Aldermen Deny Mr Tinkham Charges
Alderman George H. Tinkham accused a corruption clique of controlling the City Council at a Twentyeth Century Club meeting. The current board of aldermen rejected the charges and challenged him to name the members and provide proof, which he says he has moral but not legal evidence for.
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George H. Tinkham
Twentieth Century Club
Board of Aldermen
Back Bay
Tinkham
Dominion Council
Thanksgiving Souvenir by Fabrica De Cuba Cigarros Co
A dated note reports the Fabrica De Cuba Cigarros Co has produced a number of packs as a special order souvenir for Thanksgiving. The purchase highlights a regional tobacco craftsman effort and a limited run of items for holiday commemorative use.
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Fabrica de Cuba Cigarros Co
Cuba Cigars Thanksgiving Card Distribution Plan
Due to limited card production, the Playing Cards in French Whist size will be distributed only at designated stores on Tuesday November 25. Each recipient must purchase a 10 cent box of Cuba cigars to receive the souvenir playing cards for smokers of the Cuba Big Brother Cigarros.
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Cuba
Nka
Big Brother Cigarros Offer at Local Stores
Purchase a packet and receive a playing card while supplies last. Multiple outlets listed including Estabrook Eaton Washington and Masonic Temple locations, Jaynes Co., Warren Withoerell Co., Bascom at South Station, and others. An advertisement for Black and White Scotch linked to the promotion.
Aldermen feud over unnamed corruption charges at City Hall
A discharged board member opens corruption claims against City Hall, refuses to name individuals, and faces mixed reactions from aldermen who call him a moral coward while noting he will not provide further specifics. The dispute centers on land deals and reform belief.
Officers Reject Tinkham On City Council Corruption Claims
The Doyle faction denounces Alderman Tinkham’s charges as grave yet urges him to name identified officials or present evidence to the district attorney. They deny any corruption at City Hall, calling him a dissatisfied politician seeking a sensational exit from public life.
Gale Off Cape Brings Death to Fishermen
Highland Light November 23 report on the fishing schooner Two Forty of Gloucester and its crew. A northwest gale scattered dories off Cape Cod. two bodies found, two men missing, others rescued by steamer Kershaw and at Wood End life-saving station. The vessel anchored near Race Point with three men aboard and the fate of the others remains unknown.
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Highland Light
Gloucester
Cape
Wood Find
Kershaw
Peaked Hill Bar
Cook
Higgins
Wood End
Cape Cod
Highlands
Dory
Race Point
Two Tugboats Sink At Berths In Harbor Incident
A harbor mishap left two towboats sunk at their piers yesterday. The B. T. Haviland, owned by Bregman Bros of Toledo, Ohio, undergoing dredging operations in the main ship channel, had been receiving a new crank shaft at Bertelsen.
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B. T. Haviland
Bregman Bros
Toledo
Bertelsen
Tufts Freshman Found Guilty in Inked Court at Tufts
A Tufts freshman was tried by fellow students on a burglary charge for taking ribbons from a sophomores room. He was found guilty and inked with ink and shoe polish in a bathroom, then released as part of a campus court.
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Medford
East Hall
College Hill
Tufts
Jocko Stevens Returns to South End in Violent Encounter
Jocko Stevens, longtime South End menace, reappears near Tremont and Berkeley, fights officers in a drunken outburst. Patrolmen Lane and Kelly suffer injuries, Reedman and others restrain him, and six officers escort him to Station 5. Stevens damages lanterns and injures Patrolman Mahoney on the way to the station.
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Jocko Stevens
South End
Station 5
Tremont
Berkeley Streets
Stevens
Lane
Kelly
Jocko
Berkeley
Reedman
Donnybrook Fair
Mahoney
Siberia Steamer Reaches New York from Newport News
The new large steamer Siberia, built for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, arrived in New York today from Newport News. Displacing 18,600 tons, it measures 572 feet 4 inches in length with a beam of 68 feet and a contract speed of 18 knots. It will serve the San Francisco to Hong Kong transpacific route with accommodations for 200 saloon and 1200 third-class passengers.
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New York
Siberia
America
Newport News
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Brigs and ships damaged after gale near Vineyard Haven
Nov 23 report from Vineyard Haven details Brig Atalanta of New York from Guayanilla struck Nashawna Island and leaked badly. Tug Spartan aided, vessel towed in after pumping out several feet of water. Hattie G. Dixon floated off Hedge Fence Shoal uninjured. Seaman Cornelius Grissen died after falling from mizzen masthead aboard schooner Sarah C. Ropes off Nobska. Schooner Izetta lost main topmast in heavy winds.
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Vineyard Haven
Atalanta
New York
Guayanilla
P. R
Boston
Nashawna Island
Vineyard Sound
Tarpaulin Cove
Spartan
Hattie G. Dixon
Port Reading
Hedge Fence Shoal
Cornelius Grissen
Sarah C. Ropes
Nobska
Izetta
Bangor
New Winter Storm Hits Newport With Heavy Hail
The first winter storm of the season moved into Newport Rhode Island this morning bringing a heavy hail shower that lasted about twenty minutes and was accompanied by cold northerly winds.
