Chadwick notes forged Hanna signatures surface in Boston
A Post reporter heard that promissory notes aggregating two hundred thousand dollars bearing Cassie L Chadwick and Senator M A Hanna were forged and circulated in Boston under the name of the late Hanna The alleged note pairs were dated January 1904 one for one hundred thousand dollars due a year after date and the other dated January 1904 due eighteen months after date The source warned of a bank run if names or locations were disclosed and said the holders would not publicize the matter to avoid blame Reports say the notes target Hanna s signature and that investigators are probing their whereabouts in Fall River Mass and surrounding areas
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Cassie L. Chadwick
M. A. Hanna
Boston
Cleveland
Queen of Finance
Post
Hanna
Chadwick
Fire hits schooner Clara Goodwin near Diamond Shoals
Baltimore December 18 report says schooner Clara Goodwin caught fire while passing Diamond Shoals. No crew aboard, possibly escaped in small boats and may have been rescued. Vessel from Portland Maine, 945 gross tons, built 1887 Bath. Crew of eight. Owned by J S Winslow & Co. Port Tampa phosphate cargo for Philadelphia. Commander P J Ostman.
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Baltimore
Clara Goodwin
Topeka
Diamond Shoals
Portland
Bath
J. S. Winslow & Co
Fierce blizzard lashes New England shipping loses feared
A northeast gale described as the fiercest since 1898 battered the New England coast from Eastport to Cape Cod. Fifteen schooners ran ashore at Vineyard Haven, others damaged by collisions. Vessels rode out the storm in Boston Harbor with several barely avoiding wrecks. Snow neared three feet along the coast, 60 mph winds at Block Island, wires and telegraph lines down, Cape Cod train service disrupted, no deaths reported, full details on Page 8.
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Portland
New England
Eastport
Block Island
Vineyard Haven
Boston Harbor
Bay
New London
Cape Cod
Woods Hole
Fisher’s Island
Wareham
Buzzard’s Bay
Harwich
Cape
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
New York
Lawson fires verbal broadside at Wall Street king Keene
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson lashes out at James R. Keene over Amalgamated stock maneuvers and alleged public swindle. Lawson promises a six page letter exposing Keene, while Wall Street awaits whether Keene will answer the challenge and ignite a major market clash.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Bill’ Greene
Henry H. Rogers
James R. Keene
Wall Street
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Lawson
Keene
Arizona
Mr. Lawson
Mr. Keene
America
War veteran endorses Father John’s Medicine claim
Lowell veteran James E. Boyd says his family has used Father John’s Medicine for 30 years and credits its cold curing with a money back guarantee. The ad touts “650 years in use” and promises relief from colds.
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James E. Boyd
Lowell
John
Fire damages St Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum
Fire at the St Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum on Regent Street in Providence injures a number of rescuers while saving 150 children. The four story Catholic institution valued around 50 thousand dollars with 30 thousand insured suffers about 20 thousand in damages. Sisters Luitgard Mary Paul and Zacharia and Watchman John H Henderson are among the severely burned rescuers.
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Providence
St. Vincent de St. Paul
Regent Street
Luitgard
Mary Paul
Zacharia
John.h. Henderen
Fair and Warmer Local Forecast for Boston Area
The forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies and rising temperatures on Monday. Highs likely in the upper 60s to near 70 with light winds. Overnight lows in the mid 50s. Dry conditions expected.
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Boston and Vicinity
Temperature yesterday at Thompson's Spa
Temperature yesterday recorded at Thompson's Spa on Washington Street. The report mixes an unrelated advertisement for King's Bohemian Beer and a health claim about Soathes and Heals Sore throats with Lung Kuro, indicating noisy OCR text.
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Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
Two Japanese Torpedo Boats Lost Near Sevastopol
Tokia dispatch reports two Japanese torpedo boats were lost during operations against the battleship Sevastopol, which had been reported as completely disabled yesterday in Port Arthur advices.
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Tokio
Sevastopol
Port Arthur
Wounded and Arrests After Moscow Student Demonstration
Police and troops dispersed a 3000 student protest in Moscow on December 18 near the Governor's palace. About 300 were arrested and 60 wounded after demonstrators ignored warnings and moved along Tverskaia street singing revolutionary slogans. Police fired blank cartridges and drew swords to end the rally.
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Sergius
Tverskaia Street
BU Student Kills Self in Hotel Rexford Room 640
Maurice L Burnce a 24 year old Boston University law student and son of Michael Burnce of 74 Allen Street West End was found dead in Hotel Rexford Room 640 with a bullet wound to the right temple. A note to his sister Frances Burnee explained he could not endure his discouragement and would be gone from this earth. Police were alerted after his sister received a package from him containing his papers and the note. The family said he showed no outward signs of discontent.
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Maurice L. Burnce
Michael Burnce
Allen Street
West End
Hotel Rexford
Young Burnce
Boston University
Frances Burnee
Rexford
Miss Burnee
Burnee
Miss Burnce
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Fall River Operatives
Bien Eee
Case
National Civic Federation
Fall River
Arbi
Textile Council
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Nathaniel I. Borden
Manufacturers’ Association
Borden
James Tansey
Carders’ Union
Tansey
Mrs. Chadwick
Clara Coonwin
JR. Keene
Summer St
Hovey
Long
Weler
Children
King’s Bohemian Beer
Kuro
Moscow
Police and Cos
B. U
Kilis Sfif
Maurice
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