Memorial service honors Leopold Morse in Mattapan chapel
A large attendance at the Leopold Morse Home for Infirm Hebrews and Orphans in Mattapan heard tributes to Leopold Morse. General Charles H. Taylor praised Morse’s generosity, industry, honesty, and public service, noting Morse founded the home and his political career in Boston.
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Blind His Son Kidnappers Extort $25,000 From Cudahy
Edward Cudahy, a wealthy Omaha meat packer, says his 16 year old son was recovered after a 48 hour abduction. The boy appeared at the home shortly before 2 am and ran to his parents. Police had searched endlessly as two ransom notes were delivered yesterday proposing the plan.
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Kidnappers' Letter From 1900 Threatens Family Over Ransom
An old man is instructed in a ransom plan for his kidnapped child. The letter details gold payment, a lantern cue, and a route ending at Fremont with warnings of violence if payment fails. It recalls Charley Ross as a historical parallel to deter hesitation and guide the crime.
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Sure Grip Fish Gaff Designed by Bernard J Ar Em Dover Me
In operation a fish gaff Secen Cyr designed by Bernard J ar em of Dover Maine is shown. It is intended to automatically grip and securely hold the fish until lodged in the boat or shore. The device uses metallic rods and sections that control movement and secure the catch.
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Gaff design uses spring locks and ratchet to trap fish
Description explains curved prongs that project toward each other and a central spring block. Hooks are opened by hand and held apart until the block locks them. A touch releases the rods, drawing them together by springs. A ratchet locks the hooks to prevent escape.
Christmas Watches Showroom With Ten Thousand Pieces
A city watch house offers ten thousand timepieces from cheap boys watches to costly diamond-set ones. The seller, Mr Keene, showcases watches and rare gems, buying diamonds from estates to remount in fashionable settings, promising low prices by cutting out middlemen.
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Artichokes, sunflowers and a Buffalo stamp teaser
The article notes Jerusalem artichokes are not from Jerusalem and explains their sunflower kin with a name from girasole meaning turns toward the sun. It also previews a 4 cent Pan-American Exposition stamp showing a motor vehicle as emblem of modern transportation.
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Jerusalem
Fragmentary plea in courtly speech about a boy
A garbled, incomplete line shows a speaker demanding control or custody of a boy named Marta, with stray words suggesting permission or transfer. The passage is fragmentary and cannot establish a clear event or outcome.
KITCHENER REPORTS BOER MOVEMENTS IN PROVINCES
General Kitchener reports Boers estimated at 600 to 800 crossing the Orange River at Rhenoster Hoek and another band near Sandf. They move mounted and are being followed from Venterstadt toward Jeynsburg. Key positions are well guarded and efforts continue to drive bands northward.
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Kruger Voices Britain Censured At Amsterdam Meeting
Dec 20 crowd in Nieuwe Kerk hears speakers condemn Great Britain for selling birthright for gold. Continental powers blamed unless they intervene in South Africa. Kruger then visited Palace of Industry to a 5000 schoolboy chorus and headed to The Hague amid continued enthusiasm.
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Hague
Silver jubilee mass ends Delaney celebration
Natick reports the Rev M F Delaneys silver jubilee celebration closed with a mass thanksgiving at St Patrick Church attended by about 50 priests and Archbishop Williams helping. The piece then notes Berlin priests meeting on Cellinis birthday and commentary on English reading habits and London weeklies.
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London
England
Paris
Milk Trust Plans Lower Price Spark Dairy Stand
Boston Milk Trust seeks a four cent a can cut after a three cent rise last October, prompting the Milk Producers Union of New England to call a milk strike if the reduction goes ahead. In Greenfield over 600 cans a day were sent. producers threaten to withhold supply or sell only to local steamships until a new agreement expires.
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Milk price cut rumors deny by Whiting official
Mr D Whiting of the C Brigham Company yesterday rejected reports of milk price reductions to farmers after January. He said contracts hold until April and no cut is planned on their part. The milk trust handles about 30,000 cans daily, a rumored 4 cent cut could boost profit by about $1200 per day plus a 30 cent can increase for pediers, totaling about $11,000 weekly after surplus milk was considered.
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