Brooklyn and Boston Jews face charges against a Boston Rabbi
Prominent Hebrew leaders and a Boston rabbi named M. Z. Margolis and others are to be charged this week with assault and battery and larceny from the person. The case follows the two months of a man who claimed to be a Jerusalem rabbi touring Boston collecting money for the Holy Land and traveling Europe in a similar role.
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Boston
Jerusalem
M. Z. Margolis
Temple Beth Israel
Baldwin Place
Julius Rottenberg
Salem Street
I. B. Reinitz
Stillman Street
B. Bennett
Noyes Place
Rubin Vlaskowsky
Cooper Street
Abchab
Margolies
Boston rabbi accuses prominent figures of kidnapping extortion
Rabbi Joseph Abohab, recent arrival in Boston, alleges he was lured to Rabbi Margolis’s home, restrained, searched, and had money and papers stolen. He specifies totals of 67 dollars, 820 francs, and 114 pounds Turkish money. Lawyer John F. Custok seeks warrants as civil charges may follow.
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Margolis
Abohab
United States
Rabbi Margolis
Greece
John F. Custok
Court Street
Rabbi Implicates Man in Revolver Threat at Police HQ
A rabbi told officers through an interpreter that B Bennett of 13 Keyes Place choked him and aimed a revolver during a Sunday interview. Bennett was detained then released after Station 1 officers found no case, while investigators noted the names of all parties. The rabbi also said money and a subscription book were taken from Rabbi Abohab last Sunday but denied using force.
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Jerusalem
Rabbi Hleiacher
Rabbi Salant
Rabbi Bieiacher
Eleiacher
Julius Rottenberg
Smirno
Turkey
England
B. Bennett
Rottenberg
Mr. Rottenberg
Rabbi Abohab
Bennett
Abohab
Rabbi Joseph Abohab
Keyes Place
Station 1
Vew
Rabbi Margolis
Post
Boston Arrest Traps Diamonds Thief From Pittsburg
William Baker alias Charley Hoyt also known as Doc Harris, 35, was seized in Boston on suspicion of stealing about 10009 in diamonds from a Pittsburg jeweler. He admitted being Harris and was taken to Station 4. two accomplices remained at large.
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Pennsylvania
New York
New England
William Baker
Charley ‘Hoyt
Deec
Division 6
South Boston
Carver Street
Harris
Drake
McCarthy
Division 4
Station 4
Pittsburg
Boston Letter Carriers Assoc Elects 1929 Officers
The Boston Letter Carriers Association Branch elected President David L. White and officers including Vice President P James Hutchinson and Recording Secretary George M. Stiles. Charles C. Topham became Financial Secretary and William H. Nagle was named Treasurer with Thomas Ducey as Sergeant at Arms. Trustees are John J. Sullivan, William Hunt and John J. Sheridan. Resolutions sent to former Postmaster Thomas express sympathy for his illness.
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Boston Letter Carriers’ Association
N. Meeter
David L. White
P. James Hutchinson
George M. Stiles
Charles C. Topham
William H. Nagle
Thomas Ducey
Mutual Benefit Association
William H. Dillon
John J. Sullivan
William Hunt
John J. Sheridan
Thomas
Connolly Posts $10,000 Bond In Savannah Case
M A Connolly former private secretary to Captain Carter arrived in Savannah from Havana and posted a $10,000 bond for appearance in U S District Court. He is indicted with John F Gaynor E H Gaynor B D Greene and others on conspiracy to defraud the government over harbor and Cumberland Sound contracts.
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Savannah
M. A. Connolly
Carter
Havana
United States District Court
Connolly
John F. Gaynor
E. H. Gaynor
B. D. Greene
Savannah River
Cumberland Sound
Christmas Mail Carriers to Deliver on Christmas Day
Acting Postmaster Henderson orders carriers to make their usual trips on Christmas Day to ensure all Christmas mail is delivered. He states people are entitled to their presents on December 3 and will strive to have them delivered by Monday. The post office and branches will close at 10 a.m.
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Henderson
Governor Wolcott appoints several state directors and inspectors
The executive council received a set of reappointments from Governor Wolcott. Charles T. Plunkett of Adams and J. R. Leeson of Newton are named State directors of the Fitchburg railroad. S. Stillman Blanchard of Boston becomes director of the Collateral Loan Company. Stephen P. Sharples of Cambridge is appointed inspector and State assayer of liquors.
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Wolcott
Charles T. Plunkett
Adams
J. R. Leeson
Newton
Fitchburg Railroad
S. Stillman Blanchard
Boston
Colllateral Loan Company
Stephen P. Sharples
Cambridge
Child Struck Train Passenger Taken To City Hospital
A 3 1/2 year old boy William Giles of 97 Clifton street was found unconscious with a scalp wound and brain concussion after a train on the N Y N H H line picked him up between Savin Hill and Crescent avenues. He was taken to City Hospital.
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South Terminal
William Giles
Clifton Street
N. Y
Savin Hill
Crescent Avenue
Giles
City Hospital
Teen Arrested in $41 Robbery Case at Alden Street
Abraham Weisner aged 18 of 28 Harrison Avenue was arrested last evening on a charge of robbing Robert English of 41 dollars at 56 Alden Street on December 19.
