Sundays Fracas in Quiet Westford True Story of the Affair
Westford constables traced the Sunday stabbing amid a clash with six Ayer youths. Finn Andrew Mann, a quarry worker, used a knife in self defense after being overwhelmed by the men who earlier assaulted Gustaf Anderson. Anderson and others were treated with serious injuries, with Mullen critically wounded. Investigation showed the Westford youths provoked the outburst following a prior barroom insult. Mann fled to the tavern area and has not been located.
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Westford
Finn
Andrew Mann
Ayer
Mullen
A. L. Prior
John A. Healey
Gustaf Anderson
Anderson
August Spreid
John Yay
H. V. Hildreth
Mann
Finn Colony
Yon Yonson
Hildreth
Mr. Hildreth
Citizen
Joslin
Repairs at City Farm Must Be Directed by Lands and Buildings
Lowell mass 1902 letters from Gillow and Donlan warn that almshouse alterations or repairs require supervision by the public buildings department. Officials state they will not approve unapproved repairs and pledge prompt attention within the department’s appropriation limits.
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Lands and Buildings Department
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McDsxer
Overseers of the Poor
Donlan
Woard
Lowell
Mass
Chas. E. Donlan
Almshouse
Public Buildings Department
J. Gillo
Loftiest American Mountain Mount McKinley
A remote Alaska peak near Sushima River and Cook Inlet is Mount McKinley, soaring 20,464 feet. No one has ascended the massif, with the summit never approached within forty miles, as Henry Gannett notes in May Everybody's.
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Alaska
Sushima
Cook Inlet
Mount McKinley
Henry Gannett
Devoe Paint Claims Longer Wear With Fewer Gallons
Ad claims fewer gallons of Devoe Lead and Zinc paint cover more and last twice as long as mixed paints. It contrasts with indigestion blamed on half of human ills and promotes Burdock Blood Bitters to strengthen the stomach and prevent indigestion.
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Patton
US Literary Notes Feature Delayed Spring Titles
Houghton Mifflin & Co. delayed spring publications to autumn including New France and New England by John Fiske and The Champion by Charles Egbert Craddock. The Diary of a Saint by Arlo Bates and Captain Craig A Book of Poems by Edwin A Robinson are also pushed back. Julien Gordon writes popular stories, World’s People promised for summer. Connolly’s Baltic Sea Sloop piece to appear in Scribner’s June issue. Aldrich contributes to June Century and Liddell’s Introduction to the Study of English Poetry hailed as epoch making. Booker T Washington’s The Building of Character due shortly from Doubleday Page. Up from Slavery praised as top fifty by New York librarians.
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Houghton, Mifflin & Co
New France
New England
John Fiske
Charles Egbert Craddock
Arlo Bates
Captain Craig
Edwin A. Robinson
Mark H. Liddell
Doubleday, Page & Co
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
State of
New York
Sid ney Lanier Work in Preparation by Doubleday
Unpublished Sid ney Lanier manuscript will be issued by Doubleday Page & Co in two large volumes titled Shakespeare and His Forerunners Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its Development from Early English. It includes two series of lectures with only a fraction printed, featuring topics like Sonnet Makers Pronunciation of Shakespeare Time and Growth of His Art. The work will be richly illustrated to evoke the period. The Mississippi Bubble ranks among New York Citys top six best selling novels after two weeks of publication.
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Sidney Lanier
Doubleday, Page & Co
Shakespere
Mr. Lanter
New York City
Notable Authors Mary Johnston and Bram Stoker Profile
Readable excerpts describe Miss Mary Johnston and Bram Stoker. Johnston, famed for Audrey, remains shy due to lifelong invalidism and privacy. The piece notes Stoker, Trinity College alum and editor, closely allied with Sir Henry Irving and his cosmopolitan novels.
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Mary Johnston
Audrey
Miss Johnston
Bram Stoker
Trinity College
Lyceum Theatre
London
Henry Irving
America
Chicago
Freight Pass to New York Ends In Salt Hides
Jenkins, a shrewd shipper, sought passenger transport on a fast freight line to New York. The manager sent a stamped document for freight car travel. On checking at the station, Jenkins learned his pass was for a freight car loaded with salt hides, not a passenger train.
