Yale Receives 650000 Gift From Mrs Sage for Park Site
Mrs Russell Sage offers Yale a 650 000 gift to cover the full cost of securing the 30 acre Sachem Wood Hillhouse estate at the head of Hillhouse avenue to be used as the university athletic field site. The donation, to be paid by February 1, will clear the debt laden property and is offered without restrictions. The park location along Whitney avenue is expected to host a football stadium and track facilities as Yale field has outgrown.
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New Haven
Yale
Russcn Sage
University
Hillhouse Avenue
Sachem Wood
Hillhouse
Whitney Avenue
Yale Campus Gift Letter Reveals Sage Ancestral Ties
Secretary An son Phelps Stokes Jr exposes Mrs Sage's gift letter dated December 28, 1909. The letter, as a descendant of Abraham Pierce, first Yale president, notes ancestral ties to Yale and awareness of efforts to acquire the Sachem Wood or Hillhouse estate as a new campus site.
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Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Blizzard delays inspectors return from Seattle mission
Boston Police Inspectors Patterson and Rooney returned five days late from Seattle where they pursued Andrew F. Gormley who skipped bail after a Lynn case. Harsh weather and snowdrifts delayed their journey as they faced frozen pipes and stalled routes.
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Patterson
Rooney
Boston
Seattle
Andrew F. Gormley
Lynn
Gormley
Whose Child Is This Picture Reward in Boston Post
A Boston Post feature offers a five dollar gold piece to any parent guardian relative or friend who brings identified photo proofs of a school child pictured to the City Editor at 275 Washington Street between 3 and 5 pm within five days. Elizabeth Punch 10 of East Boston and Helen Broesky 7 of Chelsea are named as recent recipients and identifiers with school affiliations.
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Post
Allston
Boston Post
Washington Street
Elizabeth Punch
Paris Street
Boston
the Holy Redeemer School
Agnes
Helen Broesky
Beverly Place
Chelsea
John Broesky
New Laws in Effect Today Impact Mills and Roads
New laws take effect with New Year including a 56 hour work week for women and under 18s in factories, phased in over 18 months. Lowell mills shift to shorter hours. Tremont and Suffolk keep Saturday close. Auto licenses depend on horsepower. speed limits set near roads. Injured workers can seek damages for defective machinery they knew about. Harbor and Land Commission gets 100000 yearly for harbor upgrades. Tax, water, and mortgage-related statute changes also begin today.
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Lowell
Merrimack
Appleton
Boott
Massachusetts
Lawrence Mills
Tremont
Suffolk
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Great Christmas Storm Bends Fishing Fleet and Grounds Shipping
Severe gales batter vessels along the coast as five masted schooner George P Hudson and other ships suffer heavy damage. Twenty five fishermen are frozen in Hyannis harbor while boats remain iced in at Lewis Bay Osterville and Cotuit. The harbor and canal work halt as tugs search for Hudson.
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George P. Hudson
The
Post
Hyannis Harbor
Lewis Bay
Osterville
Cotuit
Bourne
Cape Cod Canal Company
Clyde Line
Metropolitan Life Sanatorium Site Ruling Reversed
The Third Department appellate division reversed Superintendent Hotchkiss's decision denying Metropolitan Life Insurance Company a real estate site for a TB sanitarium. The case is remanded for further consideration and action by the insurer.
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Albany
N. Y
Insurance
Hotchkiss
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Third Department
Spectacular American debut of Dick Whittington at Hy perion Theatre
The Shuberts present the lavish Dick Whittington at New Haven's Hyperion Theatre with 150 cast led by Louise Dresser. Imported London scenery and effects highlight a production praised as the most elaborate Shubert effort to date. Cast includes Laura Guerite, Eddie Garvey, Post, Russell, and others with Edward Paulton revising and Manuel Klein composing.
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New Haven
Conn
Shuberts
Dick Whittington
Drury Lane Theatre
America
Hyperion Theatre
Louise Dresser
London
Miss Dresser
Katrina
Fitzwarren
Laura Guerite
Eddie Garvey
Alexander Clarke
Post and Russell
Vaudeville
al Grady
al Lamar
Kate Elinor
Harry Clarke
Irene Dillon
Dorothy Webb
Edward Paulton
Manuel Klein
Investigation Finds No Sample Case Lost
The Smith Patterson Company of Summer street reports all sample cases accounted for and no salesman due in Quincy area on or before December 20, following an investigation into a reported loss.
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Smith Patterson Company
Sumsmer Street
Quincy
Dramatic Rhode Island Fire Sparks Rescue Efforts
A blaze swept the Dyer block at Weybosset and Mathewson streets in Providence sending jewelry workers and clerks into panic. Two men leaped from a third story window, several were rescued by firemen, and two men were reportedly fatally hurt. Fire nets saved others as officers guarded the scene and hospital reports named Whitcomb and Keyes in dangerous condition.
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Providence
R. I
Dyer Block
Weybosset
Mathewson
Ralph Keyes
William Morrissey
Weybasset
Mathewson Street
Whitcomb
Keyes
Calmy
Fire Tragedy As Stairway Fire Forces Escape
A staircase blaze trapped occupants in a building entrance as women screamed. Wharren Whitcomb rushed from a shop window to the street, likely fatally injured by the fall. Firemen arrived and erected ladders to reach survivors.
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Wharren Whitcomb
Archbishop Leads New Year Service at Cathedral
The Rev Charles J Sullivan preached a New Year sermon at the cathedral last night with Archbishop O Connell and many clergy officiating. He used the text Behold short years pass away as the central theme and the archbishop intoned Te Deum.
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Charles J. Sullivan
O'Connell
O’connell
Gloucester Fishing Fleet Loses Vessels and 47 Lives
The sea toll on Gloucester’s fishing fleet this year cost four vessels and 47 lives, leaving 12 widows and 25 fatherless children. Losses surpassed 1908 in property but fewer lives were lost. last year reported 62 deaths. Vessels sank near Louisburg Nova Scotia Sambro Head N S Bay of Island Newfoundland and Canso.
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Gloucester
Hattie M. Graham
Louisburg
N. S
Orinoce
Sambro Head
Henry M. Stanley
Bay of Island
N. F
Dora A. Lawson
Canso
Hiding From Fire Belief Sparks Move by Mrs Davis
After 16 mysterious apartment fires, Mary Davis and her two daughters fled 62 Ruggles Street. They claim witches or voodoo pursue them and moved furniture to a storage house before seeking a lodging house to hide.
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Mary Davis
Ruggles Street
Fire drives guests from hotels along Causeway Street
Guests at the Hotel Haymarket and lodgers in the Rutland House near Causeway Street fled into the street yesterday morning when a fire broke out in the Rutland House. The blaze caused about $6000 in damage and halted streetcar traffic for two hours.
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Hotel Haymarket
Rutland House
Causeway Street
Remarkable Weight Gain Testimony for Perma Remedy
Mrs. Maria Goertz of Orienta Oklahoma credits Perma the Household Remedy with restoring her health from chronic catarrh and notes a weight increase from 100 to 140 pounds. She reports family cures including asthma in her husband and earache in her daughter, praising Dr. Hartman’s advice and books.
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Perma
Maria Goertz
Orienta
Oklahoma
Hartman
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