United Irish League Forms in New York for Irish Cause
The Provisional executive committee of the United Irish National league of New York, formed by Irish envoys Redmond McHugh and O'Donnell, held its first meeting at the Hoffman house. Leaders from Boston Baltimore and Rhode Island attended as they drafted an address urging support for Ireland's bid for independence amid English opposition.
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New York
United Irish National League of
Redmond
McHugh
O'Donnell
Ireland
Hoffman House
John F. Finnerty
Chicago
League
M. J. Redding
Baltimore
James R. O’beirne
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Boston
John O’callaghan
John J. Joyce
P. F. Martin
Fathers McCready
Tower of Pittsburg
Messrs. Duffy
Pittsburg
Kennedy
O'Flaherty
Oraine
P. Curran
P. J. Timimons
J. M. Brennan
Charles T. Gorman
Rhode Island
Old Lana League
United Irish League
United States
Canada
England
United Irish League of America urged to join and aid Ireland
The address endorses Redmond and allies while urging Irish Americans to form branches of the United Irish League of America to support Ireland's national liberty and agrarian reform. It calls every friend of Ireland in America to join in backing the cause and sustaining Emigration’s impact on Irish freedom.
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Parnel
Redmond
Davitt
O’brien
Dillon
Ireland
United Irish League of Ireland
John E. Redmond
United Ireland
United Irish League of America
America
Christmas Tree Entertainment at Old Ladies' Home
The Old Ladies Home hosts a Christmas tree entertainment on Tuesday afternoon from 3 until closing time. The event features residents and guests enjoying seasonal music and decorations.
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Old Ladies
Nervous dyspepsia and Stuart's Tablets touted in letter
A patient from Indianapolis endorses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for nervous dyspepsia, claiming relief from stomach weakness, better sleep, and weight gain. The letter asserts the medicine cures sour stomach, gas, heartburn, and related symptoms, recommending the Marshall Michigan firm and 50 cent packages.
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A. W. Sharper
No. 61
Prospect Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Stuart
Prospect St
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Cremator Purchase Injunction Granted By Superior Court
City officials notified as Judge Braley grants injunction against borrowing for the Smith Improved cremator purchase. The city council had ordered the cremator loan and the decree blocks the purchase. The injunction on smooth paying orders is refused. Jerome F. Manning plans to appeal to the supreme court, likely soon. Notice reached city hall this afternoon.
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Superior Court
Braley
Manning
Supreme Court
Banking banquet at Waldorf Astoria features Gage
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage headlined the New York State Bankers association Group Eight banquet at the Waldorf Astoria. Speakers included ex-Speaker Reed and Rev. Dr. Mac Kay. Gage urged currency reform and warned against banking isolation while highlighting national fiscal reform.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
New York State Bankers’ Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Gage
Thomas B. Reed
Donald Sage MacKay
Henry E. Howland
Amos Parker Wilder
Congress
Grant
Cleveland
John Sherman
Steam Fitters Meet With Broad Local Attendance
An open meeting of the Steamfitters union drew large turnout at Barristers hall with reps from all local shops. Organizer J. J. Brophy of the National Association of Steamfitters spoke on the benefits of organization and was joined by J. F. Convery of the local Carpenters union. Next Friday evening Brophy and Trades and Labor council building committee members will address the gathering.
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Steamfitters’ Union
Barristers Hall
J. J. Brophy
National Association of Steamfitters
Beeston
J. F. Convery
Carpenters’ Union
Building Committee
The
Trades and Labor Council
Harvard professor protests ticket discrimination for Harvard Yale game
Prof Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard History condemns the practice of distributing tickets to graduate associations such as the New York Harvard club. He will publish a letter in tomorrow's Crimson urging an end to preferential ticketing and urging fair access.
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Cambridge
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard History Department
Crimson
New York
Harvard Club
Christmas Gift Buying This Week Encouraged
Local merchants urge shoppers to buy Christmas gifts this week at home stores. The appeal stresses supporting local businesses and tackling holiday shopping earlier this season.
