It Looks Like a Christmas Market After All
A brisk trading day in New York and Boston markets with strong money demand at 6 per cent and a late rise in stock prices despite a midafternoon dip. American Telephone and Vetegraph elected Bowditch to two boards. Northern Pacific declares a 1 per cent dividend. copper stocks show renewed strength with Mass Copper active and Ridge shaft progress reported.
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New York
American Steel
Laater
New York Bank
Atchison Securities
Shorts
American Telephone and Vetegraph Company
Charles P. Bowditch
John J. Hudson
Bowditch
American Bell Telephone Company
Northern Pacific
American Agricultural Chemical Company
New York Stock Exchange
Kansas City
Memphis
Birmingham
GOSS
Vvceccctete
Ccccnees
Reece
Boston
Trezona
Mass
Butler Lode
Old Long Copper Company
Heinze
Washington Street
de Boston Towboat
Tost
Butte
Mont
Anaconda Company
Carroll
Water Company
Bell
Mounin
United Fruit Company
Trimountain mine eyed for record showing says Fay
Regular quarterly dividend of 24 2 per cent declared payable land stock transfer books stay open. British Columbia Copper strong today closing 20 bid 1 4. Trimountain property examined by State Street bank. report due soon expected to show excellent results. No. 3 shaft as rich as No. 1 and No. 2 shafts, Pinkham reports.
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British Columbia Copper
Stron
PhD
State Street
Trimountain
Fay
Pinkham
Last Opportunity Incandescent Gas Light Co ad
An advertisement for Last Opportunity Incandescent Gas Light Co promotes Burrows system lamps at $2 per share. It claims 1000 candle power for one cent per hour, cheaper than Welsbach and arc electric lighting, touting unrivaled efficiency and broad consumer use since market debut September 6, 1900.
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Last Opportunity Incandescent Gas Light CO
Burrows Light Plans Cash Dividends and Stock Bonuses
Burrows Lighting Company of New York gears up to pay one per cent monthly cash dividends plus a pro rata stock bonus from territorial rights sales. New Hampshire and Rhode Island bonuses were distributed with October and November dividends. Shareholders of record Dec 15 will get December cash dividends and a pro rata stock bonus. The company targets sales in multiple states with valuations between 100000 and 250000 per state, with all shareholders in the parent Incandescent Gas Light Co receiving pro rata interests as sales proceed. Stock price data was to close on Saturday.
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Incandescent Gas Light Co
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Burrows Lighting Company
New York
Pennsylvania
Names in modern English households for stepparents
A correspondent asks what children should call a stepmother. The piece notes a social trend toward using Christian names for parents, illustrated by an anecdote about a peer of the realm. It suggests affection can persist even as naming shifts.
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Bob
Martha
O Connell Narrowly Overtakes Lytle After City Vote Recount
Dec 12 in Worchester Democratic mayoral candidate Philip J. O Connell gains after a vote retabulation. Original majority of 41 for Republican William A Lytle becomes 19 for O Connell following an error in Precinct 1 Ward 56. Democrats seek a statewide recount to confirm results.
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Worchester
William A Uytle
Philip J. O’connell
Abbott's Majority Grows After City Recount
Fall River December 12 A recount of the last city election shows John H Abbott Republican leading James E Holland Democrat by 768 votes. Holland loses 8 and Abbott 2 votes in the recount indicating Abbott gained from French voters while Holland failed to receive full Republican support in straight Democratic wards.
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Fall River
John H. Abbott
James E. Holland
Holland
Abbott
Holy Cross Tops Harvard In Historic Debating Match
In Mechanics Hall Worcester Holy Cross College defeated Harvard University in a first time debate before 1200. Judges Forbes Carroll and Aldrich praised Holy Cross for delivery while Harvard’s Adolph Friedman Ernest E. Smith Edward H. Letchworth defended the proposition that permanent retention of the Philippines is desirable.
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Worcester
Holy Cross College
Harvard University
Holy Cross
Mechanics’ Hall
William T. Forbes
Clarence F. Carroll
Charles F. Aldrich
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Harvard
Adolph Friedman
Cleveland
Ernest E. Smith
Brooklyn
Edward H. Letchworth
Buffalo
John A. Sullivan
Bangor
Augustus P. Conniff
Plains
Penn
Patrick F. Doyle
United States
Presidents Wives Names Echo Historical Naming Trends
The article surveys presidential wives by name, noting Mary Todd Lincoln and Abigail Adams among recurring given names, with few duplicates overall. It contrasts these naming patterns with changes in police division assignments where younger, active officers replace older inspectors amid transfers.
