Earthquake Devastates Messina and Southern Italy
Rome reports one hundred thousand dead across Messina Reggio and surrounding Calabrian towns. Rome says rescue ships from Britain France and Russia arrive while relief funds and aid trains surge to Messina and Naples amid fears of pestilence and widespread destruction.
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Rome
Messina
Sicily
Reggio
Italy
Palm
Cassano
Cosenza
Baghbara
Monteleone
Ripostol
Seminara
Sean Giovanni
Scilla
Lazzaro
Connitello
Naples
Critish
Great Britain
Russia
Charybdis
Strait of Messina
Faro
France
Rugata
Milan
Florence
M. Tittent
Sparia
Bank of
Massachusetts Appeals for Italian Earthquake Aid
Governor Guild urged statewide contributions to aid Sicily and southern Italy after the quake and tsunami. Boston bankers and chamber leaders coordinate relief with Red Cross. funds go to the Italian government via treasurers Lee Higginson & Co. The Red Cross joins in distribution. President Roosevelt sent sympathy to King Victor Emmanuel.
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Cal
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Italy
Boston
Governor Guild
James J. Storrow
Merchants’ Association
Bernard J. Rothwell
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Messrs. Lee, Higginson & Co
State Street
Mie
National Red Cross Society
Masachusetts
Sicily
Gardiner M. Lane
State Stréet
Massachusetts
the Red Cross Society
Washington
Victor Emmanuel
United States
Peace Treaty Ends Yaqui Indian War in Sonora
Nogales reports a peace treaty among three Yaqui chiefs and 166 followers with Sonora's governor, ending a conflict that killed many including Americans. Washington notes Captain Edward B. Cassatt resigns from the U.S. Army as the thirteenth Cavalry prepares for a March Philippine deployment.
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Nogales, Ari
Mexico
Sonora
Mex
Washington
Edward B. Cassatt
Thirteenth Cavalry
U.S. A
Pennsylvania Road
Philippines
Narrow Escape for Mrs. Nichols Longworth in Washington Street
Mrs. Nicho las Longworth, daughter of the president, narrowly escaped injury when a touring car spooked horses in front of a theatre. Policeman John Catts leaped forward, checked the horses, and halted them twenty yards away. Congressman Longworth thanked the officer afterward.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
John Catts
Congressman Longworth
Land Purchase Bills Discussed by Sir Horace Plunkett in New York
Sir Horace Plunkett predicting the end of landlordism in Ireland due to land purchase bills spoke at a dinner in New York. In Boston Jem Driscoll defeated Matte Baldwin in a featherweight bout, outboxing him without taking a serious hit.
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New York
Sir Horace Plunkett
Ireland
Boston
Jem Driscoll
Matte Baldwin
Baldwin
Driscoll
Castro Leaves Hospital After Illness and Exile Talk
Berlin report says former president Castro left the hospital for the Ka planter Hotel and gave an interview via AP. He said he would have stayed in Venezuela if life were imperilled and that extradition from Germany is unlikely. He supports an international tribunal to judge Venezuela’s foreign policy and notes little bloodshed since the government change.
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Berlin
Senor Castro
Kaplanade
Associated Press
Venezuela
Germany
Castro
Belgium
Spain
Bolivia
Celestino Castro
Gomez
Israel
Rescued from Leaky Schooner Modoc Near Cape Ann
The schooner Modoc from Perth Amboy to Eastport with coal ran aground 75 miles off Cape Ann. Rob Roy rescued the four crew after hours without food as Modoc burned and sank. The rescued men joined Rob Roy in Boston harbor and returned home today.
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Boston
Modoc
Perth Amboy
N. J
Eastport
Cape Ann
Rob Roy
Blizzard Grips Britain and Ireland as Arctic Storm Rages
A severe blizzard grips the United Kingdom with Scotland and northern Ireland hardest hit isolating towns and causing exposure deaths. In Washington the president confirms the dismissal sentence for Lieutenant John Newton of the Marine Corps after his Norfolk court martial for embezzlement and scandalous conduct.
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London
United Kingdom
Scotland
Ireland
Washington
John Newton
Marine Corps
Norfolk
Marlboro Notes Share Holidays and Local Goings On
Marlboro residents and visitors are cited in a long list of Christmas and holiday greetings. Local workers and families visit relatives in nearby towns. factories like Frye and Marcy shoe plants operate, while most shoe shops close for the holiday. The Marcy Brothers’ factory produces 700 pairs daily as changes in staff occur at Middlesex and United Machinery. hospital and church figures are mentioned alongside social calls and calendar news.
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G. Carpenter
Fobton
Ardeéh Schwartz
Boylston
Alex Villard
Brookton
Marlboro Friends
H. L. Hunt
Church St
T. J. Fahey
Boston
T. H. Wall
Everett
John Donahue
Brockton
Essex St
George W. Carleton
B. J. McCarthy
Rep
C. F. McCarthy
Joseph A. Lyons
D. F. Lyons
Belmont St
M. P. Rogers
Prospect St
West Boylston
William F. Evans
Rice St
Frank
Worcester
Thomas Dugan
Bridget
Frye and Marcy
Perry O'Leary
Mary Davidson
Maplewood Ave
Carney Hospital
John J. Kirby
New York City
John Kirby
West Main St
John Cotting
Jessie Pease
Salem
J. Farley Boynton
Newton St
C. F. Robinson
Corabel Robinson
Auburndale
Williams
Roxbury
Edmund F. Brown
Lincoln St
Clifton A. Proctor
Elm St
Middleboro
Laurence Hayward
Newburyport
Edward F. Hayward
Pleasant St
Dorothy Arnold
Haverhill
William J. Arnold
Peoples Bank
Raymond House
C. H. Andrews
Patrick .Genery
James’ Crotty
Rochester
N. H
Michael Murphy
Crotty
George J. Searles
Plymouth
FP. L. Claflin
Thomas L. McDormand
Middlesex
McDormand
United Machinery Co
William Smith
Parsons Machine Shop
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San Francisco
Bay State
Mrs. Longworth
Blizzard Grips
Marlboro
Mary Brigham
Horace Robbins
Mr. McDonald
F. @. Taylor
Florence Markham
Mechanic St
Natick
Leroy Wheler
Waltham
Frank H. Wheeler
Grace A.tinkham
Middleboro Public Schools
John R. Proctor
Elmst
Victor Avondoglio
Florence Brown
Somerville
Edwin Brown
Isaac N. MacRae
Lincoln
Concord
Thoreau St
Fitchburg Station
Andrew Poland
New Firm
Creighton
G. H. Creighton
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H. J. Hansen
Walden Street
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