St Pierre Volcano Disaster Devastates Martinique Town
Reports from Fort de France dated May 12 recount the Mont Pelee eruption that destroyed St Pierre, leaving about 20,000 dead. Survivors fought to reach safety as a sea of charred bodies, wrecked ships, and sharks loomed, while the Solent delivers hospital supplies to aid the crisis.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Mont Pelee
St. Pierre
Suchet
Gaudeloupe
Louis H. Ayme
Ayme
Col. Ayme
Associated Press
Mont Pelee Crater
St. Thomas
Barbadoes
M. Mouttet
Stokes
H. Ince
Guadeloupe
le Precheur
House approves $200000 relief for West Indies Sufferers
Washington May 12 The House passes a $200000 relief bill for West Indies calamity replacing Senate measure after President urged large aid. The act allows distribution of provisions clothing medicines and other help with Navy vessels and chartered ships. Senate also approves $20000 for Martinique sufferers, bill sent to President for signature.
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Washington
House
West Indies
Senate
Hemenway
Underwood
Ala
Appropriations Committee
United States
French West Indies
United States Navy
Martinique
Foundlings Demand Inquiries Across the Nation
Curious requests for babies flood the State Charities Association and the Guild. From a Massachusetts mayor to a colored Pittsburg family and even inquiries from Denver to Alabama, foundlings may travel under supervision if legally adopted. Rarely is a child returned. most foster children are adopted, though the haunting desire to know their real parents lingers, shaping a poignant national tale.
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State Charities Association
Guild
Massachusetts
Pittsburg
Denver
Alabama
Foundling
R. BE. MacAlarney In
Ainslee’s
Velvet Mill to Resume Work If Weavers Return
Notices posted at Cheney Brothers mills in South Manchester announce the velvet mill will be ready to resume work next Wednesday. If enough weavers return without conditions, looms will start. otherwise the mill will close indefinitely. Weavers have been on strike over the two loom wage schedule.
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Manchester
Conn
Cheney Brothers
Rev. Lyman Horton Summoned In Connecticut Court
Willimantic Conn May 12 Rev Lyman G Horton of New Bedford Mass was ordered to appear in police court to answer charges of evading military tax payment. Horton formerly resided here and the tax collector says he did not pay the tax for 1900 and 1901.
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Willimantic, Conn
Lyman G. Horton
New Bedford
Mass
Horton
Rutland Railroad Stockholders Ratify Bond Issue
In Rutland Vermont on May 12 a largely attended stockholders meeting of the Rutland Railroad company was held. F J Button presided as the group voted to adopt and ratify a car trust agreement with the American Loan and Trust company dated March 1 and to ratify an issue of 1.5 million dollars in bonds under the terms of that agreement.
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Rutland, Vt
Rutland Railroad Company
F. J. Button
American Loan and Trust Company
Disastrous frosts hit New York fruit districts hard
A May 12 report from Farmer N Y describes a late frost from Sereca to Cayuga lakes causing heavy losses. A large grower near Ovid estimates over 25000 dollars in apricots peaches lost with many other fruits damaged including apples cherries plums and grapes.
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N. Y
Sereca
Cayuga Lakes
Mourn Bret Harte In London Frimley Funeral Tributes
Floral wreaths from the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and Sir Henry Irving marked Bret Harte s grave at Frimley Surrey this morning and similar tributes continued to arrive.
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London
Bohemian Club of
San Francisco
Sir Henry Irving
Bret P
Frimley
Surrey
The Linguistic Quarrel at Athens Translation Dispute
In Athens a dispute over Gospel translation arises involving Mr Pali a Greek merchant resident in England already known as the translator. The quarrel centers on linguistic choices and doctrinal implications amid regional scholarly debate.
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Pali
England
Harvard Debaters Defeat Yale in Intercollegiate Debate
Harvard defeated Yale in a New Haven intercollegiate clash. Judges returned a unanimous verdict. Harvard speakers argued that Chinese laborer immigration to insular possessions should be prohibited by law, delivering a logical and forceful case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Anthracite Strike Grips Pennsylvania Mines
About 145000 mine workers in Pennsylvania’s anthracite regions began a wage and hour strike. Not a single one of 357 collieries operated as unions push for permanent stoppage, with Hazleton convention set to decide. President Mitchell praised the response and headed toward Hazleton.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hazleton
Mine Workers’ Union
Mitchell
Obituary of Rebecca Champney Wright of Acton
Rebecca Champney Wright of Acton died April 27 after a life of faith and service. Her descendants trace noble New England roots, including Champney and Reed lineages, with ties to Westford Academy and Revolutionary War memory. Her husband James M. Wright served in the Civil War era and died in Philadelphia. two devoted daughters mourn with aging relatives and a community place of honor.
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Rebecca Champney Wright
Acton
Charles II
England
John Reed
Cromwell
Battleabbey
Henry Champney
Wright
Ebenezer Champney
New Ipswich
N. H
Old North End
Boston
Mary Hildreth Champney
James Fletcher
Billerica
Champney
George Champney
Ayer
Benjamin Champney
James M. Wright
Fort Warren
Philadelphia
T E
Unlucky Train Wreck Near Rover Mo Causes Casualty
At Rover near the scene of a California Limited Santa Fe wreck two weeks earlier a train broke a wheel on the dining car and struck a freight car. A man named Anderson was killed and a woman injured.
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Keokuk
Rover
Anderson
Carleton & Hovey Advertise Hydrometers at 9 Cents
We are the only ones in town with a good assortment of hydrometers for testing alcohol wine vinegar milk ammonia acids etc Reliable thermometers of all kinds one for 9 cents Carleton Hovey 286 Merrimack Street.
