Old Manning Manse Hosts Manning Family Reunion
The Manning Manse in North Billerica hosted about 90 Manning descendants for a June 18 gathering to form a preservation association for the 1696 house and relics. Descriptions note the tavern’s antiquity, a lunch on the lawn, and officers elected to guide the effort, with attendees from multiple New England states and beyond.
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Manning
North
Billerica
William Manning
Cambridge
Mass
North Billerica
Chelmsford
Billerica Centre
Lucinda Manning
North Billerica Baptist Society
Baptist Society
New Hampshire Mills Report Statistics to Bureau of Labor
Concord June 18 The 26 cotton and print cloth factories in New Hampshire report to the bureau of labor capital invested 26783214 value of production 24049102 cost of material 14715589 male workers 9994 female 12000 total 22465 wages male 3925910 female 3249810 total 7175720 clerks officials 125 salaries 272928 taxes 341305 insurance 66575 permanent repairs 621150 ten mills report higher production by 5 to percent eleven mills report wage gains 5 to 10 percent Manchester dominates capital and production with Amoskeag as a leading spindle center worldwide.
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Concord
N. H
Bureau of Labor
Manchester
Amoskeag
Helen Gould to Visit Wellesley Y M C A Auxiliary
Miss Helen Gould arrives in New England for Wellesley College commencement reception. She accepts an invitation to visit the Woman's Auxiliary of the Y M C A and will be hosted by the association during her stay in Cambridge.
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Ass Gould
Wellesley
Cambridge
Helen Gould
New England
Wellesley College
Patient Clark Ridpath in New York Reveals No Change
Health bulletin reports Clark Ridpath remains in stable condition in New York with no notable change. Officials update on his status as medical teams monitor him for recovery from his illness.
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New York
Clark Ridpath
Oria Covy
Ridpach
CIA
Missionary Sentenced to Prison for Check Passing
Clara Hill and Julia Griffin, once active in rescue mission work in Massachusetts, were arrested for passing a worthless check in Providence. Griffin was sentenced to one year in prison. Hill is noted for her earlier leadership at the Open Door Mission in Lowell.
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Providence
Clara Hill
Atlas Julia Griffin
Massachusetts
Asshelant Maren
Lowell
Hotel partner files bankruptcy in New York court
John H. Fife, former partner with William P. Petty in the Metropolitan hotel, filed a bankruptcy petition in the U S district court. Liabilities total $370,576 with assets listed at $100 in wearing apparel.
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New York
John H. Fife
William P. Petty
Metropolitan Hotel
United States District Court
Fife
Body found in Chase's pond near Portsmouth
The missing man Peter E. Boston 34 from York was found dead in Chase's pond. Authorities believe he may have committed suicide after a disappearance since June 1 and his body was recovered today.
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Portsmouth
N. HW
Peter
Boston
York
Chase’s Pond
Greg
Despondent heir shoots self after terminal illness
New York June 18 William St Scott aged ? years, son of the late George H Scott former president of the real estate exchange, fatally shot himself today after a physician warned he could live only a short time due to consumption.
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New York
New Haven Man Attempts Suicide in Middletown
Andrew Cabill of New Haven, Connecticut swallowed half an ounce of laudanum in Middletown on June 18, saying he was tired of life. A physician saved him using an stomach pump. This Courier item notes the incident and closes with a paid advertiser line.
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Middletown
N. Y
Andrew Cabill
New Haven
Cabill
Charlestown Shooting Sparks Lynching Threat at Bunker Hill Eve
In Charlestown Neck Henry E. Parsons of Somerville fatally shot William Hammond of Everett during a crowd filled celebration. A mob near the police attempted to seize Parsons, threatening lynching as officers escorted him to safety. The event followed earlier tensions with a 12 to 13 year old girl involved.
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Boston
Main _ street
Charlestown Neck
Henry E. Parsons
Somerville
William Hammond
Everett
Main Street
Bunker Hill
Parsons
James Dryesdale
Joseph Newer
Hammond
Farsons
Lowell
Station 5
Coaley
Station 2
Pearsons
Unspecified detainees under surveillance amid ongoing events
Authorities report several individuals isolated and monitored as events unfold. Some have died, but the total number of fatalities is not disclosed in this excerpt.
