The Youngest Son and Other Tidbits Reflected
A fragmentary page mixes a verse reflection by Catherine Young Glen in St Nicholas with stray news snippets. It mentions Delmonico’s chef, Olympia, five Montpelier policemen, a Long Meadow golfer, a Philadelphia women’s championship, a New York yacht race idea, Albertina station master, and General Joubert, conveyed in brisk item notes.
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Willin
Catherine Young
Glen
St. Nicholas
Long Meadow
Philadelphia
Odd US imports and California wine fire cure tale
A fragmentary report notes that Mexican mahogany imports by the United States rose by 190 000 dollars to total 413 000 dollars last year. It also mentions horseshoes in Japan described as twisted straw and a California forest fire being fought by pumping 40 000 gallons of wine onto the flames.
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Japan
United States
California
Thirteenth quarrel after three months marriage
A humorous Collier's Weekly quote recalls a couple’s thirteenth quarrel in three months of marriage. The husband accuses his wife of marrying for money, while she says she married to upset Kate Scott, who had rejected him. The exchange turns on love, motive, and jealousy.
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Kate Scott
Collier’s Weekly
Rising beef prices spark customer complaints at city eateries
A Chicago Tribune exchange notes higher porterhouse costs and smaller portions as beef prices rise, with a restaurant proprietor citing scarcity and customers pressing for explanations amid the urban dining scene.
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Chicago Tribune
British Troops Suffer Heavy Losses at Hafekling and Rail Clash
London reports from Capetown and Durban detail an armored train destroyed near Hafeking with fifteen British troopers killed and wreckage shelled. A refugee train collision near Victoria West kills nine. A large Boer force occupies Laing's Neck and non-combatants are moved to Cape Town, with three hundred women and children already relocated.
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London
Capetown
Hafeking
Victoria West
Cape Town
Vryburg
Durban
Natal
Lueut
Col. Nime
Laing
Cape Colony
Northfield Welcomes Admiral Dewey At Cornerstone Ceremony
In Northfield Vermont on October 18 the town of Norwich University and Admiral Dewey joined in a Green Mountain welcome. Dewey laid the cornerstone of the new Dewey Memorial hall funded by subscriptions. Col Henry O. Kent spoke and Chauncey M. Depew delivered remarks praising work and thoroughness as keys to success.
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Northfield
Norwich University
Dewey
Green Mountain
Henry O. Kent
Chauncey M. Depew
Duel Reported In Paris Involving Col Schneider
Paris October 13 A reporter of the Intransigeant says Col Schneider former Austro Hungarian embassy aide was carried by train doctors for a side wound after a duel claim. He had returned from Switzerland to fight Capt Ciugnet over evidence in Rennes court martial.
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Paris
Col
Schneider
Switzerland
Ciugnet
Rennes
Yacht Race Canceled Due to Heavy Fog at Sandy Hook
Fog forced officials to call off the yacht race after consultations between Iselin and Lipton. No race today at Sandy Hook, noon reports say. Indications from Boston predict fair weather for Massachusetts with variable winds overnight and Saturday.
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Sandy Hook
Iselin
Lipton
Boston
Massachusetts
Massacre at Balabar Triggers German Expedition Tragedy
The Niger reports Lieut Guise master German commissioner at Rio del Rey and Kerr Loomeyer slain with a hundred native soldiers after a native guide betrayed the expedition near the cross river on the boundary between British and German territory. Two British traders fled downstream in a canoe to Rio del Rey amid overall uproar.
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Liverpool
Niger
Africa
Lieut
Guise
Rio del Rey
Old Calabar
Biafra
Kerr Loomeyer
Cross River
Cameroons
Canadian Minister Agrees to Temporary Alaskan Dispute Settlement
London Oct 12 Sir Louis Henry Davies Canadian minister of marine and fisheries informs the Associated Press that he has given Canada’s consent to a temporary arrangement of the Alaskan dispute. This practically settles the matter for the time being.
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London
Louis Henry Davies
Alaska Boundary Talks Indicate Provisional Settlement
United States and Great Britain move toward a temporary understanding on the Alaska boundary. Col John Hay to sign papers soon and Reginald Tower to ratify for Britain. Sir Louis Davies notes the line drawn across Chilkat pass serves only to avert friction while Canada resists conceding its claims.
