Balloonists cross Sahara from Marseilles to Tunis
M de Buraux and Cas tillon de Saint-Victor sail from Marseilles to Tunis to launch two small balloons to study winter winds across the Sahara with government support. If successful they plan a desert crossing. Major Marchand will meet them at Gabes to begin balloon tests with automatic registrars and multilingual return requests.
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Paris
M. de Buraux
Castillon de Saint-Victor
Marseilles
Tunis
Sahara
Major Marchand
Fashoda Fame
Gabes
New Year Welcomed by Old North Church Chimes and City Celebrations
The North End welcomed the new year with the Old North Church chimes ringing from before 9 pm until after midnight along with cannon reports and harbor whistles. Italian residents held home festivities with music and dancing, while Epworth League and Seamen's Society events featured sermons, choral performances, and nursing/charitable outreach. Several churches planned masses and watch meetings, and groups like the Algonquin Club and Sons of the American Revolution marked the transition with concerts, lectures, and banquets.
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North End
Old North Church
Sa‘em Street
Virginia
Annie Laurie
Epworth League
Hull Street
Boston Seamen's Friend Society
Hanover Street
William T. Beals
Sayford
Walter S. Eaton
Seamen's Society
S. Nickerson
St. Stephen's Church
St. Mary’s Church
St. Leonard’s
Prince Street
Revere
Ss. S. Nickerson
Immaculate Conception
Jeremiah M. Prendergast
Rheinberger
Whiting
Baptist Tabernacle
Bowdoin Square
New Algonquin Club
First Regiment
Sons of the American Revolution
Old Suffolk Chapter
Chelsea
Knights of Malta
William Henry Jaques
Crowds Celebrate New Year at Ruggles Street Church
Boston observers marked New Year with social gatherings and resolutions as crowds filled streets. At Ruggles Street Baptist Church watch services ran eight hours from 8 p.m. to midnight, swelling to about 600 by midnight. A baptism of 20 persons, including a Russian native, occurred, with a Russian quartet singing and an address by Rev. A. C. Dixon marking the vigil. Eight bells signaled the birth of 192 at the chapel of the Boston Seaman's.
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Russia
A. C. Dixon
The
Boston Seaman's
Typewriters Union Dance in East Boston
The lady typewriters of the city held a dance at Commonwealth Hall East Boston last evening attended by nearly 200 couples. Proceeds go to a fund to organize a typewriters union. Floor director was William FitzGerald with Fred Ball as assistant. Aids included John Looney John Pender Samuel Sullivan Fred Baldwin Louis Kelley John Lynch Samuel Finn Benjamin Rudick James Stanton Daniel Folan William McCann Louis Leary. At midnight red lights illuminated the hall to greet the New Year.
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Commonwealth Hall
East Boston
Typewriters’ Union
William FitzGerald
Fred Ball
John Looney
John Pender
Samuel Sullivan
Fred Baldwin
Louis Kelley
John Lynch
Samuel Finn
Benjamin Rudick
James Stanton
Daniel Folan
William McCann
Louis Leary
Scotsmen of Revere Hold Grand Ball at Town Hall
The Clan Chisholm No. 136 of the Order of Scottish Clans of Revere hosted a grand ball last evening at Revere Town Hall. Potted palms and bunting decorated the ballroom. D. L. Skidmore oversaw the floor with William J. Smith assisting. About 400 people attended.
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Clan
Division 15 A. O. H. Ball in East Cambridge
The Division 15 of Cambridge celebrated the new year with its 28th annual ball at Institute Hall East Cambridge drawing over 800 attendees. The event opened with a march led by Mayor McNemee and Miss Mary M Brady followed by 150 couples, with Alderman James T Barrett and John F Donnelly supervising the floor.
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Cambridge
Institute Hall
East Cambridge
Mayor McNemee
Mary M. Brady
James T. Barrett
John F. Donnelly
Twelve Years Sentence for Sorentino in Curassoy Killing
Ceriaeéh Sorentino, indicted for the murder of Giuseppe Currasoy in the North End, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced in the Superior Criminal Court to twelve years. The case arose from a dispute over 10 cents in a saloon, with Sorentino awaiting Currasoy and shooting him as he passed. The sentence included one day in solitary confinement and the remainder in hard labor.
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Ceriaeéh Sorentino
Giuseppe Currasoy
North End
Superior Criminal Court
Crowley
Currasoy
First Marriage at Our Lady of the Cedars Solemnized Today
The Maronite Catholic community celebrates its first mass wedding at Our Lady of the Cedars of Mt. Lebanon in Boston. Chor Bishop Yasbek will perform the ceremony for Mansoon John Mansoon and Julia Ablan Saroophim. An open house follows as the couple honors customs of their country.