Behind Closed Doors Coroner Inquest On Warwick Station Accident
Coroner's inquest into the Warwick station street railway crash of June 10 was held behind closed doors in Apponeaug Rhode Island. Only witnesses were admitted and most testifiers were corporation employees. Motorman Burroughs widow was excluded. The coroner will file his decision with the common pleas division in East Greenwich.
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Apponeaug
R. I
Warwick
Burroughs
Corporation
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
East Greenwich
Chicago Wood Workers Strike Looms Over Wage Row
Nearly 2000 Amalgamated Wood Workers union members met in Chicago to press a ten percent wage rise after manufacturers refused a new agreement. A decision on strike likelihood will be announced midweek, with about 5000 workers potentially affected as a negotiating committee seeks an understanding with manufacturers.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Wood Workers’ Union
Lawrence Misses New Post Office This Year
Washington reports none of Massachusetts buildings can be finished in time so no construction steps will occur until next winter. Lawrence loses hoped for post office despite prior grants and Congress adjournment delaying a second $100,000 appropriation. City must endure inferior facilities for now.
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Lawrence
Washington
Massachusetts
Congress
Stride of St Louis Street Railway Strike Tightens
In St Louis on June 18 the street railway strike grew tenser as officials say it is effectively over while the Federation of Labor backs the strikers for a bitter end. Despite numerous car blasts yesterday, Sheriff Porlmann says no more special deputies are needed and police suffice for protection. Coroner Lloyd resumes witness examination into the June 10 shooting of three strikers.
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St. Louis
Federation of Labor
Porlmann
Lloyd
Pimas and Papagos Face Starvation on Gila Reservation
Eight thousand Pima Indians on the Gila Reservation near Phoenix and about as many Papagos are on the verge of starvation. White settlers have diverted Salt River water, depriving the Pimas of their crops. H. McCowan, superintendent at the Phoenix Indian Industrial School, reports federal funding is needed to build a storage reservoir.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Gila Reservation
Ss. H. McCowan
Phoenix Indian Industrial School
Indian Department
Mighty blast clears granite butte near Sherman Hill
Cheyenne Wyoming reports a 60 foot top blown off a granite butte at the Cushing railroad camps on the Sherman Hill cut‑off. The shot used ten thousand pounds of black powder, blasted four thousand cubic yards of granite into Dale Creek valley. No accidents. another large shot may be needed and about five thousand dollars saved.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Cushing
Sherman Hill
Dale Creek Valley
Servia Held Up After Troop Transport Runs
The Cunard steamer Servia arrived in New York from Liverpool and Queenstown on its first post War transport service voyage. It carried 177 cabin and 412 steerage passengers and is detained at quarantine after a crew member tested positive for smallpox. The ship remains under quarantine pending exposure results and passenger health clearance.
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New York
Cunard Line
Servia
Liverpool
Queenstown
Government Transport Service
Cape Town
Uarantine
Anson Phelps Stokes Jr Accepts New Haven Pastorate
Anson Phelps Stokes Jr secretary of the Yale corporation and Yale graduate has accepted the position of assistant pastor at St Pauls Episcopal Church in New Haven Conn. ordained a deacon by Bishop Potter last week in New York. He is son of banker Anson Phelps Stokes and will begin duties September 1.
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New Haven
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale Corporation
Cambridge, Mass
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Linge
G. W. Phillips
Mr. Stokes
Henry (. Potter
St. Paul's Cathedral
New York
Yale
Welles>y College
Anson Phelps Stokes
Stokes
Farm laborer ends life in hay loft in Rhode Island farm
Carroll D. Curtis, 26, of Swanville Maine, worked for Walter S. Seamans in North Providence, hanged himself in the barn hay loft yesterday afternoon. Found seated, it appears he slowly strangled himself. No cause given.
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Providence
Carroll D. Curtis
Swanville
Maine
Walter S. Seamans
North Providence
Battleship Kentucky Moves to Join North Atlantic Squadron
The battleship Kentucky arrived at Newport at 1 o clock from Hampton Roads. It will receive torpedo outfit and proceed to Boston to join the North Atlantic squadron.
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Newport
R. L
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
Boston
Regatta Echoes Perilous Water Charles River Race
The sixth Metropolitan regatta on the Charles River faced rough water from tide and east wind causing two serious accidents. Union Boat Club juniors swamped, Weld and Newell juniors raced tight, Hardy Weld tipped over, Greer Jeffries Point won senior single, Newell won intermediate eight, Wad B C won junior eight, and Millstream beat Weld in senior eights with two lengths.
