President Roosevelt Resting at Pine Knot Virginia Cottage
President Roosevelt and family reached Pine Knot in Albemarle County Virginia for a rest stay after a two hour rain interrupted drive from North Garden. The party travelled by train to Charlottesville and then by three vehicles with dogs, trunks, and mailbags.
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Charlottesville
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
North Garden
Rixey
Green Mountain
Miss Ethel
Brown
Southern Railway
Washington
Latta
James Sloan
Secret Service
Disappearance of Two Boston Teens on Christmas Day
Police seek 17 year old Ethel Lowe of Arlington and Florence Miller of Jamaica Plain who vanished Christmas Day. Both described as 5 feet 2 inches, blonde, with outfits including a new gray suit and pink rose trimmed gray hat. Mothers express deep fear as friends speculate runaway stage ambitions.
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Greater Boston
Ethel Love
Florence Miller
Aare Haan
Sains Beucel
Alee
Ethel Lowe
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Union Avenue
Jamaica Plain
James Lowe
Lowe
Hier
Bingham Jacks Up Police After Mistaken Arrest Case
New York dispatch says Police Commissioner Bingham ordered inspectors to tighten desk sergeant discretion after Mrs. Alexander Trautman, wife of a physician, was mistakenly arrested for a “cold fingered girl.” The real suspect was Miss Kitty Watson. Hogan, who accused Trautman, was later arrested for assault. Trautman proved her case with blue marks from the alleged incident.
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New York
Alexander Trautman
Bingham
Trau
Firemen on Big Four System Receive Pay Raise
Cleveland Ohio December 7 Beginning January 1 the pay of all firemen on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis railway Big Four system will be increased by about ten per cent. The new schedule fixes a ten hour workday or the equivalent of 100 miles of running per day.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
O Holleran Wounded in Throat at Lynde Street
Edward O Hollar en a baker at Parker House was found in his Lynde street room yesterday afternoon with his throat cut by a razor. He was taken to the Relief station where desperate measures were used and he was expected to recover last evening.
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Kdward O'Holleran
Parker House
Lynde Street
Ile
Deputy Sheriff Sherwin Appointed Court Officer
Sheriff Fairbairn of Middlesex county names Deputy Sheriff Henry C. Sherwin of Ayer as court officer to succeed John W. Tidd who died recently. Sherwin, deputy since 1882, is a popular Middlesex county employee and Civil War veteran.
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Fairbairn
Middlesex County
Henry C. Sherwin
Ayer
John &. Tidd
Sherwin
County of
Middlesex
Scanlon Fined $75 for Selling Decayed Lemons
Judge Sherman in the Superior Court yesterday ordered Thomas KH Scanlon a wholesale fruit dealer to pay $75 after he sold decayed lemons. The judge indicated to his successor that the next offender in such a case should face jail.
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Sherman
Thomas KH. Scanlon
South Boston Borer Caught After Entry Into Junk Shop
John Daley, a South Boston man, bored into Joseph Cohen’s junk shop on Dorchester Avenue early yesterday. Police freed him after a dramatic rescue, and Daley pleaded guilty and was jailed to await Superior Court sessions. Cohen welcomed the incident as free window work for his darkened shop.
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South Boston
John Daley
Dorchester Avenue
Rapid Transit Commissioners
Daley
Broadway
Joseph Cohen
Powers
Eaton
Station 6
Barnum
L Street
Boller
Cohen
Two Girls Save 380 in East Sixteenth Street Factory Fire
Misses Mamie Long and Jennie Lynch, candy factory workers, guided 380 colleagues to fire escapes while smoke filled their sixth floor. They led others to safety before escaping, as three firemen were overcome by smoke and two cut by glass. Loss estimated at 30 000 dollars.
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New York
Mamie Long
Jennie Lynch
East Sixteenth Street
Long
Lynch
Father Dead as Children Play Beside Bed
Patrick McDonough a 38 year old resident of 181 E Street South Boston died yesterday around 9 30 am after two years of consumption. His three children aged seven and younger played by his deathbed unaware of the Grim Reaper's visit until insurance agent Patrick Egan found him. The medical examiner attributed consumption as the cause of death.
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Patrick McDonough
E’street
Boston
Grim Reaper
Patrick Egan
Egan
McDonough
Fire Devastates Berwick Centre Wrecking Several Buildings
A fire in Berwick Nova Scotia destroyed the N B Anthony general store and two residences, causing about 50 000 in losses. Insurance on the burned properties totalled 16 000. Residents N W Keddy and Adelaide Collins lost homes among the damaged buildings.