Corse Payton Stock Company Opens Week at Lowell Opera House
The Corse Payton Stock company presents complete productions with full scenery props and costumes. Headed by Miss Edna Earlie Lindon, the troupe hires top actors and pays royalties honestly. The week long engagement starts Monday with daily matinees beginning Tuesday at the Lowell Opera House.
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Corse Payton Stock Company
Edna Earlie Lindon
Corse Payton
Lowell Opera House
Savoy's Holiday Vaudeville Aims For Busy Week
The dullest week in the season ends with one of the best shows at the Savoy tomorrow night. It features Augustin Neuville and wife in How It Ended, Burton and Brooks, Fiske and McDonough with Brockey's Temptation, the Melani Brothers, Ozar and Delmo, Winnifred Stewart, Wallie Clark, and a strong next week lineup. Christ mas day crowds are expected. reserve seats now to avoid disappointment.
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Savoy
Augustin Neuville
Burton
Brooks
Fiske and McDonough
Bon Ton Burlesque at Music Hall for Three Nights
The Bon Tons return to Music hall for a three night run and Christmas matinee starting next Monday. The program features a closing burlesque A Mistake in Society as a bright satire and crowd pleaser. Opening burlesque includes a minstrel first part with the full company of 25 and 48 girls, followed by a strong olio with performers such as Gussie Vivian Mitchell and Love Wood Sisters Dreyden and Leslie Greve and Green and other entertainers.
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Bon Tons
Music Hall
Bon Ton
Olio
Gussie Vivian
Ginger Soubrette
Mitchell and
Love
Wood Sisters
Dreyden
Leslie
Greve and
Green
Work for Toilers at Peoria Glucose Plant
Peoria December 19 L P Bauer superintendent of the local glucose plant announced the plant will begin operations day after Christmas with a full force of 10 workers.
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Peoria JU
L .P. Bauer
Opera House Burned in Huntington Fire Loss
Fire tonight destroyed the Opera house block in Huntington Pennsylvania, causing about 150000 dollars in losses with partial insurance. The blaze damaged several stores and disrupted local entertainment venues. Investigations to determine the cause are expected to follow.
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Huntington
Opera House
Containig S Verse
Kaiser Defends Germany Art Tradition at Palace Dinner
Emperor William denied interference in Sieges Allee sculpture details and credited Prof Koser and Prof Begas for planning and executing the Berlin works. He lauded the Berlin sculptors as a high point in revivalist art and praised the Pergamon Museum opening as a milestone in Germany’s artistic history. He urged maintaining old principles and art as social education for the people.
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Berlin
Allee
William
Koser
Reinhold Begas
Begas
Italy
Pergamon
Lust Garten
Germany
Cave
Argentina and Chili Tensions and Ship Movements
A dispatch from Buenos Aires summarizes no change in the Argentina Chili situation. A patriotic league was inaugurated with a speech by Anistao Seballosa. meanwhile the Argentine school ship Presidente Sarmiento was ordered to sail to Italy for overhaul before a potential mission. The Tiempo notes Argentina’s fleet superiority and mentions a possible cruiser purchase.
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Puenos Ayres
Galveston
Tribuna
Argentina
Chili
Patriotic League
Anistao Seballosa de
Gibraltar
Presidente Sarmiento
Tiempo
Marconi's Fiancee Plans New York Wedding Next Week
Miss Josephine Holman, fiancee of Signor Marconi, admitted she will join the inventor in New York. She refused to reveal departure time or whether the wedding will be in the East. Friends say her wedding outfit is complete and a New York ceremony may occur soon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Josephine Holman
Signor Marconi
New York
Miss Holman
East
Danish Sailors Parade in Charlotte Amalie Over Island Sale
Danish West Indies report from Saint Thomas notes sailors from the Valkyrien paraded through Charlotte Amalie with music and banners. The population greeted them eagerly and voiced opposition to any sale of the islands.
