Costly Paintings Drenched In Church Steam Disaster
A steam pipe burst at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue flooding the auditorium. Paintings, an organ, and the altar suffered water damage though the organ loft helped avert total ruin. Damage is estimated in the hundreds to thousands, with repairs ongoing and services held after. The church houses paintings of the Saviour with a Child, Saint Aloysius, and The Lady of the Morning Star.
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Aloysius
Cloak model and musician wife reveals life with West Medford husband
Mrs. Otto P. Hall, 22, cloak model and wife of a pianist, tells reporters she married Hall in Baltimore on February 24, 1896, endured years of neglect and abuse, denies owing $28 or keeping a strongbox, and says she left him multiple times seeking a better life. Her family, including a Baltimore mother and a Pennington minister brother, are opposed to her reunion.
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Otto P. Hall
West Medford
Chambers Street
Hall
Baltimore
South Eden Street
New York
Boston
Boylston Station
Touraine
Randolph
Pennington
N. J
Hospital Ship Missouri Sails for Havana with Medical Supplies
The hospital ship Missouri sailed from Savannah with three hundred tons of medical supplies for troops on the island and carries the hospital corps of the 2nd Division of the Seventh Army Corps. After delivering supplies it will transport sick soldiers from Havana and nearby areas to New York, Norfolk, or Savannah.
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Savannah
Missouri
Havana
Seventh Army Corps
Lee
Uavana
New York
Norfolk
Locomotive Works Secures Large Orders Worldwide
Baldwin Locomotive Works has received orders for fifty six engines in recent days. Sixteen engines are for the Imperial railway of China, a second order in ten months. The Reading Railway Contract calls for twenty seven freight engines and five heavy switching engines for subway use. Chicago & Western also ordered ten large freight engines. The plant is expanding its workforce to meet the demand.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Imperial Railway of China
Reading Railway Company
Chicago & Western
Senate Opens With Platt Speech on Expansion and Nicaragua
Washington December 18 The Senate will open with Senator Platts Connecticut address on expansion to answer Senator West a debate is likely unless the Nicaragua canal bill delays it Memorials against annexation tally under 2000 with distribution by state Morgan plans rapid Nicaragua Canal bill action before Christmas adjournment Opposition seeks to block action in the days ahead
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Washington
Senate
Platt
Connecticut
West
Friends of the Treaty
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
Florida
New York
Virginia
Vermont
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
California
Missouri
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Maine
Colorado
Iowa
Nevada
Morgan
House advances appropriation bills in brief session
In Washington on December 18 the House has pushed appropriation bills farther than in years past for a short session. The agricultural bill tops Tuesday’s agenda, while the military academy bill will be reported before recess. The Philadelphia Exposition of 1899 bill may be called up and passed, and the navigation laws extension over Hawaii may be voted on under suspension of the rules.
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Washington
United States
Hawaii
Mrs Van Rensselaer Publishes New Yorkers of the XIX Century
Mrs John King Van Rensselaer releases a study titled New Yorkers of the XIX Century listing 325 prominent 1850 New York families and tracing their marriages across generations to identify those still tied to old New York society. The work clarifies rumors about a restricted 400 and emphasizes lineage over social power.
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New York
John King van Rensselaer
Ward McAllister
Spaniard Exiled After Baltimore Case Ends in Banished Vow
Jose Ribert, a Spaniard exiled from the United States, sailed to Havre after attacking a police officer in Barcelona and fleeing to America. In Lancaster he married Mrs. Brush and became involved in a dispute over Adelaide, her stepdaughter. Ribert assaulted Donnelly and threatened rival H. K. Osborne. the district attorney proposed banishment if Ribert swore never to return to America, a condition Ribert accepted.
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New York
Jose Ribert
Havre
Champagne
Young Ribert
Barcelona
Lancaster
Brush
Adelaide
Charles M. Donnelly
Albert
Donnelly
Ribert
H. K. Osborne
Jay “Pell Hibert
Spain
America
Kenney Jurors Still Out In Delaware Case
Wilmington Delaware December 18 The Kenney jury spent a fruitless day in discussion and Judge Bradford went home at nine tonight If a verdict is reached it will not be announced until ten tomorrow morning Rumors circulated but a well authenticated source says the panel is ten to two for acquittal No ballots were cast today as jurors debated the case.
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Wilmington
Del
Kenney
Bradford
Rabbi Fleischer Delivers Series on Ghetto Theme at Adath Israel
Charles Fleischer addressed Temple Adath Israel on the Ghetto theme, part of a series drawn from ill's writings. He announced that the talks will continue through the new season with Sunday evening ex- sessions.
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Rab
Charles Fleischer
Ren
Ill
Seres
Mary Livermore Celebrates 45 Years as Public Lecturer
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, 78, addressed an immense Tremont Temple audience on temperance marking forty five years as a public lecturer. The Boston reformer recalled early teaching days, Civil War work with the Sanitary Commission, and later advocacy for woman suffrage and temperance, receiving roses from union officers as she reflected on a storied career.