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Abraham Weisner
Harrison Avenue
Robert English
Alden Street
Second annual banquet of Mitch ell’s Boys’ School alumni
The second annual banquet of the M. B. 8. Association, past members of Mitch ell's Boys' School of Billerica, was held at the United States Hotel last evening. Mr CG. W. Towne was the guest. Officers chosen: President C. B. Dana Worcester. vice president Richard P. Waters Boston. secretary-treasurer Arthur H. Craig Cambridge. executive committee H. P. Wilmarth Morris . Ginn 8. H. Parker C. Packard and W.W. B. Hutchinson.
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M. B. 8. Association
Mitchell’s Boys’ School of
Billerica
United States Hotel
CG. W. Towne
C. B. Dana
Worcester
Richard P. Waters
Boston
Arthur H. Craig
Cambridge
H. P. Wilmarth
Morris
Ginn
H. Parker
Packard
W.W. B. Hutchinson
Notable Rhode Island Manufacturer Jesse Motoni Dies
Providence report notes Jesse Motoni president and treasurer of the Wanskuck company, a leading Rhode Island manufacturer, dying at 7 36 tonight. The piece also mentions sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens becoming a French Academy correspondent and sketches brief biographical notes on Marcel Prevost and Prince Louis Napoleon with historical context.
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Providence
R. 1
Jesse Motoni
The
Wanskuck Company
Rhode Island
Augustus Saint Gaudens
Academie Des Beaux Arts
France
Cooper Union Art School
New York
Dublin
Marcel Prevost
Wif
Rennes
Dreyfus
Prevost
Prince Louis Napoleon
Africa
Bonaparte
British petition to Boer government seeks equal rights
Great Britain requests Queen's intercession in a measure to establish equal rights for British subjects. Secretary Chamberlain framed a petition to the Boer government for reasonable pro ne. Dom Paul evaded the question and his equivocation precipitated war among guests including President Gheries W. Eliot of Harvard Norman McLeod H J Coolidge Eugene B Hager and J R Coolidge.
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Great Britain
Chamberlain
Dom Paul
Gheries W. Eliot
Harvard
Norman McLeod
H. J.coolidge
Eugene B. Hager
J.R. Coolidge
Victoria West Uprising Sparks Anti British Sentiment
Capetown report dated Saturday December 16 notes a Victoria West district group of about two hundred colonists forming an anti British organization. Individuals vow loyalty but threaten to attack the Capetown to De Aar railroad station. Afrikander Bundists call troops there provocative, while claiming loyalty.
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London
Capetown
Victoria West District
Capetowik
de Aar
Afrikander Bundites
Hibernians Plan Meeting to Aid Irish Fund Drive
Chicago December 20 national officers of the Ancient Order of Hibernians plan a special meeting early next year to coordinate a united expression of sentiment and cooperation in raising funds among Irishmen across the United States.
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Chicago
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
United
Cryptic Letter Found in Sealed Town Site
A town site that day was opened and found to contain a dated letter. It reads Dear Powell and mentions Colonel Baden Powell. The note asks for telling Mrs mother and family all well and warns not to drink all the whiskey, with the sender's signature torn off.
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Powell
Baden- Powell
Eender
Bryce Attacks Chamberlain in Aberdeen Speech
James Bryce M P denounces Joseph Chamberlain in a Aberdeen speech. He condemns his methods and urges an end to inflaming hostility in Germany and harming Anglo American understanding.
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Aberdeen
James Bryce
Joseph Chamberlain
Colonies
Germany
United States
War Office dispatch from Pietermaritzburg reports Ladysmith fever cases
General George Stewart White reports the Ladysmith camp has sixty five cases of enteric fever and dysentery. The wounded are doing well. The message is dated December 18 and comes from Pietermaritzburg.
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London
War Office
Pietermaritzburg
George Stewart White
Ladysmith
British Casualties At Colenso Rise To 137 Killed
London December reports revised British losses at Colenso list 137 non commissioned officers and men killed along with other casualty figures.
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London
Battle of
Colenso
American flour seized protest to Washington
A. J. Twomey of the New York Produce Exchange and the Pennsylvania Milling and Export Company protested to Washington over Britain seizing flour shipments bound for South Africa. He learned by cable that the ship Béatrice with a cargo was seized.
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New York
A. J. Twomey
New York Produce Exchange
Pennsylvania Milling and Export Company
Washington
South Africa
Béatrice
Seery Brothers Are Acquitted
The Seery brothers are acquitted after a lengthy defense and prosecution case. Judge Sheldon instructed separate verdicts for Joseph and John, finding no evidence of a common design or joint participation in the alleged crime.
Irish Americans support for Boer hospital aid debate
President Keating notes a clear Irish American stance at the war’s outset and cites Red Cross aid as an acceptable path. He argues the Red Cross emblem should pass within lines, avoiding conflict with U.S. and British laws.
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States
Canada
America
Keating
Red Cross
England
United States
Chicago Sends 75000 For British Soldiers Relief
President Scull of the British-American League cableed 75000 from Chicago to the soldiers relief committee in London. The funds are to aid families of British soldiers killed in the South African War.
