Anti-Vice Crusade Opens in Boston
The New England Watch and Ward Society announces a vigorous campaign to stamp out gambling dens and dis orderly houses in Boston Back Bay. Officials pledge surveillance of suspicious places and prosecutions of fake clubs and open gambling while targeting pool rooms patronized by boys and hotel saloons frequented by young girls.
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Boston
Arwell Back Bay
New England Watch and Ward Society
New York
Chicago
Evan B. Davies
Gome
Back Bay
German Worker Goes Berserk in Astoria Factory
In New York on December 13 a German employee David Schrenke at a piano factory in Astoria shot two coworkers, killing Schaeffer and wounding Becker. He attempted to jump into the river but was restrained and turned over to police.
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New York
David Schrenke
Astoria
L. 1
Schaeffer
Becker
Gaelic School Session Endorses Irish Language Curriculum
A large audience gathered at Union Hall Brookline for a Gaelic School session led by P J O Grady Boston. President Jeremiah Collins opened the meeting as B J Duffy read minutes and the committee reported the town's school board must approve a classroom. A unanimously adopted resolution urged American institutions to include Irish in curricula to analyze compound words borrowed from Irish and to understand etymology across Greek and Latin roots.
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Union Hall
Brookline
P. J. O'Grady
Boston
Jeremiah Collins
B. J. Duffy
Lees
Young awarded 8000 in railroad pass case verdict
Nicholas Young, foreman of a railroad gang, received an $8000 verdict from the New York New Haven Hartford for injuries after his arm was cut off while riding a pass that the court ruled was not free. The decision held the pass was compensation for his work and did not waive damages.
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Fall -River
Nicholas Young
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Young
Loom Fixers to Stay in New Bedford This Christmas
In New Bedford on December 13, President Lynch of the National Loom Fixers Union denied a rumor that loom fixers would be called out, easing local unease. Secretary Hart reported 3850 weavers on the strike roll at headquarters, while some had not yet come to the office. many workers favored staying out during Christmas week.
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New Bedford
Lynch
National Loom Fixers’ Union
Hart
Auction of Bromfield to Bosworth Street Property
The commissioners sale of property 47 Bromfield street through 18 Bosworth street ended yesterday at noon. Auctioneer Edward Hatch oversaw the sale, won by Mrs. Adelaide J. Sargent for 86000 dollars on a taxed value of 66000 dollars. The price equates to about 740 dollars per square foot.
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Bromfield Street
Bosworth Street
Edward Hatch
Adelaide J. Sargent
Death Toll Rises as Boat Sinks on West River
A passenger boat overturned after a man fell from the vessel near Ho Kau on the West River. A rush of about 400 passengers to the side caused the ship to sink, with over 200 drowned.
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Canton
West River
Ho Kau
Britain to cut postage with United States
In the House of Commons Mr Chamberlain stated Britain plans cheaper postage with the United States but Washington would not entertain the proposal. Lord Cranborne discussed Uganda railroad bridge contracts with the American Bridge Company to build thirty bridges using 7000 tons of steel. Total contracts amount to 135000 tons.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Lord Cranborne
Uganda
America
American Bridge Company
Analysis of Boston Vote in City Election Reveals Democratic Lead
The Boston city vote shows Democrats with 317,667 and Republicans with 31,336, indicating a Democratic aldermanic plurality around 1. Independent wards add nuance. Gallivan’s street commissioner tally of 812 widens the Democratic aldermanic lead to about 5,619 across districts.
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Boston
Kinnally
Casey
Roxbury
Gallivan
Areek
Dem
Pete SU
Sea St
Bryan May Be Senator
Lincoln Neb December report says Colonel William J Bryan will be elected United States Senator for Nebraska next January with D B Thompson as his Republican colleague. It is claimed Bryan will receive five Republican votes to break the joint ballot majority, votes Thompson controls to avoid a deadlock when lawmakers elect a candidate of the same faith.
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Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
United States
Nebraska
D. B. Thompson
Lincoln
Bryan
Thompson
Strike closes Oak Hill Colliery at Duncott
Five hundred workers at the Oak Hill colliery in Duncott Pennsylvania owned by Leisenring Co struck today making the mine idle. Outside hands demand a 16 percent increase given by the operators.
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Pottsville
Penn
Oak Hill Collery
Duncott
Leisenring & Co
Castellane Cross-Suits Set for Hearing in Paris
In Paris on December 2, cross suits between Count de Castellane and London dealer Asher Wertheimer unfold over 1.3 million dollars in claimed curios, and a Castellane counterclaim of 790,000 alleging misrepresentation and bogus antiquities. Wertheimer allegedly retains art objects valued by the countess at 300,000 to 400,000. The cases draw wide interest.
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Paris
Count de Castellane
Asher Wertheimer
London
Not Twins Yet Two Gallivan Brothers Honor Boston
Two Gallivan brothers from South Boston, William J. Gallivan and James A. Gallivan, are highlighted for public service. William, a physician and school committee chair, helped create the South Boston evening high school and the Consumptives Hospital in Rutland. James, a journalist and politician, served as Representative and Senator and pursued a congressional bid. The brothers, born 1865 and 1866, attended Lawrence and Boston Latin School, Harvard College, and built notable careers in medicine, education, and city politics.
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Gallivan
Boston
William J. Gallivan
James A. Gallivan
James
Mary Gallivan
Lawrence School
South Boston
William
Lawrence
Boston Latin School
Franklin
Harvard College
Uring
Harvard Medical School
Boston Herald
The
Globe
Congress
Joseph A. Caexy
South
Consumptives’ Hospital
Rutland
Medical Societies of
New York State
Pennsylvania
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