Brittain Declines Boston Post for Wisconsin School Post
Horace L. Brittain, Hyde Park superintendent, turned down the Boston School Board’s offer to head a new district in the annexed area. He will move to Wisconsin to earn 3000 dollars annually, visiting WI schools and advising on improvements. He stated he would not have accepted the Boston head role even with the Mayor’s approval. The Wisconsin offer arrived before the Mayor vetoed his appointment.
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Horace L. Brittain
Hyde Park
Boston
Wisconsin
Brittain to Leave Hyde Park for New York and West
Sunday Mr Brittain will depart with his family for New York and then head west his Hyde Park term ends Friday night He served four years and a half with Hyde Park schools He learned of the mayor veto after arriving in New York December 16 Wisconsin Board of Public Affairs offered a seat He asked five days to decide and accepted December 20 His resignation will be presented to the Boston School Board Monday afternoon Brock praised his record and said Boston loses an excellent teacher but wishes him success in his new post
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Brittain
New York
West
Hyde Park
Wisconsin Board of Public Affairs
Boston School Board
Brock
Boston
Bill to Bar U S Goods Proposed by Nationalists
St Petersburg December 27 A supplementary legislative proposal from the Nationalists in the Duma targets the United States. It bans American Jewish citizens from Russia and imposes tariffs doubling unless Russian duties under a normal schedule are lower. a matching duty is levied if needed to curb American agricultural machinery imports. The bill mirrors earlier Guchkoff tariff proposals tied to the 1832 Russo American treaty.
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ST. Petersburg
Duma
United States
Russia
Guchkoff
Russian Duma Moves to Boycott American Goods
Official confirmation from Ambassador Guild in St Petersburg reports the Russian Duma aims to boycott all American products with focus on American machinery. Moscow representatives lead the initiative seeking to sever all commerce with the United States after the treaty abrogation.
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Washington
Duma
State Department
St. Petersburg
Moscow
United States
Dentist May Tell Secrets
New York December 27. An appellate division ruling holds dentists are not privileged to withhold patient secrets. The decision stems from Frank M Lowe a dentist who testified in his own suit to collect a bill from a decedent's estate. The verdict was appealed arguing the case fell under surgery privilege.
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New York
Frank M. Lowe
Twenty Century Limited Derails Near Cleveland Hurt Fifteen
The Twenty First Century Limited on the Big Four derailed at Lagrange about 35 miles west of Cleveland. Fifteen passengers were injured none seriously. The smoking car rolled into the ditch and was the only car off the rails.
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Cleveland, O
Lagrange
Here
Best Dinner I Ever Ate Tales From War and Peace Feasts
Readers recount feasts from Civil War camps to Virginia plantations and Texas prairies. Memories span October prairie meals with quail and bacon to Thanksgiving in 1911 and a Christmas dinner shared with Confederate generals.
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POST
Texas
Virginia
Confederacy
Joshua the Butler
Wigfall
van Dorn
Holmes
Cabell
Rust
Anne Cabell
Charles Street
Boston
Jury Acquits Triangle Waist Co. Owners in Fire Trial
In New York the jury finds Isaac Harris and Max Blanck not guilty of manslaughter in the Triangle Waist Company fire case. The verdict ends a highly charged trial over the 1911 blaze that killed 147 workers, with emphasis on the ninth floor door and conditions inside the Asch Building.
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New York
Asch
Isaac Harris
Max Blanck
Triangle Waist Company
Harris
Blanck
Margaret Schwartz
Bostwick
Crain
Boys Unearth $150 000 Treasure in Fort George Island Find
Two Jacksonville youths say they uncovered Spanish treasure valued around 150000 dollars from a strong box buried six feet deep on Fort George Island. The coins include gold silver and copper dated more than a century ago. Loring M. Hewen 17 son of Prof Shelby E Hewen and John F. Kling 18 son of a Mayport pilot led the excavation based on an old chart found in a Spanish shellhouse ruins.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fort George Island
Loring M. Hewen
Shelby E. Hewen
John F. Kling
Mayport
Low Coal Prices Blight 1911 Industry Says USGS Analyst
Edward W. Parker of the US Geological Survey warns of overproduction and weak prices in 1911 coal trade. He notes a poor year overall with a likely negative ledger balance despite near record annual production, while anthracite stays comparatively firm and stockpiling ahead of wage agreement expiry on April 1, 1912.
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Washington
Edward W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
United States
Young Teddy Good Fireman Theodore Roosevelt Aids Fire
Oriental antiquities valued at 200000 dollars were threatened as fire engulfed Henry P. Bowie's Hillsborough home in San Francisco. Bowie with Theodore Roosevelt Jr Richard Tobin and George Howard fought the blaze using garden hoses and water buckets. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. Bowie hosted many visiting Japanese dignitaries at his gatherings.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hillsborough
Henry P. Bowie
Bowie
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Richard Tobin
George Howard
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Tobin
Mr. Howard
United States
Sues Over Lot In Graveyard Dispute
Anna Myerson sues Pride of Boston Cemetery Association and Annie Rubin claiming Rubin buried Myersons husband in Myersons purchased lot. Myerson says she paid $20 for the plot intended for her and wants Rubin and the cemetery to disinter the remains and rebur y elsewhere. Case to be heard in February.
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Anna Myerson
Pride of Boston Cemetery Association
Annie Rubin
Death of Boy From Natural Causes at City Home
Seven year old Max Hurwitz died at his father’s home on Harrison Avenue from natural causes. Medical Examiner Leary stated autopsy at City Hospital morgue showed enlargement of lymphatic glands as the cause. no poison was involved. The boy fell ill at 9 pm Tuesday after his father gave castor oil. he was found unconscious about 10:30 pm and died before medical help arrived.
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Max Hurwitz
Harrison Avenue
Leary
City Hospital
Dr. Klein
Max
Miss M. G. Edmands Weds Prof. Jacobs
Miss Mary G. Edmands of Somerville married Harry Wallingford Jacobs, professor of drawing at Potsdam Normal Art School, in First Unitarian Church with 300 guests. The couple, Boston Normal Art School alumni from 1888, were joined by attendants including Edna F. Gordon and Priscilla Alden.
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Mary G. Edmands
Summerstreet
Somerville
Albert W. Edmands
First Unitarian Church
Harry Wallingford Jacobs
Normal Art School
Potsdam
N. Y
Chester A. Drummond
Boston Normal Art School
Coononia Club of
Victor E. Gilbert
Edna F. Gordon
Priscilla Alden
Bridgewater
Clara M. Gale
Faneuil
Katherine Lincoln
Edgar Sewall
Charles Manning
Louis Nichols
New York City
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Willard Massey
Washington St
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J. B. Defriest
Fort Hill
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Stella Bennett
Marion Street
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Twelfth Street
Norfolk, Va
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Roberts . Street
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Lonesome Telegraph Office
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Rockland Street
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Pandora
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