New Haven Plans Electrification and Four-Track Salem Scheme
New Haven proposes electrifying the New York New Haven Hartford line from Boston to Providence and Beverly pending four track permission through Salem. The plan follows a petition filed with Secretary Langtry and signals a clash with the Boston & Eastern line. Salem officials back four tracks and a revamped station as part of a broader New Haven reorganization led by Benjamin R. Pollock and with C N Woodworth and J A Droege reassigned.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston
Providence
Beverly
Salem
Langtry
New Haven
Higgins
Benjamin R. Pollock
New Haven Road
C. N. Woodworth
Shore Line
J. A. Droege
Mr. Woodward
Boston & Maine
Special Commission
Patrick Conery
George F. Swain
John S. Dana
Washington Street
Mellen
Sun and Moon Balance in a Short Year Note
The fragment outlines a calendar-like note with celestial events and times for Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn. It mentions 340th day of year with 14 days till winter and a few planet rise and set times. It also notes 16 business days before Christmas and an anniversary list including a U S cavalry officer born 18389 and Martin Van Buren born 1782.
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Sun Sea
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
U. S
Martin van Buren
King George
Delhi Durbar
Weather forecast for Boston and New England regions
The forecast calls for cloudy skies in Boston and vicinity with rain in the afternoon or night and light to moderate variable winds. Friday brings clearing and colder weather for Boston. New England expects cloudy Thursday and likely rain or snow Friday with moderate winds.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Close Mill to Stop General Strike Talk
The alpaca mill of Joseph Benn & nn in North Providence employing 1200 operatives was closed today by management when it was learned that an effort was to be made to force a general strike.
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Providence
R. L
Joseph Benn & Nn
Dartmouth to Build Student Center With 100000 Gift
Wallace F. Robinson of Boston donated 100000 for a building to house all student organizations except athletics. President Ernest Fox Nichols announced the plan at a mass meeting in Hanover New Hampshire.
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Hanover
N. H
Wallace F. Robinson
Boston
Athletic
Ernest Fox Nichols
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth Receives Gift Toward Parkhurst Hall Building
Edward Tuck of Paris donates a Daniel Webster portrait and Danie l Webster legacy to Dartmouth College. A new administration building on the West Campus will stand on Sanborn Hall’s site and balance athletics with intellectual and artistic student life. The Webster portrait by Pope, ordered by Charles Goodyear, will be hung in Parkhurst Hall trustees’ room.
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Daniel Webster
Edward Tuck
Paris
Robinsons
Sanborn Hall
Dartmouth
Robinson
Reading
Boston
Webster
Pope
Charles Goodyear
Goodyear
New Haven
Heidelberg
Tuck
Parkhurst Hall
Harvard Star Henry Schoellkopf Dies by Own Action
Henry Schoellkopf a former Cornell fullback and Harvard player died after shooting himself in his Milwaukee office. The young attorney and 1903 Harvard football star had been despondent for some time and had served as president of the International Dairy Show. He was a 1902 Cornell BA and studied at Harvard Law, where he played in graduate school.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Schoellkopf
Cornell
Harvard
Schoellkopf
International Dairy Show
Harvard Law School
Greece may sign armistice amid Chios and Janina fall
Constantinople report says Chios and Janina likely to fall and Greece may sign the armistice immediately after. Belgrade dispatch notes Austria pressing Serbia with 300000 troops near the frontier ready to cross the Save and Danube.
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London
Constantinople
the Post
Porte
Chios
Janina
Greece
Belgrade
Daily Telegraph
Austria
Servia
Servian
Save
Danube
Greece to press war alone over Salonika and Janina
Athens will not concede Salonika or Janina and will continue the fight against Turkey without Balkan allies. Semi official circles cite this stance as the reason for Greece refusing to sign the peace protocol with Turkey.
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Athens
Greece
Saloniki
Janina
Turkey
Greece Chafes at War Deal and Saloniki Hold in Balkans
Athens papers say Greece will press on with the war if needed without allies to defend Macedonia and Saloniki. Advices from Saloniki report opposition in Epirus as Turkish forces retreat from Monastir yet not surrender. An official Greek naval communique notes transporting 13 000 Bulgarian troops and 8000 animals. transports and warships sailed from Saloniki on Nov 27 reaching Dedeaghatch next day to greet by the Aegean fleet.
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Greece
Turkey
Macedonia
Saloniki
Athens
Epirus
Monastir
Minister of Marine
Dedeaghatch
Dog Tips Lamp Mistress Dies
In Hartford Connecticut on December 4 Mrs. Hattie A. Butler aged 75 living alone was burned to death in her sick bed when her pet dog knocked a lighted lamp from the table starting a fatal fire.
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Hartford
Conn
Hattie A. Butler
Anna Moore of Way Down East Dead
Phoebe Davies famed for the Anna Moore role in Way Down East died at her Larchmont home after months of illness following major surgery. Born in Wales in 1864, she was Mrs Joseph R Grismer by marriage and played the heroine from 1897 for 12 seasons before retiring about four years ago.
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New York
Phoebe Davies
Anna Moore
Larchmont
Joseph R. Grismer
Wales
Death of horse as driver ignores bridge warnings
H J Green of Lynn was arrested for intoxication after driving onto a new Fox Hill bridge entrance on Western avenue at the Lynn Saugus line. The horse fell through damaged wood and hung suspended as pedestrians pulled Green from the buggy. The animal plunged 15 feet into the Saugus river and was shot after two hours of rescue attempts.