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Newport
R. I
New Transcontinental Railway Planned for Canada
Montreal Nov 23 Canada will gain a second transcontinental railway from ocean to ocean. Grand Trunk official Charles M Hayes says construction will start after Parliament grants necessary legislation. Route runs from North Bay or Gravenhurst Ontario through Manitoba Northwest Territories and British Columbia to Bute Inlet or Fort Simpson with 3000 miles of track and a $75 to $100 million investment. The line will feature low grades long tangents steel bridges and modern stations to handle freight and passengers. Hayes notes Northwest growth justifies extending facilities and ensuring direct Grand Trunk connection to the region.
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Montreal
Canada
Ocean
Charles M. Hayes
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk
Hayes
Ontario
New Ontario
North Bay
Gravenhurst
Ont
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Bute Inlet
Fort Simpson
B. C
Northwest
Ride Fatal to Adams Girl
Adams November 2 A ten year old girl Bessie Carey riding on a farmer's hay wagon with other children was thrown under the wheels. The wagon passed over her breaking her left hip and arm and causing internal injuries from which she died a few hours later.
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Adams
Bessie Carey
Funeral of Aleck McLean
Alexander McLean known as Aleck died recently and his funeral was held from 10 Auburn Street West End. Mourners escorted by 100 members of the Roanoke Social and Athletic Club to St Josephs Church for prayers. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Maiden.
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Alexander McLean
Aleck
Auburn Street
West End
St. Joseph’s Church
Chambers Street
Roanoke Social and Athletice Club
Joseph F. Coppinger
Holy Cross Cemetery
Maiden
Pope Will Meet Archbishop Bruchesi In Three Years
In Rome the Pope gave a farewell audience to Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal and blessed about 60 Canadians then in Rome including Protestants from Ontario and Quebec. Bruchesi said he hopes to return in three years, and the Pope replied that he will wait for him.
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Pope
Bruchesi
New
Rome
Montreal
Monsignor
Tario
Quebec
Whitecap case set for today in Plymouth court
Plymouth prepares for a historic whitecap case with nine Marion residents facing trial for the tar and feathering of James McDonald on August 8. Key witnesses include William H. Potter and Mrs. Potter. defense by Judge John W. Cummings of Fall River.
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Plymouth
Massachusetts
Superior Court
Marion
James McDonald
Chester Briggs
Isaac Briggs
Andrews
Noble E. Bates
Owen E. Bumpus
Andrew N. Gifford
Hector M. McCloud
William H. Potter
Joseph Silva
Big Jim McDonald
McDonald
Whitecap Bee
Richard Harding Davis
Mace
Potter
Mr. Potter
Mrs. Potter
Mr. McDonald
Boston
French
John W. Cummings
Fall River
Riot at Alcazar Music Hall In Tours France
A violent riot broke out at Alcazar Music Hall in Tours after a performer sang anti military songs. Officers in mufti in the stalls were hissed and pelted by missiles from the gallery as spectators fought in the hall. Police cleared the building and troops restored order after an anti military demonstration in the streets.
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Tours
France
Alcazar Music Hall
Russian Church in New York Consecrated
In New York on November 2 the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas was consecrated by Archbishop Tikhon of San Francisco with many clergy and Russian officials in attendance. Count Cassini and Nicholas Ladygensky stood by the altar as the ceremony closed with a czarist tribute and blessings for the United States president.
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New York
St. Nicholas
Tikhon
San Francisco
Raphael
Count Cassini
Nicholas Ladygensky
Imperial House of Russia
United States
Cassini
Low
Goff
Colombia Withdraws Troops From Isthmus
In Panama Colombia begins pulling back troops after peace talks. About 1000 soldiers will depart tonight to Barranquilla with others heading to various points. General Herrera and aides arrive at Agua Dulce with a government commissioner to relay peace news to the Bogota to avoid a clash with Padilla. General Salazar frees political prisoners as Panama’s governor. The British cruiser Phaeton offers to relay the treaty news to Captain Marmaduke of the Bogota and sails.
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Panama
Colombia
Barranquilla
Herrera
Agua Dulce
Bogota
Padilla
Salazar
Phaeton
Marmaduke
Fair Forecast for Boston and Nearby Areas
The forecast calls for Monday and Tuesday in Boston and vicinity to be fair and warm with continued warmth. Brisk southwest winds are expected.
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Boston
Vicinity
Eliot Defends Labor Reform and Denounces Boycott
Harvard President Charles W. Eliot delivers a critical address before the Colonial Club in Cambridge praising some labor union gains while warning against defects and dangers including vow of apprenticeship limits wage uniformity and violence in strikes He condemns boycotts as cowardly and argues unions threaten press judges juries and militia with control if allowed to spread The speech outlines humane employment conditions such as rising wages steady work future home creation pension on disability and local service ties from Harvard to industry This summary notes his balance of praise and critique amid labor unrest and union influence.
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Eliot
Harvard
Colonial Club
Cambridge
Harvard University
Europe
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Conlin
James H. Doyle
Estabrook & Eaton
Washington St
Masonic Temple
Boylston St
Bedford St
Marston’s
Jaynes & Co
Summer St
Warren F. Withoerell Co
Causeway St
Hanover St
Geo. J. Bascom
South Station
Essex St
Cor
Atlantic Avenue
Doyle
Dickie
York's Wharf
NEW Railway
Thompson Spa
Washington Street
Aleck M’lean
Charles W. Eliot
Booston
Hmit
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