Harvard Hosts Dance Round Big Bonfire
More than 3,000 Harvard and Yale supporters gathered at Soldiers Field after a Harvard Union mass meeting. President Eliot condemned Massachusetts laws limiting Harvard graduates while celebrating a decisive victory over Yale and praising Coach Lewis's offense development.
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Ward
Yale
Soldiers Field
Harvard Union
Eliot
Higginson
Hallowell
Lewis
Campell
Massachusetts
Harvard
Union
Kaurich
Boston
Cambridge
Scotty
Mac Masters
Baker Opens His Campaign in Newtonville
Newton, Nov 26. William H Baker, candidate for Newton mayor, urged economy at City Hall and warned of higher taxes. He criticized 1903 expenditures as poorly kept, cited $50,000 savings possible, and called for consolidation and strict economy as $600,000 due in 1904 bonds loomed. He predicted victory on Dec 10.
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Newton
William H. Baker
Newtonville
Baker
Weeks
City Hall
Snprenensen
Judge Frees Guntner in Jamestown N Y Indictment
George Guntner of Boston general organizer of the International Woodworkers Union was discharged today by a judge in Jamestown after being indicted as a public nuisance. The judge found the allegations against Guntner insufficient and said his actions aimed at organizing factories do not prove the ring charged.
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Jamestown
N. Y
George Guntner
Boston
International Union of Woodwork
Chautauqua Ad
Ge Fisher
Eyevion
Gunther
Will construes Dobbs Ferry trust provision on McComb heiress
New York November 26 Fannie Payne McComb heir of James Jennings McComb seeks court ruling on a will provision. If she marries Louis Herzog she would receive 300000 for life for her children after death. otherwise she shares equally with her siblings. Justice Scott accepts case is abstract and will not decide the merit of the trust now. Executors must decide whether to pay her a share or maintain the trust.
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New York
Fannie Payne McComb
James Jennings McComb
Dobbs Ferry
Supreme Court
Louis Herzog
Herzog
Scott
Mercantile League Scores Highlight Local Wins
Rice Sayward and Whitten and Clapp and Tilton earned Mercantile bragging rights last night. The former squad swept three games against Co A Browning, while Clapp and Tilton dropped one contest to Brown Durrell and the scores.
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Mercantile League
Rice
Sayward & Whitten
Clapp & Tilton
Mercantile
Co. A. Browning
Brown, Durrell
Blackman Seeee
Findlay
Car Loads of Turkeys to Supply Thanksgiving Dinners in Boston
A Boston Post report paints Quincy Market ready for Thanksgiving with turkeys piled in festoons and on scaffolds. Prices range 12 to 25 cents a pound, reflecting seller and buyer influence. The market touts abundant stock, cold storage finesse, and is said to offer finer New England birds and varied holiday fare from fowl to pork roasts.
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Boston
Quincy
Faneuil Hall
Market
New England
Roosevelt
Post
Jewelry thefts laid to Sachs at Solomon Robinson Co
Gustave Sachs, 2% at 119 Appleton Street, arrested by Special Officers Goff and Kelly for larceny of watches, diamonds, and jewelry worth 2800 from Solomon Robinson Company on Washington Street. Police traced pawned items, found pawn tickets, and Sachs quiet at station. He is to be arraigned today amid hints of heavy gambling as motive.
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Gustave Sachs
Appleton Street
Goff and Kelly
Station 4
Solomon Robinson Company
Washington Street
Sachs
Germany
New York City
Boston
Meontana Diamond Company
Sacks
Oaly
Hundreds Vaccinated at Post Free Vaccination Station
Over 1200 men women and children were vaccinated yesterday at the Post's Free Vaccination Station in the Pelham building. Dr Richard R Pettigrew and Dr Luther A Hodgdon led a large crowd with assistants as physicians faced a heavy workload and urged patience for thorough care. The station will open today 8 a m to 8 p m with no charges to the public, all costs paid by the Post.
