Burn Wilsons coat and diary ads mix with political satire
An old newspaper fragment combines classified style lines selling coats, diaries and garments at various merchants including A H Cluer and Chris Holmes with a Boston cloak shop promo. It also packs political notices urging voters to support Howe, calling rivals bowers and young Republicans too young, amid election time rhetoric.
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Casey
A. H. Cluer
Bridge Street
Prince’s
Merrimack St
New England
Boston
Chris. Holmes
Howe
Adv
Miss Emily Simpson Hosts Brackett Class Musical Evening
Miss Emily Simpson entertained about 20 boys from her Sunday school class at 87 Nesmith Street. The Brackett class enjoyed a musicale with talent from Miss Ella L. Chase and Mr. Henry G. Hardy, plus piano and vocal performances. Mr. Edward E. Adams hosted a reception musicale featuring Chase and Hardy in duet and solo numbers. The event included social time and refreshments by the Page company. Capt. J A Janvrin to lecture on seafaring life at Chelsea Review Club tonight. Ady quips about Howe in campaign pun.
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Emily Simpson
First Baptist Church
Nesmith Street
Brackett
Frank T. Scribner
A. H. Scribner
Boston
Keith's Theatre to Feature Debut of Vassar Girls Act
Keith's Theatre announces a vaudeville lineup for the week of December 7 featuring the Boston debut of the Vassar Girls, a double quartet versatile on cornets trombones saxophones and woodwinds. Also on bill are Chas Kenna Wilton Bros Grand Opera trio J A Murphy and Eloise Willard Taffary's dogs.
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Keith
Boston
Vassar Girls
Chas. Kenna
Wilton Bros
Grand Opera
J. A. Murphy
Eloise Willard
Taffary
Europe
Health department probes reveal 80 names on poorhouse list
In St. Louis on December 4 the health department found over 80 names on the city poorhouse books of residents not inmates. It is alleged that food and clothing were regularly drawn for these individuals, suggesting theft or misappropriation by an unidentified party.
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St. Louis, Mo
Health Department
Panamanian Envoy Not Wounded in Roosevelt Greeting
The Detroit Journal states there is no truth to reports that the envoy of the new Panama republic had three fingers of the right hand broken when greeted by President Roosevelt.
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Panama Republic
Roosevelt
Detroit Journal
May Bother Funerals Strike Threat in Chicago Livery
Chicago officials warn a carriage drivers strike looming after talks with the Liverymen's Association broke off. Drivers seek 14 dollars per week for seven 12 hour days, while employers offer 12 dollars for seven 14 hour days. Hearses drivers join the walkout, potentially delaying funerals and funeral processions citywide.
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Chicago
Harrison's Dragnet Intensifies City Lodging Houses
In Chicago on December 4 detectives and police swept West Side lodging houses known as barrel houses and resorts used by women. Over 30 people were arrested while authorities ordered a mass exodus of suspicious characters from the area, warning hundreds to seek work or face jail as winter arrives.
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Chicago
West Side
Harrison
After Thirty Years Mrs Holmes Reunites With Brother
Chicago story reports Mrs Margaret Holmes meeting her brother John H Keron in a State street department store after a thirty year separation. Keron, who sought his fortune long ago, had been raised by relatives in Minneapolis after his parents died. He now works in lumber at Oconto Wisconsin and recognized his sister when they crossed paths in Chicago.
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Chicago
Margaret Holmes
John H. Keron
State Street
Keron
Minneapolis
Minn
Wm. ‘Jolmes
Keren
Oconto
Wis
Traveling showman stabbed during farce in Gervais Ore
Robert Matteson, a traveling show man from Minneapolis, was stabbed in the breast at the Opera house during a performance. A staged illusion with a hidden beard went too far when the actress struck high, piercing the left lung and narrowly missing the heart, leaving him in serious condition.
