Samar Stratagem Failed to Work in Abra Del Ilog
Major Wm T Pitcher of the Eighth Infantry reports the Mindoro expedition garrison at Abra Del Ilog was attacked by insurgents led by Senocos. Americans routed the attackers who left five dead and one American wounded. Pitcher says three officers and part of a company were captured. insurgents allegedly received illicit munitions.
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Manila
Wm. T. Pitcher
Mindoro
Abra del Ilog
Senocos
Jillery
Major Pitcher
One Renegade American Captured From Rebels
Manila dispatch reports Captain Noyes of the 80th Infantry leading a detachment of fifty men to capture a deserter named Richter of the Sixth or unit, as rebels are engaged in the region. The report notes a successful capture accomplished under frontier conditions.
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Manila
Noyes
80Th Infantry
Richter
SAILORS RESCUED AS SHIP SINKS OFF CAPE
A three masted schooner sank off Chatham during a gale. The crew clung to masts all night awaiting rescue by life saving station crews. The vessel, coal laden, likely filled with water while at anchor, and was discovered in the early hours with its masts roosted.
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Chatham
Cape
Major Adam Kramer Dies at 64 After Four Decades of Service
Iowa City reports Major Adam Kramer of the Sixth U S cavalry is dead at age 64. He served over forty years in the U S cavalry, retired in 1897, fought in the Civil War, and helped quell the Sioux during their outbreak.
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Iowa City
Adam Kramer
Sixth
U. S. Cavalry
United States Cavalry
Disagreeable Day with Wind and Dusty Sky
Saturday afternoon was partly cloudy and cold at night. A northwest wind blew a gale most of the day raising dust. Temperature dropped. The day remained bright but threatening with low temperatures and high barometer readings at listed times.
Weather outlook for Massachusetts rain and winds
Boston on November 11 reports rain tonight and probably Tuesday morning. Brisk to high south west winds are expected, shaping the forecast for the region and impacting local activities.
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Boston
Massachusetts
National Bank Traps acts in foreign exchange and deposits
The Traders National Bank offers foreign exchange and letters of credit payable worldwide in multiple languages. It provides safety deposit boxes with private rooms and a savings department paying 314 per paner per annum, compounded semi annually. It serves as a depository for the United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Banking hours are 8 A M to 4 P M, Saturdays 8 A M to 1 P M, and 7 to 9 P M in the banking rooms at 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
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United States
CommonWealth of Massachusetts
Samar Insurgents Preparing to Surrender
Catbalogan Samar Island Nov 11 insurgents flock northward as famine tightens grip. Bolomen surrender already. fear from Gen Lukban's proclamation deters mass submission, with expected surrender within days.
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Catbalogan
Island
Samar
Lukban
Father Crowley Attends Chicago Cathedral Mass
Father Jeremiah J. Crowley ex priest from Oregon Illinois, excommunicated after criticizing Chicago archdiocese authorities, attended solemn high mass at Holy Name Cathedral amid barriers. Ushers barred main entrance and redirected him to a rear pew where he sat through the service without further incident following last week’s disruption.
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Chicago
Jeremiah J. Crowley
Oregon
Ill
Archdiocese of
Holy Name
Father Crowley
Chicago to St Louis rail link eyed by central Illinois towns
The Record Herald reports a Chicago to St Louis through line may be imminent as Springfield and other central Illinois towns hear that the Chicago & Northwestern Railway plans to absorb the Chicago Peoria and St Louis territory and complete a Dixon to Peoria branch to connect with the line.
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Chicago
Ill
The
Record- Herald
St. Louis
Springfield
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
Northwestern Road
Dixon
Peoria
Police Chief Sullivan Dies After Strike Strain
San Francisco reports the death of Chief of Police William P. Sullivan Jr. after a three week illness worsened by mental worry from the recent strike. He served as mayoral secretary and National Guard member before his 1913 appointment.
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San Francisco
Wm. P. Sullivan, Jr
Phelan
National Guard
Whaling Bark John Winthrop Returns With Small Catch
The whaling bark John Winthrop arrives from the Japanese coast reporting a poor season with nine sperm whales caught yielding 325 barrels of oil. Captain Macumbers cites rough seas and many whales seen but not taken.
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San Francisco
John Winthrop
Macumbers
Pittsburg Blaze at Six Mile Ferry Coal Works
Fire at Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. works in Pittsburg Six Mile Ferry reduced loss from 100000 to 250000. Five hundred men will be unemployed until the tipple is rebuilt.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Convict Lewis Captured After Lomax Gunfight Near Topeka
Warden McClaughey reports Lawrence Lewis, 13th escaped convict, was arrested at Lomax Kansas after a clash with officers between Topeka and Leavenworth. Two other escapees were wounded in the fighting near Alma and Lomax, with a later telegram noting Lewis was shot in the back and wounded.