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Cambridge
Charles River
Union Boat Club
Weld
Newell
Hardy
Harty
The
Greer
Jeffreys Joint
Snite
Weld Boat Club
Newell Crew
Harvard
Millstream
Dick Grendon
B. A.A
G.B. Magrath
R. P. Blake
A. S. Hardy
W. P. Henderson
C. A. Barker
Jeffries Point
J. Burroughs
St. Joseph’s A. A
G. Dean
G. Mackey
G. Keenan
H. Burke
West End Boat Club
Wad B. C
H. Wolcott
S. Peabody
R. Pumpelly
R. S. Framis
J. Farlow
A. H.morse
D. C. Barnes
F. Dubois
J. Davidson
Newell Bat Club
T. Gerdish
R. D. Swain
G. Clark
E. E. Smith
L. D. Jackson
EB. W. C. Jackson
F. B. Greer
F. N. Snite
Millstream Boat Club
P. Lyons
W. Andriski
J. Shannon
J. Golden
J. McLaughtin
J. Dillon
D. Burke
Nearney Expelled From Foresters Over False Age Claim
New York June 10 Justice Bischoff denied a mandamus to reinstate Patrick Nearney to the Foresters of America. Nearney, 43 at joining over ten years ago, claimed illness and an age discrepancy used to disallow sick benefits. Hospital records showed his stated age as 62, though surgeons advised no operation. The court ruled his admission of being two years under the limit justified expulsion for false age.
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New York
Niagara Court
Foresters of America
Patrick Nearney
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Nearney
Post Graduate Hospital
Death of Henry Walter Webb at Beechwood Scarborough
Henry Walter Webb died at his Beechwood residence in Scarborough on the Hudson from heart failure. He was in the 48th year of his age, son of the late General James Watson Webb, and brother of Dr. W Seward Webb.
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New York
Henry Walter Webb
Beechwood
Scarborough
the Hudson
Webb
James Watson Webb
W. Seward Webb
Man Slaughter Convict Sentenced to 12 Years in Auburn
Joseph Alewsne, 41, convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for shooting Joseph Tombardo during a July 17 1899 quarrel in Rochester New York was sentenced by Justice Danwell to 12 years and four months in Auburn prison. He claimed poverty and innocence before the sentence was imposed.
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Rochester
N. Y
Jos
Alewne
Joseph Tombardo
Danwell
Auburn
Alesse
Bubonic Plague Rumor Tied to Guayamas Mexico
A Hermosillo dispatch to the Globe-Democrat reports rumors of bubonic plague in Guayamas Sonora. Health authorities led by national officials investigated and found thirty Chinese arrivals from the United States showed illness on arrival, with symptoms indicating plague.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Hermosillo
Mexico
Guayamas
Lenare
National Board of Health
Quayamas
United States
Bond
Troubles of a man in Plymouth boarders refuse census
In Luzerne County Plymouth township to 20 foreign residents in a boarding house refused to answer census questions. The enumerator faced difficulties with illiterate residents as the survey began on June 18. The reader Van Griesio was near completion of questions.
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Wilkesbarre
Lamerne County
Lense
Plymouth Township
van Griesio
Woman in Luzerne Borough Arrested Over Census Visit
A resident, Mrs Mary O Connors, welcomed the enumerator with a kettle of boiling water and was arrested before United States Commissioner Hahn. Her seven small children spared her from prison as the case drew to a close.
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Mary O’connors
Luzerne
United States
Hahn
New Warship Contract Bids Expected From Major Builders
Washington June 18 shipbuilders show strong interest in bids for the new warships. Five battleships and six armored cruisers are planned with multiple firms including Cramps Union Iron Works Newport News Neatie & Levy and New York Ship Building expected to enter. Bids for three protected cruisers to be built will also be sought. The circular outlining armor will be issued today inviting bids on 35 700 tons of armor. Bids open August 10 at the Navy Department. Rear Admiral ONeill says Krupp armor will not be called for, only best quality armor.
