Glove Refusal Sparks Notable Ring Moment
Washington Star recalls a dramatic boxing scene where Sparticus cautions rumbling combatants, Corbett gasps for breath, and Fitz spurns a handshake. The piece contrasts historic battles with the tense arena moment that eclipses previous clashes. It highlights the lasting sting of a refused handshake on a famed stage.
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Sparticus
Corbett
Fitz
Gettysburg
Lexington
Waterloo
Hastings
Marathon
Washington Star
Notable figures and ideas surface in scattered remarks
Attorney Bent pursues military corruption leads while Francis Murphy praises the press. Quotations urge trust in elections and leadership. The Indiana Supreme Council of the Order of Equity reports liabilities exceeding assets. The Sedgwick Pantagraph counsels courage amid abuse as duty guides public action.
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Supreme Council of the Order of Equity In
Indiana
London costermongers and their vast trade profits
The article notes about 60,000 costermongers in London with an estimated capital of 250,000 pounds and annual trade near 15 million pounds, yielding around 5 million pounds in profits. It also mentions a Paris upper air balloon experiment reaching 49,200 feet with self-recording instruments and extreme cold. A widow who loved the sea left most of her fortune to the Lucania's crew, with 10,000 pounds to the captain for his courtesy.
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London
Paris
England
America
Lucania
Comic Blends and Schoolroom Gaffes Across Papers
Excerpts from Cleveland Leader and La Car icature humor pieces show a widow's wit about timing, a milk mishap by a milkwoman, and a school inspector prompting boys to explain the map’s purpose, joking that it hides the teacher’s bicycle.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Foreign admirals press governor withdrawal over Crete crisis
In Constantinople on March 26 the ambassadors of the Powers reviewed a dispatch from the foreign admirals in Cretan waters. They say Turkish authority in Crete may not continue and urge the European governor-general to be withdrawn. An infantry regiment of 700 sails from Vienna for Crete and 200 Russian riflemen land at the island. Also on March 26 Ray Adams is fined $30 for larceny of watches and clothes. four drunks are convicted. Josephine Stewart found probably guilty of larceny of $95 and held for Superior court with $400 bond.
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Whch
Middlesex Street
Post Office Avenue
Constantinople
Cretan
Crete
Vienna
Odessa
Ray Adams
Philip Cronlin
Josephine Stewart
Henry B. Rudd
Billerica
Fire destroys hammocks at Thompson Hardware
A fire ruined much of the hammock storage at Thompson Hardware yesterday afternoon. Fire officials believe a candle started the blaze. The fire department was alerted by telephone.
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Thompson Hardware
Temperance evangelist Moody fills Huntington hall with praise and counsel
Last night Francis Murphy drew a large Huntington hall crowd in Huntington. Eirene lodge members sat on the platform as Murphy urged women to advise their husbands and praised the Catholic church while calling Protestants to attend church. He urged men to be gentle at home and to take children to Sunday school.
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Francis Murphy
Huntington Hall
Eirene Lodge
Murphy
Jesus Christ
Abraham Lincoln
Sheridan
Congressman Knox Home With Ill Wife Sickness
Illness of Mrs. Knox at their Lawrence residence forced the Fifth district congressman to return home early Wednesday. He was scheduled to deliver an extended speech on the tariff question outlining the interests of the country’s greatest manufacturing district. The absence deprives the tariff debate of a valuable contribution.
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Knox
Lawrence
Mr. Knox
Granite lodge delegates elected to Grand lodge
At Granite lodge I O G T Graniteville meeting on Wednesday evening the following delegates were elected to the Grand lodge William G Stevens Carl Hammerquist Clarence De Roehn Ernest Longbottom Alternates are Zina Mitchell Bertha Jones Emma Petherick Lottie Yorke A committee for social and entertainment was appointed comprising Mrs Caroline Prinn Bertha Kierstead Zina Mitchell and Lottie Yorke The programme featured songs by Sanford Kierstead Hiram Dane Luther Lawton Carl Hammerquist Fred Dane a harmonica and piano duet by Albert De Roehn and Emily Prinn a harmonica solo by William Leyder a whistling solo by Mrs Caroline Prinn readings by Sanford Kierstead Hiram Dane and remarks by George Leland.
