Northern Pacific Stocks Jump as Market Reacts
Stock market moves show Northern Pacific surging from 114 to 125 to lead gains amid a broader bull bear contest. St Paul up while Union Pacific slips, Atchison rises then dips, Amalgamated copper stock climbs to 125. Trade notes include Vanderbilts plans, Morgan Co consolidation, Jamieson & Co. failure, and Utah smelter output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Atchison
del., Inc
Western
Amalgamated
Telephone Service Call Offer for Home Visits
An office advertises telephone 8462 and offers to call at residents homes if calling is inconvenient. It highlights convenience for aged or sick people and invites postal contact if a visit is preferred.
Bank and water works securities in mixed listings
A dense OCR of financial securities references banks such as Shoe & Leather Bank Colonial Bank Boylston Bank and Federal Trust Co Boston alongside water works stocks from Appleton Wisconsin New York Quincy R Bridge Co and Terre Haute Eastern lines. Percentages mix with flat values and small lot amounts, listing various bonds stocks and pref shares across multiple cities and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoe & Leather Bank
Colonial Bank
Boylston Bank
Hamilton Bank
South End Bank
Lowell & Andover R
Providence & Worcester R
Northern R
Federal Trust Co
Boston
Appleton
Wis
Terre Haute
Eastern
N. Y
Alton
Ill
St. Mary’s Canal
K. c
St. Jo
Council Bluffs
Prs
Vital Statistics Report of Deaths Week Ending May 4 1901
Weekly list from April 25 to May 4 records numerous deaths with causes including pneumonia tuberculosis cancer Bright's disease bronchitis apoplexy and heart disease. Notable entries include aged survivors and infants such as Ann Murray 89 Lydia Harvey 65 Winslow Titcomb 76 Martha Dent 54 and Owen Callahan 37 along with city clerk Girard Dadman authoring the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hoar
Theodore Lascaris
Patrick Costello
Patrick H. McCarron
George Louis
Alfred Chapdelaine
Bright
John Joyce
Edwidge Goulombe
Marasmus
Viola L. Brown
Ellen F. Donovan
John Dixon
Alwilda M. Varney
Lizzie Smith
John J. Murphy
Chas
J. Searles
Susannah S. Mayberry
Ann Murray
Clementine Ouellette
Catherine Coughlin
Madeline Fralick
Agnes V. McLoughlin
Robert L. Rousseau
Mary Butterworth
Joseph Melot
Lyman J. Frost
George Sicaras
Arthur Pratt
Winslow Titcomb
Asenath B. Fuller
Lydia A. Harvey
Stella “Re. Breakey
Martha Dent
Louis Asselin
Owen J. Callahan
Girard P. Dadman
Mortuary Report Week Ending March 4 1901
City health bulletin shows population 94 969 total deaths 35 under five 12 and acute lung diseases 5. Death rate for week ending May 4 1901 19 16, higher than 17 52 and 18 61 of prior weeks. Infectious diseases Typhoid fever 4 diphtheria 6 measles 1 reported. Board of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Health
Boiler explosions haunt seafaring men as ships vanish
An old-time deep-water captain recalls boiler explosions as the terror of ships at sea. He notes most disappearances involve hull breaches from boiler failures, warns against negligence, and credits stricter inspections with a decade-long drop in mysterious losses while calling for continued improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbolineum
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Fire damages apartments at Hotel Touraine Boston
Fire caused by an electric wire damaged the Hotel Touraine apartments occupied by Chas J Glidden his wife and Mrs Eliza Cleworth Mrs Cleworth discovered the blaze at 430 Friday afternoon The hotel fire brigade extinguished the fire confined to the room of origin. Mrs Emma T Johnson of New Bedford visited Mrs Nellie S LaVigne L of G A R. William A Hogan bought the Clark estate on Stevens street. Mayor Dimon presented an Ireland atlas to the Ancient Order of Hibernians central council. Miss Fannie L Bennett spoke at Nashua YWCA services and Miss Etta M Rutherford sang, both Lowell connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Touraine
Boston
Chas. J. Glidden
Glidden
Eliza Cleworth
Nellie S. LaVigne
Frederic Ayer
Lower
Commonwealth Avenues
Taj Mahal
India
Boston Globe
William A. Hogan
Clark
Stevens Street
Dimon
Central Council