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Richard R. Pettigrew
Luther A. Hodgdon
Post
Pelham Building
Corps of
Pettigrew
Roslindale
Hodgdon
Tufts Medical School
New York Polyclinic
Mammoth Salvation Army Thanksgiving Dinner Planned
The Salvation Army schedules a massive Thanksgiving feast on Thursday for around 4900 attendees. Staff Captain Gearing will oversee Bowdoin Square, with Day at 9 Washington Street and Mrs Colonel Evans at 2227 Washington Street directing separate tables. Soldiers collect funds at street corners, and the 1901 feast aims to be the best yet.
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Salvation Army
Royal Navy
Bowdoin Square
Gearing
Day
Washington Street
Evans
Army
Guild Credits Congress Over Alger For Army Shortfalls
General Curtis Guild Jr spoke at Phillips Church on volunteers and regulars praising Massachusetts troops for battlefield readiness in Cuba. He blamed Congress for equipment shortages and delays, contrasted with Elihu Root’s reforms, noting more officers and medical staff, and lauding American soldiers.
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Curtis Guild, Jr
Phillips Church
Army Lfe
Cuba
Massachusetts
United States
Guild
Alger
Congress
Elihu Root
General Guild
Smallpox Ebb Seen by Boston Board of Health
Boston doctors report smallpox cases near ebb with only eight new infections by 5 pm yesterday. East Boston and South Boston areas show scattered cases, while North End West End and Chinatown remain free of infections. New free vaccination stations opened at Paul Revere School and Charles Sumner School, with company vaccination offices at North Union Station and Malden’s Fells Rubber Shop.
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Board of Health
Durein
Shea
Boston
E and
Fourth Streets
North End
West End
Chinatown
Soéa
Paul Revere
Prince Street
Charles Sumner
Ashland Street
Roslindale
Boston & Maine Railroad System
North Union Station
Fells Rubber Shop
Malden
Cure for Smallpox Claim Stirs Public Letters
Edward Hines writes to the Liverpool Mercury risking reputation to tout a three day smallpox cure with cream of tartar. He claims one ounce dissolved in a pint of hot water, taken in intervals when cold, has cured thousands, left no marks, never caused blindness, and avoids lingering illness.
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Edward Hines
Liverpool Mercury
Newport Trust Company Formed In Newport Rhode Island
In Newport Rhode Island on November 26 a new bank, the Newport Trust Company, was formed after purchasing the Newport branch of the Providence Industrial Company. Directors include F. Timpkins, Angus McLeod, Thomas P. Peckham, and notable figures such as George F. Baker, Jacob H. Schiff, Nathaniel Thayer, James Stillman, Levi P. Morton, and Samuel P. Colt among others. Colonel Samuel R. Honey of New York and Newport was elected corporation counsel.
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H. A. C. Taylor
New York
William G. Boelker
Providence
Frederick Timpkins
Angus McLeod
Thomas P. Peckham
Samuel R. Honey
Newport
R. I
Newport Trust Company
Industrial Company of Providence
George F. Baker
First National Bank
Edward J. Berwind
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
George G DeWitt
Henry F. Eldridge
Eldridge P. Gerry
George G. Haven
Samuel P. Colt
Lewis Cass Ledyard
New York Yacht Club
Thomas A. Lawton
The
Savings Bank of Newport
E. Rollins Morse
Boston
Levi P. Morton
Thomas F. Ryan
Jacob H. Schiff
James Stillman
City National Bank of New York
Nathaniel Thayer
Hamilton
McK. Twombly
New York Central Railroad
Harry Payne Whitney
George Peabody Wetmore
United States
Rhode Island
James T. Woodward
Hanover National Bank of
Police Push for Vaccination Amid Official Order
An order directs all police department members to vaccinate without delay. Several officers had already received inoculation prior to the general directive.
