Coal Mine Disaster Claims 300 In England Explosion
In Bolton England a massive blast at the Little Hulton colliery of the Hulton Company killed over 300 miners. Rescue teams found 20 bodies in the shaft as a fire hindered operations and a government report declared all others likely dead. A bishop conducted an outdoor service as crowds dispersed.
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Bolton
Eng
Little Hulton
Hulton Colliery Company
Gerard
Manchester
England
Wellington
White Haven
Cumberland
Army Nurses Reunion Det Letter From Roosevet
Members of the Civil War Nurses of Massachusetts entertained yesterday at Old Blake House. In the photo caption, Mrs. Mary E. Smith and Mrs. N. Rumsey Fowle are shown in back row, with Mrs. Fanny T. Hazen and Mrs. Mary Hamilton identified.
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Roosevet
Massachusetts
Old Blake House
Mary E. Smith
N. Rumsey Fowle
Fanny T. Hazen
Mary Hamilton
Traphagen Freed on $3000 Bail in Redemption Co Case
The Redeemable Investment Company of Boston investigation widens as John L Traphagen of Newton, assistant treasurer, is released on $3000 bail after grand jury secrecy indictments alongside Rev. Norman Plass and Charles H. Brooks for using the mails to defraud. The trio faces 17 counts amid misrepresentation of the company’s condition and plans to issue stock to Brooks and Traphagen without cash, with a redemption fund promised by Plass. Additional letters reference expectations of 50 percent gains and stock redemptions, with arraignments slated next week.
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Redeemable Investment Company of
Boston
John L Traphagen
Newton
Norman Plass
Charles H. Brooks
Traphagen
Poco
Brooks and Traphagen
Plass
Martin F. Villar
Perdido Beach
Alabama
Brooks
Villar
Richard P. Tatum
Philadelphia
William H Bryan
National Bank Examiner
New York
J. Spencer Voorhees
Lakefield
Conn
William A. Trow
Andover
H. A. Rabbitt
Adams
J. T. Traphagen
F. E. Wettstein
Cleveland, C
D. C. McNair
Wayne, Mich
McNair
Santo Domingo
Trap
St. Louis
Witness Frees 69 Days in Jail to Testify for $4.45
Thomas Sepkascar, detained 67 days as a material witness in a minor case, was allowed to testify and collect fees totaling 4.45 dollars in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on December 19.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Thomas Sepkascar
Massachusetts Idea fails at Red Wing Girls' School
An editorial in the Red Wing Republican attacks the Massachusetts Idea as transplanted by Mrs. Fantie Morse, the new superintendent of Red Wing's Girls Industrial School. It cites disorder, fraternizing between inmates and staff, unauthorized playground shifts, and resignations of cooks and sewing instructors, noting boisterous conduct and deteriorating manners. Morse declined to comment.
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Red Wing
Minn
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Red Wing Republican
Fantnie French Morse
Morse
Bostonians Among Visitors to Ceylon
Ceylon December 21 forces arrival of Mr and Mrs H G Corton and Miss E M Northurst of Cambridge Massachusetts and P W Hardie and Ellen E K Bates of Boston.
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Ceylon
Colombo
H. G. Corton
E. M. Northurst
Cambridge
Mass
P. W. Hardie
Ellen EK. Bates
Boston
Swinton Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
New York jurors reach a verdict in under a half hour finding Charles Swinton known as Charlie Phillips guilty of murder in the first degree. The seven hour trial concluded with a death sentence by electric chair.
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Swinton
New York
Charles Swinton
Charlie Phillips
Civil War nurses hosted by Mrs Rumsey Fowle at Old Blake house
Eighteen surviving nurses who went to the Civil War front from Massachusetts were guests of honorary member Mrs E Rumsey Fowle at the Old Blake house. The visitors included Mrs Fanny T Hazen of Cambridge and Mrs Mary Hamilton of Waltham. They toured the house, heard a Roosevelt letter read, and viewed a rhinoceros bullet said to be used in Africa. The Massachusetts Army Nurses Association, formed in 1906 with 83 members, notes only 18 are alive, the oldest Mrs Susan Salisbury of New Bedford at over 90.
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E. Rumsey Fowle
Old Blake House
Fanny T. Hazen
Masachusetts Army Nurses’ Association
Cambridge
Mary Hamilton
Waltham
Mary E. Smith
Somerville
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Army Nurses’ Association
State House
Massachusetts
Susan Salisbury
New Bedford
Weeks Honored by New England Railway Men at Banquet
Nelson E. Weeks head of the New England Passenger Association and secretary George H. Watson were guests of honor at a Boston Athletic Association banquet. The gathering honored Weeks for over 25 years of service to the association and its forerunners. Notables included W. E. Davis Dana J. Flanders and J. Bevans Giles. The event recalled early railroading days and the long association with the organization.
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Nelson E. Weeks
New England Passenger Association
George H. Watson
Boston Athletic Association
Weeks
America
W. E. Davis
Grand Trunk Railway System
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Watson
Association
Dana J. Flanders
George L. Connor
A. C. Kendall
E. A. Taft
Henry Prew
Mr. Weeks
Cy Warman
American Press
J. Bevans Giles
Montreal
Dominion Commercial Travellers’ Association
Cambridge Firemen Shifts Set for Sunday Change
Cambridge Fire Department to implement major staff reassignments with Chief Bunker submitting the final list to Mayor Brooks. Captain Peter F. MacSorley will lead Engine 5 Inman Square. several lieutenants move between Engine 1 2 5 6 7 and Ladder 1 2 according to the plan.
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Cambridge
N. W. Bunker
Brooks
Peter F. MacSorley
Inman Square
William C. Richardson
Daniel BE. Powers
John D. Shea
Herman E. Gutheim
James F. Furrey
William J. Anderson
Thomas O'Connell
Swinpting Gracer Sentenced in Cambridge Fraud Case
James T. Mulhall ran the Cambridge Grocery Company about five years ago and vanished after swindling produce dealers out of hundreds of dollars. Judge Brown sentenced him to four months in East Cambridge jail in the US District Court on a fraudulent use of the mails charge.
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James T. Mulhall
Cambridge Grocery Company
Cambridge
East Cambridge
Brown
United States District Court
Try Adamson's Balsam Cures Coughs and Grippe
A brief note touts Adamson's Balsam as a remedy that never fails to cure coughs colds and grippe, promoting its efficacy for respiratory complaints.
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Adamson
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