Post Office Inspector Sought Inca Treasure Ends Quest
Harry A. Barber, a U S post office inspector, returns to Washington after failing to locate the buried Inca treasure in Peru. He tracked a rich vein near the Maranon River, but natives denied gold there. Barber plans an exhaustive report to the post office department.
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Colon
Panama
Harry A. Barber
United States Post Office
Peru
Washington
Post Office Department
McCune
Barber
Maranon River
Cerro de Pasco
Amazon River
Inspector sent to Peru over $500 million gold deposit claim
Inspector Barber was dispatched to Peru to aid federal authorities in Wilmington Delaware in probing the alleged $500,000,000 placer gold deposit linked to the McCune case. The report notes the DuPonts and other Delaware financiers are connected as McCune purportedly floated a large corporation on the claimed discovery.
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Barber
Peru
Wilmington
Del
McCune
DuPonts
Delaware
Plant Juice Cures Stomach Ailments Says Local Ad
An advertisement touts Plant Juice herbal tonic as a cure for indigestion and stomach trouble. It cites a testimonial from Frank Bean of Tremont Street and notes daily demonstrations at Liggett Drug Company in Washington and Avon streets.
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Frank Bean
Tremont Street
Liggett Drug Company
Washington and
Avon Streets
Doctor Saver Returns Home After Threat Letter
Dr Bournice Saver, presumed to threaten to jump from a Fall River line steamship, has returned to his Roxbury home at 317 Blue Hill Avenue. Mrs. Saver issued a statement saying his letter stemmed from concern for relatives in Europe’s armies, not business motives.
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Bournice Saver
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Serbian Officials Confer in Athens
Paris, Dec. 26 The Athens correspondent reports the Serbian minister of war arrived yesterday and was received today by the premier and the Greek minister of war. A number of Serbian deputies arrived and met to decide where the Serbian Parliament could reopen.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
Cambridge Fireman Survives 30 Foot Fall
Joseph A. Mc Donald, a Cambridge fireman, fell thirty feet from a roof to pavement and escaped with only a slight sprain. He was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital after initial fears of serious injuries.
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Joseph A. McDonald
Cambridge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Firefighter Injured In Oak Yard Fire At Chadwick Boston Works
McDonald from Truck 2 crawled to a roof hose line at the Chadwick Boston Company oxide works in East Cambridge. He slid off the roof edge 30 feet to the street and was treated at Massachusetts General for a twisted ankle. The blaze started at 4 AM from an overheated furnace and took two hours to control, burning the interior of the building and causing about $2000 in losses.
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McDonald
Chadwick-Boston Company
Cambridge
Massachusetts General
Hampshire Street
Jail Empty 120 Hours in Minnesota Dry Town
EAST GRAND FORKS Minn Dec 26 The remarkable record of a tenant forfeited a jail sentence after 120 hours in a dry town marked by strict temperance laws.
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Minnesota
Grand Forks
Minn
Transient man arrested for fraudulent check passes
A transient named J. W. Lafferty was arrested on a charge of passing a fraudulent check. The city’s police force has been cut in half due to the arrival of the dry regime.
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J. W. Lafferty
Pipe of General Jackson Found in Indian Mound
R D Harris of Hickory owns a pipe believed to be the one General Andrew Jackson presented to an Indian chief en route to New Orleans. The artifact was uncovered in an Indian mound at Hickory near Garlandsville on December 26.
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Jackson
Miss
R. D. Harris
Hickory
Andrew Jackson
Garlandsville
New Orleans
Fresh Stock Sale With Cuffs Included
Here they are just arrived all new clean goods for a yearly stock up. An early response is necessary to secure your supply. Special 4 ply cuffs reversible link and round styles. Normally 25c a pair, this sale offers them at that price.
Matilda Levy Celebrates 91st Birthday With Party
Mrs. Matilda Levy of 780 Beacon Street Back Bay held a birthday gathering for her 91st year last evening. Her granddaughter Miss Beatrice Hirshfield helped receive guests as Levy cut a 91 light cake amid well wishers from among nine children and other relatives.