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Church of “Our Lady of the Cedars of
Mt. Lebanon
Our Lady of the Cedars of
Yasbek
Boston
New England
United States
Mansoon John Mansoon
Julia Ablan Saroophim
Chor
Tyler Street
League of Independent Workmen proposed nationwide
Albany dispatch reports E M Fairchild stating that the National League of Independent Workmen of America will be organized with a national organizer to create local branches across the country. Open shops and equal treatment for both sides are sought, with membership limited to American citizens and a program to protect independence, sustain wages, regulate hours, train apprentices, improve conditions, enforce laws, and provide a labor bureau.
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Albany
E. M. Fairchild
Emen
National League of Independent
Wemen of American
Fiena
Leaguemen
al Gh
Carnegie Gives New Orleans 250000 For Library
New Orleans receives a quarter of a million dollars from Mr. Carnegie as a New Year gift. The funds will finance a main library building and furnishing plus a yearly $25,000 grant for operations. The city plans to demolish the current library at its site near City Hall to construct the new structure.
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New Orleans
Tobacco Trust Increases Its Capital to 40 Million
Trenton New Jersey December thirty first The Consolidated Tobacco Company filed papers to raise capital stock from 30 million to 40 million after an attempted earlier filing was rejected for technical reasons. The filing lists J. B. Duke as president and Charlies F Keene as secretary along with stockholder consents including A. Brady 25,000 and W. L. Elkins 10,000 among others.
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Trienton
N. J
Consolidated Tobacco Company
Secretary of State
J. B. Duke
Charlies F Keene
B. N. Duke
W. L. Elkins
Moore and Schley
O. H. Paine
Thomas FF. Ryan
Cambridge Friends Stand by Davis Amid Arrest
Ephraim Rees Davis, a Harvard senior from an Idaho family, was arrested in New York on a robbery charge tied to a Dec 9 incident. Cambridge friends say he was in the hospital and away from the scene, providing alibi via telegrams and corroborating witnesses.
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Ephraim Rees Davis
New York
John E. Burroughs
Cambridge
Davis
Harvard
Leavis
Idaho
Harvard University
Howland Street
Roy Bullen
Aldo Hering
Ephraim Davis
Brown
Jefferson Market Court
Bullen
Stillman Infirmary
Policeman Stops Runaway Melrose Horse
Patrolman Os borne E. Drowne of the Melrose police force halted a runaway horse owned by Frederick W. Thomas of Bellevue avenue. The animal trampled through main streets toward a steep hill used for coasting, and a collision or death could have occurred had the officer not intervened.
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Melrose
Osborne E. Drowne
Frederick W. Thomas
Bellevue Avenue
Injury From Tea Bottle Explosion Hits Worksite
Elbridge Richardson, son of Stoneham, was badly cut when a glass bottle of tea exploded at his workplace in Wolburn on December 31. Two large arteries in his right wrist were severed after heating the tea and cooling it in snow. He was transported to the Emergency Hospital for treatment.
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Wolburn
Elbridge Richardson
Stoneham
Richardson
Leg Broken by Sled Accident in Dorchester
Henry Ahern aged 19 of 42 Clarkson Street Dorchester was struck by a double runner on Shaw Avenue last night and suffered a fractured right leg. He was taken to City Hospital by Division 11 police ambulance.
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Henry Ahern
Clarkson Street
Dorchester
Shaw Avenue
Fels-Naptha Soap Claims Labor Saving Edge
A marketing claim says a million women use Fels Naptha soap and it saves half the labor of washing. Some also learn it saves half the wear on clothes, extending their laundry benefits.
Boyer Denies Retirement Rumor After Military Police Rise
Captain Charles W. Boyer told a Post reporter there is no truth to retirement rumors. He notes a December promotion to captain, denies requesting retirement after 20 years, and cites his long service since joining the Boston police in 1875. He recalls key posts and Civil War service with the 2nd Maine and 66th Massachusetts.
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Charles W. Boyer
Post
Police Board
Boyett
Captain Boyet
Boston
Maine
Massachusetts
Captain Boyer
Cambridge
Cambridge Public Schools
Bridgton Academy
Judge Dewey Guests at Newspaper Club Dinner
About 50 members and guests gathered at the Revere House for the Newspaper Club's 16th annual dinner and election. Judge Dewey and congressman elect Sullivan spoke on the calling of journalism, as J. A. Frost was elected editor in chief and other officers named.
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Judge Dewey
Newspaper Club
Revere House
Sullivan
J. A. Frost
The
Hera'd
H. H. Witherington
Journal
F. H. Cu
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Cpriaca Sorentino
McCormick
Father Joseph Yasbek
League of
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Carrie Jones
Delphi
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Navy
Cas
Mr. Drowne
Boyer
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