Boston Ready For New Year As Hotels Report Sold Out
Boston to spend at least half a million dollars tonight to usher in 1914 reservations totaling 2400 at the Copley Plaza alone $4 per plate. Hotels from Adams House to Crawford House report full bookings with rotunda tables. Dense crowds from all walks celebrate with champagne, optimism, and plans for new beginnings across Atlantic Avenue and Scollay Square.
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Boston
Order of
Camels
Copley Plaza
Adams House
Brewster
Parker House
Young's
Quiscy House
Crawford House
Province Court
Scollay Square
Bowdoin Square
Comique Manager Leads Safe Evacuation During Large Boston Fire
James Mavrakos manager of the Comique theatre on Washington street urged about 790 patrons to exit in order as a fire destroyed the Manning block bowling alley and theater. The blaze began in a women’s room around 6 30 pm spreading through wooden partitions as crews from Salem Beverly and Peabody battled the flames with sixteen water streams. Firemen Joseph Flynn and George Spearell were injured by smoke and a fall but both recovered after treatment.
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Salem
Maas
Manning
Washington Street
James Mavrakos
Comique Theatre
Theare
Beile Room
Smpire
Hevérly
Peabody
Mavrakos
Joseph Flynn
George Spearell
William Noyes
Fasco Funds For Taking Care Of Unemployed Exhausted
San Francisco officials report city funds for feeding the unemployed are exhausted after a surge of nearly 1000 men arriving following the plan to provide $1.50 for four hours of work. Mayor James Rolph Jr and the public welfare committee discussed the issue and a limited work program may be tried, but continued arrivals threaten the city’s ability to respond.
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San Francisco
James Rolph, Jr
Public Welfare Committee
Board of Supervisors
Riot Injures Several at Silk Factory Strike
December 31 reports Mary Smarsh an Austrian shot in the side. A private detective named White from Newark had an eye gouged out. Deputies and others were badly beaten during a riot near the Sidney Blumenthal & Co silk factory where hundreds of workers are on strike.
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Shelton
Jenn
Mary Smarsh
White
Newark
Sidney Blumenthal & Co
Weather Almanac Notes January 1 1904 General Forecast
The bulletin lists rise times at 7 13, moonset 9 40 p m and high water at 2 a, with light to moderate west winds. It records cloudy conditions and general atmospheric observations for England and nearby ports.
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Almanar
England
Gompers Sends Investigators to Calumet Mining Row
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor sends three lieutenants to Calumet Michigan to study the alleged beating and shooting of President Moyes of the Western Federation of Miners. The party includes Vice President Jonathan Mitchell organizer Grant Hamilton and James Roach with orders to assess the strike situation and decide on action.
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Gompers
Moyer
Crumet
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Calimet
Mich
Alteged
Moyes
Western Federation
Jona Mitchell
Federation
Mount Vernon
Grant Hamilton
New
James Roach
Albany
Calumet
Michigan. 2 Federation of Miners
Two Men Injured In Gunpowder Blast At Quarry
In Kall River Massachusetts on December 1 Albion Mackay aged 35 of Ed Street and Oscar Niami 29 of Orange Street were severely burned when a seven pound can of gunpowder exploded in a shack at Hallock Street quarry. The building burned down leaving Mackay likely to lose sight and Niami burned from head to toe. They are both at the city hospital.
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Kall River
Mass
Albion Mackay
Ed. Street
Uoscar Niami
Orange Street
Hallock Street
Mackay
Aly Oe
Niami
City Hospital
Aged Woman Commits Suicide in Penn Yan Garments Room
A 39 year old Olive Johnson reportedly hanged herself in a Penn Yan clothes room. The report notes a previous suicide by her husband, 92, a year earlier at their Gorham home.
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Penn Yann
N. Y
Olive Johnson
Johnson
Gorham
Manchester to Lose aes Manchester
An American machine firm plans to close its Manchester New Jersey factory and move production to Schenectady New York within the year. The shift will affect local employment and reduce jobs in Manchester.
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Manchester
Aes
N. J
Sehnectady
Man shoots dog after attack on children in Ware Mass
A. H. Eldredge, a Ware correspondent, fought a 100-pound shepherd dog that attacked his daughter and son. Eldredge was badly bitten on both hands and shot the animal with a revolver provided by a beef company employee. Dr. Kennedy later sent the dog’s head to Harvard Medical School for examination.
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Ware
Mass
A. H. Eldredge
Eldredge
James J. Kennedy
Whitney
Harvard Medical School
Portsmouth Drops Woman Officer After Short Hire
The Portsmouth police commission discharged Vera V. Bush formerly of Waynesboro Penn from the rolls as a special officer. Bush, aged 28, was appointed July 5 for a six month term but was discharged before it expired.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Vera
V. Bush
Waynesboro
Penn
Police Commission
Beachey Flies Inside Palace of Machinery Roof
Lincoln Beachey circled the interior of the palace of machinery at the exposition grounds in what is believed to be the first biplane flight under a roof. The landing was poor and the biplane was smashed, but Beachey was not injured.
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Beachey
San Francisco
Lincoln Beachey
Palace of Machinery
Exposition Grounds
Erratic Judge Quips on Corsets and Rum Demons
A judge characterizes public attitudes with a vivid quote about corset wearers and men seeking money at the post office. He notes women often ahead at the general delivery window while men need $10 by month’s start, framing a satirical take on public behavior.
Well Described Amal Sadie and the Bulldog Encounter
A fragment recalls a girl named Sadie walking with her mother when a friendly bulldog approached. The dog clung gently to her, alarming the mother who cried out and warned about the dog with a taming face.
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Sadie
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A. Vanerdhoof
Ili
Concord, Mass
H. S. Richardson
L. Jason & Son
Concord
Avert Panc
Salem Theatre
Jetly
Comique
Beverly and
Sonal
California
BIG Department Store
Moody St
Portsmouth Police Commission
Lin’s
Vis
Coughlin
Nason Street
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