A. Goodwin
William and Eunice Ashby
Joseph Green
Groton Notes Include School News and Memorial Services
Miss Beatrice E. Bennett enjoys vacation in Groton while praising the past school year at The Castle in Tarrytown. Theodore Roosevelt's son resumes studies at Groton after pneumonia. Mrs. Milo H. Shattuck health improves enabling Maine visit. A grand school concert directed by J Avison Baker of Lowell to feature Master Bans Borjes and Mrs. W B Warren. Memorial exercises honor fallen comrades with 59 graves adorned and four names added to the roll.
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Beatrice E. Bennett
Miss Bennett
Castle
Tarrytown
N. Y
Theodore
Roosevelt
Washington
Groton School
Milo H. Shattuck
Maine
J. Avison Baker
Lowell
Littleton
F. R. Enslin
Veterans Choir and W R C Honor Fallen Members in Groton
Day Everett Small and others led a Veteran’s Day oration while four veterans provided singing with the chorus. Nineteen W R C members visited cemeteries June 1 to lay flowers on departed sisters, with readings by chaplain S J Sother. Groton Baptist Church adopted resolutions praising Rev A M Crane upon his resignation and granted letters for his move to Malpewood.
West Acton Church Events and Memorial Day Commemoration
Rev Frazer of Old Town preached at Universalist church last Sunday and Rev G Easterbrook spoke on Sabbath keeping from Mark ii 27 28. Infant daughter of Mr McNiff christened at Catholic service. Next Sunday evening children's day concert. Visitors included Herbert Parker Stoneham Paul Hayward Melrose Angie Knowlton Hudson Beddoe Charlestown Brown Watertown Grace Richardson Stoneham. Mrs Nellie Wheeler Newton, formerly of this place, now with daughter Estella Ally of Wollaston. Annual strawberry festival with musical farce at Universalist church. West Acton W C T U neighborhood meeting held at Universalist church last Tuesday with two sessions and luncheons. Four unions invited from Concord Concord Junction Littleton and Maynard. Memorial Day Mount Hope Cemetery ceremony at 8 am with Rev G Tasterbrook, recitations by Ralph Wheeler Burton Hoar and Miss Harrs. Singing by Kipling’s Lest We Forget under Miss Brown Littlet on. Post presented new silk flag by Woman's Relief Corps led by Mrs James Richardson. Rev G Easterbrook attended Newton Theological Seminary anniversary last Tuesday. Middlesex Northwest Temperance Union 40th anniversary observed at Ayer Thursday June 12 9 30 am sessions with Rev A H Plumb Roxbury and F B Sanborn Concord as speakers. Large attendance expected. Birthday of late Mrs John Hapgood June 1 observed at her daughter’s home last Saturday May 31 with sister Mrs Emeline Hall aged 83 or 84 present.
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Frazer
Old Town
Universalist Church
G. Easterbrook
McNiff
Herbert W. Parker
Stoneham
Paul Hayward
Melrose
Angie Knowlton
Hudson
Beddoe
Charlestown
Brown
Watertown
Grace Richardson
Nellie Wheeler Newton
Estella
Ally
Wollaston
West Acton
Ralph Wheeler
Joseph Noyes
Burton Hoar
Miss Harrs
Kipling
Miss Brown
Littleton
Scsasadt
Woman's Relief Corps
James Richardson
Newton Theological Seminary
Middlesex Northwest Temperance, Union
Ayer
Union
A. H. Plumb
D. D
Roxbury
F. B. Sanborn
Fewer Gallons, Wears Longer Paint Claim
An advertisement claims Devoe Lead and Zinc paint uses fewer gallons than mixed paints and lasts twice as long as lead and all mixed by hand, promoting superior coverage and durability for buildings.
LIQUOR BRIBES Trial Nears Verdict in Plummer Case
Portland court audience fills municipal chamber as Deputy Sheriff Charles A. Plummer faces bribery charges for protecting liquor dealers. Witness Frank Ford details loans, payoffs, and a plan to run a scheme with Feeney Farrell and others. Ford admits grand jury perjury, claiming Plummer urged denial. Former Deputy Leach, a major witness, is absent after leaving the city.
