Seattle Merchants Gear Up for Klondike Rush
Seattle sees 1000 travelers daily to the Klondike with outfits worth an estimated 500000 dollars daily. Merchants forecast a million dollars in out fits before snow, as more go to Klondike and newer fields and as passes improve. Transport firms expand capacity. steamers press into service. Wells carries dispatches from Fort Yukon to the War Department.
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Seattle
Klondike
Pelly
Hootalinqua
Skeena
Dawson
North
Humboldt
John A. McGee, Jr
Rosalie
Alaska
T. H. Wells
Wells
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Endorsed By James Hadfield
A testimonial from James Hadfield of 350 West Street New York verifies Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as an excellent remedy for cough cold and hoarseness. He recommends it to all and notes it is sold everywhere for 25 cents.
Gold-Seeking Fleet Sale Hints for Major Steamers
Messrs Sprague and Breed of Lynn have sold the steam collier Elihu Thomson to the Seattle and Yukon Steamship Company. Other steam colliers Shawmut Sterling Saturn Frostburg Orion and Charles F Mayer may follow if buyers bid high. Thomson sails from Lynn for Baltimore with 1150 tons of coal for San Francisco and may call at a South American port for fuel. Captain Garrick and Chief Engineer J C Long of Everett will accompany the voyage, with an expected departure later this week and possible passage through the Straits of Magellan in sixty days.
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Messrs
Thomson
Lynn
Baltimore
San Francisco
Garrick
J. C. Long
Everett
Straits of Magellan
Boston Protestant Chinese Young Men’s Union marks ninth anniversary
The ninth anniversary gathering of the Boston Protestant Chinese Young Men's Christian Union was held at the Clarendon Street Baptist Church vestry last evening. A Chinese orchestra performed and the Celestials sang as Yong Kay spoke to attendees.
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Boston
St Jean Baptiste Ball at Berkeley Hall
The annual ball of the Societe J Jean Baptiste was held last evening at Berkeley Hall with over two hundred couples taking part in the grand march.
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Societe &J. Jean Baptiste
Berkeley Hall
Nut Club Ball Held At Odd Fellows Hall Tonight
The Nut Club second annual ball is set for Odd Fellows Hall in Boston this evening. Last year the event drew nearly all major state and local officials and prominent New England sportsmen, with invitations extended to city and state officials for tonight.
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The
Nut Club
Boston
Odd Fellows’ Hall
New England
Millstream Boat Club to Hold Tenth Annual Ball
The Millstream Boat Club of Chelsea will stage its tenth annual ball at Pythian Rink in Chelsea on Friday evening February 138. Proceeds go entirely to the widow of Hugh F. Saddler who died after the eight race on the Charles River in July.
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Millstream Boat Club
Chelsea
Pythian Rink
Hugh F. Saddler
Charles River
Lawrence School Reunion Seeks Public School Graduates on Board
Bishop Lawrence and Postmaster Thomas urge a Lawrence reunion and advocate that the school board be composed only of public school graduates. The call emphasizes local civic ties and governance by public education alumni.
Reform the School Board by Electing Public School Graduates
The Lawrence School Association of South Boston met to back a reform plan selecting school board members trained in public schools. Members, including Bishop Lawrence and Postmaster Thomas, urged nonpartisan fitness and honesty for school governance, stressing unity and religious liberty.
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Lawrence School Association of
South Boston
Bishop Lawrence
Thomas
W. J. Gallivan
Dukelow
Gallivan
John B. Martin
Henry A. Thomas
Boston
Massachusetts
Martians Attack Boston A Chronicle Of Skein And Fire
In 19th century prose the story narrates a Martian invasion decimating Concord and Boston. Cylinders strike, heat rays level cities, and survivors shelter amid burning streets and black powder. The narrator recalls massacred sites and a tense, foreboding escape through a ruined Boston.
The Martian Invasion Narrows to One Curse Among Boston
A lone traveler wanders a ruined Boston after alien forces overrun the city. He tracks a haunting wail from the Martians across Tremont and Washington streets toward the Frog Pond, witnessing a hacked Martian handling machine and a desolate Common before fleeing in terror.
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Washington Street
Tremont Street
Ulla
Tremont
Kneeland
Park Street
Samson
Park Street Church
Ula
Vila
Boston
Passenger Train Wreck Near Bear River and Shelburne Falls
A westbound Fitchburg passenger train collided with an engine and snow plow between Bear River and Shelburne Falls around 8 pm. Four men injured, one may die. Plow crew includes John Morrissey with severe injuries, D Hart scalp wound, John Lahern minor injuries. Engineer A N Davis sprained foot. Road blocked.
