Thanksgiving Dinner at Institution Brightens Troubled Faces
Residents and visitors, including the Roberts family and May G Horton, enjoyed a well organized meal and a chapel concert. Rev. A J Gordon and Hon Jonathan A Lane spoke, recognizing guests as part of the human family and not forgotten.
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Roberts
May G. Horton
Messrs. O. ©. Elliot
T. D. Roberts
E. Coburn
R. W. Cone
A. J. Gordon
Jonathan A. Lane
His First Turkey at the Chil dren's Mission Thanksgiving
An 18 year old boy at the Chil dren's Mission tasted his first turkey yesterday. Forty three children celebrated Thanksgiving with a grand dinner and a lively donkey party, though he could not join the party. The eater set a new appetite record and the mission residents enjoyed a memorable day.
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Post
Their Share of Good Things Four Day Thanksgiving at Home for Women
Homeless inmates at the Chardon Street Home for Women kept inside on Thanksgiving. Twenty eight women and four children ate a hot dinner of turkey potatoes cranberry sauce and plum pudding. Nineteen other people also received the same meal.
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Chardon Street
Thanksgiving Feast At Wayfarer's Lodge Feeds Needy Men
About four score men gathered at Wayfarer's Lodge on Hawkin's street for the annual Thanksgiving dinner. After a morning wood sawing session, attendees enjoyed turkey, turnips, potatoes, cranberry sauce, plum pudding and bread. The crowd dispersed quietly once satisfied, leaving the lodge dining room in a calm afterglow.
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Wayfarer’s Lodge
Hawkin’s Street
Charlestown Almshouse inmates enjoy turkey dinner and entertainment
Superintendent Eastman arranged a midday turkey dinner for about 140 inmates at Charlestown Almshouse yesterday. From 2 to 4 pm an in hall program directed by P S McNally featured Master O Neill and Miss Mary L McNally with recitations, Miss Mamie Connors ballads, Grandsire Baldwin's orchestra, and Mr McNally's dialect songs. Dancing closed the event. Marcellus Carpenter was absent, long noted as a humorist and harmonica soloist.
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Eastman
Charlestown Almshouse
P.S. McNally
O’neil
Mary L. MccNally
Mamie Connors
Ftaldwin
Mr. McNally
Marcellus Carpenter
Home for Little Wanderers Faces Scarlet Fever Epidemic
The Home for Little Wanderers canceled onlookers at Thanksgiving Day as scarlet fever swept through. About fourteen inmates sick but improving, with none fatal. Fourteen patients under care, while volunteers sorted vast supplies. seventy-five barrels of apples prepared and basement space filled with food boxes.
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B.S. Snow
Cooper
C. H. Miner
Clark Street Mission Hosts Eleventh All Day Meeting
Clark Street Mission held its eleventh all day gathering yesterday from 10 AM to midnight, filling the room beyond its 200 capacity with testimonies and hymns. A Thanksgiving dinner served 300 attendees, with nuts, oranges, and candy brightening many smaller children’s spirits. the board of managers includes James H. Earle, Susan H. Bertram, J. W. F. Barnes, Mrs. Elizabeth Trask Hill, and Mrs. Chappell.
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Clark Street
O’clark
James H. Earle
Susan H. Bertram
J. W. F. Barnes
Elizabeth Trask Hill
Chappell
Mission Opens New Year with 100-Seat Home on Lewis and Fulton
The mission opened New Year's Day and operates a self-supporting home for 100 on the corner of Lewis and Fulton streets. Albert Arnold, once in Charlestown prison and an escape attempt left him with a loss of a leg, now devotes his life to mission work with notable supporters and many meetings led by organizers and evangelists. Tea and coffee were offered at intermission. Efforts seek a wood yard to provide employment for the jobless, with expectations the project will begin soon and attract broader support.
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Lewis and
Fulton Streets
Albert Arnold
Charlestown
D. C. Smith
Gertie Woods
Miss Woods
J. W. Barnes
James H. Earle
Norman
Newsboys Dinner Feeds Boston Herald Turkeys at Faneuil Hall
Crowds fill Faneuil Hall as Boston Herald hosts annual newsboy dinner. About 400 pounds of turkey and large quantities of fixin's vanish in a staged mass feast, watched by spectators and the paper's staff. A parade forms after the meal to honor the Herald.
