Crowds Clash With Police On Coney Island Train
A New York train returning from Coney Island was seized by rowdies who fought with passengers and police. One officer had a broken nose, hats were crushed, uniforms torn, and nine ringleaders were arrested at Bath Beach on disorderly conduct charges, with one man held for assault after a savage clash.
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New York
Coney Island
Bath Beach
Cullen
Ryder
Roundsman
Nugent
Murdered Baker Found With Rope At His Neck
New York May 18 two men arrested by coroner order in the death of Hirsch Diesman a baker found in a bake shop cellar with a rope around his neck and a gas fixture. The body showed savage maltreatment and a court inquiry follows over possible threats by former employer Louis Gavora.
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New York
Goldenkranz
Hirsch Diesman
Ciesman
First Street
Diesman
Louis Gavora
Kolman Jones
Gavora
Gavorn
Clesman
Eeth Thai -a Sie and Codybuilder Makes flesh and strength
An described remedy claims to build flesh and strength while curing colds and throat and lung troubles. Presented as not a cough syrup or balsam but the prescription of an eminent specialist.
Tailor made shirt waists reshape Lowell fashion scene
The Merrimack enters women’s furnishings changing the shirt waist market with ready to wear options. Shoppers praise perfect waists from Madras to silk priced from $1 to $12.50 and a unique exclusive D. and J. Anderson line shown in limited pieces. 90 styles available with single one of a kind waists and 50 cent a yard fabrics.
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Lowell
Merrimack
D. & J. Anderson Madras
Oxford Cheviots
Four Young Women Attacked by Angry Bull at Lake Hopatcong
Four young women visiting Lake Hopatcong, Miss Mabel Marshall, Miss Louise Duncan, Miss Jennie Hoffman, and Miss Clara Howland of New York, were chased by a large bull while bicycling. They climbed a tree to safety and were prisoners there for nearly two hours as the bull tore at their bicycles at the foot of the tree.
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Lake Hopatcong
Mabel Marshall
Louise Duncan
Jennie Hoffman
Clara Howland
New York
Trolley Collision Injures Six in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 17 six passengers were hurt when a Union street line car struck a Broadway car at a junction near Broadway. Injured include Miss Fanny Goodman Miss Lizzie Connolly Frank Gosse Miss Katherine Walsh Larry Hurley and Joseph McCloskey. All are expected to recover.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Union Street
Fanny Goodman
Lizzie Connolly
Frank Gosse
Katherine Walsh
Larry Hurley
Joseph McCloskey
City Hall notes aid July 4 celebration fund
Councilman Worcester files with Clerk Dowling a joint order to appropriate 2500 dollars to be expended under the mayor's direction for a July 4 celebration. Other items include local housing and employment notices, a livery horse ad, carpenters wanted, kittens for sale, stitchers needed, and room and board requests.
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Charles H. Worcester
Dowling
The
Common Council
Cotton Corner Sees Unavoidable Shifts in Cotton Goods
Informed by the Journal of Commerce, a wave of conservative buying grips dry goods as raw cotton prices and future supply breed curtailment. Southern mills cut back loom use and delay expansion while New England firms face higher costs and mixed fortunes. Export demand weakens, pressuring prices and stockpiles ahead of a new crop. New York May 18 report notes a market open with gains, all signaling ongoing volatility.
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The
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
Uyers
New England
South
Fall River
Newport Quiet After Brief Strike at Turnout District
Peace rests over Newport and Providence turnout area as Old Colony officials await action. Newport & Providence laborers briefly walked out over pay, then returned, while some rails are being laid within police guard lines. Courts likely to settle issue. any action would start in Providence where the supreme court sits.
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Newport
R. L
Old Colony
Newport & Providence
Broadway
Providerite
Supreme Court
News Suspends Lowell Daily News After Final Edition
The Lowell Daily News ceased operation with its final edition on Saturday night. Assignee C. L. Knapp plans a stock sale for creditors. assets and liabilities are undisclosed. Dr. L. McCleery will publish The News in Lowell today as an Independent Democratic paper with two daily editions.
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Lowell Daily News
C. L. Knapp
Lowell
L. McCleery
the Mail
Daily News
the News
Labor Federation Attacks Arbitration Boards in Chicago
Chicago labor leaders denounced arbitration boards as snares and humbugs designed to crush unions. They condemned the seven seven gas strike board finding as unjust. Delegates urged unions to bar self constituted boards and seek a federation backed substitute.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago Board of Arbitration
Federation
Warren Named For Naval Academy Appointment by Ames
Congressman Butler Ames will appoint Russell D. Warren of Lawrence to Annapolis. If Warren fails exams, the seat goes to Arthur A. Racicot of Lowell, Stephen Carney of Lowell, or Leon E. Varnum of Lawrence in order. Nine candidates were examined at the city high school. Warren led the list per Principal C. W. Irish.
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Butler Ames
Russell D. Warren
Lawrence
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Arthur A. Racicot
Lowell
Stephen Carney
Leon E. Varnum
Ames
C. W. Irish
Warren
King Edward III Levee Held at Buckingham Palace
King Edward held the third levee of his reign at Buckingham Palace with Ambassador Choate and other members of the United States embassy present.
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London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Choate
United States
Taxed a hundred in state evidence court case
Judge Pickman sat in for Judge Hadley in a quiet police court session. Frank Wright alias Leblanc was fined 100 for illegal keeping and selling liquor, his first appearance before the court. Martin Farrell and Mary Farrell were continued on personal recognizance to May 23 for liquor selling without license. Mary Ann Concannon and Eliza Hoolihan were charged with assault on Mary Concannon and were continued on recognizance to May 23. D J Donahue prosecuted.
