Ultimatums to Venezuela Reach London and Berlin
Great Britain and Germany have issued ultimatums to Venezuela with a brief time limit and potential seizure of customs. London reports no exact deadline while asserting a sovereign demand for immediate action by President Castro. Berlin confirms a joint ultimatum presented in Caracas and hints at forthcoming disclosures from Chancellor Von Buelow.
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London
Dec
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Castro
W. H. D. Haggard
Balfour
House of Commons
Associated Press
Haggard
Caracas
Eadet
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Berlin
Reichstag
von Buelow
von Ballestrem
Bundesrath
Navigation Office
la Guaira
When Reuben Comes to Town at the Opera House
Herbert Hall Winslow and Herman Perlet present a new musical comedy with embellishments at the Opera House this evening. Morris & Hall manage the company of comedians and clever young women. Scenic costumes are said to be superb and authors supervise production.
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Herbert Hall Winslow
Herman Perlet
Reuben
Opera House
Morris & Hall
France Declines In Venezuela Naval Demonstration
Paris reports show several newspapers urging France to join the naval protest against Venezuela. The foreign office says France will stay aloof, trusting the Franco Venezuelan protocol to settle claims. New French minister M Wie ner at Caracas is not arranging a quick post return to restore diplomatic ties.
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Paris
Venezuela
Foreign Office
France
M. Wiener
Caracas
Ministers Depart From Caracas As Legations Close
British minister W H D Haggard and German chargé d affaires Von Pilgrim Baltassi left Caracas at 3 0 o'clock this afternoon for La Guira. Haggard boarded the cruiser Retribution and Baltassi boarded the Vineta. Both legations have been closed. Earlier they filed separate demands at Lopez Bareralt's residence for revolution-related settlements and non-payment issues.
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Caracas
W. H. D. Haggard
von Pilgrim Baltassi
la Guira
Haggard
Retribution
Herr von Pilgrim Baltassi
Vineta
Lopez Bareralt
Defenders Stage New Verses at Opera House in Boston Suburbs
A quiet life in Boston suburbs inspires a new topical set in The Defender. The Darkened house and lighted joss sticks from Pinky Panky Poo remain features. Fresh verses about local events including politics will debut Friday and Saturday nights and a Saturday matinee at the Opera House.
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Opera
Two Married Men at the Academy of Music
The Academy of Music opened a new show titled Two Married Men to a good sized audience. Frederick Gottlob as Carnaby Fix and Billy Colton as Timothy Tackleback drive the humor with domestic mix ups and farcical predicaments as they chase a vaudeville actress and thread through a long extended visit that tests friendship and wit.
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Academy of Music
Carnaby Fix
Frederick Gottlob
Timothy Tackleback
Billy Colton
Secret Society
Tackleback
Academy of Music stage bill praised for variety
A lively review notes strong attendance at the Academy of Music for Two Married Men and Harvest Days Are Over. Casts include Amy Gottlob as Mrs Strombelow, Edna Wheeler as the wife, Jean Roberts Darrow as Sybilla, Carl Carter as the Duke, and Mack La Pell as Pitz. Phroso’s mystifying act draws crowds, with Uncle Phineas, the Ansell Troupe, and performances by Desmond, Collins and Welch, the Spray Sisters, and Diamond the baritone adding to a crowded program.
