Coal Mine Ethos Shifts as Old Hands Return to Work
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on October 24 a surge in output with 22 more mines active moves the total toward 100000 tons. Estimated full operation would employ about 145000 workers, with 82000 at work today. Old employes are replacing non union workers at many mines while operators vow to bring back faithful staff. President Mitchell remains silent on strategy. he plans to testify if miners secure counsel of their choice. Battery C Phoenixville appears in the recall order, set for potential redeployment from Nanticoke.
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Wilkesbarre
M. B. Williams
Wyoming
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Mitchell
Washington
Battery C
Phoenixville
Nanticoke
Miller
Fitchburg Union Leaders Released From Jail
In Fitchburg on October 24 Judge Hardy ordered Thomas Laney president of a Textile Workers union branch and Louis Sproul a union member released from jail. Convicted of contempt for defying a injunction tied to a strike at American Woolen mills, Laney faced four months and Sproul two. Their lawyers successfully pressed for release, cutting Laney’s term by two months and freeing Sproul a fortnight early.
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Fitchburg
Hardy
Superior Court
Thomas Laney
Textile Workers Union
Louis Sproul
American Woolen Company
Laney
Itchburg
Sproul
Carnegie lays foundation stone for Dundee libraries
London reports Andrew Carnegie as the leading figure at Dundee events today to honor him with the freedom of the city. The day featured laying the foundation stone for the first of five branch libraries funded by his $185,000 gift. Carnegie urged better Anglo American understanding, saying narrow prejudices keep English speaking peoples apart and that uniting them would honor his life.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Dundee
Scotland
Carnegie
Thirty Thousand Tons Coal Shipped From Shamokin Mills
Shamokin Pa Oct 24. Thirty thousand tons of coal were shipped from local collieries today to Philadelphia and New York markets and 3000 additional men went to work here today. A few more non union men resigned today and left the region.
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Shamokin
Philadelphia
New York
Arm strong and Jackson ends in a draw in Baltimore
The 20 round welterweight bout between Charley Armstrong of Lowell and Young Peter Jackson took place in Baltimore on October 24 and finished as a draw after a lengthy contest.
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Baltimore
Charley Armstrong
Lowell
Peter” Jackson
Trade Review Shows Cotton Goods Strength Amid Diverse Market
Bradstreets notes favorable trade conditions with dry goods and clothing demand surpassing 1901 levels. Cotton products remain strong in prints and ginghams while raw cotton shows weaker momentum. Wheat and flour exports climb, sugar crops face shortages, and leather demand stays steady as wholesale and retail activity rises in the East and West.
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New York
Bradstreet
West
Lowell City Election Notice 1902 Precinct Booths and Times
City Clerk announces statewide election on November 4 1902 with polling from six in the morning to four in the afternoon. Voters in Lowell precincts must gather at designated booths and ward rooms to cast one ballot for governor lieutenant governor secretary treasurer auditor attorney general and numerous district representatives and officials. By order of the Board of Aldermen. Girard P Dadman City Clerk.
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Lowell
Booth
Elliott St
Middlesex St
Huntington Hall
First St
Bridge St
Tremont St
Merrimack St
Mann School
No. Common
Morrill School
Ward Three
Rock St
Willie St
Engine House
Branch St
Middlesex
Branch
Dover Sts
Highland St
Thorndike St
Gorham St
Congress St
Lyon St
George St
Cor
Church St
Hosford Sq
Central St
Chestnut St
Fletcher St
Riverside St
Col. Mammoth Rd
Chester St
Westford St
Smith St
Shaw St
Lincoln St
Quebec St
Ward
Ingine House
High St
Fort Hill Ave
Rogers St
Moore Street
Gorham Street
Congress
Board of Aldermen
Girard P, Dadman
Bizarre Pension Voucher Shell Traces Soldier Name
In London a curious pension voucher arrived from Christchurch New Zealand. United States Consul General Evans forwarded a field tortoise shell with the name Bob Williams scratched on the underside as identification for a pension applicant. The shell accompanied by affidavits explains the real name William Wright who enlisted as Williams and served in Co. E 192nd infantry. Wright kept the shell given after Shenandoah campaign and sent it to identify himself. Evans sent it back to the pension office without comment.
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London
United States
Evans
Pension Bureau
Washington
Bob Williams
Christchurch
New Zealand
William Wright
Wiliams
Wright
Williams
Shenandoah
Mary Johnson
Port Henry
Essex County
New York
Co. E
192
Inquest Opens in Martin Stanton Death Case
Milo Maine October 24 Coroner J L Martin Sheriff Edward Ireland County Attorney H L Durgin and Dr L C Ford arrived from Patten with George Mills under arrest on suspicion of the murder of Martin Stanton The inquest began at 3 o clock Dr Ford described the head wound and Stanton s attempt to seek cover Mitchell testified Mills counted 37 in money at the camps Mills was jailed in Dover awaiting testimony
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Milo, Me
Edward Ireland
J. L. Martin
H. L. Durgin
L. C. Ford
Patten
George Mills
Martin Stanton
Stanton
Ford
Jefferson Mitchell
Mitchell
Mills
Dover
Missionary Murderers in Fez Plot Spark Sultan Action
From Tangier Morocco a dispatch reports the Sultan acted decisively after discovering a plot to murder all Europeans in Fez. The plan involved a mob rising if the Sultan appeared weak, prompting strong measures against the murderers of Missionary Cooper.
