Feared British move on Delagoa Bay amid global tensions
London reports a belief Fingland may seize Delagoa Bay to block Boer supplies to Pretoria. Arms and food reportedly land at the neutral port, sparking fears of a political clash with Portugal and possible opposition from France, Russia, and Germany. War-office prep includes fodder contracts and troop relief concerns as Christmas truces hover.
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London
Fingland
Delagoa Bay
England
Lourenzo Marques
Pretoria
Portugal
Germany
Great Britain
France
Russia
Africa
Transvaal
Roberts
South Africa
Methuen
Ladysmith
Kimberley
War Office
Dr. Leyds
M. Delcasse
Hague
Forestler-Walker
Capt Town
Duke of Connaught
Call to Aid Boers Sparks Irish Rally in Charlestown
A circulating call urges Boers sympathizers in Charlestown to meet at Monument Hall on Thursday December 28 at 8 p m to devise aid plans. The message invokes Irish liberty themes and recalls Limerick 98 and Mitchelstown, signed by Sullivan Gallagher and O Connor as a committee.
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Monument Hall
Charlestown
England
Ireland
Limerick
Mitchelstown
Lawrence H. Sullivan
James T. Gallagher
James T. Gallagher, M. D
John J. O’connor
Dutch Reconcentrado Plan Aims at Boer Insurrection
Cape Town December 18 reports General Gatacre has issued a modified order to curb Dutch colonists disaffected with the Boers. The measure seeks to prevent locals from aiding rebel efforts or passing information.
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Cape Town
Gatacre
Ariosto Strands Off Cape Hatteras With 21 Drowned
British steamer Ariosto stranded on Ocracoke Beach near Cape Hatteras at 4 am. Twenty-one crew members drowned after boats were wrecked in heavy seas. nine survivors were rescued using a breeches buoy and cared for at the Ocracoke life saving station. Captain Barnes and eight crewmen survived.
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Cape Henry
Weather Bureau
Hatteras
N. C
Ariosto
Barnes
Galveston
James Howard
Ocracoke
Kimball
Ocracoke Beach
Howard
Bridal Dance Stopped by Patrolman in Hebrew Community
Police halted wedding dances at several public halls marking a rare law intervention in Hebrew celebrations. Officials ordered the dances stopped after midnight at Odd Fellows Hall Minot Hall and other venues, ending a long tradition of nocturnal dancing at these weddings.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Minot Hall
West End Union Hall
Berkeley Hall
Union Park Hall
Webster Hall
Odd Felows
Minot Halls
Residents near Sterkstroom ordered to vacate 12 mile radius camps
Persons of any nationality living within twelve miles of current or future military camps north of Sterkstroom must leave their homes or form a camp near the nearest military camp under officer instruction. Those found inside the radius without passes face arrest. Colesberg reports few colonial Dutch allied with the Boers. Malmesbury residents held a dinner celebrating Gatacre’s Stormberg repulse.
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Sterkstroom
Colesberg
Malmesbury
Gatacre
Stormberg
Opium Smuggling Attempt Found in Bananas at State Prison
Gilbert Whitney, 23, of Berkeley Street, is jailed in Charlestown after a suspected attempt to smuggle opium into the State prison. A warrant by State Officer George Dunham led to his arrest in the South End on Saturday. Police say three vials of opium were found hidden in a banana bunch sent to Fred Whitney, a prison inmate and Gilbert’s brother. Whitney will be arraigned in Charlestown Police Court.
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Gilbert Whitney
Charlestown
South End
George Dunham
Whitney
Fred Whitney
Berkeley Street
Cole to Face March Boston Trial In Fraud Case
WING EXPLAINS, (Continued: from Page 1.) If evidence proves sufficient, Cole will be held for the March session of the United States court in Boston. If admitted to bail, he may return to Boston. if he returns, he must furnish surety. Bail weight is uncertain given the scope of the defalcation. If he waives examination and not admitted to bail, he will be sent East under U S marshals. Authorities expect his return or recognition to Boston, with indictment sought and trial to follow if true bill is found.
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Cole
United States
Boston
Wing Takes A Day Off From Bank Watch
Examiner D S Wing temporary receiver of the Globe and Broadway banks rested after a strenuous week. He visited the Globe bank in the morning but no books were worked on. Among Globe stockholders listed are Charles H Cole ex-president and Cole for Mutual Life Insurance, Horace H Stevens president, directors and trustees, and 156 women shareholders totaling 138800 with average 800 and largest 12500.
