Navy chief Long bids farewell with complimentary dinner
In Washington on April 30 Secretary of the Navy John D. Long ended a long official career. A farewell dinner at the New Willard featured notable attendees including Admiral Evans, Dewey, and Secretary Hay. Moody will assume duties tomorrow as Long’s successor with minor immediate changes such as Fred L. Fishback becoming a confidential clerk. Cyrus W. Wells will continue as private secretary to Moody.
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Washington
Navy
John D. Long
New Willard Hotel
Department
O'Neil
Ling
Dewey
Admiraville
Bradford
Kenny
Bowles
Rixey
Taylor
Tewood
Marin Advocate
Lemly
Sigsbee
Foss
Mouse Naval Committee
Darling
Moody
Long
Hale
Senate
Tee
Bee
Hay
Secretary of the Navy
Fred L. Fishback
Greer
Fishback
House Committee
Banking and Currency
Cyrus W. Wells
Parker Street Improvements Eyed on East Merrimac Bridge
City committee on streets heard petitions for Parker Street widening and graded sidewalks from Stevens Street to Parker. Debates over Hampstead road macadam, Beacons edge stones, and Maiden Lane grade. some petitioners favored sidewalks while others opposed costly roadworks and land damages. Damages and land ownership questions postponed final decisions.
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Ternoon
Parker Street
Stevens Street
Stevens
O. A. Libby
B. D. O'Connell
Gene G. Russell
E. W. Bugbee
Randlett
Mr. Williams
Seers of the
J. T. Masterson
Christian
Tenth Street
Methuen
Gaipaw Street
B. F. Heald
Hampshire Street
Bridgestre
Hildreth Street
Dracut
Bridge Street
Dr. Heald
Fitzgerald
Albert Hallowell
Mallowenl
Theseno Strants
Third Ay
Mammoth Road
White Street
James Hunt
Starbird Street
A. C. Russell
Burnside Street
Middlesex Street
J. F. Kelly
George Dempsey
Maiden Lane
Dingwell Street
H. C. Dingwell
le Club Social
Crawford Street
Beacon Street
Michael Maguire
Christian Street
Tenth
Richards Street
Maguire
Mills
Concord River
East Mergoted
B Street
Crawford
Hamppeet
Christian Tenth
Campaw Street Avenue
Paderewski Departs for American Season
Aboard the White Star liner Paderewski on April 30 the pianist begins his American season. The ship’s voyage marks the start of a concert tour expected to feature major venues and audiences across the United States.
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Paderewski
Obituary: Bernard Slavin of Willow Street passes away
Bernard Slavin longtime city resident died at home on 69 Willow street. He is survived by his mother two brothers Michael J and Patrick and three sisters Margaret Mary and Mrs Jeremiah Dooley.
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Bernard Slavin
Willow Street
Michael J
Patrick
Margaret
Mary
Jeremiah Dooley
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Patrick Donlon
N. D. Parsons
The
Baptist Church
Parsons
Grand Army Post
James Gilson
Charles
Multiple Funerals Reported Across The City
A series of funeral notices from yesterday highlights services for Elizabeth M. Taylor Mary Shanfton Sarah McQuade William Sheehan Emma Shackford and others. Burials occurred at Oakland Edson and St Patrick cemeteries with various bearers and clergy.
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Elizabeth M. Taylor
Chase Avenue
Mr. Poor
O. R. Parks
T. Howe
E. F. Howe
C. A. Braamien
Robert Howe
James Grant
Roy Pritchard
Ernest Pritchard
J. Mahoney
George Enwright
Oakland
Weinbeck
Mary ‘Shanfton
Shannahan’'s Court
Cross Street
Walsh
Gormley
Moran
Finnerty
Rhatigan
C. H. Molloy
O'Donnell
Emma Shackford
School Street
Albert B. Riggs
Wesley Pentecostal Church
Gale
Lewis
T. H. Tannels
Boston
Blanche
Ernest
C. W. Moore
Lester
Gertrude
Ada Moore
Calla Lilies
Mary Shackford
C. H. Richardson
Henry H. Cochran
Tewksbury
N. W. Matthews
Turnbull, Cooley, Lawrence and Brown
C. M. Young & Co
Chinaman's Wife No Longer
Portland April 30 The April term of Cumberland County Supreme Court adjourned and Judge Peabody signed decrees in 46 divorce cases. Among them a libel by Mrs Hattie H Goon of Boston against Charlie Goon of Portland a Chinaman whom she married a year ago. Divorce granted on cruel and abusive treatment and she may resume maiden name Hattie Ho.
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Portland
Supreme Court
Cumberland County
Peabody
Hattie H. Goon
Boston
Charlie Goon
Entertaining antiquities delight Middlesex Vestry audience
Last evening at the Unitarian vestry the Boys Lend-a-Hand staged an ambitious event with a 6:20 to 8:00 pm New England dinner and exhibits of relics from Parson Bridges day 1741. The program featured choirs, solos, silhouettes, and a 15 minute history talk by H. Perham while Methodist and civic notes followed including school seed distribution and cemetery improvements.
