Foss Talks With Pomeroy In Cell
Governor Foss and Mrs. Foss visited Jesse Pomeroy at Charlestown State prison. Mrs. Foss is the only woman besides the killer’s mother to see him in solitary confinement. The visit lasted moments as they spoke, offering brief cheer, with no pardon discussed.
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Charlestown
Eugene Noble Foss
Governor Foss
The
Commonwealth
Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown State Prison
Pomeroy
Governor Foss Delights Prison Inmates With Brief Talk
Governor Foss and Mrs. Foss visited a chapel packed with nearly 750 convicts. The governor spoke briefly to the men who loudly applauded and wished for a return visit next year, even if he is not governor.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Foss
Mrs. Foss
Suspect Arrested After Stealing Books at Cincinnati Law School
Cincinnati patrolman arrested George Kennedy of Boston for taking a large bundle of law books and clothing from the Cincinnati Law School building at 21 West Ninth Street. Kennedy admitted taking the items hoping to sell them for Christmas cash and is held on suspicion as inquiries with Boston police are pursued.
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Cincinnati
Man Kneisel
George Kennedy
Boston
Mass
Cincinnati Law School
West Ninth Street
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Death by Own Action After Sending Toys to Brookline Family
Attorney George F. Parker of New York committed suicide by gas after sending a box of toys and a cheerful letter to his wife and five children in Brookline. The family learned of his death during Christmas dinner as the mother read the note.
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George F. Parker
New York
Brookline
Jeter
Alton B. Parker
New, York
Waiting for Toys and News of a Father’s Death
Children eagerly await a box of dolls and books as a doorbell rings. A telegram arrives with the shock that their father has died, altering the mood from anticipation to tragedy. Continued on Page 4 Sixth Column.
Ellison home fire and theft following daughter's wedding
The Somerville residence of Michael Ellison at 120 Linwood Street was set ablaze and ransacked while he attended his daughter's Dorchester wedding. A gang of hoodlums is suspected after eight prize hens, a gold watch and clothing were stolen. The same night another fire damaged John Ryan’s grocery and B P Sawyer’s drug store on Central Street, with total damage about 1000 dollars.
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Michael Ellison
Linwood Street
Somerville
Ellison
Dorchester
The
Fllison
John Ryan
Central Street
Ryan
B. P. Sawyer
Death of Mrs Stevenson in Bloomington aged 70
Mrs Adlai E Stevenson wife of former Vice President dies after months of illness in Bloomington Illinois She was 70 years old and survived by her husband Lewis G Stevenson Mrs Martin N Hardin of Chicago and Miss Letitia Stevenson She had served as president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution four times and recently published a history of the organization.
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Bloomington
Ill
Adlaire. Stevenson
Stevenson
Divorce case in Suffolk Court reopened amid accusations
Frederick A. Chubb of Boston, cousin of late Senator George F Hoar, once granted a divorce nisi, faces a reopening. Anna Laura Chubb won a final decree denial and has charged her husband and Mary Chandler of Athol with serious wrongdoing, with two arrest warrants issued in New York.
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Frederick A. Chubb
Boston
George F. Hoar
Nisi
Suffolk Court
Anna Laura
Mary Chandler
Athol
New York
Hypnosis claim in Boston divorce case unsettles proceedings
In a sworn statement Miss Chandler accuses a Boston law firm member of hypnotizing her in his office. Chubb vows a new divorce suit and says the hypnotism charge will be aired in court. He explains the child bears his name due to a pledge to protect Mary Chandler. Mrs Chubb in New York says he left her penniless and profits from the Rubber and Realty Company run by ex State Senator Roger Sherman Hoar.
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A. Chubb
Miss Chandler
Boston
Chubb
Yarmouth Street
Mary Chandler
New York
United States and
Central America
Electric Cars Crash Injures Seven in Neponset Incident
An outbound Neponset Bridge car crashed into the rear of an outbound Quincy car on Neponset avenue near Coffey street injuring seven. Motorman John Winn suffered a broken nose and facial cuts, refusing hospital care and going home. conductor Howard McFarlane and others including James Campbell, Charles Delane, Joseph Silver, and Hamilton Stewart were treated for various injuries. The crash, heard for blocks, involved two heavily laden cars.
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Quincy
Neponset Avenue
Coffey Street
Neponset
John Winn
Wood Street
Howard McFarlane
Gibson Street
Dorchester
James E. Campbell
Old Colony Road
Wollaston
Calumet Tragedy Deepens Strike Griefs on Christmas Day
In Calumet Michigan 72 people most of them children died in a Christmas Eve panic at Italian Hall after a false fire alarm. The community joins in mourning and a 12 member relief committee is to assess needs and organize financial aid without outside help, despite a vow from union leader Moyer against accepting benefits.
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Calumet
Mich
Saettsy
Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Boston Braces for First Big Winter Storm
Boston faces its first major winter storm of the season with a large northeast moving gale sweeping toward New England. Mariners were warned as the storm rages off the Virginia capes offering potential heavy snow and travel disruption.
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Boston
New England
Virginia Capes
Weather Notes Predict Boston Storm Arrival Tonight
The weather bureau says a major storm may reach Boston tonight or tomorrow if it stalls. Temperatures vary across the nation with 4 degrees above in Dakota and Denver and unseasonably warm readings near the storm center in Florida and North Carolina.
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Boston
Bismarck
Dakota
Denver
Col
Jacksonville
Fla
Santa Claus
Hatteras
Winter Day Anniversaries and Historical Notes
A weather and calendar snippet notes sun and moon positions, planetary mentions, and a list of today’s anniversaries. Admiral George Dewey born in 1837 and the 1776 Battle of Trenton are cited, with a memory of last year’s jury action in a conspiracy case.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
George Dewey
Trenton
N. J
Washington
Tolay
Apolis
Weather Forecast for New England and Boston Area
The forecast cites rain or snow for Boston and northern New England with colder nights, Saturday clearing and easterly gales. Southern New England sees rain or snow, then colder conditions with Saturday fair weather and a shift to north gales.
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Boston
Viet Ratn
Washington
New England
Route to Washington Sunset Line Boosts Tourist Travel
Limited daily service offers no extra fare and cuts travel time by about 20 hours via the Washington Sunset route. The note mentions 19 Milk and 233 Washi as ambiguous references within the timetable.
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Washington-Sunset
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