Professor Parkhurst the Mesmerist Accused of Swindling
Mrs. Rebecca Hillman paid a trance medium known as Professor Parkhurst 610 dollars at 52 Ty ler Street to mesmerize money for a desired contact. After staged sessions and misleading envelopes she received only paper. Police were notified. Parkhurst claims kinship to Rev Dr Parkhurst of New York. He is described as 28, about five foot four.
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Rebecca Hillman
Chapel Street
Parkhurst
Hillman
Tyler Street
College Oarsmen Meet on Charles in Interuniversity Race
Boston May 27 Cornell and Harvard varsity eights faced ideal conditions on the Charles for the first intercollegiate clash since 1898. Harvard sought to test its prospects against Cornell before Yale on the Thames, with a 1 5 mile race to start at 4 30 afternoon and several preliminary events at 3 o'clock. Navigation would be suspended and officials from Columbia Harvard and Cornell oversaw the regatta with a dispute over course position briefly unresolved after the toss.
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Boston
Cornell University
Harvard
Charles River
University
Hudson
Crimson
Yale
Thames River
Cornell
C. E. Boesch
O. G. Filley
Weld
Newell Club
U. S. Revenue
William A. Meikleham
Columbia
Charles S. Schweppe
J. F. Perkins
J. Smith
R. F. Manning
E. Wilder
Capt. Filley
Filley
Courtney
Massachusetts Public School Supervisors Visit Lowell Textile School
A party of 35 superintendents from Massachusetts public schools visited the Lowell Textile school this morning. They arrived from Boston in a special car at nine o clock and were shown the buildings by President Cumnock Principal Crosby Clerk Smith and Secretary James. The group included Supt Whitcomb and Mr Gill of Philadelphia and Mr Straw of Hartford. They returned to Boston early in the afternoon.
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Massachusetts Public Schools
Lowell Textile School
Boston
Cumnock
Crosby
Smith
James
Whitcomb
Gill
Philadelphia
Straw
Hartford
Tornado hits Colbert town in Indian Territory
Kansas City report says a tornado struck the town of Colbert I. T. Colbert, a 500-population town near the Texas line, eight miles from Denison, on the St. Louis and Santa Fe railway.
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Kansas City
Colbert
I. T
Japanese order for 100 powerful locomotives
Glasgow on May 27 reports the Japanese government has ordered another hundred powerful locomotives from the North British Locomotive Company.
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Glasgow
North British Locomotive Combine
Woodland fire spreads near Rochester and Farmington
A woodland fire, likely sparked by a locomotive, raged between Rochester and Farmington. By fore noon, several square miles of timber and cordwood burned, a house and two barns were destroyed, with about ten thousand dollars in losses. Fire brigades and railroad workers battled the flames as heavy rain was hoped to subdue the fire.
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Rochester
N. H
Farmington
Charles Tebbetts
Chestnut Hill
Joseph Barker
Boston and Maine Railroad
Robbery at Mrs Lease Home in New York
Mrs Mary Ellen Lease the lecturer and former populist leader was robbed at her New York City flat overnight. One man held a revolver to her temple while another rifled the rooms taking valuables and a diamond pin. A cash bag containing 110 dollars had also been taken, total loss about 500 dollars. The pair escaped before police arrived.
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New York
Mary Ellen Lease
Lease
King Oscar declines sign on separate Norwegian consular law
Christiania, Norway May 27 The king refused to sign the law creating a separate consular system for Norway. The council of ministers tendered their resignations, which the king did not accept.
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Christiania
Norway
Oscar
Council of Ministers
Rumors of Naval Battle Stir Russian Capital
Rumors swirl that a naval engagement occurred as ROJESTVENSKY makes a bold move toward Vladivostok. Moscow reportedly rejoices over vague rumors of victory amid uncertain battlefield details.
Russian and Japanese fleets poised for battle in Far East
Advices from Tokyo and Washington point to an early clash as Russian ships split forces near Tsu island and Shanghai. The possible move toward Vladivostok or forcing Togo into battle remains uncertain while Togo’s location is unknown.
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Tsu Island
Straits of Korea
Associated Press
Washington
Shanghai
Rosestvensky
Togo
Vladivostok
Russian Fleet sighted off the Tsu islands amid war rumors
Tokio reports Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet seen near the Tsu islands in the Korea Strait as commentary suggests a bold route toward Vladivostok. Sightings and possible engagement with Japan's forces raise questions about the Russians reach and Togo's position. A separate sighting near the Saddle Islands notes forty five Russian vessels 140 miles south southeast of the area.
