Living Library party highlights a novel fundraising event
A dress affair by the Irish table for St. John's hospital drew couples to Knights of Columbus hall where a Living Library game had men choose from 50 book representations worn by young ladies. The event, organized by Mrs Patrick Gilbride and Miss Grace Delaney, featured book themed costumes and a whist tourney, with many local young women named as book participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Hospital
Knights of Columbus
Middlesex Orchestra
Patrick Gilbride
Grace Delaney
Julia Rafter
Clotilda Delaney
Helen Murphy
Etta Burns
Mollie O’brien
John W. McEvoy
Sadie Kelley
Josephine Murphy
Alice Murphy
Harriet Gormley
Mollie Murphy
Isabelle Rinn
Estelle Green
Minnie Teague
Mary Riley
Mariette Delaney
Mary Sullivan
Emma Lynch
Elizabeth Delaney
Rosalie Roach
Helen Keyes
May Lang
Mary Joyce
Alice O'Donnell
Elizabeth Kelley
Katherine Crowley
Anna Coughlin
Grant family estate divided into four shares in will
The will of the late Mrs. Grant widow of Gen. A S Grant was filed in Washington. Gen. Fred D. Grant, executor designate, explains the estate totals about 234,131 with Massachusetts avenue house and near 200000 in securities. The will splits the estate into four equal shares for the Grants and Sartoris with trusts for the families and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Ellen W. Sartoris
Jesse R. Grant
Massachusetts Avenue
Thie City
Grant
Frederick D. Grant
Widow Mary West Perishes In Tenement Fire
Boston authority reports Mrs. Mary J. West a 50 year old widow living alone on Harrison Avenue was burned to death in a mid afternoon tenement fire. An occupant of a neighboring unit detected smoke and found her body on the floor after extinguishing a small blaze thought to be caused by an overturned lamp.
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Boston
Mary J. West
Harrison Avenue
Foreman and laborer injured in dynamite blast at state colony
Oliver Payne of Worcester, a foreman, struck a buried dynamite charge while laying a foundation near the Westminster line at the state colony for the insane. The explosion caused severe cuts and bruises. Payne required 70 stitches. John Decluts, a laborer, was also hurt but not fatally.
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Jardiner
State Colony For Insane
Westminster Line
Oliver Payne
Worcester
Payne
John Decluts
Mary Hartwell Catherwood Dies in Chicago
Chicago December 26 Mrs Mary Hartwell Catherwood noted author dies at home from cancer Interment planned in Hoopeston Illinois her old home She is survived by husband John Steel Catherwood and a daughter
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Chicago
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Hoopston
Ill
John Steel Catherwood
Plague Probe Planned for Gulf of California Immigrants
Washington dispatches a Marine Hospital Service expert to the Gulf of California coast in Mexico to investigate reports of plague among arriving Chinese immigrants.
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U. S. Marine Hospital
Washington
U. S. Marine Hospital Service
Gulf of California
Mexico
Otero Heads to New York to Push New Mexico Statehood
Santa Fe New Mexico December 26 Gov Otero and his wife and son depart for New York to begin lobbying efforts for statehood before proceeding to Washington. The move signals renewed momentum in the statehood campaign led by the governorship.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Otero
New York
Washington
Land for Lowell Textile school expanded by Merrimack River
Representatives of the Locks and Canals on the Merrimack river voted to trustees of the Lowell Textile school an additional tract of land east of the school site, bounded by Falmouth Moulton Stirling and Colonial avenues, plus a river bank strip, totaling about two and a half acres. The action honors founders and managers for broad textile education. Removal work from the old building is nearly finished.