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Faneuil Hall
Boston Herald
Herald
Julius H. Ward
Newsboys’ and Bootblacks’ Association
Howard Street
Reed
Mixon
Clarke
Howard
Thanksgiving at North End Mission Delivers Food and Hope
At the North End Mission a Thanksgiving meal was served in the Women’s Refuge dining room from 12:30 to 2. Over fifty families received turkey and provisions, with many destitute men given meal tickets and children from Mount Hope Home aided. The matron noted about 550 people benefited, including a nine-child family, a sick mother, and a widow with five children, all demonstrating gratitude amid hardship.
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North End
Mount Hope
Mass and Thanksgiving at Guardian Angel House
A mass at 6 am in the chapel led by Rev Fr Norris opened a morning of dining, games, and a 9 am crowding in the lecture hall for a boys’ entertainment and farce stage show. The program, by the home’s boys, included Swiss Bells and Stage Struck Yankee. A Thanksgiving dinner for 350 boys followed. Delegations from nearby homes and four Sisters of Mercy attended by invitation.
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Camden Street
Harrison Avenue
Sisters of Mercy
Boston
M'Duffee the Fastest Hare at B A A Hare and Hounds
Twenty two riders took part in yesterday morning's B A A hare and hounds ride with G W Dennett and J M Sprague named as hares. Dennett won the 16.5 mile course in 1 17 1 5, Sprague 1 20 2 5, McDuffee edging Sprague by a foot in 1h 21 4 %m. McDuffee Sprague and Dennett win the three cups prizeees.
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M’duffee
B. A. A. Hare and Hounds
G. W. Dennett
J. M. Sprague
Lberlo
Porter
Connelly
Darlow
Rothe
Forest Hills
Roslindale
Allandale Springs
Dennett
Sprague
MecCaffee
Berlo
McDuffee
Why E. D. Carr Killed Himself in Haveruity
Enoch D. Carr of West Newbury aged 51 shot himself in the head with a rifle Tuesday evening and died this afternoon. A former prominent butcher and citizen he leaves a widow and son. The motive is believed to be dispute over property left to his family by his wife.
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E. D. Carr
Haveruity
Enoch D. Carr
West Newbury
Mongahela Will Stay Abroad Longer This Cruise Season
Newport R I Nov 26 The U S S Mongahela of the naval training squadron which sailed last June on a year long cruise in foreign waters has had a homeward order revoked and will not return until next summer keeping crews aboard the ship for additional overseas duty in foreign waters to continue the training voyage into the next season.
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Mongahela
Newport
R. L
U. S. S. Mongahela
Naval Training Squadron
Yale Wins Again in Rain Slick Thanksgiving Clash
Yale defeated Princeton 19 to 0 in a torrential Thanksgiving game. McClung and Bliss starred for Yale with multiple long runs and a final 70 yard pass sequence. Princeton failed to score despite several drives as Yale's defense and powerful line play dictated the outcome amid heavy rain.
Negro Question Topic Draws Reformers at Hall
Wendell Phillips Hall hosts free lectures by Col W H Thomas on the negro question. He argues Southern agriculture leaves blacks worse off than slavery, with yearly hires of about 70 dollars and debt at year end. Large plantations block ownership, education alone cannot secure decent living.
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Wendell Phillips
Washington Street
W. H. Thomas
State Engraving Offer For Regular Post Readers
The Post announces mail subscriptions or coupons for a state engraving. Regular readers with three month renewals or new three month subscriptions qualify without coupons. Subscribers may receive copies with dated coupons. complimentary copies go to distinguished gentlemen and exchange list papers. Plates take weeks to prepare.
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Post
Rainy streets blaze with college crowds and noise
Confusion prevailed as rain fell and droves of college boys roamed the streets singing and shouting, doing everything to make a loud scene. The unrest reflected a chaotic, noisy urban moment.
Techs Victorious in Hoboken Grid Clash at 16 to 0
In Hoboken today MIT Tech defeated Stevens 16 to 0 to avoid last place in the Eastern Intercollegiate League. Tech used a circular V formation, executing wedges and quick moves around Stevens to advance. Johnson of Tech starred with strong rushes while Clark and Fielder added notable runs. Stevens struggled to counter the trick, despite strong interference.
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Hopoken
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute
Tech
Boston Boys
Stevens
Boyd
Andrews
Johnson
Clark
Hoboken
Interesting Football Games at Hingham High School
On November 26 at the Agricultural grounds Hingham High School edged the Hinghams 20 to 10 in a closely fought contest umpired by Charles H. Alden with Thomas Buttimer as referee. Ex-Governor John D. Long presented the winning team with a pennant on behalf of young lady friends. In Haverhill Bradford contested a football match where Haverhills defeated Lawrence 16 to 0.
