Mrs Tom Thumb Dies at 78 in Warrenton Village
Lavinia Magri known as Mrs Tom Thumb dies at home in Warrenton Village after long illness. Born in Middleboro she was 78. Daughter of James and Hulda Bump, educated locally, married General Tom Thumb in Grace Church New York, the famed dwarf couple who once shocked the world as the smallest pair.
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Middleboro
Couness Lavinia Magri
Tom Thumb
Anderself
Warrenton Village
James
Hulda Bump
Oneral Tom Thumb
Grace Church
New York
Delegates Meet in Cleveland Resist Strike Pressure
Delegates from four great railway organizations gather in Cleveland and reject calls for a strike. President Lee sharply questions Kansas City trainmen who sought strike sanction about whether they consider themselves bigger than the government.
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Cleveland
Lee
Kansas City
Mexican problem flares up as Jenkins case looms
Washington reports a serious Mexican situation with the war and navy departments prepared for any event. The flare up over the Jenkins case and the strained state prompt readiness to meet possible developments. Continued on Page 6 Fourth Column.
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Washington
Coal Crisis Deepens as Nation Struggles for Power
The nation faces its gravest coal shortage since the soft coal strike. Less than 40 percent of normal bituminous output is produced, and many industries halt operations as coal reserves dwindle. Officials note a tentative rise in recent output but warn of continued tight supply.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Few Oppose Salary Bill At Hearing In Boston
More than 2000 teachers packed the State House auditorium for a hearing on two bills shaping raises for Boston school teachers and supervisors. Senator John Hallowell led the municipal finance committee while Chairman Sullivan warned he might resign.
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State House
Legislative Committee On Municipal Finance
John Hallowell
City of
Boston
Four Chicago Locals Vote to Strike and Demand Pay Rise
National leaders of the four great railway brotherhoods met in secret in Chicago to discuss a possible general strike by December 1 to press for nationwide pay increases. A union official said many delegates from Cleveland aimed to push the general committee into calling a nationwide strike.
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Chicago
Great Railway Brotherhoods
United States
Cleveland
Broken live wire halts Dudley square streetcar traffic
A broken live wire in Dudley square Oxbury delayed streetcar traffic for about 15 minutes around 9 30 last night, causing a temporary halt before service resumed.
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Dudley Square
Oxbury
Boy Run Over by Taxi Killed in Chelsea Junction
A 12 year old boy, James Moran of 254 Spencer Street Chelsea, chasing a truck, stepped into a taxicab at Revere Beach Parkway and Broadway and was killed instantly. The cab owned by Revere House Taxi Cab Co of Boston, operated by Harry Abelevitz of 64 Crescent Avenue Beachmont, was held on manslaughter charges.
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James Moran
Spencer Street
Chelsea
Revere Beach Parkway
Broadway
Revere House Taxicab Company
Boston
Harry Abelevitz
Crescent, Avenue, Beachmont
Deputies arrested for smuggled liquor in Vermont
Burlington dispatch reports two deputy sheriffs John Z Jerne and R J De Colaines seized with nearly 30 dollars worth of Canadian gin and whiskey at Colchester Vermont. The auto used for transport was seized by U S customs officials. Lawson of Sheldon Junction Vermont is arrested and held at Franklin county jail in St Albans.
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Burlington
John Z. Jerne
R. J. de Colaines
Colchester
United States Customs
Lawson
Sheldon Junction
Franklin County
St. Albans
Teachers Bill Sparks Mixed Showing From Committee Vote
Indicative of sentiment at the gathering on the teachers bill the proposal for flat increases of 600 drew scant opposition as majority favored the measure while only a few rose in protest when the committee asked for a standing expression of opinion.
Secret session and strike talk denied by railway leaders
The report of a secret session and strike possibility was denied tonight by W. G. Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and by Timothy Shea acting president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen. President Lee admitted receiving a telegram from a source.
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W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Lee
Fire on U S cargo carrier Auburn in Halifax
A radio message from the U S Shipping Board steamer Auburn reported a fire in a bunker while the vessel, carrying grain and cattle from New York to Antwerp, proceeded to Halifax Nova Scotia bound for arrival likely the next day.
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Halifax
N. S
U.S. Shipping Board
Auburn
New York
Antwerp
Las Ea Las Ea A. M. 1:2 SUN
A brief, fragmented OCR item referencing Las Ea Las Ea and a biblical verse citation A M 1:2 SUN.
Moon Light Sets Off Nighttime Vehicle Restrictions
A local advisory warns drivers that a bright moonlit sky will affect visibility tonight, prompting cautious driving.Authorities urge reduced speeds and heightened alert for pedestrians and oncoming traffic.
Anniversaries and World War I Milestones Pasted In
Today marks anniversaries from 1898 to 1915 including the Portland steamer tragedy, Rheims bombardment, Bulwark sinking with 750 dead, Malachite and Primo de Rivera losses, and Kitchener's Rome arrival. It notes a year ago U S Shipping Board purchase offer and a War Department demobilization order for the Students Army Training Corps.
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Portland
Boston
Rheims
Sheerness
Malachite
Primo
Havre
Kitchener
Rome
U. S. Shipping Board
International Mercantile Marine Corporation
War Department
Army Training Corps
Weather forecast mix affects Boston region and New England
Forecast covers Boston and vicinity with Wednesday rain and Thursday unsettled cold. Indicates light southerly winds shifting to northwest, then moderate strength. Northern New England to see snow interior, rain at coast, colder except central and eastern Maine. Eastern New York sees rain then much colder with possible interior snow. Southern New England probable rain, then cloudy and colder with rain or snow. Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds shift from southwest to north by Wednesday night. high Atlantic pressure noted.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Maine
New York
Hatteras
New Jersey
Ohio Valley
Texas
Atlantic Ocean
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Mexico
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Sullivan
Brotherhood
Drug Store
Parker House Drug Store
School and
Tremont Streets
Armstrong Company
Walker Electric
ADVT
Yiansion
Natick
Williams
Wayland
ME Pub.co
the Countess Magri
Boy
Suffolk
Tremont St
Scollay Square
Pace Institute
Tremont Temple
Home Savings Bank Christmas Club
Home Savings Bank Incorporated 1869
Uotel Botta
Hunting Pon Ave
Exeter ST
Our Foreign Department
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Devonshire St
Lehigh Coal
Batchelder Bros
MASS
Roxbury
Warren St
Woney
United States Trust Co
Court St
Erty Trug
Company Washington
Car
SEA Grill
Canal Sts
Moon Fifth Avenue
Triangle Motors Company
Boylston St
Massa, Ave
Boylston Bottling CO
Lamartine Street
Jamaica
M.C
U. S
Las
A. M
Thompson
Seer
Brattle Street
Brattle Sq
Miveeers
Vermont
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