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Powers That Be
Police Department
Smith's Buchy Lithia Kidney Pills advertised letters from buyers
Letters from Mrs A E Carr and John A Cram praise Smith's Buchy Lithia Kidney Pills for kidney and stomach relief. The ad asks readers to send payment for another box and mentions a Boston mail order address offering 100 pills for 25 cents.
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Caledonia
Ark
W. F. Smith
A. E. Carr
Manton
R. L
John A. Cram
R. T. Smith
Vaccination Drive At Kennedy Biscuit Works
The Kennedy Biscuit Works in Cambridge employed 1100 people, with 670 vaccinated at the firm’s expense yesterday. A doctor and four assistants administered injections, used ether for sterilization, and provided shields. About 4% of floor space was partitioned into two rooms for men and women. Nearly all expressed willingness to vaccinate, with the manager leading the effort. remaining employees to be vaccinated today.
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Kennedy Biscuit Works
National Biscuit Company
Cambridge
Cambridge Aldermen approve Ward 5 branch library move
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen rejected the proposed Ward 5 municipal building. An order directed the superintendent of buildings to locate quarters for a Ward 5 branch library at a cost not to exceed 1500 dollars. A petition from hundreds of Latin and high school students for gymnasium fitting up and opening at the Latin school was referred to the committee on public property.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Ward 5
Baldwin May Lose His Job
Edward C. Baldwin, custodian of school houses, faces likely removal from his post and salary as the Attorney General rules his position illegal under civil service. The School Board will consider the opinion at its Friday session after memorial services. If reclassified as superintendent, he might keep the job.
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Edward C. Baldwin
Baldwin
Civil Service Commission
Public School Association
Civil Service
Talmage Delivers Bright Lecture on Good Cheer at Tremont
The Rev Dr Talmage spoke at Tremont Temple on The Science of Good Cheer. He joked about Solomon’s vanity of life and skewered misers, saying every person starts life with a capital of at least 200000 dollars. He quipped about preferring ten years now to Methuselah’s era and warned against profound lectures. He recalled a Wall Street anecdote about a Liverpool visitor and a wife, and told of a Brooklyn minister who buried five fat men in 15 years, illustrating irony and resilience.
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T. Dewitt Talmage
Tremont Temple
Methuselah
Dr. Talmage
Liverpool
England
Brooklyn
Tomorrow's Long Run Cross Country Meet Entries
The N E A A A U cross country championship entries were accepted at Cambridgeport gymnasium. Expected winner is Dick Grant with others like B F Sullivan Edward Courcey W H McVicar and A W Blakemore seen as strong challengers. The five mile course runs from St Alphonsus street to Tremont Columbus Seaver boulevard and back finishing at St Alphonsus club house.
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Cambridgeport Gymnasium
John J. Kennedy
St. Philip's A. A
Leonard Shore
Roxbury
L. M. Simons
North Cambridge A. C
Dick Grant
Thomas F. Cook
Frank C. Lynch
John L. Flynn
Cathedral Y. M. CG
E. W. Mills
Manuel Luna
Edward Courcey
St. Alphonsus A. A
B._F. Sullivan
T. J. Hicks
Cambridge Y. M. C. A
John Lorden
A. W. Blakemore
St. Alphonsus Street
Tremont
Columbus Avenue
Seaver
Boulevard
St. Alphonsus Club
Rice Estate Worth $6 Million In Texas Real Estate
The inventory filed by temporary administrator John P. O'Brien lists William Marsh Rice's personal estate at $3,354,629 in stocks, bonds, and cash held by New York banks. Texas real estate valued over $2,000,000 is expected to raise the total estate to about $6,000,000.
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New York
John P. O’brien
William Marsh Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
Outraged Dorchester Gas Light Co Billing Incident
An old Roxbury and Dorchester resident complains to the editor about a gas shutoff after a late monthly visit. The letter claims payment was made before shutoff, lack of overdue notice, and difficulty reaching the office due to stormy weather and illness. It urges clearer overdue notices from the company.
