Fay Harrington libel trial recounts Jarbeau shows
Court heard witness testimony on The Passing Show at the Opera house, detailing Madame Jarbeau's Cleopatra appearance and Phrenette costumes. Hedging arguments centered on decency of the production, extent of public criticism, and motives behind Fay Bros ads and Harrington's coverage.
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Fay Et Als
Harrington
Lilley
Mr. Harrington
Fay
Mr. Bent
Marrington
Opera House
the Sun
Bijou
Carmencita
Wagner
Gounod
Mozart
Verdi
Madame Jarbeau
Emil J. Borjes
Opera
Hogan
Oliver H. Perry
Middlesex Manufacturing Company
William S*. Dollard
Cleopatra
Ushex
Charlies R. Costello
Fay Brothers & Hosford
John H. Harrington
Charles R. Costello
Jarbeau
Sheriff Stiles
Harringoth
Usuak
City Hall
Frank J. Simonds
Lowell Daily News
John J. Hogan
Lowell Daily Sun
Mr. Fay
Harrington’s Article With Reference To His Differences With Mr. Fay
Gvery
Dixie’s In It in Dixie Song Line From Atlanta Constitution
The verse recalls Southern cotton prices and the refrain Pick away down South in Dixie. A lyric fragment notes seven cents and eight for cotton with wheat rising to a silver dollar, imagining a future where cotton climbs and the speaker follows.
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Dixie
Atlanta Constitution
Friezes, Frustrations, and Fading Fortunes in Federal Songs
In a portrait of shifting tides, Luetgert appeals for minority rights while Pullman heirs face a bleak future as Pullman’s act severs their support. Hetty Green appears as an elusive figure amid political indifference. Apple growers fret as autumn baskets dwindle and city officials reject popular refrains.
Arctic expedition to map north polar region planned
Noting Harmsworth will dispatch two ships next season to extend the Arctic survey despite a $200,000 cost. The aim is to complete a map of all accessible north polar areas while keeping the Jackson expedition active.
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Jackson
Harmsworth
Arctic
North Polar
Cooling tips and fit fixes from an old exchange
A reader seeks hot weather coping tips and waist adjustments for a shirt. The replies advise drawing in the waist with a dark tape strip and drinking ice water. A hotel umbrella incident ends with a prank card about a man who can run twelve miles.
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Geor
Titus
Boiler Burst Kills Four at Detroit Cabinet Works
A boiler explosion at Detroit Cabinet works this morning killed four men including the engineer and two assistants. Many workers were buried in the ruins and some may be dead, though the final count was not yet known.
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Detroit
Mich
Tool-maker Killed Crossing Railroad Track in Waterbury
Waterbury report says Charles Fuchs a 30 year old tool-maker was killed while attempting to cross in front of an express train. The flagman signalled the train but Fuchs believed he had time and was thrown about thirty feet.
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Waterbury, Conn
Charles Fuchs
Fuchs
Hartsville Man Dies After Shooting by Nathan Mosely
George M. Spencer of Hartsville died at 9 o'clock this morning from wounds inflicted by Nathan Mosely a demented man who shot him last Saturday Mosely remains missing in Great Barrington announced on Oct 22 1900s reporting style.
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Great Barrington
George M. Spencer
Hartsville
Nathan Mosely
Mosely
Police Court Sentences In Hadley Courtroom
In Police court this morning The resa Kelley among eight drunkards was sent to the work house for five months. Philip Laduke pled larceny and received six months in jail. Josephine Poirier described as a stubborn child was sent to the state industrial school at Lancaster.
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Theresa Kelley
Philip Laduke
Josephine Poirier
Lancaster
Explosion harms crew on Texas launch during Boston visit
During the Texas visit to Boston a steam launch exploded near 5 30 pm. Six seamen were badly injured and sent to sick bay while twelve others were thrown into the water and rescued. The blast wrecked the launch’s boiler area, blackened the Texas hull, and stemmed from boiler water exhaustion. Names of wounded include Fisher Phillips Dubose Delehanty Wad hams Bristol and others.
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Boston
Texas
Sick Bay
John Phillips
John Fisher
Fisher
Phillips
Thomas Sullivan
Delehanty
Bristol
Wadhams
W. R. Dubose
B Dubose
Lieut
Dr. Dubose
B. David
L. Dodd
James Foell
All Wool Twilled Flannel Bargain at 15 Cents a Yard
Seven cases of seconds wool flannel in red and navy blue twill 27 inches wide offered at 15 cents a yard. Mostly manufacturing imperfections, not affecting quality. Bargain department listing by A. G. Pollard & Co.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Mrs Brown Leaves San Mateo for Boston Visit
Mrs D C Brown of San Mateo California, who has been visiting her uncle James Lynch at 640 Bridge Street and friends for four months, began her return trip yesterday and will stop in Boston to visit cousin Phillip Smith, assistant custodian in the Boston post office.
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D. C. Brown
San Mateo
California
James Lynch
Bridge Street
Boston
Phillip Smith
Boston Post Office
Massachusetts Prison Census Reveals Populaton Rise in 1897
The Massachusetts Prison Association reports 8057 inmates on September 30, 1897, up from 7522 in 1896. Most growth occurs in county prisons due to drunkenness commitments. Deer Island rises to 1870, Suffolk County up 260, state prison up 30, Concord reformatory up 50, Women’s Prison down 45. The association’s new publication Crime and Criminals includes 16 articles by leading experts and Phillips Brooks’s sermon Our Duty to the Prisoner from 1888.
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Massachusetts Prison Association
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Deer Island
Reformatory
Concord
Phillips Brooks
National Prison Association
Public access offer from Boston association
A statement notes the item has never before been public and can be obtained free by sending a request to the association at 15 Pemberton Square Boston.