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Granite Lodge
Graniteville
Grand Lodge
William G. Stevens
Carl Hammerquist
Clarence de Roehn
Ernest Longbottom
Zina Mitchell
Bertha Jones
Emma _ Petherick
Lottie Yorke
Caroline Prinn
Bertha Kierstead
Sanford Kierstead
Hiram Dane
Luther Lawton
Fred Dane
Albert de Roehn
Emily Prinn
William Leyder
George Leland
Dream of Tomorrow: Glimpses of Better Times Told
Mrs Mary A Livermore spoke at John Street Church on a Woman's Educational club program to about 250 women and some local clergymen. She portrayed life as a voyage toward an eternal destiny and argued evolution, science and religion together push toward improved bodies, minds and a future sixth sense, with Edison predicting light and electricity advances while temperance and moral progress advance.
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John Street
Mary A. Livermore
Woman's Educational Club
Mrs. Livermore
Edison
Elizabeth
Christ
Brotherhood of Man
Hakey Birth Announcement in Lamb Street Family
In this city on March 25 a son was born to Mr and Mrs C A Hakey of 19 Lamb street marking a welcome addition to the family.
Vesper Country Club held meeting reveals finances and future plans
Secret ary Swapp reported on year income 9528 83 expenses 7637 01 and the $4754 74 improvement fund with $2533 for a new bridge and $738 99 for a steamer. The report noted losses from bridge and steamer fires and outlined golf course expansion to a nine hole layout with temporary greens and a potential 14 mile road race. Directors elected. active membership capped at 400. audit cited accounting flaws and urged proper books and asset inventory.
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Charles H. Allen
Committee On Finance
Country Club House
Andrew G. Swapp
Tyngsboro Bridge
U. S. Golf Association
H. PR. Knapp
J. K. Whittier
C. KE. Goulding
C. A. Stover
Arthur J. Markland
A. M. Ricker
A. W. Flint
H. J. Corwin
L. F. Sherman
Frank H. Rand
Sherman
G. E. Perley
W. P. Butterfield
Charles Howard
Geo. H. Spaulding
F. E. Bramhall
C. &. Goulding
A. D. Butterfield
A. G. Swapp
A. J. Markland
Are Whist Prizes Immoral debated in Globe symposium
The Boston Sunday Globe promises a lively symposium on whether whist prize winnings constitute fashionable gambling, with opinions from multiple viewpoints. The issue also includes a magazine of fun fiction poetry and songs in color, free with purchase.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Haverhill
Boston Sunday Globe
Enthusiastic Quilt Sale Draws Large Crowd
Enthusiastic buyers crowded four large counters at a quilt sale that began yesterday. The event sold over 450 quilts in one day across grades priced from 39 cents to 2.98 dollars, with higher grades up to 6 dollars. Basement. A. G. Pollard & Co.
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Marseilles
A. G. Pollard & CO
Veterans Night at Middlesex Club Yields Rousing Speeches
Veterans Night at the Middlesex Club drew two Virginia figures, former Confederate Gen Wise and Union Col Brady, to a lively evening. Capt Adams presided as Col Clarke and others spoke, with audience cheer as a letter urging Col Albert Clarke for Treasury Secretary circulated to President McKinley. The event, held at the American House, was deemed a grand success and memorable.
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Middlesex Club
Jack Adams
Virginia
John 8. Wise
James G. Brady
John Flockton
Tom Henry
Flockton
G. F. Monroe
Worcester
Albert Clarke
Deane
Department of Massachusetts
Geo. A. Marden
Linehan
New Hampshire
Olin
Study
Crane
Wise
Clarke
Marden
McKinley
United States
Massachusetts
Treasury
American Union
John G. B. Adams
Capt. Dams
Spring Suits Tempt Men Buy Now In Full Sizes
Our Spring Suits entice men to buy while sizes last. Ceviots chosen for our workrooms, trims, cut, and finish yield a large line of attractive suits at 8.00 and 10.00. Cheaper all wool suits priced 3.95 to 5.95. Finer Rogers, Peet & Co. suits range 12.00 to 20.00.
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Rogers, Peet & Co
Brickend House Fire Near Lowell Destroys Home
Roger Ayotte’s two story brickend on Lawrence road five miles from Lowell burned around 3 am. The building and contents were insured for 6000 total. Methuen fire department saved a hen house but the house was a total loss. Three residents escaped safely as Fire Marshal Aids Stone and Merrill discussed investigation duties near the state line. Origin of the fire unknown.