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D. S. Wing
Globe and Broadway Banks
Globe Bank
Broadway Bank
Charles H. Cole
Charles EH. Coleg
Am Triste
Mutual Life Ingurance Co
Cole
Horhce H. Stevens
H. Hi
W. B. Stevens
Charles H. Hooks
Cashier
Odeeees
George H. Hall
T. &. Bigelow
Henry Brooke
Boston
N.E. Mutual Life
Cole Block
North American Insurance Co
American Board, of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Paks
Boston Faimnale Asylum
Ehntece
Adaton Society of Natural History
General Charitable Society of
Newburyport
New South Church
Massachusetts
New North Meeting House
Hingham
Society For Relief of Aged Females
New Hampshire
Needle Women's Friends’ Society
Massachayen’ School For
Dartmouth College
Wesleyan Howe
Newton
Churches Adorned for Christmas Services at Both Parishes
The second service is at 1 PM with Rev. Dr. E Winchester Donald delivering a sermon. St Pauls, the altar and gallery areas are festooned with evergreen wreaths and laurel. The Immaculate Conception church also features extensive evergreen wreaths, trees, lights, and flowers.
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E. Winchester Donald
St. Paul’s Church
Sexton Barrett
St. Paul's Church
John 8. Lindsay
Immaculate Conception
Moody Compared to Brooks in Sermon at Trinity Church
In yesterday's sermon on baptismal holiness at Trinity Church Dr. Donald likened Dwight L. Moody to Phillips Brooks noting Moody's aims were similar, though he erred on several points yet did magnificent spiritual work. Christmas decorations began, and parish will celebrate Christmas trees for children Tuesday at noon.
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Trinity Church
Donald
Dwight L. Moody
Phillips Brooks
Van Ness Condemns War at Second Congregational Christmas
Reverend Thomas Van Ness led Christmas services at Second Congregational Church, preaching that Peace on Earth has been forgotten and that the Boer War and the Philippine conflict are cruel and needless. He urged nations to follow Christ’s example and avoid slaughter.
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Second Congregational Church
Thomas van Ness
Dr.Van Ness
South Africa
Wreck Inquiry Clears Charlestown Officers
Washington reports the court of inquiry into the Charlestown wreck near Luzon relieved officers of command. The findings outline the causes and assign responsibility for the incident.
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Washington
War
United States
Charlestown
Luzon
Weather outlook for New England turns snowy east
The stem of a cold front brings colder conditions to Massachusetts on Monday with fair skies in the west and rain turning to snow in the east. Tuesday remains fair as winds shift to the west northwesterly from Monday's gales.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Ford Dead Leaves Legacy at Youths Companion
The editor and publisher of the Youths Companion, a leading religious paper, died shaping the Companion into a national title. The division of property with Ford’s partner created the Perry Mason & Co. firm, while Ford steered the Companion to unprecedented growth and integrity. The paper employs hundreds. its writers number over twelve hundred annually and its mail matter moves directly to carriers.
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Watchman
Companion
Lot
Ford
Perry, Mason & Co
Mr. Ford
President Eliot on Mr. Ford’s death remark
President Eliot said he never met Mr. Ford in life and did not know him well. He added that Mr. Ford’s paper was not his own work and offered no further details.
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Eliot
Mr. Ford
Life of Mr Ford Described as Charity and Deep Faith
The obituary portrays Mr Ford as a benefactor with deep religious feeling and vast philanthropy. It notes his Baptist ties, broad sympathy, and quiet, unshowy generosity that grew with wealth. It describes him as pure in life, devoted to helping the needy, and living by a creed to aid orphans and widows.
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Mr. Ford
Growth of the Companion and Its Century of Reach
A historical overview of the Youth's Companion tracing its 42 year rise under publisher Ford from a small Baptist youth paper to a nationwide weekly. It notes extended facilities at 41 Temple Place then Columbus Avenue, staff of sixty women, a subscriber list weighing seventy tons of type, and its status as a premier multi story, artful publication house serving over 500,000 weekly homes.
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Companion
Boston
Public
Art Museum
Postoffice
The
Youth’s Companion
Daniel 8
Youth’ Companion
F Rd
the Baptist
Ford
Mr. Ford
Old South Church
Washington Street
Washington Street. Later, When the Circulation Began To Expand, Mr. Ford
Teple Place
Compan
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
United States
Bunker Hill Ponument
Notable tributes to died Youth's Companion editor Ford
Col Higginson Scudder Norton and others praise Ford for high ideals integrity and leadership of the Youths Companion. They recall his influence elevating the paper and fear his death is a national loss.
Dr Hale on a New Century at South Congregational Church
At the vesper service Rev Edward E Hale spoke on a Holy Year and a new century. The event featured carols and performances by George A Burdett Caroline G Clarke Harriet Shaw and Daniel Kuntz with Hale noting the pope aims to spark a church revival and a rising tide for faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Congregational Church
Edward E. Hale
George A. Burdett
Caroline G. Clarke
Harriet Shaw
Daniel Kuntz
Edward Everett Hale
General Henry W. Lawton Camp formed in Springfield
At a meeting of the General Henry W. Lawton Camp of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans in Springfield the Second Massachusetts Regiment members renamed the camp from Henry S. Lee Camp to General Henry W. Lawton Camp. A $100 contribution was sent to aid General Lawton's family with further gifts expected through the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Henry W. Lawson
Legion of Spanish War Veterans
Lawton
Mssachusetts
Henry
Lee
Henry W. Lawton
Cyrano Parallels Hebrew Story at Adath Israel Talk
At Terapie Adath Israel last evening Joseph Krauskopf of Philadelphia spoke on Cyrano De Bergerac the Story of the Hebrew. He said the tale and tragedy of Cyrano mirrored the Hebrew story after seeing Richard Mansfield perform in the play.
