Harvard Men Off For Home This Vacation
Harvard students prepare for Christmas recess as many depart Cambridge for Boston, Maine, or Europe. Some hobos travel the rails while others stay near, but all know they must return for the first lecture after recess. The piece highlights the university’s strict rule against cutting class after the break.
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Crimson University
California
Washington
Pacific Coast
Boston
Harvard Lampoon
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Maine
Europe
New York
Crimson
Cram
Chairmanships of Committees in State House Brisk Debate
The State House prepares for a Republican caucus before Jan 7 to settle chairmanships as Myers and Soule seek re election. If Soule becomes president Jones would head judiciary. if Jones wins presiding officer would head railroad. Most chair predictions follow a lineup across judiciary ways and means cities election laws harbors labor insurance mercantile metropolitan military prisons probate public lighting railroads street railways taxation and water supply with numerous named Democrats and Republicans.
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State House
Myers
Senate
Soule
George R. Jones
Jones
House
Newton
Everett
Saeed
Judiciary
Railroad Committee
Albert S. Apsey
H. Houstis Newton
Ways and Means
Edward L. Osgood
B. C. Dean
Perlie A. Dyar
Charles L. Underhill
A. Dudley Bagley
Robert Luce
Henry E. Gaylord
J. Clifford Sherman
Elisha T. Harvell
E. B. Callender
Archie N. Frost
William F. Dana
C. F. How
George W. Tapley
Henry R. Skinner
Louis A. Frothingham
Francis Hi. Appleton
Daniel W. Davis
Otis M. Gove
George A. Hall
William T. A. Fitzgerald
Robert Rogerson
Albion F. Bemis
Harold P. Moseley
Rufus A. Soule
William H. J. Hayes
Herbert E. Pletcher
Frank Chace
Harry C. Foster
Lombard Williams
David G. Pratt
George H. Garfield
Missing Election Expense Returns Across Districts
Secretary of State awaits campaign expense returns required by law. Several districts report no filings for nominations or elections including Gardner Shaw in the sixth, Govering Blackmar in the fourth, Bruce and Sparks in the fifth, Ames and Sparks in the fifth, McNary Towle in the tenth, and Green Slade in the eighteenth. Gore Pierce senatorial races in wards sixteen, twenty, twenty four also absent. Foss Adams Sullivan contested in eleventh, with many other omissions. Law may be changed to enforce reporting as five citizens can file complaints. about 250000 spent in campaigns, with less than half accounted.
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Commonwealth
Gardner-Shaw
Govering-Blackmar
Bruce
Sparks
Ames
McNary-Towle
Gréene
Slade
Conry
Kelcher
Dennison
Fred 8. Gore
George B. Pierce
1Lth
Eugene N. Foss
Melvin O. Adams
John A. Sullivan
Foss
Secretary of State
Née
Railroads Place Big Equipment Orders
The Boston and Maine orders 20 large mogul engines from Baldwin in Philadelphia, 50 freight cars and several passenger coaches, with box cars to be built at East Fitchburg this winter. New Haven plans 2000 added cars including 200 coal cars, locomotives and passenger coaches, aiming to keep up with business. Two and a half percent perforated and sleeping cars are promised, as Hall notes Readville will soon handle its own car building.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
East Fitchburgh
Keene
New Haven
Conn
New Haven Railroad
John M. Hall
Hall
Readville
Mass
Useful Furniture at Wholesale Prices for Christmas Gifts
Morris chairs in quartered oak and mahogany writing desks bachelors cabinets teakwood tabourets brass and iron beds hall and dining room furniture offered at Wellman and Son exhibition rooms 152 North Street wholesalers for 25 years. Backwardness of trade prompts extending wholesale prices to consumers during the holidays saving 20 to 30 percent on retail prices by buying direct from the manufacturer.
Harvard Street church fire causes brief blaze
A defective chimney caused a small morning fire at Harvard Street West Church yesterday. The arch was closed when found. Ladder Company 17 stood nearby and Chemical 2 was alerted. flames were extinguished quickly. Regular services proceeded in the church later that day.
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Harvard Street West
Ladder Company 17
Chemical 2
Christmas Holidays in Washington DC Tour From Boston
The Royal Blue Line announces a personally conducted Boston departure on Friday December 26 for a week long trip to Washington Philadelphia and New York. Priced at twenty five dollars to cover all expenses including five days board with stopover privileges. Congress in session. Itinerary and details via Joseph P Taggart New England passenger agent 211 Washington Street Boston.
