Stock Market Opens Irregular in New York May 26
The New York stock market opened irregular with wide early movement among leaders. Amalgamated Copper, Atchison, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Canadian Pacific and other key issues showed initial gains and losses as fluctuations continued into mid-morning. Futures opened steady despite the day's early volatility.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Louisville
Missouri Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Canadian Pacific
Colorado
Tennessee Coal
New York Central
Lake Erie and Western
United States Oil stockholders to meet in Portland
A special meeting of United States Oil stockholders is set for June 2 in Portland, Maine. They will vote on renaming to United States Coal and Oil, enlarging the board from nine to eleven, and increasing capital stock by 90,000 shares to reach 260,000 shares valued at 6,250,000. Funds are planned to buy coal property in West Virginia.
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United States Oil Company
Portland
United States Coal and Oil Company
West Virginia
Local Bank Shares and City of Chicago Bond Notes
Fragmentary list shows various banks including Atlas Nat Bank Prescott Nat Bank Lowell Nat Webster Bank Wachusetts Nat Bank Fitchburg Bigelow Carpet Co Chiropee Mfg Co City of Chicago bond issue 4s July 1914 Kansas City Fort Scott and Gulf R R bond 7s 1968 with scattered figures.
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Atlas Nat Bank
Prescott Nat Bank
Lowell
Nat Webster Bank
Wachusetts Nat Bank
Fitchburg
Bigelow Carpet Co
Chiropee Mfg CO
City of Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Scott and
Gulf
Confessions on love, marriage, and gender in Century excerpt
A male narrator critiques masculine tenderness and physical freedom, while a woman’s inner altar to an unknown god and the bondage of maidenhood shape love. He recalls marriage, conflict over a house, and fading responses to color, pondering spiritual bodies and enduring philosophy.
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Paul
Bright Sears & Co Ties to NYSE Members by Private Wire
Bright, Sears and Co connected by a private wire with Rolston and Hooley J S Bacbe and Co members of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Bright, Sears & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Witnesses in Beef Trust Inquiry Skipped by State
Albany May 26 The beef trust inquiry before Justice Chester is postponed due to inability to subpoena key witnesses including Arthur Colby alleged arbitration agent and eastern superintendents of Swift Armour Nelson Morris Cudahy Hammond and Schwarzschild firms The attorney general said witnesses are located in New Jersey and not reachable by New York courts.
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Albany
N. Y
Justice Chester
Arthur Colby
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Hammond & Co
Schwarzschild
Resolutions on the death of Lowell mayor Charles A R Dimon
The Lowell Water Board and the Overseers of the Poor express sorrow and honor for Charles A R Dimon, former board member and mayor, praising his service to Lowell and the nation. Resolutions pledge sympathy to his family, note his public virtue, and call for memorial records and funeral attendance. offices to close during the obsequies.
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Lowell Water Board
Charles A. R. Dimon
City of
Lowell
Frank L. Weaver
August Fell
Michael J. Dowd
Herbert C. Taft
Mass
Mayor Dimon
Clarence G. Coburn
Thomas F. Sheehan
Hugh ¢C. McOsker
A Dive Into the Sea of the Talmud
Henry Lkowizi surveys the Sea of the Talmud with brisk satirical voice. He cites fantastical leviathans and talking about whale and fish episodes, noting how mythical beasts shape centuries of Oriental literature. The piece parodies biblical and midrashic worlds while highlighting grand exaggerations and cosmic scales.
Neighborly chatter sparks a lively phone miscue
A woman curious about neighbors' affairs becomes a social casualty of the telephone when a mistaken call reveals she has been listening in. The mix up underscores the era’s growing dependence on phones and the gossip that travels through them.
