Reed Seizes Delegates At Boston Republican Convention
Boston coverage notes Speaker Reed successfully buttonholed delegates to the Republican convention. The piece mentions half tone pictures failing to express enthusiasm and cites local insights on Easter festivities and a long serving town clerk Jonas S Hunt seeking a 40th consecutive year in office with a 2 40 record.
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Reed
Boston
The
Boston Journal
Jonas S. Hunt
Sudbury
Tinware peddler and widow feel for bear skin tale
A Texas farmer tale has a bear skin offered by a peddler who values it at 70 cents while a grieving widow argues for a dollar claiming the hide killed her husband. The anecdote mixes sentiment with commerce from Texas Siftings. A separate quip features a playwright defending his line as a mild plagiarism, told by a Chicago Evening Post observer.
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Texas Siftings
Mrs McHenry Sues Dal y Over Forbidden Liquor Sale
Mrs Johanna McHenry sued John Daly a Lawrence liquor dealer for selling liquor to her husband after being forbidden. The court awarded her 475 dollars. Amory T Maynard war veteran died in Marlboro Friday in his 64th year. He was a native of Boston and a former commander of the Hastings post of Berlin and a member of Rawlins post Marlboro. He enlisted in company I 16th Massachusetts regiment.
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Johanna McHenry
John Daly
Lawrence
Amory T. Maynard
Marlboro
Boston
C. 8. Hastings Post
Berlin
John A. Rawlins
16Th
Massachusetts Regiment
Old Hickory Battle Feature Promised in Globe Easter Fashions
The upcoming Globe Easter Fashions supplement will include Marie Jonreau's art section detailing Old Hickory's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans. The Sunday paper touts two pages of fun a fiction page bric-a-brac housekeepers' dept editorial by prominent men colored cartoons and an art supplement, noting circulation doubles rivals and urges early orders.
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Old Hickory
New Orleans
Marie Jonreau
Sunday Globe
Palm Sunday Services At House Of Prayer And Pawtucket Church
A choral service and procession of the palms will be held at the House of Prayer at 10 45 with a sermon on the day s subject. At Pawtucket church Mr Leland will preach on The Coming of Christ and The Salvation Army with related topics.
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House of Prayer
Pawtucket Church
Mr. Leland
Christ
Salvation Army
Opportunity for legitimate business in Merrimack street
An opportunity for making money in a straight, legitimate business long established in Merrimack street. Small amount of capital required. Full particulars at Mr. T. H. Elliott's, 64 Central street, room 3. Nearly new cottage house and about 6000 feet of land, just off Gorham street, well located in a good neighborhood. Price only $1500, would exchange for a farm.
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Merrimack Street
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
Gorham Street
Gumb Brothers Granite Monuments on Spring Trade Route
Gumb Brothers importers and manufacturers of granite and marble memorials offer Scotch and Swede granite monuments for spring trade with new designs in New England granite. Visit corner Gorham and Anderson streets near Edson cemetery. they guarantee best material and workmanship. Calendar notes Middlesex Women's club events: March 30 club meeting eight thirty to six, and April 1 science class social at four.
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Gumb Brothers
New England
Gorham and
Anderson Streets
Edson Cemetery
Call
Middlesex Women's Club
Lowell
Middlesex County
Oxford Wins University Boat Race In Close Finish
Putney England March 28 Oxford defeated Cambridge in the university race today in a tense finish with the lead narrowed to a third of a length. A cold stormy morning accompanied the event as Oxford extended its tally to 30 victories to Cambridge's 22, marking Oxford's seventh consecutive win.
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Putney
Eng
Oxford
Cambridge
Fire destroys five story block at Seventh and Cedar
A blaze that began at 3 40 this morning leveled a five story brick block at Seventh and Cedar streets in St Paul. The building housed the Yerkes mammoth grocery store with a dozen rooms on the upper floors. Several occupants are reported missing.
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St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Seventh and
Cedar Streets
Yerkes Mammoth
Ex-convicts arrested in South Canton house safe robbery
Police in Chicago watched as Frank Swift and Michael Murphy robbed a safe at Catherine Johann house on South Canton street. Officers allowed them to collect about $12,000 in plunder before arrest.
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Chicago
Frank Swift
Michael Murphy
Catherine Johann
Canton Street
Fright on the Brattleboro Line Engine House Records
Conductor Geer's train from New London to Brattleboro halted near Lebanon Connecticut after a broken parallel rod and angle-rod tore a boiler hole. Engineer Horace J. Leach was hurled atop the cab, fireman Cecil C. Cheney leaped clear with facial and leg cuts. Brakes activated by the damaged air-brake cylinder. Both men sent to Brattleboro. Leach shaken but uninjured beyond that.
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Geer
New London
Brattleboro
Lebanon
Conn
Horace J. Leach
Cecil C. Cheney
Leach
Doomed courtroom day as Doherty v Burns ends with adjournment
In Lowell proceedings Daniel Doherty v George E Burns was heard in the afternoon session on a property conversion claim with the plaintiff alleging a lockout from a hired room. The jury in Carkin v Town of Groton did not reach a verdict. Daniel Gage advertises ice from Lowell and a large Lake Ice supply from Forge Village Westford.
