Dowie Draws Great Throng to Madison Square Garden
New York October 18 five thousand turned away as all seats filled at Madison Square Garden for John Alexander Dowie first New York appearance. Fourteen thousand filled the garden by 2 30 pm for a service featuring a Zion choir and Christian Catholic Church officers. Dowie preached with dramatic gestures and declared open doors to all who would invite Jesus in while addressing press and audiences.
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Madison Square Garden
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Christian Catholic Church In
Dr. Dowie
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Dowie
Mr. Dowie
King
Kings
Christ
Samaria
Old Joe
Jesus
Chicago
Draw Bridge Breaks Over Chesapeake and Ohio Train
Washington reports the F. F. W. Chesapeake and Ohio train left at 11 15 tonight and crossed the Long bridge to Virginia. Ambulances rush to the scene. By 12 25 a m Oct 19 no fatalities or injuries reported. The draw broke as the engine passed, the tender fell, and the baggage car was badly dipped.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginia Shore
Negro hanged himself in police cell amid murder mystery
In St Louis on October 18 police believed the death of Mrs Kate Lauman found by the Normandy road was partly solved by the suicide of John Williams a black man arrested last night as a suspect. Williams hanged himself in his cell during jail alarm over a fire. He feared a mob would lynch him.
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St. Louis
Kate Lauman
Normandy
John Williams
Williams
Beaten and Shot Near Portsmouth Insurance Agent Murder
Howard Test, local agent for an industrial insurance company, was dragged from Mrs. McCullum's house and killed last night. Rufus Burnham and Moses Johnson are under arrest for murder, reportedly intoxicated and quarreling with Mrs. McCullom. Test was rumored to be a friend of the woman.
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Portsmouth
Howard Test
McCullum
Rufus Burcham
Moses Johnson
Pope appoints Mgr Merry Del Val Papal Secretary
Rome October 18 The Pope has named Mgr Merry Del Val as papal secretary of state in a letter presented to him The official nomination will await the next consistory when the monsignor will be made a cardinal and thus assume the role.
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Rome
Mgr
Merry del Val
Italian Woman Sought After Shooting of Mrs Marvin
New York police reserve units scoured swamps around Bath Beach tonight seeking Antoinette Dellamota an Italian woman after she fired two shots at Mrs Elizabeth Marvin wounding her in the lower body. Marvin had earlier evicted Dellamota from a flat she claimed was hers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bath Beach
Antoinette Dellamota
Elizabeth Marvin
Robbery Read as Theft at Pekin Legation
An October 18 report from Pekin reframes the event at the British legation as a robbery of ordnance stores by Chinese servants during a military ball, who took gun fittings and portable articles but left detonating apparatus outside the magazine.
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Pekin
Legation
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine
A vintage cold remedy advertisement promising cure in one day. It touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by druggists for 25 cents with refunds if the product fails to cure and features E W Grove’s signatures on each box.
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E. W. Grove
The Yan kee Consul at Opera House with Raymond Hitchcock
Raymond Hitchcock headlines Henry W. Savage new comic opera The Yankee Consul at the Opera House tonight with a strong Boston cast including Flora Zabelle Eva Davenport Rose Betti and Jacques Kruger A lively program features numbers like Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Hours Make and Yo Ho The company promises a grand live chorus and elaborate staging Tomorrow Hearts of Oak by Herne and Kremer's For Her Children's Sake follow with a costly production Friday and Saturday bring The Old Mill Stream by Daniel Sully.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Henry W. Savage
Mr. Savage
Henry M. Blossom, Jr
Alfred G. Robyn
Mr. Hitchcock
Flora Zabelle
Dodo
Eva Davenport
Rose Betti
Boston
Jacques Kruger
Harry Brown
Hubert Wilke
Harry Fairleigh
Parker Coombs
Frank Ranney
Albert Juhre
Sally McNeel
Yo- Ho
New York
Idyle of the Links leads Casto bill of acts
Frank Gardiner and Lottie Vincent star in Mr Gardiner’s An Idyle of the Links at Casto with a strong supporting lineup. The Four Roberts The Dollmaker’s Dilemma Kelly and Reno Martella and Lancaster Besnah and Miller Maud Day Caine Harry Dudley and Alice Cheslyn round out the variety program with singing dancing and comedy acts.
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Frank Gardiner
Lottie Vincent
Mr. Gardiner
Haynes
Casto
Roberts
Kelly
Reno
Martella
Lancaster
Besnah and Miller
Maud Day Caine
Mabel McKinley
Anona
Harry Dudley
Alice Cheslyn
Temple theatre presents Charron Conservatory Stock company
Manager Murray announces a week of entertainment at the Temple theatre headlined by Wood and Berry in The Storm at Sea. The program features the Charron Conservatory Stock company with Bennett Charron, D. Chamberlain, Viola Wentworth, Bertha Russell and others in a one act farce The Troubles of Marmaduke. Also on bill are James Mooney Ida Holbein Gilbert Helen Mack Hugh McVey Ma June and more.
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Murray
Temple Theatre
Charron Conservatory
Bennett Charron
Mr. D. Chamberlain
Viola Wentworth
Bertha Russell
Marmaduke
Wood and Berry
James Mooney
Ida Holbein
Gilbert
Miss Russell
Heart of Chicago at Academy of Music for three nights
The Heart of Chicago returns to the Academy of Music this afternoon for a three night engagement. The production is famous for a dramatic railroad scene and a strong cast, with new specialties promised this season. Fans in Lowell flock to see the show, with many turned away at past performances. The run is expected to draw record receipts and enthusiastic crowds.