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Roxbury
Dorchester
Dorchester Gas Light Company
Sth
Fire Hits Chelsea Planing Mill Corner of Pearl and Marginal
A blaze tore through T. H. Buck & Co. planing mill in Chelsea last night, likely sparked by spontaneous combustion, destroying equipment and causing about 200 dollars in damage at the Pearl and Marginal streets site.
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T. H. Buck & Co
Pearl
Chelsea
Strikers Losing in Pittsburg
Pittsburg, Penn., Nov. 26. The switchmen union strike began with optimistic claims of nationwide crippling action but early reports show only the Allegheny Valley line heavily affected, with most railroads largely operating as crews were quickly replaced and union members numbered around 700. The union asserts success for now and predicts broader stoppage within 48 hours.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Allegheny Valley
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg Junction
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Cuba Wants Free Election In Cuba Presidential Race
A Cuban National party faction backing General Bartolome Maso petitions President Roosevelt to urge U S representatives in Cuba to remain strictly impartial as Cuba prepares to elect a president. They accuse officials of backing Senor Estrada Palma, who has renounced American citizenship.
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Havana
National Party
Bartolome Maso
Cuba
Roosevelt
United States
Senor
Thomas Estrada Palma
Washington
Senor Palma
Tamaye
Shot by Policemen in New Rochelle Incident
Albert Kane of Greenwich Conn was shot and fatally wounded tonight in New Rochelle by Police Sergeant Deveau or Deputy Sheriff Fitzroy while attempting arrest on an oxen theft charge. Fitzroy sought Deveau's aid, Kane fled, officers fired. Kane drew a revolver but was shot as they returned fire. Which officer fired the fatal shot remains unclear due to identical revolver calibres.
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New York
Albert Kane
Greenwich
Knights of Columbus Ball in Washington Street Hall
Historic hall near Washington Street hosted a Knights of Columbus anniversary event by Federal Council 465. More than 200 attendees filled the venue as a grand march led by Janes V. Doherty and Mrs Doherty proceeded, with many Boston council representatives and notable guests in attendance.
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Washington Street
Federal Council
Knights of Columbus
Feder Court
K. of C
Order
Christopher Columbus
Boston
Janes V. Doherty
Doherty
Assistar
Patrick H. Garten
Garten
Hanrahan
Joh Sheehan
James Pilleter
William J. O'Brien
Michael Hi
Sean
Michael J. Gilligan
T. F. Harrington
Cecilia V. Sean
James C. Maguire
Mararet Hurlihy
Thomas M. Powers
Alice Connelly
William Atkins
Catherine Connelly
James Callahan
Nellie Williams
Grace Madden
Michael O'Donnell
Martin Clougherty
Nellie Waters
John P. Reade
James T. Bollard
Joseph H. Battis
James C. McKenna
Charles Damnenberg
Death by own action in Roslindale
Antonio Scherer aged 62, staying with his daughter-in-law Mrs. John Kuhlmann at 83 James Street Roslindale, shot himself through the right temple yesterday afternoon. Despondency is given as the sole reason. body found by his daughter-in-law at 6 pm, cold and lifeless in bed.
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Antonio Scherer
John Kuhlmann
James Street
Roslindale
Scherer
Ward 6 Republican Rally at Hanover and Washington
The Ward 6 Republican Club held a rally at their headquarters last night at the corner of Hanover and Washington streets.
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Republican Club
Hanover and
Washington Streets
Irritating Hyomei Germicide Promises Quick Cough Cure
The R. Booth Co. of Ithaca New York markets HYOMEI a germicide claiming to stop coughing overnight when 20 drops are placed on flannel and worn. An inhaler is said to cure catarrh bronchitis and protect against pneumonia and consumption with daily use over weeks. Outfits priced at $1.00 with trial 25 cents Balm 25 cents and five days treatment offered.
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R. ¥. Booth Co
Ithaca, N. Y
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