Lord Pauncefote Dead A Eminent British Ambassador
Washington May 24 Lord Pauncefote the British ambassador died at 5 30 am after a sudden heart failure At his bedside were Mrs Pauncefote and family Diplomatic flags half mast were raised and President Harding planned to visit the embassy to offer condolences The late lord, 74, served as minister and ambassador since 1889 and helped shape the Hay Pauncefote treaty and Hague arbitration principles He was renowned as a skilled diplomat and friend to the United States.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Jung
Osler
Baltimore
Dr. Thayer
Johns Hopkins University
Thayer
Bromley
London
Pauncefote
Maude Pauncefote
Sibyl
Audrey
Radford
Arlington Hotel
Rochambeau
Preston
United States
Munich
Bavaria
Hong Kong
Gener
Bering Sea
Olney
Hague
Hay
White House
Lady Pauncefote
L. Z. Lester
State Department
Department of State
Marquis of Lansdowne
John Hay
Coal Strike Spreads Camp Formed at Blairsville Pa
Miners establish a camp at Blairsville with a brass band from Carnegie and about 1000 strikers, aiming to shut down operating mines until a signed agreement. President Dolan favors moral suasion and daily parades. Meanwhile agents seek miners in West Virginia fields and local miners receive district strike notices. Peace rumors circulate as Mitchell plans a Chicago trip.
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Blairsville
Carnegie
Dolan
Hazelton
Duffy
United Mine Workers Organization
Beaver Brook
Matthias Schwabe
South Heberton
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Crystal Ridge
A. Pardee & Co
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Chicago
City faces decision on special election for mayor and police post
Citizens weigh whether to call a special election as Lowell debates filling the mayoral seat and police commissioner role. The charter and current acting mayor Mr. Badger face questions on legality of anticipatory appointments, board votes, and potential court review amid partisan pressure and fiscal concerns.
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Dimon
Fisher H. Pearson
Board of Health
O'Connor
Board of Aldermen and Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Badger
O'Sullivan
Burns
Qua
Lowell
Mr. Carmichael
Pearson
Peter J. Brady
Supreme Court
Crowley
Mr. Dow
Faulkner
Down
Brady
Board of Police
Mr. Pearson
Mr. Badger
George F. Richardson
Greenhalgs
Poor Board Scandal Figures Arrest Move
Lawrence May 24 capiases issued for Dr. M. P. Sullivan and Narcisse B. Moville among 13 indicted in poor department probe. They must plead to indictments next Monday in Salem Superior Criminal Court over unlawful contracting with the city and related conspiracy. The case ties to earlier state patient care audits and a halved State bill for 1900.
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Board of Overseers of the Poor
Poor Department
Lewis
State Board of Charity
Meteor to race in Coronation Cup yacht race
London reports mounting interest as Emperor William plans to sail the American-built Meteor from Heligoland to Dover on July 14 for the Coronation Cup of 600 guineas The British schooner Cecily owned by Cecil Quentin and designed by William Fife has been launched at Southampton and is entered to challenge the Meteor.
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London
William
Meteor
Heligoland
Dover
Cecily
Cecil Quentin
William Fife
Southampton
Ten Bodies Feared Dead In Coal Creek Mine Disaster
Fernie B C May 24 The Coal Creek mines disaster now tolls 170 to 175 dead with ten bodies recovered Willie Robertson 18 among the victims rescuers fight afterdamp while pipes air routes are repaired Volunteers risk collapse as gas chokes the shaft and relief funds are planned despite the unknown cause believed to be a machine shot.
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Fernie
B. C
Coal Creek
Drennan
Willie Robertson
Board of Trade
Deputy Sheriff Plummer Charged With Bribe
Portland officers issue a warrant for Deputy Sheriff Charles Plummer of Sheriff Pearson's liquor squad on a charge of accepting a bribe from a liquor dealer.
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Portland
Charles Plummer
Pearson
Big transfer puts Sprague Electric under General Electric
Boston May 24 General Electric will acquire Sprague Electric before July 1 under prearranged terms. The deal gives GE control of patents for the multiple unit electric propulsion system. Westinghouse and GE could not secure a substitute. The transaction is reported to involve 4 million dollars.