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Matilda Levy
Beacon Street
Back Bay
Levy
Beatrice Hirshfield
Somerset
San Francisco
Lake Hotel and School Burned at Chodikee Lake
Fire destroyed the Chodikee Lake Hotel and the Raymond Riordan School seven miles north of Highland New York. About 100 guests and 6 students escaped with only their lives as sleighs ferried them to safety. losses were estimated at $160,000.
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Highland
N. Y
Chodikee Lake
Raymond Riordan
Methodist Church
Hunter Fends Off Wolves in Timber Chase
Harold Eastman fled into woods near Rabey Minnesota after leaving a store. A pack of 17 wolves pursued him and closed to within a few feet before he killed three with his rifle. Police reported no further danger.
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Hill City
Minn
Harold Eastman
Rabey
Eastman
Labor meeting stirs Boston garment worker strike threat
Boston faces a possible extensive garment workers strike after last night’s meetings. Miss Rose Schneiderman of New York oversees organizing drives here and in New York Philadelphia and Newark with calls for a mass strike potentially involving thousands in Boston and other cities.
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Boston
Rose Schneiderman
New York
Philadelphia
Newark
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Unions
Miss Schneiderman
Boston Embroidery Trade Set for Major Strike Action
A mass meeting of embroidery and dressmaking workers will be held at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday to explain the strike. Circulars in Italian, Jewish and English discuss an organizing campaign and demand humane treatment, living wages, and wage-setting rights.
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Faneuil Hall
Ladies’ Waist and Dressmakers’ Union, Local 49
Boston
National Republican Association of Labor Men backs preparedness program
After its annual election, the National Republican Association of Labor Men endorsed a protective tariff and a scientific system of national preparedness. A resolution pledging full party support was adopted. Officers elected include President Wilson B. Flanders of East Deerfield and Vice-President Arthur.
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National Republican Association of Labor Men
Wilson B. Flanders
East Deerfield
Arthur
Bartenders Seek One Day Off for Union Members
Members of Boston Bartenders Union 77 push for a one day off in seven. A committee reported progress but withheld its position until the full report is submitted for union action.
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Boston Bartenders’ Union 77
Longshoremen Demand Higher Pay Prompt Conference
Members of the Longshoremen's District Council remain dissatisfied with a small wage increase offered by steam ship agents. A meeting at Blackstone Hall voiced the discontent and a committee was empowered to negotiate with agents at a Wednesday 2 PM conference.
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Blackstone Hall
Labor Notes on union officer elections and applications
The Grocery and Provision Clerks Union held a special executive board meeting at Wells Memorial to act on 75 applicant members and scheduled another session for tomorrow night to review these applications and nominate officers. Patrick Carr was elected president of the Department Store Team Drivers Union, with William F. McCarthy as vice president and J. J. Garrity as recording secretary. Charlestown Longshoremen's Union re elected its officers for the coming year.
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Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Union
Wells Memorial Building
Patrick Carr
William F. MceCarthy
J. J. Garrity
Charlestown Longshoremen’s Union
Union officers elected in multiple local groups yesterday
The article reports new and re elected officers across several unions. Longshoremen George W Brady becomes president with John Ellis as VP and Enos Vargas as financial secretary. Freight Clerks Assembly re elected M J Harris sey master workman, with P J O'Brien and others in key posts. Local 12435 Secretion Department Union re elected Michael Lane to a fifth term as president, with Thomas Walsh and John F McKernan filling senior roles. Four new members were initiated.
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Michael Keavy
Patrick O'Nell
A. G. Norander
Longshoremen’s Union
George W. Brady
John Ellis
Enos Vargas
Terrence McIntyre
Thomas Young
M. J. Harrissey
P. J. O’brien
Worthy
Charles R. Holmes
Thomas Cook
L. J. Atwell
Alexander Wilson
Michael Lane
Secretion Department
Thomas Walsh
John F.’. McKernan
John Heffernan
Thomas Foley
Patrick Sheehan
Sentinel
Germans Lose 8000 in Fighting Near Ypres
Paris dispatch reports that on December 21 between Ypres and Armentieres the Germans suffered over 8000 casualties with no ground gained. Severe combat and gas were reported, while the English lines held firm. The action may signal a forthcoming offensive or testing of the Allied front.
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Paris
Ypres
Armentieres
Ls Liberte
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