Explosion Ends Short Lived Authors Club
A newly formed Authors' Club, founded January 6, 1909 at the Vendome with a select roster of book writers, has collapsed after an explosion of internal conflict and dissent. The club’s exclusivity and desire to avoid lesser literary lights led to its swift demise. Newspaper men attended the launch to announce the birth of the club and a reading from As You Like It.
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Authors’ Club
the Vendome
Shakspere
Rebirth Planned After Fall of Short-Lived Authors Club
The group led by Colonel Higginson Judge Grant and Mary Wilkins dissolved after disputes over members and literary merit. Members received refunds of five dollars, leaving only the banquet cost. A new, higher standard Authors Club is planned with entries by vetted writers.
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Denmark
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Robert Grant
Mary Wilkins
Higginson
Weather outlook for Friday and Saturday in New England and eastern New York
Forecast calls for fair and continued cold conditions in New England and eastern New York on Friday with fresh westerly winds. Increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures are expected Saturday.
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Washington
New England
New York
Fire destroys Marin's block in Lowell. one dead
A five story building at 628 632 Merrimac street in Lowell burned completely. Mrs Bridget Grady 48 died in the flames while firefighter Thomas Rogers was injured and several others overcome by smoke. The loss is about 100000 with Lowell Pharmacy and Marin's furniture store also destroyed.
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Lowell
Marin
Merrimac Street
Bridget Grady
Lowell Pharmacy
Joseph Marin
Thomas Rogers
Sides in Kentucky Schem ing for an Advantage
Hope Franklin Ky February 1 The governor Goebel lies critically wounded in Frankfort with his heart action weakening and blood flow through the right lung reduced Doctors fear death before morning unless heart strengthens and circulation improves The room reports a serious condition despite efforts to aid him
Nun Dies in Fire at St Lawrence School
Two deaths occurred when a fire damaged St Lawrence O Toole parish school in St Louis. Sister Stanislaus Nellie Mahoney, 24, and Mary Foley, 10, perished after being cut off by smoke on the third floor as 400 pupils were orderly evacuated. Overheated furnace caused the blaze. property loss estimated under $6000.
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ST. Louis
St. Lawrence O'toole’s
Stanislaus
Mary Foley
Pius Hospital
Nellie Mahoney
Scranton
Penn
Ex-Mayor’s Fiancée from Noted German Family Ties
Mrs Tyler will marry ex Mayor Quigcy. Her brother, ex Representative Franz Hugo Krebs Jr, is a key Boston Republican figure in reform circles. Krebs Jr served in the Legislature and campaigned for Congress, while Franz Hugo Krebs Sr built a Boston medical practice and has three children.
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Tyler
Quigcy
Krebs
Franz Hugo Skkrebs
Bolles
State Street
Sharp
Charles Street
Franz Hugo Krebs
Boston
Homeopathic
Union Park
Gretchen Krebs
Dr. I Krebs
America
Cuba
San Juan Hill
My. Krebs
Congress
Ninth
Fitzgerald
Kentucky Legislature Eyes injunction over Governor Taylor clash
Frankfort reports tension after Goebel shooting as Republicans and Democrats seek peaceful settlement. T. L. Edelen proposes submitting the rival governorship dispute to the Kentucky Court of Appeals or the U S Supreme Court for trial, with talks continuing at the Capitol Hotel.
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Taylor
Cantrill
Fiscal Court
Frankfort
Goebel
T. L. Edelen
Capitol Hotel
Pryor
Louis MecQuown
William Scott
Democracy
Edelen
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Hazelrigg
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Vast Army to Crush Boers In South Africa
England fields 195000 troops and 452 guns in South Africa while only 80000 are at the front. The report notes large garrisons needed to hold the Dutch in check.
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England
South Africa
215 British Missing at Spion Kop
The War Office announces 215 missing soldiers from various regiments after Spion Kop engagements. Among the names are members of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
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Spion Kop
London
War Office
Lancashire Fusiliers
Buller Crossings Not Confirmed By War Office
London February 2 There is no confirmation from any quarter that General Buller has crossed the Tugela to fight another battle. The war office reports no such information.
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London
Buller
Tugela
War Office
England's forces in the Transvaal battle lists and losses
Fresh casualty tallies from the Spion Kop disaster worsen the tally for General Buller since crossing the Tugela. The report estimates about 2,000 total losses including officers and men, with discussions of Churchill's despatch from PieterMaritzburg and a call for public reflection at home.
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London
Splon Kop
Buller Sinee
Tugela
Spion Kop
Spencer Wilkinson
Post Today
Winston Churchill
Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Buller
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