Blondin pleads not guilty in Middlesex murder case
Joseph Wilfred Blondin also known as Joseph Barnard faced Judge Hardy at East Cambridge Superior Court for arraignment on a four count murder indictment in the death of his wife Margaret Emma Blondin. The trial date remains uncertain as officials dispute whether the killing occurred in Chelmsford or Boston.
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Hardy
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Boston
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Jean B. D. Jacques
Sanderson
Chelmsford
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Jacques
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Morrison
Dlesex County
Middlesex Counry
Middlesex
Charles R. Eastman
Harvard
Parker
Middlesex County
Lowell
Eight Men Buried as Gas Works Sand Cave-In Strikes Cleveland
Eight laborers were buried under sand at the People's Gas Light company works on Main Street Cleveland. Four men were rescued, with at least four more believed fatally injured, after a cave-in while digging 20 feet below ground for a new gas tank.
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Cleveland
Ohio
People’s Gas Light Company
Main Street
United States to Withdraw Troops From Cuba May 20
Secretary Root issues order to General Wood to transfer Cuba’s government to Cuban leaders by May 20 1902 while leaving a small coastal artillery force. Wood to convene Cuba’s Congress before May 20 and consult with President-elect Palma. U S plans to end occupancy, transfer laws, and maintain coast defenses only as needed.
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Spain
Paris
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Future of Cuba As Palma Leaves for New York
President elect Thomas Estrada Palma after talks with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root returns to New York state for a final month. He pledges a ceremonial inauguration in the palace and outlines plans for a US Cuban treaty including a naval station at Guantanamo and mutual coaling stations. US artillerymen will remain at coast batteries until Cuba can replace them. Palma honors the United States for aiding Cuba’s independence and expresses confidence in Cuba’s bright future.
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Thomas Estrada Palma
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Root
New York State
United States
Guantanamo
Palma
Spain
Declared Bosh on neutrality rumors in war talks
Dispatches from New York and Washington describe France and Russia seeking assurances from Germany of neutrality in a hypothetical clash over China with Britain and Japan. The foreign office repudiates the story, saying no such inquiries have been made. Weather notes mention good maple sugar conditions and disregard the peach crop.
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Russia
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Japan
China
Germany
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Grape Nuts as a tonic praised by a writer
A well known writer extols Grape Nuts as a regular tonic, eaten cold with hot milk or cream. She recounts advising a dyspeptic woman to try it for a week three times daily, noting weight gain and improved health as evidence of the food’s nourishing value from Postum Co.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Miss Alice Roosevelt Cartoon Sails With Hog Insult
Berlin on March 25 Simplicissimus, famed for its provocative cartoons, features a drawing of Miss Alice Roosevelt at sea in an open boat with a large hog at one end and the former first daughter holding a pig wrapped in the Stars and Stripes. The inscription mocks a princes gesture with the line We received your Prince you must admit our hogs.
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Simplicissimus
Voice
Alice Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
White House Cuban reciprocity talks held with GOP leaders
President and House leaders including Payne Dalzell Long and Cannon met at the White House to discuss Cuban reciprocity. No new developments reported, caucus plan for a 20 percent temporary import reduction is adopted by Republicans. Ways and Means has not yet reported the bill due to one Republican member's absence.
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White House
House
Payne
Messrs. Dalzell
Long
Kansas
Ways and Means Committee
Cannon
Cabinet Meeting on Cuba Transfer and Naval Posts
The Cuban question dominated the cabinet meeting as officials debated the transfer of sovereignty, including Wood's instructions to withdraw U S sovereignty. The plan preserves Ha vana dry dock and meteorological services, with post offices and local personnel largely unaffected. Routine departmental matters and a passing reference to the Miles incident were noted.
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Washington
Wood
United States
Havana
Cuba
Santiago
Miles
Milk Producers Reach Price Agreement With Boston Contractors
Boston March 25 The New England Milk Producers Union ends prolonged talks with Boston contract ers committee with a compromise that raises prices about 2 cents per can for six months starting April 1. April, July August September set at 36 cents per can. May June at 35 cents, plus a 2 cent surplus carry allowance. Net prices fixed. grading left to contractors. one contract form adopted.
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New England Milk Producers’ Union
Boston Milk Contractors’ Committee
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Boston and
Maine
Japanese Women Form Bicycle Club in Tokyo
A dozen affluent Tokyo women formed a bicycle club, surprising the nation. United States Consul Davidson reports that Japanese women view cycling as unladylike, though men and the press welcome the sport for both sexes.
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Tokio
United States
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Tamsui
State Department
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