Fifth District Crowded Republican Nomination Battle
The Boston Journal reports a heated Fifth District contest for the Republican nomination with candidates Knox Ames and Pickman. Knox leads Essex county support. Ames promotes Lowell unity. Pickman emphasizes independence and district-wide appeal. Local leaders in Lawrence, Woburn, and Peabody weigh loyalties as rumors swirl about caucus outcomes and Lowell’s chance for a united delegation.
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The
Boston Journal
Fifth Congressional District
Lowell
Judge Pickman
James G. Hill, Jr
Pickman
Hill
John J. Pickman
Harvard Law School
Republican Party
Republican Club
Common Council
House of Representatives
Gov. Robinson
Fifth District
Pickman Wvill
Lawrence
Woburn
Middlesex County
A. W. David
Col. Ames
Knox Sould
Congress
Col Ames
Ickman
Knox
Massachusetts
Ames
Byron Truell
Fifth Congressional District Committee
Truell
Essex County
Middlesex
Essex
Commonwealth
Washington
Maine
J. N. Cole
Lawrence Telegram
Andover
McKinley
Distret
Peabody
Reading
Lowell Party
Mr. Knox
Spindle City
Mr. David
Toto
Deaths of Albert Poor and Belle Boyd Long Recall Civil War Ties
Obituaries recall former Representative Albert Poor of Andover who died at his home after stomach cancer aged 71 and Belle Boyd the Confederate spy who died in Kilbourne Wisconsin. Poor’s career included Harvard graduate law practice in Boston and service as Andover park commission chair. Boyd’s dramatic Civil War exploits and later lecture circuit are sketched, including her dramatic capture and marriages.
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Albert Poor
East Chestnut Street
Andover
Boston
Mr. Poor
North Andover
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Andover Park Commission
Belle Boyd
Kilbourne
Wis
Martinsburg
W. Va
Banks
Jackson
Luray
Front Royal
Harper's Ferry
Gettysburg
Davis
Lincoln
Miss Boyd
United States
Connecticut
Samuel Harding
New York
Confederacy
Greyhound
Harding
Europe
Church of St. James
Piccadilly
John Hammond
17Th
Massachusetts Regiment
Crimea
New Use for a Red Nose in Lancaster
A Lancaster man takes pride in a very red nose and recounts stories about it. In Manchester a girl led him to a shop where the mother requested a ribbon matching the gentleman’s nose color, telling the shopkeeper its color was needed for her child’s ribbon.
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Lancaster
Manchester
London
Stock Market Roundup and Mining News
A New York broker reports large short interest in granger stocks with little stock changing hands. Sugar trades at 114 to 115, margins tight in steel. Copper quiet. Butte and Boston dip on one sale. Emperor appeals, South African war news wanes. Two million gold likely to ship Saturday amid market liquidation. Bulls expect a rally. bears foresee further declines. London opens weak, then recovers modestly. Americans hold and cover. Reports note Manhattan earnings improving with electrical equipment demand. Dominion Coal declares 4 percent dividend payable July 2. books close June 20. Walford Gossip cites sugar activity easing. Cochiti mine near 306 tons daily. Calumet and Hecla reopens Nos 6 and 7 shafts. Pacific directors’ meeting on stock dividend postponed to Friday for Morgan’s European return.
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New York
Butte
Boston
Rolston and Bass
Minnesota
Shorts
Bears
Commission House
London
Market Report From Bright Sears Co. Coverage
Its E12 a 4 report on Boston and New York markets by Bright Sears & Co. notes price movements and trading activity, highlighting early day shifts and notable volume across sectors. Prices for key commodities traded in Boston and New York indices are examined with brief context.
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Boston
New York
Bright, Sears & Co
Shifted Responsibility at Yorkshire Factory Hospital Visit
A Yorkshire factory worker took her five year old son to a hospital where a surgeon laments delayed care for a finger and thumb that became locked in a painful condition. He notes the child has suffered since birth and fears intervention is now unlikely. The mother laments the situation as grim.
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Yorkshire
Unclear Dialogue Sparks Family Blame in London
A fragmentary London Spare Moments snippet shows a mother scolding, insisting a speaker should have spoken up years ago. The exchange emphasizes blame shifted to the child, with harsh local voices urging accountability.
How to live on nothing a year in Turkish service
The piece critiques Ottoman payrolls and tax practices in Constantinople, noting salaries delayed for years, scrip used for taxes at half value, and money changers profiting from discounts. It sketches wide government inefficiency, discretionary permissions for repairs, and odd street tax inconveniences observed by visitors and officials.
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Thackeray
Becky Sharp
Sublime Porte
Bakshish
Porte
Turkey
Constantinople
Brown
Engii
Galata Serai
Effendim
Palais du Crystal
United States
New York Sun
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Journal Commissioner
RELE
Boston Cloak and Suit Store
Merrimack St
Old City Hall
Missouri Pacific
Wormser
Atch. Ptd
Manhattan
Dominion Coal Co
Cochiti
Calumet
Hecla
No. Pacific
J. P. Morgan
Sugar Ref. Co
Steel Eee
Seeeesen Atchison
Wees Ve
Atchison
Brooklyn R . C
St. L
Chesa &O. S
Wea
Col. R. & Lon
Oo Ue
Tenon le & Wee Wee
Stesi
Pouetal Steel
Central
Metropolitan
Pacific
People’s Gas
Seeeree
Third Ave
CS Ee
Union Pacific
Sot Union Pac
Ee Ma West Union
Se.s
Boston & Maine
Eeddee
le Wv
Fitchburg
Pfd
Sei
Aeenee Stat Sy
Deen Oh
Bing Bam
Montana
Kim River
Isle Royale
Parrott
Dom Coal
Tommy
Temporizing
Thengineering and Mining Journal
Col. J. M. Steward
Chattanooga
Tenn
Japan
China
India
New York Tribune
DOM. Coal
Wall St
Dominion Coal
National
A. G Pollard & CO
Merrimack Street
Russia
A. G. Pollard & CO
Merrimack, Palmer and Middle Sts
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