Banks All Right Boston Finances Hold Steady
Boston's financial scene remained unsettled yet calm as Globe National Bank receivership surprised brokers but money stayed easy. Clearing house loans of 3.5 million and 4 million cash to the Globe bank eased tension while creditors and local banks prepared for forthcoming reports and potential recoveries.
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Boston
Globe National Bank
Ana
Stock Exchange
Clearing House Association
Giouve Bank
Clearing House
Giobe Bank
Gove Bank
Globe Bank
Massachusetts Savings
New York
Broadway National Bank
Squire Company
Portland
Wing
Broadway Bank
At Ebank
The
Globe
Shawmut Bank Offers to Advance 50 Percent to Globe Depositors
Boston December 22 The National Shawmut Bank offers to advance today to all Globe National Bank depositors 50 percent of the net amount of their deposits as a guarantee of confidence and to limit disruption after the Globe bank closure. Clearinghouse officials expect no severe disturbance and no demand for certificates. Globe Bank reportedly lost over 225 accounts last week.
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Boston
Globe National Bank
National Shawmut Bank
Globe Bank
Shawmut
Globe
Clearing Thouse Committee
Pension Laws Target Justice Says G A R Leader
Col Albert D Shaw commander in chief of the G A R visited Philadelphia on his way to New York and urged that pension laws be executed with justice and in conformity with the spirit of the statutes. He said the Grand Army seeks only to ensure every needy and worthy veteran and his widow and dependent children receive their due pensions.
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Grand Army
Philadelphia
Albert D. Shaw
Washington
New York
Shaw
Stewart
Silver Dollar Smith Dies A Longtime East Side Politician
Charles Smith known as Silver Dollar Smith, longtime East Side political figure, died at his New York home. Born in 1851 in the fourth ward, he rose from newspaper seller and fruit vendor to power broker in the Essex Street saloon, earning his nickname from silver dollar floors and fixtures. He served in the New York Legislature in 1884 through 1887 and 1889, and as alderman in 1890 to 1892, wielding influence in the eighth assembly district for years.
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New York
Charles Smith
Smith
East Side
New York City
Fourth Ward
Lower East Side
Essex Street
Molineux Case Trial Delayed For Handwriting Experts
New York December 22 The Molineux trial session was brief and adjourned to Tuesday after about three hours of examining Henry L Tolman a Chicago handwriting expert and Charles E Warren Lincoln National Bank chief clerk who identified Cornish handwriting Tolman praised the specimen collection noting strong nervous traits muscular force and weak mentality His testimony aligned with earlier experts and the case will continue Tuesday.
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New York
Molineux
Henry L. Tolman
Chicago
Charles E. Warren
Lincoln National Bank
Harry S. Cornish
Tolman
University of Vermont
Pexperts Kinsley and Tyrrell
Forefathers Day Dinner Held by Orange New England Society
In Orange New Jersey upper Music hall hosted the annual forefathers day dinner of the Orange New England society with about 300 attendees. President C J Kidder presided as toastmaster. Secretary of the Treasury Gage spoke on Some Aspects of the Public Finances, followed by Rev Walter D. Buchanan on Forefathers Day and Justice Wm Goodrich on The Modern Puritan.
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New York
Orange New England Society
Upper Music Hall
Orange
N. J
C. J. Kidder
Lost Whiskey And Wagon In Lowell Night Escapade
Two Lowell men, visiting Nashua, allegedly took a team and wagon from a Canal Street saloon with whiskey and beer aboard. The horse and wagon were found, but the alcohol vanished. Police, not yet naming suspects, continue inquiries as the owners return home wiser and less merry for Christmas.
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Nashua
Lowell
Canal Street
Eaton
Robinson’s Grove
Lewis’ Stable
Railroad Square
Methuen Strategy Aims To Lure Boers From Kimberley
Cape Town dispatch reports General Methuen seeks to establish searchlight links with Kimberley while holding a strong Modder River position. Boers reportedly pressured to offensive yet unable to break Methuen’s entrenched camp. Free Staters show desire to return home. Methuen plans slow advance and cautious policy.
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London
Cape Town
Methuen
Modder River
Kimberley
Methuen N
Boes
Open order tactics in Boer War stance analyzed
The text discusses battlefield tactics in the Boer War, noting both sides use open order methods. It argues the Boers have prepared for a decade, and emphasizes that success depends on commanders' skill, with the outcome and tactics not easily predicted. It also cautions against comparing Boer methods to those of Indians.
Methuen Still Safe From South Africa War News
London dispatch reports Ladysmith holding out for now and General Methuen’s undated message suggests ongoing communications. Prince Francis of Teck sailed for Cape Town with Royal Dragoons, while Lord Salisbury and General Roberts met the Queen at Windsor in the afternoon.
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London
South Africa
Ladysmith
Methuen
Prince Francis of Teck
Duchess of York
Cape Town
Royal Dragoons
Lord Salisbury
Gen. Roberts
Windsor
Paris Press Foments AngloPhobia Amid War Coverage
Paris papers discuss South Africa war with impartial tones, while lower circulation journals revel in Anglo phobia. The public sentiment in France leans toward viewing England as a bully and resents U S criticism during the Dreyfus era. The Figaro cautions against British mediation by major powers and notes U S Congress openness yet questions on sanctions. The Franco American reciprocity agreement draws little press comment.