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Unitarian Vestry
New England
Louis Burndrette
Wm. Adams
Harry Harmon
Alfred Howard
Perham
Pernam
Parson Bridges
Giary
Shurtleff
Wm. H. Hall
Emma L. Parkhurst
A. M. Warren
Fred L. Kendall
Chelmsford
Carlisle
Dunstable
Mary J. Winn
W. A. Ingham
Billerica Street
Middlesex North
Centra
Dracut
Awful Panic in Large Cigar Factory Disaster
A deaf and dumb boy’s accident at Harburger, Homan & Co. cigar factory in Philadelphia caused a catastrophic panic. Eight girls and young women died, three others fatally injured, and over twenty sustained injuries as 1200 workers fled down a fire ridden stairwell. Many leapt from upper floors or were crushed in the exit mêlée.
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Philadelphia
Isador Baccus
Harburger, Homan & Co
American Tobacco Co
Tenth Street
Washington Avenue
Mary Geneva
Helen Tolini
Elizabeth Tartine
Annie Ross
Baccus
Westford Fire Costs and Local Doings in May
A grass fire likely set by an engine on the Nashua and Acton line burned Henry A. Hildreth’s barn in Westford amid a raging woods fire in the town’s south. Selectmen’s fire safety guidance from the last town report is urged for prevention. Grange reports note two candidates admitted and Arbor day observances planned. North Westford literary society discussed labor versus money with a decisive verdict. Next meetings set for May 8 and a debate on reformer versus inventor. Sweet corn emergence visible by late April. Robinson Hall union plans a program on forms and ceremonies.
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Nashua & Acton
Henry A. Hildreth
Grange
Literary Society of
North Westford
Robinson Hall Union
West Acton Community Rounds of Deaths and Local Notices
A West Acton column reports the death of Mrs. Alice Brown Tupper of Lynn with a Lynn service and a funeral at the Brown homestead led by Rev G Eas terbrook and Baptist choir. Other items note cattle auction by Arthur F Blanchard, Raleigh Beach returning home after Stoneham work, and Cambridgesport and Somerville funeral attendances. Additional notices cover the Hosmer funeral in Somerville, W C T U meeting plans, a Woman’s Club gathering, Nellie Hall’s Wakefield visit, and Tufts College charter anniversary observance with President Capen hosting.
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Alice Brown
Tupper
Lynn
Brown Homestead
G. Easterbrook
West Acton
Brown
Arthur F. Blanchard
Blanchard
Raleigh Beach
Stoneham
Charles Beach
Cambridgeport
Celette H. Hall
Ellen H. Hall
F. C. Nash
Frederick Herman Hosmer
Somerville
Mount Vernon Street
John R. Gow
Francis Hosmer
Framingham
Nathan D. Hosmer
Acton
Portijang
Levi Stevens
Woman’s Club
Albertie M. Mead
Lillian F. Richardson
Lilla M. Dudley
Nellie H. Hall
Ida M. McGregor
Nellie Hall
Wakefield
Aaron Hosmer
Tufts College
Capen
Oldest Pepperell resident Mrs. Blood marks 92nd birthday
Ann Blood born April 28, 1810 in Pepperell celebrated her 92nd birthday on Monday. Daughter of John and Mrs. Lakin she lived in Groton from age seven, returned to Pepperell in 1861, widow of John Lawrence with four children, later married William Blood. Though lame from a 40 year old fall she remains active, knits and sews, and keeps good memory despite some hearing loss.
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Ann Blood
Pepperell
Mrs. Blood
John Lakin
David Lakin
John
Mahoney Pope Wedding in North Chelmsford
Patrick J. Mahoney of Lowell and Miss Mary A. Pope of No. Chelmsford married at St John s church with Rev Callahan officiating. A sister bridemaid and brother best man assisted. A public reception followed in Shaw avenue and town hall with 150 attendees. They left for a Boston wedding tour and will reside in Crosby street, Lowell. Misses Ellen and Maggie Herson plan to move to Montana thereafter.
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St. John’s Church
Patrick J. Mahoney
Lowell
Mary A. Pope
No. Chelmsford
Michael F. Callahan
Annie Pope
Daniel F. Mahoney
Shaw Avenue
Town Hall
Ellen
Maggie Herson
Montena
Wakefield Banjoist Donald Edgar Dies After Illness
Donald Edgar, renowned in theatrical circles, died at his home after three days of illness from heart failure following pneumonia. Born in Richmond, Maine, 30 years ago, he built a 15 year career as a banjoist with his brother Eugene, gaining fame in the United States and Europe. The brothers recently returned from a three year tour of the British Isles. He leaves a wife and three young children living in Wakefield.