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Portland
Charles A. Plummer
Leach
Plummer
Enoch Foster
Whitehouse
John F. A. Merrill
Frank Ford
Nolle
Ford
Pearson
Feeney
Farrell
William IF. Stone
Charles S. Swett
James A. Sullivan
Thomas J. Cronin
Michael Callahan
Portland and Portsmouth Express Company
Callahan
Testifield
Ingrain Carpet Samples Arrive at Pollard Co sale
A. G. Pollard & Co offers 2500 wool ingrain carpet samples in 1 yard and fraction yard sizes. With 2 ply and 3 ply varieties, the rugs and mats are offered at a low price of 2hc per piece. Display is on Palmer Street near the entrance.
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Palmer Street
A. G. Pollard & CO
The Honor of the Braxtons Book Review
Review notes Fosdick’s The Honor of the Braxtons praised for lavish illustrations and Bohemian Paris setting. Focuses on two American youths and a girl, with limited plot but strong artistic life description. Also covers Home Thoughts Second Series by Mrs. James Farley Cox, highlighting essays on home life and hospitality with a long quoted selection on invitations and social propriety.
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Normandy
Paris
J. William Fosdick
Braxton
Braxtons
J. F. Taylor & Co
New York
Truth in Christian Science Lecture Published as Book
Herbert Ernest Cushman professor of philosophy at Tufts delivers a Boston College club lecture on Christian Science now issued as a 64 page volume. The work surveys social aspects literature healing disease and philosophy of illness. Published by James H. West company Boston at sixty cents.
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College Club
Boston
Herbert Ernest Cushman
Tufts College
Cushman
Whats What at Home and Abroad by F Sturges Allen
Sturges Allen presents a four part manual detailing a kitchen vocabulary for fine dining terms, poisonous plants and remedies with illustrations, accident guidance, and a section on precious stones used in jewelry, including bones, joints, and wound binding processes.
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Sturges Allen
Ince
France
F. Sturges Allen
Bradley-White Company
New York
Five Little Peppers Abroad Sequel Read by Young Readers
The familiar Pepper children and their guardians return in a new installment titled Five Little Peppers Abroad. Readers recall earlier adventures as the author, persuaded by children and parents, continues the life of the Pepper family with the children older and guardians more seasoned.
Eight Adventures for the Pepper Children Abroad
The story follows the Pepper siblings enjoying steamer life and birthday parties abroad then touring Holland Bayreuth and the Rigi Kulm with visits to the Matterhorn Mer de Glace and Paris. Miss Cory provides eight illustrations. Five Little Peppers Abroad by Margaret Sidney costs $1.10, postpaid $1.25 from Lothrop Publishing Co Boston.
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Tren
Holland
Bayreuth
Mer de Glace
Paris
Lothrop Publishing Co
Boston
Unto the End by Mrs G R Alden Pansy
A Pansy book for grown up readers departs from the programme yet stays true to home life. Simple lovable characters, pure atmosphere, and the author’s storytelling art shine through humor, pathos, and upright conduct amid contemporary loose habits. The volume is illustrated and priced at $1.59 by Lothrop Boston.
Contentment and other features in Mind June
The June Mind magazine front loads Hindrances to World Betterment with a lead article on Contentment and a biographic sketch of Abby Morton Diaz. It also presents Is the Lower Animal Immortal by Charles Josiah Adams, The Fundamental Consciousness by Frank H. Sprague, and two Mental Healing pieces by W. J. Colville.
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Abby Morton Diaz
Charles Josiah Adams
Frank H. Sprague
W. J. Colville
Kenneth R. Forbes
Anna E. Briggs
Toronto
W. Delos Smith
E. Adeline Williams
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J. J. Monahan
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Arthur Anderson
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Anderson
May Higgins
Bedford
Groton
Everett Small
Charles Coolidge Prescott
James W. Turner
Milo B. Stiles
George M. Howe
Charles Duren
M. P. Palimoy
D. R. Steere
J. H. Hawkins
S. J. Souther
Groton Baptist ¢Aarch
A. M. Crane
Christ
Sheriff Pearson
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Lexington & Boston St. Ry
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Roach
Courier
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New York Evening Post
Ariss
Earth
Barnes & Company
Truth IN Christian Science
Little Peppers
Che Magazines
Philadelphia
Lakeview Park
D. L. Page Company
Diane
Hibbard
Lakeview Theatre
Joseph J. Flynn
California Minstrels
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Arthur Ricey
Allan A. Stockdale
Tyngsborough Town Hall
Tyngsborougch Y
Stremont Theatre
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