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O. K
Fatima
Mrs. Strombelow
Amy Gottlob
Fix
Edna Wheeler
Sybilla
Jean Roberts Darrow
Mack la Pell
Pitz
Dekackiack
Carl Carter
Billy Goat
LaPell
Wheeler
Mr. Carter
Dora Carter
Carlton
Darrow
Academy of Music
Casto
Haynes
Cosy Theatre
Phroso
Uncle Phineas
Alfred Kelcy
Mr. Kelcy
Ansell
Lowell
J. J. Desmond
Moresso
Collins and Welch
Spray Sisters
George H. Diamond
J. al Hoon
Billy Jackson
Boston and Massachusetts Cities Vote in Debates on Nonpartisan Systems
Boston leads as 19 additional Massachusetts cities set to vote. Last Tuesday’s results saw Socialists win the Brockton mayoralty and fall short in Haverhill. Tomorrow Salem and Cambridge focus on nonpartisan politics while Boston faces school board and subway questions impacting municipal transit and public funding.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Haverhill
Brockton
Salem
Cambridge
John F. Hurley
Joseph N. Peterson
Hurley
McNamee
Public School Association
Friends of the Bill
Wool Blankets Offered At Bargain Price
A. G. Pollard & Co offers two hundred pairs of extra large white wool blankets, silk bound and in clean, perfect condition. Originally priced at 3.50 per pair, they are now offered at 3.00 per pair, claiming this is the best quality at such a low price.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Typewriter Repairer Honored in Globe Toilet Types
A Globe feature honored the typewriter repairer with a prize listed among types of American toilets, while the typewriter operator received no reward. The item highlights contrast between the craftsman’s recognition and the operator’s omission within the same vignette.
Coal Famine Deepens as Cold Grips New England
New England endures zero weather with record cold likely to break the date’s minimum. A northwest wind off the coast boosts the chill as coal dealers warn the fuel shortage cannot be controlled. Thousands face hardship without fuel as conditions threaten deeper weather tomorrow.
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Boston
Mercury
New England
Boston Faces Record Coal Shortage Amid Failing Supply
Boston is experiencing a severe anthracite coal famine for home use as major retailers suspend orders. Tidewater supply from New York routes delivers about 51,000 tons daily, with only a third available for Eastern shipments and not all to Boston. Even full Eastern shipments would fall short of normal demand, capping deliveries at about 5,000 tons daily. Prices hold at 9 dollars per ton but are expected to rise soon, with suburban dealers already at 12 dollars and higher per ton.
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Boston
New York
Rush for coal floods New Haven yards after shipment
Crowds gather at New Haven coal yards after a 25,000 ton shipment arrives, baskets and push carts in use as workers refuse non-regular applicants. Police are asked to disperse the orderly throng as yards close gates amid widespread disappointment.
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New Haven
Conn
Bec
Coal Shortage Sparks Protests at Police Stations
Desperate residents gathered at police stations demanding coal sources. A man threatened to tear down coal sheds to feed his family as women cried while recounting suffering. Police said they could not help. Most newly arrived coal will be sent inland.
Rush for fuel in Providence as coal shops overlook poor
Providence December 8 coal offices are crowded as hundreds seek fuel with orders ahead none fulfilled except regular patrons. Overseers say the poor face hardship while firms offer aid. a local clothier pledges 1000 for 100 tons of coal but supply remains unavailable.
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Providence
R. L
Haverhill Feels Pinch As Coal Shortage Hits City
Haverhill faces a coal famine with the thermometer at zero and many residents reported to city authorities as suffering grows. The city has about 100 tons of soft coal on hand, insufficient for two weeks in schools, fire houses, and city buildings amid no immediate relief prospects.
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Haverhill
Merger Restraint Placed On Prudential and Fidelity Trust
Vice Chancellor Stevenson signed an order in chancery chambers Jersey City to restrain the merger between Prudential Life Insurance Company of America and Fidelity Trust Company of Newark. The order aims to prohibit a scheme of perpetual mutual control of the two firms.
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New York
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
Fidelity Trust Company of
Newark
Stevenson
Chancery Chambers
Jersey City
Woman Fatally Burned As Candle Sparks Fire
Providence December 8 A fire started by a candle near a bed left Mrs Mary Murphy aged 65 dead after suffering severe burns to her lower body. She lived alone and was probably asleep when the blaze began on Sunday.
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Providence
R. I
Mary Murphy
Man Found Gas-Poisoned in Edgewood Stable Hostler
Dominick Donahue a 45 year old hostler at H. B. Lockwood stable in Edgewood was found unconscious from gas spilling from an open jet. At Providence hospital doctors said his chances of recovery were slight.
