Senator Platt Affair Darkens New York Politics With Cash Claim
Mrs. Mary La Mont says Senator Thomas C. Platt paid his young wife one million dollars in settlement. The story links a sensational raid, stock gifts, and a possible resignation, with party leaders debating a successor like Governor Frank S. Black.
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New York
Thomas C. Platt
Mary la Mont
West Thirty-eighth Street
Washington
United States Express Company
Platt
Senate
Depew
Frank S. Black
Mr. Platt
Dance of Centre Harbor Vacationists Honor Church Fund
At Roughan Hall Charlestown last night the Centre Harbor vacationists reunion raised over 300 for church expenses. Rev J P Hennon received the gift as Mayor Fitzgerald delivered the presentation speech. Nearly 1000 attended the fifth annual event with a grand march led by Floor Marshal Martin Hernan and Mrs John P Reed.
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J. P. Hennon
Centre Harbor
N. H
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Fitzgerald
Father Hannon
Entre Harbor
Martin Hernan
John P. Reed
Harry L. Reardon
Clara
Margaret Flynn
Parker P. Garety
Mary Cunningham
James Bowaren
M. Francis Cronin
John M. Foley
Joseph Green
Herbert Hibbitts
John Keley
Cornelius Murphy
F. P. Richards
James J. Walsh
John F. Fitzgerald
E. J. Brandon
John J. Clark
Edward M. Gallagher
George A. Greene
Frank Killim
C. J. Murphy
John O'Neil
Frank T. Reardon
D. A. Whelton
Annie J. Cunningham
May Curley
Maryl. Fair
John Horton
Nellie Horrigan
Katherine King
Monahan
Jaynie Moore
May Murphy
Jennie F. Riley
Golden Specific Promises 24 Hour Cure for Drunkenness
A free trial of Golden Specific claims to curb alcohol cravings within a day by adding a tasteless, odorless powder to drinks or food. Endorsed by letters from families in Kentucky and Oregon, the offer urges sending name and address to Dr. J W Haines in Cincinnati for a sealed package and proof.
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Mattie Balkins
Vanceburg
Mabel Zink
Salem
Oregon
J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
Performance of Grillparzer Medea in Colonial Theatre
The Harvard Deutscher Verein announces a benefit performance of Grillparzer Medea directed by Heinrich Conried at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday December 6. Proceeds go to the Germanic Museum and tickets will be sold starting December 1 with prices 1.50 orchestra 1 first balcony 0.75 second balcony 0.50. Irving Place company known for excellence.
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Harvard Deutscher Verein
Heinrich Conried
Grillparzer
Colonial Theatre
Germanic Museum
Conried
Boston
Minna von Barnhelm
Irving Place
Sanders ‘Theatre
Cambridge
T. W. Knauth
Wadsworth 11
Standard Oil Drops Another 25 Points in 24 Hours
Standard Oil stock declined further on the curb market today falling to 525 25 points below last night’s close and 71 points from Monday. Turnover topped 500 shares with prices quoted at 591 on November 1, 700 in January, and 840 in 1902.
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Standard Oil
New York
Claim Competition Destroyed in Texas
In Texas five witnesses testified in secret hearings before Assistant Attorney General J P Lightfoot as part of the case to oust Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Two more witnesses were examined, with Lightfoot set to return to Texas. Evidence indicates a connection between Standard Oil and Waters-Pierce and suggests Waters-Pierce strength in certain Texas regions affected competition.
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ST. Louis
J. P. Lightfoot
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Lightfoot
Standard Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Company
Waters-Pierce
Beecham's Pills Promote Preventive Health Message
The ad promotes Beecham's Pills as the prevention for common ills. It claims a sound stomach, healthy kidneys, regular bowels, and pure blood guard against disease and illness, urging both men and women to use the product to stay healthy.
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Beecham
Territory Split Maps Back Standard Oil and Waters-Pierce
Investigators found that maps delineating the zones of the Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil companies were prepared at 26 Broadway New York and circulated across the area served by both firms.
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Standard Oil Company
Waters-Pierce
Standard Companies
Broadway
New York
Mayor backs Jewish representation on city school board
Mayor Fitzgerald urged nominat ing a Jewish representative to the Boston school committee. He noted most pupils in some sections are Jewish and said a candidate who typifies Jewish manhood should receive the nomination. The retiring member David A. Ellis is a Hebrew and seeks re election. Delegates consider Julia A Duff David X Coughlan and Ignatius McDonough as possible nominees.
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Fitzgerald
David A. Ellis
Julia A. Duff
David X. Coughlan
Ignatius McDonough
Boston
Sailors Rescued After Mary Lee Newton Grounding in Boston Bay
The three masted Mary Lee Newton of Lubec Maine ran aground on Little Brewster bar near Boston. Stony Beach life savers rescued eight crew members who clung to the after deckhouse for eight hours as seas pounded the vessel. They were brought to Commercial wharf aboard the tug H S Mathes amid freezing exposure and expert bravery limited by wreckage.
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Stony Beach Life Savers
Mary Lee Newton
Lubec
Weehawken
N. Y
Eastport
Little Brewster Bar
H. S. Mathes
Wellman Confident Air Is Only Route to Pole
Paris, Nov 16 Walter Wellman the American explorer with the north pole in view says airships and net sledges are the only method to reach the pole He believes his motor driven air ship will carry him to the pole and can return by sledging He notes Peary's sledging to 87 degrees and back would cover the pole to Spitzbergen route and that drift ice aids a homeward passage
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Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Peary
Pole
Spitzbergen
Arctic Ocean
Fitzgerald Recognizes New Ward Committees
Mayor Fitzgerald will recognize the newly elected ward committees in the city and no others. He stated the Democrats have spoken and selected the committees to represent them for the coming year. He aims to relieve his administration from past conflicts by honoring the regular ward chairmen.
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Fitzgerald
Spain and France To Land Marines In Morocco If Needed
Paris reports that Spain and France plan a naval demonstration and will land marines in Morocco if required to protect foreigners. The move follows rising tensions and potential threats to European nationals in the region.
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Paris
Spain
France
Morocco
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