Moscow Under Siege as Christmas Eve Braces for War
Moscow endures heavy gunfire with at least 500 reported dead as revolutionaries threaten guerrilla warfare while the government tightens controls. barricades rise again, armed groups are seized, and a 5 person private gathering limit suppresses public dissent. Royalist militia plans spark horror as tensions peak in St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg
Moscow
Prince Tcherbatoff
Crujina
Nevsky Prospect
Pension plan proposed for 24000 Boston and Maine workers
Boston and Maine railroad officials and union representatives agreed on a cooperative pension for about 24,000 employees. Each worker would contribute 1 percent of wages while the company matches, totaling roughly $300,000 to $800,000 annually. The plan aims for post 66 years’ service pension eligibility and a fund investment board to manage earnings for future retirees.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Road
Canal Street
Tuttle
H. Parant
Somerville
Hey
Brotherhoods of
Carmen
Parant
C. F. Bedell
Lowell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Boston & Maine
Northwestern
William J. Hobbs
Maiden
the Post
Moscow Revolt Tests Army Loyalty as Rebels Seek Republic
The piece describes a plan to turn a strike into armed rebellion aiming to set up a provisional government and declare a republic. It notes government confidence that the uprising will fail due to arms shortages and army loyalty, but warns a few seized arsenals or regiments could shift the balance.
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Moscow
Nightly Moscow battles leave 500 dead in two days
From Moscow a December dispatch reports brutal fighting between revolutionaries and government forces. artillery, dragoons, and gunfire devastated areas including Karomaia and Sadovia as 500 or more were killed or wounded, with widespread looting of freight cars on the Wazan railway siding.
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Moscow
Ignatius Donnelly
Caesar
Tragbnois Square
Sadovia
Jkaremaia
Karomaia Street
Suace
Wazan
Plummer's Big Mark Down Clearout Sale At Charge IX
A great clearance begins Tuesday morning at Plummer's 380 to 80 Washington street. One third to one half off on entire stock including tailored suits in several styles, wool mixtures, velvet and satin lined coats, wool shirt waist suits, and taffeta silk shirtwaist suits. Coats feature Scotch mixtures and empire lengths.
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Chargeix
Plummer’s
Washington Street
Eton
Hope Young Goes Insane in Digby Jail After Murder Conviction
Hope Young, convicted of Minnie Ward's murder and spared hanging to next June after 92 new trials, went insane in her Digby cell last night destroying property and cutting herself. Doctors declared her insane this afternoon, and she may be sent to the Nova Scotia Hospital for the Insane at Dartmouth.
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Digby
N. S
Dee
Hope Young
Minnie Ward
Fran
Plympton
Nova Scotia
Dartmouth
Postal Clerk Embezzled Seven Thousand in One Month
Miss Lulu Bowen a clerk at Oakland sub-station No 1 post office was taken into custody charged with embezzlement. Her accounts are short about seven hundred dollars and cover a period of one month.
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Oakland
Cal
Lulu Bowen
Oakland Postoffice
Fire at Winthrop home guts residence on Crest Avenue
An overheated furnace caused a fire at the George L. Wadsworth residence, 8 Crest Avenue, Winthrop, last night around 10:30. The house was badly damaged inside, with losses estimated at $2000 and fully insured.
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George L. Wadsworth
Crest Avenue
Winthrop
Shaft Fire at Marquette Third Vein Coal Company
In Spring Valley Illinois a shaft building of the Marquette Third Vein Coal Company burned today and about 100 mules suffocated in the blaze.
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Spring Valley
Ill
Marquette Third Vein Coal Company
Osler Won't Return to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore Visit
Dr. William Osler arrives for a holiday visit to Mrs. John Revere in Canton Junction denying reports he will quit his Oxford professorship to return to Johns Hopkins. He remains uninterested in abandoning his current post despite rumors.
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Canton Junction
William Osler
John Revere
Osler
Oxford University
Singland
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Oxford
Caronia
New York
Revere
Oslers
Dr. Osler
Stranger commits suicide in Sherman after message to Mason lodge
A 10 year old stranger in Sherman Texas leaped before a passenger train. His body was cut in two and left no clear identity except letters signed Dennis B Taft. A hat card from Wichita Kansas provided the only clue. He stated in a letter to C M Tyler that he was a 40 year Mason and wished to be chloroformed at 60, inclosing 70 dollars for funeral expenses.
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Dallas
Tex
Sherman
Dennis B. Taft
Wichita
Kan
C. M. Tyler
Osler
Baltimore
Osler Arrives at Canton Junction With Family for Christmas
Dr. Osler and his wife and son reach the Revere estate after a Cunard journey aboard the Ca ronia. Edward Revere leads a wary reception while denying Johns Hopkins ties. The family plans a quiet Christmas with Vermont gobbler and a carriage ride the next day.
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Osler
Canton Junction
Edward Revere
Dr. Osler
Johns Hopkins
Oslers
Revere
Paul Revere
John Revere
Edward
J. F
William Revere
Reveres
Atlantic
Echo of a Great Scoop in Boston Paper
The Union Label Magazine lauds Boston Post reporters for their fearless drive and sacrifice in pursuing scoops. It praises young journalists for loyalty energy and initiative that push American papers to world leadership in reporting.
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Union Label
Boston Post
Boston
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New England
Bourbon
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