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Ireland
Fannie L. Bennett
Lowell Y. W. C. A
Nashua Association
Etta M. Rutherford
Lowell
Obituary notices for Queenan and Ferris in Lowell
Mary E Queenan aged 21 died Saturday at her home 120 Suffolk street a member of St Patrick s church she is survived by a mother and two brothers James H of Alleghany college New York Walter F Thomas A Ferris aged 32 died Saturday evening at his home 77 London street survived by his mother Mrs Mary A Ferris and four sisters Margaret Elizabeth Jessie and Mrs H W Chesley and one brother William Ferris a member of Lowell commandery Knights of Malta he was once employed in the lands and buildings department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Queenan
Suffolk Street
St. Patrick’s Church
James H
Alleghany College
New York
Walter F. Thomas A. Ferris
London Street
Mary A. Ferris
Margaret
Elizabeth
Jessie
H. W. Chesley
William Ferris
Lowell Commandery
Knights of Malta
Lands and Buildings Department
Funeral notices and attendances for local residents
The article lists multiple funerals held in the area. Ower J. Callahan's service occurred at 2:30 PM from 7 Clarke Street with out-of-town attendees, followed by burial in Catholic cemetery. Martha Dert, Ernest Metcalf, George Sicaras, Mrs. Wilson Kimball, and others are noted with service details, bearers, and burial sites. Personnel from undertakers Molloy and W. A. Roberts & Co. are mentioned. Greek rites and Baptist tributes are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ower J. Callahan
Clarke Street
Patrick Hannon
John Hannon
John Donahoe
Stephen Sculley
Lawrence
Patrick Mullaney
John, Michael and
Owen Mullaney
Bridget Mullaney
John J. Harrington
Mamie Decey
Peter Garrity
Lawrence Condon
John Riley
William Tighe
Frank McGowan
Thundertaker Savage
Hugh
Martha Dert
Lawrence Street
Duncan Salmond
Robert Worsail
James Beaton
Charles Goodfellow
George Bradbury
Joseph Miller
Walter Hitchcliff
Edson
W. A. Roberts & Co
Ernest Metcalf
Colburn Street
Molloy
Edson Cemetery
Court Wemesit
Ernest Waltham
Milton Hethrington
James Fielding
Harry Duerden
Joseph Smith
David Alexandre
Wamesit
F. of A
George Sicaras
Wilson Kimball
Westford Street
Chelmsford
N. C. Saunders
C. H. Ellis
The
Baptist Church
Apollo Quartette
Lowell
H. S. Perham
John G. Craig
den. I. W. Brown
Den
Geo. F. Locke
Walter Perham
Deaths and notices from city deaths and internal listings
Multiple obituaries announced to May 6 in city papers. Mary Singleton 66 of 44 Lyon street and Mary E Queenan 21 of 120 Suffolk street noted with funeral details. Alice N Connor 49 in Nashua, Nellie Baker infant, James H Ayer 57 in North Chelmsford, and Frank J Kierce infant son of Michael and Catherine Kierce at 73 Fayette street listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Tewksbury
Nellie Baker
Ayer
North Chelmsford
James H. Ayer
Kierce
Frank J
Michael
Catherine Kierce
Fayette Street
Y P C E Meeting Led By Mrs Fowler In Je wk sbury
Middlesex county Je rsbury note about the Y P C E at the Congregational church led by Mrs W M Fowler. Ladies Aid to hold a May basket party in Vestry hall with monade and cake served free. John Spaulding of Boston, recently visiting Tuskegee Institute and Hampton Virginia, will lecture next Sunday evening on his trip and the institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational ¢Ehurch
W. M. Fowler
Ladies’ Aid Society
Vestry
John Spaulding
Tewksbury
Boston
Tuskegee Institute
Hampton
Virginia
Billerica News Briefs and Local Moves
Mr Nelson Parker and family arrive for the summer. The Baptist Ladies Aid plans a salad supper and vestry entertainment Thursday. Walter Holden of Holden Bros joins his uncle’s Boston shop. Frank Holden runs the store alone. T R T Juniors beat Waverlys of Lowell 12 to 5. Mitchell school falls to Stoneham 32 to 12 at Billerica Centre. Hotel Hillhurst lease change. James Hamilton denied further lease. Everett W Livingston reportedly takes a five year lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Parker
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Walter Holden
Holden Bros
Boston
Frank Holden
Waverlys
Lowell
South Common
Mitchell
Billerica Centre
Stoneham High School
Hillhurst
James Hamilton
Lesse
Everett W. Livingston
