Massive Boston clothing sale opens Monday at Hanover Street
Bargain heavy sale offers Yoke style overcoats and suits at deep discounts. Prices range from 3.89 for 25 patterns of men's suits to 10.95 for Dart’s Melton overcoats, with refunds within 15 days for unsatisfactory items. Open nights, with travel allowances and mail-order rapid fulfillment.
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Boston
Rochester
New York
Melton
Oxford
Dart
Holyoke
Lawrence
Dept. Stores, Inc
Hanover St
Main St
Lawrence Branch
Essex St
Uncle Sam's Wonderland at Roxbury church fair
The First Universalist Church of Roxbury presents Uncle Sam's Wonderland a holiday fair in the church lecture room showing historical tableaux from San Maria to Civil War scenes. Volunteers offer foods and crafts with clearly marked prices and no auctions. Open afternoons and evenings December 10 to 13.
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Salem
Plymouth
Wireless teleg raphy progress in weather bureau report
Washington Dec 8 The annual report of Professor Willis L Moore chief of the United States weather bureau says substantial improvements have been made in wireless telegraphy over the past year Government experimenters have stations that can operate over at least 150 miles of coastline with no interference by private systems They are now along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts and soon will be installed between the Farallone Islands and mainland and Tatoosh Island and the mainland on the Pacific coast
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Washington
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
Farallone Islands
Tatoosh Island
Pacific
White Star Line endows charities in Ismay memory
The White Star Line Steamship Company donates £20000 to Liverpool and Belfast charities in memory of founder Thomas Henry Ismay who died November 23 1899. Hubert Herkomer is commissioned to paint two portraits of Ismay for his widow and for the company.
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London
White Star Line Steamship Company
Liverpool
Belfast
Thomas Henry Ismay
Line
Hubert Herkomer
Mr. Ismay
Queen's Hotel at Southsea Burns, Guests Escape
The Queen's Hotel at Southsea burned down this morning in London. Forty guests fled in their nightclothes while two chambermaids were suffocated and several firemen and others were injured. Notables rescued included Rev. Thomas Teignmouth Shore and Major-General Francis William Collis. The hotel was gutted and scenes of terror followed as firefighting teams rescued guests.
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London
Queen’s Hotel
Southsea
Queen's Hotel
Thomas Teignmouth Shore
Worcester
Edward
Francis William Collis
Charles E. Stewart
Ruxton
Col Pope's Civil War reminiscences inspire Tremont Temple audience
Colonel A A Pope spoke to a large crowd of Civil War veterans and families at Tremont Temple. He recounted early Brookline fire memories, enlisting experiences, and service with the Thirty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment under Colonel Edward A. Wild. He praised Northern soldiers and shared anecdotes of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, and other campaigns, highlighting hardships and humor alike.
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A. A. Pope
Herbert Johnson
Pope
Brookline
Baptist Church
Lincoln
J. Willard Brooks
South Carolina
North
Chardon Street
Zalanac
Boston
Army of the United States
Miles
Home Guard
Albert
Court Square
Thirty-fifth
Massachusetts
Edward A. Wild
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Petersburg
East
Tennessee
Virginia
Carolinas
Sherman
McClellan
Sheridan
Halleck
Purnside
Grant
Submarine Fulton Demonstrates Undersea Torpedo Tests
The Holland submarine Fulton sank in Peconic Bay for a mile long submerged run and torpedo firing. Norwegian navy officers observed the trial from another boat and praised the demonstration as the Fulton resurfaced a mile away. Officials noted rapid-diving capability and potential Sweden orders for three boats. Captain Cable stated the vessel can dive three feet instantly to avoid a one-pounder shot, proving the tactic.
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New York
Fulton
Peconic Bay
Cable
Heiress to Millions Joins Chorus at $20 a Week
Miss Katherine Roberts heiress to 4 million dollars works in the Liberty Belles chorus in New York for twenty dollars weekly. She was raised in luxury and educated in New York and Paris. Her aunts in Paris and New Jersey will eventually control the fortune and have no children.
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New York
Katherine Roberts
Miss Roberts
Mme. Plock
Place Des Etats Unis
Paris
Godefiold
Navesink Lodge
N. J
Roberts
Kathierine Roberts
Comic Opera Company
Walter C Durfee of Fall River Died at Eight
Walter C Durfee age eight, prominent Fall River citizen, died at home after a long life of public service. He was Providence born, descended from Thomas Durfee, and held roles including Globe Print Works manager, Brown Durfee partner, internal revenue collector, Wampanoag Mills treasurer, and Fall River alderman. He served in the Episcopal Church, chaired diocesan committees, led banks and mutuals, and married Jane Frances Alden. Funeral planned for Wednesday at noon.
