Cuban Land and Steamship Company Builds La Gloria Colony
A New York based venture promotes La Gloria Cuba as a 51 000 acre American led colony near Nuevitas. It promises electrified streets hotels and plantations with 5 000 colonists and direct sales to markets via its own four ports and fruit exchanges.
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Antilles
Nuevitas
la Gloria
Cuban Land and Steamship Company
Colonization Company
New York
Yarmouth
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Boston
New York City
Treasury
United States
Pulaski F. Hyatt
Santiago de Cuba
Magnus J. Holm
Puerto Principe
Salem Court Awards Damages in Assault Case
In Salem Superior Court the case Merton v Demerritt of Peabody vs Dr. George W. Spear of Boston was heard. Spear did not appear. Plaintiff testified of a July subway assault in Boston with twenty blows to head and face while Spear was intoxicated. Judge Dell awarded $250 to Demerritt.
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Salem
Mass
Superior
Merton
Demerritt
Peabody
George W. Spear
Boston
Dr. Spear
Spear
Dell
Mrs Marcus A Hanna Robbed of Jewels in Hot Springs Hotel
Detectives near arrest after $26,000 in jewelry vanished from guests at a Hot Springs hotel. Mrs. Marcus A Hanna, wife of the Ohio senator, lost rings valued at $9,000 and about $100 in cash. additional items worth around $50,000 were reported at her Wake residence. A prominent person in financial distress is suspected.
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Hot Springs
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Ivo
St . About
Hanne
Wake
Hage
Pair Convicted For Knockout Drops Theft
Annie Beadeaux and Jelie Holden were found guilty of stealing $17 from George Smith after administering knockout drops. Judge Hardy sentenced them to one year at the House of Correction in the Superior Criminal Court yesterday afternoon.
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Annie Beadeaux
Jelie Holden
George Smith
House of Correction
Hardy
Superior Criminal Court
Recounts Launched After City Election
The recounts for the mayoral vote begin Monday at 10 at Horticultural Hall. Petitions for citywide and ward recounts include street commissioner, alderman, school committee, and council seats across wards 3 8 10 14 16 22 23 25 with several candidates seeking errors in results and possible shifts with the margin as low as 94 votes.
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Horticultural Hall
Democratic City Committee
George H. Moore
John H. Broderick
George
Ernst
Bulger
Stephen A. Jenning
Edward C. Baldwin
Salem 100th Anniversary Reception at East India Marine Society
A Salem event honored the 100th anniversary of the East India Marine Society with a luncheon at the Peabody Academy of Science. General Francis H. Appleton of Boston spoke as scholars and writers attended. Professor Morse outlined the society and its successor. An anonymous donor gave $10,000 to support the academy’s interests.
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Salem
Dec. Wi
India Marine Society
Peabody Academy of Science
Francis H. Appleton
Boston
Marne Society
Edward ‘B. ‘Morse
Cr. G. Weld
Morse
Appleton
Academy
Postum Food Coffee Aids Kidney Trouble Says Mrs
Mrs A Hross of Protection Kansas reports dramatic kidney improvement after stopping coffee and drinking Postum Food Coffee. She credits Rev Gray and wife of Coldwater for recommending it and notes improved heartburn and indigestion. She urges proper preparation and says she will never use real coffee again.
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Coldwater
A. Hross
Protection
Kansas
Acting Mayor Barry Addresses City Hall Suspensions
There were no new suspensions or dismissals yesterday at City Hall. Acting Mayor Barry issued a directive to department heads asking that no employees be discharged before Mayor Quincy returns, amid concerns the Board of Strategy could push more dismissals. Superintendent Wells denied Murphy loyalist links to the discharged workers and said those three were not needed due to lack of work.
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Florida
Illinois
Senator Park
United States
la Gloria
A Gloria
Cuba
Ilinois
Magnus J. Holm
City
County of
New York
State of New York
William Baer
Notary Public
County of New York
City Hall
Murphy
Hart
Quincy
Barry
Josiah Quincy
David F. Barry
Board of Strategy
Wells
Street Department
John R. Murphy
Gray
Donnelley
Devereaux
Wella Eaid
Widener Elkins Whitney Acquire Academy of Music Site
Report says P A B Widener William L Elkins and William C Whitney have secured control of the Academy of Music stock and will build a new opera house on the Broad and Locust site in Philadelphia. Elkins did not confirm the report. The 1857 venue has hosted many distinguished singers and events.
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Philadelphia
P. A. B. Widener
William L. Elkins
William C. Whitney
New York
Academy of Music
Broad and Locust Streets
Old Academy
General Grant
Slavery in Boston Shocks City Readers
The Sunday Post exposes a Boston girl sold for $15 and calls slavery unchristian while offering a contrasting beacon of opportunity for women through stenography. It highlights self sufficiency and urges reading interviews with local women stenographers for guidance and wages from seven to thirty dollars weekly.
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Boston
Sunday Post
William Lloyd Garrison
Post
Water Tank Explodes at National India Rubber Factory
A large water tank outside the National India Rubber Company factory in Bristol burst releasing about 100000 gallons of water. Two workers, John Bowen and David Broulette, were badly injured and hurled into the factory as the tank and flood swept through the area. The watchman’s house was carried about twenty feet by the force, with the watchman aboard for a brief, thrilling ride.
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Bristol
R. L
National India Rubber Company
John Bowen
David Broulette
Wells School Musicale Enlivens Evening at Wells Evening School
A benefit musical and literary program for pupils drew five hundred attendees. Lilian Wilmot read Bobby Shaftoe and other humor pieces, Norma Foster performed violin solos, and Eleanor Colleton sang with accompaniment by Miss Pierce. The event was free of charge and well received.
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Wells Evening School
Lilian Wilmot
Emerson School of Oratory
Bobby Shaftoe
Norma Foster
New England Conservatory
Eleanor Colleton
Pierce
Roxbury
Hanna's New Home Lease News from Washington
Senator Hanna has leased the Cameron residence in a fayette area, a former home of a Vice President, signaling a shift in residences as political figures relocate within Washington. The report notes the property change as part of ongoing congressional movements during December.
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Washington
Hanna
Cameron
Fayette
Sample lace and curtain offer from Metropolitan area
Readable text advertises lace and curtain samples sent by express for examination. Mentions Metropolitan area and telephone contact, with unclear phrases about designs and credit terms.
Denmark Offers West Indies to U S for 3 Million
Washington report says Denmark has unofficially offered the Danish West Indies for sale to the United States for 3 million dollars. No official talks have occurred, but negotiations have progressed. Denmark seeks to dispose of its Western Hemisphere holdings while Germany eyeis a coaling station, though the U S would be a preferred buyer.
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Washington
Danish West Indies
United States
Denmark
Germany
West Indies
Government buys Plymouth steel steamer for 30000 dollars
United States government purchases the steel steamer Plymouth of Boston for 30000 dollars. The ship, used as a tender to Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock, carried cup challenger members during Lipton's Sandy Hook Bay stay.
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United States
Plymouth
Boston
Sir Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Sandy Hook Bay
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