Train Crash Hurls Cars Into River Near Grovsendale
In Grovsenordale Conn on December 22 an extra freight train collided with a regular freight train No 775 from Worcester to New London. The engineer was killed instantly and a fireman and brakeman were seriously injured.事故 occurred about 10 30 p m.
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Northt
Grosvenordale
Conn
Norwich
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
Worcester
New London
Webster
Fatal collision leaves fourth man missing after freight wreck
Two freight trains collide near an embankment and river. Engineer Charles Tufts is killed. fireman J Murphy suffers a fractured skull. J B Peters is badly injured. A fourth man remains missing, believed carried into the river with overturned cars.
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Charles Tufts
East Hartford
Conn
J. Murphy
Providence
R. I
Putnam Hospital
J. B. Peters
Chariton
Mass
Sunday Revival Funds Tie to Major Iowa Pledge Totals
Henry E. Burgess of Mercer Ill furnishes Waterloo Iowa committee with a statement showing that in 27 of 55 towns where Billy Sunday conducted revivals since 1900 he received 155000. The record sums include 1907 08 Galesburg Ill 5000 Muscatine Ia 5611 Decatur Ill 11379 Charleston Ill 6000 Sharon Pa 6330 1908 09 Jacksonville Ill 17500 Ottumwa Ia 7353 Spokane Wash 16800 Springfield Ill 10734 Marshalltown Ia 6000 1909 10 Cedar Rapids Ill 6900 Boulder Col 3496 Youngstown Ohio 210000 Newcastle Pa 13000 Waterloo Ia 8400 About 110000 conversions are credited to Sunday in 55 towns.
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Des Moines
Henry E. Burgess
Mercer, Ill
Waterloo
Billy
Galesburg
Ill
Muscatine
Decatur
Jll
Charleston
Sharon
Jacksonville
Ottumwa
Spokane
Wash
Springfield
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Boulder
Col
Youngstown
Ohio
Newcastle
Civil War Veteran Alva C Adams Dies at Adams House
Newburyport December report of Alva C Adams a Civil War veteran from the soldiers' home at Tilton New Hampshire found dead in his room at the Adams House this morning. Death attributed to natural causes. Discovered by Mrs. Thomas Coffee proprietor's wife.
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Newburyport
Dec
Alva C. Adams
Soldiers
Tilton, N. Jr
Adams House
Thomas Coffee
Mrs Duff to Be On Ticket In City Election
Democratic leaders back Councillor Timothy Buckley Ward 5 ex Senator John Butler Ward 18 and Thomas Mansfeld Ward 1 for City Council. School slate led by Dr William Gallivan and Dr Thomas Leen. Nomination decisions to await ward chairmen meeting. Mayor Fitzgerald stays neutral. Julia Duff poised for nomination with ample signatures. Frederick J Brandwill near qualification with about 4300 certified. Andrew R Kelley Ward 20 unlikely. extra review may salvage enough names. Certification and public inspection timelines set for today and tomorrow.
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Timothy J. Buckley
John J. Butler
Thomas F. Mansfeld
School Committee
Wiliam J. Gallivan
Thomas F. Leen
Maynard
Democratic City Committee
Fitzgerald
Tooany
Julia Duff
Frederick J. Brandwill
Andrew R. Kelley
Ward 20
Election Board
$100 Pay Raise for 10 Bridge Men
The Bridge and Crawtenders Union announced a $100 a year raise at Wells Memorial after talks involving Superintendent Louis JX. Rourke and city officials. Drawtenders, paid as they were twenty years ago, will start the increase with the new fiscal year on February 1. Tiwell and Morse were praised for securing the raise.
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Bridge and Crawtenders’ Union
Wells Memorial Building
Union
Louis JX. Rourke
J. William (. Tiwell
Francis F. Morse
Death on Mother's Lips After Child's Fatal Dose
New Orleans report of Mary Kadelich who swallowed carbolic acid then pressed her lips to her five day old infant. The baby died from absorbing the poison and the mother lay dying. It is noted she had quarrelled with her husband the night before.
