Betrothal Rumors Tie Royals in Court Circles
A court news sketch notes Prince Andreas of Greece plans marriage to Princess Alice of Battenberg while Princess Margaret of Connaught is frequently linked to European princes. Rumors place Grand Duke Michael of Russia among potential suitors, with strong expectations in high court circles.
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Prince Andreas
Greece
Andreas
Alice of
Battenberg
Margaret of
Connaught
England
Grand Duke
Michael of
Russia
Campaign Heat Rises in Germany Ahead of Elections
Berlin June 6 81 political meetings last night and 96 planned for tonight mark a warming campaign. Socialists push cheaper bread lower tariffs and freedom of speech while anti socialist parties stress loyalty to monarchy church and stable property rights. Police attend all meetings and violence is rare. Socialist leader Herr Bebel draws 8 9 thousand at open air Silesia meetings noted as unprecedented attendance.
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Berlin
Herr Bebel
Silesia
Strike in Manayunk Textile District Ends In Return To Work
Reports from Philadelphia dated June 6 say the Manayunk textile strike has broken. Most strikers plan to return to work next Monday as firms warned mills would close until mid September if they did not resume. Several mills granted a 55 hour week and will reopen Monday, employing about 250 workers amid a Kensington youth workers mass meeting to organize.
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Philadelphia
Manayunk
Columbia Woolen
Holland & Aikman
Plush
Fleischer
Phoenix
Stafford
Denwark Rug Manufacturing Company
C. Irvin Knitting Company
Kensington
Kensington Mills
Injury at United States Bunting injures Emily Bingley
Emily Bingley of 75 Cambridge street suffered a crushed middle finger in machinery at United States Bunting. She received treatment at the Emergency hospital this forenoon.
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United States
Emily Bingley
Cambridge Street
Wesley on Riverside: McKuna Injured at Bay State Mills
Patrick McKuna suffered a crushed right toe when a truck struck it at the Bay State mills this morning. He was taken to Emergency hospital for treatment and his home is 447 Riverside street.
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Patrick McKuna
Bay State Mills
Mr. McKuna
Riverside Sreet
Fire destroys portion of Aiken street dump
A telephone alarm sent firefighters to a brisk blaze at the Aiken street dump yesterday afternoon. The fire burned for over two hours before being completely extinguished.
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Aiken Street
Bulgarians Condemned to Death Over Salonica Outrages
Four Bulgarians convicted of participation in dynamite outrages in Salonica have been sentenced to death. The trial was held in public.
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Salonica
Explosion and fire devastate Purroy home in Fordham
In New York on June 6 a peculiar fire destroyed much of Henry D. Purroy’s Fordham residence. Mrs. Purroy was nearly suffocated while saving jewels and papers as an overhead trolley wire crossed with an electric light circuit ignited the house. The blaze reached upper rooms, and the couple's loss totaled about $15,000. Purroy watched nearby, unaware of the damage.
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New York
Fordham
Henry D. Purroy
Purroy
Civil War Probable Hinted By Wisconsin Professor
Dr. T C Chamberlain former president of the University of Wisconsin and now a University of Chicago professor warned at the University of Wisconsin club banquet that respect for civil law and obligation is essential to avert a civil war. He urged education in state universities as a remedy for labor questions and workers rights in Chicago and across the nation.
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Chicago
T. C. Chamberlain
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Chamberlain
University of Wisconsin Club
Auditorium Hotel
Faction Clashes Over County Records in Hawaii Court
Honolulu June 5 A clash grows between Speaker of the House and Circuit Judge Sear over constitutionality tests of the county government act. House records were entered in the circuit court and Clerk Mehula, under Speaker Beckley, demanded immediate return. The judge deemed the letter discourteous and kept the records in court custody.
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Pacific Cable
Honolulu
House of Representatives
Sear
Circuit Court
Mehula
House
Beckley
Lear
Mob tries to lynch prisoner at Sparta jail
Early today a mob of over a hundred surrounded the Sparta jail to seize Samuel Montgomery who killed his wife in Warrens. Guards fired a volley over the heads of the mob. Sheriff Cassels appealed to Governor Lafollette, who ordered Company K to the jail to protect Montgomery.
