Coal Mines Begin Restart In Wyoming and Lackawanna
Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 27 There are more mines operating in the anthracite region than since May 12 when the strike began The Lehigh region remains idle Ninety five percent of Wyoming and Lackawanna mines are in operation with output rising Delaware Lackawanna & Western and Delaware & Hudson expect heavy gains Falls and other hazards slow some operations The Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Company restarted its collieries today
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh
Pardee & Co
Coxe Bros. & Co
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wyoming and Lackawanna
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Delaware & Hudson Company
Seven collieries restart in Hazleton region
Hazleton PA October 27 operations resumed at seven additional collieries in the Hazleton region. The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre company recalled most former workers while room remains for some strikers at C Pardee workings. Beaver Brook old hands were reinstated. Coxe employees at Beaver Meadow faced individual reappointment and signings.
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Hazleton
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company
C. Pardee
Beaver Brook
Coxe
Beaver Meadow
Coxe Bros
Stock Market Opens Easy With Mixed Early Moves
The New York market opened under pressure with many issues lower in sympathy with London. Amalgamated Copper and Union Pacific showed modest gains while Colorado Fuel advanced 25 cents on limited trades amid Saturday realization selling.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Erie First
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Reading First
St. Paul
Southern
Southern Pacific
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash
American Securities
London
Colorado
Futures Opened Steady In New York Trading
Futures opened steady in New York with October at 8.46 and November at 8.44. December at 8.58, January 8.65, March 8.41, April 8.41, May 8.41. June offered 8.43 and July 8.35.
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New York
Guaranteed railroad stocks and long leases overview
The Advertiser lists stocks including Boston & Albany and Boston & Providence guaranteed by railroads such as New York Central and New Haven. Leases run 99 years from leasing day with little elapsed time, yielding about 3 1 3 percent income tax free in the state. Cleveland & Pittsburg leased to Pennsylvania in 1871 for 999 years at a guaranteed rent of T percent. latest sale around 92 yielding about 35 percent.
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Boston & Albany
New York Central
Boston & Lowell
Connecticut River
Fitchburg
Beston & Maine
Old Colony
Boston & Providence
New Haven
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Old Boston Banks and Mills Rate Table Fragment
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century table lists financial rates for Old Boston National Bank Merchants National Bank and several mills and manufacturing companies. It includes percentages and fractions beside entries like Merrimack Manufacturing Boott Cotton Mills Pepperell Manufacturing Co and multiple railway and storage concerns with scattered figures and codes.
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Old Boston National Bank
Merchants National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Manchester Mills
Merrimack Manufacturing Co
Boott Cotton Mills
Biala Lines
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
State Wharf & Storage
Quincy Railroad Bridge Co
Pemigewasset Valley R. R. Co
Manchester & Lawrence
R. R
Concord
Montreal
R. R. Co
CUB
Occia Vieces Estense
Cceisteie Snee'erels
Old South Bidg Trust
Mt. Vernon National Bank
Loulston National Bank
State National Bank
Eee
Eees
Conn & Pass Rivers
Reece Buttonhole Machine Co
Francis Henshaw & Co
President Roosevelt Celebrates 44th Birthday
Washington October 27 President Roosevelt quietly marks his 44th birth anniversary at work in the White House office receiving many congratulatory messages and remembrances. A Hungarian club of New York honorary member sent greetings as several cabinet members called to extend congratulations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hungarian Club of
New York
Car Shortage Worsens as All Rail Grain Ready to Move
New York officials warn of a growing car shortage across the country with freight volumes heavy east and west. Coal demand and anthracite road mining resumption strain hauling power while grain is expected to surge next month, prompting lines to push return of cars under per diem agreements.
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New York
Journal of Commerce
Republican mass meeting invitation from Lowell 1902
The Republican city committee invites prominent business men to an October 29 meeting at Republican headquarters 52 Central Street Lowell Massachusetts. William Hounsell as chairman asks for advice and counsel in the campaign and signs with Charles W. Bell as secretary. Senator Archie N. Frost handles Butler Ames campaign duties and also runs his own campaign, drawing on prior successful experiences.