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New Orleans
Mary Kadelich
Fox Leads Dogs to Their Death in Winsted Tale
A legend from Winsted Connecticut recounts a wise fox on Toms Hill that lures pursuing dogs toward the Central New England Railroad tracks and into the path of speeding trains, a death trap supposedly set by the canny animal.
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Fox
Winsted
Conn
Toms Hill
Canaan
Rebels Clash on Texas Border at Mulato
About 200 rebels attacked an equal number of federals at Mulato near the Texas Mexico border. Several rebels were reported dead and many wounded after the battle. News reached Marfa by telephone via Shafter.
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Bal Paso
Tex
Mulato
Here
Marfa
Shafter
Robert Dowe
United States
Marshal Warren
Presidio
Texas
Ojinaga
Colonel Sharpe
Fort Bliss
A. T. Sharpe
T. D. Edwards
Juarez
Mexico
Washington
Whittier Poems Revealed as Feramorz Authorship
Mr Pickard discloses that Whittier wrote poems under the nom de plume Feramorz in the New England Weekly Review and later in the Hartford Review. He notes Feramorz pieces include The Dreamer and other poems. Pickard plans to publish one stanza but will not release the entire Feramorz collection.
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Whittier
Mr. Pickard
Friend Street
Feramorz
New England Weekly Review
Review
Hartford
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Independent
Balalaika Orchestra Performs Varied Programme at Hollis
The Imperial Balalaika Orchestra presented a fresh programme at Hollis Street Theatre featuring four folk songs, two waltzes, The Death of Aase from Peer Gynt, and Passepied by Debussy. Andreéff guided musicians with refined taste and control, drawing growing audiences citywide.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Imperial Balalaika
Aase
Peer Gynt
Delibes
M. Andreéff
Trore
New Whittier Poems Found But Not All Published
Samuel T. Pickard, biographer of John G. Whittier, reports recently discovered poems thought to be by Whittier. He received offers from magazines but will not publish the entire collection.
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Amesbury
Dec
Samuel T. Pickard
John G. Whittier
Whittier
Mr. Pickard
Ice Yachtmen Found Frozen On Bay Near Patchogue
Skaters on Great South Bay near Patchogue New York found the body of George Brown face down on the ice and two miles away an abandoned iceboat with the body of Raymond Strong, a 15 year old boy. Brown was an experienced ice yachtsman and the boat had thrown its pilot leaving him unconscious then dead. The novice 15 year old was left with the derelict in the wind until he froze.
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New York
Great South Bay
Patchogue
L. F
George Brown
Raymond Strong
Brown
Banquet Honors King George V Committee Members
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery company in Faneuil Hall Armory hosted a banquet for Captain John D. Nichols Lieutenant Francis H T Appleton and Colonel Sidney M Hedges. Milton Paige served as toastmaster and Morse presented Nichols a bronze statue. Bradley gave Appleton and Hedges wrist watches.
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John D. Nichols
Francis HT
Appleton
Sidney M. Hedges
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Faneuil Hall Armory
George V. of
England
Milton (. Paige
William A. Morse
Nichols
J. Payson Bradley
Ledges
Russia to Expel Students Inciting Disorder
An official communication from St. Petersburg dated December 22 states the government will expel all students found inciting disorders in universities.
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ST. Petersburg
Ex Football Star Caldwell Secretly Marries Florence Gannon
Charles Peck Caldwell former Ringe Manual star tackle and son of ex Alderman Jackson Caldwell of Somerville wed Florence H. Gannon daughter of Mr and Mrs James J Gannon of Salem in Nashua New Hampshire on December 7. The couple met at a high school game in Salem and now reside with Caldwell and his father in Somerville where he is employed in the family business.
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Charles Peck Caldwell
Ringe Manual Training School
Jackson Caldwell
Somerville
Benedict
Florence H. Gannon
James J. Gannon
Salem
Somerville High and Latin School
Salem High School
Caldwell
Nashua
N. H
Christmas Pardon Restores 18 Convicts Citizenship
Albany December 22 Governor White granted Christmas gifts of restoration to citizenship to 18 convicts located in various parts of New York. He is reviewing hundreds of pardon and commutation applications.
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Albany
N. Y
White
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