Marconi predicts wireless wonders across oceans
In Glace Bay Cape Breton on January 4 Signor Marconi outlined a bold forecast for wireless telegraphy. He predicted rates as low as a cent per word and two hundred words a minute, with cross ocean messages replacing much postal traffic. He expects the first transatlantic wireless station in the United States near Cape Cod to be ready within weeks and argued that wireless will raise overall business while cables retain some profits.
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Glace Bay
Cape Breton
iMarconi
Table Head
Cape Cod
United States
England
Marconi
Virginia Lampson Admits Theft Spurred by Lover in Luxury
New York dispatch says Virginia Lampson, enraged by her arrest, gave detectives a full account of her life with William Dudley the man she tried to kill. She claimed Dudley taught her to steal to sustain their relationship and vowed punishment for him, while noting she may serve prison time. Dudley, calling himself, declined to comment beyond confirming the relationship.
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New York
Sherry’s
Waldorf-Astoria
Virginia
Lampson
William Dudley
Lexington
Washington, D. C
Dudley
Brooklyn
Tremont Temple Mourns Lorimer Decision to Remain
The Tremont Temple Boston congregation learned via telegram that Rev Dr George C Lorimer will stay at Madison Avenue Church New York. Deacon Jameson expressed regret for the decision while noting the church's strong call and past disagreements. The service preached by Rev Charles L Jackson urged forgetting past sins and pursuing active, hopeful work ahead.
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Tremont Temple
Dr. Lorimer
New York
George C. Lorimer
Jameson
C. P. Jameson
Boston
Gheorge C. Lorimer
Deacon Jameson
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Temple Church
Cc. P. Jameson
Lorimer
Temple
Charles L. Jackson
The Inner Life of the Kaiser by T P O Connor
T P O Connor MP writes on the German Emperor in a penny weekly piece. He portrays a multi faceted ruler with vast toils, interests, and a knack for reading world press, while detailing routines and pursuits.
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London
T. P. O'Connor
M. P
Liverpool
Penny Weekly
Germany
Lord Rosebery
Gladstone
Napoleon
Debutante Miss Andrew to Headline Boston Society Tonight
Miss Cornelia Andrew makes her debut in Boston society at the Somerset. Her family links to the late ex-Congressman Andrew and a rumored royal wardrobe fuel expectations she will be the season’s leading belle. Sponsors promise a coronation style event with prominent guests and Thayer family participation.
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Cornelia Andrew
Boston
Andrew
Back Bay
Beacon Hill
Bud
Edith Andrew
Niee
Nathaniel
E. R. Thayer
Thayer
Comparison of Boston port shipping 1901 1902 December figures
The December voyage tally shows 88 steamers 6 barks 1 brig and 39 schooners totaling 134 vessels. The year’s foreign and coastwise traffic rose with coal shipments, despite line consolidations and line reroutings affecting trips to and from Boston.
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Boston
Yarmouth
N. S
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Long Wharf
Oaes
Lewis Wharf
Prince Arthur
Prince George
Renee
Prosperous Essex shipyards turn out 36 vessels this year
In Essex and Gloucester shipyards 36 vessels were built including the Alice M. Jacobs and Helen B. Thomas. The last ten were built at Oxner & Story Essex yard. Cargoes, exports to Europe, hemp discharges and new boiler work mark a busy season along the water front. The steamers Duchess of Memphis and Admiral Farragut also appear in port with cargoes and passengers.
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Essex
Solomon Jacobs
Alice M. Jacobs
Helen B. Thomas
T Wharf
Gloucester
I’ Wharf
Catharine
Ellen
Winifred
Flora
Nickerson
Matchless
Maggie
Hattle
Teresa
Alice
Helen B.thomas
Robert
Arthur
Emily Cooney
Seaconner
George H. Lubee
Squanto
Ellen C. Burke
Veda M. Brigham
Oxner & Story
Georges
James S. Steele
Lynn
Quartette
Vizcanna
McArthur
Progreso
Mex
Henry W. Peabody & Co
Old East Boston
Cunard Steamship Company
Europe
Kansas
Sylvania
Liverpool
Cambrian
Columbian
London
Pomeranian
Glasgow
Atlantic Works
East
Boston
Dudley Pray
George H. Varney
Pacific Coast
Pleiades
Edward Sherlock
Miami
Fla
Mr. Spaulding
West Indies
William F. Palmer
George L. West
Waldoboro
Crowley
Dorothy Palmer
City of
Memphis
Savannah
Mystic
E. H. Downing
Ocean Steamship Company
Lewis
Colorado
Hull
Eng
Cox
Toronto
Forth
Joseph Fawcett
New York
Jamaica
Long Wharf
Admiral Farragut
Hopkins
Farragut
W. F. Gregory
Edson
W. E. Walback
Green
Social war among Back Bay leaders boils anew in Boston
Rival social factions in Boston once again clash as Mrs. Jack Gardner stages a lavish musicale at the Italian palace sparking a counterplan by Mrs. J Montgomery Sears. Harvard College president is listed as a guest at Sears's Commonwealth Avenue home.