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Republican City Committee
Lowell
Mass
Republican
Central Street
William Hounsell
Charles W. Bell
Lawrence American
Archie N. Frost
Butler Ames
Treaty aims for Colombia with Panama canal dispute
In New York on October 27 William N Cromwell, counsel for the canal company, notes the title question to the Panama Canal is not to return to Congress under the Spooner law. He says only the Hay Concha treaty and its Spooner law amendments remain to be settled, with cables from Bogota suggesting a rapid agreement before the next U S Congress session.
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New York
Knox
Panama Canal
Wm. N. Cromwell
Canal Company
Congress
Colombia
Obituary of Frederick A Morey of Billerica at 56
Frederick A Morey, a prominent Billerica citizen, died of apoplexy at his home Saturday afternoon aged 56. Born in Tewksbury in 1846, he married Mary C Parker in 1870. a daughter Bertha died earlier. Longtime general store proprietor, he led Unitarian church activities and Sunday school, and served in the local historical society. Survived by wife and community loss noted. Michael Murphy, 48, died at 30 Pollard Avenue this forenoon, leaving mother, three sisters and a brother.
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Frederick A. Morey
Billerica
Tewksbury
Thomas Morey
Mary C. Parker
Bertha
Unitarian Church
British Losses in Somaliland Battle and Maxim Captured
Details from Aden on October 6 in Somaliland recount a fierce clash between the British expeditionary force and Mad Mullah followers. The British lost a Maxim gun and 70 men, with 62 enemy dead nearby. Major Phillips and Captain Angus were wounded or killed while defending a gun, Col. Swayne led a counterattack to recapture transport, and efforts recovered most of the camels and bodies.
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Aden
Arabia
Somaliland
Zareba
Mudug
Phillips
Everett
Angus
Col
Cobbe
Swayne
Col. Swayne
Disorder at Boston Democratic caucus filing for nominees
In Boston on October 25 the filing of Democratic nomination papers for award committees and municipal delegates led to violent disorder at Democratic headquarters. One man, John Curley, was hospitalized with brain concussion and skull injuries from an encounter with police. From 7 PM to 7 AM ward workers struggled for position, heads were punched, clothing torn, watches lost, and hats crushed. Republican headquarters remained quiet with no incidents.
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Boston
John Curley
Democratic
James H. Doyle
Cornell University Report Shows Student Rise and Funding
President Schurman presented the 1901 02 report noting over 3000 regular students plus 600 summer students, with registration above last year by more than 200. Rockefeller funded a new physics building. crowding remains in the academic department. Productive funds on August 1 totaled $7,577,633.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Schurman
Cornell University
Board of Trustees
Rockefeller
Danish minister Brun arrives in New York from Southampton
The Danish minister at Washington, the Hon. C. Brun, arrived aboard the Philadelphia. He was surprised to learn that the treaty ceding the Danish West Indies to the United States had not yet passed. He remarked he did not expect action so soon.
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New York
E. Brun
Washington
Philadelphia
Southampton
Brun
West Indies
United States
Michael Murphy Dies at Home in City at 48
Michael Murphy, aged 48, died at his home on Oct 27 at 80 Pollard Avenue. The obituary notes the loss in the city community and records his residence and age.
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Murphy
Pollard Avenue
Michael Murphy
Frank Cook Visited Beacon Street Hostess Over Weekend
Personal item notes Corp. Frank Cook of the 83d company coast artillery stationed at Fort Revere spent Saturday and Sunday as a guest of Mrs. Rose Churchill on Beacon Street.
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Corp
Frank Cook
83D Company, Coast Artillery
Fort Revere
Rose Churchill
Beacon Street
City Hall Notes Grow Revenue From Tax Funds
The city treasurer has now received $1,025,000 in tax money. The committee on lands and buildings will hold a meeting tonight to consider another batch of petitions for the free use of Huntington Hall. The aldermen will hold a regular meeting tomorrow night.