Gyp the Newfoundland Dies at North Billerica Station
North Billerica mourns Gyp the Newfoundland who for nearly two decades guarded the station with his keeper John Delmage. The aging dog lived with Mrs Delmage after Delmage’s death and was honored by rail workers who petted him daily until his humane passing last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gyp
North Billerica
John Delmage
Mr. Delmage
Chelmsford Unitarian Sunday school officers elected
At the annual meeting yesterday the society chose Wm. H. Hall as superintendent Miss Florence M. Per ham as assistant Alfred A. Howard as secretary Roy Allen as treasurer Miss Mary WH.Richardson as librarian Miss Emma L. Parkhurst as organist and committees for entertainment attendance book and nominating with named members. Mr John G. Howard and family from New York visit Dr Amasa Howard. Percy A. Brown leaves W H Hills drug store for a Boston business position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Sunday School Society
Wm. H. Hall
Florence M. Perham
Alfred A. Howard
Roy Allen
Mary Wh.richardson
Emma L. Parkhurst
M. &. Warren
Louise C. Howard
Joseph E. Warren
Gee. A. Parkhurst
J. E. Warren
Bell Adams
Walter Perham
Clarence H. Knowlton
H. G. Fulton
Harry L. Parkhurst
Bertha A. Parkhurst
John G. Howard
New York
Amasa Howard
Percy A. Brown
W. H. Hills
Boston
Fire in Shea woods quick to halt with no damage
A brush fire broke out Saturday after 11 am in John Shea’s woods and fields, extinguished within an hour with no damage. suspected to be started by children. Also notes North Billerica residents bound for England aboard the Commonwealth next Wednesday, a Beatrice Lord surprise party, and local community events and moves including church painting, cricket season start, and a dance event at Talbot hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shea
Dominion Line
Commonwealth
Liverpool
Boston
North Billerica
England
Wm. Mills
Frank Mills
Samuel J.ord
Beatrice Lord
E. J. Garner
Jas. Parrington
Christopher Walker
Lizzie Walker
James Haslam
Minn Dyson
Joseph Ellis
Wilson Street
Miss Lord
Walter Brown
Nova Sesotia
Yarmouth
Rockport
Seaside Ledger Notes Small Town Health and Happenings
A resident recovering from rheumatic fever has been able to rise briefly after a month bedridden. Local batters for the new school on Tal Fot Avenue have been erected. Mr and Mrs Michael Collins celebrate the arrival of a baby girl Friday. Miss Lizzie Coffey, recently ill with pneumonia, shows signs of improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal- Fot Avenue
Michael Collins
Lizzie Coffey
Pan American Exposition at Buffalo through time
Cyrus Patterson Jones reflects on the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, tracing the century back to colonial figures and the dawn of the United States. He contrasts past wilderness and provincial status with today’s imperial city and a hemisphere united by enlightenment and self-government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York
Washington
America
Simon Bolivar
South America
Madrid
Mexico
Central America
West Indies
Africa
Castile
United States
Atlantic
Gulf
California
Mississippi
Aaron Burr
Canada
Lake Superior
Straits of Magellan
Rockies
Andes
Cyrus Patterson Jones
Bank Statement of Massachusetts Bank as of May 6 1901
Finanical data shows capital stock paid in and surplus, undivided profits, and United States deposits totaling 8,156,385.75. National bank notes outstanding 200,000.00 due to other banks 26,172.44 deposits and various items including dividends unpaid and checks. Frederic A. Holden sworn as cashier with notary Frank B. Hill witnessing on May 6 1901. Directors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hpecio
U. S. Treasur
United States
Massachusetts
Middlesex
Ss. J I
Frederic A. Holden
Frank B. Hill
Jeessz N
Trull
Clarence H, Nelson
Joan CO. Burke
Dyess Et Panste
Internal Revenue
Coresany
Nick Ang
Conus
Lawrut
Eeerenee
Edward W. Pease
Frank Coburn
Silk bordered dress goods sale from French manufacturer
A French supplier offers high grade silk dress fabrics in plain and fringed bordered styles. Real plain material lists at 3.00 per yard, bordered fabrics valued at 6.00 per yard, now offered at 1.25 per yard.
