DAD CHRISTMAS FOR GLOUCESTER DAD CHRISTMAS FOR GLOUCESTER
Gloucester mourns as two Gloucester fishing vessels vanish at sea with crews from the Iolanthe and Eliza H Parkhurst. Parkhurst captain John D McKinnon and seven other sailors from multiple Newfoundland and Cape Breton roots are lost. Parkhurst valued at 7000 with 5500 insured.
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Gloucester
Iolanthe
Eliza H. Parkhurst
Bay of Islands
N. F
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf
Parkhurst
John D. McKinnon
Grand River
P. KE
George Moody
Liverpool
Angus McLean
Cook
Cape Breton
Alexander McLean
Malogawatch
Centennial Avenue
Eliza Hr. Parkhurst
Essex
Fred L. Davis
Aged man dies alone in stable room on Christmas morning
Thomas Lane aged 60 is found dead in a cot in a rear stable room attached to Dorchester employer George Ti Sumner’s home. Police learn the death came from natural causes after an early morning examination. Lane had no known home and kept to himself, leaving no clear relatives to contact.
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Thomas Lane
George Ti. Sumner
Abbott Street
Dorchester
Sumner
Lane
Paris Publicist Fouquier Dead at 88
Paris December 26 Henri Fouqnier publicist and former Chamber of Deputies member is dead. He was born September 1, 1838. Hobart New York December 25 Rhoda Olmstead oldest central New York resident died today aged 101. Richford Vermont December 25 Boston Morning Express on Canadian Pacific rail strike killed William Wilson 30 while walking on track between Richford and Abercorn Quebec. body to Sutton for inquest. Calais Maine December 25 Joe Lacoot native Indian struck by train in Calais with serious injuries not expected to survive. Kittery Maine December 25 Judge Samuel B Neal kicked in head and stamped to death by horse in stable. Little Valley New York December 25 Engineer William Copp of Buffalo killed in a PA bolt wreck near Gowanda. Brazil Indiana December 25 Theodore Watkins 18 shot and killed his father while defending mother from assault by drunk husband.
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Hobart
N. Y
Rhoda Olmstead
Central New York
Richford
Boston Morning Express
Canadian Pacific Railroad
William Wilson
Abercorn
Que
Sutton
Calais
Joe Lacoot
Portsmouth
N. H
Kittery
Samuel B. Neal
Little Valley
William Copp
Buffalo
Mud Buddenseik Dead in Plainfield N J
Charles A. Buddenseik, recently relocated to Plainfield, dies. He was once known as Mud Buddenseik of New York City. He faced New York charges for using improper materials in buildings that collapsed, causing multiple worker deaths.
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Plainfield
N. J
Charles A. Puddenseik
Buddenseik
Mud Buddenseik
New York City
Puddenseik
New York
Snow Kennedy Wed In Windsor Ceremony
Windsor Vermont December 25, 1910 at the bride’s father home, Sidney B. Snow of Winchester Massachusetts married Margarette I Kennedy daughter of Frank A Kennedy. Rev C F Ordway officiated with Ernest F Wheeler of New York as best man, Alice L Kennedy maid of honor, and ushers Walter B Eaton William P Finch D N Skillings Jr James C Fyshe from Montreal.
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Windsor
Sidney B. Snow
Winchester
Mass
Margarette I.kennedy
Frank A. Kennedy
C. F. Ordway
Unitarian Church
Ernest FE. Wheeler
New York
Alice Ll. Kennedy
Walter B. Eaton
William P. Finch
Boston
D. N. Skillings, Jr
James C. Fyshe
Montreal
Union Undergarments Seconds And Samples Sale Ad
Undergarment retailer announces reduction on seconds and sales samples. Limited quantities available, price cuts applied on select garments. Customer buys may include assorted sizes and styles while supplies last.
Keller Hosts Charitable Social at Perkins Institute
Miss Helen Keller, famed Boston figure and celebrated for mathematics, entertained a select group of Perkins Institution and Kindergarten for the Blind guests in South Boston. Attendees included Elizabeth Robin, Fernette Dart, Julia Raskeau, Edward Scheure, Harry Kenyon, Edward Bradley, and Clark Jackson, all linked to the blind or deaf community. The gathering featured gifts and a Christmas theme, with Keller presiding and the director Michael Anagnos absent.