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Sparta
Wis
Samuel Montgomery
Warrens
Cassels
Lafollette
Co. K
Sparta Company
Two Boys Die in Blizzard Near Great Falls
Word comes from Lethbridge of the loss in a June blizzard of two small sons of J Derrick a sheep herder. The father spent six days locating the bodies and they had been dead eight days before he could bring them to town for burial. Derrick and his children lived in a tent when the storm hit.
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Great Falls
Mont
Lethbridge
J. Derrick
Derrick
Bicycle crash on East Merrimack injures Hurtubise
While riding on East Merrimack street Friday afternoon, the front wheel broke causing Mr. F. X. A. Hurtubise to fall. He did not recover his two front teeth. He was taken to St. John's hospital for treatment.
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East Merrimack Street
F. X. A. Hurtubise
Vaos
St. John’s Hospital
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Promised for Consumption
Vintage advertisement claiming Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral cures consumption not in all cases but very many. Text notes old coughs worse than new and mentions S. C. Dyer Co of Lowell Massachusetts as the source.
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Ayer
s.c.dyer'Co
Lowell
Mass
Man Guilty of Illegal Liquor Keeping in Middlesex Street
John Quealy keeper of a tonic store at the old Timmions saloon faced a judge after liquor was found in a small glass at his shop. The government argued illegal purpose but offered no sale proof. Judge Hadley found him guilty, imposed the minimum $50 fine, which was paid. Earlier, Thomas Noon paid $1 for an unlicensed dog and Frank Canole served eight days for drunkenness.
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John Quealy
Timmions
Middlesex Street
Brown
Quealy
D. Donahue
Hadley
Nine Hurt As Trolley Runs Wild In Orange
Orange New Jersey June 6 Nine persons were injured when a trolley car toppled over on Eagle Rock while heading to Orange after a passenger allegedly hit the brake by accident. Brakes failed before the steep curve caused wheels to leave the rails and the car overturned.
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Orange
N. J
Eagle Rock
Curtis
Hagle Rock
Not Worried Over Grand Jury Indictment
Charles H. Joyce says he is not worried about being indicted with Leo Blacktin on liquor law violations. He argues the business is in Blacktin's hands and will be defended, aiming to repeal the law and redirect stock sales. He critiques grand jury action as costly and vows ongoing operations until legal change.
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Charles H. Joyce
Grand Jury
Leo Blacktin
Sligo MP McHugh Arrested for Contempt of Court
P A McHugh M P was arrested in Sligo under a year old contempt warrant tied to political comments in the Sligo Champion. He was seized as he headed to Longford to meet Bourke Cochran of New York, who was traveling to Sligo to receive the freedom of the city.
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Sligo
Irc
Engagement of Miss Alice How ard Smith Planned
The engagement of Miss Alice How ard Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Smith of 216 Princeton Street to Oliver Carleton Libby of Libby Printing Co is announced.
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Alice Howard Smith
A. H. Smith
Princeton Street
Oliver Carleton Libby
The
Libby Printing Co
Convention Adopted In Orange River Colony
Bloemfontein June 6 The legislative council unanimously adopted the customs convention signed March 24 and published in full yesterday, marking a formal approval of the new trade framework for the colony and its neighboring territories.
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Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Legislative Council
Fire damages five story Chestnut Street building
A five story building at 321 Chestnut street housing eight firms was partly destroyed by fire today in Philadelphia. Total loss estimated at $50,000. Cushman, optician, located at 398 Westford street, telephone 1004-13.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Cushman
Optician
Westford Street
Boat Collision Off Vineyard Haven Injures Passengers
In dense fog off Vineyard Haven, the steamer Martha's Vineyard collided with a fishing schooner while en route from Martha's Vineyard to Woods Hole. One man was badly injured and several passengers were knocked unconscious. The steamer reached Woods Hole harbor and then Port of Woods Hole for medical aid. the schooner’s name was not learned. The Martha's Vineyard is a 515 gross ton side wheel steamer, 171 feet long, built in 1871 in Brooklyn.
