Dream of Shakespeare Figures in a Night Vision
Robert Loveman reflects on a dream featuring Hamlet Ophelia Othello Desdemona Orlando Rosalind and Desdemona as phantoms. The vision ends with the poet waking to find Shakespeare closed on the floor. This literary fusion echoes classic characters and fades into waking reality.
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Hamlet
Dane
Ophelia
Othello
Desdemona
Iago
Orlando
Rosalind
Shakespeare
Robert Loveman
Naval satire and social notes from a coastal papers
The item ridicules naval views and Admiral Cervera inspection, jokes about Ea Tenant and lively sails at Tampa, notes a wedding month in naval circles, mentions fundraising gaps, reports women’s clubs at Amesbury Yard with unexpected punch, and laments Spain’s lack of direction while the world remains sure of it.
Mischa war farmer hides gold and cow reveals stash
A Mishawaka farmer hid 500 dollars in gold in a corn bin after fears of robbers. Weeks later the coins vanished. a post mortem revealed the treasure in a cow's stomach following the farmer's death.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Broadbrook Mills Blue Serge Suits On Sale At $10
Broadbrook mills blue serge men's suits tailored to fit offered at ten dollars each with a sixty percent discount from the former price of fifteen. Steele and Co located on Prescott Street handles the sale.
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Broadbrook Mills
Steele & Co
Prescott Street
Echoes from Santiago Capt killed by a shell report
A Madrid cable claims Captain Philip of the Texas was killed by a Spanish shell during Monday’s cannonading at Santiago. Other dispatches from the West Indies do not confirm the report. A Kingston note says Vizcaya and Furor were badly damaged, with a Brook lyn shell injuring sailors. Washington denounces the death claim as false. The text also hints at political calls in Germany for Reichstag actions on social and labor issues.
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New York
Madrid
Santiago
Philip
Texas
West Indies
Kingston
Vizcaya
Furor
Brooklyn
Washington
Navy Department
Bombardment of Santiags Reported by Semi official Note
Madrid reports a semi official note on Monday’s bombardment of Santiags claiming three American attacks were repulsed with heavy losses totaling 1500 men. The American shells sank the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes while batteries and town damage were minor and repaired. Spanish losses stated as one officer and 34 naval personnel killed with 20 wounded.
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Madrid
Santiags
Reina Mercedes
Massacre Feared in Manila Amid Rebel Uprising
From Victoria B C on June 8 advices report five foreign warships in Manila harbor with more expected. Trade stalls and many coasting vessels are tied up. Fear grows of a general massacre of Spaniards by rebels as tensions rise.
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Victoria
B. C
Manila
Morgan City Steamer Chartered as Government Transport
The steamer Morgan City has been chartered by the government to carry 800 men and will be ready at week’s end. A second fleet of transports is set to depart Monday for military movement from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Morgan City
Battery Ordered Ready for Manila Expedition
Gen Merritt orders a battery of six mountain howitzers prepared for the next Manila expedition. The portable weapons are to be carried to the Philippines, with the unit awaiting transport and deployment details from command.
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San Francisco
Merritt
Manila
Nellie Grant Sartoris Denies Marriage Report
Nellie Grant Sartoris denies revived reports she will marry General H Kyd Douglas. The denial comes as speculation swirls around a future wedding in New York on June 8.
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Nellie Grant Sartoris
Gen. Douglas
New York
Gen. H. Kyd Douglas
Largest summer hotel at Fort Point burns in Belfast
A large summer hotel at Fort Point, one of the largest in the state’s southern region, burned to the ground last night with its contents. It was to open to the public on June 15. Loss estimated at 70,000 dollars. Cause unknown.
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Belfast
Fort Point
Duke endowment grows with $100000 gift to Trinity
President Kilgo of Trinity College announces a $100,000 addition to the endowment from Washington Duke. This increases Duke’s total gifts to the college to $300,000, reinforcing support for the institution in Durham, North Carolina.
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Durham
N. C
Kilgo
Trinity College
Washington Duke
Duke
Swill and Garbage Cremation Plan and School Janitor Changes
Supt Tilton orders swill and garbage from houses with scarlet fever or diphtheria cremated and collects in a special team visiting Centralville heights and Park Garden. Park Garden bed already made. Arthur Dana named janitor of Bartlett school. transfer of republican former janitor. Supt True found 15 republicans among 40 janitors. now 15 democrats, several veterans.
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Supt. Tilton
The
Commons Department
Park Garden
Centralville Heights
Centralville
Arthur Dana
Bartlett
Supt. True
Wolcott Appoints Fisher Associate Justice of Lowell Police Court
Gov Wolcott named Frederick A Fisher to the Lowell police court bench to fill the vacancy caused by Judge John F Rye's death. Fisher is chosen to step into the role and serve on the Lowell court.
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Gov. Wolcott
Lowell Police Court
Wolcott
Frederick A. Fisher
Lowell
John Frye
Drunks in Court Hearings Lead to Fines and Sentences
Judge Hadley presided as a stream of inebriates appeared in the Lowell police court. Russell of Providence sought mill work and paid a $1 fine while William Kitchen of Boston drew six months on the state farm. Buckley and McKeon each drew six months, Harding received four months, and Maria Richardson was discharged after being judged a habitual drinker with insufficient proof.
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Russell
Providence
R. I
Hadley
Mills
Lowell
Wm. Kitchen
Boston
State Farm
John Buckley
Agricultural Institution
James M. Harding
John J. McKeon
Dracut
Maria Richardson
Germany's Trade Spirit in Elections Tactics Outline
Berlin June 7 Count Posadowsky-Wehner, interior minister, outlines official views on election tactics. He says it is the foremost political duty to present a closely ferried front to revolutionaries and to uphold orderly conduct in the forthcoming elections.