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Providence
R. IL
Dominick Donahue
H. B. Lockwood
Edgewood
Holmes Takes Oath as New Supreme Court Justice
Washington December 8 Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts was sworn in today as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and immediately began his duties.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts
Pure Castile Soap for Hair Cleansing Debate
The letter from Lowell Mass dated December 1902 argues for pure imported Castile soap as best for shampooing hair and scalp. It notes cheaper soaps often sold as Castile are inferior, while Rhodes Hair Store offers various options and invites customers to specify their preference.
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Castile
Lowell
Mass
Dec. Ltd
A. Rhodes
Carter & Sherburne
Cor, Bridge and
Merrimack Streets
Rhodes
About the House column seeks reader household tips
The Lowell Weekly Journal invites Mrs readers to send in recipes hints suggestions or thoughts for the About the House department. Any lady reader can contribute at any time by addressing the department.
Florence Earle Coates Poem on a Fragile Babe
A short verse from American Kitchen Magazine by Florence Earle Coates celebrates a child too delicate for farm labor. The speaker laments lacking a practical helper, grateful that the infant’s health and wealth allow rest, while the babe remains dependent and cherished.
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Florence Earle Coates
American Kitchen Magazine
Fireside nostalgia and carpetless homes in modern life
The article laments changes in home life recounting the shift from fireside gatherings to outside entertainments. It praises carpetless floors for cleanliness while noting polishing effort, discusses laundry trends toward ironing most items, and reflects on holiday pressures from Thanksgiving to Christmas reducing seasonal spirit. It argues for simpler living to preserve health and well being.
Stumbling blocks in sponge cake making revealed
A reader notes that a key hurdle in baking good sponge cake is rushing the dough into the oven. Delays cause the batter to lose rise and texture, reducing overall quality of the finished cake.
Ready for the oven least of all sponge cake
A collection of sponge cake recipes from various sources outlines four methods. No 1 uses three eggs with sugar and milk, mixed with flour and baking powder, baked. No 2 adds vanilla and boiling water, baked quickly. No 3 folds in lemon extract and cream of tartar. No 4 combines eggs sugar flour baking powder and milk butter.
Teach Your Daughters to Cook Sayings from Health Journal
A Health Journal piece urges mothers to teach daughters cooking at age 12. It argues that cooking skill is essential for all women, rich or poor, and criticizes those who cannot prepare meals or supervise household meals when needed.
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Health Journal
New Treatment of Cereals by Dry Heating
Dr. Alexander P. Anderson of Columbia University reports a method that dry heats cereal grains to break starch crystals, yielding grains that store well, sterilize in a saturated atmosphere, and expand in bulk. He notes enhanced sweetness and faster digestion with varied heat, enabling flavor changes.
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Alexander P. Anderson
Columbia University
Anderson
The Empress Dowager and the Gas Meter
Wu reveals a gas meter to the Empress Dowager in America describing it as a mysterious device that never stops measuring and seems beyond control. They discuss civilization and fate as the meter records consumption while they sleep and wake, with the gas company unable to read its output.
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America
Tsi Ann
Confucius
Pale Green Mountains
Moonshiner Pritts sells farm for legal distillery
Peter A. Johns, Fayette County register and recorder, has purchased most of the Pritts farm in Saltlick township to build a government supervised legal distillery. The piece notes the end of illegal moonshine in the Laurel Hill Mountains as Johns eyes a new career move.
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Peter A. Johns
Register and Recorder
Fayette
Pritts Farm
Saltlick Township
John
Register
Recorder
Bill Pritts
Philadelphia
North American
Hood's Lotion Review Promotes Soothing Lotion
Hood's Lotion is described as soothing healing and antiseptic with a refined fragrance. It softens rough skin, offering a gentle product praised by well bred people and sold in large bottles for 36 cents.
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Hood
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