19 May 1902
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1902
Page
1
In all grades and quality, soft and stiff caps for men and boys, all new. Also the celebrated Hawks Hat, the New York leader. None better and few as good, three dollars.
Reports via telegraph indicate Goliad North West swept by tornado with fifty to one hundred killed. Eight blocks of business houses blown down. many injured. Deerville also hit by high winds. telgraph lines down. Additional storms damage in Austin area. unroofed houses and damage to state school for the blind. Baseball scores noted from National and American leagues with late results.
The battle ships Kearsarge and Alabama and the cruiser Olympia of the North Atlantic squadron passed Cape Henry this afternoon to meet the French cruiser Gaulois, expected off the cape Monday or Tuesday with the Rochambeau commission aboard. Admiral Bradford and the German and Russia vice consuls from New York arrived from Washington. Lebanon man Frederick G. Carter, captain of Company G, NH National Guard, died after a week's illness aged 36. A widow survives him.
States minister at Caracas was the only foreign representative who received the notification and urged restraint on bombardment of unfortified Venezuelan towns. The German cruiser Gazelle guards French and German interests there as revolutionaries and government troops prepare a decisive engagement that could shape President Castro's future.
The city clerk reports April births including children to Spinney, Fernald, Ahearn, Raleigh, Snow, Foss Hayes Blanchard Pilgrim Card Lance Falvey Britton McKenney Hutchins OBrien Chadwick Swinnerton Grafton Le Voy Snow etc. The listing also notes ages and residency for numerous Portsmouth and Portland residents, with several deaths and memorial entries interspersed among the names.
Madrid reports a plotted attack on King Alfonso with six arrests including an insurance company employee Lopez. Dynamite cartridges found on the employee’s premises and tied to a plan to strike a rental carriage. Further reports confirm nine cartridges seized and murder arrests among nine students with authorities analyzing the cartridges.
Samuel Blaisdell a 65 year old York man is detained at the police station after being brought from Augusta where he was an inmate of the insane asylum for some time. Pronounced incurable his relative removed him to Kittery Junction where he became unmanageable and had to be taken into custody.
The White Mountain Vapor plant grounds at Freeman’s Point welcomed hundreds of visitors led by General Manager J.C. Morgan. Managers had earlier struggled with self-appointed grounds enforcers, now to be curbed by a local special officer. Morgan praised all visitors for courteous conduct.
Clerks union members plan a nine to challenge the blacksmiths team though the mechanics insistence may block the match. The aim is to stage a ball game with strong local participation and spirited competition.
On Sunday the Euphemia skippered by George T L Ducker beat Dr Boylston's new yacht in a drifting duel. Start near the Yacht Club around ten in the forenoon with a course to Applefore Island and back. A sizable club fleet trailed the contest.
In his native town Dexter Maine Rev George E Leighton pastor of the Universalist church has accepted an invitation to deliver the Memorial day address before the Grand Army post of his native town in which his father is a member He will also speak at the memorial exercises by Storer post in Grand Army hall on Sunday afternoon May 25.
Howard N. Haskell has returned and will likely resume business at his Istington street grocery. He is doing well and in cheerful spirits. Friends greeted him on Sunday and expressed happiness at his return. The note mentions Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a household remedy.
Heard over the wire says new operators are learning the switchboard for summer work, with more jobs this year. Another inspector will likely be sent to the city as the local system rapidly expands.
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