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Fall River
Walter C. Durfee
Providence
R. I
Thomas Durfee
England
Hancock and Adams
Court of Sessions
Tiverton
Rhode Island
Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank
The
Wampanoagills
Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Metacomet Bank
Workingmen’s Mutual Relief Association
Jane Frances, Daugh
John J. Lythgoe Dead In Dorchester Funeral Planned
John J. Lythgoe longtime North End resident and brother of tenor David Lythgoe died yesterday at his sister Mrs Edward Quinns Dorchester home after a illness. Funeral from 7 Sargent Street Dorchester tomorrow morning with mass of requiem at St Peters Church Meeting House Hill at 10 o clock.
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John J. Lythgoe
North End
David Lythgoe
Edward Quinn
Dorchester
Sargent Street
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Women Attend Opening Services at St Stephen's Retreat
Nearly 800 women filled St Stephen's Church in the North End for the opening of a women's retreat directed by Rev. Father Duke. The program included rosary instruction and benediction as the mission continues all week with mass in the morning and rosary sermon and benediction at 7 30 each evening.
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St. Stephen’s Church
North End
Father Duke
Mission Church
Immaculate Conception Church Holds Feast Services
Special services were held yesterday at Im maculate Conception Church to honor the feast. The program included mass a sermon and a reunion of the sodalities. The sermon was delivered by Father Gasson.
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Immaculate Conception
Sodalities
I Father Gasson
Tragedy as Macon Train Wreck Kills One, Injures Sixteen
A Central of Georgia passenger train from Savannah derailed on a high embankment near Macon after crossing the river. The wreck destroyed the baggage and express cars, toppled the second-class coach, set the Atlanta sleeper ablaze, and left Julia Boynton of Columbus dead with sixteen others injured. The Walter Mains circus was aboard. the mail car survived.
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Macon
Central of Georgia Railroad
Savannah
Atlanta
Walter Mains
Coercion Law Revived in Ireland Prosecution Ordered
London report states the government will prosecute Conor O Kelley M P and Mayo County Council officials under the crimes act for holding meetings and delivering intimidating speeches in defiance of police orders. The move signals a revival of coercion measures.
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London
Conor O’kelley
M. P
Mayo County
County Mayo
Labor Federation Convention Opens Busy Week in Scranton
Delegates of the American Federation of Labor gather in Scranton for a six day session with 200 resolutions to act upon. The key issue is trade autonomy, with brewery and mine workers opposing centralized control. Minutes remain secret as committees organize and report.
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American Federation of Labor
A. F. OF L
Scranton
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
James O’connor
International Association of Machinists
Penn
Metal Trades Federation
United States
Federation
National Metal Trades Association
American Federation of Labor Convention
Two condemned killers face electric chair in Charlestown prison
In Charlestown prison, condemned murderers Luigi Storti and Francisick Amilian await execution. Storti, slated for Dec 16, endures a last week of life in the death house, receiving dainties from outside and word from his brother Salvator. Amilian, a Polish prisoner, fears his fate more and is described as quiet and frightened. Warden Bridges plans the first possible execution day.
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Charlestown
Luigi Storti
Francisick Amilian
Storti
Amilian
Father Ubaldus
Salvator
Italy
Death House
Sttorti
Bridges
Caneee
Jack
Umilian
Exene Amilian
Fort Russell
Pantean
Discharged Brookline Fireman After Runaway Horses Ride
Thomas N. Honey, a Brookline firefighter severely injured when three runaway horses pulled Engine 1, was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital. He is not fully recovered, will need wound dressings twice weekly, and remains in improving health after five weeks of treatment. His right leg was amputated at the ankle and his left leg severely fractured.
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Thomas N. Honey
Brookline
Massachusetts General Hospital
Honey
Abbey paintings on view at Madison Square gallery
Ten mural paintings by Edwin A Abbey from the Quest of the Holy Grail series are exhibited at the American Art Galleries Madison Square South New York. The works destined for the Boston Public Library join the first five already in place there. The show runs through Saturday December 21 with yesterday’s viewing by invitation.
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New York
Edwin A. Abbey
Boston Public Library
American Art Galleries
Madison Square South
Marx Back in Brooklyn After Va Killings
Herbert Marx, absolved by a coroner’s jury, returned to his Brooklyn home after fleeing Oak Grove Virginia where he shot and killed William Taylor and William Heflin and seriously wounded James Stiff. He arrived in Brooklyn tonight after reaching Washington on Thursday. Details on his whereabouts since Thursday are unavailable.
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New York
Herbert Marx
William Taylor
William Hefflin
James Q. Stiff
Oak Grove
Brooklyn
Washington
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