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Daniel Doherty
George E. Burns
J. F. Owens
Rivet and Hamel
Carkin
Town of Groton
Daniel Gage
Lowell
Forge Village
Westford
Pilgrim Church Youth Present Wax Works Up to Date
On Wednesday evening at High Street church a group from Pilgrim Church Nashua will stage a new version of Mrs Jarley's Wax Works Up to Date. Proceeds from the show plus supper, apron and cake sale benefit a preacher in India under the King's Daughters auspices.
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High Street
Pilgrim Church
Nashua
Temple of Design Opening Display At Runels Building
A most attractive display of millinery is shown at the opening of this popular store in Runels building. Newest ribbons laces and ornaments are lavishly decorated to entice Lowell ladies to attend this event.
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Runels
Lowell
Miss Jordans Opening Millinery Event Promises Postponed Fashion
Miss Rose Jordan announces the opening of spring and summer millinery for Thursday Friday and Saturday of next week. The event is billed as worth waiting for with new season hats and decorations for the shop.
Philharmoniec Club Ticket Notice at Lawrence
Members of the Philharmoniec club may obtain admission tickets for the concert at Lawrence from Chas W Ha ton secretary Central block.
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Philharmoniec Club
Lawrence
Chas. W. Haton
House Bill on Church Membership Faces Third Reading
In a Friday session the House ordered a bill to provide a new qualification for membership in the First Congregational Church of Blewell to a third reading.
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First Congregational church of+bLewell
Convention Honors Massachusetts Governors Greenhalge and Robinson
The Massachusetts Republican state convention adopted tributes to the memory of Governors Greenhalge and Robinson. Lodge presented resolutions praising Greenhalge for leadership in three campaigns and fidelity to principle, with sympathy to his family. Haile offered another resolution mourning ex-Gov Robinson, an esteemed leader and statesman, and the party shares in Massachusetts grief and sympathy for his family.
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Greenhalge
Robinson
Senator Lodge
Committee On
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Commonwealth. “To Us the Death of Gov. Greenhalge
Republican Party
William H. Haile
Springfield
Republican Convention
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Congress
Nuns at Prayer by David Neal acquired for Stuttgart Royal Gallery
The German government art commission purchased David Neal's painting Nuns at Prayer and placed it in Stuttgart's Royal Gallery, a surprise to the artist since he did not possess the work. A foreign critic praises its modern impressionistic treatment, three nuns in ardent devotion, and a broad, free brushwork style marked by restrained color in white, gray, and black.
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David Neal
Art Commission
Wurtemberg
Royal Gallery
Stuttgart
Neal
Longfellow
Feuerbach
Bonney Funeral Held. Hussey and Laflamme Obsequies
The Honorable Arthur P. Bonney lay in Belmont Avenue for services at 2 30 this afternoon attended by lawyers and judges including Bishop, Sherman, Dunbar, and Chief Justice Mason. Interment in Lowell cemetery under Undertaker Currier. Mrs Johanna Hussey buried at 2 30 yesterday from 9 Gage Street with Bearers John F Sawright and others. A Requiem Mass for Julie Laflamme at St Joseph church followed by Catholic cemetery burial in East Chelmsford. Five Cent Sayings Bank deposits begin drawing interest next Saturday.
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Arthur P. Bonney
Belmont Avenue
Bonney
Bishop, Sherman, Dunbar
Mason
Superior Court
George Batchelor
Cambridge
James Francis
George F. Lawton
Samuel P. Hadley
Franklin Nickerson
Michael Collins
Wiliam H. Anderson
Lowell Cemetery
Currier
Johanna Hussey
Gage Street
John F. Sawright
Thomas Dean
Michael Dean
Michael J. Mahoney
William Barry
Patrick Manning
Philips David, Jr
P. A. Brousseau
William A. Parthenais
Hubert Denault
L. P. Turcotte
Augustine Richard
J. D. Jacques
East Chelmsford
Albert
Woman Charged With Shoplifting in Boston Stores
A well dressed young woman identified as Ida Burnett, 29, was arrested Friday for shoplifting at Jordan, Marsh and Butler stores in Boston. She claimed to live in Lowell. Police say she took two hats from the counters, valued at 7 and 12 dollars, with relatives described as well to do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Butler & Co
Boston
Ida Burnett
Lowell
Dry Goods Market Slumps Amid Backward New England Trade
New England merchants report persistent backwardness in local business with slow gains from the Middle and Western states. Prices for cottons and woolens remain unsettled, with continued low demand, high stocks, and motives to curb production as mills face uncertain tariff policy and flood damage in Maine disrupts shipments.
