Brave girl resists burglary and alerts police
In Brookline a domestic Miss Mary Clark fought off two burglars in the home of Philip E. Frank. She locked herself in a room and called police by telephone after attackers grabbed her watch and valuables. The robbers fled with $200 in silver and jewelry. Brookline police later held Geo. F. Willis for the grand jury on larceny charges and warrants connected to prior Boston area robberies.
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Boston
Greater
Brookline
Philip E. Frank
Mary Clark
Clark
Miss Clark
F. Willis
Lynn
Willis
Guests of the President at Lunch in Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie were lunch guests of President Roosevelt today. Carnegie is in Washington on business related to the Carnegie Institution.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
Officers Elected for L Association Catholique in Centralville
The election of officers for the ensuing six months at L Association Catholique featured lively contest with most officers re-elected. Key posts include Albert Bergeron as president and J B G Martin as treasurer, while Henri Daigle holds the long running recording secretary post for 11 years. An installation is set for January 6, 1904.
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L’association Catholique
Albert Bergeron
Joseph Harvey
Henri Daigle
Emile Blais
Albert Jean
J. B. G. Martin
Napoleon M. Lazeau
Zotique Gregoire
Alfred Douville
Joseph Elle
Joseph Boudreau
Arthur Lussier
Mederic Desllets
David
Bellehumeur
Mangin
St. Joseph’s Parish
Hildreth Club
L’association Catholique de Centralville
Albert J. Boisvert
Jacques Boisvert
Arthur Delisle
Eli Delisle
Norbert Chouinard
Ernest Maillee
Elzear Masse
L. C. Gaudette
Gedeon Masse
Club Des Citoyens Americains
Club Passe Temps
Passe Temps
St. Jean Baptiste’s
Dowie Again Controls Zion City After Creditor Settlement
John Alexander Dowie regains control of Zion City and its industries as creditors approve a settlement plan. Receivers Blount and Currier are discharged, while bankruptcy actions may be dismissed soon. Dowie offers to settle by paying merchandise accounts within a year and issuing notes at five percent interest, covering receiver expenses.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Christian Catholic Church
Kohlsaat
United States District Court
Blount and Currier
Dowie
Smallpox Epidemic Hits Woodland Town Near Seaford
Dover reports an outbreak in Woodland as 25 of about 100 residents contract smallpox. The state board of health imposed a strict quarantine on the town amid the Christmas stationery advert from Lawler's.
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Dover
Del
Woodland
Seaford
State Board of Health
Peace Near With Russia and Japan Agreement
A December 8 dispatch from St Petersburg reports the Czar and Foreign Minister Lansdowne-led discussions indicate peace with Japan is likely if Tokyo accepts modest Russian modifications. Russia would acknowledge Japan's trading privileges under China treaties, with the form possibly a note rather than a treaty.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Tsarskoye Selo
Lansdorf
China
Associated Press
Paris
Leavitt Held for Grand Jury in Bank Larceny Case
Elmer E. Leavitt once with Lamkin and Foster was bound over to the grand jury in Boston municipal court for larceny of 50000 dollars from the National Union Bank. Justice Sullivan found probable cause and set bail at 5000 dollars as bondsmen were secured.
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Boston
Elmer E. Leavitt
Lamkin and Foster
National Union Bank
Sullivan
Leavitt
Lamkin
Foster
Pardon Move Underway for Former Globe Bank President Cole
Boston December movement seeks presidential pardon for Charles H. Cole former president of Globe National Bank now jailed for misappropriation. A petition circulated among businessmen and bankers argues he has endured sufficient punishment. Cole was sentenced to eight years in Greenfield jail on May 14, 1900.
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Boston
Charles H. Cole
Globe National Bank of Boston
Roosevelt
Cole
Greenfield
Evangelist Seth K Mitchell Dies in Dorchester
Boston date line reports Rev Seth K Mitchell a widely known evangelist died at his Dorchester home after a month long illness. Born in Auburn Maine in 1833 he spent over 23 years as a shoe manufacturer in Haverhill. He married Angeline Kimball in Bradford in 1857. survived by wife and five adult children.
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Boston
Seth K. Mitchell
Dorchester
Mr. Mitchell
Auburn
Maine
Haverhill
Angeline Kimball
Bradford
Mass
Murderous Assault Case Involving Two Boston Businessmen
Boston December 8. The alleged shooting of Preston G Calley last night by his intimate friend Joseph Matheson was followed today by Matheson being held for the grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Bail fixed at 1500 dollars. Both men are prominent business figures.
