Bernier Eyes Arctic Pole Quest With Dogs and Reindeer
Captain Jules Elzear Bernier plots an Arctic crossing using Alaska and Siberia routes starting from Vancouver. He seeks $50,000 in backing and relies on prevailing winds and drifting ice to reach the pole via Franz Josef Land and Greenland, following the route described by Markham and inspired by Greely’s Jeannette wreck.
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North Pole
Polar
Alaska
Siberia
Siberian
Lena
Bennett Island
Vancouver
New York
Arctic
Jeannette
Greely
Jules Elzear Bernier
Clement Markham
Royal Geographical Society
Polar Circle
Franz Josef’s Land
Spitzbergen
Greenland
North American
North Greenland
Grinnell Island
Jules E. Bernier
Actor's Fund Benefit Tickets Donated Without Change
C H Bond of Commonwealth Avenue bought two boxes for the Actors' Fund of America benefit at the Colonial Theatre on Friday afternoon December 15 and paid with a hundred dollar bill refusing change. Others followed by giving more without taking change while W D Andreas, Park Theatre business manager, organized the event.
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Actors’ Fund of America
Colonial Theatre
C. H. Bond
Commonwealth Avenue
W. D. Andreas
The
Park Theatre
Seed Dealers Protest Free Seed Distribution
Thirty leading seed dealers petition President Roosevelt protesting free seed distribution by members of Congress. The December 3 dispatch notes the protest as seed trade groups oppose congressional alms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Is Jennie Punskey Hiding in Boston City?
Reported in Portland by her anxious parents 18 year old Jennie Punskey, daughter of Myer Punskey, left home to buy a wedding dress and has not been seen since. Police asked to search Boston for her whereabouts as fear grows she may be forced into an unwanted marriage. Friends and relatives fear she may have encountered adverse company while the parents await her return. She is described as a pretty Hebrew girl, 5 feet 5 inches, brunette and stylishly dressed.
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Portland
Jennie Punskey
Myer Punskey
Miss Pinskey
Fore Street
Post
Jennie
Waltham
Hanson
Jennie Pinskey
Boston
Missing Mrs Fuller and Heir James Sullivan Cloud Marblehead
In Marblehead Mrs Elizabeth Fuller remains missing after rumors she fled to claim a 250000 fortune in Portugal and the West Indies. Son James L Sullivan, 25, also disappeared. friends call coincidence but warn of possible link. Fuller located through a Boston home official.
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Marblehead
Elizabeth Fuller
Portugal
West Indies
James L. Sullivan
James Sullivan
Fuller
Ann E. Shepard
Lynn Team From Mexico Arrives With Silver Bullion
The Ward line steamer Yucatan arrived today from Mexico and Havana with 1 500 000 dollars in silver bullion. Among the passengers were members of two baseball clubs the ex Cuban Giants and the Lynn Mass club from Lynn Massachusetts, who have been playing ball with financial success in Havana.
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New York
Ward Line
Yucatan
Mexico
Havana
Local Donation to Petersen Fund Receives $2.00
The Post reports a $2.00 contribution from John Cederholm to be added to the Petersen fund.
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John Cederholm
Petersen
Harvard Juniors Protest Dormitory Order
Harvard juniors plan a mass meeting tonight to oppose bursar proposed dormitory policy. They seek to require each member to spend one year in the ward and one year with classmates only.
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Harvard
Mrs. T T Colbert Dies After Short Illness
Friends and relatives mourn the death of Mary C O Donovan Colbert wife of Timothy T Colbert of 120 S Street South Boston after a brief illness on December 2.
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Timothy T. Colbert
S Street
South
Boston
Mary C. O'Donovan
Hebrew Young People Celebrate 250th Anniversary Feast
The Rega Young Men's and Ladies' Association held a banquet at 49 Wall Street to mark the 250th anniversary of Jewish settlement in America. President M. L. Bloom served as toastmaster, with addresses by M. L. Price E. Stahl W. Shaffer and G. Kramer. The society formed about four months ago and already donated 61.28 for Russian sufferers.
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Rega Young Men’s and Ladies’ Association
Dray accident victim dies after failed operation attempt
After 12 hours of agony doctors concluded surgery could not be performed. John A. Skagberg, 40, of 10 McDonald avenue, died yesterday morning at the Relief station following being run over by a heavily laden dray at the North and Union streets corner Saturday afternoon.
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John A. Skagberg
McDonald Avenue
North
Union Streets
Eastern bankers swindled in Oregon land frauds case
State Land Agent Oswald West charges forged sale certificates of Oregon school lands were used to swindle Eastern bankers out of large sums. He says dummy entrants and forged signatures forged deeds to 600000 acres, with certificates sold repeatedly to innocent Eastern buyers. West warns many forged certificates remain in circulation and may outnumber genuine ones.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
George E. Chamberlain
Oswald West
West
Memorial Services for Brookline Elks at Harvard Church
Brookline Lodge of Elks No. 886 held memorial services at Harvard Congregational Church yesterday afternoon. Exalted Ruler Robert E. Green gave the introductory address and U.S. Representative Morris Sheppard of Texas delivered the oration. The exercises were led by lodge officers with the assistance of Rev. Leonard Kip Storrs and Rev. Reven Thomas.