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Israel
Joseph Krauskopf
Philadelphia
Richard Mansfield
Chicago Remembers Moody Across Prayers and Songs
Thousands gathered at the Chicago Avenue Church and the Bible Institute to mourn Dwight L Moody. Hymns beloved by the evangelist were sung as prayers and speeches recalled his ministry.
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Chicago
Dwight L. Moody
Chicago Avenue
Bible Institute
Lecture on Zionism at Sons and Daughters of Zion
At a meeting on Hanover Street ex-president A C Lurie delivered a lecture titled Zionism. He traced Jewish history and urged study for understanding Zionistic movement. He refuted English Jew Mr Simonds who published views in the Jewish Chronicle.
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Sons and Daughters of Zion
Hanover Street
A. C. Lurie
Association
Simonds
Jewish Chironicle
Burial site chosen for Maine dead at Arlington
Assistant Secretary Allen of the Navy selects a grassy knoll near the Santiago dead area as the burial site. Captain Sigsbee to oversee arrangements and Chaplain Chadwick will perform the funeral rites at the re interment next Thursday.
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Washington
Allen
Navy Department
Maine
Arlington
Santiago
Sigsbee
Chadwick
Christmas Talk On Charity And Faith From Dr Lorimer
Dr Lorimer spoke on the Christmas spirit and the immaculate conception as parallel truths urging charitable acts. He praised newspaper boys and recalled a Saturday Post column suggesting readers give a nickel per paper to help them, calling it a simple joy for all.
Mormon Leaders Tilt In Public Debate At Pilgrim Hall
Elder Tensen and Elder Hoxie argued over Orthodox Mormonism in a public debate at Pilgrim Hall 6944 Washington street. The large audience, mostly Free Thinkers, listened as each spoke thirty minutes with Arne Westcott ending rounds with a bell. No decision was reached and the debate will resume.
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Tensen
Hoxie
Pilgrim Hall
Washington Street
Arne Westcott
Woman Fatally Burns Self in Lowell. Companion Arrested
Harriet Allsop also known as Harriet Briggs set herself on fire with a lit paper and cannot live. She had been drinking. Lizzie Ferris was arrested. In a separate incident Mrs Alice Porter was fatally burned at Lakeview Avenue when a lamp fell into her lap during an early morning fire.
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Lowell
Harriet, Allsop
Harriet Briggs
Lizzie Ferris
Alice Porter
Lakeview Avenue
Somerville Man John Daley Reported Missing
The Daley family of Somerville is distressed by the disappearance of 40 year old John Daley. He is six feet tall, 135 pounds, with a wife and three children at 29 Hanson Street. Employed at American Tube Works, he was once a well known local athlete. He left home Wednesday morning with two cents to visit Massachusetts General Hospital and has not been seen since.
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John Daley
Somerville
Hanson Street
American Tube Works
Massachusetts General Hospital
Death at Halifax docks grieves Gloucester crew
Captain Griffin of the Lizzie Griffin fishing schooner was found dead in the dock at Halifax Nova Scotia. He had been ashore the night before and apparently slipped while boarding the vessel, his head striking a post. His brother and son have come from Gloucester to attend the body.
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Halifax
Griffin
Gloucester Fshing
Lizzie Griwin
Gloucester
Lizzie Griffin
Captain Griffin
Cash register salesman stalls Bogtown editor in humorous quarrel
A visiting salesman touts a new lightning cash register to a country newspaper editor. The exchange turns heated as insults fly and the salesman departs. The editor weighs his printer’s tale and ends by quitting journalism after replacing his Prosperity With Us Once More leader with An Unprecedentedly Gloomy Outlook.
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Bogtown Bugle
Lightning Cash Register
Sag Harbor Wedding at Somerville House Ceremony
Sag Harbor crowds filled the Park Theatre for months and the season’s top event was the Christmas wedding in Somerville. Frank Monroe Filler and Viola Blanche Miles, both actors, wed at the bride’s School Street home at 6 o’clock with Rev. R. Perry Burk officiating.
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Sag Harbor
Park Theatre
Somerville
Frank Monroe Filler
Uncle Billy
Hearne
Viola Blanche Miles
School Street
R. Perry Burk
Church of the Redeemer
Duke of Westminster Cremated in England
The remains of the Duke of Westminster, who died of pneumonia last Friday at Grosvenor House, were cremated at Woking Cemetery. He had been active in the cremation movement and served as president of the Chester Cremation Society.
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London
Duke of Westminster
Grosvenor House
Woking Cemetery
Bromeen
Chester Cremation Society
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Leyds
Charles Warren
Cape ‘Henry
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Moody
Brooks
Trinity
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Pres. Eliot
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DR. Hale
Pope
Rabbi Krouskoff
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