Maine's Cruise of Mystery Leaves Norfolk on Sealed Order
Washington dispatch reports the battleship Maine left Norfolk under sealed orders amid mystery over its destination. Rumors suggest a move toward Venezuelan waters, with no official confirmation from state or Navy. Rear Admiral Conway H. Arnold commands the vessel, known for capable handling of potential crises.
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Washington
Maine
Norfolk
Navy Department
la Guaira
Porto Cabello
Maracaibo
United States
Conway H. Arnold
Naval War College
Fire devastates Chelsea plant causing $50000 loss
A blaze at a Chelsea planing mill caused about $50,000 in damage last night. Firefighters battled dense smoke as Chief Spencer ordered a general alarm and calls for aid from Charlestown and Everett. McLean collapsed from smoke while assisting. The monitor section and machinery were destroyed with the plant largely gutted. The origin is undetermined though tied to the room housing the large saws.
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John Hunter
Broadway
Spencer
Charlestown
Everett
McLean
Boston Harbor
Boston
Chelsea Creek
Monitor
Emery
Samuel Segal
Liverpool
Eng
Allen Fuller
Melrose F
Stocking Gift Opens A Sale Of Money Saving Deals
A playful line notes that a five dollar bill left in a stocking mirrors the sale’s many money saving opportunities. The item emphasizes practical discounts and consumer value in a festive sales context.
Vanished Cambridge Boy Eddie Hughes Feared Lost
Police and hundreds of Harvard students search for 4 year old Eddie Hughes of 93 Dunster Street Cambridge after he disappeared near the Charles River. Family, neighbors, and the Cambridge police pursue leads as the fate remains unknown.
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Charles River
Eddie Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Dunster Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Police Department
Harvard
Missing boy after river search and stranger sighting
A young boy left home to play after 8 o clock Wednesday morning and did not return. Police fear foul play after 12 dynamite charges in the Charles River yielded no body. He was last seen with a stranger at Winthrop and Dunster streets, wearing a brown hat, blue jacket with a red anchor insignia, corduroy pants, black stockings, and shoes.
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Charles River
Winthrop
Dunster
Mrs Katherine McDonald Found Dead in Bed
Mrs Katherine McDonald of 24 Dracut Street Ashmont widow of Charles T McDonald a former Boston police officer was found dead in bed last evening by her daughter Agnes McDonald Heart trouble is believed to have caused the death She was prominently connected with the Third Religious Society of Dorchester Lower Mills She is survived by a daughter and one son Arthur
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Katherine McDonald
Dracut Street
Ashmont
Charles T. McDonald
Boston
Agnes McDonald
Cambridge Auto Victim Dies At Hospital
Thomas Higgins a switchman from Cambridgeport died at Cambridge Relief Hospital from injuries after being struck by a taxicab in Lafayette Square Cambridgeport last Thursday night. Police allege Byron E Daly of Massachusetts Avenue Boston was in charge of the auto. Higgins leaves a wife and a daughter. he was age.
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Thomas Higgins
Lafayette Square
Cambridgeport
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Byron E. Daly
Massachusetts Avenue
Boston
Higgins
Erie Street
Vice-President Gomez Forms New Venezuelan Government
Vice-President J Vincente Gomez who received the presidency from General Cipriano Castro has established a new government in Venezuela. He has replaced the old ministry led by Dr Jose de Jesus Paula and created a new body of ministers following the ousting of Derus and the break with Holland.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
J. Vincente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Europe
Venezuela
Jose de Jesus Paula
Castro
Derus
Holland
Venezuela Crisis Deepens as Castro Sails Abroad
Secret Caracas dispatches report a growing anti Castro and anti Gomez revolt across Venezuela. Riots ignite Caracas with statues torn down and fires set as Gomez secures army control and reshuffles the cabinet. Castro, treated in Berlin, resists revolutionary claims while Dutch naval actions intensify the global stance on the crisis.
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Paul
Baldo
Castro
Diego Ferren
Gomez
Regulo Oliveros
Caracas
Venezuela
Europe
Dr. Israel's Hospital
Berlin
Netherlands
Holland
Marines Seek to Keep Marine Corps on Navy Duty
Coast district marine officers unite in opposition to President Roosevelt's plan to move the marine corps from naval to army duty. They meet in naval centers and receive guidance from Washington. A Boston dinner with Brooklyn Portsmouth and Charlestown reps expressed regret over the decision and pledged to use honorable means to block the move.
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Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Washington
Brooklyn
N. Y
Portsmouth
N. H
Charlestown Navy Yard
Puritan Club
Corps
Post
Boston
President Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Look for Another Messiah in University Hex Involves Order of the Fifteen
Philadelphia dispatch reports Dr. Edgar F. Smith dean appointed to probe The Order of the Fifteen an occult group with university and non university members. Founder Homer Curtiss faces inquiry as Dr Charlotte Abbey resigns citing teachings in pamphlets Celibacy Purity Prayer and Prayer of Consecration with claims of reincarnation and a coming Messiah between 1925 and 1950.
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Philadelphia
Edgar F. Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Order of the Fifteen
Homer Curtiss
Charlotte Abbey
Curtiss
Harriet Brown
Charles S. Heller
Abbey
Darius Cobb Picture Inspected by City Rabbis
A monochrome titled The Faith of Abraham by Darius Cobb was inspected yesterday at Cobb's studio by Rabbis Fleischer Eichler and Israel. The six by eight canvas is based on an earlier oil work and will be purchased by popular Hebrew subscription for display in a public place. The rabbis expressed great satisfaction with the monochrome.