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Wright
Martin Farrell
Mary Farrell
Dracut
J. Joseph Hennessey
D. J. Donahue
Mary Ann Concannon
Eliza Hooljihan
Mary Concannon
Tewksbury
Elizabeth Vezina Pleads Not Guilty in $36 Larceny Case
Elizabeth Vezina faced larceny charges for stealing $36 from Arthur J. Gervais and pleaded not guilty. The case was continued to May 19 with bail set at $200. Vezina is represented by attorney J. H. Guillet.
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Elizabeth Vezina
Arthur J. Gervais
J. H. Guillet
Not Guilty Plea Marked in Larceny Case and Drunk Arrests
John Coughlin, charged with larceny of $10 and a Mary A. Savage pocketbook, pleads not guilty and is held $200 until Tuesday. Michael McPartland, cited for illegal sale of intoxicants, continued in $300 to May 25. J J Hogan represents him. Inebriate section reports 12 drunks, seven released. several others arrested or released as government witnesses. Charles Curnyn and John A Smith receive suspended sentences. Molenfant, Page, Healey, and Molloy noted for drunkenness with various dispositions.
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John Coughlin
Mary A. Savage
Michael McPartland
J. J. Hogan
McPartland
James Pelland
Charles H. McCarthy
Edwin P. Gorman
Moise Sauvignac
Wright
Ward Street
Charles Curnyn
State Farm
John A.smith
Joseph Molenfant
Louis Page
John J. Healey
Michael Molloy
Molloy
Tewksbury
Malden S A R to host Adams for 250th anniversary event
Mr C E Adams president of the State board of trade and of the Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution will speak Friday evening May 22 at a Malden chapter S A R meeting tied to Malden’s 250th anniversary celebration.
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C. E. Adams
State Board of Trade
Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Malden
West champion Al Pape to row Henley event in Philadelphia
New York May 18 Al W Pape undefeated single scull champion of the West and Northwest for six years has come East to compete. His first appearance will be in Philadelphia in the Henley event to be rowed July 23. He will also row in National Rowing Association races at Worcester Massachusetts. His entry in other events depends on his success this season. If successful he plans to try for English prizes next year.
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New York
al W. Pape
Northwest
East
Philadelphia
National Rowing Association
Worcester
Mass
Decree Nisi Granted in Wilson Divorce Case
In a jury waived session of the superior court Mason C J granted a decree nisi in the libel of Nancy Loring Wilson for divorce from Daniel H Wilson. Geo W Poore esq appeared for Mrs Wilson.
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Superior Court
Mason C. J
Nancy Loring Wilson
Daniel H. Wilson
Geo. W. Poore Esq
Ayer's Hair Vigor Ad Claims Youthful Look
An advertising snippet touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as a quick route to a youthful appearance. It promises restored color, prevention of hair loss, and dandruff cure, urging readers to try the product.
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Ayer
Tramp Is Impaled After Long Freight-Train Ride
Newark May 18 A tired tramp named Collins arrived in the city after a strenuous ride on freight car bumpers. He begged at back doors then fell from a front stoop and landed on an iron picket fence, gash deep in his body and lung. Despite hospital aid his frail condition from hunger and exposure worsened his injuries.
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Newark
N. J
Collins
City Hospital
Moreso
No Cars Running in Bridgeport Amid Rioting
Bridgeport Connecticut officials paused railway service today after yesterday's rioting. A meeting of police commissioners, Mayor Mulvihill, Sheriff Hawley, and citizens was set to decide on police protection. The sheriff warned that without capable police the state might be summoned, and the company would not pull cars from barns this morning.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Mulvihill
Hawley
A VICIOUS BUG IN THE UPPER GILA VALLEY
Great alarm grips the Sotomonville area as reports spread of a dangerous insect more ferocious than a Gila monster. Local residents fear an escalating pest problem threatening crops and homes in the upper Gila valley region.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Gila Valley
Sotomonville
Green stink bug pests barley and wheat in valley
Insect from Pentatomidae family known as the green stink bug damages crops on the mill. Entomologists say no remedy exists. officials advise cutting the crop for hay to avoid maturing grain. Not a new visitor but this scale of damage is unprecedented. So far not seen in Salt River valley.
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Salt River Valley
Jealous convict kills woman then kills self in Blairsville
In Bairdstown near the Conemaugh river Blairsville Pennsylvania Albert Palmer a recently discharged convict from the Western Penitentiary shot Mollie Beck with whom he had courted then aimed at her mother but failed and killed himself through the heart Jealousy over her refusal to wed while married drove the tragedy Head Shaw advertise outing hats at 79 cents each for a thousand units.
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Blairsville
Bairdstown
Conemaugh River
Albert Palmer
Western Penitentiary
Mollie Beck
How the Laureate Fits Boots
A store customer complains that fits vary between brands and styles. The article urges careful foot fitting by knowledgeable staff and claims their stock can fit nearly every customer, with no extra charge for proper fitting.
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Sie
Codybuilder
City Hall Notes
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Middlesex Street
Fourth Street
David Chase
City Hall
Fairmount Street
George FE. Brown
Woburn
South Loring Street
Carter & Churchill Co
Lebanon
N. H
Centralville
Mig
Cotton
Journal of Commerce
Paghr Seven
Turnout
Providence Strikers
C. L. McCleery
Arbitration Boards
Lucky Warren
Case
Pape
Nisi
Gen. Wood
Gov. Taft
Leonard A. Wood
Roosevelt
Taft
Philippines
Wood
Tramp
Head & Shaw
O’sullivan Bros. Co
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