English Brilliantines Offerings in Wide Wool Silks
A newspaper ad touts ENGLISH BRILLIANTINES in leading shades and solid colors with silky finish. It highlights 40 inch width at 50 cents and 45 inch width at 75 cents with soft clinging materials and latest shades. A further line features 38 inch all wool fabrics in a grand offer.
Silk Striped Tista Dress Fabric Description
Silk striped textile description highlighting airy weave and strength. Notes spring summery color range including French Gray Lavender Pink Nile Old Rose Tan Hello and Cream. Mentions fabric width 28 inches at.
CHUDDA CLOTH Fabric Selections For Ladies and Children
CHUDDA CLOTH offers fabrics for waists tea gowns and children's dresses in thirty four shades. Fabrics come in 27 46 and 45 inch widths with prices around 75c to 1.25. Colors include Pearl Gray Lavender Resida Brown Bluet Ruby Rose Bohemian Blue Mocassin Brown Castor Mustang Grey Rizzen Green Garnet and Helio.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stock Market
Erie Telephone Company
New York Times
Vanderbilts
Gould Party
J. P. Morgan Co
James J. Hill
Clancy
Butte
Mont
Copper Trust
Apex
Anaconda
St. Lawrence
Heinze
Boston & Maine
Vanderbilt
New England
Bingham
Utah
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Massachusetts Telephone Company
Bright, Sears & Co
An. Sugar Ref. Co
Aichison
Teeee
Brooklyn &. Ig B. & O
Chesa. & O
O.k. & Seaeee
C.& A. Eecha
ORI &Pac
del. & Hud
D. Law
Manhatta
Metropolit
Nyo&w
Wees
Mali
People’s Gas
Texas & Pac
Union Pac
Union Pac Pfi
Steel
W.&l
West
Siberian
Wake
Euroka Ceee
Trinity
Wyandotte Lg
Wolvérina
Sencee
Mass
Elec Pfd
Elecweenee
N.e.gas & Coke
Jbil
CAL
R. L. Day & Co
Vital Statistics
Mortuary Report
Wall Street
Daily Market
Haight & Freese CO
Broadway
County
Jewksbury
Billerica
Neb
Cayford
Walker & Pratt Fr. Oo G. Oo
Nicholas G. Norcross
Central Straat
Lowall
Bolivar
Cleveland
Ohio
Savings Bank
Ww. P. Burbank
Columbia Savings Bank
P. A
Cleveland, Ohio
Traders National Bank
Resources
Total
Railroad National Bank OF Lowell
State OF
County OF
Freep. C. Cuurcu
Maven CO
Pernam
Jacop Rogers
Vie
Perham - Stickney CO
Atherton Machine Co
Atherton
Perham
Charles Stickney
Perham-Stickney Company
Lowell, Mass
SILK
Bolienne
Crepe
O'Donnell & Gilbride CO
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
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