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Abraham
Darius Cobb
Rare art treasures reclaimed from Chicago seizure
Mrs J L Gardner of Boston owner of the Fenway palace reclaimed treasures seized by Chicago federal customs from England last July. She paid the government claim of 82 411 to satisfy the case and the property was surrendered by court order.
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Chicago
J. L. Gardner
Boston
Fenway Palace
England
Emily Crane Chadbourne
Art treasures released after payment in government feud
The final claim of Mrs. Gardner and a prior payment by Mrs. Chadbourne totaling 152 820 dollars cleared the dispute. Judge Landis ordered seizure to be surrendered to Chadbourne’s representative while Ackhoff of G W Sheldon & Co placed a bond and paid 82 411 dollars, with the broker suggesting the treasures may be returned to Gardner.
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United States District Court
H. W. Ackhoff
G. W. Sheldon & Co
Chadbourne
Fireman Rescues Four Children From burning Maiden Street House
Malden, Dec. 21. Fireman Frank Chick rescued Abraham Silverstein age 5 Lily age 2 Herman Casson age 5 and Annie Casson age 2 from a smoke filled burning house at 24 Amont Street. He carried them to the sidewalk while neighbors aided the mothers. The blaze likely started by spontaneous combustion in cellar paint. Damages about 800 dollars.
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Malden
Frank Chick
Amont Street
Chick
Abraham Silverstein
Lily
Herman Casson
Annie
Post
Maiden
Hymen Casson
Casson
Sadie Silverstein
Lilly
Bishops Michaud and McQuaid Reported Dying
The Rt Rev John S Michaud bishop of Burlington Vermont arrived in New York from Cherbourg in a dying condition and was moved to St Vincent's Hospital where officials said his condition was very serious The bishop had left France weeks earlier after doctors gave up hope of curing his Bright's disease by a miraculous spring treatment
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New York
John S. Michaud
Burlington, Vt
Cherbourg
St. Vincent's Hospital
Michaud
Tourdes
France
Bright
Bishop Bernard McQuaid Nearing Death in Rochester
Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid of Rochester is very low and may not survive the night. The aged prelate’s strength has steadily declined while medical advisers remain at his bedside this afternoon.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bernard J. McQuaid
Diocese of
McQuaid
Alderman-elect Attridge Attends Democratic Caucus
Alderman-elect John J Attridge followed his exclusive statement to the Post and attended the Democratic caucus of Aldermen-elect held yesterday at Young's. Curley, a senior member, called the gathering though it was not labeled a caucus. another meeting is planned for next Saturday.
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John J. Attridge
Young’s
Alderman Curley
Boston Democratic caucus eyes chairmanship clash
Attridge and O'Hare of South Boston confront Curley Whelton Giblin and Timilty over control of the Democratic caucus for the board chair. Donnelly is absent. Curley seeks harmony but with majority support his bid faces rivals offering to back either Whelton or Timilty.
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Attridge
O'Hare
South
Boston
Curley
Whelton
Giblin
Timilty
Donnelly
O’hare
James Donovan
Donovan
Republicans At Odds Over Aldermen Chairmanship
Republicans on the Board of Aldermen clash with Democrats over the chair candidate. Aldermen Cotton Brand Ballantyne and Anderson seek a unified GOP choice to lure Democratic votes. Baldwin Timilty backed Louis M. Clark last year amid deadlock. Good Government Association says it will stay out of the race.
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Board of Aldermen
Alderman Anderson
Heard
Cotton
Brand
Ballantyne
Anderson
Baldwin
Timilty
Louis M. Clark
Good Government Association
Indorsement
Alderman Attridge
Billings
Katherine Roosevelt Heroine in New Book Rhubarb
Philadelphia story notes Rhubarb a diary tale by J Stanley Reeve of Germantown with Miss Katherine Lowell Roosevelt of Brookline as its heroine The book features Cas tleRagh the hunter and Oborah Dexter as heroine The couple plan a Boston marriage next April after holidays in Boston remain unnamed by the author.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Katherine Lowell Roosevelt
Brookline
J. Stanley Reeve
Germantown
White Marsh Valley
Castlereagh
Germantown Society
Oborah Dexter
Miss Roosevelt
Mr. Reeve
Boston
Reeve
Mind Reader Eva Fay’s Husband Commits Suicide in San Francisco
John Tiedemann Fay husband of Eva Fay the mind reader and son of Annie Eva Fay of Melrose shot himself in San Francisco as he faced despondency over alleged lack of success in his wife’s touring. Eva Fay had just completed an engagement at the Oakland Theatre and the couple planned to move on to Denver.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Tiedemann Fay
Eva Fay
Boston
Melrose
Annie Eva Fay
West
Oakland Theatre
Denver
Ohio Native Fay Dies Before Denver Trip
Mrs Fay recalls her husband 81 year old Ohio native and 32d degree Mason died reportedly not by his own hand. He carried 109.20 dollars and rings and emblems. The couple planned to travel to Denver. his body will be shipped to Boston tomorrow for burial.
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Ohio
Boston
Arrest of John Fay in Boston and Anna Fay's Theosophy Plans
John Fay and his wife faced arrest in Boston last September after Fay received a 20 day sentence for reckless auto driving in Secollay square. his wife suggested drug involvement, while Fay wore expensive jewelry and carried a large sum. Anna Eva Fay, famed mind reader, plans a Melrose school of theosophy costing 200000 with land near Angels California and marble quarrying. Over 300 applications for membership followed the announcement.
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John Fay
Boston
Fays
Anna Eva Fay
Anna Fay
Melrose Highlands
Anna KE. Fay
Melrose
Anna E. Fay
Angels
Cal
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Fay
Mind Reader
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