Fitchburg Lease Vote Passes as Opposition Is Outpaced
After days of debate stockholders backed the Boston and Maine lease of the Fitchburg railroad by a wide margin with 145,677 votes to 28,447. The deal, set to run 99 years, pays 5 percent to preferred stock and 1 percent to common, with common stock to be exchanged for Boston and Maine gold bonds at 3 percent. The measure now faces legislative review amid ongoing divisions and calls for better terms from opponents.
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Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Protective Committee
W. Seward Webb
Fitchburg Road
Crane
Boston & Maine
Fitchburg
Sohier
Boston & Maine Road
Weendee
Elder
Lewis S. Dabney
Dabney
Moses Williams
Joseph B. Russell
E. D. Codman
Tuttle
Moses Williame
Conference Committee
Willams
Pitchburg
Ite Remieaness
Reginald Poster
Williams
Williame Areo
Col. Soblers
Whee Wee
James Lawrence
Ware
W. D. Sohier
Col. Sohier
Reginald Foster
French
Joseph P. Stearns
Waltham
Codman
House
Stearns
United States of America
Cain
Col. Sohler
Vote on Lease Draws Clear Victory for Protective Committee
At 4 o clock Thursday after noon the protective committee won the lease vote with 145,477 total shares: 93,412 preferred and 62,365 common. Opponents held 1,? shares of preferred stock. State officials Bradford and Hurd represented the state. amid quiet spectators the outcome appeared decisive.
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Hradford
Hurd
Lease vote ends in tight margin for Fitchburg stockholders
In Fitchburg affairs, the Boston and Maine lease faced staunch opposition as stockholders debated terms including a gold clause, ten share disclosure, and annual earnings division. After heated exchanges, a rapid five minute vote concluded at 4.20 PM with the lease remaining contested and supporters gaining a partial edge.
Manufacturers Oppose Bills Banning Night Work and OT
The State House hearing on proposed laws to ban women and minors from working after 6 p m and to mandate overtime to recover time lost to machinery breaks drew opposition from manufacturers. Witness Simeon B Chase of King Philip mill Fall River argued overtime may be needed for operations and night work is already limited elsewhere. Others from Fall River and across Massachusetts echoed concerns about plant costs and shifting mill jobs to neighboring states if barred.
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Labor Committee
State House
James A. Bailey, Jr
Arkwright Club
Simeon B. Chase
King Philip
Fall River
Mascachnactts
Rhode Island
M. Seth A. Berden
Hargraves and Parker Mills
Fall Hiver
Massachuertt
Massachusetts
Hhedelean
Cyrus C. Rowneville
Desler Ad Offers Wheel Prices and Down Payments
An unclear ad fragment promotes wheel sales from Desler with choice of 16 inch sizes and a down payment question. It includes quirky phrasing about payments and a teased toner remark, suggesting a sales pitch in a local trade section.
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Desler
Toner
Obituary notices Auctioned on a busy Lowell day
Victor son of Mr and Mrs William F His aged seven and a half died from membranous croup at 52 Princeton street. He was bright, active and devout, member of Junior Endeavor at Branch Street Baptist Tabernacle. Other obituaries note Harry Randolph age about 70 who died in Boston after slave origins, funeral at Pine Grove cemetery Lynn. John Miller died with services by Rev Milling ton and Rev Ford. many tributes and burial at Edson cemetery. Several other funeral notices for Mansur Daniela Boyle Merrill and Cummings summarized with locations and church services.
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Victor
William F. His
Princeton Street
F.i- Guy
Endeavor Society
Branch Street Baptist Tabernacle
Geil
Jesus
Harry Randolph
Boston
Lowell
W. R Batchelder
Randolph
Hertford
North Carolina
Pine Grove Cemetery
Lynn
Daniel Floyd
T. P. Evans
Baptist Church
Billerica Centre
8. T. Ford
Gelineau
Harry Stocks
North
Billerica
Currier
John Miller
Beech Street
H. W. O. Millington
Fifth Street Baptist Church
Dora
Johnnie
Brother
Robert Stevenson
Herbert Smith
M. H. Wotton
John
Sarah Leach
Andrew W. Mowatt
Hannah Smith
Edson Cemetery
Do. M. Young
A. W. Mowatt
James Hepburn
KR. Stevenson
Jessie Lydick
Mes Margare Miller
Laketie
St. Michael's Church
Richard Boland
Rere
John Mex Chuskey
John Ally
Edward Moyle
William Costells
George Senice
Mr. Golden
Weeere Harrington, Bowers
Costello Int Kilelta
Roatan
Romaine
Dovey
Obituary Notices From City and Nearby Areas
Obituaries announce multiple deaths with ages and service details. Alice L. Agnew 27 years 2 months 6 days died in West Chelmsford with no flowers requested. Anne W. Wiley 75 years 6 months died in the city with funeral at 5 Kimball Avenue. Victor Francis Hills 7 years 5 months 27 days died at 52 Princeton Street with private funeral at 12:30 Friday.