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Berlin
Interior
Count Posadowsky-Wehner
Maxwell J K Court Murderer Appears in Police Court
Samuel Maxwell, accused of killing his wife, appeared in police court for a second time amid calm demeanor. A continuance was granted to June 15, with grand jury action anticipated soon. He will not be tried in the current session of superior court, awaiting a September or October hearing before two justices.
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Samuel Maxwell
Maxwell
Superior Court
John C. Burke
Superior Criminal Court
Grand Jury
J. C. Burke
A. Max Powers
Lawton Probate Court Hears Jaques Will Case
In Lawton the probate court closed arguments at noon on the Jaques will case with Judge Lawton taking the matter under advisement. The petition for Mary Roach's will probate was presented by John J. and Wm A Hogan for the petitioner and Wm H Bent for the contesting relatives Bridget Welch deceased sister and two New Hampshire nephews oppose. The contested will mainly leaves the bulk to St Patrick's home and is challenged on grounds of weakness of mind and undue influence. Only two witnesses were heard by noon.
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Lawton
Mary Roach
John J
Wm. A. Hogan
Wm. H. Bent
Bridget Welch
New Hampshire
St. Patrick’s Home
New York Notes and Local Visitors Highlight City Scene
Astor J McKenna Plaza and J G Armstrong appear in New York notes. George Gage of 130 Riverside street raises a fine flag at dusk. Miss Emma Harrison of Cincinnati visits her friend Miss Harriet Talbot in the city. Rev J A Bowler travels to Ashland New Hampshire for a dedicatory sermon on Thursday. Mr and Mrs David Tate of Montreal enjoy a pleasant visit with their daughter Mrs A D Gif ford of this city.
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New York
Astor
J. McKenna
Plaza
J. G. Armstrong
George Gage
Riverside Street
Emma Harrison
Cincinnati
Harriet Talbot
J. A. Bowler
Ashland
N. H
David Tate
Montreal
A. D. Gifford
Quiet day at Camp Alger as troops settle in
Dunn Loring camp reports a peaceful day with no rumors of changes. Regiments move for posting duties while the Sixth Massachusetts prepares for retrenchment and provost tours. A burial and flag raising mark solemn events as 20,000 soldiers rest in the field.
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Camp Alger
Graham
Second Tennessee
Thirty-third
Michigan
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Murphy
Co. L
Keefe
Co. A
Murray
Co. B
Ninth Massachusetts
Sixth Massachusetts
Gilson
William A. Bancroft
Tampa
Sixth Regiment
Boston
Ninth
Chas. H. Taylor
Cos. B
Paul Butler
Lowell
Butler Ames
Jackson
Whelan
Conrad
Francis Odermatt
Co. H
Secretary of War
Peter O'Shea
Ninth Regiment
William H. Devine
Greig
Co. C
McNeilly
Co. E
South Framingham
Capt. Sweetser
Stoneham
Sergt. Gardner Pearson
W. T. Andrews
John Hamburg
Camp Dewey
Ashland
Marlboro
Framingham
Pittsfield
Mass
Baltimore
Deaths in City: Bridget Driscoll and Napoleon Legare
In this city on June 7 at home 82 Kinsman street Bridget aged 42 wife of Edward Driscoll. Also Napoleon Legare aged 56 of 16 Marsh street died June 7 at his home. Both notices provide ages and addresses.
Flanders and Hicken Wed in Manchester Ceremony
In Manchester New Hampshire on Saturday June 4 Albert J. Flanders and Ida J. Hicken were married by Rev A Bidwell. The couple will reside in Lowell.
Dry Goods Market Shows Cheerful Demand Rise
The Herald reports renewed vigor across brown and colored cottons and bleached goods with buyers active, orders up, and mills running to meet demand. Government orders keep mills busy while overall import trade declines but bargain lots attract interest. prices firm with expectations of higher future rates.
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The
Herald
Lochinvar
Toil du Nords
Simpson
Fall River
Providence
Funeral Rites for Abner S Adams Held at Highland Street
Funeral services for Abner S Adams were conducted at the family home 26 Highland Street at 2 p m with Rev John M Greene and Rev L W Staples officiating. A quartet sang selections including Nearer My God to Thee and God Be With You Till We Meet Again as floral tributes adorned the rooms. Interment followed at Lowell cemetery under J B Currier. Carrie M Underwood’s service was at 10 Nichols Street with burial in Edson cemetery. Thomas J Smith’s funeral at 88 Bowers Street included Court Merrimack F of A delegation and burial in St Patrick Cemetery.
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Abner S. Adams
Highland Street
John M. Greene
D. D
Eliot Church
L. W. Staples
St. Paul's M. BE
Frances R. Clark
W. [. Hervey
Malcolm D. Barrows
George EB. Burns
Wm. D. Brown
J. A. Weinbeck
Miles, Carter
Merchant
Weinbeck
Thomas J. Smith
Bowers Street
Court Merrimack
Edward Garrigan
Arthu Campbell
John J. Kelley
James EB. Sullivan
Thomas F. Brennan
David Berry
Fr. McHugh
St. Patrick’ Cemetery
P. H. Savage
Biccycle Suits Reduced One Third This Week At Steele
Steele and Co. trimmed prices on Biccycle suits by one third this week. The move aimed to clear out stock and attract shoppers seeking affordable attire from the local retailer.
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Steele & Co.'s
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Marke
France
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Indianapolis Journal
Savings Department OF the
Traders National Bank
J. Glidden
Wm. F. Hills
Cashier
Middlesex Street
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P.O. Avenue
Reichstag
Maine
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Police Court
Uncle Sam
America
Germany
Maxwell JK Court
Wil
Probate Court
Dunn Loring
DRY Goods Market
Merrimack Clothing Co
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