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Mary
Mary Todd Lincoln
Abigails
Abiand
Gail Powers Fillmore
Abigail Smith Adams
Washington
Jefferson
Martha
Dandridge Curtis
Martha Way
Monroe
Johnson
Hilda
Eliza Kortwright
Eliza McCardle
Madison
Dolly
Dolly Todd
White House
Tyler
Garfield
Letitia Christian Tyler
Lavcretia Rudolph Garfield
Grant
Julia
Julia Dent
Hayes
Lucy
Lucy Webb
Zachary Taylor
Margaret
John. Quincy Adams
Louise Catherine
Hannah
Rachel
Sarah
Hannah Hoes van Buren
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson
Sarah Childress Polk
Pierce
Jane
Jane Appleton Pierce
William Henry Harrison
Anne
Annie Symmes
Harrison
Caroline
Caroline Scott
Arthur
Malvina
Malvina Stone
Cleveland
Frances Folsom
McKinley
Ida Saxton
The Longing Love Letter From Mrs Craiges Robert Orange
A dramatic, obsessive confession shows a narrator confessing an all consuming love for a man named Robert Orange. She describes palpable fear joy and torment as she yearns for his attention but drowns in silence and loneliness. The piece reads as a feverish romance monologue centered on unrequited desire and emotional despair.
Why Gallivan Lost Ward 8 in Boston Election
Joseph P. Lomasney explains Ward 8 swung to Dore despite strong Gallivan support. Factors include both candidates being Democrats, influence of the Catholic Order of Foresters backing Dore, Ward 8 street widenings benefiting the area, and intra party tensions within Hendricks Club. Lomasney notes he carried his precinct for Gallivan by ten votes amid efforts to energize the ticket.
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M.M. Lomasney
Ward
Dore
Gallivan
Ward 8
Order of Foresters
Boston
Efit
Hendricks Club
Ward 18
Silverman
Wer
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets touted as superior cure
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe non addictive internal remedy for catarrh. It argues tablets avoid deterioration, are convenient, contain eucalyptus red gum blood root and hydrastin, and claim only internal treatment reaches the disease in the blood. It contrasts with local nose and throat treatments and notes a 50 cent price.
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Stuart
Medical Department
United States Army
United States
Canada
Mayor Hart outlines loan bill at private council gathering
Mayor Hart spoke to Republican Common Council members at the Hotel Bellevue about the loan bill. He urged careful consideration, noted items he deemed unnecessary, and supported some appropriations including streets, Mt. Hope Cemetery, fire sites, and widening Congress street bridge. He left the council free to decide and prune as they see fit.
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Common Council
Bellevue
Arthur P. Russell
Republican City Committee
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Congress Street Bridge
Public Welfare Debate on Police Transfers and Domestic Strife
Inspectors debated transfers to refresh the police force with young strong officers. Letters to the editor discuss a Boston household money woes, marriage strain, and advice from Mrs Boyden and other activists on managing domestic hardship without scandal.
Dean's Ointment Promises Quick Relief for Itching Piles
A historical fragment touts Dean's Ointment as a cure for itching piles with bold claims of reliable relief. The ad-style notice urges readers to obtain the remedy at any drug store for five and a half cents.
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Dean
City Police Transfers Prompt Call for Active Patrols
Officials announce a reshuffle in the police force to form an 18 or 2 year office and fill roles with inspectors ready to patrol thieves at night. Transfers include Delaney to 13 Pierce to 14 Grigsey to 16 SoManus to 4 Lathrop to 4, with Edmund J. Barry resigning.
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Joseph A. Delaney
Chester E. Pierce
John R. Grigsey
Dennis J. SoManus
John W. Lathrop
Edmund J. Barry
Kiley’s Committee Weighs 5000 Loan Bill Amid Cemetery Park Fight
President of the Common Council Kiley heads a 25 member committee to study the 5 000 loan bill and the Lawrence farm cemetery plot project plus recreation park funding. After two hours of secret talks, no action was taken and the panel adjourned to meet again at 3 pm with divisions over presenting a unanimous or minority report.
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Kiley
Chamel
Lawrence Farm
Monaghan
Finance Committee
Heart and Soul
Misnamed items puzzle readers with curious origins
A Modern Society note debunks common misnomers from food to objects. Cayenne pepper comes from capsicum, Jerusalem artichokes aren’t from Jerusalem, and turkeys are native to America. Camelhair brushes use squirrel tail, German silver is an alloy, cork legs use willow and hide, and Cloepatra’s needle predates Cleopatra by centuries.
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China
Germany
Turkey
Russia
Cleopatra
Petroleum gas in London fuels energy shift
The London Gas Company tested lighting gas derived from Koetel oils in Borneo amid coal shortages. Successful experiments prompt guarded contracts for the oils, with two 800 ton tank ships under construction to transport Samarinda oils to London. An Albany Hudson railway test shows 37 miles per hour on the world’s longest third rail line, marking a promising energy trial.
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London Gas Company
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Samarinda
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