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Heart of Chicago
Academy of Music
Lowell
Academy
Of the Kitties band appears in Huntington hall Friday
A local music item notes the group Of the Kitties performing in Huntington hall on Friday afternoon. The brief highlights a daytime concert likely part of the venue's weekly schedule. </s>
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Kitties
Huntington Hall
Opera Stage Workers Ready for Curtain Rise
Stage carpenters and electricians arranged massive opera settings and cleared hall scenery. The crew’s ingenuity enabled an oriental splendor in scenes and brilliant choruses. Despite Saturday rain, many Lowell residents went to the Y M C A rooms to reserve seats.
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Lowell
President refuses to reinstate U.S. Marshal Field
Senator Proc tor of Vermont met with the President in Washington on October 17 to urge reconsideration of the dismissal of U S Marshal Field of Vermont over the escape of Chinese nationals being sent back to China. The President called the evidence convincing and declined to reconsider.
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Washington
Proctor
Vermont
U.S. Marshal Field
China
Ten Years Hard Labor for Assassination in Moscow
A Turco Armenian, Inadsian, is condemned to ten years hard labor in Moscow for killing Russo Armenian banker Jan garoff. The victim reportedly failed to provide 15,000 roubles to the Armenian national fund after being kidnapped in the Caucasus.
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St. Petersburg
Inadsian
Moscow
Jangaroff
Armenian National Fund
Caucasus
Tidal Wave Injures Several Aboard Etruria
Cunard steamer Etruria struck by a tidal wave after leaving New York on Oct 10. Mrs. W. W. Hall suffered a fractured ankle and dislocated hip and was taken to Liverpool hospital. Her husband W. W. Hall, weakened by heart disease, died Oct 15 from shock. Damage included loss of port side of the captain's bridge and several stanchions.
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London
Cunard Line
Etruria
New York
Liverpool
W. W. Hall
Liverpool Hospital
Habeas Corpus Seizes 14 Year Old Bates Son in Newport
Sheriff Mumford of Providence arrived with habeas corpus from the Providence appellate division to take custody of Charles Halsey Bates the 14 year old son of Dr William Bates of New York. The boy has lived with his step mother and step grandmother after his father disappeared abroad. The writ names Ada Bates and E Zaman as imprisonment parties. The sheriff will present the boy before the Providence court on Wednesday.
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R. L
Mumford
Providence
Appelate Division
Supreme Court
Charles Halsey Bates
William Bates
New York
London
C. Peterson
Ketcherly
Ada Bates
E. Zaman
Drunken Quarrel Ends With Injuries On Stairs
Fall River on October 18 John Lynch aged 35 lies in City hospital with a severe head wound and Mary Clegg aged 45 is under arrest after a drinking party erupted into a quarrel on the stairs. Lynch sustained scalp injuries and possible skull fracture while both fell twenty feet. witnesses vary on the sequence as police continue investigations and Clegg faces arraignment tomorrow.
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Fall River
John Lynch
Mary Clegg
Lynch
Clegg
Newburyport Meeting Eyed Local Painters Labels
Twenty two locals from Boston and nearby attended the Massachusetts district council 265 Painters and Decorators and Paper Hangers of America convention. James F. O'Neil of Boston presided as labels were issued in Chelsea Lawrence and Boston. The group endorsed E. J. Featherstone of Boston for sixth vice president and referred several matters to the November meeting in Boston.
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Boston
Vicinity
Massachusetts District Council
America
James F. O'Neil
Chelsea
Lawrence
E. J. Featherstone
National Organization
Embezzling Former Postmaster Sentenced in Missouri
Ferridon Wise former postmaster at Fair Dealing Rhiley county Missouri pleaded guilty to embezzling government funds. In federal court he received two years in the penitentiary and a $1050 fine for issuing money orders totaling 1042 to cover personal obligations. He admitted the offense saying he intended to replace the funds but was blocked by early account checks.
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St. Louis
Ferridon Wise
Fair Dealing
Rhiley County
Wise
Milk War Again Sequel Possible Routes Planned
Boston, Oct. 18, milk producers union prepares to establish its own distribution routes if arbitration fails. A meeting to discuss output limitation in the temporary agreement is set for next Thursday. Secretary W. A. Hunter says he doubts arbitration will succeed and will decide on future action accordingly.
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Boston
Milk Producers’ Union
Producers’ Union
W. A. Hunter
Simple Albany wedding for Miss Mabel Martin
Miss Mabel Martin daughter of Henry T Martin and niece of Bradley Martin was married today to Frank E Seeley by Rev W W Battershall at the bride’s home The ceremony followed a postponed planned Oct 14 wedding delayed by Miss Martins sudden illness requiring surgery at Albany hospital Only immediate relatives attended
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Albany
N. Y
Mabel Martin
Henry T. Martin
Bradley-Martin
Frank E. Seeley
W. W. Battershall
Martin
Albany Hospital
Decapitation by Electric Wire Near Peckville
Melion Basselego a 55 year old Polish miner was decapitated near his Peckville home after a fallen electric pole wire was brought down by last week’s storms. He was hunting a lost cow when struck, fell across the live line, and died as his head separated and rolled three feet away.
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Scranton
Melion Basselego
Peckville
Farm Bargain Offer With 70 Acres And Improvements
Fine property features 70 acres with running water, a house and barn, mill, and two ponds. Suitable as summer home, asking 2800, buildings may be costly to replace. Includes boarding house with eight rooms, well furnished, regular boarders, good profits. Located centrally with photos available at the office. Contact T. H. Elr at 64 Central Street, phone 908-2.
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T. H. Elr
Central Street
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