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Chicago
Scull
Rumor Duke of Connaught May Succeed Lord Roberts
The Globe reports rumors that the Duke of Connaught could succeed General Lord Roberts as commander in chief of the Irish forces. The note signals possible leadership change amid the Irish command.
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Duke of Connaught
Ireland
London
the Globe
Lord Roberts
London to raise 1000 volunteers for city defense
Lord Mayor Alfred Newton announces London will raise and equip 1000 volunteers from city corps with funding from large firms. At a corporation meeting he says 425 pounds have already been subscribed. Lord Wolseley has accepted the volunteers' service offer.
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London
Alfred Newton
Lord Wolseley
Anarchy in Cape Colony disrupts northern regions
Natives loot extensively in unannexed northern Cape Colony. Cala forms a town guard arming itself. The Sterkstroom Indwe railway is damaged by Boers. After Stormberg, the area north of Sterkstroom faces rising rebellion and waning confidence in British rule in Basutoland.
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Queenstown
Cape Colony
Cala
Sterkstroom
Indwe
Stormberg
Basutoland
Seizures at Delagoa Bay and Dispatches to South African Ports
Reports state ships were seized at Delagoa Bay and sent to East London while the Maria went to Port Natal. A week earlier Mashona carrying 14 000 sacks of flour was stopped and redirected to Cape Town amid suspicions the flour would reach the Boers.
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Delagoa Bay
Boers Attack Chiefs Khama and Lindiwe in Bechuanaland
From Cape Town General Sir F Forestier Walker reports November clashes as Boers attack Chief Khama near Selika and Chief Lindiwe near Sekwani. New Zealanders hold a farm east of the front lines under fire. Khama and Lindiwe loyalty to Britain noted. Palapye lies northwest of Pretoria along the Bechuanaland route to Rhodesia.
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London
War Office
F. Forestier-Walker
Cape Town
French
Khama
Lindiwe
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Bechuanaland
Great Britain
Mafeking
Bulawayo
Rhodesia
Palapye
Pretoria
Dutch residents in Umvod accused of disloyalty to British
London reports Natal dispatches say Dutch residents in Umvod are thoroughly disloyal to the British. The government is arresting and imprisoning those who openly show sympathy for the Boers.
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London
Natal
Umvod
Man Loses $125 After Encounter In Boston Street Scene
Burlington visitor Mr. L Knowlton told police of meeting two women in long cloaks and hats on Boylston street. They led him to a doorway at 26 Boylston street then to a friend’s place at 8 St James avenue where a wad of $125 disappeared from his pocket.
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L. Knowlton
Burlington, Vt
Boylston Street
St. James Avenue
Jury Deliberates After Court Charge on Murder Case
Judge Sheldon defines malice aforethought and directs that guilt must be proven beyond reasonable doubt. Jurors retire for four hours and request guidance on direct versus circumstantial evidence, while a long list of jurors is named.
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Sheldon
Commonwealth
William C. Earle
Weymouth
Clothier
Albion KR. Clapp
Wellesley
Nville H. Ellis
Franklin
John Noonan
Holbrook
William H. Pratt
Cohasset
John Shannon
Bellingham
Armer
Harles C. Smith
Sharon
Athaniel R. Williams
Hyde Park
Ephrama
Snow
Quincy
Mariner
Frank F. Smith
Stoughton
Frank L. George
Alvin T. Reed
Waiters in the Mazey Dance at Boston Ball
The fifth annual ball of the Boston Waiters Alliance drew a large crowd at Paine Memorial Hall. The event featured a grand march led by Lawrence W. McGuirk with dancing lasting into the morning. The ball was organized by McGuirk and officers Thomas Hamilton Willam F. Callahan and A J A Falardeau. The alliance, formed nine years ago, regulates hours and wages for Boston waiters, including Local 34 and colored waiters.
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Boston Waiters’ Alliance
Paine Memorial Hall
Lawrence W. McGuirk
Lawrence McGuirk
Thomas Hamilton
Willam F. Callahan
A. J. A. Falardeau
Boston
Father Bill Daly Says Fame Built, Not Born
Jockey trainer Father Bill Daly asserts that successful riders are forged through training and talent, not inherent luck, delivering his characteristic entertaining take on the sport.
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Bill Daly
Bill
Sporting News of the World Highlights Global Action
The Sporting News of the World reports on international games and events across leagues. Key matches feature standout players, team rivalries, and notable scores shaping the season's narrative.
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Sporting News of the World
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Salant
Joseph Abohab
Mr. Bennett
Athens
Abobab
Oftear Dreke
Fim
Must Garry
Pelica
Mozro Pelica
Pemberton Square
Nellie Mack
Corning Street
Buller
Victoria
Bryce Scores
Seery Brothers
Joseph
Joe
John
Henry N. Sheldon
Braley
Spyfontein
Pugilist
Sharkey
George Dixon
Terry McGovern
Terry
Sunday Post
Dixon the
Fight
His
May
Eas
Oceanic
Cameron
Bonner
BO Ak
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