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Ing
United States
John Hay
Reginald T. Tower
Washington
Great Britain
Sir Louis Davies
Chilkat Pass
Canada
England
Colonial Office
Joint High Commission
Edw Gaines Shot Through Heart in Vermont Accident
Edw Gaines a 20 year old Vermont man was shot dead while killing chickens in Bristol. A pistol discharged when its trigger snagged on his coat turning the gun against his left side causing instant death. Also covered were Manchester Mills stockholders reelecting officers N J Rust and Charles W Jones with profits of 11507747, the Montrose wreckage missing, and weavers strike at Faulkner and Colony mills in Keene New Hampshire seeking wage increases while the plant shut down.
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Gaines
Bristol
Young Gaines
Manchester Mills Corporation
N. J. Rust
Boston
Charles W. Jones
Faulkner & Colony Mfg. Co
Keene
N. H
Talbot Mills Band Association Elects Executive Committee
Last evening in Father Mathew hall Lowell street the Talbot mills band association held its annual meeting and elected an executive committee including Charles H Kohlrausch J F Talbot F B Clark W A Evans O M Hanson J F Hannon Wm T Taylor John Hughes Edward Costello and Patrick Monahan The band also played a concert before and after the meeting.
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Talbot Mills Band Association
Father Mathew Hall
Lowell Street
Charles H. Kohlrausch
J. F. Talbot
Clark
W. A. Pbvans
O. M. Hanson
J. F. Hannon
Wm. T. Taylor
John Hughes
Edward Costello
Patrick Monahan
Talbot Mills
Board of Registers
Union Hall
Town Hall
Billerica Centre
Walter Whitehead
Belfast
J. F. Roome
Talbot Avenue
Mary
Laura Forbes
Watson Holt
James Colson
Man Purchases Gun. Accidental Discharge Fires Across Street
Shortly before 9 pm a man entered Zotique Parent's gun store at 557 Middlesex Street to buy a firearm. While demonstrating a breech loader, the loaded cartridge discharged after the stock closed, the ball tearing through front windows, across the street into G. H. Perault's market, narrowly missing bystanders and lodging in a partition with no further injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zotique Parent
Middlesex Street
G. H. Perault
Lowell Man Sues Nashuan for Alienation of Wife
In Nashua on a crowded Wednesday superior court heard the case Jones versus Keyes over alleged alienation of a wife's affections. BE. C. Jones, of 114 Rock Street, sues Clarence M. Keyes of Nashua, a railroad carpenter, claiming repeated visits led to the separation a year and a half ago. Keyes testified that visits were by invitation and for repairs or social, not improper, with witnesses from Lowell and Boston corroborating or challenging the claims as the trial proceeded.
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Nashua
Jones Vs. Keyes
BE. Cc. Jones
Rock Street
Clarence M. Keyes
Keyes
Clyde
Boston & Maine Railroad
E. C. Jones
Gilbert Jones
BE. C. Jonnes
Jones
Moore
Fairmount Street
Lowell
French
Emma Middleton
East Boston
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Keyes
The
Mr. Jones
Arthur Smith
Gilbert C. Jones
Livingston Case in Lowell Superior Court Continues
The Livingston versus City of Lowell case proceeded at 9:30 in the Lowell Superior Court with J H Shepard testifying on valuation corrections. Witnesses including James T Smith Henry C Fuller J F Holden Abel W Wheeler and others assessed land gains damages and benefits from Princeton street widening. Substantial figures cited include Livingston net gain 1974 and damages estimated at 28 with other witnesses valuing land at foot. The session also covered larceny cases involving Bedros Bedros and Maggertly with verdicts likely guilty and bail set at 800.
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Wm. EB. Livingston
Livingston
James T. Smith
Lowell
Washington
Princeton Street
Richardson
Qua
Smith
Livingstone
Mr. Smith
Mr. Livingston
Henry C. Fuller
J. F. Holden
Mr. Qua
Holden
Mr. Richardson
Abel W. Wheeler
Board of
F. Barney
M. G. Perkins
W. E. Livingston
Peter Bedros
Bagdassar Maggertly
W. Bonasina
Charles Street
Manami
Bedros
Maggertly
Petros Bedros
Bonansina
Bonasina
Mageertly
Brosnahan
W. A. Hogan
D. J. Donohue
Jeremiah Karnees
Peter Kellerve
Massachusetts Reformatory
Quarrel Results and Defendants Held for Grand Jury
The court this morning freed Frank H. Gahan after a simple drunkenness case. John M. Miller and John J. Riley were fined $50 each for keeping liquor and, upon appeal with counsel Harvey, held for the superior court in $300. George Eno faced William Wilkinson over an assault at the Hale street suspender factory, where Wilkinson testified Eno struck him after being denied entry.
