Street Watering and Worcester Sprinkler Report in Lowell
A Special Committee rejects adopting Lowell street car sprinklers yet supports their introduction. After visiting Worcester the committee notes the American street car sprinkler system costs about 35 000 a year per car and water is distributed by 2500 gallon carts with three operators. Proposes two sprinklers and 20 hydrants at about 10000 for one year and asks city council to appropriation. Additional notes cover street paving estimates and a legal notice on liquor sale hours with 11 pm to 6 am ban and Sunday exception for innkeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
James B. Casey
John H. Beaulieu
Henry Haitch
Worcester
Tthe
American Car Sprinkler Company
D. Perry
Holyoke
Lynn
Quincy
Boston
Springfield
Henry Hatch
Casey
Lebrun
Cheney
Gorham and
Aiken Streets
Gorham Street
Folson Cemetery
Aiken Street
Lakeview Avenue
Punctuation Point Quizzes Liquor License Law
Judge Bell questions a punctuation change in 19th century liquor law. The case against Fall River innkeepers argues a semicolon altered hours, affecting all hotel operators who sell after 11 pm. The article cites an 1875 rule with a later comma swap in 1885 impacting guest access after midnight.
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Bell
Brigham
Commonwealth
Fall River Police Commission
New Bedford Mercury
Judge Bell
St. James
Fall River
Hell
Beabet
Mrs Brown's Story Cautions Clerks On Mocking Customers
A Lowell shopper, Mrs Letty Brown, confronts playful clerks over her unusual bicycle hat. She calmly refuses to report them, arguing they may fear losing their jobs and that insult could escalate, while praising Mrs Letty's restraint and consideration for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letty Brown
Hiram Smith
Lowell
Mrs. Letty
Haligax trip through Maine and Nova Scotia offered by Heston Maine railroad
A historic note describes the American Institute of Instruction selecting Halifax for its seventieth annual meeting. It highlights travel routes through Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, praising the rugged coast, forests, and picturesque scenery. The Citadel and key Halifax sites are noted as worthy visits with excursion opportunities.
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American Institute of Instruction
Halifax
Maine
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Hetifag
Heston @ Maine
General Department of the
Boston Z Maine
Little Rally in the Market Amid Short Covering
Markets showed modest strength in morning trading on short covering with dull overall tone. Rail stocks led gains with C B and Q rising to 123, St Paul to 110, Atchison and Missouri Pacific small moves. sugar surged to 114 while Amalgamated and Boston equities posted mixed results.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit
St. Paul
Atchison
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
New York Central
Boston
Cochiti
Montana
Isle Royale
Parrott
Utah
New York
Sugar Ref. Co
Brooklyn RT
Riex Se
South Asee Teeesnesee
Cen
N. J
Chesa. &O
Cont’l Tob
Aenekites
Dis
West
C.& RK
Co. Fk. & Iro
del. & Hud
Federal Steel
I. Peeey
Manhattan
Pacific
Cen Oe
Pac. Maul
Wees
Penn. Railroad
Phila. & Reading
Reading
Union Pacific
Union Pac
U.S
West Union
Wheeling & L. E
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Adventure Arcadias
Eee
Boston and Montana
Butte & Boston
Ibly Isle Royale
Mont. Coal & Coke
Old Dominion
Quincy
N. E. Bell
Fan Am
T. & D. Céacetewere
Sugar official doubts Newman Harrison leadership claim
A sugar authority voices disbelief at a circulating New York story that Mr. Harrison formerly of the Franklin refinery would lead a new company with Philadelphia investors. The speaker does not credit the report as true.
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New York
Harrison
Franklin
Dalrymple Warns of Worsening Spring Wheat Drought
Dalrymple, a Dakota farmer, reports the spring wheat crop destroyed by drought and believes two thirds is beyond redemption. He notes his Grandin farm already plowing wheat fields and plans to plow nearly all fields as heavy rains threaten through July. J S Tilney, owner of about 16,090 acres of land in Minnesota, has just received despatches about the wheat crop.
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Dalrymple
Wries
Dreuth
Grandin
J. S. Tilney
Kead
Minnesota
Cotton markets close mixed on June session in New York
Cotton spot quiet with a 1 16 advance. Middling uplands 9 9 16, middling gulf 9 13 16. Futures ease with June 8.98 and July 9.00. Delivery months span 8.24 to 8.31. Regional prices show firm or steady notes in Charleston, Galveston, New Orleans and Savannah. Consolidated receipts three days 3267. exports to Great Britain 2026, to France 2536. stock 196663.
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New York
Gulf
Charleston
Galveston
Memphis
New Orleans
Swx
Mobile
Donoden
Savannah
Great Britain
France
Continent
Cotton Market Active With Sharp Price Fluctuations
New York June 25 cotton trading remained brisk with prices jumping 20 to 30 points per bale amid heavy turnover. A short firm, Dennis Perkins and company, suspended operations as losses mounted for speculators, while crop reports conflicted with some signs of a good crop and others noting poor conditions in Alabama Missouri Texas and Georgia.
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New York
Dennis, Perkins and Company
Yeosup
Alabama
Missouri
Texas
Georgia
Quiet Market in All Lines Still Shipping to China on Old Orders
Export demand for bleached and brown cottons has largely subsided, especially for Chinese trade, though some shipments proceed as goods bought weeks ago are reaching shippers. Trading with South America, Porto Rico, the Sandwich Islands and Cuba shows no revival and lack of inquiries. cotton duck exports remain inert, with prices flat. Much of the better cotton duck goes to Germany, France and the Renard for walls, tents and awnings. Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Alabama and Maryland host mills, about 29,000 capital, producing 75 million yearly.
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Orient
Porto Rico
Sandwich Islands
Cuba
Germany
France
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Alabama
Maryland
West
Textile Journal
Barry of the Battlefield tale from Waterloo birth revealing Wellington aid
Mary Ann Sullivan now in a Detroit aged care home recalls being born at the Waterloo battlefield. Her mother joined Wellington's army as one of six women accompanying husbands and recounted the morning of June 18, 1815. A dramatic escape through troops and artillery preceded her birth as she was tended by nuns nearby. Detroit Tribune.
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Mary Ann Sullivan
Detroit
Waterloo
Wellington
Twenty-third Fusiliers
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Stock Market
Rolston
Bass
Vanderbilt
London
Adolph Rothstein
Siberian
Russia
Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Huntsville
Ala
Southern Mill
Treasury
Merrimack
Waldorf
China
Atchison Preferred
American Woolen Company
Bright, Sears & Co
Lellers
Steel & Wire
Salar
Peoples Gas
Brooklya Rapid
Rator Forestor
Pechange Building
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
Chicago
Golden Gate
Yosemite
Grand Canon
Arizona
Santa Fe
California
Harvey
The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
National Biscuit Company
A. G. Pollard & CO
Sale
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Sts
Barry
Harvard Bre
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