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Kansas City
McClaughey
Fort Leavenworth Military Prison
Lawrence Lewis
White
Lomax
Kansas
Cook
Topeka
Leavenworth
Alma
Quene
Lewis
Convicts Escape Capture Near Topeka
Topeka Kansas sheriff and deputy were captured by two Fort Leavenworth escapees at Pau Line south of Topeka. They were held in a Wooster farmhouse for hours, then escaped despite a police line. Both convicts were slightly wounded and remain at large.
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Topeka, Kas
Cook
Williams
Fort Leavenworth
Pauline
Topeka
Wooster
Body found in Portsmouth harbor after boat capsizes
Portsmouth authorities recovered a man’s body believed to be Joseph Thibedeau, a 28 year old machinist from Beverly, Massachusetts, missing after a boat wreck off Jerry’s Point during high winds and rough seas. The body was positively identified later.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Beverly
Mass
Saxonia Injured In Severe Sea Conditions
Cunard liner Saxonia from Boston reached Queenstown at 1 35 p m reporting a fearful sea that caused delays. On Nov 5 rough seas broke over the deck injuring the forward section as 107 miles were logged on Nov 2–5 amid the voyage to Liverpool.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
Saxonia
Boston
Liverpool
Earthquake Ravages Armenian City Of Erzeroum
Constantinople nov 11 earthquake shocks continue to be felt at Erzeroum Armenia with many casualties. Foreign consuls join locals and live in tents amid ongoing tremors and fear.
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Constantinople
Erzeroum
Armenia
Admiral Caillard Leaves Mitylene Island
London dispatch reports Paris stating Admiral Caillard's squadron departed Mitylene Island this morning. The notice confirms the strategic movement amid ongoing tensions in the Aegean region.
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Admiral Caillard
Mitylene Island
London
Paris
Caillard
Mitylene
Y W C A Week Of Prayer For Young Women
The World's Young Women's Christian Association designates this week for prayer for young women. Each weekday focuses on a region Africa America Asia Australasia Europe with local YWCA meetings led by Mrs. Christie of Albany New York. The first meeting was yesterday afternoon and further noon and evening gatherings are planned with Mrs. Christie speaking to girls and women and an open meeting Friday afternoon.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Africa
America
Asia
Australasia
Europe
Christie
Albany
N. Y
Man Injures Hand at US Cartridge Works
Thomas McAllister of 28 Sawtelle place fell on a planer at the United States cartridge works this morning and cut his hand. The wound was dressed at the Emergency hospital.
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Thomas McAllister
Sawtelle Place
United States Cartridge Works
Ayer's Hair Vigor Promises Darker Hair
An advertisement promises that within a month gray hair will become rich and dark using Ayer's Hair Vigor. The ad targets readers with gray hair, offering a $1 product sold by J. C. Ayer Co. of Lowell Massachusetts at drugstores.
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Ayer
J. C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Mass
Eight New Diphtheria Cases Reported In City
Call on the State as eight diphtheria cases are reported today. Mayor Dimon seeks state board aid to identify the outbreak cause. Oakland sewer project delays persist with 80 houses and a school lacking sewerage. Ward five recount shows McMahon gaining two votes, Bell losing one.
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Dimon
Holbrook
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Oaklands
Oakland P
Alderman Sullivan
McMahon
Bell
Repubican
Great Sunday Gale and Record Cold Across States
A Sunday gale on the Merrimack whipped water over falls and battered bridges. Within 24 hours a sharp temperature drop spread nationwide, with local lows from 22 to 27 degrees and readings falling from 46 to 30 in one day. Comparisons note 1873 and 1898 records, while fears rise of another great storm.
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Merrimack
Aiken Street
Central Bridge
Lowell
Chelmsford
New York
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Key West
Beatrice’s successor named for Louisiana leper settlement
The leper colony at Indian Camp Louisiana has chosen Sister Benedicta former head of a Reading Pennsylvania Sisters of Charity community to lead. She volunteered after Sister Beatrice’s death on September 6. Reports say the arsonists who burned the new site have begun rebuilding the destroyed structures.
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Lowell
Sister Beatrice
Indian Camp
Louisiana
St. John’s Hospital
Sister Benedicta
Sisters of Charity
Reading
Penn
Beatrice
Free Lecture by Col Linehan At First Baptist Church
Col John D Q Linehan, former commander of the New Hampshire G A R, will lecture again on music and songs of the war at the First Baptist church tomorrow evening. Z guitars and illustrated music by the church choir, cornet solos by Mr Keane of the Third N H regiment band, and free admission for all. All G A K organizations invited. A genuine treat for the public and First Baptist people. Linehan's talk is deeply interesting and the cornet playing is praised.