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Washington
Cramps
Union Tron Works
Newport News Company
Neatie & Levy Ship and Engine Company
New York Ship Building Company
William R. Trigg Company
Richmond
Bath Tron Works
Lewis Nixon
Elizabeth
N. J
Navy Department
O'Neil
Labor agitators arrested during Knights of Labor meeting
In Washington a special Knights of Labor assembly chaired by acting general master workman W. D. Chamberlain was interrupted when police arrested Parsons O Keefe and Connor of the executive board and Martin Healy Daly and Armstrong on a malicious trespass warrant. They were bailed and set for a hearing next Monday as Hayes supporters barricaded the hall and continued the meeting.
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Washington
General Assembly
the Knights of Labor
Workman
W. D. Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Hayes
Messrs. Parsons
O’keefe and Connor
Martin Healy
Daly
Armstrong
Treasury rescinds Dr Kenyou order on quarantine
The Treasury Department cancels Dr Kenyou's order extending a health certificate rule for leaving California. A contempt of court case against Dr Kenyon will be contested, with the attorney general directing the U S attorney in San Francisco to represent him, as authorities say no intent to defy the court mandate.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Kenyou
Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Marine Hospital
California
Kenyon
United States
May Destroy the Eye of Mrs Woodruff
Mrs Timothy L Woodruff wife of New York lieutenant governor suffered a severe eye injury when a glowing cinder struck her right eye while driving with her maid. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment and doctors will determine the full extent of damage later today as the lieutenant governor assists her during his campaign duties.
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Philadelphia
Timothy L. Woodruff
Leutenant
New York
Japanese Visitors Seek Kentucky Breeding Advise
Messrs Hwada Masoda K Tange and N Kunogi of Japan toured Louisville en route to Frankfort and Lexington to study Kentucky methods in breeding fast horses and fine cattle. They own racehorses and aim to improve their stock as racing grows in Japan. They note a yen valued yearling at about 1000 and explain Japan’s racing sequence from nursery to stud.
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Louisville
Messrs
Hwada
Masoda
K. Tange
N. Kunogi
Japan
Frankfort
Lexington
Kentucky
Mr. Tange
America
Wheeler Receives Brigadier General Commission
Washington June 18 Gen Joe Wheeler was commissioned brigadier general in the army by President McKinley. He is assigned to command the Department of the Lakes with headquarters in Chicago, relieving Brig. Gen James F Wade who held that post temporarily with his regular command of the Department of the Dakotas.
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Washington
Joe. Wheeler
Army of the United States
McKinley
Afro American council names lynching committee at convention
The Afro American council selects a committee led by Representative George H White to push at the Republican national convention for action on lynching and ballot violations in the South. The council claims representation of more than 200000 colored veterans across New Jersey Delaware Indiana North Carolina Maryland Kentucky West Virginia Illinois Connecticut Minnesota Missouri and Kansas.
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Washington
National
Welsbach Light Promises Brighter, Longer Life Mantle
Advertisement touts a Yusea Mantle delivering 50 percent more light and triple strength with long life. It claims under half a cent per hour cost and 100 candle power per lamp. Sold at this office with installment options for First-class Gas Cooking Ranges.
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Frank M. Short
Charles H. Manning
Engineer Corps
U.S. N. Manchester
Joseph E. Warren
Sam Manning
Manning Manse
Worcester
Wakefield
Reading
Wilmington
Townsend
Carlisle
Allston
Taunton
Ats
OLD Manning Tavern
NEW Hampshire Mills
Clurk
Courier
Charlestown
J.s.johnson & Company
Warwick Station
Chicago Wood Workers
Federation
Pimas
Papagos
Newport, R
Foresters
Joseph Alese
Guayamas, Mex
C. W. Rosenbach
Aret St
Indiana Ave
Chicago, Il
Ihe Raes
Palmer
Ona Man
Plymouth
DR. Kenyou
State of California
T. L. Woodruff
Gen. Wheeps
Ohnson
Earth
Johnson Laboratories, Inc
Phila
Kennebec Steamboat Co
FARS
Lincoln Wharf
Popham Beach
Bath
Gardiner
Hallowell
Augusta
Boothbay
Harber
R. R
Brunswick
Lewiston
the Islands
Whasset
Mouse Island
Frederick A, Jones
Lincoln
Gardner Bros
Pine Street
Westford Street
Highlamis
Gray
Arthur Rhodes
Courier-Citizen Building
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