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Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Congress
National Capital
Joseph P. Taggart
New England
Washington Street
Worcester Union Station plans spark rail peacemaking
Worcester officials heard detailed plans for a new union station at Washington square costing 400000 to 450000. Architects Huckel Jr said the Worcester design aims to be one of the finest for a city of its size while Boston and Maine rails push for fixed rental terms and altered approaches to the depot.
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Washington Square
State House
Boston
Samuel Huckel, Jr
Philadelphia
United States
Boston & Albany Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Union Station
W. H. Coolidge
Lucius Tuttle
Coolidge
Board of Aldermen of
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company
Summer Street
Albany
Thousands of Christmas Mail Bags Arrive By Sea
New York dispatch reports Postmaster Van Cott mobilized postal clerks to process a large influx of overseas mail. The Cymric, carrying 2600 bags, was sighted off Fire Island, with the Etrurian Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the St. Louis due today bringing 3000 more bags of Christmas mail.
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New York
van Cott
General Post Office
Foreign Branch
Cymric
Fire Island
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
St. Louis
Cabbage Frozen at Watertown Arsenal Pit
About three months ago a cargo of cabbage was stored in a pit at the Watertown arsenal for winter use. Severe weather froze the cabbage, rendering it unfit for consumption.
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Watertown
Arsenal
Stormy six day voyage of Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to New York
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived in New York from Bremen after a six day 11 hour sea passage marked by a fierce west wind hurricane strength on the 16th and 17th. Three seamen were slightly injured and fittings sustained damage amid very rough seas. Passengers included Comtesse Boni de Castellane and children along with other notable travelers.
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Etruria
Liverpool
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Minneapolis
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A. F. West
Byron
Charles Page Bryan
United States
Brazil
Ivernia Sets Record at Boston Port Departure
Boston port records fall as steamship Ivernia departs East Boston after a 50 hour peak loading and unloading. Over 200 crew and carpenters faced fatigue with 14 transported by tug due to rough seas. The ship heads to Liverpool then New York to relieve the Lucania and overhaul others.
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Boston
Ivernia
Liverpool
Henry Broomfled
Steamer Delays and Hard Labor At Boston Harbor
A large steamship arrived last Thursday at Boston Harbor but could not dock until Friday due to tides and a late storm. About 200 men worked nonstop for 24 hours, unloading 3000 tons of cargo and loading an equivalent amount for the return trip, aided by ether for rest. The crew, exhausted and fatigued, faced sore feet and minimal sleep as coal usage rose and pig iron added weight. Captain Thomas Stephens bid farewell as the pilot departed Boston Light.
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Thomas Stephens
Boston Light
Kirk Millionaire Husband Faces Divorce Action
Chicago December 21 Mrs Alice B Kirk sues for divorce from Edgar W Kirk heir to a soap maker James 8 Kirk claiming two years of habitual drunkenness He says he spent 1 000 000 from his late father s estate since July 1901 he left her and she has lived with her mother Earlier he was defendant in a 50 000 damages suit by George Curl alleging alienation of his wife s affections and Kirk contends the million dollars came from the estate total
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Chicago
Alice B. Kirk
Edgar W. Kirk
James 8. Kirk
Kirk
Mrs Katharine Burne Funeral at St Augustine’s Church
At Carney Hospital Katharine Burne widow of Patrick Burns of North Easton dies. Funeral service held at St Augustine’s Church on Monday at 10 am.
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Burns
Carney Hospital
Katharine Artin Burne
Patrick Burns
North Easton
St. Augustine’s Church
Morse's Holiday Display at Morse & Co Boston
Leopold Morse & Co. in Boston showcases a grand holiday window display at its Washington and Brattle streets store. The interior is festooned with holly and smilax, with platform exhibits of men and boys clothing, accessories, shirts, hats, shoes, and Morse-made Superior suits on multiple floors, all highlighted by red white and blue lights and holly wreaths with scarlet ribbons.
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Boston
Leopold Morse & Co
Mrs John L Behneke Dies At Newton Centre At 42
Newton death report for Mrs John L Behneke aged 42 of 181 Langley Road Newton Centre. Born in Boston she died today. The funeral will be from her home on Tuesday.
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Newton
John L. Behneke
Langley Road
Newton Centre
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