Clever Crook Kenyon Sentenced to Reformatory for Larceny
In Lowell Judge Hadley sent Arthur Kenyon alias Frank J Welch to the reformatory after he confessed to stealing a watch a pocketbook and $3 from George W Clark of the water department. Police found pawn checks in his clothing linking him to larcenies in Boston Providence and Manchester. Kenyon claimed 17 but officers deemed him 22. Also fined was Mary E Melvin for drunkenness with Cider Lord who is blind receiving four months to the workhouse.
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Hadley
Arthur Kenyon
Frank J. Welch
George W. Clark
Water Department
Lowell
Clark
Inland Street
City Farm
Mr. Clark
Donaldson
Maher
Merrimack Street
City Hall
Boston
Providence
Manchester
Arthur J. Welch
Kenyon
Albany
Welch
N. H
Reformatory
Middlesex Street
Law
Pearl and
Middlesex Streets
Charles A. Lord
Lord
Judge Hadley
Jon J. Maloney
Maloney household cruelty leads to fines and probation
In a Maloney family case Judge Hadley fined the father fifteen dollars and remanded him on peace bonds after evidence from the wife described severe abuse and welts on a young boy. Other defendants faced assaults, drunkenness sentences, and workhouse terms as inspectors noted larceny of a streetcar pick.
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Timothy
Maloney
Hadley
Fire narrowly avoided at Fairmount Street house
A Belvidere fire at 9 am saved a William Owens residence on Fairmount Street from total destruction. Firemen arrived after box 241 alarm at 9:02 and quickly quenched rear shed flames, preventing damage to adjoining property. Estimated loss about 150 dollars.
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William Owens
Fairmount Street
Cemetery Trustees Seek $1000 Extra for Year End
Cemetery trustees inform the city council they need an additional appropriation of 1000 dollars to finish the year as current funds are insufficient to keep the department running.
WANTED Young ladies and men for home copy work
Classified notices offer pay for writing at home with envelopes to send for details. Jobs include young ladies and young men, copy letters, and home evenings with weekly or large per activity. Addresses and department numbers given for Philadelphia and Pawtucketville notices. Also several sale and rental items for wagons, a collie puppy, and a modern apartment near Textile school with steam heat listed.
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Filbert Dept
Philadelphia
Pines
Libby
Robbins Street
Rigby
Chase Avenue
Pawtucketville
Moody Street
Westford Street
Butler Ames Career Highlights Shaping Fifth District Race
A partisan-free view of Butler Ames of Lowell as a likely next congressman follows his track record in the Spanish war. The narrative details his engineering service with the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers in Virginia, his West Point and MIT training, and a notable clash with a rival colonel over a destroyed bridge. Information is drawn from a commissioned officer's account cited in the article.
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Lawrence
Butler Ames
Lowell
Washington
Ames
Massachusetts Volunteers
Army Corps
Virginia
Lieut. Ames
Cuba
West Point
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alonzo G. Walsh
Porto Rico
Dallas Firms Merge as New Electric Network Aims High
Dallas equity talks reveal Dallas Electric Light and Power and related companies merging under Dallas Electric to form a city and regional electric network. A Boston firm and Sherman backers consider a Dallas to Waco interurban rail line at 3 million dollars, with plans to extend toward Austin and Sherman Austin links. A Sherman committee reviews the proposal and possible 10 to 20 feeders of 20 to 49 miles each.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas Ice Factory
Ht and Power Company
Kansas Ty
Texas
Dallas Electric Corporation
Dallas Electric Light and Power Company
Standard Light and Power Company
Rapid Transit Street Railway Company
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Sherman
Waco
Austin
Lightning strikes church during funeral in Beaumont
A lightning bolt tore through the roof of a negro church in Beaumont Texas yesterday during a funeral. The steeple was demolished and in the ensuing panic mourners fled the building. One man was killed and five others injured.
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Beaumont
Tex
Ayer’s Hair Vigor Promises Youthful Look for Graying Hair
A patient note extols Ayer’s Hair Vigor for a older appearing woman with thin gray hair. The ad-like line encourages revealing the product to the subject and framing it as easing aging effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Ievatucn
Suit Begins Over Merrimack House Property Dispute
In superior court Holt versus Thompson concluded arguments and sent to the jury at 10 40. Judge Aiken explained chain of title from Hunt to Holt via Thompson and wife, noting burdens of proof for deeds and wills. At 11 15 the jury returned a verdict for the defendant Mrs Thompson. A separate Salman Sirk versus Emery and Nute suit concerns sale of Merrimack House to Sirk and alleged breach of contract with $75,000 damages, with continuation promised on page seven.
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Holt
Hunt
Thompson
Thom
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Mrs. Thompson
Salman Sirk
Wm. H. ‘Emery
Elmina L. Nute
F. E. Dunbar
Richardson, Tru & Wier
Merrimack House
J. E. Conant & Co
Mr. Sirk
Miners Leader Holds Back on Arbitration Offer
Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 14 President Mitchell of the Miners union refused to speak for publication on the new arbitration proposal for the coal strike presented to President Roosevelt. Reactions among miners split between rejection and cautious optimism while Mitchell weighs his position and the operators push for a diverse commission. The public mood is hopeful but officials warn the plan may be faulty and a counter proposal prompts further debate as three district presidents travel to the city for a possible joint convention.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Roosevelt
White House
United States
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Sohn Pitchell
Duffy
John Fahy
George E. Howe
Mary Howe
Howe
Willie
Cornelius O'Neil
Dennis Lowry
George H. Tully
Eugene Vincent
Patrick Sheridan
Edward Riley
David Hadden
William Woodbine
John Tobin
Emil Paignon
Patrick Horan
Belvidere
Fairmount Street House
S. Sirk
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