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Tokio
Rojestvensky
Tsu Islands
Strait of Korea
Tsu Island
Straits of Korea
Tsu
Su Islands
Korea
Japan
China
Sea of Japan
Tsugaru
la Perouse
Vladivostok
Straits of Koréa
Togo
Formosa
Hong Kong
St. Kilda
Kuchinotsu
Saddle Islands
Russians Successful in Cavalry Raid
St. Petersburg May 27 news reports a cavalry raid led by Lieut Gen Mistchenko. A detachment from the South Caucasian brigade and trans Baikal Cossacks repulsed the enemy to the south on May 17 and approached Sinlountchouan on May 18. The dispatch from Lieut Gen Linevitch to the emperor is dated May 25. Continued on page seven.
Armenian Shot in Gorham Street Store
Oscar Rogacopin a 45 year old winter street grocer was shot three times in Avides Mavarian Gorham street fruit store about 1120 this morning over a 16 year old Armenian girl. Mavarian fled but was captured within minutes. Rogacopin survived as police investigated an alleged elopement plot and a web of witnesses and motives emerged.
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Oscar Rogacopin
Avides Mavarian
Gorham Street
Aogacopin
Mavarian
Dutton Street
O’brien
Cawley
Dugdale
Oscar Aogacopin
Mavarians
Oscar
Rogacopin
Laflamme
Welch
Charlie Kazangian
Rogacopia
Winter Street
Kazangian
Lowell Mayor Suggests Honor for Elizabeth Robbins Grave
A 1905 Lowell letter from Mayor Casey to Frank Peabody proposes decorating Elizabeth Olive Robbins grave on Memorial Day for her Civil War era support of the United States Sanitary Commission. The note recalls Lowell’s early fundraising and asks Grand Army of the Republic or Women’s Relief Corps to visit the cemetery.
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Lowell
Casey
Elizabeth Olive Robbins
Frank Peabody
Mass
Peabody
Grand Army of the Republic
United States Sanitary Commission
Elizabeth Robbins
Lowell Cemetery
Grand Army Post
Women’s Relief Corps
James B. Casey
Early Morning Fires on Suffolk Street
Two fires struck Suffolk street in the early hours. Coffey Bros store suffered minor damage from paper and book in the office, with F M Brogan’s insured stock and fixtures. Earlier, a blaze at M Cohen & Co junk shop spread to an adjacent building but was quickly controlled, likely caused by spontaneous combustion in rag piles.
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Coffey Bros
Suffolk Street
F. M. Brogan
M. Cohen & Co
Tragic Boston death from work despair and self harm
Albert E Mancini aged 20 formerly of Providence Rhode Island died at Relief hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound. He and his newly wed wife were in a South End house when he shot himself after locking her in a room. Despondency from unemployment is cited as the cause.
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Boston
Albert E. Mancini
Providence
R. L
Relief Hospital
Mancin
South End
Fire aboard Majestic strikes White Star liner at Liverpool
A fire of unknown origin broke out in the second cabin of the White Star steamer Majestic, arriving from New York and docked at Liverpool on May 27. Extensive damage occurred before crews extinguished the blaze.
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Liverpool
White Star Line
Majestic
New York
Scrofula Described as Neck Swellings and Eruptions
A brief ancient note describes scrofula with neck swellings and cutaneous eruptions. It mentions inflammatory symptoms and the presence of unhealthy lesions associated with the condition.
Nat Crump the Outlaw Captured After Desperate Fight
Ashville North Carolina May 27 Nat Crump the outlaw who shot from a bush and seriously wounded Clay Grubb at Salisbury last Monday was captured at Old Fort after a fierce battle with Sheriff Washburn and four deputies. He was barely alive with a $750 price on his head. Crump hid in Mudcat gorge and opened fire but was shot down by Deputy Lyttle and Deputy Porter ending the chase.
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Ashville
N. C
Nat” Crump
Clay Grubb
Salisbury
Old Fort
Crump
Mudcat
Washburn
Lyttle
Porter
Mrs Rogers Denied New Trial in Montpelier Case
In Montpelier Vermont May 27 the supreme court denied the petition of Mrs Mary M Rogers the condemned murderess for a new trial.
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LAW Textile School
Savings Bank
Merrimack St
St. Louis Exposition
Houston
Hebron
Baker’s Cocca
Yerxa’s
Central St
Middlesex of
RST Co
Rojestvensky Bold
Mavaerian
Summer Street
Davis
Eliot
Jackson
Thorndike Street
O'Brien
South Common
Peter Cawley
Middlesex Street
Kent Richardson
the Humane Society
Broadway
Central Street
Babigian
D. J. Donahue
City of
Lowell ¥. W. C. A
Lowell Y. W. C. A
Helen Gould
Pattee
Catholic Literary Association of
Charlestown
Nat” Crump the
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