W L Douglas Shoes Praise and Store Locations
George Alfred Gray endorses W L Douglas 3.50 shoes for leather work and fit. Advertises boys shoes 2.00 and 1.75 with same leathers and fast color eyelets. Cautions authenticity and lists multiple store addresses in Brockton and Boston with catalog offer.
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W. L. Douglas
George Alfred Gray
Tremont
Brockton
Mass
W. KL
Washington Street
Essex Street
Douglas
School Street
Court Street
Howard Street
Boston
Summer Street
Lincoln Street
Hanover Street
Mutiny at Missouri prison sparks deadly escape attempt
At the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City ten convicts mutinied and killed guards Barney Ellis and Charles Clay. They dynamited the gate, enabling four to reach a wagon and flee. A pursuit followed with three convicts killed and one remaining at large as authorities combed the countryside. Deputy Warden Lee was mortally wounded, and Warden Hall and five officers were away aiding a federal transfer to Fort Leavenworth.
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Jefferson City
State Penitentiary
Barney Ellis
Charles Clay
Lee
Hall
Government
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Morgan and Perkins to testify on insurance fund profits
New York November 24 J Pierpont Morgan and his partner George W Perkins are ordered to testify before the legislative insurance committee about profits from the New York Life fund known as the yellow dog fund. They must explain use of 40000 dollars received as profit from Kidder Peabody Boston on a loan linked to the fund.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Legislative Insurance Committee
New York Life
Andrew Hamilton
Yellow Dog’ Fund
George W. Perkins
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Boston
Milton Madison
New York Life Insurance Company
Legislative Insurance
First National Bank
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mr. Perkins
William Kelley Arrested for Breaking and Entering Home
William Kelley aged 45 of 25 Sheafe street was arrested by Station 1 officers for breaking and entering the home of Mrs. Mary O'Brien at 29 Sheafe street and stealing bed clothes valued at five dollars.
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William Kelley
Sheafe Street
Mary O'Brien
Postum evangelist from Ohio Testimony and unrelated Senate notes
A long mixed passage reports a Ohio woman praising Postum Food Coffee for health, then shifts to 1904 insurance and finance details from a legislative inquiry. It covers Milton Madison’s testimony on a $40,000 check to George W. Perkins, plus New York Life syndicate dealings and corporate pressure on proxy votes in Texas and along the Southern Pacific line.
Lawson Claims Vast Proxy Power Over Life Companies
Thomas W. Lawson says he has now sufficient proxies to control the election of both the New York Life and Mutual Life companies. He reports thousands of proxies flowing in daily from 200 banks, 20 treasurers, and 3800 individuals, with meetings held across states including Indiana Florida and Texas where he faced grafters but won by large majorities. He cites a telegram from Florida noting a large red-hot meeting and a decisive vote to send proxies to him.
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San Antonio
Texas
Lawson
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
New York Life
Mutual Life
Thomas W. Lawson
Schenectady
Indiana
Florida
Tragic Train Crash Claims Adams Child and Engineer
Pauline Adams one year old daughter of Ernest Adams of Worcester died after being thrown from her mother's arms amid a collision. Frank A. Grifford of Lowell, train engineer, suffered multiple injuries and died at Massachusetts General Hospital at 9 o'clock last night.
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Pauline Adams
Ernest Adams
Worcester
Frank A. Grifford
Lowell
Massachusetts General Hospital
Pauline
Gale
Local Train Fire Damage Injures Several Passengers and Crew
A list of injured individuals includes A. F. Fernald of Lowell fireman with internal injuries and cuts on a passenger train. Ernest Sitson of Hudson express messenger with internal injuries. Mrs. Ernest Adams of Worcester mother of a dead child with internal injuries severe cuts and shock. Mrs. Carl Adams of Worcester facial cuts and shock. Bert Phelms freight train fireman with bruises and internal injuries. Henry Watson Boston freight engineer with multiple injuries. Jeon Cross baggage master with both arms broken. Mrs. H. S. Houghton Worcester with facial and body cuts. Mrs. F. G. Green Lincoln shaken up. Miss Pearl F. Moore Hudson nervous shock. Miss May Robinson Natick nervous shock. Miss Alice Parmento South Sudbury nervous shock. Miss Nellie Chapman Hopkinton nervous shock. Miss Edith Simmonds Wayland nervous shock. Frank Wheelock passenger train conductor slightly injured. Louis Bartholemas West Medford four years old fireman left shoulder fracture.