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Paris
South Africa
The
Temps
Figaro
Journal Des Debats
England
France
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
United States
United States Congress
Congress
McKinley
Seven Killed and Fourteen Wounded in Ladysmith Sortie
London dispatch reports seven noncommissioned officers killed and fourteen wounded in a Ladysmith sortie on the eighteenth. The casualty list comes via Pietermaritzburg, Natal, announced December 22.
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London
Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Ladysmith
Wounded moved to Pietermaritzburg camp shift
The Chieveley camp in Natal was relocated toward Pietermaritzburg with wounded being prepared for transport. Dr Treve operates on the injured as Sir William MacCormack and other surgeons assist at the railway platform. Most injuries targeted arms and legs during the engagement.
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Chieveley
Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Treve
William MacCormack
Boers Reinforce North of Stormberg Amid Looting Campaign
In Sterkstroom Cape Colony on December 16, reports say Boers have been heavily reinforced since Gatacre's defeat at Stormberg. Loyalist farms north of Stormberg are being seized and crops reaped. Boer accounts of victories are circulated in the disaffected regions.
Proposals of Peace From Transvaal Envoy in Europe
Paris reports Dr. Leyds, Transvaal representative, says even skeptics now fear South Africa may end in victory for the Boers. He stresses willingness to listen to equitable peace proposals, complains of British cable censorship, and warns that mines are guarded but self-reliant. He fears black uprisings and says Pretoria would accept a peace safeguarding Transvaal independence, though Kruger cannot communicate with key interests.
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Paris
Matin
Leyds
Transvaal
Europe
South Africa
England
Dr. Leyds
Paris Chamber Debate Sparks Anti Semite Attack
In Paris on December 22 the Chamber of Deputies debated a two month provisional appropriation. Anti Semite M Lass es interrupted the discussion accusing Waldeck Rousseau of convening the high court to avenge Dreyfus. The government defended the move and the chamber approved the measure 468 to 41.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Millevoye
Boulang
High Court
M. Lasses
Dreyfus
Rome Paper Says U.S. Tilt Dims Italy Ties
La Capitale, Rome’s sole afternoon paper favorable to the ministry, warns that the United States government actions border on hostility toward Italy. It cites Congress’ supposed unwillingness to back McKinley’s annual message on foreign subjects’ lynching and resists moves to curb the New York immigration office, urging preservation of cordial U.S.-Italy relations.
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Rome
la Capitale
United States
Italy
America
Congress
McKines
New York
New Austrian Cabinet Formed After Czech Obstruction
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph appoints Dr. H Von Witten as president of the council following Count Manfred Clary's resignation over parliamentary obstruction. Count Wesser sheimb takes national defense, Dr. F Stibral remains commerce minister, Dr. Won hiendowski named minister without portfolio, other departments kept by current chiefs.
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Vienna
Manfred Clary
Francis Joseph
H. von Witten
Count Clary
Count Wessersheimb
Clary
F. Stibral
Dr. Won @hiendowski
Miles on Boer War test visit and remarks in Reading
Major General Nelson Miles and fellow officials arrived in Philadelphia to witness a smokeless powder test and then traveled to Reading to inspect a new segmental tube wire gun. Miles called the British Boers conflict a very serious war with severe losses and expected more casualties.
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Philadelphia
Nelson
A. Miles
Wheeler
Leevis
Judge Outwaite
United States Ordnance Board
Reading
Miles
Forty Persons Drowned in Belgian Ice Accident
A skating party for children near Frelingham on the Lys froze and sank as ice broke this afternoon. Over 40 schoolchildren drowned or disappeared, with 36 bodies recovered and many residents suffering losses. Rescue efforts continued as grief spread through Brussels and surrounding towns.
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Brussels
Frelingham
Lys
Lowell Dec 21 Retail Market Prices Listed
The Priges current list shows Buttwick BE Sherman Co and partners supplying flour coal fruit fish provisions and vegetables. Prices cover butter tea cheese kerosene oil molasses soap sugar prunes and a wide range of meats cereals and produce with regional items including Lehigh Cumberland white pine and knotty hardwoods priced per unit or per ton across numerous common grocery and market goods.
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Lowell
Buttwick
BE. S. Sherman & Co
Son & Co
E. Putnam
Prescott Street
Emery
Japan
Young Hyson
Tub
Old Hyson
Java
Rio
Lehigh
Franklin, Egg
Franklin, Stove
Cumberland
To Let Low Winter Rents For Five Rooms And More
Advertisement offers affordable winter rentals including five rooms at seven dollars fifty cents monthly a large two story house for fifteen dollars a month a house suitable for boarders at fifteen dollars a month a tenement with stable and hennery for one hundred hens at twelve dollars a month a cottage with land six acres and a blacksmith shop for eight dollars a month located at 64 Central Street under T H Elliott.
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T. H. Elliott
Central St
Hair Goods and Treatments Offerings Highlighted
A local ad lists new pieces and services including wig hairdressing singeing shampooing and massage. The array covers hair goods switches and new items for grooming.
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Raodes
Arthur Rhodes
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Newport News
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Richmond, Va
Jefferson
Hamilton
Princess Anne
Jamestown
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
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Onin
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