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Hingham
Charles H. Alden
Thomas Buttimer
Hinghams
John D. Long
Young Lady Friends
Haverhill
Haverhill and
Lawrence
Bradford
Haverhills
Temperance Union Corrects Bird Wearing Stance at Boston Convention
A press circulated claim was corrected noting the Woman's Christian Temperance Union’s Boston convention did pass a resolution disapproving birds worn in clothing. It also approved a vivisection condemnation. urging state laws to curb animal experiments in classrooms. Mary F. Lovett of Bryn Mawr served as superintendent in the National W. C. U. Dept. of Mercy.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Boston
Atlanta
Bands of Mercy
Mary F. Lovett
Bryn Mawr
Penn
Supt
Dept. of Mercy
National W. Co
I. U
Salem Thanksgiving Observances Reported Across City
A union Thanksgiving service was held at Crombie Street Church with Rev. George Cressey delivering the sermon. Thanksgiving dinners were served at correctional and charitable institutions and many families gathered. The Tabernacle vestry fed city children, Mission Hall hosted a turkey dinner for reformed men via Hadley Rescue Mission, and the Sherman Club held its fourth annual supper at the club house.
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Salem
Satem
Crombie Street
George ©. Cressey
Tabernacle Vestry
Mission Hall
Hadley Rescue Mission
Sheridan Club
Cattle Disease Hits Lancaster School Herd
Tuberculosis has appeared in the State Industrial School herd at Lancaster. Commissioner Cheever and Dr. Peters of Jamadia Plain have been called in. Four cows have been killed since investigations began, with up to four more possible. The herd totals twenty five cows, most believed sound.
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State Industrial School
Lancaster
Cheever
Peters
Jamadia Plain
Thanksgiving at Marcella Street Home Delights 350 Children
About 350 children at the Marcella Street Home enjoyed a full day of activities for Thanksgiving. The schedule included devotional exercises, breakfast, games, candy and fruit packages, a noon dinner, and an afternoon of recreation followed by a 5 o'clock supper and an evening concert. Thomas L. Jenks attended as board chairman, sitting with superintendent Dr. A B Heath.
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Marcella Street
Thomas L. Jenks
A. B. Heath
Richmond Terminal Directors Appoint Committee for Plan
At a New York meeting of Richmond Terminal Company directors EK Norton William Solomon J H Schiff F O Olcott Charles Fairchild and Lotus Fitzgerald were named to examine the companys condition and aid in settling a permanent adjustment plan. The current board will be reflected at the December 6 annual meeting and a general meeting will be called to ratify the plan and elect permanent management.
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New York
Richmond Terminal
Yesterdy, Ek, Norton
Louisville & Nashville
William Solomon
Speyer & Co
J. H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
F. O. Olcott
Central Trust Company
Charles 8. Fairchild
New York Society and Trust Company
Lotus Fitzgerald
Mercantile Trust Company
Warren Avenue Society to Mark First Anniversary
The Warren Avenue Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor will celebrate its first anniversary at Warren Avenue Baptist Church next Sunday evening. The pastor Rev. Robert McDonald will speak, with others also delivering addresses and special musical features planned.
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Warren Avenue
Across the Common rail plan prompts street changes
Rumors say Rapid Transit Commissioners may take Tremont street mall for West End Street Railway use. Proposals include widening Tremont to Scollay square, taking Park Street Church and Granary Burying Ground, and building a Park square tunnel for the railroad. Steam roads face concessions. large union stations at Haymarket and Kneeland are contemplated with elevated routes through Causeway and Canal streets.
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Rapid Transit
Prince and
O’ Brien
Tremont Street
West End
Scollay Square
Park Street
Pemberton Square
West End Company
Park Square
Tremont
Paris
Haymarket Square
Kneeland Street
Causeway Street
Canal
Police Board dismissals and appointments among Boston officers
The Board of Police Commissioners ruled on several cases. Patrolman Sydney EK Palmer and Patrolman Edward M Herald were found guilty of Rule 24 violations and dismissed from the Boston police force, as was Reserve Officer Patrick E Sweeney. Other complaints against John Bb Rosatto Rufus G Fessen den William J Gilmore Edward M W Brawley were dismissed. Four reserve officers were appointed as patrolmen assigned to Division 11 1 3 and 2 respectively.