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Carleton & Hovey
Merrimack Street
Chelmsford Session A Brief One Abatement Question Referred
A special town meeting in Centre town hall addressed abatement of a water nuisance on Clarence Sprague land. The selectmen presented drainage plans with costs of 1000 and 8000 dollars, debated land purchase, and referred the issue back to the selectmen for further action, with a motion for a three member committee failing. The meeting then dissolved.
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Sprague Land
Ralph W. Emerson
Ervin W. Sweetser
George M. Wright
Clarence H. Sprague
Warren
Sprague
P. T. McMahon
Merrimack River
H. S. Perham
Sprazgue
T. Adams
McMahon
Fletcher
State Board of Health
John Hogan
It. Marshall
Ed. Adams
J. S. Wotton
McMmhon
John. McManomin
Geo. H. Tryder
Selectman Fletcher
J. M. McManomin
E. R. Marshall
Joan J. Middleton
Mr. Perham
J. F. McManomin
Thirteen Articles Acted Upon At Special Town Meeting
Tewksbury held a special town meeting to discuss Old Home Week funding, school expansions, cemetery land use, street lighting, and town franchise records. A $3500 school addition loan was approved in three yearly payments, and several street and street layout measures were accepted or amended.
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Chandler
Henry M. Billings
Billings
J. Herbert Yeoman
Talbot and Billerica Street
Wigginville
Talbot and
Billerica Street
Chandler Street
John Rufle
J. H. Yeoman
Benj. Spaulding
Geo. W. Trull
John W. Flemming
A. C. Blaisdell
E. C. Gerrish
John French
Geo. Pillsbury
H. Billings
North Tewksbury
Mrs Emma E Felch Describes Pinkham Cure for Menstrual Trouble
Letter from Emma E Felch of Fond du Lac Wisconsin praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for irregular and painful menstruation. She reports total cure after two bottles and urges others to try it. The notice includes a $5000 forfeit if the letter is not genuine and promotes Mrs Pinkham's advice service in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Emma E. Felch
Fond du Lac, Wis
Social Economic Club
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Proxuam
Emma E. Fetcu
Division St
Fond du Lac
Wis
Queen Regent of Spain to relinquish public duties
Madrid May 12 The Queen Regent showed sorrow as she prepared to transfer authority to her son after 16 and a half years in office The decree scheduling the May 17 oath ceremony was signed and she announced plans to become Queen Dowager then withdraw from public affairs Premier Sagasta insisted she remain active until the king takes the oath and accompanied him to the throne steps.
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Madrid
Spain
Ernmental
Sagasta
Surprising Birthday Parties Brighten South Chelmsford
In South Chelmsford two surprise parties celebrated the birthdays of Mrs. D. J. Pickard and Mrs. H. H. Emerson. Ladies enjoyed instrumental and vocal music, with light refreshments afterward. The village school reopened Monday.
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D. J. Pickard
H. H. Emerson
Moles arraigned on Back Bay apartment thefts
William J. Moles was arraigned in municipal court in Boston on about 20 counts of robbing apartments in the Back Bay district. He waived examination and is held for the grand jury in 500 dollars for each count. Moles has several aliases and is said by police to have grown bad after his parents died.
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Boston
Wm. J. Moles
Back Bay
Moles
Tagged fish caught on Nantucket shoals reveals large haul
Nantucket on May 1 reports spring cod fishing yielded 45 tagged fish out of 150 released by the fish commission at Woods Hole. This appears to be the largest single haul taken on Nantucket shoals. Most fish were sent to Woods Hole for measurement by the commission.
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Nantucket
Fish Commission
Woods Hole
Nantucket Shoals
Commission
Finest types of iron horses pull Lake Shore trains
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern's finest locomotives are praised as the country’s best. They set a world long distance speed record in 1895, covering 510.1 miles from Chicago to Buffalo in 470 minutes and 20 seconds at 65.07 mph, achieved by top engines, infrastructure, signaling, and expert management.
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Chicago
Buffalo
Why Women Like Fiction Says Harper's Weekly
A Harper's Weekly excerpt argues women crave fiction for romance and escape, claiming novels shape lifelong reading habits. It contrasts women's desire for new works and idealized worlds with men's aim to forget work realities, suggesting fiction nourishes women from birth and sustains their hope of happy endings.
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Carnegie
Harper’s Weekly
Bargain in Print Wrappers at Pollard's Basement Sale
A factory closeout offers 125 dozens of print wrappers with 10 inch flounce two rows of braid trimming bishop sleeves and generous cuffs. Originally worth Tic and 89 cents each, now priced at 69 cents in a special sale beginning tomorrow in the basement by A. G. Pollard & Co.
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Thomas Prentiss
U. S
ST. Peerre
Congress
Foundlings
Rufus B. Richardson
Athens
International Monthly
Sichart
Paris
Demosthenes
Xenophon
Chamber of Deputies
New England
Nevada
New
Bret Harte
Chelmsford
Centre Town Hall
Geo. A. Parkhurst
Albert H. Davis
Tewksbury
P. Pike
Easton Street
Board of Selectmen
Joseph Plant
George A. Cocney
Hampstead — Street
Frank P. Fish
Lee Avenue
Benjamin Stavely
Josiah Doole
South Chelmsford
A. G. Pollard & CO
Anchor Line
United States Mail
New York
Glasgow
Londonderry
Henderson Brothers
Broadway
Denis Murphy
Appleton Street
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