American Morgan link spurs dubious Lancashire mill purchase
Lowell Daily Courier questions an alleged Anglo American Cotton Spinning Company deal buying three Lancashire mills for 15 to 20 million dollars. The piece doubts the plan to use American machinery to cut 1000 local jobs, questions the size of the mills, and flags inconsistencies while noting the reaction in English manufacturing circles and the shadow of J. P. Morgan.
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England
Lancashire
Morgan
Manchester
Anglo-American Cotton Spinning Company, Ltd
Isles of the Sea
Herald critiques Cuban sugar duty reduction and favors nationwide aid
The Herald argues the proposed Cuban sugar duty cut benefits only Cuban planters, not the whole people, urging impartial aid to nations. It cites reciprocity with Puerto Rico and Hawaii, notes Massachusetts judges debating corporal punishment for wife beaters, and references a local brutal crime example.
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Herald
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Texas
California
Massachusetts
Hadley
Lowell
Delaware
Senate judiciary scuttles bankruptcy amendment this session
The Senate judiciary committee has disposed of the bankruptcy law amendment for the present and will not consider it further this session. With adjournment before the Fourth planned, important measures cannot receive proper attention and lawmakers would be better off leaving them untouched. At the aldermen meeting last night a key issue arose over whether the acting mayor has the right to vote, as he was elected a member of the board.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Board of Aldermen
Badger
Acting mayor rights debated amid city board tensions
In a discussion over authority, the acting mayor’s rights are questioned as he wields full city power yet sits with the aldermen. The piece also notes cautions about Jane Toppan’s insanity and killer confessions, Roosevelt’s Cambridge day, and various local civic matters and opinions on taxation, education, and politics.
Global debate on flagless ships and campus leadership
A collection of editorial excerpts discusses neutrality of ships on the seas, calls for maintaining university construction standards at Chicago, rising laundry prices tied to coal costs, and social opinions on student names. It also covers political shifts in Ohio, anarchist sentiment in Paterson, and Emperor William’s speeches asserting divine right and personal authority.
Baby found in carriage at Pollard's door inspires aid
A woman at Pollard's store rescued a crying two month old left at the door. She waited with the infant until the mother returned after half an hour, who apologized for the delay. The incident sparked reflections on Sunday beer laws and enforcement, and noted a clerk’s quip about the crying baby.
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Cigy
Pollard
Weather Jokes and Local Rambles From a Boston Bulletin
A collection of light squibs notes the hospital surgeons debating a motion to lay on the table and the idea that extremes meet. It jokes about Mr Bryan and Mr Cleveland at Gray Gables, and how volcanic disturbances might explain a cold spell. It hints Roosevelt era advice, Mt. Washington trains, and a playful line about weather forecasts and a runaway train amid cool mornings.
Maryland Pioneers recounts and world tour notes
A brief collection of personal matters notes declines and arrivals. It lists 12 survivors of the Maryland Society of the California Pioneers from 33 members in 1887 and a Baltimore reunion. It mentions Mrs. W A French visiting Pike's Peak and Grand Duke Boris’s July arrival in San Francisco. It also notes a Fort Sumner painting by Lt John K Key shipped to England and back to Charleston, and Col Fieldon’s resignation to join the Confederacy, presented to Augustine Smythe.
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Maryland Society of the California Pioneers
Baltimore
Boris
Russia
San Francisco
Fort Sumner
John K. Key
Francis Scott Key
Charleston
England
H. W. Fieldon
Augustine T. Smythe
Fieldon
Confederaacy
Beauregard
Jane Toppan cannot be pardoned, dies in asylum
The Boston Advertiser notes that Jane Toppan’s fate is sealed by law. She was judged incurably insane and sentenced to life in an asylum, with no governor's pardon possible. Experts conclude she can never be released, regardless of future confessions or claims.
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Jane Toppan
Narramore
Minnie Moony
New Bedford
Martha Williams
Attleboro
Albany Council to reexamine Carnegie Library gift
The council will again consider accepting Carnegie's gift of a library to Albany after previous rejection. Supporters urge a change in position, citing public benefit and community needs.
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Carnegie
Albany
Vermont convention signals shift in liquor policy debate
A Vermont Republican convention contest settles with a prohibition stance wavering between high license and local option. The piece traces prohibition’s rise from Maine 1851 onward, Vermont’s early success, and the persistent challenge of demand versus supply in enforcing temperance within a rural state.
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Vermont
Maine
New England
Splendid Keiths revival of tableaux vivant praised
Amusements review hails Keiths living pictures as Boston's most artistic show with curated subject contrasts. Tables will feature this week June 30 amid Fadettes pop concerts and vaudeville acts including the Nevarros Geo Day Clayton White Marie Stuart Yale Duo and McIntyre and Heath in a blackface sketch.
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Boston
Operai
Fadettes
Nevarros
Geo. W. Day
Clayton White
Marie Stuart
Yale
McIntyre and
Heath
Prince of Pilsen Headlines Tremont Theatre Run
Tremont Theatre Boston reports a record summer engagement of Prince of Pilsen Pixley and Luders musical comedy. The countess Bianca de Jeneppe joins the cast with violin obligato in Tale of a Seashell. Nellie Wagner by Lillian Coleman and Edith by Miss Peebles receive praise as the show energetic and popular.
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Mme
Bianca de Jeneppe
Welcome the Bicycle Promises Revival on City Streets
The Brooklyn Eagle describes a bicycle revival on sunny days, noting restored paths and roads, rising rider activity, and positive impacts on manufacturers and local economies. It praises the American woman gaining freedom and health through cycling, while dismissing fad riders as rich and lazy.
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Coney Island
Brooklyn Eagle
Two August Tours to the Pacific Coast via Pennsylvania RR
The Pennsylvania Railroad runs two low-rate guided tours to the Pacific coast departing New York on August 2 visiting Chicago Denver Colorado Springs Salt Lake City San Francisco Del Monte Santa Barbara Los Angeles San Jose and Portland. Tour No 1 returns August 31 via Canadian Rockies reaching New York through St Paul and Chicago. Tour No 2 goes Portland to Yellowstone Park and back via St Paul Chicago arriving September 4. Rates include transportation Pullman berth and meals except in San Francisco. Tour 1 price 200 dollars, 180 per person in a double berth. Tour 2 250 dollars, 230 per person in a double berth. Details from Geo M Roberts Boston.
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New York
Chicago
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
del Monte
Monterey
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
San Jose
Portland
Canadian Rockies
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Railway
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park
Geo. M. Roberts
New England
Washington Street
Boston
Benjamin F Jacobs Pioneer Realtor and Sunday School Leader Dies
Benjamin F Jacobs a Chicago real estate pioneer and national Sunday School leader died in Chicago Monday night at age 67 after a period of illness. He chaired the executive committee of the National Sunday School organization and was known nationwide for his church work.
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Benjamin F. Jacobs
Chicago
National Sunday School Organization
Man Bitten by Savage Dog at Lincoln Street Crossing
James W. Wessels of 102 London Street was badly bitten in one leg by a savage dog at the N Y N H R R crossing on Lincoln Street last night. Dr. Wesley Sawyer treated the wounds with several stitches.
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London Street
N. Y
N. H
Lincoln Street
Wesley Sawyer
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