Edith Collings to Wed Boston Banking Heir
Edith Collings daughter of Standard Oil executive Crittenden T Collings will wed Augustus Fiske junior partner of Harvey Fiske Co head of the Boston office The engagement was announced at a Country Club dinner Edith and sister Christine are noted as society belles with outdoor interests and riding club ties in Cincinnati Ohio
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Cincinnati
Edith Collings
Collings
Standard Oil Company
Augustus Fiske
Harvey Fiske & Co
Boston
Fire in Providence tenement endangers 18 residents
A large wooden bee-hive tenement in Providence housing 18 people caught fire at 12:40 AM. Fire suspected incendiary. police link to Italians tied to spurious coin ring. Secret service agents have shadowed the gang and may suspect occupants of informing on them.
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Providence
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Secret Service
Weather Outlook For New England And Mid Atlantic
Fair Tuesday with slight temperature rise. Wednesday remains fair with gradually increasing temperatures. Winds shift to southwest, then northwest to north along the New England coast and mid Atlantic coast, brisk in the southeast portion and variable further inland.
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New England
Middle Atlantic
Scots Charitable Society Honor St Andrew Banquet With Carnegie Honor
Andrew Carnegie heads Scots Charitable Society gala at the Somerset hotel to mark St Andrew’s Day and the 248th anniversary. About 600 attendees, including Harvard leaders Eliot and Pritchett, Cambridge Mayor Daly, and Mrs Carnegie, heard speeches as a patriotic program featured bagpipes and Scottish songs.
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Steel King
St. Andrew
Hotel Somerset
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England
Scotland
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Henry S. Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Charles H. Taylor
Alexander McGregor
Duncan D. Russell
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Cambridge
Fourth Attempt Wrecks Train Near Wakefield On Boston & Maine
An engine on the North Berwick express nearly derailed after a fish plate was wedged in a switch near the Boston Ice Company storehouse. The incident blocked traffic for about an hour as track crews repaired the damage. This marks the fourth attempt in a month using the same method.
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Wakefield
North Berwick Express
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston Ice Company
Reading
Boston
Clean Slate Tickets for School Board Backed by Citizens Union
The Citizens Union endorses a cross sectarian slate for the School Board. Voters choose five of seven candidates including William S Kenny David X Coughlan Henry S Pritchett James J Phelan and five others such as Frank E Dimick Richard C Humphreys Paul H Kendrick and Michael J Murray for one year.
Moran makes mark on Suffolk DA office with bold moves
Suffolk district attorney John B. Moran refused to transact with the current grand jury and took virtual control of the Boston police department for the day. He and Superintendent Pierce met with Hon. M. M. Lomasney at police headquarters for a lengthy closed session, an unprecedented action in the county's history.
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Suffolk County
John B. Moran
Grand Jury
Boston Police Department
M. M. Lomasney
Trendricks Club
Pierce
Lomasney's Accusers Tie Politicians to Killing Plot
A preliminary hearing relates that Mr. Lomasney alleges certain politicians knew of or were connected with a plot to kill him. The charges, conveyed in affidavits to Mr. Moran via a letter from ex-Councilman William Miller, stem from an incident at Ward 8 during city primaries where Timothy Crowley reportedly drew a revolver at Joseph Lomasney amid Booth tensions.
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Lomasney
Moran
William Miller
South
Boston
Miller & Sulli
Trendricks Club
Timothy Crowley
John F. Fitzgerald
Joseph Lomasney
Edward J. Donovan
What shall I give for Christmas at Iadison exhibition
Visit the free Madison exhibition daily till 10 p.m. at 1 Head Place. Scores of convenient articles help a wise choice. Learn to be light wise as a contract agent explains how small the cost of electric light can be. Call Oxford 1150 or write Edison Electric Company of Boston.
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Iadison
Oxford
Balfour Ministry Falls as Liberal Victory Looms
After five years in power, the British Conservative government led by Premier Arthur Balfour falls. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is invited to form a Liberal Cabinet with John Morley likely to hold a key post. Irish support grows amid hopes for home rule.
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Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Edward
Ireland
John Morley
British cabinet crisis leads to Balfour resignation
London reports Premier Arthur J. Balfour formally tendered his resignation and that King Edward VII accepted it. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is invited to form a new cabinet, with Morley likely to join as adviser and possibly head the Indian Office.
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London
United Kingdom
Arthur J. Balfour
Edward
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lord Rosebery
John Morley
Sir Henry
Morley
Boston Man Credits Father John's Medicine
Continued on page 12, a Boston man W. E. Cushing of 357 Columbus Avenue says he was run down with a cough but Father John's Medicine cured him.
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Boston
W. E. Cushing
Columbus Avenue
Father John
Sanford's Ginger Aids Nerves Digestion and Cold Extremities
Grateful and comforting relief for tired nerves and weak digestion cited for Sanford's Ginger. Albee advertises secondhand furnaces and BI'Kstone metal, listing items and prices in an early 20th century commerce note.
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Sanford
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