Sir William Ham Dies in London
Sir William Grant Ham, judge of the Kings Bench Division, High Court of Justice, died in London from pneumonia. Born in 18%, he studied at Kings College School and entered law. He served as Conservative MP for East Surrey from 1874 to 1885 and for East Croydon in 1885, retiring in 1886 when appointed judge and created a knight.
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Bondon
William Grant Ham
Kings Bench
High Court of Justice
Kings College School
East Surrey
East Croydon
Moose J J Quigley Theatrical Agent Promotes Boston Lodge
Loyal Order Moose offers seven dollar weekly sickness and accident benefits plus a one hundred dollar funeral benefit and free medical care for members and families. Dues monthly with no assessments. Initiation fee five dollars, later twenty five. Examination one dollar. Special initiation Sunday December 3 at seven p.m. Boston lodge claims nearly two thousand members. N Waldo Kennedy National Organizer rooms 2 724 Washington Street tel 22357 Ox.
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J. J. Quigley
Boston
Loyal Order Moose
Boston Lodge
New
N. Waldo Kennedy
Washington Street
Destructive Mexican coast storm wrecks tug O'Campo
Cablegrams from Galveston report a Sunday storm along the Frontera Tabasco coast that lasted three days. The tug O'Campo was wrecked with eight or ten Mexican crewmen missing. the captain and pilot were saved.
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Galveston
Tex
Mexican
Frontera
Tabasco
O’campo
Thanksgiving at Charles Street Jail Richeson Eats Regular Feast
The Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, jailed at Charles Street, misses turkey dinner. He and other inmates received standard jail fare of roast pork, potatoes, onions, fruit, and a mince pie while an orchestra played in the rotunda. No visitors came, and Richeson spent the day reading and writing in his cell.
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Clarence V. T. Richeson
Charles Street
Rotunda
Sheriff Seavey
Richeson
Thanksgiving Day Celebrations Across Massachusetts Institutions
State institutions and sanatoria held large Thanksgiving events with turkey meals and games. About 10,000 inmates shared festivities, led by Bridgewater State Farm serving 2500. Shirley Shirley Brook and Westboro boys and Lancaster girls enjoyed football and minstrel shows under staff supervision.
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Lyman
Shirleys
Lancaster
Turkey
New England
Bridgewater
State School For
Shirley
Westboro
Lancaster School
Amy F. Everall
Thanksgiving at Charlestown Navy Yard Crews Celebrate
Navy ships Rhode Island Des Moines Birmingham Nashville and destroyers Patterson Tripp Ammen held impromptuThanksgiving gatherings for over 1000 sailors with turkey dinners and short entertainments aboard ships. Marines at the barracks joined a sports program and dinner while naval prisoners were entertained by inmates.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Rhode Island
Des Moines
Birmingham
Nashville
Patterson
Tripp
Ammen
Marine Barracks
Naval Prison
Inmates Enjoy Feast Day at East Cambridge Jail and City Home
Three hundred inmates at the House of Correction East Cambridge and the Cambridge City Home shared roast pork and turkey dinners followed by vaudeville shows. Notables including Sheriff John R. Fairbairn and Mayor Barry attended the events, with inmates such as Keleher awaiting U S Court disposition and Jordan awaiting action on a murder conviction.
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House of Correction
East Cambridge
John R. Fairbairn
Big Bill
Keleher
United States Court
Chester S. Jordan
Supreme Court
Jordan
Cambridge
Barry
Aylward
Brousseau
Edward W. Quinn
Quiet Thanksgiving on Boston Waterfront
A Thanksgiving quiet day along the waterfront saw schooner crews return home while Hindus from India and sailors aboard the Kolomo joined Americans in ceremonies. The Boston steamer delayed by gales arrived after 5 p.m. Long Wharf saw a horse-drawn wagon incident. Immigration passengers aboard the Romanie fed a special dinner. others received turkey meals. Kolomo officers enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast.
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India
Calcutta
Turkey
Dominion
Boston
Yarmouth
Long Wharf
Robert Solmer
Borders Street
East Boston
Steamship Company
Kolomo
Prison Inmates Enjoy Morning Concert And Roast Dinner
The 822 inmates at the state prison were treated to a chapel concert before a yard romp and a roast pork dinner with sides. Warden Bridges and Rev. M. J. Murphy directed the program, which included moving pictures and vaudeville acts from Boston theatres. The Red Sox Quartet featuring Buck O'Brien Marty McHale Bill Lyons and Hugh Bradley performed for the prisoners.
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State Prison
Bridges
M. J. Murphy
Boston
Red Sox
Buck” O’brien
Marty McHale
Bill Lyons
Hugh Bradley
Boston Americans
Thanksgiving at City Prison Without Turkey
Seventy inmates at the Boston city prison spent Thanksgiving in their cells after arrests Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Prisoners received a roast beef dinner with potatoes coffee and bread while some had funds to order extras and a few brought turkeys with them, prompting police to notify families to call at the jail.
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City
City Prison
Boston
Emmy Destinn Seeks American Composer for New Libretto
Mme Emmy Destinn who stars in Aida at the Boston Opera House seeks an American composer to set to music her one act libretto about life on the plains. She notes America’s virile energy should yield music matching daily life and hopes a composer will answer.
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Mme
Emmy Destinn
Aida
Boston Opera House
Europe
Plains
The
Golden West
Mme. Destinn
Leo Blech
Berlin
Zukunft
America
Maine Captain Dead on Barge
In Vineyard Haven on November 30 the master of the barge Thomastoh was found dead in his bunk. He is identified as Captain James P. Leighton. The medical examiner ruled death due to dropsy. Relatives in Maine were notified about the disposition of the body after it was landed here.
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Andy Toth
Madge C. Jenison
Vineyard Haven
Thomastoh
James P. Leighton
Davis
Leighton
Maine
70000 Workers Suffer Lockout in Berlin Metal Trades
Berlin November 30. A lockout of 70000 metal workers takes effect tonight after they refused to accept a joint committee deal from employers and unionists. The action follows a strike that began in October involving 4000 metal workers.
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Berlin
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CFI Hovey & Co
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All America Shoe Shops
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Summer Stre
Willson’s Shoe Shop
Old South Church
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Remo
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