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Fox Hill
Western Avenue
Lynn-Saugus
H. J. Green
Lynn
Green
Saugus River
40 foot depth for harbor plan gains Massachusetts support
A Boston dinner with Real Estate Exchange delegates to the Rivers and Harbors Congress spurs a push for a 40 foot harbor depth at Boston tides. Speakers urge deeper channels to boost export and import trade now tied to New York harbor congestion. Senator Lodge and Secretary Meyer back the idea as Congress considers a bill to deepen the harbor.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Real Estate Exchange
Rivers
Boston
Bay State
New York
George von L. Meyer
Senator Lodge
Congress
Youngest Forty-Niner Buried at Mattapan
Funeral services were held yesterday for Nathaniel Fuller the youngest member of the Society of California Pioneers of New England at his home 571 Norfolk Street Mattapan. He went to Downersville California at age 15 with his father who sought gold. Fuller aged 79 leaves a widow and brother Enoch.
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Nathaniel Fuller
Society of California Pioneers of
New England
Norfolk Street
Mattapan
Downersville
California
Mr. Fuller
Enoch
Plans of De Luxe Game Start in Boston Center
Federal inspectors say Boston was the real center of a deluxe book swindle. They detail that two Boston hotels served as the start of a nationwide network that defrauded many, with the scheme expanding from this city to the United States.
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United States
Boston
New York
Dined Under Guard At Lynn English High School
Janitors guarded school doors as senior girls fed the Lynn English High football team, despite protests from other students who said certain girls tried to monopolize the boy heroes of the gridiron.
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Lynn English High School
Thanksgiving Day Football Banquet Controversy at Lynn High
The Lynn English and Lynn Classical football teams met on Thanksgiving with a disputed banquet plan. Senior girls funded a private affair for the captains, sparking claims of unfair invitation practices. Principal Jackson改implemented a student hosted banquet to resolve the conflict, allowing players to invite any girl and hostesses to invite a gentleman friend.
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Lynn English High Eleven
Lynn Classical High
Harold Vose
Jackson
Democrats Pay Large Contributions to National Committee
Boston donors figure among the larger contributors to the national Democratic committee campaign funds. Prominent contributors include Governor E. N. Foss at five thousand dollars Mayor John F. Fitzgerald at one thousand dollars Harry P. Nawn at five thousand dollars and J. J. Storrow at two thousand dollars.
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Boston
National Democratic Committee
E. N. Foss
John F. Fitzgerald
Democratic national committee spends on Wilson Marshall campaign
The Democratic National Committee recorded total expenditures and contributions of 1 159 446 dollars to win the Wilson and Marshall ticket. Major donors included Charles R. Crane of Chicago with 40 000 dollars Cleveland H. Dodge of New York with 35 000 dollars and Herman Ridder of New York with 30 073 dollars.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Marshall
House
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Cleveland H. Dodge
New York
Herman Ridder
Big Donation Roll in Campaign Aid Totals 1.11 Million
The committee's contributions total 1 110 952 from 89 854 gifts, most under 100 dollars. Notable donors include William J. Bryan David R. Francis John F Fitzgerald Newlands O Gorman Watson Foss Clark Sullivan Baer Yoakum Phelan Payne Gerard Schiff Baruch Guggenheimer Untermyer Speyer Ruppert Goldman Morgenthau Penfield Jones B M Winston Wallace Craig Rust Peabody Mayo Beer Spreckels White Ryan Straus Willard McAlpine Sterrow Van Sant Milstead.
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William J. Bryan
David R. Francis
Interior
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Newlands
Nevada
O’gorman
New York
Watson
West Virginia
Foss
Massachusetts
William A. Clark
Montana
Roger Sullivan
Chicago
George ¥. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
B. F. Yoakum
J. D. Phelan
San Francisco
John Barton Payne
J. W. Gerard
Jacob H. Schiff
B. M. Baruch
Charles S. Guggenheimer
Samuel Untermyer
James Speyer
Jacob Ruppert
Henry
W. R. Craig
W. R. Rust
Tacoma
Washington
G. F.&. Peabody
Kentucky
W. C. Beer
Yonkers
N. Y
Rolla Wells
St. Louis
I. B. Lynch
St. Paul
W. A. Gaston
H. P. Nawn
Early Boston as cradle of New England enterprise fraud
The passage describes Boston as the initial hub where funds were raised shaping New England into a wider field of enterprise. Inspectors claim the city hosted practiced deception, sleight of hand and forgery used to aid salesmen toward their supposed objectives.
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Boston
New England
Brickleys Honored at Everett Tribute Banquet
Charles Brickley and his brother George Brickley were honored at Forester's Hall Everett by the Everett Catholic Club with a reception and banquet. Yale and Harvard figures attended including Percy Wendell Harvard captain who praised Brickley as a team man and standout. Captain Butler Malden High lauded George Brickley as a great captain and player in a evening of tribute.
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Crimson
Charles Brickley
Everett
George Brickley
Forester’s Hall
Everett Catholic Club
Yale
Percy Wendell
Harvard
Brickley Brothers
Wendell
Brickley
Princeton
Bradley
William Butler
Malden
Morris J. Flynn
Farrel
Bruce
Wilbur J. Rookwood
Everett High School
Joseph F. Mohan
David Hefferman
Michael J. Butler
William J. Brickley
Captain Butler
Malden High
Everett High
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Portland
Gloucester
Newport
Thompson's Spa
E. Ee
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Bratile Street
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Haymarket
Hall
Boston Man
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Scents
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Stationers Hill, Smith & CO
Milk Street
Anna Moore of
J. R. Grismer
Rec. Meyer
Centre AL Danm Ciajinnic
Mark Twain
Kranak
HO Brooks
Underclyffe
St. Johnsbury, Vt
Ize
Lynn High
Harry P. Nawn
J. J. Storrow
Brickleys
Gridiron
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