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Brookline Lodge of Elks No. 886
Harvard Congregational Church
Robert E. Green
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Lodge
Leonard Kip Storrs
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Reven Thomas
D. D
Harvard Church
Portland Elks Lodge 188 memorial service fills theatre
Waves of mourners packed the Portland Theatre as memorial services for Portland Lodge No. 188 Elks were held. The program featured stereopticon pictures of the honored dead and was assisted by Rev. Dr. Henry Blanchard.
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Portland
Portland Theatre
Portland Lodge of Elks No. 188
Henry Blanchard
Many Vessels Ashore by Fog in English Channel
Dense fog in the English Channel and North Sea caused disruption as several ships went aground. The Red Star Line steamer Vaderland bound for New York was fourteen hours late to Dover from Antwerp. The Hamburg American steamer Pretoria from Hamburg to Dover Boulogne and New York could not leave Cuxhaven and will be 24 hours late to reach Dover.
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London
English Channel
North Sea
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Antwerp
Dover
New York
Pretoria
Hamburg
Boulogne
Cuxhaven
Tragedy in New York Hotel Man Sought
Roy L. Miller a telephone superintendent in an uptown hotel aroused neighbors at 48d street and claimed his wife Lottie A. Miller had been shot. Police and a doctor found her dead Miller fled prompting a citywide manhunt and general arrest order.
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New York
Roy L. Miller
Lottie A. Miller
Miller
Commercial Travellers Banquet Honors Portland Leader
Grand Councillor Ayer of Providence addressed 100 members of Portland Council No. 103 United Commercial Travellers at a banquet in his honor. He spoke on the order’s progress, noting 1500 members in New England and 36,000 in the United States.
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Portland
Ayer
Providence
R. I
United Commercial Travellers
New England
United States
Mrs Harrison Buried in Cypress Lawn Mausoleum
The body of Mrs Francis Burton Harrison of New York killed in an automobile accident was placed in the family mausoleum at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in San Francisco beside the remains of her parents Mr and Mrs Charles F Crocker.
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San Francisco
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Cypress Lawn Cemetery
Charles F. Crocker
Farm wife testifies on allowance in bank suit
Mrs Elizabeth Croghans says she gave husband H S Croghans ten dollars monthly for farm work. The statement emerged during the Bailey State Bank of Correctionville suit seeking seven hundred dollars in district court.
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Sioux City
H. S. Croghans
Elizabeth Croghans
Bailey State Bank of Correctionville
Kneisel Quartet Offers Notable Sunday Chamber Concert
The Kneisel Quartet with H. G. Tucker at Chickering Hall presented Beethoven and Schumann classics plus a new excerpt from GMS F Stock. Performances were praised as admirable and refined. Next Sunday the Boston Symphony Quartet with Arthur Foote performs.
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H. G. Tucker
Chickering Hall
Kneisel Quartet
Tschaikowsky
F. A. Stock
Mr. Stock
Chicago Orchestra
Kneisel
Boston Symphony Quartet
Arthur Foote
Berlioz Imitation Fails In Paderewski Prize
The Paderewski prize for American composers drew a Berlioz like overture titled The Palisades sent under the name John Rice of Hudson Heights New Jersey. Damrosch and Krehbiel authenticated it as Berlioz Corsair overture, noting the impostor intended only a test of judges and prize process rather than genuine submission.
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Hector Berlioz
Berlioz
John Rice
Hudson Heights
N. J
Hector Berlioz Rice
New Jersey
Arthur Shepperd
Salt Lake City
Ignace Paderewski
Henry L. Higginson
W. P. Blake
Boston
B. J. Lang
J. I. Paine
Harvard University
Franz Kneisel
Walter Damrosch
Henry Edward Krehbiel
New York
Messrs. Damrosch
Krehbiel
America
Damrosch
Romain
Walter
Mr. Damrosch
Rice
Death of Mrs Alice McElroy in San Francisco
Mrs. Alice McElroy age 72 sister of Mrs B McNally of Dorchester died at her daughter Mrs John Donovan’s home in San Francisco last Monday. Daughter of the late John Morgan formerly of Charlestown she lived in the Bunker Hill district and moved to California in 1868. She had 11 children, eight living.
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Alice McElroy
B. McNally
Howard Avenue
Dorschester
John Donovan
San Francisco
McElroy
John Mongan
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
California
Ward 16 Hebrews Hold Meeting and Enroll 25 New Members
A meeting of Hebrew voters in Ward 16 at 240 Blue Hill Avenue drew a large crowd last evening. Twenty five new members were enrolled in the organization.
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Ward 16
Blue Hill Avenue
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