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Board of Police Commissioners
John Bb, Rosatto
Rufus G. Fessenden
William J. Gilmore
Edward M. W. Brawley
William R. Ford
Sydney EK. Palmer
Edward M. Herald
Boston
Patrick E. Sweeney
Charles J. Haskins
Frederick G. Trask
Robert W. Russell
Charles W. Searles
The Late Colonel Gardiner Tufts
Boston readers with prior reform school experience are asked to send their addresses to Warren F. Spaulding secretary of the Massachusetts Prison Association to discuss arranging a private meeting about Colonel Tufts death. The appeal targets inmates of the Massachusetts Reformatory who were under Tufts’s care seeking a chance to share feelings.
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Gardiner Tufts
Boston
Massachusetts Reformatory
Warren F. Spaulding
Massachusetts Prison Association
No. 1
Pemberton Square
Tufts
Virginia Debt Settlement Plan Endorsed by Bondholders Board
The Virginia Bondholders Committee report is approved by its advisory board led by Grover Cleveland. The plan calls for Virginia to issue bonds totaling 19 million dollars to settle 28 million in debt, with a 100 year term and interest at 2 percent for ten years then 3 percent thereafter. If the terms are rejected, future agreement prospects are unlikely to improve.
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New York
Virginia Bondholders’ Committee
Grover Cleveland
Thomas F. Bayard
E. J. Phelps
George G. Wiliams
Georges. Cos
Virginia
All Quiet in Brazil as Resignation Shakes Rio Grande
Rio de Janeiro reports calm in Santa Catharina after Fonseca resigns and Peixotto leads. Destarro greets the downfall with wild enthusiasm as troops and civilians unite in celebration. Junta forces in Rio Grande do Sul likely stay armed until the new Congress convenes.
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Rio Janeiro
Santa Catharina
Fonseca
Peixotto
Destarro
Fonsena
Rio Grande Do Sul
Blockade at Buffalo Opens Erie Canal Navigation Early
The largest grain fleet ever seen at Burrato New York congestion stalls port traffic with about a hundred steamers and as many sailing ships. The grain afloat is estimated in the millions of bushels. Due to pressure the canal superintendent orders the Erie Canal open for navigation until December 5 if weather permits.
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Burrato
N. Y
Erie Canal
Drowning of Father and Son in White Cloud Capsize
In Curiaco on November 23 a yacht named White Cloud capsized during its trial run in the lake off the city. Six men were aboard. a tug rescued four, but Charles Emoch and his son John drowned.
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Curiaco
White Cloud
Charles Emoch
John
Thanksgiving Services Held Across Cambridge Pulpits
At 10 o clock yesterday morning the Evangelical Churches of Cambridgeport joined in a Thanksgiving service at Wood Memorial Church. The Rev C S Rogers of Harvard Street M E Church preached with city pastors assisting. A second service was at the old Cambridge Baptist Church at 10 30 with the Rev Mr Cheney of North Avenue M E Church delivering the sermon. A social followed from 6 to 10 PM in Y M C A rooms. Miss Ada R Kinsman read an original poem by Mr Leavitt and a collation was provided by First Baptist Pilgrim Congregational and the Austin Street Unitarian churches.
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Cambridge
Cambridgeport
Wood Memorial Church
C.S. Rogers
D.D
Harvard Street M. E
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Mr. Cheney
North Avenue M. E
Mr. Leavitt
Ada R. Kinsman
First Baptist
Pilgrim, Congregational
Austin Street
Steamers Arrived at Ports With New Arrivals
Steamers reached Boston and New York on November 26 arriving from London Antwerp Bremen and Amsterdam. Ships listed include Nessmore from Lon DeRuyter from Antwerp Havel from Bremen Rhynland from Antwerp Tauric from New York Veendam from New ark and Egyptian Monarch from New York. Off Brow Head Tauric bound for Liverpool reported.
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Boston
Nessmore
Lonon
DeRuyter
Antwerp
New York
Havel
Bremen
Rhynland
Brow Head
Tauric
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Veendam
Newark
London
Derailed Train on Portsmouth Branch After Switch Mischief
A passenger train due at 7 20 pm on the Portsmouth branch of the Concord and Montreal Railroad derailed near Hallsville station in Manchester New Hampshire after striking a misplaced switch. The engine and several cars were wrecked but no injuries were reported. The switch was reportedly set by an unknown party with wrecking intent.
