No Choice Special Election Looms in Portland Mayor Race
In Portland on December 1, Boothby the Republican Mayor faces a narrow plurality and fails to reach the required majority to defeat Darius H. Ingraham the Democrat. With two wards lacking a choice and five wards carried by Republicans, a two week away special election will determine the mayor and two ward officers. If no choice is made, the city government will elect them.
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Portland
Frederick E. Boothby
Darius H. Ingraham
Roosevelt celebrates sixteenth wedding anniversary quietly
Washington December 1 Tomorrow the President and Mrs Roosevelt will mark their sixteenth anniversary in a private family setting with no outside gifts. The President usually gives a fine gift and flowers accompany the usual remembrance from relatives and intimate friends. Mrs Roosevelt has already received lace handkerchiefs from her sister Miss Carrow in Italy. The couple wed in London in 1886 at St George's Church Hanover Square.
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Washington
Miss Carrow
Italy
Buffalo
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bishops Appeal to Methodists for Aid to BU Endowment
Boston leaders urge Methodists across New England to help finish Boston University’s 250000 endowment as part of a 20 million offering goal. The pledge drive, extended to December 31, seeks full funding after 18 million already raised worldwide for university endowments debt funds and superannuates.
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Boston
Mallalieu
Fowler
Warner
Hamilton
New England
Boston University
Warren
United States
Table and Kitchen Practical Food Preparation Guide
Practical suggestions about what to eat and how to prepare food based on chemistry applied to cooking. Conducted by Lida Ames Willis in Marquette building Chicago. All inquiries to Willis. rights reserved by Banning Co. Chicago.
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Lida Ames Willis
Marquette Building
Chicago
Banning Co
SELIGMAN VISIT TO DISCUSS VENEZUELAN LOAN PROPOSAL
New York banker Isaac M. Seligman called at the state department to present a plan for a Venezuelan loan after being referred by the President. Secretary Hay absent, Dr. Hill acted as secretary. Officials offered no statement, reaffirming the administration’s cautious stance amid unrest in Venezuela and expectations of fair treatment for American interests.
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Washington
Isaac M. Seligman
New York
State Department
Department
Hay
Seligman
Hill
Castro
Venezuela
Bouton's Will Leaves Most Property to Wife Executrix Named
The will of John Bell Bouton editor and writer who died at his Cambridge home is filed for probate at East Cambridge with a codicil. It disburses 25000 in personal property, most to widow Eliza J. Bouton who is executrix. Harriet S. Noyes of Chester NH receives 2000. A memorial fund for Rev Nathaniel Bouton receives 200. appraisers are Dana, Melleridge, and Flandam. The will is dated November 14, 1895.
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Boston
John Bell Bouton
Craigie Street
Cambridge
East Cambridge
Eliza J. Bouton
Harriet S. Noyes
Chester
N. H
Nathaniel Bouton
Richard H. Dana
Robert J. Melledge
J. C. J. Flamand
Somerville
Roosevelt Thanks Westerly Man for Thanksgiving Turkey
Horace Vose of Westerly R I received a letter from President Roosevelt via Secretary Cortelyou expressing cordial appreciation for the Thanksgiving turkey sent. The acknowledgment is dated November 27 1902 from the White House.
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President Roosevelt
Westerly Man
Westerly
R. T
Roosevelt
Horace Vore
Washington
George BB. Cortelyonu
Lresident
Horace Vose
R. I
Muffins Without Eggs and Hygienic Breads Guide
An article explains saving on eggs by using eggless recipes and outlines eggless muffins made with buttermilk soda and sour cream, plus bread sponge muffins and hygienic muffins using ice water and graham flour. It includes Maple Biscuit ingredients and preparation tips.
Eggless Ginger Gem and Related Cakes Guide
A vintage kitchen guide outlines eggless baking options: butter sugar mixes for cakes, two cup sugar and two cups flour doughs, ginger wafers and ginger gems with spices, molasses based cakes, boiled icing, and a suet pudding. It emphasizes keeping ingredients cold, baking in quick or moderate ovens, and optional add ins like raisins or dates.