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Pemberton Square
Boston
State Aid visits Lowell to review veteran cases
EK CG Stone and stenographer Miss Lena G Bailey arrived in Lowell to inspect the $50 veteran relief cases, reporting the local office in ship shape condition. Clerk H M Potter has long tenure and can present a clean list of cases. Veterans faced four hard years and employment difficulties amid competition with younger men. A special Common Council meeting is set for tonight for a lively debate.
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State Aid Commission
Lowell
Ek.cg. Stone
Lena G. Bailey
H. M. Potter
Special Meeting Called Over Lowell Tentative Suit
A warrant posted Thursday calls a special meeting of the First Congregational society for Oct 28 at 7 30 pm. The sole major article asks what action the society will take regarding a tort suit initiated by the First Trinitarian Congregational church of Lowell against the society, returnable to Middlesex Superior Court on the first Monday of November 1897.
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First Congregational Church
First Trinitarian Congregational Church
First Congregational Society
First Trinitarian Congregational Church of
Lowell
Society of the First Congregational Church
Middlesex County
Obituaries for Sophronia A Wilson and Carrie M Witham
Sophronia A Wilson widow of John Wilson died at Wilson Hill Ca naan New Hampshire on Oct 18 at age 86. Interment was in the village cemetery. She lived in Lowell 64 years ago and was mother of the late Mrs C O Ball. Carrie M Witham wife of Horace L Witham died at 53 Thomas Park South Boston on Oct 20 at age 38. Funeral services at Edson chapel Friday at 2 pm. friends invited.
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Sophronia A
John Wilson
Wilson Hill
Canaan
N. H
Wilson
Lowell
C. O. Ball
Carrie M
Horace L. Witham
Thomas Park
South
Boston
Sarah A. Blodgett
Edson Chapel
Obituaries from Pelham and Lowell Residents
Obituaries note Sarah A. Gibson of Pelham aged 76 years 9 months 8 days and Charles W. Brooks aged 78 at 19% Loring Street with heirs in Elizabeth New Jersey and Lowell. Also Arthur F. Dutton aged 1 year 1 month of 27 Union Street and Gertrude Collins aged 1 year 2 months of 104 Salem Street.
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Rebekahs
Dutton
Union Street
Arthur F
George W
Hattie A. Dutton
Collins
Salem Street
Gertrude
James T
Mary Collins
Marriages in Pelham and Townsend on Oct 20
In Pelham New Hampshire Frank Wilkins and Ethel J Walker both of Pelham were married by Rev Augustus Berry. In Townsend George Bancroft Page of Pepperell to Adele Frances Gates only daughter of George E Gates of Townsend were wed by Rev Charles Babbidge D D of Pepperell.
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Wilkins-Walker
Pelham
N. H
Augustus Berry
Frank Wilkins
Ethel J. Walker
Page-Gates
Townsend
Charles Babbidge
D. D
Pepperell
George Bancroft Page
Adele Frances
George E. Gates
Preserve the Ship Poem Recited at Constitution Celebration
Prof Churchill of Andover read Preserve the Ship at Boston Constitution festivities yesterday. The poem was written by P. J. Lynch, once of this city, for Major William H. Garland, a powder boy aboard the old frigate during her sea fight with the Guerriere.
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Boston
Churchill
Andover
P. J. Lynch
William H. Garland
From Foot to Knee Healed by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Mrs Anna E Eaken of Whittlesey Ohio reports a milk leg sore spreading from foot to knee causing burning itching and discharge. After trying various salves she tried Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which she says healed the limb completely and cleansed the blood. The advertisement urges purchasing Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills cathartic at druggists.
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Hood
Anna E. Eaken
Whittlesey
Ohio
Har rington case closing arguments end in court recess
The closing remarks debate Mr Fay’s public reception and possible damages while noting no explicit loss or special damages were shown. Attorneys Fay Hogan and Bent addressed the jury, with a court recess following Hogan’s 11 45 submission and Bent resuming at 11 55.
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Fay
Harrington
Savoy
Bent
Merrimack Clothing Co Buys Harris Goldberg Stock
Letter from Harris Goldberg & Co New York dated October 21 1897 to Merrimack Clothing Co Lowell Mass states dissolution of their firm on November 1 and acceptance of offer to transfer remaining stock at about 50 cents on the dollar. Goods go on sale today at Merrimack store opposite City Hall with new window display.
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Merrimack Clothing Co
Harris, Goldberg & Co
New York
Broadway
Lowell
Mass
Novy, Ist
Ayer Home Supper and Sale To Welcome Attendees
Ayer Home for Young Women and Children announces its annual supper and sale to be held next Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The festival promises pleasant arrangements and delightful music each evening, encouraging broad participation and enjoyment.
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Ayer Home
Special sale on flannelette wrappers at 99 cents
Cook, Tayior & Co. on Central street offer a special sale tomorrow of heavy napped flannelette wrappers in sizes 32 to 44 bust. Priced at 99 cents, the garments feature full skirts, lined waists, braid trim, and fit for 1.50 value.
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Cook, Tayior & Co
Central Street
Cure for Grippe Promised by Liberty Bank Advertisement
A Liberty town Maryland editor suffered a severe cold described as la grippe and tried Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after reading ads. The remedy produced a speedy permanent cure and the Liberty Banner recommends it for coughs or colds. Available in 25 and 59 cent sizes from Ringwood & Co at Merrimack Central and Central Middlesex streets.
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Chamberlain
Banner of Liberty
Libertytown
Maryland
Riingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central
Middlesex Streets
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