Americans Warn England and Germany Over Venezuela Blockade
In Venezuela, ports at La Guaira and Puerto Cabello saw heavy naval actions as Anglo German warships bombarded Fort Solano and Castle Libertador. Marines occupied the fortress, while officials in Washington protested a supposed peaceful blockade. Local excitement rose with potential for wider conflict.
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Puerto Cabello
Charybdis
Vineta
Fort Solano
Libertador
Castro
Castle Libertador
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
City coal relief by 500 workers delivers fuel citywide
Five hundred city workers used 29 percent carts and pungs to haul Welsh soft coal to nearly every neighborhood. Citizens could buy several bushels at 40 cents per basket as doors were rung by coal teams. Metropolitan and Boston coal firms distributed soft coal at wharves and yards while Morrison’s yard offered hard coal at 18 dollars per ton bought from New York and Philadelphia. Brighton and East Boston deliveries continued with sewer and sanitary divisions aiding, and future barges from Cape Cod anticipated to ease supply further. The poor received coal Sunday from overseers of the poor, hauled by city wagons.
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Tercay
Metropolitan Company
Causeway Street
Marston Coal Company
Boston Coal Company
Albany Street
Thomas & Pike
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Pike
Morrison’s
T ; Medford
Southampton Street
Brighton
Sewer and Sanitary Divisions
W. H. Woods
Sewer Division
John H. Lee
Boston Elevated Company
Lee
City
Practical Gifts for Christmas From Our Stock
A list of ready to gift items including desks, chairs, rockers and tables with prices. Items such as dressing tables and parlor tables offered at modest, varied prices.
Morris March and Butler Umbrellas for Christmas Gifts
Morris March and Butler advertise umbrellas for Christmas in Shuman Corner with many handle options including Japanese Bronze Box Wood Congo Penang Sterling Ivory Pearl Tiger's Eye Gun Metal Buck Horn and Natural Wood. Ladies and gentlemen sizes $2 $3 $4 $5. A Shuman & Co. also promotes Cheever Cravats for holiday selections.
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Shuman
Penang
A. Shuman & Co
Hospitals Strained by Coal Shortage Across City
City hospitals report severe coal scarcity with many very ill patients. Carney Hospital faces dwindling supplies, needing five tons daily while overnight stocks risk running out. Children’s Hospital holds some stock, Somerville and Cambridge City Hospitals report near limits, City Hospital fears only two to three days’ supply. Homeopathic and Massachusetts General Hospital also report small on hand and daily purchases.
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Carney Hospital
Post
Children’s Hospital
Huntington Avenue
Homeopathic Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Estes Building Fire Ravages Summer Street Structure
A major blaze at the Estes Building, 210 218 Summer Street, Boston, destroyed upper floors and damaged lower levels, with losses near 200000. Fire four alarms, water damage, and injuries to firefighter Frank A. Taylor, plus a missing and later safe lieutenant McDonald. Dense smoke, rapid spread, and a snow choked alley challenged crews for hours as KE Fleming Co and McDonald firms faced heavy losses.
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Boston Department
Estes
Summer Street
Frank A. Taylor
McDonald
Aldine Street
Gilbert Place
Cheswell
KE. Fleming & Co
McDonald & Sons
McDonald & Allen
George C. Scott & Co
Puritan Printing Company
Edward W. Davis
E. Fleming & Co
Division 2
Dobbyn
Cassidy
Morse
Driscoll
Gunn
Frohock
Chardon Street Women in Temporary Home Endure Cold
An old gray haired woman and others seek shelter at a Chardon street temporary home for women. The matron notes increased arrivals due to coal shortages and cold, with a 20 year resident seeking alms, a widow with a child unable to pay for fuel, and a well dressed stranger turned away before staying.
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Chardon Street
Emmanuel House Open With Warmth For South End Hunger
Emmanuel House at 1900 Washington Street offered shelter and meals to cold and hungry residents of the South End yesterday. A stock of groceries had been laid in and the furnace heating lit up nineteen rooms and a kitchen with coal stoves.
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Emmanuel House
Washington Street
South End
Father Johns Medicine Cures Colds and Lung Troubles
An ad declares Father John’s Medicine as a cure for colds and all throat and lung troubles. It emphasizes broad health benefits and universal relief from common respiratory ailments. The copy targets general readers seeking quick remedies.
Boston Area Weather Outlook
Forecast calls for a warmer Monday in Boston with light variable winds turning east to southeast. Tuesday brings rain or snow and warmer air with fresh to brisk southeast winds.