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Frank H. Gahan
John M. Miller
John J. Riley
Harvey
George Eno
William Wilkinson
Eno
Wilkinson
Hale Street
Dewey Train Special Passes Lowell En Route to White River
The Admiral Dewey special of the Boston and Maine railroad passed Lowell at 9 this morning en route from White River Junction to Boston. The three-car train includes Dr Webb's Elsmere private car, President Tuttle's car, and a baggage car. The Olympia engine is praised as one of the east's best and to reach Boston in four hours, an hour faster than usual. The Elsmere is described as a magnificent private car costing over 50,000 dollars, with ten-person capacity and extensive mahogany and black walnut fittings, including a mahogany writing desk, a dining parlor, and sleeping berths for servants. The admiral is expected to stay in the Elsmere, with extensive accommodations for his party.
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Admiral Dewey
Tuttle
Boston and Maine Railroad
Lowell
White River Junction
Dr. Webb
Elsmere
Olympia
Boston
Fifteen Candidates Vie for High School Physical Culture Post
The high school seeks a temporary instructor after Mrs. Emma Manning Huntley resigned. Up to 15 candidates from various cities compete for the position while a sub-committee decides, and the full board will soon elect.
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Emma Manning Huntley
Farmer Swindled Over Potatoes in Corinna Maine
An elderly Corinna farmer reported the theft of sixteen bushels of potatoes after two unknown young men hired a team at George Taylor's livery and agreed to deliver them for resale. The wagon was found empty on Fort Street with no potatoes. The farmer, hoping to testify, provided his name to police inspectors.
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Corinna
Maine
Lowell
George Taylor
Lawrence Street
Fort Street
Republican convention for 26th Middlesex district set
The 26th Middlesex representative Republican convention will be held Monday October 16 at 7 39 p m in the Lincoln club room Hildreth building.
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Middlesex Representative Republican
Lincoln Club
Hildreth Building
No Arrests Reported in Ongoing Murder Mystery
No arrests today as police inspectors pursue a developing clue in the murder mystery. No definite progress disclosed. investigators are following up leads, with no arrests in the last 24 hours.
John Hawthorn Falls From Wagon On Middle Street
John Hawthorn fell from an express job team on Middle Street this morning and sustained a slight cut over the eye that was treated at St. John's hospital. Interest on taxes will begin after Friday October 20.
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John Hawthorn
Middle Street
St. John’s Hospital
Mrs. C A Cruchet Returns From New York Visit
Mrs C A Cruchet has returned from a three weeks visit to New York. Joe Harrington and William H Mul ecahey of Lowell are members of the Breach of Promise company. Mr Jacob Murphy, veteran conductor on the Stony Brook branch of the Boston and Maine railroad, is critically ill at his home in Billerica. He has been off duty for several weeks in the hope of regaining his health. Mr and Mrs N Burke of Nesmith street had their second at home reception yesterday. Mrs White Mrs Norcross Mrs Blodgett Miss Burke Miss Edith Stott and Miss Louie Shilingwood assisted in entertaining during the afternoon and evening.
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C. A. Cruchet
New York
Joe Harrington
William H. Mulecahey
Lowell
Jacob Murphy
Stony Brook
Boston and Maine Railroad
Billerica
N. Burke
Nesmith Street
White
Norcross
Blodgett
Miss Burke
Edith Stott
Louie Shilingwood
Pollard lamps dazzle shoppers in fairyland display
A. G. Pollard & Co promotes a new lamp department with modern burners and artistic designs. A Republican convention for the 27th district is scheduled at Republican headquarters on October 16 at 2 o'clock. The Seventh Day Adventist church led by Elder A Hi Clark holds Sabbath school at 2 and a 3 pm service on the topic Filled With the Spirit at old Highland hall.
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Crockery Department
A. G. Pollard & CO
Republican
Seventh Day Adventist Church
A. Hi. Clark
Old Highland Hall
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Nota Bene
Delmonico
Montpelier
Manchester
Lawrence
Lady Smith
Albertina
Ally Sloper
Traders
NAT. Bank
Life Insurance, Provident ‘Life and Trust CO
E Utuss
Robert F. Marden
Corrier-Citizen Building
Dewey Memorial Hall
Col. Schneider
Balabar
Montrose
Straits of
Belle Isle
North Billerica
Merrimack Street
Cor. Worthen
J. E. Leary
Lowell Man
Nashuan
Superior Court
E. J. Medina
Merrimcak Street
Admiral
Merrimack
City Hall
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