Plenty of Soft Coal Expected by Dealers
Boston area coal dealers report ample soft coal planned for winter despite rail congestion. Imports from Maryland Pennsylvania Nova Scotia and England are expected, with trucks and ships moving as St Lawrence freezes and markets adjust. Open grate heating and wood use rise as households prepare for fuel shortages.
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Cape Breton
St. Lawrence
Nova Scotia
Boston
Post
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Middle States
Montreal
Charles Mann
England
Europe
Metropolitan Coal Company
Ivers, Hanson and Parker
Edward L. Dunning
Stock Exchange
E. B. Townsend
Virginia
Gas Light Companies Vow No Price Increase to Public
Boston area gas firms announce they have not considered raising gas prices and would not do so even if legally possible. They claim coal supplies are sufficient to endure the strike and pledge to keep gas at the old price of $1.00 per thousand for lighting, heating, or cooking. Representatives J. L. Richards and F. Tudor, Jr. sign on behalf of multiple lines including Roxbury, South Boston, Brookline, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain coops.
President undergoes incision to drain bone cavity
Washington reports Dr Newton M Shaffer joined the President’s doctors as local symptoms rose and a small bone cavity was opened for drainage. Surgeons led by Rixey with Shaffer Urie Stitt and O Reilly performed the operation. Recovery expected with no blood poisoning and gradual return to activity.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Newton M. Shaffer
New York
Rixey
Lung
O’reilly
Shaffer
Urie
Stitt
George B. Cortelyou
Newton J. Shaffer
Roosevelt
White House
Poorer are away Benvie's Narrow Escape from Death
George Benvie narrowly escaped death when a pear pistoling incident on a Boston bound Providence train caused a window to break and a shard to sever his jugular vein and throat. Station agents detained two youths Reynolds and McNally who admitted the act and were turned over to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benvie
Joseph V. Curran
Reynolds and
McNally
Wilbur
Fair Local Forecast for Boston Area
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for clearing Monday morning and fair skies thereafter. Tuesday remains fair with light variable winds and pleasant conditions.
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Boston
Vicinity
Father John's Medicine Promises Safe Cure All Day
The ad claims group and whooping cough are dangerous and that Father John's Medicine cures while building the body. It asserts no poisonous drugs are used and that the remedy does not destroy nerves or weaken the system.
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Father John
Cuba Big Brother Cigarro Offered As Large, Fine Yet Cheap
The cigar is described as generous in size with a filler of genuine Havana tobacco. It is promoted as excellent tobacco at an absurdly low price, a packet of five for a dime, advertised as available wherever good tobacco is sold.
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Havana
Nunes Had Good Grit
John Nunes of 180 Union Park Street was brought to City Hospital lodge with a fractured skull after an assault in a Jamaica Plain stable. He was unconscious on arrival. base skull fracture noted by surgeons. He said attackers used a hammer. police will investigate.
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John Nunes
Union Park Street
City Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Accidents Mar Ghiwuren Children Hurt
Children selected yesterday for their day to get hurt suffered serious injuries after falls from varying heights including a roof and a fence.
Fatal Kite Accident Atop 45 Charter Street
Michael King a 14 year old resident of 13 North Bennet Street fell 38 feet through a skylight from a three story roof at 45 Charter Street while flying a kite. He was found unconscious and transported to Relief Station with a fractured skull and severe lacerations. Surgeons fear he will not survive.
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Charter Street
Michael King
North Bennet Street
Shot At Home Wounds 16 Year Old Charles Owler
Charles Owler aged 16 of 213 Main Street Charlestown accidentally shot himself at home with a loaded revolver. In fun he pointed the weapon at his head and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered the skull above an eye leaving a serious injury. He was taken to the Relief station for treatment.
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Charles Owler
Main Street
Charlestown
Fire at West Springfield home injures Svenson child
A kerosene lamp exploded at 198 West Springfield street yesterday causing a fire that burned Sigrid Svenson, age 2, on the face and hands. The father, Mr Svenson, tried to fight the blaze but could not, and Box 83 was alerted. The fire was put out with $50 in losses. injuries to the child are serious but not life threatening.
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West
Springfield Street
Sigrid Svenson
Fell From A Window In East Boston Tragedy
Seven year old George Francis fell from a second story window at 41 Lamson Street East Boston on Sunday morning. He broke his right thigh and ankle after striking a wagon while falling about 20 feet. He was taken to a Relief station. his condition is not serious.
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George Francis
Lamson Street
Boston
Francis
Drowning of Wilfred Pare in Little River at Haverhill
In Haverhill on September 28 a group of boys playing by Little River saw ten year old Wilfred Pare of 13 Lafayette Square slip and fall into the water. He drowned and his body was recovered by the police later the same day.
