Wildcats Reap The Tree Strike In New Milford Chase
In New Milford James Templeton and James Drake claim their dog treed a coon but Drake climbs the tree and discovers a wildcat instead. At Middlebury Stephen Halloch is freed after ten days in jail when a $75 fine is paid as a Christmas gift. Dennisport flounder fishermen end a strong season as boats go ashore for winter.
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Winsted
James Templeton
James Drake
New Milford
Drake
Middlebury
Stephen Halloch
Dennisport
Cleveland Plants Plan to Resume 10000 Jobs in January
Reports from Cleveland indicate manufacturers consider measures to restart work for about 10,000 former employees in January. The brief dispatches note other regional events including deaths of industry figures and legal actions in several cities.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Orlando G. Smith
Western Shoe Jobbers’ Association
National Shoe Jobbers’ Association
Thank You Santa Letters From Sposton’s Believers
Readers report rapid replies to letters to Santa in care of the Post from Sposton children and grateful families. Children praise Santa and the Post for gifts, noting gifts include a rocking horse, toys, loggins, and sweets while mothers express thanks for the help enabling holiday cheer.
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Sposton
Santa Claus
Leters
Santa
Post
Post Sandie Claus
Woman in Grip of Czar in Russian Arrest Case
The American petition for Tschaikovsky and Mme Breshkovskaya has reached Premier Stolypin. He will consider the case in upcoming proceedings. Tschaikovsky faces arms import charges linked to revolutionary activity while Breshkovskaya is alleged to be part of the organization claiming responsibility for assassinations.
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ST. Petersburg
United States
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Mme. Breshkovskaya
M. Tschaikovsky
Russia
Stolypin
Vladimir Pavloff
Preity Girl Weds Indian Chief in Santa Fe Marriage
Miss Cora Marie Arnold marries Albino Chavarria, head of the Santa Clara Indians, in Santa Fe New Mexico. The Presbyterian ceremony was led by Rev. Mr. Rendoon and witnessed by Misses Lillian and Geneva Arnold of Denver. Arnold had been disinherited by her stepfather for keeping the engagement.
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Santa FE
N. M
Cora Marie Arnold
Albino Chavarria
Santa Clara
Rendoon
Lillian
Geneva
Arnold
Denver
Chavarria
Across Greater Boston Briefs Report Fires and Arrests
Defective wires caused a small fire at Emergency Hospital on Kingston street and was put out by Kingine 7 firemen. Myers Krivitsky, 65, was found dead in bed on Phillips street. Henry C. Nickerson, 32, of Brockton, was arrested on a larceny warrant for $950 from Westbrook, Me. Harry A. Johnston, 27, of Maplewood, was injured on Freen street when kicked by a horse, fracturing his right leg. Norfolk Probate Court appointed Bracey v Curtis administrator of Ellen Curtis estate, who died Oct 5, 1907 in Medfield.
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Kingston Street
Kingine 7
Myers Krivitsky
Phillips Street
Sarah
Waite
Pierce
Henry C. Nickerson
Summer Street
Brockton
John C. Seates
Westbrook
Harry A. Johnston
Sheaf Street
Maplewood
George G. Fox Company
Charlestown
Freen Street
Jamaica Plain
Dedham
Norfolk Probate Court
Bracey v Curtis
Nogales
Ariz
Ellen Curtis
Medfield
Elevated Co Rewards Faithful Service With $60 000 Honor Roll
The Boston Elevated Railway paid out $60,000 to about 4000 uniformed employees including motormen conductors guards and station staff as a year long faithful service prize. Each recipient received 15 in gold with eligibility based on clean records and no accidents.
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Elevated CO
Boston H Elevated Railway Company
Trial Nears End in Treason Case Over Duma Signers
The trial on charges of treason by members of the first Duma who signed the Vi borg manifesto is nearly complete. Defendants show willingness to admit signing and distributing the document, simplifying the government's case.