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Boston
Young woman dies after morphine overdose in New York
A young woman known as Mrs Garner Fleming was taken from a West Thirty-fifth Street boarding house to Bellevue Hospital dying from morphine. A friend stated her real name was Gertrude Blaney, daughter of wealthy North Attleboro parents, who graduated from Wellesley College last spring and had come to New York to train as a nurse. She appeared depressed and lacked money.
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New York
Garner Fleming
West Thirty-fifth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Gertrude Blaney
North Attleboro
Mass
Wellesley College
Miss Blaney
Blaney
Arrest Ends Chinatown Fan Tan Barons Gambling
Police from Division 4 capture Goon Soy and Gee Young said to be the last fan tan barons in Chinatown after a raid at 21 Harrison avenue. In a two‑hand game they were caught amid a loud crash when Patrolman Hughes entered through a transom. They were taken to La Grange street station with no bystanders pursuing bail.
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Goon Soy
Gee Young
Chinatown
Division 4
Harrison Avenue
Hughes
Driscoll
Lagrange Street
Teacher Led Student Fight at St John’s College
In Annapolis on December 14 an attempt by upperclassmen to harass preparatory students sparked a three hour brawl with over 100 participants. Several students suffered broken heads as Professor Rapier led the prep students. The St John’s faculty plans vigorous punishment for ring leaders.
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Annapolis
St. John’s College
Rapier
St. John’s
No Hope for Archbishop of Canterbury’s Recovery
London December 14 The Archbishop of Canterbury remains in critical condition with no hope for recovery. Doctors say he is not likely to live many hours and are surprised that the Saturday night sinking spell has not proved fatal.
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London
Canterbury
Providence Police Commissioner Dies Suddenly
Richard H. Deming, member of the Providence Board of Police Commissioners and the Providence Park Commission, died suddenly tonight in Providence of pleuro-pneumonia. He was a partner in the cotton brokerage firm R. H. Deming & Co.
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Providence
R. I
Richard H. Deming
Board of Police Commissioners
Providence Park Commission
R. H. Deming & Co
Converse Improves After Prolonged Illness
The Hon. Elisha S. Converse, long ill at his Main Street home for over three weeks, shows notable improvement over the last two days. Despite bleak prospects due to advanced age, his physician Dr. A J Stevens expresses cautious optimism that life may be spared for some time.
Death of B. F. De Butts in Beachmont
Benjamin F. De Butts chairman of the Revere Board of Selectmen died at his Beachmont home. He was a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow.
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Beachmont
Benjamin F. DeButts
Board of Selectmen of
Revere
Widow of General Grant Is Dead
Mrs Ulysses S Grant widow of President Grant died at her Washington residence at 11 17 pm from heart failure. She had valvular heart disease worsened by bronchitis and failed to rally due to age. Her daughter Nellie Grant Sartoris was with her. three sons were away from the city.
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Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
President Grant
Grant
Nellie
Grant Sartoris
Life of contrasts Mrs Grant endured poverty to White House glory
Mrs Julia Dent Grant lived eight years at the White House and led a life of sharp contrasts from poverty to magnificent prosperity. Her early hardship overshadowed her rise as First Lady, and her eight years as wife of the president were marked by lavish entertainments and brilliant social life. Born in Whitehaven Missouri to Judge Dent, she met Grant through her brother, faced family objections, and married a poor soldier who rose with frontier duty.
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White House
Grant
Judge Dent
Whitehaven
St. Louis
West Point
Washington Warns Powers Over Venezuela Blockade
Secretary Hay instructs ambassadors in Berlin and London to state the United States does not consent to any extension of peaceful blockade rights. No reply yet to Castro's arbitration request. The Venezuelan affair risks inflaming tensions and endangering foreign residents. The Marietta's presence at La Guaira is routine.
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Washington
England
Germany
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
United States
Hay
Berlin
London
Castro
Caracas
Bowen
Great Britain
Marietta
la Guaira
Blockading La Guaira as warships enforce curacao calm
From Willemstad Curacao Dec 14 British and German warships blockade La Guaira. The steamer Yucatan was warned by the Indefatigable not to enter the port and returned to Curacao. Venezuela declines a loan offer from a Caracas German banker to settle claims.
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London
Willemstad
Curacoa
Daily Mail
la Guaira
Yucatan
Curacaa
Caracas
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Morris, March & Butler
John
N. Y
Archbishop ‘of Canterbury’s
Providence Police
B. F
Julia Dent Grant
Spain
Trinidad
Gazelle
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