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A. F. Fernald
Lowell
Ernest Sitson
Hudson
Ernest Adams
Worcester
Carl Adams
Bert Phelms
Henry Watson
Boston
Jeon Cross
H. S. Houghton
F. G. Green
Lincoln
Pearl FE. Moore
May Robinson
Natick
Alice Parmento
South Sudbury
Nellie Chapman
Hopkinson
Edith Simmonds
Wayland
Texas policy holders denounce management urge proxies to Lawson
Texas insurance policy holders in their convention today denounced the present management of insurance companies and urged all policy holders to give their proxies to Lawson.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Lawson
Fatal Collision Near Wayland Claims Child and Engineer
A head on crash between a freight and a passenger train on the Boston & Maine near Wayland kills a year old girl and the passenger engineer. About 50 passengers, including many boarding school girls, injure. the engineer later dies at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Wayland
Central Massachusetts
Boston & Maine
Wayland Station
Russell's Crossing
Boston
Oakdale
Clinton
Gifford
Massachusetts General Hospital
North Station
Worcester
Cremation Tragedy In Jamaica Plain Apartment Fire
James McPhail of 312 Centre street Jamaica Plain died in a fire caused by smoking in bed. Neighbors Abraham Lincoln Corcoran and James Jonnidroff were overcome by smoke while trying to rescue him as flames wrecked the top floor apartments. McPhail, a Nova Scotia native and lifelong invalid, was cared for by his daughter Mary, who rented the flat and worked at a nearby shoe factory.
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James McPhail
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
McPhail
Abraham Lincoln Corcoran
James Johnidroff
Hyde Park Avenue
Mt. Hope
Nova
Auto and Car in Collision in Chelsea Street Crash
A touring auto carrying five, including H E Goodrich of Adams Street Allston, collided with a Cliftondale car on Broadway Chelsea shortly after 10 pm. The impact between Third and Fourth streets broke the step and fender and spun the auto. No injuries reported. vehicle towed to a repair shop.
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H. E. Goodrich
Adams Street
Allston
Cliftondale
Broadway
Chelsea
Child Fatally Burned at Providence
Three year old Nellie Domenico died after flames from an unused drain pipe where children had kindled a fire ignited her clothing. The incident occurred in Providence on November 24.
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Providence
Nellie Domenico
Dedham Establishes New Ladder Company Under Captain Mahoney
Dedham announces a new ladder company led by Captain Mahoney formerly of Post 3. The unit includes four men from Mahoney's prior command and three new members.
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Dedham
Mahoney
Maynard Land Offered Free To Attract Factory Firms
Arthur J. Coughlin, agent for the Assabet Park Land Company in Maynard, states the company will give free 55,000 feet of land on Parker street between Parker Street and the Assabet River to any manufacturing concern that locates in Maynard. A brook runs through the property providing water.
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Maynard
Arthur J. Coughlin
Assabet Park
Whooping cough rages in Athol as cases soar
In Athol on November 24 a severe outbreak of whooping cough grips the town. The spread among children is described as alarming with hundreds of cases reported and no local physician willing to estimate totals.
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Athol
1200 Shirts From Major U S Maker On Sale Now
Great selection of shirts with new patterns and color combinations. Detached cuffs and guaranteed perfect fit. All sizes available and each shirt carries the manufacturer label. Buy from a major U S maker with assurance of quality.
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United States
Say Girl Strangled Baby Continued Story
Sergeant James Pendergast and Patrolman Maurice P. Ryan arrested a woman on Hano Street after a baby’s body was found in Miss Slattery’s trunk. Neighbors say she lived there and worked as a domestic for Brighton and Allston families. The infant died from ligature strangulation during the night of November 8.
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James Pendergast
Maurice P. Ryan
Brighton
Hano Street
Dr. Rice
Christian Hagerup
Armenian found guilty of assault with knife in Watertown dispute
Movsee Chalonian an Armenian of Watertown was found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon by Judge Luce in the Municipal Court. He was held in 500 bonds after authorities say the men clashed and Chalonian stabbed Hagop Garabidiian several times.
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Waltham
Movsee Chalonian
Watertown
Hagop Garahidiian
Luce
Garabidian
Diphtheria Cases Rise in Fitchburg Quarantine
Diphtheria continues to spread in Fitchburg with 15 cases under quarantine. Health officials reported three new cases today, prompting continued monitoring and response.
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Fitchburg
Health Department
Barre Plains Hunters Capture Two Coons
Stillman Glazier Roy Earle Augustus Earle L E Turner and Walter Prescott of Templeton captured two coons after a long chase with dogs in Thousand Acre Swamp. One weighed 22 pounds and the other 15 pounds.
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Barre Plains
Stillman Glazier
Roy Earle
Augustus Earle
L. E. Turner
Walter Prescott
Templeton
Thousand Acre Swamp
Mother and Child and Scott's Emulsion Endorsement
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a reliable aid for mothers and nursing babies, claiming it strengthens overworked women and helps nourish two. It emphasizes the product's use for improving health in luxury and exhausted lifestyles, with the firm address Scott and Bowne New York.
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Scott
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Perkins
Ohio
Ottawa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Charles E. Hughes
Milton M. Madison
United States Steel Corporation Syndicate
Insurance Legislative Generalissimo
Hamilton
Hughes
G. W. Perkins
New York Security and Trust Company
New York Life and Mutual
New England
Peacock’s Bromides
Aletris Cordial
Chionoa Iraser’s
Chamomilla Co. A Fe
Hayden
Adams House Drug Store
Washington St
Ernest Kitson
Kitson
Patrick Foley
Foley
Weston
Dedham’s New Ladder Company
OLD South Store
Old South Church
Henry Siegel
Washington & Essex Sts
Essex Street Side
Men’s
Goodyear West
Illinois
Massachusetts
Everett
Mattings
Barre
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
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