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ST. Petersburg
First
Duma
Russia
Boston Girls Form Leap Year Club to Propose
Boston reports few marriage licenses as leap year nears while New York grants over 400. East Boston forms Leap Year Club where women propose. Boston women to take lead, men to be chosen, clubs vow not to propose.
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Boston Girls
Boston
New York
New York City
Registry Office
Quentin's Love Affairs
Washington dispatch reports Quentin Roosevelt, youngest Roosevelt scion, fallen in love with Miss Colvin, daughter of a mail carrier on Rhode Island Avenue. The romance appears mutual and earnest as the young Roosevelt shows strong affection.
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Washington
House of Roosevelt
Quentin
Southworth to retire as Somerville schools chief
Gordon A. Southworth announced at the Somerville School Board meeting that after 15 years as superintendent he will not seek re election and will retire at the end of the current year August 31 1908. The board learned of the move as they reviewed the 15th annual report. A note appended to the report accompanied the announcement.
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Gordon A. Southworth
Somerville Public Schools
Gordon Southworth to retire as Somerville superintendent
Somerville Superintendent Gordon A. Southworth announces he will retire at the end of his current year on August 31 1908 after 50 years in education and 35 years in Somerville. The board adjourned without action on his report and discussed adding two nurses, more playgrounds, an extra truancy officer and expanded high school facilities along with salary merit plans and sabbatical options.
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Somerville
Southworth
City Lodge
Rogers Cutlery Factory to operate as open shop
Notices posted at the Rogers Cutlery Company factory in Bay State village announce the plant will be run as an open shop. The firm employs about 200 workers. The notice also states the Democratic National Committee will bas e its headquarters at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
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Northampton
Rogers Cutlery Company
Bay State Village
Denver
Col
Democratic National Committee
Brown Palace Hotel
Deny Woman Killed Herself in Tragic Family Loss
Miss Bertha Longenbach, a Tufts Medical School student, faced her mother's death in Minneapolis amid claims of hardship for education. A local sister denied the clairvoyant note and asserted Mrs. Elizabeth Langenbach was not in dire straits.
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Elizabeth A.longenbach
Minneapolis
Bertha Longenbach
Tufts Medical School
Langenbach
Matthew Horgan
Maryland Street
Dorchester
Longenbach
Tufts Medical College
Count Weds The Girl Of Choice In America
Count Gustav Oxenstierna, former Swedish lieutenant, resigned last October and emigrated to America with $700. He fell for Anna Sundberg, 20, owner of a Stockholm facial massage shop patronized by society. Despite family opposition, he found work in an insurance firm, earned a promotion, and married her after sending for her.
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New York
Gustav Oxenstierna
King’s Own Guard
Sweden
America
Anna Sundberg
Stockholm
Miss Sundberg
Defenders of Zion Plan Annual Ball on New Year Eve
The Defenders of Zion announce their fifth annual concert and ball on New Year s Eve at Odd Fellows Hall 515 Tremont Street. Mayor Fitzgerald and other city officials have been invited and will attend.
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Defenders of Zion
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Tremont Street
Fitzgerald
Boston church delegates head to Edinburgh council
About 150 from the United States will attend the third international council of Congregational churches in Edinburgh Scotland in early summer. From Boston the Rev. Asher H Anderson and the Rev. Charles H Southgate are delegates. A notable service at King's Chapel on December 31 at 8 p m will feature Dr Edward Everett Hale delivering a New Year’s sermon followed by the regular noon service led by Rev. W H Lyon.
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International Council of Congregational Churches
Edinburgh
Scotland
United States
Boston
Asher H. Anderson
D. D
Charles H. Southgate
Newtonville
King’s Chapel
Edward Everett Hale
W. H. Lyon
New Year's Reception and Hymns at Unitarian Center
The American Unitarian Association at 25 Beacon Street and allied societies plan a New Year's reception at the headquarters on January 1. The noonday Congregational Association meeting at Pilgrim Hall will discuss Our Fallen Comrades. Dr George Gordon used Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go to illustrate The Eternal Hour. Next hymn Friday will address Triumph in God Nearer My God to Thee.