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Berwick
N. S
N. B. Anthony
N. W. Keddy
Adelaide Collins
Fire devastates four buildings in Philadelphia plant district
A blaze at the Philadelphia Strawboard Company tonight largely destroyed four manufacturing buildings in the Fourth and Cherry streets area and badly damaged four more. Estimated loss reaches 250000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Tire
Philadelphia Strawboard Company
Fourth
Cherry
Parole Granted to 25-Year Habitual Criminal James Sullivan
James Sullivan, sentenced to 25 years under the habitual criminal act for larceny in 1896, was released on parole after 10 years served. The Governor and council approved the clemency. prison officials denied involvement, citing the statute allowing liberty if the governor and council deem reform evident.
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James Sullivan
Sullivan
Jocko’’ Kelley
State House
Kelley
Pettigrove
Is Fairbank Accused Again in Slander Case
After weeks of controversy tied to the Jamestown exposition, William H. Fairbank is again accused in a slander dispute. James W. Perkins says 500 remains unaccounted for after examining Fairbank’s state audits and plans to file an answer in Worcester County Superior Court. Fairbank vows to respond through counsel.
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William H. Fairbank
James W. Perkins
St. Louis
Perkins
Committee of Accounts
Governor's Council
Fairbank
Coakley
Worcester County Superior Court
Holiday Pay in Canal Zone Ordered for Isthmian Staff
Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Canal Commission announces holiday pay for hourly workers on the canal zone. About 38 000 skilled mechanics will receive eight hours pay for each holiday including Jan 1 Feb 22 May 30 July 4 Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and Dec 2. If required to work they get time and a half in addition to eight hours. The order, effective Dec 24, covers those earning 56 cents an hour or more.
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Washington
Shonts
The
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Zone
Stevens
Durand May Get Peerage in British Ambassador News
London reports the departure of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand from Washington has sparked editorial praise for his work and suggests a peerage. There is discussion on appointing a Canadian representative to assist James Bryce in Washington for specific matters rather than a permanent envoy. Father John's Medicine for Colds Prevents consumption with no injurious drugs.
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London
Washington
Henry Mortimer Durand
James Bryce
Sir Henry
Father John
Arbitration probes wage disputes and birth rate talk
Providence December meeting of the American Economic Association featured Professor John B. Clark proposing compulsory investigation with work continuing during probes and tenure protection in exchange for accepting awards. Edward A. Ross discussed birth rate decline and its social effects.
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Providence
R. I
Clark
Edward A. Ross
University of
Rescuers Rebuked After Fire That Saved Woman and Child
A fire at 45 Union Park Street at 6 am endangered 16 inmates. A woman says two firefighters carried her and her four month old son George down a 40 foot ladder after she refused to use smoke filled stairs. She claims a uniformed officer berated the rescuers, and fire HQ offered no ID on the men.
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Edward Barnes
Union Park Street
George
Doe causes chaos as it crashes through shop window in Lynn
A runaway doe charged through a plate glass window at Hatton Bros. & Johnson on Union Street, toppling crates of crockery and chests of tea and coffee. Patrolman James Linehan contested the animal, which later ended up in the Lynn woods under care of a keeper. The doe was exhausted with minor scratches and not seriously hurt.
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Lynn
Blake
Mulberry
Union
Union Street
Hatton Bros. & Johnson
James Linehan
Thomas 1
Birney
Lynn Woods
French Maid Sentenced for Theft From Employer
Susanna M. Lovely, a young French maid, was sentenced to three months in the Newton house of correction for larceny of silverware jewelry and valuable clothes from Edgar Bright home at 28 West Bourne street Newton Centre. A mammoth trunk held many missing articles. She appealed but accepted the sentence.
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Newton
Susanna M. Lovely
House of Correction
Edgar Bright
West Bourne Street
Newton Centre
Boston contractor lands Franklin Street tunnel station job
Patrick McGovern of Boston won the contract to build the entrance and exit to the new Franklin Street tunnel station for the transit commission. The bid was 29087 dollars, and work includes excavating Franklin Street down to the New England News Company's building, part of which will be taken.
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Patrick McGovern
Boston
Franklin Street
Transit Commissioners
McGovern
New England News Company
Lynn Denies Franchise to Boston and Eastern Ry
Lynn Massachusetts voters deny permission for the Boston and Eastern Electric railway to pass through the city. Officials oppose using 3 million dollars of taxable property for the project as outlined in the survey plans. The decision will be sent to the railroad commissioners.
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Lynn
Boston & Eastern RY
Boston & Eastern Electric Railway
Roosevelt Names White House Kittens Bellamy and Dear Maria
Samantha the White House cat received two Christmas kittens named Bellamy and Dear Maria by President Roosevelt after pleas from the Roosevelt children. The president acted as sponsor and grinned as the names were pronounced fitting for the pets.
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White House
Bellamy
Maria
Washington
Dec
Sglay
Roosevelt
Samantha
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University of Wisconsin
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