Toppan case witnesses from Lowell and shifting political nods
In a crowded passage of remarks a mix of political quips and local angles surface. It notes at least three Lowell residents traveling to Bourne to testify in the Toppan case, evokes Seth Low on merit based appointments, mentions Earl Li, a somber England pall, and references caveat emptor in Croker pre-election talk. It also cites an anti injunction league in Chicago and speculates on Schley, Van Wyck, Quay, and Storti with nautical metaphor and New England flavor.
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Lowell
Bourne
Toppan
United States Leads Mexico in Trade and Other Items
The United States now holds over half of Mexico's import trade. Jefferson City seeks a new state capital. A Portuguese station tale notes wine in bread for horses, while the UK saw about 90 million telegrams, down from 1899 due to phones. Gold exports show ore and bullion dominating. Sleepy grass harms livestock in NM and TX. Baltimore develops an electric beam guidance lightship. Of 122 Canadian horses bought for Britain, half failed inspection for height limits. A pathologist links longevity to cancer via blood deterioration and blood cell balance.
Traders National Bank Deposit Boxes Offer
Deposit boxes offered by Traders National Bank at 55.00 per annum with coupon rooms available for customers seeking secure storage options.
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the Traders National Bank
Modern banking services with deposits and safety boxes
The bank offers foreign exchange payable in English, French, German, and Swedish money. It provides safety deposit boxes with private rooms and a savings department paying 3 cents per annum, compounded semi annually, beginning monthly. It operates a ladies section and serves as a depository for the United States and Massachusetts.
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Seenage Banking
Ia Me
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Banking Hours Announced for Weekday and Saturday
The bank advertises hours from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. on weekdays and 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. on Saturdays, with extended service from 7 to 9 likely indicating early or late hours.
Ship John Parker wrecked off Orleans in gale
The British schooner John Parker of St John NB loaded with lumber struck a bar near Orleans in a northeast gale and wrecked. Captain Ernst and five crewmen were rescued in a breeches-buoy by the Orleans life saving crew after five hours of harrowing exposure and arduous effort.
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Orleans
Navy
John
Parker
St. John
N. B
Long Island Sound
Ernst
Dickinson Chagrined Over Leaked Stone Letter
Consul Dickinson in Sofia reports distress at a leaked Miss Stone letter. He warns that premature disclosure jeopardizes progress with brigands who demand strict secrecy to preserve negotiations. He says release hinges on maintaining confidential talks and trust.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Dickinson
Miss Stone Thas
Preserve Makers Combine in New Food Association
Seventeen large preserve manufacturers in Pittsburgh form the American Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Food Products. The group aims to regulate prices and sales and ensure better interpretation of pure food laws. Combined capital totals three and a half million dollars, with potential control of about three quarters of national production.
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Pittsburg
American Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of
Mail boat beached after fog collision near Sheerness
London reports heavy fog returning overnight after thinning. The Dutch mail boat Koeningen Regent collided with the British cruiser Prosperia off Sheerness at midnight. Passengers and mail were transferred to the cruiser, and the mail boat was beached.
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London
Koeningen Regent
Prosperia
Sheerness
Boers Lose 44 Killed In Transvaal Clash
London dispatch reports from Pretoria confirm a fight near Brakeilaagte in eastern Transvaal with Boer losses of 44 killed including General Opperman and 100 wounded. Boers suffered no capture. attack repulsed until reinforcements under Louis Botha arrived.
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London
Kitchener
Pretoria
Brakeilaagte
Transvaal
Opperman
Louis Botha
London Fog Drives Mortality Spike and Unidentified Remains
London faced a sharp rise in deaths after a dense fog swept the city on November 7. Mortuary crowds grew with many bodies unidentified, while sixteen dock laborers were reported missing and several bodies were recovered from the river.
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London
Steeple Chaser Harry English Testifies in Lowell Assault Case
In Lowell this morning, famed steeple climber Harry English testified against William L. Kane charged with assault and battery and larceny from English. English, staying at the Merrimack House, said two strangers attacked him in a toilet room and stole 35 dollars and receipts for horses shipped to Boston. Kane pleaded not guilty. probable cause was found and he was held in 800 dollars for the grand jury. Other drunks and suspensions were noted.
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Harry English
Teddy
William L. Kane
English
Lowell
Merrimack House
Kane
Boston
Dolphand
John J. Molloy
Michael Gibbon
State Farm
Catherine Reed
Lawrence Doctor Sued for Alienation and Slander
Lawrence Nov 7 suit filed against Dr. Thomas F Joyce by Frank H Norton alleging alienation of affections and slander over the Norton marriage. Norton claims Joyce influenced Mrs. Norton to leave him. Joyce denies misconduct and cites Norton’s possible mental unfitness. Attached property valued at 10000, case set for January and likely trial in March in the superior court.
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Norton
Dr. Joyce
Joyce
Standard Oil Declares 8 Percent Dividend for Year
New York stockholders will receive a final 8 percent dividend on December 16, bringing total 48 percent profit distributions for the year. With $100 million capital stock,holders gain $48 million, of which John D Rockefeller may receive $16 million if he owns one third. The oil trust has paid $96 million over two years, unmatched by other industrials in public dividends.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Oil Trust
Claims Against Turkey Lead Nations to Act
News from St. Petersburg on November 7 reports newspapers expect more powers to press claims against Turkey after France sets a lead. Russian papers greet the French naval demonstration as a setback to German pretensions in Turkey, signaling broader international pressure.