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Woods Hole
Martha’s Vineyard
U.S. Mail
Vineyard Haven
Russell Hancock
Chilmark
Martha's Vineyard
Hancock
Brooklyn
Kishineff relief fund halts drive after $10,000 sent
Chicago June 6 The Kishineff relief committee in charge of collecting funds says it has contributed enough. Treasurer Samuel J. Kline reports $10,000 forwarded to the foreign committee and $9,500 on hand. The money will not be sent until local response is heard and it aims to relieve temporary sufferings.
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Chicago
Kishineff Relief Fund
Samuel J. Kline
Foreign Committee
America
Explosion on Santa Fe freight near Phoenix injures two
A relief train from the Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix railroad reports two cars of giant powder exploded five miles south of Phoenix on the southbound freight. Engineer Chambers and Fireman Shipp were injured but expected to recover. Track damage details are unavailable.
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Phoenix
Ari
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad
Engineer Chambers
Shipp
Union Teamster Guilty of Manslaughter in Chicago
Chicago June 6 Union teamster Abraham Covert found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Samuel Gates a commission merchant Gates drove to a railroad freight depot to receive a shipment of produce after a quarrel Covert struck Gates Five union jurors served on the panel
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Chicago
Abraham Covert
Covert
Samuel Gates
Gates
Insurance premium check ends life for Farall in Montgomery
Montgomery June 6 J B Farall signer of a new $10,000 life insurance policy collapsed and died after endorsing a check to pay the policy premium. The incident occurred at the Farley bank and is reported in local notes. Courier-Citizen office advertises available writing paper blocks in assorted sizes with a five cent per pound rate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Farall
Farley Ank
Courier-Citizen Office
Man found dead on Methuen roadside identified
Lawrence June 6 A 32 year old unmarried man Frank J Connelly of 36 Walnut Lowell died from a head wound after a drunken fight found unconscious on Methuen street He had been in Lawrence for work and was unmarried He leaves a mother and father plus six siblings and the Lowell police are seeking the assailant while labeling it not a murder likely a drunken brawl
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Lawrence
Methuen Street
Frank J. Connelly
Walnut Street
Lowell
Anne
Michael
Edward
George
John
Fitchburg
Smith
B. T. Pratt
Rochester
N. Y
Anna Connelly
End of first week in the cotton wills strike reports
The article describes loom fixers paid forty dollars plus ten weekly promises to quit, union pickets at several mills, tensions with overseers, and the belief that beamer wages can exceed Lowell rates. Leaders face scrutiny as workers realize mills pay better than promises, with signs of increased attendance next week.
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Merrimack
Lowell
New England
Fall River
New Bedford
Strikers Say Greeks Predominate Among Mill Ring Spinners
The strikers claim that among the ring spinners taken away from the mills a considerable number are Greeks, noting that Greeks were among the first to seek admission to the mill gates.
Help for Strikers Aids Lowell Textile Workers
The Boston Executive Committee of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union donated 100 dollars to assist Lowell strikers. State unions have made many contributions. Cambridge Central Labor Union allocated funds and formed a joint visiting committee with Lowell. Electrical Workers' Union 103 hosted a Wells Memorial Hall vaudeville benefit, turning a substantial sum for the strike aid.
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Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union Executive Committee
Boston
Lowell
Boot and Shoe Workers
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Cambridge
Somerville
Electrical Workers’ Union 103
Wells Memorial Hall
Mill Agents Statement Shows Workers Desire to Work
A local mill agent told the Courier this morning that the week has proven a large majority of operatives want to work and that the fact will grow clearer next week as many people now employed elsewhere return to work.
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Courier
Cloth Market Favors Agent Over Operative Amid Strike
The text argues the cotton and cloth markets tilt toward the agent, with damaged cloth raising costs for manufacturers. Buyers cling to old prices while Lowell mills run on earlier contracts, leaving the agent poised to profit as cloth prices rise, and workers face disadvantage.
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Lowell
Missouri River Falls at Kansas City as St Louis Rises
Washington dispatch reports the Missouri River at Kansas City dropping 2.1 feet since Friday morning. St Louis river gauge shows a 1.2 foot rise bringing water to 34.7 feet, with Cairo at 37.4 feet and an expected 42 feet around Tuesday and higher midweek. The Mississippi rise north of the Missouri mouth will have little effect on St Louis’s stage.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mississippi
Cairo
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