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Helen Keller
Boston
United States
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Miss Keller
Perkins Institution
Kindergarten For
Perkins and
Day Streets
Jamaica Plain
Post
Elizabeth Robin
Fernette Dart
Julia Raskeau
Edward Scheure
Harry Kenyon
Edward Bradley
Clark Jackson
Thomas Lawson
J. M. Hill
Hill
Michael Anagnos
Herry Kenyon
Miss Angot Lunde Weds Dr Wright in New York
Miss Angot Lunde the Boston singer married Dr James Homer Wright of Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday at friend Miss Gertrude May Stein’s New York home. The ceremony followed a private house party with a Christmas dinner, no prolonged honeymoon planned, and both return to Boston soon. The Entertaining Circle held its sixth annual ball at Huntington Chambers Hall last evening with Miss Sadie Berkowtz assisting.
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Angot Lunde
James Homer Wright
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gertrude May Stein
New York City
Miss Stein
Batley
New York
America
Huntington Chambers Hall
A. Seele
Sadie Berkowtz
Commonwealth's 400 Passengers Miss Christmas at Sea
The Dominion liner Commonwealth, with 490 inbound passengers including many prominent Bostonians, is delayed by bad weather. Company officials expect the vessel to reach port today. Another steamer, the Bostonian, was also late and no seagoing vessels entered the harbor yesterday.
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Dominion
Commonwealth
Mediterranean
Company
Bostonian
Wilson-Furness-Leyland Line
Tce
Boston Riot Tale Debunked By Local Police
Boston police laugh off a morning paper story claiming a Christmas Eve riot at Commercial Wharf. Two men argued over a girl, a hundred imagined attackers, a fire alarm, and a headquarters patrol rush are shown as false, as officers report only a single arrest after a minor spat under moonlight.
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Boston
Station 1
Headquarters
the Post
Commercial Wharf
Bride to join army after quick Gardiner wedding
Gardner, December: W. Smith and Miss Lillian A. Donahue wed at the Universalist parsonage on Cross Street. The groom, enlisting for three years in the regular army, left for Springfield then Fort Slocum, with four other recruits, after a license issued earlier that day. The ceremony occurred with Rev. A. J. Torsleff as officiant and Mrs. C. E. Miner as sole witness.
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Springfield
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Harvey A. Wilks
Gardner
Per
Mr. Torsleff
Levi W. Wood
Chipp and his wife clash over bond amid theft case
Mrs Kate Shepard describes hardship linked to Chipp theft from the city treasury as he faces arraignment before Magistrate Brawn. The bail remains set at $10, with prosecutors detailing alleged shortages in the department of finance and possible broader fraud involving lawyers and property assessments.
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New York
Kate Shepard
Chipp
City Treasury
First Avenue
Eighth Street
Rutherford
N. J
Jersey City
Charles F. Chipp
Department of Finance
Brawn
Centre Street
Bureau of Assessment
Coler
Board of Public Improvements
Maurice F. Holahan
A. P. Mullette
Edward Gilon
Gilon
Edward Taylor
Diamond Rings and Presents for Hon. James Donovan
The Hon. James Donovan, head of the Democratic city committee and soon to be superintendent of streets, received a Christmas surprise at Hotel Bellevue. Ex-Representative Edward Gagan presented a two-carat Belcher diamond ring, others gave Hamond rings and a pearl diamond stickpin, with Donovan praising Ned Gagan and planning more gifts to neighbors in Ward 9. He is noted for spending Christmas Day at home with his ward, then visiting friends and family in the evening.
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Collins
Corey Road
Post
Thomas Norton Hart
Commonwealth Avenue
Joseph A. Conry
Washington
Boston
Tie
John A. Kellner
James Donovan
City Committee
Santa Claus
Democratic State Committee
K Street
McNary
Democratic City Committee
Hotel Bellevue
Edward Gagan
Charlestown
House of Representatives
Donovan
Gagan
Mr. Donovan
Ile
Jim
Ned
Mr. Gagan
Bellevue
Ward 9
Massa
Mrs Campbell's cat defeats Belgium's gift dog in hotel fracas
In Chicago at the Auditorium Annex, Mike the hotel cat confronted Mrs. Patrick Campbell's gifted dog Pinky Panky Poo. The feline entered the elevator, reached the fifteenth floor, and after a brief battle, Pinky Panky Poo fled. The cat returned home with two scratches on its patron nose.
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Chicago
Auditorium Annex
Mike
Belgium
Patrick Campbell
Christmas Feast For 68 Poor Children At Tremont Street Home
68 underprivileged South End children aged 4 to 15 enjoyed a luncheon at Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McCrae 592 Tremont Street with turkey ice cream and cake. Santa Claus distributed gifts and nuts as aides Mrs Sinclair Miss Dorothy Marlowe and Miss Lens Ross served. One child fainted but recovered with a physician on hand.
