Civil Service Board Probes Saunders Case At City Hall
The civil service board met the mayor and Supt. Saunders to discuss the Saunders case at city hall. Nurses and overseers later heard testimony from Mrs. Lizzie Rourke about her discharge from the city farm amid disputes over alleged intoxication and discipline.
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Civil Service Board
Dimon
City Hall
Lowell City Farm
Saunders
Rourke
Iff
Supt. Saunders
P. F. Welch & Co
Mc Osker
Dry goods market shows mixed demand with weak overall tone
Jobbers report steady to improving demand for Louisines Crepe de Chines Grenadines and India figured silks, while woolen and worsted yarns see modest gains and wool price weakness persists. Wool market at bottom with expectations of a rebound after stabilization, and strong activity noted for Melrose Albatross Nun’s cloths plain blacks and tricot fabrics. Narrow tricot and plain waistings strong for summer and fall trade with flannel waists anticipated popular.
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India
Woolf
Intermarrying Races and the Making of a New Race
An excerpt from Engineering Magazine argues that Darwinian theory explains human mixing across nations. It claims crossed breeds produce stronger individuals and traces English origins to Britons Romans and subsequent minglings with Picts Scots Danes Saxons and Normans. The piece asserts a global trend toward a unified neo Anglo American race with common language laws and interests.
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United States
Canada
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Engineering Magazine
The Old Homestead Charms Lowell Audiences At Opera House
Denman Thompson in Joshua Whitcomb headlines a strong bill at the Opera House last night drawing full houses. The program includes Ward & Vokes The Floor Walkers and Sullivan acts plus a lively opening melody Pocahontas in New York led by Pearl Marques. Savoy show also drew crowds with Mille Garretta’s trained birds and John Barker’s Old Homestead bits.
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Denman Thompson
Joshua Whitcomb
Mr. Thompson
Lowell
Opera House
Ward & Vokes
Robert Mantell
Jeff de Angelis
Heart of Maryland
Mrs. LeMoyne
Boston
Phelan Stock Company
Sadie Martinet
Louis Nethersole
Sherlock Holmes
Richard Golden
Maxim’s
Rogers Brothers
Shore Acres
The
Bostonians
Francis Wilson
Frank B. Carr
J. T. Reese
Music Hall
Pocahontas
New York
Pearl Marques
Jim Smith
Jessie Stewart
Hattie Garrison
Tillie Moran
Addie Fell
Florence Coleman
Agnes Castie
Sadie Huested
Helen Bertrand
la Mar
Jessie la Mar
George Cunningham
Geneva Smith
Bessie Phillips
Bob Mack
Jack Matthews
Virginius
Belle Gordon
Win
Swan
Frank Bambard
White House
Washington
Pearl Marquem
Shahzada
Savoy
William Kendall Hallowell
Mille
Garretta
John Barker
Josh Whitcomb
Farnum Brothers
William Rowe
Bert Marshall
J. A. Murphy
Bloise Willard
Theatres Showcase Seasonal Entertainments Across Cities
The piece highlights Way Down East at the Opera house and Betsy Ross staged in Philadelphia by Bra dy Grismer, with George A. Blumenthal praising the company. It notes Ward and Vokes at the Onera house with The Floor Walkers, promising a large ensemble, top scenery, and lavish costumes.
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Opera House
George A. Blumenthal
Jefferson Theatre
Portland
Betsy Ross
qishBnup
Ward
Voices
Onera House
Satuday
Vokes
Instinct Fails in Complex Environments Says Medical Review
The piece argues that human instinct cannot guide behavior in modern complex societies as environments vary across generations. Reason replaces instinct, yet is less reliable, causing errors in health and education. It cites typhoid risks, plague control failures in India, and mothers misfeeding children as illustrations. Henry Campbell notes feeding errors in Lancet.
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India
Calcutta
Poona
Cawnpore
Henry Campbell
Stock Market Strength With Small Gains Across Exchanges
The New York and Boston markets opened with good strength, but gains were modest. Sugar attracted major attention with prices between 139 and 141 percent while steel shares held steady. Copper stocks in Boston, Amalgamated key, touched 1 percent. div idends and strategic remarks from industry leaders suggest further optimistic movement as copper and gas sectors show rising activity.
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Boston
Amalgamated
Erie Telephone
Cochiti
Fay
Union Copper Land & Mining Co
Standard Oil
Montana
Butte
Butte Camp
Rolston & Hooley
Con. Gas
Brooklyn Union Gas Co
New Company
Con. Gas Co
Amalgamated and
Smelters
Pac
Tex. Pac
U. S. Common
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Albany, N. Y
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Russia
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Boston, Mass
A. G. Pollard & CO
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