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Boston
Sprague Electric Company
General Electric Company
General Electric
Westinghouse Company
Lifield Reports Unchanged Conditions in Guadeloupe
The Lifield of the Guadeloupe Steamboat Company arrived from Martinique reporting unchanged conditions on Guadeloupe. Fort de France residents were somewhat quieter when the Lifield departed.
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Point A Pitre
Island
Gaudeloupe
Lifield
Gaudeloupe Steamboat Company
Martinique
Fort de France
Lifjeld
Rev Fr Boland to Visit Ireland After 10 Year Absence
Personal notice notes Rev Fr Boland of St Michael s church plans a visit to relatives in Ireland after a decade away. It also marks the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Charles H Spalding of Milford New Hampshire. Spalding, born on their homestead, spent years elsewhere including Lowell and the Appleton factory as a forger, with work at the U S Armory Springfield and later in Pittsburg and Nashua.
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Boland
St. Michael's Church
Ireland
Charles H. Spalding
Milford
N. H
Mr. Spalding
Lowell
Appleton Corporation
Peace likely in South Africa as talks proceed
London on May 24 reports that government sources confirm progress toward settlement in the South African peace talks. Officials say the war may be officially over soon, but a final announcement could take several weeks to allow Boer leaders to complete conferences with their followers.
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London
Associated Press
Wound With Wire Found in North River Victim Identified
The body of an unknown man, about 40, eight and a half stones in weight, was found in the North river at West 134th street. A wire wound four times around the chest and a heavy stone tied to the wire. The face bore heavy bruising.
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New York
North River
West 134Th Street
Tolstoi Again Ill With Typhoid Fever Reported
London dispatch confirms Count Tolstoi is ill with typhoid fever. The Russian novelist and reformer has a temperature around 102 and remains lucid, according to the Ming land agent who relayed the information to Associated Press.
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London
Mingland
Count Tolstoi
Associated Press
Tolstoi
Self-inflicted shooting ends life of insurance man in Brooklyn
George Lawton Coit, identified as a representative of the Boston Fire and Marine Insurance company of New York, shot himself in Brooklyn. He appeared prosperous. a watch and $50 were found on him. His family says he had been seriously ill for some time.
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New York
George Lawton Coit
Brooklyn
Coit
Boston Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Nurse Mary Sheedy Dies of Smallpox in Boston
Mary FE Sheedy nurse at a Boston hospital is the city’s second smallpox victim. She recently returned home to 8 Exchange Street to rest. Dr Morse confirmed the diagnosis and she was moved to the contagious hospital yesterday.
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Lawrence
Mary FE. Sheedy
Boston
Exchange Street
Morse
New Street Railway Incorporation in Concord
Wallace D. Lovell and associates file articles with the Secretary of State to form the Manchester and Derry street railroad a nine mile line from Lake Massabesh through Manchester to Londonderry town line with capital stock of 50060 dollars.
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Concord
N. H
Wallace D. Lovell
Manchester and
Derry Street
Lake Massabesh
City of Manchester
Londonderry
Wool Sold Well At London Auction Sale
There was a good attendance at the wool auction sales in London on May 24. A smaller selection was offered yet competition was spirited and prices remained firm. Fine crossbreds and superior combing wools sold at extreme rates.
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London
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Francis Henshaw & Co
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Visine Jodle
Wee Sea Coneeee
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Nat Bank Oo Senee
Eliot Nat Bank
Mass Real Estate Co
Taunton
Nat Car Co
Rts
Plymouth Card Co
Chas, N. Woodward
Middlesex St
Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Haicut & Freese Cone Ag
B’way
Hildreth Eldo
Beef Trust
Henry Lkowizi
Congress
Lord Paunceforte
Mayor’s Office
City Council
Lawrence Citizens
M. P. Sullivan
N. E. Moville
Emperor William
Sprague Electric
Courier
Hudson River
Tolstoiii Again
NEW Street Railway
Nicholas &. Norcross
Insurance
Central Street
Lowell, Mass
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