Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Touted by Reading Hospital
A physician at St. Joseph’s Hospital Reading Pa asserts Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a health stimulant used in the hospital, claiming it to be the purest whiskey and criticizing rival dealers. The notice dates July 6 1900 and names G E Newby M D as resident physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrevur Hospital
Frederick
Dusty
H. P. Fahrney
M. D
Pawtucket
R. L
Francis M. Harrington
John W. Gorman
St. JosEph's Hospital
Walnut St
Reading
St. Joseph’s Hospital
G. E. Newby
Easton Hospital
Easton
Duffy
H. D. Michler
M. D. Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey CO
Rochester
N.Y
Rigid Chinese Exclusion Bill Advances in Congress
Washington reports coastal lawmakers have refined a stringent Chinese exclusion bill to be introduced in both houses. It would be perpetual, ban most Chinese except citizens by birth or those with specific certificates, require photo IDs, and deport noncompliant entrants. The act also limits ports of entry and mandates six month registration for all Chinese residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific Coast
United States
China
Secretary of the Treasury
San Francisco
Port Townsend
Wash
Portland
Ore
Boston
New York
New Orleans
Honolulu
San Juan
Manila
Philippines temporary government bill outlined by Senate
Senator Lodge will introduce an independent measure creating a Philippine temporary government. It confirms President McKinley’s commission actions, allows land and public works control, timber and mineral regulations, and authorizes municipal borrowing and franchise grants with safeguards based on Massachusetts law.
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Washington
Lodge
Committee On
Philippines
War Department
Philippines Revenue
House
McKinley
Government of the Philippines
Congress
Commission
Phillippine Commission
Supreme Court of the Islands
Supreme Court of the United States
Manilla
Massachusetts
No Business in House Washington Jan 6
The House transacted no business today. After adjournment Mr Louden Slager of New Jersey announced the death of Senator Sewell. Resolutions adopted, adjournment to tomorrow. Hepburn reports Panama Company offering to sell properties to the United States for 40 million dollars but says it will not affect the pending bill. He aims for a Wednesday vote.
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Washington
House
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Sewell
Hepburn
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Secretary of State
Cable Notification
Panama Company
United States
Death of Senator Sewell Delays Senate Business
The Senate met after a two week recess but took no action due to the death of Senator William J. Sewell of New Jersey. The chaplain gave a moving tribute, and Mr. Kean announced Sewell's passing. Resolutions expressing sorrow led to immediate adjournment at 12:04 p.m. in his memory.
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Washington
Senate
William J. Sewell
New Jersey
William Milburn
Senator Sewell
Berry
Arkansas
Kean
Sewell
Monahan Plans Report Shuffle Amid Plant Politics
Superintendent Monahan asserts he will publish a financial statement omitting January to counter Democratic moves to oust him before the fiscal year ends. He claims a January omission and a future second edition annual report will show strong profits and defend Republican management of the printing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahan
Thomas A. Whalen
Whalen
Collins
Whalen Indorsement Debate at Typographical Union
Over 200 members of Typographical Union No. 13 met at Shea Hall to address a published claim that Thomas A. Whalen had been endorsed for superintendent of printing. The meeting discussed union policy, with motions to seek Mayor Collins and to table the issue, ultimately emphasizing the union does not endorse political candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Typographical Union No. 13
Shea Hall
Eliot Street
Thomas A. Whalen
Charles Tillman
Whalen
Collins
Sixth Annual Ball of Entre Nous Club at Paine Hall
Large attendance at the Sixth Annual Ball of the Entre Nous Club filled Paine Memorial Hall last night. Dancing couples enjoyed the list to the final number. President James F. McDermott directed the floor with assistance from Vice President William F. Murphy and John J. Earle.
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Entre Nous Club
Paine Memorial Hall
James F. McDermott
Messrs
William F. Murphy
John J. Earle
Broadway Studio
James F. M'Dermott
Entre Nous
Osgood of Quincy Held on Larceny Case
The ongoing case against George F. Osgood of Quincy for larceny of 30 dollars from Miss E M Freeman was the main matter at the District Court session. Tests and testimonies about a shaved mustache surfaced, with witnesses noting alterations and the suspect’s checks. Bail was set at 500 dollars, and remaining charges were continued for judgment and trial.
