Statue of John Paul Jones to Grace Potomac Park
The model approved by Secretary Dickinson and the Jones Statue Commission sets the $50,000 statue by Charles H. Niehaus of New York. It depicts John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard’s quarter deck and will stand in Potomac Park at Seventeenth Street’s tidal basin edge in Washington.
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John Paul Jones
Potomac Park
Washington
Dickinson
Jones
Congress
Charles H. Niehaus
New York
Richard
Seventeenth Street
Tidal Basin
National Press Association
Washington, D. C
John-Paul Jones
Call for Help From Suffering Brakeman in Yard
In Concord New Hampshire C H Gibson a brakeman on the Boston and Maine railroad lay in a switch house for nearly two hours before summoning aid. He recently left Margaret Pillsbury Hospital after an appendicitis operation and was on duty at the lower end of the yard when a faint cry for help was heard around 11 15 p m. A switch engine and stretcher were dispatched and found him on the floor.
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Concord
N. H
C. H. Gibson
Gibson
Southern
Boston & Maine Railroad
Margaret Pillsbury Hospital
Yard Office
South Yard
Wife Pleads in Chelsea Court Over Pugilist Husband
John A. Ferguson known as Saddy Ferguson appeared in Chelsea Police Court on a charge of assaulting his wife Alice M. Ferguson. Mrs Ferguson had secured a warrant alleging she was beaten at dinner time. She forgave him and interceded for his release. the case was filed with Ferguson paying costs.
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John A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Chelsea
Alice M. Ferguson
Bossgh
Gun Found In Vagrant Boat Drifts Ashore Narragansett
An empty hunting boat with a shotgun and an oar drifted ashore at Scarborough Beach near Edmund W. Davis's estate as Narra gansett Bay endures a 24 hour gale.
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Narragansett Pier
Scarborough Beach
Edmund W. Davis
Narragansett Bay
Former Maine mayor Robert Gerry dies at 88
Edtsworth Missouri notes former Mayor Robert Gerry age 88 descendant of Massachusetts Gerrys prominent in revolutionary times. Born Melrose Massachusetts he moved to Edtsworth as a young man and built a fortune in lumbering and real estate. He became Maine’s first Populist mayor in 1896.
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Edtsworth
Robert Gerry
Gerrys
Massachusetts
Elbridge Gerry
Melrose
Mass
Maine
Edison Prophesies Bright Future for Labor World
Thomas A Edison forecasts a future where laborers gain wealth via cheaper goods and social labor. He envisions an eight hour workday, abundant fashions, and advances in aviation and fuel use while noting rail gauge issues and the limits of chemical food. He warns against whiskey and friction in machines.
Missing six masted schooner Wyoming reported near Cape Henry
The six masted schooner Wyoming, last seen leaving Bath on December 21 bound for Newport News, is reported overdue. A wireless message from the City of Macon places her 14 miles south of Winter Quarter Lightship at 8 am, suggesting she was 74 miles south of Cape Henry and possibly steering north after being blown down the coast.
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Henry W. Cramp
Norfolk
San Juan
P. R
Wyoming
Bath
Newport News
Angus McLeod
Somerville
Ocean Line
City of Macon
Savannah
Winter Quarter
Cape Henry
Barges Lost as Ice Gorge Breaks on Little Miami River
In Cincinnati Ohio on January 6 the ice gorge in the Little Miami River broke loose carrying away 20 empty barges. Eight barges owned by a Pittsburgh company were smashed, while twelve floated downstream to Brown’s Landing a mile away where the jam briefly stopped.
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Cincinnati
Little Miami River
Pittsburg
Brown's Landing
Alfonso Returns to His Capital Madrid
King Alfonso returned to Madrid from Andalusia where he had gone ostensibly to hunt. Reports at departure said he was about to undergo an operation for relief of an ear and nose trouble.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Andalusia
Here
Belgian Princess Louise Arrives in Paris With Count Mattachich
Princess Louise daughter of the late King Leopold of Belgium arrived in Paris today accompanied by Count Mattachich. The procession of royal visitors has drawn attention as Paris hosts dignitaries.
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Princess Louise
Paris
Louise
Leopold of
Belgium
Count Mattachich
Diapepsin relief for stomach distress sold by pharmacists
A vintage advertisement touts Diapepsin to cure indigestion and related stomach misery. It claims quick five minute relief from fermentation and digestive discomfort, promising appetite, digestion and comfort return after taking a 22 grain tablet. It urges readers to ask their pharmacist for a 50 cent case.
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Pape
What is in the mind of Edison inventor
Thomas A Edison predicts domination of labor and cheapening of commodities through new technologies. He deprecates the monorail narrow railroad tracks chemical food and the waste of fuel and friction. He envisions laborers rising to income levels rivaling the wealthy and a reconstituted makeup of society.
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Edison
Cuba Sugar Crop 1908 09 Upbeat Outlook
The United States consul at Cienfuegos reports Cuba sugar production for 1908 09 at 10 568 642 bags worth 1 520 226 tons with a 551 051 ton rise from the prior year. Boston imported 612 854 bags, with imports from San Domingo Guanica Puerto Rico Java and Hamburg beet sugar totaling additional shipments.