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Committee On Lands and Buildings
Huntington Hall
Guildhall Fire Breaks Out During King’s Visit
London reports a blaze at the Guildhall shortly after King Edward left for luncheon. Firefighters quickly confined the flames to the dome, using ladders and axes as spectators, including officials, evacuated. The fire, likely from a fused wire, heightened alarm due to its proximity to priceless relics and the royal visit.
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London
Guildhall
Corporation
Edward
Plain Crank Cleric Arrested Over Gunpowder Plot
London reports Rev George Martin, a clergyman, remanded at Southwark police court for possessing a pound of gunpowder with felonious intent. An arrested religious enthusiast opposed to a St George's church stand, bought powder deemed insufficient for damage. Earlier coronation and Buckingham Palace incidents link him to similar escapades. he admitted intent to cause damage.
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London
the Sun
George Martin
Southwark
St. George's Church
Martin
Edward
Buckingham Palace
St. George’s Church
Lowell Acton Maynard Street Railway Granted Land Route
Boston October 25 The State board of railroad commissioners allows the Lowell Acton and Maynard Street Railway to lay track over private land to avoid grades and curves in Acton The board certifies the locations are in the public interest similar to Maynard locations
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Boston
Lowell, Acton & Maynard Street Railway Company
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Acton
Maynard
President designates Wright to coal arbitration panel
Kington October 25 President Roosevelt announced that Commissioner of Labor Wright is added as a member of the coal arbitration commission while continuing as recorder of the panel. The notification included the accompanying correspondence on the subject.
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Col. Wright
Coal Arbitration Commission
Kington
Sevelt
Wright
Portland civic leader Josiah Drummond dies suddenly
Portland October 25 Hon Josiah Hayden Drummond A M L L D renowned racerist lawyer and ge nealogist and Masonic member collapsed and died on Congress street this afternoon leaving a void in civic and professional circles.
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Portland
Josiah Hayden Drummond
Congress Street
Diplomatic reshuffle alters Chile Greece posts
Washington reports Minister Henry L. Wilson declines a transfer to Greece and will stay as minister to Chile. John B. Jackson, soon to be secretary of embassy at Berlin, will become minister to Greece in place of Francis, who has resigned, with Jackson heading to Athens.
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Washington
Henry L. Wilson
Chile
Greece
John B. Jackson
Berlin
Wilson
Athens
Francis
Frank Norris Dies After Appendicitis Operation
San Francisco report states novelist Frank Norris died today following an appendicitis operation performed three days earlier. The death ends a career marked by controversial social novels and keen literary criticism.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frank Norris
Pope enjoys audience with Arch bishop Riordan in Rome
In Rome on October 25 the Pope granted Arch bishop Riordan of San Francisco a cordial half hour. He showed clear memory of Californian affairs including the Pious fund case and discussed how The Hague tribunal’s stance could aid similar issues in the Philippines. The visit ended with 400 Irish pilgrims and enthusiastic cheers for the Pope.
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Rome
Riordan
San Francisco
Pious Fund
Hague Tribunal
Philippines
California
Cardinal Moran
Ireland
Coat Thieves and Pigeon Thefts Reported in Marin Block
Louis Michalos and Michael Michalopulos report two overcoats stolen from their rooms in Marin block Mer rimack street while at work. A key entry enabled the theft. Police seek the thief or thieves. Friday night 11 valuable pigeons were stolen from Geo Tilton's pigeon coop on Thorndike street. investigators allege a break in and are reviewing leads.
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Louis Michalos
Michael Michalopulos
Marin
Merrimack Street
Louis
Michael
Geo. Tilton
Thorndike Street
Verdict of Guilty in Masonic Temple Tax Case
Chicago in Oct. jury returns guilty verdicts against Luke Wheeler and Capt. Williams in a forged tax scheme. Williams draws $1500 fine and six months imprisonment. Wheeler faces a $3509 fine and two years in prison. The case claimed about $27,000 taxes due Cook county were faked.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Luke Wheeler
Capt
Williams
Wheeler
Cook County
Explosion injures three at Park Avenue subway site
New York Oct 25 Three persons were badly injured and many narrowly escaped when a dynamite charge exploded at Park Avenue and 41st Street. Work on a rapid transit station caused rocks to rain down as workers and passersby watched from the wooden sidewalk above. Most serious subway accidents in this area have occurred nearby.
