Flying Express Train Derailed by Wreckers
Fort Scott Kansas December 21 The Fris to s fast train the Meteor from Texas to Kansas City was wrecked six miles south of here today. Several persons reported killed a wreck train with physicians has left for the scene. Kansas City officials have no details. The wreck occurred at Godfrey 16 miles south with the switch opened. Engineer E A Dewees of Fort Scott and three or four passengers are said killed.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Fristo
Texas
Kansas City
Here
Frisco Railway
Fort Worth
Godfrey
E. A. Dewees
Forts Scott
Eight Plead Not Guilty in Card Game Case
In police court this morning eight men were fined 15 dollars each for being present at a card game. They hired John J. Harvey to represent them and pleaded not guilty. Judge Hadley found them guilty, citing visible gambling evidence in the room.
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John J. Harvey
Moffatt
James M. Kitching
Edward E. Bond
Allison G. Gallupe
Noah W. Peabody
Daniel J. Phillips
Edmund D. Wardwell
Fred W. Armstrong
George Savage
James Brosnan
Sergt. Crowley
Kennedy
Merrimack Street
Lieut. Brosnan
John B. Crowley
Harvey
Hadley
Dominick Cyr
Oliver Fournier
Fournier
Cornelius McCarthy
Albert Daniels
Telesphore
Joseph Charette
James White
George Wilson
Daniel Sweeney
Michael McGilligot
John Spaulding
James Highland
Sarah Fifer
Otis Clark
Slipper Stock Show Features Fur Trimmed Slippers
Local shop promotes Slipper Stock with a wide range of ladies and children footwear. Fur trimmed Romeos in multiple colors priced from 90 cents to 1.50 dollars, including genuine Dolge felt uppers and leather soles. Youths and children styles also offered in various colors as part of the display.
Anchors Dragged Off Boothbay Harbor Collision
In Booth Bay Harbor on December 21 a southeast gale caused the schooner Mildred May to drag anchors and collide with the Rockland schooner Caroline Gray. Mildred May suffered sail damage and gear loss but will repair here and proceed. Caroline Gray reported no damage.
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Booth Bay Harbor
Mildred May
Haskell
Caroline Gray
Rockland
Gray
Chicago Clubman Thomas Yates Dies After Cable Car Crash
Thomas D. Yates a prominent Chicago clubman was struck by a cable car last night and died a few hours later at age 43. His death follows a fatal accident that shocks the local social circle. Yates known for his civic work and leadership in several organizations.
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Chicago
Thomas D. Yates
SEA CAPTAIN DEAD
Alameda Cal December 21 Captain Robert E Merriam one of the oldest and best known sea captains sailing from New York is dead He was born in Brunswick Missouri in 1830 He came from Boston recently
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Alameda
Cal
Robert E. Merriam
New York
Brunswick
Boston
Boston Bandits Not In The Round-Up
Boston police rounded up 52 vagrants beggars and yeggmen from South and West End lodging houses amid a Metropolitan coal office burglary scare. Watchman Donovan failed to identify the assailants, while Chief Watts planned arraignment for vagrancy and threatened removal if discharged. He ordered Inspector Burke and Donovan to Springfield to interview six suspects held there in connection with the East Boston gang.
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Boston
Metropolitan
John F. Donovan
Watts
Hief Watts
Inspector Burke
Donovan
Springfield
Prize captured in the Boston raid
Attleboro authorities announce Arthur Threault, among many arrested in Boston, is wanted for larceny of silverware from the James E. Blake Company two weeks earlier. Deputy Manning, who recovered part of the loot at Threaults home, went to Boston to secure the suspect.
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Attleboro
Arthur Threault
Boston
James E. Blake
John H. Manning
Threault
Crisis in Japan Russia tension holds steady in Tokyo
Paris reports from both centres of the Japan Russia dispute indicate a serious situation but not an imminent war crisis. Tokyo dispatches show Japan has not yet answered Russia's first proposal, while public sentiment is intensely anti Russia and may push toward troops to Korea with Russian assent to avoid a war move. Officials in St Petersburg and Paris remain hopeful.
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Paris
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Corea
St. Petersburg
Neglect of Religious Education Urges Churches to Act
In a sermon at Madison Avenue Baptist Church Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer urges all New York churches to be accountable for children's religious education. He warns that declining efforts and waning interest in the Bible fuel religious decline and urges interdenominational cooperation to teach reverence to God and the existence of one great Judge.
