John Strange Winter Dies Famous Novelist
London reports the death of Mrs. Arthur Stannard known worldwide by the pen name John Strange Winter after a five month bed confinement from a fall injury. Born in York in 1856 she wrote prolifically on army life and was praised by John Ruskin for faithful soldierly character renderings. She led the British Writers Club in 1892 and the Society of Women Journalists from 1901 to 1903.
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London
Arthur Stannard
John Strange Winter
York
England
John Ruskin
British Writers’ Club
Society of Women Journalists
Custody Fight for Greer Children Heads to Court
Mrs. Mary B. Greer of Wilmington seeks the return of her two children Margaret 12 and William 6 from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The suit, filed in Superior Court, alleges the children were seized as neglected at 7 Stamford street after a trip north for health. The case is set before Judge Morton on December 28.
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Mary B. Greer
Wilmington
N. C
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Margaret
William
Stamford Street
Society
Mt. Vernon Street
Doctor Eliot More Comfortable From Cablegram
A Dec 14 cablegram received at the Cambridge home of Dr and Mrs Samuel A Eliot reports President Eliot is more comfortable. The message came from Ceylon and states the patient is improving.
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Samuel A. Eliot
Cambridge
Eliot
Ceylon
Niagara Falls Face Immediate Threat Without Burton Law
Niagara Falls would become an ugly rockscape within a generation if the Burton bill is not renewed with supplemental legislation. J Horace Mc Farland, president of the American Civic Association, warned that water diversions on the Canadian side could triple in a decade, unless a reciprocal agreement preserves the falls.
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Washington
Niagara Falls
American Civic Association
J. Horace McFarland
Non-Partisan Party Withdraws From Cambridge Election
The Cambridge non-partisan party abstains from fielding a ticket in the municipal election after a board meeting at the Cambridge Board of Trade hall. A special committee report was approved and town clerk notified. The group, organized ten years ago, previously helped elect Mayor Augustin J Daly in 1901 and may reform in future years.
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Cambridge
Woman 70 saved from fire by two men
Mrs Ellen Edwards aged 70 was saved from being burned to death at her home on Essex Street when Alderman William H Colbert and Thomas F Crowley smothered the blaze with a coat. She suffered burns to shoulders back and legs and was taken to Salem Hospital.
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Salem
Ellen Edwards
William H. Colbert
Thomas F. Crowley
Salem Hospital
Sterling Floated for Norfolk Navy Yard Repairs
The navy collier Sterling beached at Cape Henry after colliding with the Dorothy in lower Chesapeake Bay. A wrecking company floated her early today and towed her to the Norfolk navy yard where she was docked for repairs.
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Norfolk, Va
Navy
Coller Sterling
Cape Henry
Dorothy
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk Navy Yard
May Close the Chelsea Ferry at Winnisimmet Meeting
At a Winnisimmet Ferry Company meeting in Chelsea stockholders authorized directors to discontinue the ferry or expand business. Nine thousand two hundred twenty two shares were represented. Votes approved selling or liquidating assets 9087 to 20, expanding powers 8909 to 313, and discontinuing ferry 9117 to 10.
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Winnisimmet Ferry Company
Chelsea
Pape's Diapepsin Promise Quick Stomach Relief
A dated ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast fix for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims relief in five minutes and urges readers to buy a 50 cent case from a pharmacist, promising no sour belching or stomach heaviness. The copy emphasizes fermentation prevention and complete digestion as if the stomach were absent.
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