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Donald Edgar
Edgar
Eugene
Decreased
Richmond
Europe
British Isles
Lexington Votes Five Bonds For Water Main Extension
In a adjourned meeting the Lexington citizens approved five bonds of 1000 dollars each for five years to fund the water main extension, and kept the finance committee for another year. The town also set appropriations for street watering, fuel and lights, hydrants, interest on debt, insurance, police, and total town debt of 13000 dollars, and did not act on abolishing the Woburn street grade crossing.
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Woburn Street
Cuban Railroad Tariff Reforms Issued In Havana
A military order in Havana sets Cuban railroad tariffs for passengers and merchandise with no major cuts but ends charge inequalities and favoritism. Baggage charges are abolished and the new maximum is based on Havana’s United Railroad rates. The revision also aligns criminal provisions with the island code and protects railroad employees rights through a hearing before a commission.
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Havana
United Railroad of
Island
Mrs Annie Duffy Dies at Home Near Groton Ridges
Mrs Annie Bradley Duffy died at her home near Groton Ridges on Wednesday April 23 after nearly two years of pulmonic trouble. The gentle woman clung to life and, at 33 years of widowhood, left loved ones with quiet, peaceful final moments.
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Annie
Bradley) Duffy
Groton Ridges
Tewksbury Alumni Reception Scheduled, Meeting Postponed
Tewksbury High alumni plan a reception in Pickering hall next Friday evening. A town meeting was postponed due to an error in warrant posting. World tobacco use totals 6.5 billion pounds yearly, valued at about 260 million dollars.
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Tewksbury High School
Pickering Hall
Oiheawende
Russian minister of interior assassin death sentence issued
Sentenced to death for the April 15 assassination of M. Sipia guine, the Russian minister of the interior. The suspect, called Balschaneff, will be hanged May 3. He was tried by court martial amid secrecy, with identity unrevealed and likely an officer rather than a student.
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St. Petersburg
Balschaneff
Estrada Palma to Arrive in Santiago de Cuba Tomorrow
President-elect Estrada Palma is due to arrive in Santiago de Cuba tomorrow morning. The city declares the rest of the week a holiday with decorations, bunting, and flags. American troops will escort him through the city after arrival.
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Santiago
de Cuba
Estrada Palma
Senor Estrada Palma
Silk Down Pillows Promising New Fibre Comfort
A. G. Pollard & Co promote Silk Down as a light clean odorless pillow filling that won’t mat like cotton or feel heavy like past blends. It claims cheaper prices across sizes from 16 in. to 69 cents each.
Divorce Petition From Bridget Morris Against John Morris
Bridget Morris of Lowell asks the Middlesex Superior Court for a divorce from John T. Morris of Wigan England. She alleges repeated cruel and abusive treatment starting around 1897 through 1901 and seeks restoration of her maiden name Bridget Burns. Dated April 4 1902.
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Middlesex
Bridget Morris
Lowell
John T. Morris
Wigan
Lancaster
England
Bridget Burns
Massachusetts Libel Case Against Sluts in 1902 Suit
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs Sluts appears in Middlesex Superior Court with a libel order requiring the libellant to publish a notice in the Lowell Daily Courier for three weeks and to mail a copy to the bellee. The process directs appearance in Cambridge on the first Monday of June and to show cause if any why the libel prayers should not be granted. Clerk Theo C Hurd certifies the document.
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Superior Court
A. D
Cambridge
Lowell Daily Courier
Lowell
Middlesex
Theo
Hurd
Probate Citation in Wills Case in Lowell Massachusetts
The Probate Court of Middlesex issues a citation to heirs and interested parties in the estate of William H. Anderson of Lowell to appear May 20, 1902, at nine in the forenoon to show cause why letters testamentary should not be granted to Charles M. Williams without bond. Publication to occur weekly for three weeks in the Lowell Daily Courier.
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William H. Anderson
Lowell
Charles M. Williams
Middlesex
Lowell Daily Courier
Notice of Administration for AN BOYD of Lowell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts to heirs and creditors of AN BOYD late of Lowell deceased intestate a petition for letters of administration to FRAN J ASHERWOOD of Lowell without bond has been filed before the court directed to appear witnesses Duartes J Molnrine First Judge on April 23 1902 at Middlesex county court register H Folsom the clerk
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Middlesex
AN Boyd
Lowell
Fran J.asherwood
Duartes J. Molnrine
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
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Middlesex County
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M. Sipiaguine
A. G. Pollard & CO
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Sparks
Thomas H. Kelley
Lowell Collateral Loan Association
M. Arthur &. Roberts
House
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Theo. C. Hurd
Massacchusett
United States Mail
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Londonderry
Henderson Brothers
Broadway
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Appleton Street
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