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M. G
L. 8S
Household Department
Maron Glaces and Hermits Recipes From a Household Column
Recipes for candied chestnuts maron glaces and Hermits are presented with steps for preparing chestnuts in syrup, cooling on marble, and coating. A separate note provides a Fermented Grape Wine method, and a Coffee Cake recipe is included with sponge dough and almond garnish.
Cotton market in Memphis shows weekly gains amid frost
In Memphis on December 1 the cotton market rose 1 8 cent a pound with most gains in higher grades. Weekly sales totaled 13,700 bales as exporters held 75 percent of the total, spinners and Southern mills buying sparingly. Shipments exceeded receipts for the first time this season, with 43,000 bales shipped and 36,000 received, leaving stocks at 118,000 bales and 63,000 unsold. The first killing frost on November 27, with a light snowfall, is expected to aid boll opening by stopping growth. growers still hold substantial cotton in fields. M H Gunther predicts a large season total despite frost effects.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
M. H. Gunther
M. HM. Gunther & Co
Natchez
Woman saved from dangerous operation warning against incompetent surgeons
A patient recounts avoiding surgery for piles after reading a remedy in the daily paper. She used Pyramid Pile Cure and Pyramid Ointment with pills, reporting relief and a full recovery after months. The letter endorses the medicine and notes availability by mail from Syreansé Drug Co.
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Mra
Hodgson
11Th Street
Dee Moines
Iowa
Syreansé Deug Co
Marshall, Ich
Stable views on cotton crop size and movement
The speaker notes no change in views on crop size and expects a long draw out movement. He argues that the mature late top crop affects timing and that the cotton already seen does not indicate the total outturn to come.
United Textile Workers call meeting in Fall River
Secretary Albert Hibbert of the United Textile Workers of America calls a Fall River meeting for Wednesday night. Topics include disputes at Salem hosiery works, Chicopee wage concerns, organizing efforts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a potential conference with silk weavers from Paterson to resolve tensions within the Silk Weavers and United Textile Workers factions. The AFL council left this matter to the Textile Workers council.
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Fall River
Albert Hibbert
United Textile Workers of America
Salem
Chicopee
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Silk
National Union
Paterson
N. J
Silk Weavers
United Textile Workers
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
Council of the Textile Workers
Chaplain Milburn Resigns Amid Trade Bill Context
Washington reports Representative Smith of Michigan introduced a bill to place paints colors varnishes glass and glassware metals pulps paper books and coal on the free list. Rev W H Milburn the blind chaplain of the Senate now in California has sent his resignation to President Pro Tem Frye citing ill health as the reason.
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Washington
Smith
Michigan
W. H. Milburn
Senate
California
Congress Joint Committee Visits President for Message
A joint committee from both houses notified Washington that Congress had assembled and stood ready to receive the president’s message. They were greeted by the President, who said he would deliver his communications in writing tomorrow and asked the committee to convey felicitations to Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Boy dies after hunting accident in New Hampshire
Maurice Hanning twelve year old son of James Hanning a north country section boss in Littleton New Hampshire accidentally shot himself while crossing a track. The gun hammer caught in a tie and discharged the weapon the bullet entered under the arm and he bled to death after surgeons amputated the arm.
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Littleton
N. H
Maurice Hanning
St. Albans
James Hanning
North Country
Nashua Veteran Dead Col Frank G Noyes dies after fall
Nashua New Hampshire December 1 Col Frank G Noyes a well known figure in Grand Army circles died this afternoon from injuries after a fall suffered days earlier He was born in 1833 Also an ad notes full dress shirts priced at 1 50 from H L Bailey Co 69 Merrimack Street
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Nashua
N. H
Frank G. Noyes
H. L. Bailey & Co
Merrimack Street
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Natural, Food CO
Niagara Falls, N. Y
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Bosto
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Pollard & Co
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St. Albans Boys
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