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Greenfie
Fitchburg
Bear River
Shelburne Falls
Athol
Ice Ledge
John Morrissey
Greenfield
D. Hart
John Lahern
Turner’s
A. N. Davis
East Deerfield
Patriotic Exhibit at Allston Hall Showcased Revolutionary Art
A large gathering at Allston Hall yesterday viewed Scribner pictures for Henry Cabot Lodge's forthcoming story under the Paul Revere Chapter D A R. The display features notable Revolutionary War scenes and a Paul Revere portrait loaned by Mrs. Charles H. Bond, with a tea and musical program continuing today and afternoon tea after 3.
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Allston Hall
Scribner
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paul Revere
Charles H. Bond
Ellen W. Rumrill
Frank H. Perkins
Mary A. Simonds
Helen Pratt Jameson
Edith Scovill
Alice J. Clifford
Gertrude M. Tenney
Winifred Davis
Frances Gullier
Amy Hassam
Ethel Gould
Amy Gould
Mollie Holbrook
Gerrish
Bangs
Goodell
Dingley
Lewis
Gertrude M. Wood
Brooks
Bellingham
Cyrus Page
Lexington
Howard Pyle
Bunker Hill
North Bridge
Young Peixotto
California
Prescott
Cambridge
Franklin
Committee
Valley Forge
Brandywine
Harriet Arline Shaw
Laura Burnham Low
J. Hallett Gilberte
Edith Perkins
Katherine M. Austin
Emma le Baron Tilton
Mabelle Monaghan
Louise Bruce Brooks
Mary Nichols
Lillian Chandler
Nansen Commits to $20000 Settlement Before Campania Voyage
Dr Fridtjof Nansen reportedly settled with managers J H Hathaway of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau and Richard Heard of Boston for 20000 before sailing on the Campania from New York. The lecture tour is said to have earned more than any in twenty years. He plans to stay in England for a time then travel to St Petersburg to address a geographic society.
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Boston
West Street
Ober’s
Ulla
Tremont Street
New York
Fridtjof Nansen
J. H. Hathaway
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Richard Heard
Campania
England
St. Petersburg
Geographical Society
Police recover full Tebbit fortune in Regina arrest
Regina police report finding twenty thousand four hundred dollars in U S bonds four percent cash and jewelry on Emma Tebbit and Abraham Tebbit items include a diamond brooch locket turquoise emerald ring solitaire diamond rings and rings luggage checks and travel slips. Chief Watts plans extradition and Boston arrest.
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Regina
Watts
Abraham Tebbbitt
United States
N. W
T. W. B. Watts
Boston
Emma Tebbitt
Abrahan Tebbitt
Vancouver
Joseph Dove
Mrs. Tebbitt
McCausland
Washington
Tebbitt
Ice Bound Ships Return From Straits of Newfoundland
The Red Cross steamship Portia arrived in New York four days overdue from St. John's and Halifax with a cargo of fish after a brutal encounter with pack ice off Newfoundland. Captain Farrell reports blizzards, widespread exposure, and destitution with hundreds dead or dying. The Portia was trapped four days in Arctic floes near St. John's but escaped. other relief vessels faced similar ice and many had to retreat. The Canadian government had dispatched the Virginia with food, yet routes remained blocked, forcing a return to port.
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New York
Red Cross
Portia
St. John’s
N. F
Halifax
Farrell
Newfoundland
Virginia
Westerner Offers Bride and 310000 for a Good Son-in-Law
John L. Dwight ranch owner from Tacoma Washington offers to give his daughter and 310000 to a man who proves he will be a good husband. Applicants from the East answer the call at Union Square Hotel in New York enduring cross examination as Dwight seeks a dutiful mate.
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Massachusetts
Mullen
C. J. Connelly
Elmer G. Foster
P. F. ‘McDonald
Gallivan
Amos M. Leonard
Lawrence School
Charles T. Dukelow
William J. Gallivan
Charles J. Miller
Matthew J. Mullen
New York
John L. Dwight
Tacoma
W. T
Union Square
Dwight
Greater
East
O. K
Chase Is Postmaster at Holyoke Mass
The Senate confirmed Henry A. Chase as postmaster at Holyoke Massachusetts on January 31.
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Chase
Washington
The
Senate Today
Henry A. Chase
Holyoke
Mass
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Albert FP. Cole
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Daniel F. Tynch
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John H. Griffin
William J. Fitzgerald
Benjamin D. Crohan
Daniel G. Slattery
William J. Whitten
John F. Moran
George W. McMillan
Timothy J. Calahan
William J. Barry
T. J. Murphy
Joseph V. Kiley
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Thomas J. Jennings
William L. Ford
John Drohan
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