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Journal
New England
Middle
March
Congress
White House
Lonsdales
New York
Boston
Africa
Venezuela
Central America
British West Indies
China
Fall River
Providence
Westbrook
Lewiston
Maine
Loquacious Noah Mutty Judge Taunts Work Ethic
In police court March 28 Noah Mutty faced neglect charges for failing to support his wife and children in a Market Street tenement. The judge scolded his talkativeness, noting he can talk better than he can work, while Mutty claimed 10 to 30 cents weekly earnings and occasional wood selling. He received 5 days to find steadier work, amid admonitions to avoid whiskey. High drunks were sentenced. Ed Patterson and Alexander Salmon to state farm for six months each. Henry Soikosky, jailed four months for damask theft, was bound over for peace at $100.
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Noah Mutty
Mutty
Market Street
Virgil
Matty
Hadley
Agent Drury
The
Humane Society
Ed. Patterson
State Farm
Alexander Salmon
Henry Soikosky
J. W. Cassidy
Early Morning Fire Destroys Riggs Barn and House in Riverside
Fire siren at 3:28 am sent Chief Hosmer to Riverside near Wigginville where Wm. E. Riggs suffered loss of his house barn and shed. 1800 feet of hose enabled Engine 4 to control the blaze despite an incendiary start in the barn. A horse perished, occupants saved, and Riggs insured for 3600 with Frederick W. Sherman.
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Chief Hosmer
Westford Street Chemical
Riverside
Wigginville
Cartridge Shop
Wm. E. Riggs
Munro
Riggs
Opera House
Frederick W. Sherman
Savings Deposits at Traders National Bank
Money deposited in the savings department at Traders National Bank locations on Middlesex Street and Post Office Avenue before 4 p.m. Friday April third earns four percent annual interest from April first. Interest may be withdrawn or added to principal on July first and January first. Bank hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 7 to 9 p.m. William F. Hills, cashier.
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Traders National Bank
Middlesex Street
Post Office Avenue
William F. Hills
Baptist Evangelization Conference Opens in New England
The first Baptist led conference in the city discusses missionary work among French Canadians in New England. Rev. Dr. Eaton, Rev. Williams, and Deacon Eddy address prospects, goals, and concerns about converting French Canadians and guiding immigration through gospel work. A collection funds the conference and gospel wagon work, with remarks on New England’s duty to evangelize the growing foreign population.
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New England
First Baptist Church
Needham
W. H. Eaton
Boston
Eaton
Lowell
J. H. Williams
Providence
R. I
Canada
Quebec
America
A. T. Eddy
Fitchburg
Mass
New Engand
W. M. Maiin
O. E. Mallory
George H. Taylor
Arthur St. James
Worcester
Lord Jesus Christ
Purgatory
J. B. Leclaire
H. L. Morehouse
B. H. M. Society
Massachustts
Massachusetts
Allon
Place of Catholics in American civilization sparks meeting
Putnam son speaker warns that large immigrant numbers threaten civil society. He claims alien influence shifts power toward church authority, blaming Rome for attacking secular government. He cites Quebec and New England as examples of national peril, urging loyal citizens to awaken. Rev. Dr. Needham ends with benediction.
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Rome
Quebec
New England
Needham
Fire Blazes Barn in Tyngsboro Likely Arson
Early yesterday morning a fire destroyed a barn owned by Mrs. Catherine Norris at her Tyngsboro home near Lakeview. About three o'clock six cows, one horse and several calves perished. hay also burned. The barn insured for 700 dollars, animals and hay partly covered by 509 dollars of insurance. Cause unknown but timing suggests incendiarism. Wind-saving house nearby.
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Catherine Norris
Tyngsboro
Lakeview
Emer Gentle Tea At Unitarian Vestry Draws Crowd
A Lend-a-Hand club hosted an Emergency Tea at the Unitarian church vestry. Though no real emergency, attendees enjoyed a substantial tea with chicken pie salads cold meats and fruits. The event featured a choir program and readings by Miss Mabel Hall.
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Unitarian Church
Mabel Hall
Workman dies from Kirk Street fall injuries at St John’s hospital
Joseph Tyrrell, a 50 year old workman from 49 Auburn Street, died at 1 40 this morning at St John’s hospital after being injured by a falling staging on Kirk Street Thursday forenoon. Charles Sweeney, also seriously injured, is reported improving.
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Joseph Tyrrell
Kirk Street
St. John’s Hospital
Tyrrell
Auburn Street
Charles Sweeney
Head and Shaw's Opening in Lowell this Friday and Saturday
The Lowell based firm Head and Shaw announces its spring opening this Friday and Saturday. Ladies in town are especially invited to attend as the enterprising firm unveils new offerings for the season.
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Lowell
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Diogenes
Texas
Chicago Evening Post
Aeolians
Steinert’s
Telegraphic
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Dark Blue
Thames
Blodgett
Ice
Temple of Design
Miss Jordan
Philharmonic Club
Steinway Pianos
Govs. Greenhalge and Robinson
Sayings
Hood's
C. I. Hood & Co
Hood
DRY Goods Market
Newmarkets
Nevilles
Phila
Melton
Loquacious
Pease Pianos
Steinert's
Price
I. W. Maynard
Putnam& Son
Head & Shaw
Shaw
Lowell, Mass
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