Thief Tied to Typhoid Death Rob Robs Marine Bank Case
State Detective Fred Rhodes pursues a Chelsea hospital attache in a bold theft from a dying Marine with typhoid. Four checks totaling $28 were cashed after being taken from Thomas Hollahan at Charlestown Hospital. bank and treasurer staff help trace the forgery by handwriting.
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Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Thomas P. Hollahan
Marine Corps
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Shaw
Rhodes
Portland
Cape
Marlboro
Bank
Miss Arey
State Treasurer’s Office
Fire Destroys General Appleton Summer Residence
A fire yesterday morning gutted General Francis H. Appleton's summer home in West Peabody. The total loss is about $10,000, with $7,500 covered by insurance.
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Francis H. Appleton
West Peabody
Kipling Battling With Death in Update Bulletin
New York bulletin reports Rudyard Kipling holding his own as inflammation spreads upward in the lungs. Doctors say crisis may be delayed while original infection slowly resolves, with severe illness over the past days due to advancing inflammation. A late note says Kipling remains very sick and unlikely to improve quickly.
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New York
Kipling
Janeway
Theo. Dunham
Dunham
Grenoble
Arthur Cushman Haynes
John Kendrick Bangs
Oliver Herford
Edward C
Arthur Steadman
Willard P. Ward
Nat. Goodwin
Fall River Textile Wage Rise Approved for April 3
After a three hour session the Manufacturers' Association and Fall River Textile Council agreed to restore wages to the pre January 1 1898 scale on April 3 1899. A sliding scale may follow but the present offer stands for 25 000 workers with potential future arbitration to prevent strikes.
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Fall River
Manufacturers’ Association
Fall River Textile Council
Textile Council
New Bedford
Rhode Island
New England
Manufacturers' Association
Whitehead
When Earths last picture is painted and opened
A poetic meditation on art ending in rest and renewal. The speaker imagines a future where after restless creation the Master of All Good Workmen resets the world to begin again. It envisions artists drawing saints and wielding celestial brushes.
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Earth
Magdalene
Peter and
Paul
Kipling Lapses Toward Death as Oxygen Keeps Watch
New York reports Rudyard Kipling near collapse after a night of faint hope as doctors use oxygen and beef extract to sustain him. Doubleday notes Kipling alive with cautious optimism while telegrams go out to friends and supporters.
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New York
Rudyard Kipling
Doubleday
Doubleday & McClure
Kipling
Tributes to Kipling Highlight His Genius and Legacy
Leaders in letters laud Rudyard Kipling as the greatest English language poet of his era. William D. Howells calls him the greatest poet alive while noting the tragedy of his illness and aging.
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Mr. Kipling
William D. Howells
Kipling
Jury Finds Cornish Guilty in Adams Poison Death
New York jury convicts Harry Cornish of poisoning Catherine J. Adams on December 28 at 61 West Eighty-sixth Street with mercuric cyanide in a bottle of bromo seltzer. Molineux faces arrest and a scheduled hearing, tied to related deaths and the Knickerbocker Club cases.
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New York
Adams
Catherine J. Adams
West Eighty-sixth Street
Harry 8. Cornish
Roland B. Molineux
Molineux
Harry Cornish
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Bromo Seltzer
Kate J. Adams
Cornish
Henry ©. Barnet
Barnet
Leslie Molineux
Brooklyn
Parry Cornish
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