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Gervais
Ore
Robert Matteson
Minneapolis
Arrest of Herbert Morell in Minneapolis sparks allegations
Herbert Morell of Chicago, secretary and treasurer of the Bankers Consolidated Home Safe company, was arrested in Minneapolis after agreeing to return to Chicago. Chicago papers say a superior court bill accuses him of heavy stock speculation and demands an accounting on notes of 12500, with accusations he, as trustee, assigned company accounts and bills totaling thousands.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Herbert Morell
Chicago
Bankers Consolidated Home Safe Company
Herbert H. Morell
Bankers Consolidated Home Safe Company of Chicago
Morell
Man With Small Bankroll Votes for Howe, City Finances Cited
A terse note from Ady states a man with limited funds supports Howe. The quote says Howe is careful of the city's money, implying fiscal prudence is a campaign point.
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Howe
Ady
Literary News on Seton Forman Stoddard and Twain
A survey of contemporary authors and works notes Earnest Thompson Seton finishing Two Little Savages with hundreds of drawings, Justus Miles Forman’s novel Journeys End and Monsigny dramatizations, Geo W Ogden’s Mississippi steamboat era fiction Tennessee Todd, and Miss Frances Parker’s Marsie of the Lower Ranch. It highlights forthcoming Home and State Builders magazine, Hamlin Garland’s carpentry, Stoddard’s Recollections, Miss Daskam’s Poems, Mrs Wharton Sanctuary, and a long noted Twain Christmas tale for Harper’s Magazine.
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Earnest Thompson Seton
Mr. Seton
Connecticut
Justus Miles Forman
Richard Mansfield
Monsigny
Mr. Forman
George H. Broadhurst
Mississippi
What I Saw in Macedonia by Reginald Wyon
The Living Age reprints Reginald Wyon s striking narrative What I Saw in Macedonia from Blackwood s Magazine. It details atrocities reported by the English correspondent in Monastir and surrounding areas as Turkish troops advanced. Casey at Huntington Hall tonight.
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Reginald Wyon
Macedonia
Monastir
Blackwood
Gifts for you at Lowell's Oriental Bazaar
Geo. BE. Tradd announces the best gifts available at the Oriental Bazaar 318 Merrimack Street Lowell. Shop for gifts you can give and will never be forgotten with unique items and timely offers. Remember the address 318 Merrimack Street for easy pickup and selection.
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Geo. BE. Tradd
Lowell
Oriental Bagnar
Merrimack Street
Opposition to Remarrying Such Persons Grows
New York December 3 ministers oppose solemnizing marriages of divorced people. The Protestant Episcopal church committee reports cooperation from other denominations. Support has been pledged by a meeting with delegates from Presbyterian, Baptist, United Presbyterian, Unitarian, Congregational and Lutheran churches. Invitations have been sent to Universalists, Disciples of Christ, Swedenborgian, United Brethren and others to join the crusade ahead of a February promoters meeting with expected twenty denominations involved.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Presbyterian
Baptist
Unite Presbyterian
Unitarian
Universalists
Disciples of Christ
Swedenborgian
United Brethren
Divorcees Faced With Bar in City Church Rites
The record suggests divorces may confront a serious issue if they seek remarriage under church rites in this city, highlighting potential restrictions or obstacles within local religious practices.
Writs Ordered For Union Men In Telluride Jail
Judge Wardlaw of the county court issued writs of habeas corpus directing the sheriff to bring Secretary Carpenter and 12 other union men held on charges of conspiracy before the court Saturday morning. If the writ is not granted, an application for their release to Judge Stevens of the ninth judicial district may be filed.
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Telluride
Col
Wardlaw
Carpenter
Stevens
Ninth Judicial Court
It Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry Howes Shoe Ad
An old advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen, aching feet. It promotes relief and comfort, urging readers to ask at all drug and shoe stores. The ad presents a persuasive claim about warmth and dryness for footwear comfort.
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Allen
Dir
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