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United States
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Boston
San Domingo
Guanica
Porto Rican
Java
England
Montreal
Hamburg
Yankee cruiser work suspended during winter in Buzzards Bay
Work on the sunken cruiser Yankee near the entrance to New Bedford has been suspended until spring. A red and black striped buoy will mark the spot on January 15, with exact position to be announced later. The Yankee stranded on Spindle Rock in September 1908 and later sank. The Arbuckles of New York trialed a compressed air contrivance, which has not succeeded yet.
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Yankee
Buzzard’s Bay
New Bedford
Spindle Rock
Arbuckles
New York
Peace talk ends strike talks in Northwest
Chairman Knapp announced that meetings with Mr. Perham head of the railway telegraphers and AFL mediators have abandoned any further effort to settle the switchmen's strike in the Northwest.
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Washington
Knapp
Perham
Order of Railway Telegraphers
American Federation of Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neill
Northwest
Peary Honored as Pole Discoverer by New York Chamber
Commander Robert E. Peary was hailed as the North Pole discoverer by the New York Chamber of Commerce and elected an honorary member. The routine ceremony marked a rare recognition of his Arctic achievement.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
Chamber of Commerce
North Pole
Chamber
President Nominates Whitehouse for Maine U S Attorney
The President recommended R T Whitehouse to be United States district attorney for Maine in a January 6 announcement.
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Whitehouse
Washington
R. T. Whitehouse
United States
Maine
Taft Not Fair Cry The Rebels Insurgents Rally
Washington January 6 The insurgent Republicans in the House declare they are not intimidated by the administration withholding patronage nor silenced by any coalition of President Taft and Speaker Cannon Representative Norris of Nebraska a leading insurgent voices the stance.
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Washington
House
Taft
Cannon
Norris
Nebraska
Mr. Norris
New York
Norris Attacks Taft Administration Over Insurgent Punishments
In remarks carried from Washington to Nebraska, Mr. Norris denounces President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock for punishing insurgent representatives aligned against Speaker Cannon. He says the administration aids Cannon, opposes Republican policy, and commits unfair retaliation while insurgents continue their fight in the House.
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Speaker Cannon
Nebraska
Republican Congressional Committee
House
New Actor Joins Bright Eyes Cast in Boston Engagement
A new actor appeared in Bright Eyes at the Boston Theatre last night, joining the cast for the Boston engagement. Though not a permanent company member, he will remain in the cast for the current run.
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Boston Theatre
Boston
Boston Theatre Bowed by Chauncey Lad’s Bright Eyes Debut
Mrs J Howard Anderson of Brookline owned Chauncey Lad the English bulldog who acted as Reggie Murphy in Bright Eyes at the Boston Theatre last night. Lad, son of Chauncey Girl, was loaned to Vera Finlay for the Boston run and will stay in the cast while the show remains.
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J. Howard Anderson
Brookline
Boston Theatre
Chauncey Lad
Victor
Reggie Murphy
J. Edward Anderson
York Terrace
Chauncey Girl
America
Vera Finlay
Boston
Request of $5000 to Soldiers' Home
The Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, is left $5000 by the will of Harrison Dwight Gloyd who died in Somerville January 8. The land and buildings at 19 Parker Street Somerville are to be sold to fund the legacy. The will dated June 1, 1909 names A Silver Emerson of Boston as executor.
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Chelsea
Harrison Dwight Gloyd
Somerville
East Cambridge
Parker Street
A. Silver Emerson
Sboston
Mannering Wins Divorce From Hackett in New York Court
An interlocutory decree of absolute divorce was granted to Mary Mannering from James K. Hackett by Justice Blanchard in the New York Supreme Court. Elsie, the couple’s 5 year old daughter, is awarded to the mother’s custody. No alimony is provided in the decree.
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New York
Mary Mannering
James K. Hackett
Supreme Court
Justice Blanchard
Maurice Deiches
Elsie
Mr. Hackett
Miss Mannering
Lyceum Theatre Stock Company
Hacketts
Little Elsie
Reconciliation News Sparks Divergent Reactions
Mr Hackett praised the outcome while Miss Mannering, sending a London cable, declared reconciliation futile. Soon after the divorce case was revived and pursued vigorously.
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Hackett
Miss Mannering
London
Automatic sugar weighing scales prepared for test in Boston
The Treasury plans to test the first automatic sugar weighing scales at Boston before wider use. Twenty scales are contracted. successful testing at the New York docks could lead to installation and expansion to Boston San Francisco Philadelphia and New Orleans.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New York
Boston
Department
United States
San Francisco
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Nicholas Sica Is Released on Nominal Bail
In Newark New Jersey Nicholas Sica, co defendant with Mrs Mary J Wilhelm in the murder of Frank Wilhelm, was freed on nominal bail as Mrs Wilhelm already convicted and sentenced to twenty years and has filed an appeal.
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Newark
N. J
Nicholas
Sica
Mary J. Wilhelm
Boston
Frank Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Havre De Grace Opens New Mile Long Susquehanna Bridge
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opens a double track steel bridge across the Susquehanna at Havre De Grace. Costing over $2,000,000, the structure spans just over a mile and is described as one of the western hemisphere’s most imposing bridges.
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Baltimore
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
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