Fragments from a turbulent week in a Civil War era note
A garbled mix references Shamrock and faith shattered by an accident. Mentions Bryan McKinley an Indian tailor at Fort Lewis Indian school Col orado. Notes on labor strike profit sharing and bankruptcy petitions. References to Sapp of Louisville and a proposed retreat for wicked people in the Sierras. Milk as symbol of mildness and changing street posts. War era color shifts with gray more visible than blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan McKinley
Fort Lewis
Colorado
Scabs at Northern Railway Station Spark Tense Morning
A Boston representative recruited 42 machinists to replace striking workers at Blake Pump Works. About 18 balked. Crowds of over 100 machinists, some from Boston, gathered as the 7.27 train departed. Shouts of scab echoed but no violence occurred. Some men pledged to labor reps that they would not work if conditions matched Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Railway
Blake Pump Works
Boston
Rail conductor Robert Fulton dies after Dedham yard accident
Robert B. Fulton, a New Haven Hartford railroad freight conductor living in Dedham, died at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries after his left leg was crushed by a moving car at Dedham yards on Saturday. Born in Cambridge 37 years ago, he served 12 years in railroad work and leaves a wife and two daughters. His death follows a tragic note in history linking to Robert Fulton, the steamboat inventor, and a distant family anecdote ties to the Boston Tea Party era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert
Fulton
New York, New Haven & Harford
Avery Streets
Dedham
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eastern Avenue
Bradley-Fulton
Traders National Bank Deposit Boxes Rate Card
Deposit boxes offered by Traders National Bank at five dollars per year. Box sizes and rental terms listed in bank notice. Contact branch for availability and contract details.
The Traders National Bank Seeks Local Depositors
The Traders National Bank transacts general banking business and offers foreign exchange in English French German and Swedish. It provides safety deposit boxes private rooms and a savings department with interest bearing terms. The bank serves as a depository for U S and Massachusetts funds and operates banking hours daily with evening hours on certain days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Courts Decision Confirms Porto Rico Not Foreign Country
Justice Brown announces Insular Cases ruling on jurisdiction. Porto Rico is a U S territory, not a foreign country, at the time duties were collected, with three justices dissenting. Details include the Delima case on imports after Paris treaty and before the Porto Rican act, and other canoe race results and plans for Memorial Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Brown
Porto Rico
New York
Congress
United States
McKenna
Shirag
White
Royal Ulster Club Fixes September 21 Cup Race Opening
New York reports the Royal Ulster Yacht Club approves September 21 as the opening date for the cup races. The New York club confirms the date after a challenge committee meeting at noon and expects final action on Lawson's Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
New York Club
Challenge Committee
Lawson
No More Deaths Reported After Albany Collision
Albany May 27. New details from the Albany and Hudson railway collision put the injured at over fifty. No additional deaths have occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Albany and Hudson
Seven More Victims In Milwaukee Gale Disaster
Milwaukee May 27 seven more victims were added to the Friday gale toll. The three masted schooner C H Hackley capt Oertlinz with a crew of six was found dismantled ten miles offshore. The escape of the captain and crew with their lives believed impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
C. H. Hackley
Oertlinz
Presbyterians to convene General Assembly in New York
The next Presbyterian General Assembly will meet at the Fifth Avenue Church in New York. The decision was announced after the morning session, with Philadelphia noted as the previous location, and the assembly scheduled for May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Presbyterian
Fifth Avenue Church
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Bug Versus Uncle Sam Canoe Race On Mystic
Lowell’s Paul Butler sails the Bug against Murphy’s Uncle Sam on the Mystic at Winchester Cove. A brisk southeast wind stirred lively water as two skilled canoe skippers prepared for a fast contest with crowds viewing from the Winchester Boat Club. Butler noted Bug’s speed and questioned Bug’s edge over Wasp as Uncle Sam battled rough conditions.
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Eloth
Royal Canoe Club of England
Mr. Murphy
Uncle Sam
Bug
Drift
Fly
Boat Club
Raymond Apollonio
Wagetater
Sam
Bucy
Murphy
Messrs
Butler
Farnum F. Dorsey
Winchester Bort Club
T. W. Lawson
Uncle San
Mystic
Winchester
Paul Butler
Lowell
Herald
Winchester Boat Club
Half a Hundred Drunks In Middlesex Street Court
In Judge Hadley’s court this morning two well dressed young women faced drunkenness charges after police arrested them late Sunday near the depot. They denied the charges but were found guilty and fined six dollars each. The docket showed the jail term for several others and a record 64 drunks appeared, many cases treated as first offenses. Mary A. Gardner and Elizabeth Santry faced extended penalties. Gardner jailed four months and Santry’s suspended sentence revoked. Jennie Mowett received a two year sentence to Sherborn. John Maguire’s second offense led to a suspended State farm sentence for six months. Other noted items included jail terms, suspended sentences, and probation for assorted offenses, with additional continued cases and monetary fines listed.
