Sunday Post Pirates in Petticoats Aboard Liner
A tongue in cheek warning about female pirates on transatlantic liners. The tale describes well dressed, clever women who befriend passengers to extract money or valuables, often under plausible pretenses. It notes men are fleeced with loans or bets while women lose jewelry, with few pirates ever caught and many moving to other lines.
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America
Ell
Mrs. B
Cupid
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Winthrop Marks 50 Years As A Town With Festivities
Winthrop marks its 50th anniversary as a preincorporated town with an exhibition at Frost Library, an historical address at the high school, and a grand mass meeting. The program includes bells at 6 am 12 pm and 6 pm, a town history address by Warren Felcher, and music from local choirs under Professor Wales.
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Winthrop
Frost Library
Iin
Public Library
George M. Whittaker
Professor Wales
William H. Gardner
David Floyd
Willard Howlami
Chelsea
Sleeper
Frost
Brewery Strike Likely Monday in New England
Brewery workers and master brewers clash over an eight versus nine hour day and discharge rights. Union demands cause potential walkout by 1300 workers if unresolved by Monday night. New England Brewers Association plans cross‑district actions and possible sympathetic bartender strike. officials foresee no new talks unless workers request.
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New England Brewers’ Association
New England
Boston
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
New York
Henry I. Huntress
The
Brewery Workers’ Committee
New Orleans Teller Guilty In Bank Theft Case
Samuel Trewer paying teller at Hibernia National Bank was found guilty of stealing conee 000 from the bank and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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New Orleans
Samuel Trewer
Hibernia Nation Bank
Cuba to Send First Minister to United States
Washington reports that Gonzalez de Quesada, ex Cuban commissioner, is likely to become Cuba’s first minister to the United States. Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for authority to appoint the minister and several U S consuls. Preparations for Platt amendment naval and coaling stations continue with Rear Admiral Radford touring West Indies ports and Guantanamo singled out as a major site. Havana is not to host a Cuban naval base. Havana Harbor Coaling Station at Triscornia is planned to be the key refueling post near the city.
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Washington
Gonzalez de Quesada
Cuba
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Radford
Navy Department
West Indian
Guantanamo
Havana
Triscornia
Palma in New York announces inauguration date change
President-elect Thomas Estrada Palma arrived in New York from Washington and said he is satisfied with moving his inauguration from May 1 to May 2. He stressed Cuban satisfaction that the United States will not maintain a naval station at Havana and that only the Cuban flag should fly over the capital. Palma will not appoint a cabinet until he sails to Havana on April 2.
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New York
Thomas Estrada Palma
Washington
Senor Palma
United States
Havana
Mr. Palma
Wood Leaves for Havana on Last Governor Visit
General Leonard Wood departed Washington tonight for Havana in his final role as Cuba's military governor. He plans to leave by boat May 2 after the new government is installed and the Cuban flag saluted. About 1200 American troops will depart via Havana and 40 from Santiago.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Havana
Cuba
Fire and accidents dot city brief notes in Brighton and Roxbury
Fire from chimney on Jaynes Bros lumber storehouse at 127 185 Cambridge street Brighton caused minor damage. 13 year old James Ryan of 6 Walnut park suffered a compound leg fracture while at home. Fire crews from Erie 6 and Chemical 1 battled a blaze on Norman street second floor Mary Connors residence. Damage about $50. Bridget Doyle 84 tripped on a street wire and fractured her hip at 144 Cedar street Roxbury. George Glines 85 Central avenue Chelsea injured after falling from wagon on Chelsea bridge. Fire on 1st floor 26 Mt Pleasant avenue Roxbury owned by John O Mills. matches blamed. damage $100. Charles A Lowe 60 Tecont street store incident with heart trouble. Amelia Chaugse 16 Lowell arrested for larceny of coat from Louis Brame. Mrs Foster fire alarm at Box 221 dawn court. cause unknown. Edward Cummings 45 Watertown dislocated shoulder. Police charged suspects with lottery on Ferdinand street. Robert J Donovan 81 Dorchester avenue arrested for larceny of silver watch.
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Jaynes Bros
Cambridge Street
Brighton
Esterday
James Ryan
Walnut Park
Erie 6
Chemical 1
Norman Street
Mary Connors
Bridget Doyle
Cedar Street
Roxbury
Chelsea Bridge
George Glines
Central Avenue
Chelsea
Chem- 110
Ladder 4
Mt. Pleasant Avenue
John O. Mills
Charles A. Lowe
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Relief Hospital
Amelia Chaugse
Lowell
Louis Brame
Laflamme
Dawn Court
Foster
Edward Cummings
Lexington Avenue
Watertown
Fourth Street
South Boston
City Hospital
George Clark
Kirkland Street
Edw Barry
Ruggles Street
Davis
Ferdinand Street
Robert J. Donovan
Dorchester Avenue
Division 1
DeWitt C. Bartlett
Cold Springs
S. 1
Fleet
Commercial Streets
Bowdoin
Quincey Granite Strike Break Attempt Sparks Tense Showdown
On March 2 a plan to break a quarry strike by bringing 26 non union workers from New Hampshire and Vermont triggered clashes at the O T Rogers quarry on Willard Street West Quinty and a rising crowd of strikers. Mayor Bryant cautioned calm and sought adjustment while constables patrolled the premises. Police dispersed a later noisy crowd as 75 more non union workers were expected. The strike threatens 4000 stone workers across the area and may halt material handling if non union labor dominates.
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Quincy
Quincy Granite Company
New Hampshire
Vermont
O. T. Rogers
Willard Street
West Quinty
Bryant
Morgan
Luther & Anderson
Granite Railway Company
Guarmen
Guiney Granite Company
Smallpox Abating in Boston Vaccination Campaign Underway
The Board of Health reports control of the smallpox epidemic in Boston with only four cases to date. Two cases were at Eastern avenue, one at Emmet place and one at Landsdowne street. Physicians are vaccinating lodging house inmates and will continue the effort for some time.
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Board of Health
Boston
Eastern Avenue
Emmet Place
Landsdowne Street
Kitchener Reports Capture at London Despatch
Lord Kitchener in a Pretoria despatch reports incomplete results from combined British movements against General Delaney but states the capture of about a hundred prisoners three 15 pounders two pompoms and quantities of stock wagons and other materiel.
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London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
Delaney
Dominion offers fourth contingent for South Africa
Vancouver report states that Canada will send a fourth and potentially largest contingent of about 2000 armed men to England for service in South Africa, with dispatch expected if aerial authorities approve.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dominion
England
South Africa
Canada
Pope calls Christians to pray for peace with Boers
The Osservatore Romano, attributed to the Pope, urges Christians worldwide to pray for an end to the war between Britain and the Boers, seeking a peaceful conclusion.
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Rome
The
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Woman and two children burned in prairie fire escape
A prairie fire near Aanabarko Oklahoma forced a woman and her two young children to flee to a neighbor’s house. They were overtaken by flames and killed, while the house they fled to remained unburned.
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Aanabarko
Patrick Patrickrice Rice murder trial makes headlines
Patrick was found guilty of first degree murder in a sensational case tied to William Marsh Rice. The trial details reveal forged wills, hypnotism claims, and a plan to siphon Rice’s millions from a Texas to New York fortune. The Rice estate remains in limbo awaiting court adjudication.
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Patrick
Mr. Swenson
Rice
Mr. Patrick
Mr. Rice
William Marsh Rice
Massachusetts
Texas
Capitol Hotel
Houston
Jones
New York
Madison Avenue
Albert T. Patrick
Osborne
Addie M. Francis
Court of Appeals
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