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Manchester
N. H
Portsmouth
Concord & Montreal
Hallsville
Sunlight Dance Brightens Thanksgiving in Waltham
Waltham November 26 Special to the Post Thanksgiving Day passed quietly with factories and stores closed. Church services were held in the morning. Company F held a prize shoot and the Modjeska Club hosted a sun light dance at the Park under its auspices.
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Waltham
WattrHam
Company F
Modjeska
Woman Robbed on Washington Street
Miss Katie Judd of 25 Road street North Cambridge reported to officers last night that on Washington street opposite the Metropolitan Hotel she was approached by a man who snatched her Elgin watch worth 25 dollars and fled through Dover to Tremont street, where she lost him in the crowd.
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Washington Street
Katie Judd
Road Street
North
Cambridge
Station 5
Metropolitan Hotel
Dover
Tremont Street
Tragic Self-Execution by Local Baker on Madison Street
Henry Obest aged 58 a baker hanged himself at his daughter Mrs David Mayers Madison street residence. He fixed a nail three feet from the floor drove a fish line into it formed a noose and laid on the floor to strangle himself. body found in his sleeping room about 11 o'clock this morning.
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Marpen
Henry Obest
David Mayers
Madison Street Court
Iron on the shores of Wenham Lake discovery
Workmen cleaning Wenham Lake shores uncover iron traces dating to the seventeenth century. Professor J H Sears investigates and identifies bag iron similar to early Saugus and Rowley iron works.
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Wenham Lake
Satem
J. H. Sears
Saugus
Rowley
Firemen injured as Swanton street factory fire rages
A large bag factory owned by Peter Young at 808 to 818 Swanton street Philadelphia was destroyed this afternoon. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 50 000 dollars. Four firefighters were badly hurt when a wall collapsed during efforts to quell the flames.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Peter Young
Swanton Street
Lawrence Boarding House Tragedy Claims Life
Early this morning Humphery Kearns fell down stairs at the Lawrence boarding house on 17 Lawrence _corporation_, previously cited in Haverhill. The incident occurred just after midnight and resulted in death.
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Lawrence
Humphery Kearns
Lawrence Corporation
Haverhill
Funeral services for Governor Hovey in Vernon Indiana
Governor Hovey lay in state in the Court House rotunda from 8 to 11 30 am. Services were held in the court room at 2 pm with Governor Ira Chase delivering the sermon. Ex Governors Gray and Porter and Senator Turpie attended, spoke, and paid tribute before G A R services.
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Vernon
Ind
Hovey
Court House
Ira Chase
Gray
Porter
Turpie
Chase
Nephew of Helena Mayor Falls From Hospital Window
Robert J. Walker, nephew of James G. Blaine and son of HelenaMontana mayor, died after wandering from a hospital window on the second floor in Tacoma Washington while delirious.
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Helena, Mont
Tacoma
Wash
Robert J. Walker
Walker
Helena
Mont
James G. Blaine
Ex-Minister Concha Shot Entering Argentina From Chile
A Valparaiso dispatch reports Francisco C. Concha minister of justice under Balmaceda shot by government pickets in the Cordilleras Pass as he tried to flee to Argentina. He had sought asylum at the American Legation two weeks earlier but was refused.
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Chile
New York
Valparaiso
Herald
Francisco C. Concha
Balmaceda
Cordilleras Pass
Senor Concha
Egan
Legation
Americai Ag
Berlin Bank Failure Shocks City as Offices Closed
Bern authorities seized the Berlin Banking and Exchange Company head office and several branches after the firm collapsed. Chief executive Herr Loewy was arrested as reports said no cash was found at any offices.
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Berlin
Bern
Berlin Banking & Exchange Company
Herr Loewy
Bait Act Declared Unconstitutional by Imperial Government
Ottawa reports the Imperial Government says Newfoundland’s bait act is unconstitutional and proposes Canada and Newfoundland submit a joint test case to the Imperial Privy Council.
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Ottawa
Ont
Imperial
Newfoundland
Canada
Imperial Privy Council
Oil Fire Destroys Shed in Gill Lot
An alarm from Box 364 at 4 pm yesterday reported a fire in an old shed owned by lamplighter George E. Gill. Several barrels of oil were burned along with the shed, causing about 100 dollars in loss. Spontaneous combustion is believed to be the likely cause.
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George E. Gill
Each Man Had a Turkey by Engine Co 15
Every member of Engine Company 15 in South Boston received a twelve pound turkey yesterday. The gift came from the H. G. Jordan Company located at 380 Dorchester Avenue.
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South
Boston
H.G. Jordan Co
Dorchester Avenue
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