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New York
Park Avenue
41St Street
Smallpox Case In Malden Marks Third This Week
Malden reports a third smallpox case in seven days as Patrick Shields, 20, was diagnosed today after two days of illness. He will be moved to the detention hospital for isolation and treatment.
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Malden
Patrick Shields
Dudley Smallpox Cases Under Surveillance
Webster reports a smallpox case and several suspected cases under surveillance in Dudley with multiple houses under quarantine. Authorities monitor contacts and enforce containment measures to prevent spread.
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Webster
Dudley
Bishop William Vaughan Dies in Devonshire at Newton Abbot
Right Rev William Vaughan D D bishop of Plymouth died today at Newton Abrey Devonshire. He was born in 1814 and was an uncle of Cardinal Vaughan.
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London
William Vaughan
Plymouth
Newton Abbey
Devonshire
Vaughan
Cardinal Vaughan
Jay Cooke Letter from Put-in-Bay
Jay Cooke was reported much improved this morning at Put-in-Bay Ohio. Doctors expect a full recovery within a few days unless complications arise.
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Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Jay Cooke
Big Wonder compressed air machine at Young's shop
The Big Wonder compressed air machine adds to the pleasure of a shampoo or shave at Young's in Hildreth Building. Across North America there are 700 Spiritualist societies. A Spiritualist college opens at Whitewater Wisconsin.
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Young's
Hildreth
Canada
United States
Whitewater
Wis
Faneuil Hall and its Cradle of Liberty legacy
A reflective tour of Faneuil Hall’s history from its 1742 origins to its role as Boston’s public forum. The piece recalls its use as music hall, revolutionary meetings, and later civic events, with notes on the grasshopper weather vane, Bulfinch renovations, and famed speakers who shaped American public life.
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United States
Massachusetts
Boston
Faneuil Hall
New England
Samuel Cooper
Glasgow
Wweather-vane
Mr. Cooper
Peter Faneuil
Thomas Hancock
General Court
John Hancock
Samuel Mather
Faneuilhall
James Otis
George II
Samuel Adams
Bunker Hill
Zoston
Lafayette
France
Louis XVI
John Adams
West Boston Bridge
Old Hall
Old Market
Charles Bulfinch
Bulfinch
Harvard
State House
Daniel Webster
Adams
Jefferson
Wendell Phillips
Georgius Secondus
Snuffy
Lisbon-town
Braddock
Deacon
Shem
Abram English Brown
Faneuil
Shem Crowne
Mr. Brown
Royal Exchange
London
Fanelli
Quincy
Brown
James Parton
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cincinnati
General Lee's Socks and Hospital Discipline
In Emily V. Mason's Atlantic piece, General Lee's socks became an institution at a hospital. Mrs. Lee earned praise for knitting gloves and socks for soldiers, and worn socks were used to motivate sedentary veterans back to duty, with laughter and ridicule aiding four rheumatic patients in rejoining their regiments after resistance to scarification and strict diets.
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General Lee
Lee
Emily V. Mason
Russian explorer finds reindeer near Telezkost lake Altai
A Russian explorer reports herds of reindeer near Telezkost lake in the Altai mountains. The lake lies south of London and at about the same latitude as Plymouth and Havre, highlighting distant animal migrations.
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Telezkost Lake
Altai Mountains
London
Plymouth
Havre
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R. L. Day & Co
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Mad Mullah
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Cocurier
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Middle Street
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Lowell, Acton
Pontiff
FATED
New York Subway
Bishop Vaughan
Nicholas G. Norcross
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Lowell Wass
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