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Roger Ayotte
Lawrence Road
Lowell
Methuen Fire Department
Aids Stone
Merrill
Lawrence
Aid Merrill
H. c. Church & Son
Funeral for Patrick J. Gibney at Catholic Cemetery
Patrick J. Gibney, killed at South Lowell, was buried yesterday afternoon from Undertaker Savage’s rooms. Bearers were John Farley, David Boyle, Patrick Sheridan, Patrick Connolly, Michael Dalton and William Battersby. Rev Fr Gleason of St Patrick’s church officiated at the grave. Undertaker Savage directed the burial.
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Patrick J. Gibney
South Lowell
Savage
John Farley
David Boyle
Patrick Sheridan
Patrick Connolly
Michael Dalton
William Battersby
Fr. Gleason
St. Patrick’s Church
City Hall Grounds Laid Out by Eliot and Proposals Planned
The mayor and merchants' week committee chair were invited to Lynn to offer suggestions on a proposed merchants' week. Charles Eliot the landscape architect who died in Brookline yesterday laid out the grounds around City Hall and was a son of Harvard president Charles W. Eliot.
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Lynn
Charles Eliot
Brookline
City Hall
Eliot
Harvard College
Obituary for John Young Local Resident Dies in New Hampshire
John Young formerly of this city died at his home in Lempster New Hampshire on Tuesday The body will be brought to this city Saturday for burial.
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John Young
Lempster
N. H
Dingleyism Feeds Growth At Idle Rhode Island Mill
The idle mill at Washington Village Rhode Island on the New England road has been leased to East Greenwich interests. They will install new machinery and manufacture fancy cassimere, planning to hire 300 workers.
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Washington Village
R. I
New England Road
East Greenwich
Moynahan v Boston and Maine case opened in Superior Court
Arguments in the Moynahan versus Boston and Maine railroad case began at noon in the Superior Court. Lawyers presented initial claims and defenses as the civil action proceeds.
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Moynahan
Boston and Maine Railroad
Local Notices and Social Bits from Putnam & Son
Mrs. C. Adams of Limerick visits sister Mrs. J. L. Sedgley. Engagement announced between Miss Sarah Crossland and Mr. Alexander Johnson. Mrs. Frank L. Weaver to Richmond Va. with children for a month. Mr. John Banks leaves Tremont and Suffolk mill. Miss Kittie Blennerhasset and Mrs. E. M. Grogan in New York for the Waldorf doll show. Wm. Golden of Putnam Guards now under orders of a young general. A 10 pound boy born. mother and child well. Solon W. Stevens to speak at Good Citizenship club on John Adams. last meeting of season. Mrs. Albert H. Wheeler at Hotel Alcazar, St. Augustine. H. S. Courtney, P. J. Brady, B. J. Callahan and Charles L. Marren touring east Florida. Names listed from New York society. News cards: marriage of John W. Whitworth to Hattie Brook announced for March 31 at Berean P M church. reception at 819 Lawrence Street 7 to 10 p.m.
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Frank L. Weaver
Richmond
John Banks
Tremont and Suffolk
Kittie Blennerhasset
E. M. Grogan
New York
Waldorf” Corp
Wm. Golden
Putnam Guards
Solon W. Stevens
Good Citizenship Club
Eliot Church
John Adams
Albert H. Wheeler
Berean
Lawrence Street
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Congressman Knox
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Swapp
The
Vesper- Country Club
Vesper Club
Walter Coburn
Edward B. Carney
Paul Butler
Harry P. Knapp
Albert G. Smith
J. Arthur Gage
Charles E. Goulding
Charles A. Stover
Butler Ames
Myron L. Paige
Julian B. Keyes
James Thorpe
Frank 5. Bean
Mr. Allen
Mr. Keyes
Mr. Markland
Oxford Musical Club of
Salem
Hen
Ry K. Gates
D. Dana Bartlett
Allen
Gates
Vesper Boat Club
Vesper Contry Club
Vesper
Smith
Melvin
Country Club
Butler
Tne
Henry K. Gates
Veterans
Priddlesex Club
City Hall Notes
Dingleyism
Putnam & Son
Central Street
C. 4. Adams
Limerick
J. L. Sedgeley
Sarah Crossland
Alexander Johnson
Herrimack Clothing Co
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