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American Unitarian Association
Beacon Street
Congregational Association
Pilgrim Hall
George Gordon
Roosevelt Secret Service Intervenes To Return Youth
Quentin failed to return from his school and was tracked by a White House secret service man known as the nurse. He was found on steps at his youthful sweetheart Miss Colgin's home and brought home. A carriage then delivered a wrapped Christmas present to the door, as a note from his beloved was found on Young Roosevelt's person offering season's compliments.
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Quentin
Secret Service
White House
Miss Colgin
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Tim
Christmas Tree Fire Fatal to 3 Year Old
Worcester dispatch reports three year old Fanny Kessler of 107 Millbury Street fatally burned by a candle snatched from a lit Christmas tree at home. The fire spread to her clothing and she was hospitalized in critical condition. doctors say she cannot live.
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Worcester
Fanny Kessler
Millbury Street
City Hospital
Thieves Take Lifetime Savings From Aged Couple
Thieves broke into the home of William Yauger near Perry in Uniontown Pennsylvania and, after choking the couple, forced Yauger to reveal the hiding place of $2000 saved over a lifetime in the sleeping room ceiling.
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Uniontown
Penn
William Yauger
Perry
Yauger
Hooper's Body Found Near Eastport Me
The body of George Hooper of Lynn Massachusetts was found in Broad Cove near Eastport Maine. He was 25 and believed to have drowned himself during temporary mental derangement as he visited relatives in the area.
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Eastport
George Hooper
Lynn
Mass
Broad Cove
Hooper
Dedham High Class of 1898 Holds 10th Reunion Dance
The 1898 Dedham High School graduates gathered in Memorial Hall for their tenth reunion and dance. The venue was festively decorated as Santa Claus land for the Yaletice themed event.
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Dedham
Dedham High School
Memorial Hall
Trial arguments to frame formalities as peasant interest rises
Prosecution and defence will present brief formalities tomorrow. Court developments have vindicated the manifesto signers. Constitutional Democrats circulate trial proceedings widely among peasants to openly discuss and defend passive resistance principles.
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Constitutional Democrats
Siegel store to launch record price slashing Monday
The Siegel store plans a massive one day sale starting 8:30 a m with every department set to cut prices to unprecedented lows. Buyers and managers vow a sensational event likely to draw crowds and fade previous prices.
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Siegel
Boston
Three Die in Camden Elevated Railroad Collision
In Camden New Jersey three people were killed and more than a dozen injured in a rear end collision on the elevated Pennsylvania tracks near the station. An express from Atlantic City and a Pemberton accommodation train were involved. Fire hindered rescue efforts as the Pemberton tender telescoped the first car, killing three and injuring at least four while the Atlantic City rear car wrecked.
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Camden
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic City
Pemberton
UNUS CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS
The Units Club of South End elected officers for the year with Frieda Berlowitz as president Susan Rosenberg as vice president Leah Barnett as secretary and Rose Moscowitz as treasurer A varied programme followed including music recitations and an address by Max Henry Newman.
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Units Club
South End
Frieda Berlowitz
Susan Rosenberg
Leah Barnett
Rose Moscowitz
Gertrude Freeman
Rose Freidman
Mary Galanche
Monongah Sufferers Relief Acknowledgments Listed
Gardiner M. Lane treasurer of the Massachusetts Branch of the American Red Cross acknowledges receipt of contributions for Monongah mine disaster relief. Previously acknowledged include Mrs. Robert S. Russell and Ellen F. Adams.
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Gardiner M. Lane
Massachusetts
American National Red Cross
Fabsia Aesert
Robert S. Russell
Ieiepecene
Ellen F. Adams
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