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Tremont Temple
Mary A. Livermore
Napoleon
Temperance
the Union
Mrs. Livermore
P. Livermore
Duxbury
Virginia
Charlestown
Mary Ashton Rice
Boston
South
New England
Chicago
United States Saniory Commission
Biter
Kidney Health Warning from Brights Disease Reference
If the kidneys are not kept healthy Brights Disease case may attack them. The text cautions about kidney risk and emphasizes preventative care to avoid damage.
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Bright
Mrs Livermore Speaks at Tremont Temple on Temperance
About three thousand people gathered at Tremont Temple where Mrs Mary A Livermore and other speakers urged intensified temperance work. Livermore praised workers enduring cold and hunger while criticizing saloons as the laboring man’s compulsion and cited Dorchester’s ban on mills. Martha L Stevenson, president of the union, spoke of future religious activity.
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Tremont Temple
Mary A. Livermore
Scense
Workingman's Club
Workingman’s Opera
Catherine Lente Stevenson
The Modern Theatre Address by Benjamin Fay Mills
Benjamin Fay Mills spoke at Hollis Street Theatre on elevating the modern theatre. He traced its history and impact on the community good and ill, urging patrons to support it to improve standards and avoid condemning it. He praised theatre for patriotism and moral heroism yet noted its failures as a social teacher and its occasional demoralizing plays.
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Benjamin Fay Mills
Hollis Street Theatre
Stage Gossip and Casting Across Theatres This Week
Otis Skinner to star in Rosemary after finishing with Jefferson company in Boston. Tom Lawton gains fame in London for Belle of New York with wide feature in a leading magazine. Maud Mac Carthy, young Irish violinist, debuts at New York Metropolitan. Anne Sutherland joins Zaza cast with Mrs. Leslie Carter. debut December 26 in Washington. Souvenir craze grows as seven theatres plan themed keepsakes. Clara Betz signs for two months at Folies Marigny, Paris, leaving in April.
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Otis Skinner
Jefferson Comedy Company
Boston
Rosemary
John Drew
Maude Adams
Tom Lawton
London
New York
New York Metropolitan
Maud MacCarthy
London Society
Anne Sutherland
Leslie Carter
Washington
Clara Betz
Folies Marigny
Paris
Forefathers Day service at B Y M Christian Union on Boylston
The Sunday service featured music by soloists Mrs Flora Barry Miss Goodrich Lester Gardner and Gerald Lambert a boy soprano. Rev Thomas Van Ness of the Second Church spoke on Modern Saints and Heroes citing Father Damian and John Howard as modern saints and reformers.
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B. Y. M. Christian Union
Boylston Street
Flora &. Barry
Goodrich
Lester Gardner
Gerald Lambert
Thomas van Ness
Second Church
Father Damian
Belgium
van Ness
John Howard
Star Cast to Bowl Over Boston Theatres Tonight
A star studded week begins at the Boston Theatre headlined by Otis Skinner Wilton Lackaye Ffolliott Paget Elsie Leslie and the Jeffersons with Maxine Elliott and others. Nathan Hale will be played at every performance except Saturday December 31 with An American Citizen in the afternoon and A Gilded Fool in the evening. Blanche Walsh's La Tosca is set for a single performance Wednesday December 21 at Tremont. Park souvenirs honor the twenty fifth Boston presentation of Hotel Topsy yar ve l Hyde at Bowdoin Square all week. May Blossom returns at Castle Square as a novelty and Be cause She Loved Him So continues at the Museum. Lincoln J Carter’s Under the Dome opens at Grand Opera House tonight with expected scenic effects. The storm at Samoa is noted as realistic and The Victorian Cross is holiday fare at the Columbia. Black Crook burlesquers begin at the Howard with road companies on layoff week adding Stewart sisters Healy duo and MclIntosh pair. The four Cohans headline Keith’s for hot days with a new skit. Knickerbocker Burlesquers feature Shayne and Warden. Anzie the bushman remains at Austin Stone’s for the week.
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Boston
Otis Skinner
Wilton Lackaye
Ffolliott
Paget
Elsie Leslie
William Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson, Jr
Ee Cawin
Maxine Elliott
the Hons
Alacm Nathan Hale
Blanche Walsh
Tremont
Park
Mr. Hyde
Bowdoin Square
Castle Square
Lincoln J. Carter
Grand Opera House
Samoa
Columbia
The
Howard
Stewart Sisters
John
Nellie Healy
Tom MclIntosh
Cohans
Keith’s
Synthetic Bible class outlines St John gospel study
Dr Gray leads the Synthetic Bible class as it covers St John’s gospel the international lesson for the new year. Meetings are Tuesdays at 7 45 PM in the Clarendon Street Church main auditorium south end and open to all Sunday school teachers.
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Gray
Clarendon Street Church
South End
Runnymede Club Pure Whiskey Under Government Supervision
A fragment states Runnymede Club whiskey is distilled stored aged and bottled under ULS Government supervision. The text suggests formal oversight but provides limited verifiable details about licensing location or dates.
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Runnymede Club
ULS
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