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Madrid
Tangiler
Morocco
Cooper
Fez
Pension Changes From Oct 7 Issuance
Washington on October 25 lists pension changes. increases for Daniel E. Durgin of Haverhill to $10 and others. Peter Johnson Campella Joshua Hollis East Bridgewater Michael Clancy Rowley receive $12 increases. widows minors and dependents Ellen Tierney Peabody also listed at $12.
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Washington
Daniel E. Durgin
Haverhill
Peter Johnson
Campella
Joshua Hollis
Tsangpo River Rises High Over Narrow Himalayan Gorges
The Tsangpo, the highest navigable river, flows for almost 1000 miles at elevations between 11 000 and 14 000 feet. It carves deep gorges through the Himalayas, offering a dramatic setting for explorers and scientists studying extreme riverine environments.
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Tsangpo
Testing Flour at Minneapolis Mill City Lab
In Minneapolis, a flour testing room analyzes wheat from global sources to fix a uniform standard. A miniature mill, gluten tests, and hourly flour samples feed a precise system where dough and bread are tested, weighed, baked, and evaluated by head millers for best loaf quality each day.
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Minneapolis
Camels in Africa Serve Many Uses Including Calves and Travel
The article notes camels used for plowing water drawing and caravan transport in North Africa. They haul dates from oases and carry tents of red silk for Arab women and children, providing privacy on journeys. Two women and several children ride or rest on one camel with cushions. It also mentions a Berlin conference proposal to employ the blind in telephone and telegraph offices.
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Africa
Regency
Tunis
North
Pearson's Magazine
October Motherhood magazine highlights for parents
The October issue of Motherhood offers articles for parents studying their children and influential factors. Notable contents include Immorality Among Children by Mabel L. Conklin, The Development of a Baby s Senses and Reasoning Faculties by Wenonah Stevens Abbott, Do Hymns and Religious Songs Influence Children by Anna Lyman, and Hints for the Care of Baby by Ida H. Otto.
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Mabel L. Conklin
Annie Stevens Parker
Wenonah Stevens Abbott
Japan
Laura Irving Heathfield
Anna
Literary Notes on New Scribners Publications
The Scribners announce a volume of essays by Henry Cabot Lodge titled A Fighting Frigate and other Essays and Addresses, with papers on John Marshall and Daniel Webster among others. Explorations by Sven Hedin are noted for The Living Age, plus volcanic eruptions in the West Indies. Scribners also introduces a Christmas children’s story 4 Captured Santa Claus by Thomas Nelson Page and a new volume of dramatic verse by Barrett Wendell including Raleigh in Guiana.
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the Scribners
Henry Cabot Lodge
John Marshall
Oliver Ellsworth
Daniel Webster
Senate
Massachusetts
Frederick T. Greenhalge
Geo. D. Robinson
Roger Wolcott
Russia
Rochambeau
Sven Hedin
Geographical Journal
Central Asia
West Indiees
Royal Socieety
Thomas Nelson Page
Santa Claus
Scribners
Neir
Barrett Wendell
Harvard
Ralegh
Guiana
Tavern Club
Boston
Sanders Theatre
Harvard College
Literary notices and forthcoming books in 1901
A roundup of essays and dramatic verse adaptations, notices on Longfellow and Arnold, Colden’s History of the Five Indian Nations, Hale’s Memories of a Hundred Years, Jordan’s Blood of the Nation, and Roosevelt's Presidency article in Youth's Companion. The piece highlights publication plans, biographical works, and subscriber offers for 1902 volumes.
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Edward Everett Hale
Kipling's Just So Series Headline new works and editions
Double Day Page & Co publish Kipling's Just So Series with over forty Kipling illustrations and the second volume of FitzGerald's Variorum Works, plus The Memoir of a Contemporary by a war-woman in men's clothing. Also Sara Kennedy's The Wooing of Judith and Tangled Up in Beulan Land by J. P. M. release after prior success. The World's Work magazine faces Sept. stockouts. non-returnable policy drives buyable stock.
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Doubleday, Page & Co
Rudyard Kipling
Judith
Beulan Land
J. Pp. M
Nature
Prince the
Mississipp i Bubble Tops Best Selling List Again
The Mississippi Bubble again appears in Bookman's list of six best selling novels in the United States, ranking third in the October issue. Since its publication it has consistently held a place on the list. Hough is reportedly writing a new book on transportation in the West for Bowen Merrill Co, with articles from Century magazine shaping the work.
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Mississippi
Bookman
United States
Hough
Bowen-Merrlll Company
West
Century
Durig
Justwed and the Dining Room Linen Closet Mislabel
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Justwed and a janitor debating a room’s function, with the janitor insisting the space is a dining room rather than a linen closet. The bit captures a light, era-tinged stage banter style.
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Charlie
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Coule Citizen Co
Merrimack Street
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T. W. Higginson
England
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New Amsterdam Book Company
New Commonwealth Library
Matthew Arnold
Commonwealth Library of
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David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr., University
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Jordan
Theodore Roosevelt
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