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Haverhill
Little River
Wilfred Pare
Lafayette Square
Fell From Fence Wounds 15 Year Old in Edgeworth Place
John Kelliher aged 15 of 14 Edgeworth Place fell from a fence while playing near his home yesterday. He sustained a severely lacerated knee which was dressed at the Relief.
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John Kelliher
Edgeworth Place
General Roundup of Italian Thieves
North Andover authorities nabbed a gang of Italian laborers from Lawrence at dawn after weeks of orchard and garden thefts. Chief Marvin and officers Leighton and Mizer arrested 14 men with stolen goods on hand, leaving none bailed and farmers relieved that depredations may end.
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North Andover
Marvin
Leighton
Mizer
Lawrence
Mitchell’s Statement on Miners Wages and Strike Causes
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers condemns Baer and Hewitt for clouding the coal strike causes. He compares wages, hours, and danger in anthracite and bituminous fields, stating miners in soft coal earn 26 1/4 cents hourly and boys 12 1/2, while anthracite workers earn 13 to 20 cents with boys at 5 to 8 cents.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Baer
Anthracite Coal Trust
Hewitt
Mr. Baer
The Miners Strike Debates Output And Demands
A long letter counters Baer claims on coal output and wages, citing state mine reports that 1901 production rose despite miner constraints. It defends United Mine Workers and lists five demands: higher piecework wages, shorter daily hours, payment for a legal ton, accurate weighing, and a formal agreement on pay and conditions.
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Reading Company
Pennsylvania State Bureau of Mines
Mine Workers’ Union
Engineering and Mining Journal
Reading
United Mine Workers of America
City of Bangor Beached Off Monhegan After Fog Collision
The steamship City of Bangor with 12 passengers ran aground on the southeasterly rocks near Monhegan Harbor in dense fog at 2:30 a.m. Slipping off the ledge after a rising tide, the vessel headed for Rockland. Passengers were transferred to relief ships Mt Desert and Catherine, with divers and wrecking crews dispatched by tug Ralph Ross. Cracked planks at the bow were temporarily repaired as the ship moved toward Lobster Cove and Bangor.
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Portland
City of
Bangor
Boston
Monhegan
Howard Arey
Manana Island
Rockland
Spruce Head
Crescent Beach
Lobster Cove
Mt. Desert
Catherine
Belfast
Ralph Ross
Bucksport
Rockland Ship To Boston For Repairs After Collision
A Rockland vessel will be towed after an accident, likely arriving tonight or tomorrow for repairs in Boston. Two passengers were injured slightly, including I. D. Mason of Bangor who was knocked from a berth and lost his vest with a gold watch. Underwriters from Boston will reach the port tomorrow. Captain Arey noted Thatcher's Island to Monhegan is eight miles, his log reading 81 miles before he realized the overrun on the ledge.
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Monhegan
Accidents Reach Aboard Steamer Catherine At Belfast
Aboard the Steamer Catherine with 50 passengers bound for Bangor the ship lost her propeller while entering Lobster Cove harbor. Passengers were landed and housed for the night. Divers Gottrell and Goss departed for Rockland and by steamer to work on the City of Bangor after the incident. The voyage from Monhegan to the mainland was described as exciting by passengers.
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Belfast
Catherine
Bangor
Penobscot
City of Bangor
Lobster Cove
I. M. Gottrell
Rockland
Goss
Monhegan
City of Bangor Not Serious Damage In Accident
Calvin Austin of the Eastern Steamship Company reports the City of Bangor sustained no serious damage and will likely resume service by next Friday. Passengers and perishables were moved to the Mt. Desert, with Kennebec covering the temporary gap in service.
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Calvin Austin
Eastern Steamship Company
Bangor
Mt. Desert
Austin
Kennebec
Bulgarians Suffer Heavy Losses in Vodena Fight
Telegrams report about 300 Bulgarian revolutionists surrounded by Turkish troops at Vodena in the Salonica vilayet. After a bloody assault they broke the cordon with 52 killed and 112 wounded. Turkish casualties were severe. The pursu it continues.
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Vodena
Salonica
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Canada
Wales
Boston Gas Light CO
Roxbury Gas Light CO
South Boston Gas Light Coo
J. L. Richards
Brookline Gas Light CO
Dorchester Gas Light CO
F. Tudor, Jr
Trens
Jamaica Plain Gas Light CO
Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
Cuba
Cigarro
Breck’s
North Market St
Nunes
Gase
Augusta
York
Froston
Maine
Turke
Constantinople
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