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Ternoon
Agnew
West Chelmsford
Alice L. Agnew
Wiley
Anne W. Wiley
Kimball Avenue
Itvit
Hills
William F
Adelaide B
Princeton Street
Victor Francis Hills
Cohen Qarmanski wedding in Highland
Miss Fannie Cohen of this city married Isaac Qarmanski of Lawrence in a Jewish ceremony at Highland Thursday evening. Rabbi Wolfson officiated. Best man Max Adelovitch. Bridesmaids and ushers included Minnie Nannes Fannie Paraski Ida Block Minnie Cohen Fred Holsom Archis Bernstein Lewis Schwartz Samuel Cohen. Wedding supper and dancing followed with Mr and Mrs Adelovitch in charge.
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Highland
Fannie Cohen
Isaac Qarmanski
Lawrence
Rabbi Wolfson
Max Adelovitch
Minnie Nannes
Fannie Paraski
Ida Block
Minnie Cohen
Fred Holsom
Archis Bernstein
Lewis Schwartz
Samuel Cohen
Mrs. Adelovitch
Local Notes From Lowell and San Francisco
Lieut Com F H Holmes arrived in San Francisco from Manila yesterday. He served on the Baltimore during the destruction of the Spanish fleet and has since been promoted. He will visit Lowell where Mrs Holmes has lived since his Asiatic station days. Mrs John W Fox travels to New York to review spring millinery styles and select goods for patrons. Miss Sarah G Sparks of Agawam street kindergarten is seriously ill at 59 Elm Street. George F Waugh, backed by Rep William Knox, passed West Point entrance exams and will enter in June. John F Murphy left for Missouri to enter business at Joplin. Rev John Tiernan of Richmond, Va addressed Sunday school teachers at St Peter's church Thursday night.
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F. H. Holmes
San Francisco
Manila
Baltimore
Dewey
Lowell
Holmes
Asiatic Station
John W. Fox
New York
Sarah G. Sparks
Agawam Street
Elm Street
George F. Waugh
William
Knox
West Point
John F. Murphy
Missouri
Joplin
John Tiernan
Richmond
St. Peter's Church
Fraternal Knights of Pythias Hold Whist Parlor Night
Lowell lodge Knights of Pythias ran a whist party with wins recorded for Ladies and Men. Winners: Mrs William Walker and others with 48 points. men William Ireland 44, Fred Whipple 38, and Frank B Wright. Deputy Grand Chief Ranger Charles O Conner attended as official visitor. Delegates to the May grand court convention named with alternates listed.
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Lowell Lodge
Knights of Pythias
William Walker
Whitney
Glidden
Annie Killpartrick
William Ireland
Fred Wh
Frank B. Wright
Charles O'Conner
Court Middlesex
W. H. Stafford
Merrimack
John F. Connolly
John Kilroy
M. P. Regan
P. R. Monahan
P. McGilley
F. S
Washington Commandery Presents Aunt Jerusha's Album Again
Washington commandery Golden Cross repeated the comedy Aunt Jerusha's Album Thursday at their Middle street hall. The show coincided with Washington's birthday and was presented a second time with improvements. A piano duet with bells by the Misses Howes and Mrs. Charles Dane, plus a piano solo by Miss Maude Mountford and Mrs. Charles Dane, complemented the performance.
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Washington Commandery
Golden Cross
Jerusha
Middle Street
Washington
Misses Howes
Charles Dane
Maude Mountford
Deaths of Ottlo Huber and Darius Colombani
Ottlo Huber Broadway Brooklyn brewer and hotel owner dies in Brooklyn at a reported age of M4 from cirrhosis and heart failure. He headed a large brewery and held stock in American Malting Company since its inception. Survived by widow, daughter, mother and three brothers. Darius Colombani, Italian born designer of church ornaments, dies in New York. Noted for altar decorations including St Patrick's Cathedral. Also, Prof Henry Cohn of Northwestern University German chair dies in Chicago from apoplexy. former Columbia College and Chautauqua instructor.
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OttLo Huber
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Mr. Huber
Darius Colombani
New York
Italy
Henry Cohn
Northwestern University
Chicago
Columbia College
Boston
Chautauqua
Strokes to shave a man in a barber shop tale
A downtown barber notes daily razor strokes per customer. He cites averages of about one stroke per man, with 1028 strokes on a single customer and variations for beard length and skin tenderness. He estimates shaving twenty to twenty-one men a day, with some exceptions.
Twilight in Ban Pablo Valley
Fragmentary poetic lines describe nightfall over a valley with fog and fear. A distant landscape of mountains and stars emerges as the speaker contemplates darkness and whispered sounds. The verses blend dreamlike imagery with a sense of impending dread.
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Ban Pablo Valley
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