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A. D. McCrae
Tremont Street
South End
Santa Claus
Mr. Me
L Crae
Adams
Bank Defaulter Swift's House Sold Near Lowell
Lowell news reports that Lewis H. Swift whose partner Albert G. Smith helped loot Merchants National Bank had his residence sold two weeks earlier. Swift's wife and child returned to Tyler Park to live and the warranty deed with Swift and his wife’s signatures was filed on December 16 witnessed by Solon W. Stevens, the in law of Swift. Banking partners reportedly returned over a million dollars after large losses, and rumors persist they are nearby with little funds. The deed suggests families know their whereabouts.
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Lowell
Lewis H. Swift
Albert G. Smith
Natonal Bank
Tyler Park
Office of the Register of Deeds
Mabel Swift
Lewis
Solon W. Stevens
Swift
Stevens
Court House
Reid ends marriage to free Bertha Westbrook in Kansas City
Hal Reid, noted playwright and actor, disclosed he will divorce Bertha Westbrook, saying she found another love. He compared himself to Ruskin and vowed to start life anew, asserting Bertha’s happiness and his own humanity. The couple had married in Kansas City in December 188% while he acted with Agnes Herndon’s company.
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Toledo
Dee
Hal Reid
Bertha Westbrook
New York
Bertha
Reid
Ruskin
Kansas City
Miss Westbrook
Agnes Herndon
Farmer Halbenbeck Shot to Death in Columbia County
Hudson New York December 25 Peter A Halbenbeck a noted farmer in Columbia county was shot to death last night while alone in his house Three men are suspected in the fatal shooting indicating potential hen theft as a motive officials are investigating the case
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Hudson, N. Y
Peter A. Hallenbeck
Columbia County
Bell kills wife then surrenders in Brooklyn
John Bell fatally shoots his wife in Brooklyn and then surrenders. He claims she had been unfaithful after a trip to visit her parents in Scotland. The case hinges on motive and the couple’s troubled background.
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New York
John Bell
Brooklyn
Scotland
Painter John Lenders Dies Suddenly at Cambridge Lodging
John Lenders a painter residing at 42 Murray Street Cambridge died suddenly of heart failure yesterday at his lodging house. The death was reported by a neighbour and no inquest was held. The funeral is expected to take place at a local Anglican church.
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John Lenders
Murray Street
Cambridge
Chile and Argentina sign new peace protocol
Buenos Aires reports a new protocol between Chile and Argentina ending immediate war danger though not a permanent settlement. Both nations continue military builds with Chile planning fortifications at Talon huano and Punta Arnis while Argentina orders two 8000 ton warships in Italy to be ready by year end 1902.
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Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Tex
Chili
Argentina
Talonhuano
Punta Arnis
Diario
Commercio
Italy
Santiago de Chili
Tocoral
Chamber of Deputies
Riesco
Yanes
Senor Portela
Argentine Minister Delays Departure for Chili Pact Hoped
Senor Portela the Argentine minister to Chili delays departure and it is announced a protocol will establish a modus vivendi between the two countries. The general opinion is that the questions at issue will be solved soon to the great satisfaction of the country.
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Santiago DE Chili
Galveston
Tex
Senor Portela
Chili
Messiah Sung Again by Handel and Haydn Society
The Handel and Haydn Society presented a second performance of The Messiah in Symphony Hall last evening with new soloists Effie Stewart Lucie A Tucker Glenn Hall and Whitney Tew receiving praise The chorus numbers Unto us a child is born Lift up your heads Hallelujah and Amen impressed the audience The next concert on Feb 9 will feature Gallia and Stabat Mater with soloists Ksileski-Bradbury Schumann-Heink Williams and Plancon.
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Handel and Haydn
Symphony Hall
Society
Gounod
Schwab Refuses Help Braddock Church Debt Jubilee
The First Methodist Church of Braddock Pa celebrates clearing 61 years of debt with a jubilee. Charles M Schwab refused to aid old debts but offered 1600 dollars for repairs and urged self help, citing support for new churches instead.
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Braddock
Penn
First Methodist Church
Charles M. Schwabb
Steel Trust
Schwab
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Poligy Law Attack on New York Anti-Policy Act
Lawyers Cantwell and Moore gave notice in Central Street Court they will challenge the constitutionality of the anti policy act enacted by the Goddard Society last session. Cantwell argued the statute violates due process and encroaches on the judiciary. adjournment was granted. If successful, Adams the policy king and over 15 prisoners from the raid may be freed.
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New York
Qlawyers
Cantwell
Moore
Centra Street
Goddard Society
John Wilson
Charles
State of
Blaney
Cantwel
al' Adams
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Harrison Avenue
Dover Street
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A. D. M'Crae
Lowell Bank
Church
Poligy Law
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