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St. Thomas
Valkyrien
Charlotte Amelia
Ground breaking ceremonies moved indoors at World’s Fair Site
Severe weather leads to abandoning the parade at the World’s Fair site breaking ceremony tomorrow. Directors and officials will ride to the site in carriages to perform the breaking ground. Afternoon public ceremonies shift to the Coliseum with a banquet planned in the evening.
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St. Louis
Asquith Endorses Rosebery Policy in Wolverhampton
The Right Hon. Herbert H. Asquith addressed a Wolverhampton meeting tonight and strongly endorsed Lord Rosebery’s Chesterfield speech. He said the ex-premier transformed and defined the political situation and that he adheres to the policy laid down, without substantial reservation.
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London
Herbert J. H. Asquith
Wolverhampton
Lord Rosebery
Chesterfield
Two Queens Republicans Indicted Over false reports
John T. Davis chairman of the Republican ward committee of Queens fourth ward and William Richenstein of Long Island City were indicted by the Queens county grand jury on charges of making false reports to the Republican borough convention in Jamaica in October. The offense carries a penalty of one year in jail or a $50 fine or both. Both men posted bonds of $1000 to await trial.
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New York
John T. Davis
Republican Ward
Fourth Ward
Queens
William Richenstein
Long Island City
Queens County Grand Jury
Jamaica
Citizens’ Union
Outlaw Sam Roper Linked to Bill Cook Gang
Guthrie Oklahoma December 19 Indian Territory officials aided by Sheriff Robbins of Gasper Wyoming identify Sam Roper who escaped from Arkansas after killing a sheriff as a member of the Bill Cook gang that menaced the border in the early 1890s. This marks his first sighting in ten years.
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Guthrie
Okla
Indian Territory
Robbins
Gasper
Wyo
Sam Roper
Arkansas
Bill Cook
Roper
Gar rison Leads Boston Meeting Against Chinese Exclusion
William Lloyd Garrison presided over a Bromfield Street church gathering where resolutions were adopted opposing re enactment of the Chinese exclusion act. Speakers included Rev J M Foster Rev M R Johnson Yong Kay Rev James A Earle and Col Stephen W Nickerson.
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Boston
William Lloyd Garrison
Bromfield Street M. E
Mr. Garrison
J. M. Foster
M. R. Johnson
San Francisco
Yong Kay
James A. Earle
Stephen W. Nickerson
General Alger III in Critical Gall Stone Attack
Gen R A Alger former secretary of war undergoes treatment for gall stones in Detroit Michigan with physicians considering an operation if no improvement by tomorrow. Dr Longhear reports comfort late today and says danger not evident but condition remains critical.
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Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
General Alger
Longhear
Alger
United Workers Social at First Universalist Church
The United Workers of the First Universalist church hosted a social in the vestry directed by Mrs. George A. Peck. Highlights included piano by Miss Mabel Adams, songs by Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. McNamara with Mrs. Williams, a spelling bee led by Principal Callahan and Mr. Moody, a dialogue "The Greatest Plague in Life" by eight ladies, plus refreshments and a fancy work sale.
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United Workers of the First Universalist Church
George A. Peck
Mabel Adams
Rogers
McNamara
Williams
Callahan
Butler School
Moody
Olney
London doctors back women led massage society launch
Upward of 70 London physicians endorse a new society formed by women that conducts periodic examinations on massage theory and practice and issues certificates to practitioners.
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London
Doan's Kidney Pills Earn Community Endorsement
A local tribute lauds Dean's Tydney Pills for earning a good reputation through hard work. Lizzie Nevins of 36 Alder Street recounts relief from back pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Ellingwood & Co and Carter & Sherburne, urging others to recall the Dean's name and avoid alternatives. The product is sold at 50 cents, with Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo as national agents.
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Dean
Lowell
Lizzie Nevins
Alder Street
Doan
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean's
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