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Quincy
George F. Osgood
E. M. Freeman
Aus
Miss Freeman
Osgood
Peter Hynes
Harry Sampson
George Wales
John Geeson
Immigration bill tightens limits on aliens in Congress
Washington Jan 6 A bill restricting immigration was introduced by Rep Dalzell of Pennsylvania. It broadens disqualifications by excluding anyone who has engaged in plots against the government or its officers or who are anarchists polygamists nihilists or members of secret societies whose aims clash with the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
United States
Mass. Senator Lodge Reintroduces Consular Service Bill
A despatch from Washington reports Senator Lodge of Massachusetts reintroduced a bill for reorganizing the consular service and it has been referred to the Senate committee on foreign relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tribune
Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Supreme Court hears Best murder case arguments yesterday
The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on exceptions in the case of John C. Best, the convicted Lynn murderer. Justice room exchanges focused on the handling of evidentiary challenges and procedural points raised on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Best
Lynn
Supreme Court
Secretary Long Defends Navy on Prize Money Criticism
Secretary Long replies to Senator Knute Nelson defending Navy handling of prize money and bounty. He says the treasury governs distributions, courts decide law and fact, and Admiral Sampson’s Santiago bounty follows a Court of Claims decree. He notes that the commander-in-chief’s one twentieth bounty applies by rank even if not present.
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Washington
Long
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Navy Department
Department
Sampson
Schley
Treasury
Admiral Sampson
Santiago
Court of Claims
Young Edgeworth at Home Cleared of Burglary Charge
John Edgeworth of Somerville, wholesale flour dealer, announces his son Edgeworth, aged under 16, is at home after being cleared of burglary in New York. The boy ran away after Christmas, was misled by a man named Harry who used his pawned overcoat funds for lodging, and a lodger robbery led to his arrest. The NY magistrate concluded the wrong man was charged and discharged him.
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John Edgeworth
J. F. Edgeworth
Cedar Street
Somerville
New York
Harry
Idgeworth
Wireless telephony shown by Nathan Stubblefield in Murray
Nathan Stubblefield, an electrician from near Murray, Kentucky, surprised Lexington residents with a public exhibition of wireless telephony. The visible sending and receiving devices resembled a standard telephone, while the essential components remained hidden in a box not opened before the crowd.
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Lexington
Nathan Stubblefield
Murray
Alaska's Crew All Frostbitten After Coastal Voyage
The schooner Alaska with 280 tons of coal from New York to Boston arrived at Machias Me after Dec 31 voyages from Vineyard Haven. All crew frostbitten, jib lost, foresails split, vessel iced and driven off course. Captain Libby, with 30 years at sea, called it the roughest voyage of his life.
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Machias
Alaska
Libby
New York
Boston
Vineyard Haven
Mutiny Threat Grows Aboard French Bark Connetable de Richemont
Crew of the Connetable de Richemont mutinous after Captain Thoreaux dies during the 187 day voyage from Swansea to San Francisco. Two sailors are in prison for rebellious conduct as mate Thieutin, in temporary command, holds a pistol and seeks protection from the French consul, Protet, and Oakland police after a delay off Cape Horn.
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Oakland
Cal
Connetable de Richement
Howard's Dock
Protet
San Francisco
Swansea
Cape Horn
Thoreaux
Death of Christiana Jorgeson at sea lightship
Dennis Jorgeson, captain of the South Shoal lightship, learned by wireless telegraphy that his favorite daughter Christiana had died at her home a week earlier. Storms kept him from disembarking at the lightship twenty miles offshore. an Azalea voyage from New Ledford departed at eight o'clock in fair weather seeking to reach him.
Irish Nobility Weddings Planned in London This Month
Two noted Irish noble weddings are planned in London in January. Lady Gladys Hamilton will wed the Earl of Wicklow at St Mark's Church North Audley Street with the Primate of Ireland officiating. the Duke of Abercorn is her father. Lord Staverdale will marry Lady Helen Stewart at St Peter's Eaton Square with the Primate again officiating amid ten bridesmaids and prominent gifts from royal and noble patrons.
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London
Gladys Hamilton
Earl of Wicklow
St. Mark's Church
North Audley Street
Primate of
Eaton Square
Ireland
Lord Hyde
Helen Stewart
Prince and Princess of Wales
Lord Londonderry
Antrim
Londonderry
Pyramid Pile Cure touted as lifesaving remedy
A Boston man endorses the Pyramid Pile Cure, claiming it cured his wife’s piles after doctors advised surgery. He recounts consulting a local physician who dismissed the cure, yet two boxes relieved her symptoms and saved them from operative treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Brown
Saratoga Street
East
Boston
Mass
Trinity Court
Dartmouth Street
Surprising results with catarrh tablets claim
An advertisement touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a pleasant internal remedy for catarrh. It argues tablets are safer and more effective than sprays or opiate-based cures, citing Dr Ramsdell and Dr Wainwright praising daily use for headaches deafness and colds in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Ramsdell
Wainwright
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
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