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St. Petersburg
France
Turkey
Rossiyn
Murder in Atlanta Woman Found Dead with Wound
Nora Brittain, a young white woman, was found dead in bed with a small temple wound from a sharp rough instrument. J. J. Carroll, a news agent, was arrested and charged. He admits an argument but says he did not injure her.
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Atlanta
Nora Brittain
J. J. Carroll
Injuries Reported At Lowell Workshops
Fred Boardman was injured in the Lowell Machine Shop while cutting a die when the die shot back and cut his throat. He was treated at Lowell Hospital. Frank Murphy of 48 Rim Street was admitted to Emergency Hospital after a piece of cast iron struck his eye while working at Welch Brothers plumbers.
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Fred Boardman
Lowell
Lowell Hospital
Frank Murphy
Rlm
Welch Brothers
Flanagan
Floyd Street
Salem
Montreal
Willard
James Flanagan and James Holmes Granted Liberty
Governor Crane and council voted permits to men from Charlestown and Boston under the habitual criminal act. James Holmes of Boston and James Flanagan of Lowell, each with a 25 year sentence for larceny, were freed after parole reviews amid jubilation at the State House.
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State House
Charlestown
James Flanagan
James Holmes
Boston
Holmes
Flanagan
Sta Rison
Lowell
John J. Clin
Senator Sparks
Dracut
Brady
Ney
State Prison
Bridges
Lowell letters discuss replacing canal fence with iron
In 1901 Lowell officials debate removing the high board fence along the Suffolk street canal. Mayor Dimon asks Locks and Canals to consider an iron replacement. Engineer Mills notes future canal widening may require fence removal and asks city guidance.
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Suffolk Street
Lowell
Mass
Broadway
Suffolk Streets
Canal
Chas. A. R. Dimon
Hiram F. Mills
Boston nurse under probe after death of Watertown widow
Boston reports another death linked to Jane Toppan the nurse jailed in Barnstable on murder charges. Mrs Mary McNear a Watertown widow nearly 70 died under Toppan care on December 28 1899 prompting questions of exhumation and possible poisoning amid missing valuables. Prof Wood from Harvard says arsenic found in Mrs Gibbs earlier indicates poisoning before death and distinguishes it from embalming. Dr Draper notes the analysis is delicate and hinges on timing of arsenic exposure.
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Gibbs
Prof
Wood
W. French Smith
Massachusetts
Houseman
Germany
Boston
Jane Toppan
Barnstable
Mary McNear
Nathaniel Rand
Elm and
Arsenal Streets
Watertown
George W. McNear
E. 8. Wood
Harvard
Draper
Train Cars Jump Frog At North Chelmsford Depot
Several cars of an empty coal train jumped the frog at the North Chelmsford depot about 11 30 today and were cast up in a heap for about an hour. No one was hurt and the damage will be small. Passenger trains were delayed briefly during debris clearance.
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North Chelmsford
First Chemical Factory Opened in Salem in 1811
The first chemical factory in the country began operations in Salem in 1811, facing early resistance from locals who argued the fumes polluted the air and made life unbearable for nearby residents.
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Salem
City Campaign Sets Stage For Mayoral Nomination
Republicans map a mayoralty plan as Democrats unite to erode council strength. Ward candidates named include Walter Coburn and John C Wilson with others across wards. Edward S Goward, studying district 26 returns, notes a defeat tied to Ward six votes for Mahone and 11 Prohibition votes, with a third party nominee affecting the result.
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Walter Coburn
John C. Wilson
Col. A. M. Chadwick
Andrew G. Swapp
Charles B. Howe
Fred N. Wier
George E. Putnam
F. E. Saunders
H. F B. Baker
George E. Burns
Anthony D. Mitten
Brown
McEleroy
Livingston
Whitter
W. E. Badger
John H. Beaulieu
Lebrun
Stafford
Cyrus Barton
Emsley
Edward S. Goward
Ward Six
Mr. Mahone
Prohibition Party
Bigamy Charge Stuns Boston Woman in Lowell Connection
Inspector Laflamme arrested Rose Desmarais on John Street for bigamy after a Boston telegram revealed she married an Italian there while still married to husband Pinard of Lowell. Desmarais had been married to Pinard five or six years but had separated, resuming her maiden name D, with a father living on Davidson Street.
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Inspector Laflamme
Rose Desmarais
John Street
Boston Pee
Pinard
Lowell
Desmarais
Davidson Street
Pthergraphy, Telegraph Age’s Moniker for Wireless Marconi
A Telegraph Age writer coins Pthergraphy as a nickname for Marconi’s wireless telegraphy invention, reflecting era enthusiasm and naming trends around the new communication technology. The term signals early public imagination shaping modern radio linked communication.
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Marconi
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Dom Paul
Croker
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Portugal
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Texas
Siberia
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Toronto
War Office
Foreign Exchange
Letters of Credit
Middesex Street
Post Office Ave
Miss Stone
Eastern
Lawrence
Crane
Ing
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W. H. Lathrop
Ann Tyler
Deacon O. A. Brigham
Miss Toppan
Davis
Mr. Murphy
Murphy
Fiat
Wesselhoeft
McNear
Ayer
Howard
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