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Hadley
Middlesex Street
Curran
Mary A. Gardner
Elizabeth Santry
Pusged
Jennie Mowett
Sherborn
John Maguire
State Farm
Mary E. Ware
John Archambault
James Daly
Philing
Michael Kennedy
Albert O. Easterville
Minnie Kennedy
John Conway
William J. Beard
Philips Parent
Frank Levesque
Dracut
John Cavanaugh
Silent Army Memorial Day Service Honors Comrades
The Memorial Sunday service at Huntington hall featured Rear Admiral George E Belknap as orator and Rev William R Clark as chaplain with three Grand Army posts, notable citizens and singing by the First Baptist choir. Rites included scripture, invocation, the roll of the dead, and taps. Attending guests included Gen Adelbert Ames Solon W Stevens and others. A long list of comrades mustered out since May 30 1900 was read, and remarks by Rev Clark recalled Civil War pastorates and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Hall
George E. Belknap
U.S. Navy
William R. Clark
St. Paul's M. BH
Charles Cowley
Sifis
C. A. R. Dimoff
Frenke A. Warfield
D. D
J. H. MacDonald
First Baptist Church
J. Avison Baker
E. J. Borjes
Bethlehem
Guiding Star
W. H. Pepin
A. F. French
Pepin
Flemings
Mr. Walch
Mr. Preston
Wessrs
Walch
Leith
Preston
Keller
O. N. Walch
America
Adelbert Ames
Solon W. Stevens
M. G. Parker
George H. Marston
Jerome F. Manning
George E. Worthen
Frank E. Butler
Frank B. Peabody
B. F. Butler
James Bassett
John Montgomery
10Th Mo
James P. Stewart
U. 8. Navy
Thomas Mangan
Battery C
Mass
H. A
Alexander McWilliams
Corp
Ordnance Department
John Flynn
Inft
Ladd and Whitney
Stephen A
Scripture, Co. D
N. H
Jerome B. Brown
Co. A
James B. Trueworthy
Edward Preston
Gardaner W. King
Co. C
William H. Valentine
Zlat Mass
J. A. Garfield
John Baxter
U. S. Navy
Charles E. Marshall
Jas. G. Fields
Nth
N. HH
John W. Connell
Co. B
United States
Belknap
Manager Sullivan Writes Letter to Lowell Mayor
A May 25 1901 letter from President Sullivan of the Lynn and Boston railroad to Mayor Dimon of Lowell discusses misinformation about the street railway's relation to Pawtucket bridge. It notes Lowell city engineer George Bowers ordered speed reductions for safety, which the company resented.
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Boston
Lowell
Street Railway
Lowell and Suburban Street Railway Company
Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway Company
Lynn and Boston Railroad Company
Lowell and Suburban
Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Company
Pawtucket
Str
P. F. Sullivan
Lynn & Boston Railroad Co
Dimon
Sullivan
Lynn and Boston Railroad
Mass
C. A. R. Dimon
City
Massachusetts
Pawtucket Bridge
George Bowers
Street Railway Company
Unmatched Colts Cause Bevy of Wrecks on Beacon Street
A pair of unmatched colts hitched to a wagon fled with owner Thomas Fay and his son Joseph driving. The wagon overturned near the poor farm road after a long run down Beacon street. Both men suffered bruises and a shoulder injury to the elder, but no serious harm was found. they will be lame for a time. The team was halted shortly after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fay
Joseph
Beacon Street
Fay
Presbyterian General Assembly Adopts Revision Report
Philadelphia on May 27 reports the Presbyterian general assembly adopted the revision committee's report at noon today signaling a major procedural milestone for church governance and doctrinal alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Nuon
Police raid recovers multiple drinks over weekend
Police patrol conducted a rush of arrests Saturday night and Sunday, detaining about sixty drinks in total. Among the seized items were eight to ten women involved in the incident.
Old Residents Historical Association to Meet at Memorial Hall
The annual meeting of the Old Residents Historical Association will be held in Memorial Hall Tuesday evening at 7.39. The public is invited. The inspector of wires has been alerted to low electric wires used for lighting funed carts. They hang so low that a passerby with an open umbrella risks touching them and a shock.
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Old Residents’ Historical Association
Memorial Hall
Delinquent land sales in Lowell falter as bids shrink
Only eleven of ninety nine advertised parcels were offered at public auction for sidewalk and sewer assessments. The city bought 241 square feet for 28.66 dollars while several parcels changed hands at low sums to bidders such as H. H. Rogers and W. H. Anderson. Four men are expected to sign affidavits claiming signatures on an injunction petition were obtained under misapprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Lowell
George W. Chase
Napoleon Desmarais
K. H. Rogers
Ernest T. Genest
H. H. Rogers
Alphonse Bibeault
P. A. Fay
Jas. N. Conners
W. H. Anderson
P. Conners
Jas. M. Conners
John J. Conners
Matilda J. Murphy
City Hall
Debate Over Vacant Presidency In Common Council
The council weighs declaring the president position vacant to formalize the acting president Hill as permanent chief. Pierre A Brousseau is unlikely to return this year, but a vacancy would not remove him as a councilman if he returns later. Other notes mention the Lowell Electric Light underground conduit petition and a contentious garbage committee report drafted by a clerk using notes from agents.
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Common Council
Pierre A .Brousseau
Councillman Hill
Ofice
Brousseau
Lowell Electric Light Corporation
Connecticut
School boards to hold tonight meetings on lands and fire department
The school board the committee on lands and buildings and the committee on fire department will hold meetings tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Board
Committee On Lands and Buildings
Committee On Fire Department
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Nota Bene
Lease
Kansas Fame
Sapp
Louisville, Ky
Sierras
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
the Traders National Bank
Middlesex Sreet
Post Office Avenue
Bug VS
THE
Silent Army
G. A. R. Veterans
Rear Admiral
Cowley
PD. D
Way
Clarkalgé
O'Sullivan Bros
Mr. Thomas Fay
A Terrimack Clothing CO
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