Marconi Hopes to Call Up Cornwall Today
Signor Marconi aims to send a message to Cornwall tomorrow after tests show the apparatus functioning well. Messages were exchanged with Glace Bay as engineers worked through duration tests and tuning, with reports of loud signals and blue white flashes seen at the receiving house.
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Wellfleet
Marconi
Cornwall
Atlantic
Glace Bay
Cape Breton
Westinghouse
Bradfield
Taylor
Kemp
Poldhu
Cape
Capeé
Hatch
South
Italy proposes wireless line in Pekin to Taku
Italy proposes to establish the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy between Pekin and Taku. The plan aims to speed international communication by using wireless technology linking China’s capital to the port city.
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Italy
China
Pekin
Marconi
Taku
Steamer Lahn Afloat Aground Off Gibraltar With 1150 on Board
The German liner Lahn with 150 saloon and 1000 steerage passengers ran aground near Tamara, five miles east of the Rock of Gibraltar in fog and rain. Efforts by the Energetic, Hartford, Neva, Heraclides, and Hercules to refloat failed. salvage is planned as tide and wind shift. Most passengers are American in the saloon and Italian in steerage. a morning attempt is expected.
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Gibraltar
Malcom
Mediterranean
New York
Tamara
Rock of Gibraltar
Energetic
United States
Hartford
Neva
Heraclides
Hercules
Associated Press
Chalk marks lead to arrest of 20 Chinamen
Three or four white chalk marks on the wall at 421 2 Harrigan avenue attracted the attention of Sergeant Driscoll yesterday afternoon. A few hours later a group of twenty Chinamen and a pile of chips and dominoes were taken to the Lagrange street station.
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Harrigan Avenue
Driscoll
Lagrange Street Station
Steam ship Araucania heads home to Glasgow bound for Boston
London Jan 18 The British steamer Araucania under Captain Yorkston from Glasgow Moville bound to Boston sailed from Boston Jan 8, and today near Inistrahull Island off Ireland was seen with a missing funnel and other fittings likely from a storm. She appears to be returning to Glasgow.
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London
Yorkston
Glasgow
Moville
Boston
Inistrahull Island
Ireland
Five Bad Boys to Face Court Today
Five boys aged 9 to 12 were arrested by Patrolman Downing for breaking and entering the hardware store of Thompson and Taver on Friend Street and for larceny. They were found in Haymarket Square with stolen goods, admitted throwing a stone through a window, and will be brought before Lieutenant Burnett in court today. Two of the youths had been placed on probation recently for chipping steps to the State House. Names are withheld due to age.
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Downing
Division 1
Thompson &Taver
Friend Street
Haymarket Square
Burnett
State House
Boston and vicinity forecast eases into warmer days
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies on Monday and Tuesday with warmer conditions on Tuesday. Winds shift to fresh westerlies and diminish in strength as the period progresses.
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Boston
Colonel Blake defends Oom Paul at Lowell
Colonel John Y. M. Blake, veteran of the Boer cause, told a Huntington Hall audience that Kruger did not desert his country and steal its money. He said Dom Paul handled the money before being persuaded by friends to depart the country.
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Lowell
John Y. M. Blake
Huntington Hall
Kruger
Dom Paul
Hyde Park Calls Special Town Meeting on Fuel Supply
Hyde Park board of selectmen calls a special town meeting for Thursday evening to consider fuel supply. A large committee of representatives including all town clergymen has canvassed the issue, reported findings, and raised a relief fund. Police have aided some extreme cases, but the need remains serious.
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Hyde Park
Board of Selectmen of
Five for a dime Cuba Big Brother cigarro sold cheap
The rounded symmetry of a cigar defines its price more than tobacco content. The Cuba Big Brother Cigarro is crafted for smoking rather than appearance and is marketed as a five for a dime bargain.
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Cuba
Black and White Scotch Whisky Appeals to Discerning Men
A vintage ad copy notes that Black and White, the best Scotch whisky, is favored by men who appreciate quality and fine things.
Bitter Cold Grips Boston as Patrols Curtail Drunk Row
An arctic Boston night forced a citywide welfare response. Patrol wagons gathered drunks and sheltered the shivering, while shelters at Hawkins Street, Davis Street, and Chardon Street filled to capacity. Dogs in cells and frostbite victims arriving at hospitals highlighted the severe, near-zero temperatures.
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Boston
Dedham Street
Hawkins Street Lodge
Davis Street
Chardon Street
Station 4
South Union Station
Donovan
Dewey Square
Sowa
Eee Square
Thearl
Sailors Fail Tow to Bay as Nile Remains Afloat
Captain John Smith of Suffolk Towboat reports a fierce northwest wind and heavy ice at Long Wharf after a fruitless search for the expected four masted bark Nile. Only the five masted schooner T Charlton Henry tried to depart the harbor as ice forms on several docks.
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John Smith
Suffolk Towboat Company
A. W. Chesterton
Long Wharf
Nile
T. Charlton Henry
Coal anxiety grips north and south ends
A cold wave spurred worry over coal supply in both ends. A Post reporter found residents along Harrison avenue in the South End already stocking coal for the day, using it sparingly and retiring early to conserve fuel.
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North Ends
Post
South End
Harrison Avenue
Our Final Triumph at Dudley Street Opera House
Enthusiastic crowd gathers under United Irish League of America at Dudley Street. Rev Father Daly chairs as Joseph Devlin M P frames unity for Ireland’s emancipation. Devlin portrays parliamentary theater for England’s Parliament to witness the final triumph amid cheers. Timmins and O'Donnell also speak. concert closes the evening.
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Dudley Street Opera House
United Irish League of America
Father Daly
St. Francis de Sales Church
Joseph Devlin
M. P
Ireland
Devlin
House of Parliament
England
Timmins
Philip O'Donnell
Pease Father of Selectman Commits Suicide
In Whately on January 18 Henry Pease aged father of Selectman H O Pease hanged himself, authorities report. The death is ruled a self inflicted act.
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Whately
Henry Pease
H. O. Pease
Ex mayor Hewitt of New York dies after long illness
Abram S. Hewitt former New York mayor and longtime congressman dies at 6 am in his 81st year. He left a legacy in iron manufacturing Cooper Union and public service while supporting labor and charities. Funeral planned at Calvary Church with Bishop Potter.
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Mayor Hewitt
New York
Abram S. Hewitt
Congress
B. L. Keyes
B. L. Keyes, Jr
Mr. Hewitt
Bishop Potter
Calvary Church
Abrams. Hewitt
New York State
Hewitt
Columbia
Peter Cooper
Edward
Cooper &. Hewitt
Cooper Union
New York City
McKinley
David B. Hill
Paris
Claim of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union
Two hundred fifteen men ready to take the places of the striking cutters Monday morning. Young women searchers promise to return to work by Monday. A reserve fund of $60,000 will back the union effort. Lynn manufacturers and all American Federation of Labor members in Lynn support the union.
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Lynn
American Federation of Labor
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Harvey Bros
Knights of Labor
Boot and Shoe Workers
Boot
Boston
Jiynn
Eeoot
Cutters
Lynn Looms as Labor Unions Clash Over Shoe Industry
Lynn on January 18 awaits a decisive shoe industry clash as 215 strikebound workers and 450 women stitchers join 1600 Knights of Labor supporters. Boot and Shoe Workers plan to bring 200 cutters to Lynn to fill vacancies, while cutters and police prepare for possible trouble at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
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Signor Marconi
J. H. Lewis
Washington ST
Does & Stodder
Dow
Boylston St
Blake
Oom
Paul
John
Abram
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
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