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John D. Q Linehan
New Hampshire
First Baptist Church
N. H. Regiment
First Baptist
Col. Linehan
Keane
Four-Wheelers Replacing Big Cars on Pawtucket Bridge Route
Westford street patrons lose the new big cars as electric vehicles return to the Pawtucket bridge for the first time in months. Three large cars are replaced by four-wheelers to meet bridge restrictions. Chelmsford street line gains the change. Final route plan pending likely joins Andover street and Christian hill with Pawtucket lines, with Westford street run solo.
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Pawtucket
Westford Street
Lowell
Chelmsford Street
Andover Street
Christian Hill
The Orchestral Society Auction of Honorary Seats Opens
The Lowell Orchestral Society began selling honorary seats at Huntington hall at 10 this forenoon. Bidders paid premiums on a few prime seats, with the top premium 75 cents. Many good seats remain for sale at Austin's music store.
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Lowell Orchestral Society
Huntington Hall
E. T. Goward
John H. Lambert
Frank M. Short
O. A. Libby
Austin
Hood Plan Favored by County on Andover Street Route
The county commissioners announced Saturday night they favor the Bowditch road known as the Hood plan for extending Andover street. The Tewksbury selectmen met the commissioners Saturday to learn of the decision.
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Andover Street
Bowditch Road
Tewksbury
Boys overcoats sell well in early department store sale
The advertised boys department features long boxy coats with cuffs and yoke shoulders in gray Melton at 4 dollars. Styles include all wool Friezes and Kerseys at 5 dollars, finer Rough Viennas and Worsteds 6 to 8 dollars, and Russian Coats for little fellows 5 to 8 dollars. Reefers range 1.25 to 5, with All Wool Friezes at 3. Visit our Boys' Dept today.
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Melton
Stabbing case leads to bond and a crowded police court
In a busy police court session Judge Hadley continued Charles Markarian on $0 bonds to November 18 after a plea of not guilty to assault with intent to kill. John Martin Patterson remains in critical condition from the stabbing. Several others faced fines or continued cases including Vincent Stamina and Mary Markarian as a witness in the husband’s upcoming trial.
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Charles Markarian
John Martin Patterson
Hadley
Patterson
Markarian
James F. Corbett
William A. Hogan
Vincent Stamina
Peter A. Fay
John J. Harvey
Charles Boric
Eliza Forbes
George Mora
Markham
Keefe
William Dalbois
Joseph Gravel
Archie Laduc
William Williams
Charles Carafel
Alexie M. Proctor
Alexander Girodeau
Howard F. Cooney
Mary Markarian
Capt. Kew
Burnette
New Pneumatic Gun Tested for Eastern Sound Defense
Washington reports highly successful tests of a new dynamite pneumatic gun by a U S Army board at Fisher's Island. The weapon, built in Scranton, Pa, enhances fortifications guarding the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound from New London to New York, with secrecy surrounding the project.
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Washington
United States Army
Fisher's Island
Fisher’s Island
New London
New York
Plum Island
Scranton
Sandy Hook
San Francisco
Champions At It In Six Day Go As You Please Race
Pittsburg crowds fill old city hall at midnight to witness the start of a 142 hour go as you please race for the championship. Twenty two starters including Geo Tracey, United States champion, and Geo Cartwright, England’s champion, begin on a 20 lap mile track as the field surges away.
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Pittsburg
Geo. Tracey
United States
Geo Cartwright
England
Fractured Ankle After Slipping on Chapel Street
Terrence McNulty of 9 Ames Street slipped Sunday night on Chapel Street and fractured his right ankle. He received treatment at Lowell Emergency hospital. Emery Soule, a renowned cyclist, injured a finger at Lowell Machine shop when a nail was torn off after getting caught between two iron pieces.
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Chapel Street
Terrence McNulty
Ames Street
Lowell Emergency Hospital
Emery
Soule
Lowell
Woman in canal body buried at Edson cemetery
No positive identification was found for the woman recovered from the Jackson street canal on Friday. Awaiting confirmation, the body was buried this morning by Undertaker Brooks in Edson cemetery under the name Delia Thompson, despite two individuals asserting it was another woman.
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Canal
Jackson Street
Edson
Brooks
Delia Thompson
Great hound dead valued at ten thousand dollars
San Francisco reports the death of the famed coursing hound For Freedom, a dog of world renown and valued at $10,000. The storied champion passed away, ending a notable era in track dog history.
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San Francisco
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Gray
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Ward
Five
Benedicta
Mr. Keane
Pawtucketville
the Orchestral Society
Merrimack Clothing Company
City Hall
Judge Hadley
John M. Patterson
Olie Christianson
Leroy R. Fletcher
Hannah Donovan
Ralph A. Clark
John G. McCluskey
Massachusetts Reformatory
Henry Fisher
State Farm
Ernest Pinard
Arthur Woods
Samuel Renaud
Tobin
Woods
Renaud
Middlesex Street
Long Island Sound
Great Hound
Askenoschessierce
Q'Sullivan Bros. Co
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