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New York
George C. Lorimer
Madison Avenue
Church of Jesus Christ
Ayer’s Hair Vigor Promises Youthful Color Restoring
An advertisement extols Ayer's Hair Vigor as a hair-food that reaches the roots and feeds hair-bulbs, claiming it restores the dark, rich color of youth and vigor.
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Ayer
Zowell
Mess
Family morals in high society spark rapid divorces
A writer laments lax family standards in elite circles. He condemns rapid remarriage after brief honeymoons and asserts that recurring divorces harm home life in America, urging a return to steadier domestic values among the upper classes.
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America
Silver Jubilee for Boston Archdiocese Priests
Seven Boston archdiocese priests mark silver and 25th ordination anniversaries on December 21. Four were ordained in 1878 at St Joseph's seminary Troy by Bishop Francis McNeirney. Curran Glynn Nilan and Wilson celebrate 25th anniversary. O'Brien Whelan Colbert mark 25th year of priestly service.
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Boston
Archdiocese of Boston
Francis J. Curran
The
Star of the Sea
Beverly
Francis J. Glynn
St. Mary’s Church
Melrose
John J. Nilan
St. Joseph's Church
Amesbury
Francis S. Wilson
Roxbury
St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary
Troy
N. Y
Francis McNeirney
Albany
James J. O’brien
St. Catherine’s Church
Somerville
Timothy J. Whelan
Holbrook
John D. Colbert
St. Joseph’s Church
Wakeeld
Savage to Actors Elevating the Stage in Church View
Rev Dr Minot J Savage told Actors Church Alliance members the theatre world is rapidly improving and the stage is becoming legitimate He compared actors to church members noting there are good and bad in both He said people love drama and will tolerate poor acting if it brings crowds and church revenue He argued elevating the stage will raise society as a whole.
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New York
Actors’ Church Alliance
Minot J. ‘Savage
Cecil Adams Brings Youthful Boldness to Legislature
Cecil Adams of Lowell makes his debut as a legislator and is expected to be a forceful presence despite a youthful look. Known for policing Lowell’s council, he is alert and capable, with other abilities to emerge. State party committees will soon meet to select officials for 1904, with expectations McNary of Boston and Talbot of Billerica likely to retain leadership of Democratic and Republican organizations respectively.
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Cecil Adams
Lowell
Adams
Cecil
William 8. McNary
Boston
Maj
Thomas Talbot
Billerica
Moving Up River to New Docks in Manhattan
New negotiations seal plans for American White Star Atlantic Transport and Leyland lines to surrender current southern Manhattan piers and lease new city built docks uptown near Twenty third Street on the North River. The shift supports direct unloading of passengers from cars at ship side by Pennsyl vania and other southern western lines and New York Central rail road.
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New York
American
White Star
Atlantic Transport
Leyland Lines
Manhattan
North River
Twenty-third Street
Pennsylvania
Southern and Western Lines
New York Central Railroad
Cortlandt Street
East Twelfth Street
Rothschilds views on Japan Russia crisis
London December 21 Lord Rothschild declined to predict the Japan Russian crisis outcome. He told the Associated Press that America should press for open ports in Manchuria, which could aid a peaceful solution. He noted no loans were suggested by either Japan or Russia and refused to discuss wartime actions.
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London
Lord Rothschild
Associated Press
America
Manchuria
Japan
Kids letters to Santa flood New York post office
Children from across the country including Alaska send more letters to Santa than ever, packed with hopeful notes. The mail will be forwarded to the dead letter office in Washington, and the collection may weigh about a ton, doubling prior years.
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New York
Santa Claus
Alaska
Washington
New Bridal Carriage Wheels Through Strike Barricades
Antonio Locasco, a commission firm manager in Chicago, hired a hospital ambulance to transport his bride and bridal party to the church of the Assumption. Despite strike pickets blocking carriages, the ambulance wagon sped from the bride’s home to the church, delivering the ceremony in triumph.
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Chicago
Antonio Locasco
Church of the Assumption
First 50 Percent Dividend Declared for Packard Bank Depositors
Greenfield December 21 Receiver Fish of the Packard National Bank reports the comptroller of the currency in Washington has sent checks to fund the first dividend of 50 percent for depositors. An additional dividend is expected in February.