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Jenkins
New York
Hev
Fowler
Wind
Union Station
Chicago Tribune
Billerica Hearing Delays Double Track Franchise Request
In a sparsely attended meeting, residents opposed Lowell and Boston Street Railway’s petition for a two mile double track from Burlington line to Main and Andover streets in Billerica Centre. Speakers argued traffic sufficiency, while several citizens warned against granting more valuable rights. the hearing was continued for two weeks.
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Lowell & Boston Street Railway Company
Lowell and Boston Street Railway
Burlington
Main
Andover Streets
Billerica Centre
Burlington Road
Charles H. Kohlrausch
Richard T. Perry
Cummings
Railroad
Woburn
Pinehurst
J. E. Bull
Martin Conway, Jr
Mr. Conway
Arlington
Barrington
Mr. Cummings
Mr. Barrington
J. Nelson Parker
Martin Conway
Lexington and Boston Railroad
Genttlemen
Conway
Bull
New Hampshire
McMahon
Crowninshield Arrives in Naples as European Station Chief
The Navy Department announced that Rear Admiral Crowninshield aboard his flagship the Illinois has arrived in Naples and raised his flag as commander in chief of the European station.
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Washington
Navy Department
Crowninshield
Illinois
Naples
Women Gambles in German Cities Lose Corsets in Card Games
A report claims women in certain German cities are avid card gamblers who drain money and bet personal items such as toilet articles and wearing apparel. One woman allegedly lost the corset she wore during a friendly game.
About the House column request to readers in Lowell Journal
The About the House department invites ady readers to send in household hints suggestions and thoughts for the Lowell Weekly Journal column. Readers may address the About the House Department Lowell Weekly Journal with ideas and practical tips for home care.
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Lowell Weekly Journal
No, marm, it isn't the foot that kicks. The one that stands gets tired
A Continent quotation narrates a potter shaping a simple flower-pot while a observer notes the potter's tired foot. The potter answers that the foot that stands endures fatigue, stressing steady work and patience over flashy effort. The verse moral emphasizes perseverance and humble labor.
Editorial Reflections On Milk Bottles And Home Fire
A neighbor debates milk bottle cleanliness amid New York Health Board actions restricting bottles to milk use. The piece then shifts to spring heating, house cleaning, and the value of a personal, well kept home with careful ironing and dedicated effort, concluding with a nostalgic note on independent living.
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New York Health Board
Moulded Salmon With Cucumber Sauce Recipe
Recipe outlines preparing moulded salmon by skinning and shredding canned fish, mixing with milk and seasonings, cooking in a double boiler, then folding in gelatin and chilling in small moulds. Serve with a cucumber sauce made from double cream, salt, pepper, vinegar, and shredded cucumber.
Potato Rolls from Boston Cooking School Magazine
Chilled chopped coarse and drained potatoes form the base for these rolls. Heat milk and mashed potatoes, add compressed yeast, then flour to make a batter. Mix in butter salt and more flour, knead until elastic, let rise, roll, cut rounds, let double, and bake about twenty minutes.
Bonnes Bouches Dining Quips From The Press
A composite of humorous fragments from The Christian Register Detroit Free Press and London Punch about dining wit and social clash. Charley loves pudding yet warns the minister, cooks argue over manners, and a mistress quips back in sharp satire.
The Candy Habit Explored By A Longtime Sufferer
A medical column cites the New York Evening Post on candy addiction, detailing a man who bought four hundred pounds of chocolates in a summer. He spent about $250 on sweets, often craving chocolate after lunch, and has sworn off candy multiple times without lasting success. The piece frames candy consumption as a genuine habit affecting men as well as women.
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New York Evening Post
A Hint to Girls From Harper's Bazar
A brief note on social manners suggests a young girl should practice proper hostess etiquette. It describes her following callers to the hall and stoop after an informal drop-in by two schoolboys, advising ceremonious forms in social intercourse for future occasions.
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Harper’s Bazar
Train Smell Reveals Mummies Fuel On Line
A Cleveland Plain dealer dialogue spoof imagines travelers in Egypt noting sights like the Sphinx and Nile while joking about spice filled air. The conductor reveals the joke fuel is mummies, highlighting playful news humor and period travel fantasy.
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Maud
Sphinx
Milar
Bo Dot
Cleveland Plain
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