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Back Bay
Boston Society
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Boston
Jack Gardner
Mrs. Gardner
Mrs. Sears
Harvard College
Post Publishing Company
J. Montgomery Sears
Seventy-Four Life Sentence Prisoners at Charlestown State Prison
The Charlestown State Prison holds 817 inmates as a new year begins, including 74 life sentence murderers. Notables include Jesse Pomeroy in solitary confinement and Jim Goodwin, an electrician who faced a wrongful-accusation case and later earned patents while the prison wired facilities. Dick Powell, described as a model prisoner, previously killed a man with an axe. Blondin remains in solitary until Saturday, and the facility has previously housed as many as 881 inmates.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Jim Goodwin
Goodwin
Goo’dwin
Dick Powell
Danecourt
Somerville
Sunday Law Enforced as Grocer Albert Is Cited
Sergeant William Gaillac and Patrolman Marrison arrest grocer Alexander Albert at 162 Spruce Street for Sunday work. Albert will appear before Judge Bossoni to answer the complaint. The officers frequently target workers on the Lord's day and convictions are common, often involving Hebrew defendants.
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William, Gaillac
Chelsea
Marrison
Alexander Albert
Spruce Street
Albert
Bossoni
Gaillac
Worcester Pair Arrested Over Alleged Unlawful Living Situation
Jeremiah H Moriarty a 40 year old baker and Alice Holman 37 both of Worcester were arrested on serious charges after inspectors found them living together in a house on Massachusetts avenue. They were held on $860 for a hearing. Police say Moriarty was previously married and had not supported his wife and had been arrested six years ago with Holman.
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Jeremiah H. Moriarty
Madison Street
Alice Holman
Worcester
Massachusetts Avenue
Jarty
Moriarty
Homan
Anna A. Moriarty
Methodists Raise New Fund Plan for Colleges and Ministers
Springfield reports Rev Dr Edmund Mills and a Methodist thank offering as a $20 million drive aims for $10 million for colleges and $6 million for indigent clergy. Mills proposes $5 million placed with the general conference to fund needy ministers.
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Springfield
Methodist Church
United States
Edmund M. Mills
Iduals
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Annotated Log
Shipping report lists arrivals and departures with ships like Colorado Stanwood Boston City of Memphis Savannah and more, plus weather notes and tides. Included are passenger and cargo details, notable passengers, and sailings from Nantasket Roads with wind directions and fog conditions.
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T. P. O’connor
Ministry For the Interior
Dr. von Falck
Paris
Roentgen
Berlin
The
Somerset Tonight
Charlestown
Methodists
Shipping News
Nee San
Cox, Hull
Sanderson & Son
Port Autonio
Downing
Indian
Thacher
Philadelphia
Frank P. Wing
Ola Dominion
Burton
Joy Steamship Company
H. F. Dimock
Baker
Henry M. Whitney
Bay State
Oliver
Portland
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Mass
E. S. Greeley
Tulloch
Perth Amboy
Nantasket Roads
Stanley H. Miner
Glendower
Logan
Lorberry
Wind N. W
Assyria
Hamburg
Terje Viken
Sydney
C. B
A. W. Chesterton
Vineyard Haven
Temaqua
Eagie Hill
Ephrata
Rutherford
W. Morse
Forest Belle
Western Belle
Tacony
Cto
Ardmore
Salem
Gibson
Barkentine Hancock
Joseph W. Hawthorn
Rebecca Falmer
Baltimore
Viola Reppard
Brunswick
Henry §. Little
Katharine PD. Perry
Newport News
Alice B. Phillips
Winchester
P. Hitchcock
Henry Sutton
Highland Light
North Star
Chatham
Horatio Hall
Seminole
Charleston
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