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Greenfield
Comptroller of
Washington
Receiver Fish
Packard National Bank
Death of Salem Doctor Quimby Shocks Local Society
Salem December 21 Dr S Foster Quimby longtime hospital staff physician and Brown and Harvard Medical School graduate died today from a Saturday shock He was 63 and leaves a widow His loss is noted by the community and medical circles in Salem.
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Salem
S. Foster Quimby
Salem Hospital
Quimby
Brown University
Harvard Medical School
Christian party calls national mass convention in St Louis
Chattanooga Tenn December 21 The Christian party issued a call for a national mass convention to be held in St Louis on May 1 and 2 to nominate candidates for president and vice president The call appeals to all who believe war and unnecessary taxation should end and that the people should directly vote on vital questions with Christ s golden rule applied to governments by and for the people.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Der
Christian Party
St. Louis
Captain Drowned In Harbor Fall Near Mer rill's Wharf
Captain Fred W. Mailing of Portland Maine drowned Saturday night after falling from the schooner Leone anchored beside Merrill's wharf New Bedford. A boat from the lighthouse steamer Azalea recovered the body.
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New Bedford
Fred W. Mailing
Portland
Leone
Merrill’s Wharf
Finland Stricken Steamship Passengers Landed at Flushing
The Red Star Line steamer Finland ran aground near Flushing after leaving Antwerp for New York. Passengers have been landed and the vessel’s hull is leaking. Cargo is being discharged as repairs proceed.
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Flushing
Holland
Red Star Line
Finland
Antwerp
New York
Gas poisoning in Dutton Street boarding house
A gas leak at 217 Dutton Street left Mr. Bernard Dalgberg and Mrs. Angie Dalgberg unconscious after heavy drinking. Both were rushed to St. John's hospital. the woman is out of danger, the man remains semi conscious with uncertain recovery prospects. The flat is run by Mrs. Catherine Sheehan who had warned the couple earlier for loud behavior.
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Bernard Dalgberg
Dutton Street
Dalgberg
St. John’s Hospital
Catherine Sheehan
Courier- Citizen
Angie Howe
Collins
St. John's Hospital
Bloodhounds Fired From New Haven Express Security
New Haven Conn Dec 21 guards for Adams Express train and station watchmen between Stamford and Providence were relieved as NYNH&HRR no longer needs their services. Hounds near Union Station were sent back to Franklin Mass. An anonymous threat letter prompted guards and dogs to protect valuable freight, but no interference occurred by the fifteenth.
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New Haven
Conn
Adams
Boston
Stamford
Providence
R. L
New York, New Haven & Hartford, Railroad Company
Union
Franklin
Mass
Hampden Trust Company Investigated by Bank Regulators
Springfield December 31 Starkes Whiton of Hingham and James O Otis of Malden savings bank commissioners continued their inquiry into the Hampden Trust Company which closed its doors owing a million and a half The court receiver will take charge and an injunction to bar deposits and withdrawals is being sought A hearing on permanent injunction and receivership is planned in two to three weeks Whiton vows to shield depositors from embarrassment
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Hampden Trust Company
Springfield
Supreme Court
Whiton
Christmas at the Day Nursery in Lowell
The Lowell Day Nurseries at 64 Kirk Street and 57 First Street plan a Christmas celebration for December 26 with gifts of toys clothing fruit and candy welcomed. Over 100 children will be entertained and mothers will enjoy entertainment as directors seek support for operating costs.
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Lowell Day
Kirk Street
First Street
British schooner Nonpareil ashore at North Arm
Halifax Dec 21 reports the British schooner Nonpareil stranded in a bad position at North Arm Bay of Islands Newfoundland.
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Halifax
North Arm
Bay of Islands
New Foundland
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Savage
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Christian Party Convention
D. T. Sullivan
Perry St
Central St
Boston Branch Grocery
Middlesex St. Co
G. Coburn
Mammoth Road
W. J. Hardy & Co
E. Merr
H. W. Locke
Bridge
J. F. D. Munn & Co
Rawlett Grocery Co
Broadway
Central
Church Ste
J. B, Richardson & Sons
Liberty Gq
Russell
Paynten
Dutton
Mrs
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Ann
Merrimack Clothing Co
Lowell Trust Co
Merrimack
City Hall
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