Pupil shoots anarchist in broad daylight in Philadelphia
Voltairine Le Cleyre a noted anarchist and language teacher, aged 36, was mortally wounded by former pupil Herman Helscher, 24, who claimed unrequited love. The shooting occurred on a street corner in daylight. Helscher was arrested after five shots were fired. Le Cleyre, linked to Emma Goldman and anarchist writings, remains hospitalized with poor prospects. Helscher, a cigarmaker born in Russia, has been in the U.S. 14 years and is an avowed anarchist.
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Philadelphia
Voltairine le Cleyre
Herman Helscher
Hellscher
Helscher
Miss le Cleyre
Herscher
Emma Goldman
Russia
Boston
Boston waterfront plan reshapes Quincy Weymouth and Braintree
A multimillion dollar expansion contours Boston’s waterfront with 860 acres of docks and warehouses from Squantum to Dorchester Bay. New Haven and Pennsylvania railroads acquire border land to create a dock system linking rail and coastwise trade. Fore River Engine plant in Weymouth and American Tube Works in Braintree anchor a growing industrial corridor. Rumors hint further docks on Weymouth shore and a possible Sound line terminus to New York.
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Greater Boston
Boston
Quincy
Braintree
Weymouth
Squantum
Neponset River
New Haven
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Dorchester Bay
Squantum Point
New England
Fore River Engine Company
American Tube Works
Dickering
Tube Works
New Haven Road
South Shore
New York
Fall River
Germantown
When Young in Practice I Wish I Had Known Its Value
Dr. L. A. Crinnian of Stanley Ky endorses Father John's Medicine and notes its value for colds and lung troubles. He states it is not a patent medicine.
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L. A. Crinnian
Stanley, Ky
John
Local Boston Forecast Weekend Chill and Wet Outlook
Boston and vicinity weather report shows Saturday partly cloudy and colder with fresh north to east winds. Sunday brings cloudiness and likely rain with southeast to south winds.
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Boston
Baby dies after carriage is crushed by horse in Brookline
Halvin Barrett, 2, daughter of Harrison D. Barrett of 125 Kent Street, Brookline, died after a gust toppled her carriage into a horse owned by BE Crosby. The child was hospitalised, remained unconscious, and died at 6 pm. Nurse Catherine Hughes had briefly left the carriage to shop.
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Halvin Barrett
Harrison D. Barrett
Kent Street
Brookline
Washington Street
Catherine Hughes
BE. F. Crosby
Shanahan
Children’s Hospital
Huntington Avenue
Bartlett
Iowa
Sergeant at Arms announces appointments for coming year
Sergeant-at-Arms Charles G. Davis released the list of appointees for the Legislature. Names include First clerk John Kinnear. doorkeepers David T. Remington and Thomas Tucker. postmaster James Beatty. many messengers such as Charles W. Philbrick, Marcus Kimball, Louis A. Phillips, and Edward C. Cook. Senate pages Charles Sawyer and Warren Swift. and new hires like Enoch Pratt and Lawrence Mitchell. Charles A. Legg is reappointed chief engineer.
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Charles G. Davis
John Kinnear
Charles W. Philbrick
Marcus Kimball
Louis A. Phillips
George
Lawrence G. Mitchell
Enoch Pratt
Thomas J. Tucker
Thomas F. Pedrick
James Beatty
Ezra C. Pope
Francis Steele
John B. Hollis
Henry W. Sykes
Benjamin B. Brown
Thomas Coyne
Sydney Gardner
John B. Fisher
Edwin C. Gould
Mark C. London
Sydney Holmes
Charles J. Tarbell
Thomas P. Frost
Joseph 8
Adlington
James P. Clare
William C. Marden
Philip A. Myrick
Ernest Grant Webb
M. W. Brown
Alexander L. Nickerson
Raymond B. Hanforth
Charles R. Davis
Senate
Charles P. Sawyer
Fred Co. Grant
Warren Swift
House
Edward S. Brockman
Fred Wilson
Lawrence Mitchell
Albro G. Bean
Charles A. Legg
Price of oil raised by Standard Oil again today
New York December 19 The Standard Oil Company yesterday boosted the price of refined oil by one cent per gallon. Officials gave little detail but admitted the rise follows a three month steady increase driven by heavy heating and illuminating demand.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Lorimer Called Back by Tremont Temple Vote
Tremont Temple protesters and supporters clashed over Dr. George C. Lorimer’s return as 674 members voted on the direct question. Officials said the vote was a large majority in favor, with women making up most of the turnout among 1468 members. The secrecy surrounding the result broke as the deacons announced Lorimer would be called, ending a bitter, months long controversy.
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George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Dr. Lorimer
Boston
Wentworth
Lorimer
Rhodes
Lorimer Hall
Deacon Wentworth
Jameson
Farquhar
New York
Germany Signals Willingness to Accept U S Venezuela Terms
Washington dispatch notes a shift in Berlin and London toward arbitration with Venezuela. Germany likely demands an apology from Castro, while fear of offending the United States and suspicion of Britain's role influence the change in sentiment. The blockade begins tonight with Cruiser Albany aiding Bowen’s ships bound for Venezuelan waters.
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England
Germany
Castro
United States
Venezuela
Millionaire Hand Fined in Five-Hour Assault Hearing
In Pawtucket Rhode Island Michael Hand Jr a millionaire brewer was fined $10 and costs on two assault charges one involving his mother in law Mrs Mary Ann Connell and the other his sister in law Miss Mary Connell Court heard that Hand visited the house during a pending separate maintenance suit and kicked hair pulled and a hand was bitten The trial featured near blows between counsel and a sharp court rebuke with the judge noting liquor as a major factor in the dispute.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Michael Hand, Jr
Mary Ann Connell
Mary Connell
Hand
Miss Connell
Mary
Henry
Connell
Fitzgerald
Daniel McGinn
Hugh J. Carroll
James E. Banigan
Carroll
McGinn
Mr. Hand
Denial for Germany in North German Gazette
A North German Gazette semi official statement rejects claims Germany seeks colonies in Venezuela and Brazil. It cites New York telegrams reporting U S rumors of German imperial aims and says Washington was informed Germany seeks nothing beyond compensation. The piece argues Anglo German cooperation rests on shared interests and dismisses hostile press framing.
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Berlin
North German Gazette
New York
Germany
Great Britain
Venezuela
Brazil
the Gazette
United States
Blockade threatens several Venezuelan ports
Foreign consuls near La Guaira report allied fleet has warned a blockade of La Guaira Porto Cabello Coro Maracaibo Barcelona and Carupano starting tomorrow night. Prices rise amid shock and protests flare in Maracaibo after the German cruiser Falke seizes and abandons the Venezuelan schooner Victoria.
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LA Guaira
Porto Cabello
Coro
Maracaibo
Barcelona
Carupano
Falke
Victoria
Zulia
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Pennsylvania Roads
Fore River
Hanley Ship Works
Washington St
Summer Street
Bowdoin Square
Tevere House
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Meedevece
Thompson Spa
Itore
Ature
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Bowen
Dewey
Venezuelan Waters
Washington
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