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Boston
Preston G. Calley
Joseph Matheson
Matheson
Do Not Wear a Long Face Dyspepsia Tablet Ad
Dyspepsia is blamed for gloom and social withdrawal. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are promoted as natural relief using asceptic pepsin malt diastase and other ingredients. They claim to support stomach function without harsh side effects and cost 50 cents per box.
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Stuart
The Christmas Century Magazine Features Big Name Works
The Christmas Century presents Roy Rolfe Gilson and Maarten Maartens stories, illustrated pieces by Ivanowski and Keller, and sketches by J. J. Bell and Mildred I. McNeal. It includes poetry, essays, and notices on religious tolerance, arbitration, and literary criticism with contributions from Buckley, Maeterlinck, Crosby, Howells, and others.
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Roy Rolfe Gilson
Ivanowski
Maurice Francis Egan
Sexton Maginnis
Keller
J. J. Bell
Wee Macgreeger
Andre Daglin
Brittany
Maurice Maeterlinck
Brennan
Mildred I. McNeal
Sterner
James M. Buckley
United States
Franklin Clar
Jonathan Edwards
The Outlook December Magazine Feature Highlights
The December issue features Jacob Riis's Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen as the lead with a new Roosevelt portrait by George T Tobin from Arthur Hewitt's photo. Also listed are Mabies The Land of Scott Hapgoods Morleys Gladstone Canfield In the Three Greatest Libraries and The Books of a Season, plus What the American People Are Reading. Dean Stubbs Ely Cathedral contributes a Christmas Anthem with music by Dr Noble of York Minster.
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Outlook
Jacob Riis
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
George T. Tobin
The
Arthur Hewitt
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Scott
Norman Hapgood
Morley
Gladstone
James H. Canfield
Columbia University
Dean Stubbs
Ely Cathedral
Dr. Noble
York Minster
Review of Reviews on Cannon Bunau Varilla and Panama
The December Review of Reviews presents character sketches of Speaker Cannon and M Bunau Varilla along with editorials on the Panama situation and Cuban reciprocity. It also features Ernest Knaufft on Carnegie art exhibits at Pittsburg with reproductions of famous paintings shown in 1903 and earlier.
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America
Cannon
National House of Representatives
M. Bunau-Varilla
Panama Republic
Panama
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Ernest Knaufft
Prominent Arts and Exhibits Highlight New York and World’s Fairs
The article surveys upcoming cultural events including Wagner’s Parsifal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, an illustrated piece on the Moros by Chaplain Bateman, and W. P. Wilson’s overview of the Philippine exhibit for the 1904 St. Louis fair. It notes Henry van Dyke’s Ode to Music, Pett portraits, and a gallery of Christmas stories and sketches by Fox, Wharton, and others, with foreign sketches by Penfield and Palmer.
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Frank Fowler
Outen
New York
Wagner
Metropolitan Opera House
Lawrence Reamer
Cephas C. Bateman
Our Army
W. P. Wilson
St. Louis
Scribner
Henry van Dyke
G. A. Peirson
John Fox, Jr
Satan
Edith Wharton
Venice
Parrish
Mrs. Andrews
Central Park
Bill the Trapper
Alden Arthur Knipe
H. G. Dwight
James Huneker
Ralph D. Paine
Jeanette Lee
Holland
Edward Penfield
Buda and
Pest
Frederick Palmer
Peixotto
Literary Notes on Pulp Mills and Birds in North America
New York readers focus on the Lake Champlain waters and southern Baldwin Scar community in the forthcoming periodical review. Bird-Lore will feature a multicolored plate series of Warblers by Fuertes and Horsfall, with migration dates drawn from the Biological Survey data of the last fifteen years. The work, published by Macmillan for Audubon societies, aims to be a premier ornithological contribution.
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New York
Lake Champlain
Baldwin Scar
A. 5. Barnes & Co
Bird-Lore
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Bruce Horsfall
North America
The
Audubon Societies
Macmillan Company
Memory Mending What Food Alone Can Do For the Memory
A health-boosting tale praises Grape-Nuts as a memory enhancer after a Canadian patient recovered from nervous wrecking weight loss. Six months on the diet reportedly restored memory, flesh, and overall well being, with the Postum Co. attribution and a hint to consult the famous little book.
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Canada
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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