Record cargoes of coal in the harbor
More than 43,000 tons of coal arrived in Boston Harbor yesterday totaling 43,146 tons the largest since the strike ended. The mix included 13,418 tons of anthracite in barges and 2,006 tons on schooners plus 27,704 tons of soft coal. Prices ranged from 10 to 18 dollars per ton, with shortages feared during Christmas to New Year. A new distribution plan reduced lines at the North End coal yard while express wagons carried 10 cent deliveries, crowds of shoppers and busy wharfs described by reporters.
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Cape Cod
United States
Metropolitan Coal Office
Coal Supply Committee
North End
Metropolitan Coal Company
Causeway Street
John Morrison
Nevada Monitors Make Record Run Off Cape Ann
The U S monitor Nevada broke all records for its class during an official trial off Cape Ann, achieving an average speed of 12.95 knots over 2625 miles and surpassing sister Arkansas which made 12.75 knots. The Bath Iron Works crew reported smooth seas, steady machinery, and a successful test with anchor checks and naval officials observing. Officials promised formal reports in a few days.
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Coast Defence
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Cape Ann
Rockport
Arkansas
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Navy Yard
Deer Island
Hinckly
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Gloucester
Blair
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Bath
Vacation for Boston Schools Begins Today
Boston's public schools close for Christmas with a two week break instead of one due to coal shortages. The School Board indicates the early break aims to cope with fuel deficiencies and expects pupils to return January 5, mirroring actions in other large cities.
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Boston
Fall River
Ryley
Outside Cities Get Some Coal but Not Enough to Go Around
Communities across Massachusetts report coal shortages with limited supplies arriving only in small amounts. Gloucester received a haul from Salem priced around ten dollars per ton, while Worcester fears a soft coal famine threatening mills. Several towns rationed coal for public engines and schools, leaving Brookfield and East Brookfield with scarce hard coal and rising prices.
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Gloucester
Salem
East Gloucester
Collins
Forbes
Southbridge
Worcester
Brookfield
Edward B. Phetteplace
C. P. Bennett
East Brookfield
Dead Man Seen To Move In Frightful Franklin Case
In Franklin on December 18 investigators question whether Pliny Holbrook died Saturday night or later while on his bier. Officer Fisher found the body appearing comatose with limp head, red ears, and no rigor. Willard Wilcox attempted galvanic stimulation but observed no breath or movement, concluding death occurred after Saturday.
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Franklin
Pliny Holbrook
Holbrook
Wisher
Edwin Morse
Fisher
Willard
Wilcox
Morse
Mrs Albertina Hayward Appears For Church Fund
Newton December 18 Highland Club Hall Newton Highlands hosted a musical literary entertainment to aid St Pauls Church building fund featuring Mrs Albertina Hayward of Boston. She read three selections amid a crowded hall as part of the fundraiser.
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Newton
Highland Club
Newton Highlands
St. Paul's Church
Albertina Hayward
Boston
Local Recital Ends With Comedy Troupe Show
A concert featured double encores including The Two Homecomings Pauline Palavna and My Vallier Rose. Mrs J T Fankhauser and Miss Mary Cross sang solos while Kate Manson and Larkin played violin. The second half presented The Champion of Her Sex, directed by Mrs J T Waterhouse with locals imitating roles.
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Yaller Rose
J. T. Fankhauser
Mary Cross
Kate Manson
Larkin
J. T. Waterhouse
F. F. Nagle
Lillian Lamkin
Helen Mansfield
Lara Douglass
Ethel ‘Hasbrouck
Rie Jean Angus
Mildred Levi
Helen Nowell
Stolen Goods Recovered and Identified at Brockton
Brockton police identified a batch of recovered items as the property of Dow Portable Electric Manufacturing Company of Braintree after Officer James F. Morey located the goods. Superintendent John L. Delano of the company verified the items at police headquarters. A large quantity remains at the station with owners sought. The goods were found in a room of a convicted burglar.
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Brockton
Dow Portable Electric Manufacturing Company
Braintree
John L. Delano
James F. Morey
Gloucester Court Frees Nine Drunk Lodgers This Morning
District Court Judge York discharged nine drunkards jailed by Officer Moulton after rebuking police for drunks’ treatment. He hinted at resignations if ledgers caused trouble and questioned night water access for inmates, while noting lack of jurisdiction over police conduct.
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Gloucester
District Court
York
Moulton
Shipping consignments list of phila and port johnson vessels
Detailed ledger of schooners and barges with ports ranging from Philadelphia and Perth Amboy to Newport News and Port Johnson. Lists consignees, coal firms, and cargoes including multiple bays of bituminous coal, and totals for shipments aboard various vessels and steamers.
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George W. Wells
Phila
Met. Coal Co
Viking
Philadelphia
Jacob M. Haskell
Percy
Birdsall
Baltimore
Mass
Coal Co
Lucinda Sutton
Agnes Manning
Perth Amboy
Darrow
Mann & Co
Abbie
Hya ‘Hooper
Order
Nimrod
Port Reading
N. J
Doherty &Co
Cor
Cora F. Cressy
Newport News
Nettie Champion
Elizabethport
Gove & Son
HE. B
Port
Johnson
Cowan
Medford
Richards
Weymouth
Thaxter
Cienfuegos
C. C. Co. No
Port Johnson
Marston Coal Co
Wilkesbarre
Port Johnson Met. Coal Co
Pneumonia Rise Tied to Coal Shortage in Washington
Physicians report a growing pneumonia and severe cold problem in Washington linked to a coal famine. Many homes heat only a few rooms as furnaces are abandoned. Hard coal sells for 12 dollars per ton from independent operators while soft coal retailing at 8 dollars per ton limits access for regular customers.
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Washington
Coal at 10 Cents Per Pail for New York Poor
New York on December 18 reports coal sold to the poor at 10 cents per pail with thousands of baskets disposed of at this price. The measure aims to ease fuel costs amid the cold season and widespread need.
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New York
Railroad brakeman killed during car coupling in Bellows Falls
James Quinlan of North Walpole New Hampshire a Boston and Maine railroad freight brakeman was killed today while coupling cars in Bellows Falls Vi. local dispatch reports.
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Falawis
James Quinlan
North Walpole
N. H
Boston & Mains Railroad
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