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Merrimack River
Boston
Lowell Textile School
Falmouth
Moulton
Stirling Street
Colonial Avenue
Merrimack Valley
Lynching in Kansas link to Godley brothers
Pittsburg Kansas reports Joe Godley brother of Montgomery Godley who was lynched yesterday is wounded and hiding at Weir City. Investigation suggests Joe fired the shot that killed the policeman. Brothers Gus and Joss jailed at Girard for suspected involvement. Mother seeks medical aid but omits son’s location.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Joe Godley
Montgomery Godley
Weir City
Hinkle
Godley Brothers
Joe
Gus
Joss
Girard
Godley
Strident gale cripples Copenhagen streets and ships
Copenhagen reports the worst Christmas night gale in years. Telecommunication and rail services halted, streets unsafe, trams down, and many buildings unroofed. Several deaths and numerous injuries plus shipwrecks off Elsinore and the G. 8. Penry loss. soundings show rising water and ferry service suspended.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Elsinore
Scaw
Sweden
Danish Islands
Denial of Mill Lottery Scheme Circles Local Officials
Local mill workers and city leaders dismiss a Boston linked lottery tale. The plan supposedly sold $1 tickets with chances at prizes from $5 upward, but no local company is operating such a scheme and police report only inquiries from Boston papers. Prominent men close to workers say there is no foundation and they'd hear complaints if any swindle existed.
Treasury transfers show December currency outflows for several cities
Washington reports December currency movements totaling 1,446,000 to New Orleans against New York deposits, 700,000 to San Francisco, and 1,369,000 to Chicago. These totals are 2,000,000 less than last December, with no large additional transfers expected soon.
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Washington
United States
Roberts
New Orleans
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Blizzard Strikes Ithaca With Heavy Snowfall
Ithaca New York reports a terrific blizzard with a 15 degree drop in temperature. Today’s snowfall is the heaviest of the year and surrounding towns report worse conditions as country roads become impassable.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Mt the Cherries Corse Payton Stock company at Opera House
A full house last night saw Only a Farmer's Daughter performed with Della Pringle as Justine and Alma Rutherford as Molly. Florence Kom and Harry McKee led strong supporting turns while Carl Stockdale played the villain. Laura Comstock and a blackface sketch drew high note. Today and tonight feature Little Lord Fauntleroy and Ten Nights in a Barroom.
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Corse Payton Stock Company
Alma Rutherford
Molly
Florence Kom
Stark
Harry McKee
Sammy Green
Carl Stockdale
Jack Hartley
Mr. Bertram
Laura Comstock
Blackamours
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Casto Theatre to Feature Irish Serenade and Vaudeville Act
The Phil Sheridan's Big City Sports at the Academy of Music presents top vaudeville. Opening act A Mistake in Society and closing Fun at Brighton headline a strong week at Casto Theatre. Manager Haynes curates a clean entertainment bill including A Fairy Serenade by Holden-Florence company and a lineup of acts from Williamson and Gilbert Fyne and Dandy Winnifred Stewart Nellie DeVeau Ford and Cantwell the Martin Brothers and John J Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Sheridan
Academy of Music
Brighton
Haynes
Casto
Ireland
Holden-Florence
Killarney
Williamson and
Gilbert
Fyne and
Dandy
Winnifred Stewart
Nellie DeVeau
Ford and
Cantwell
Martin Brothers
John J. Harrington
Lottery scheme swindles mills operatives across city
A surge of reports across papers describes a lottery fraud that swindled many mill workers in this city. While touted as based here, the operation traces back to a firm founded in Sher. Authorities warn of further Lloyd of risks and urge scrutiny of similar schemes affecting workers.
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Sher
Norwegian Wreck Near Soan Claims Captain and Sailors
The Norwegian bark G. S. Penry, which left Brunswick on October 28 for Granton, is ashore at Soan and likely a total wreck. Cargo washes ashore as one crew member is saved and Captain Tobiasen drowns.
Missing U S infantry lieutenant searched by Denver police
Denver reports Second Lieut Wm M Kistler of Company M 18th Infantry missing from Fort Logan for nearly two weeks. A 28 year old veteran who enlisted in the 6th Cavalry in Philadelphia, he served in the Philippines near Manila. The Denver police department has been asked to aid in the search.
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Denver
Col
Wm. M. Kistler
18Th U. S. Infantry
Fort Logan
Denver Police Department
Kistler
6Th Cavalry
Philadelphia
Philippines
Manila
Keiths Theatre Announces Holiday Vaudeville Lineup
Keith's Theatre in Boston reports strong holiday business with steady attendance and high advance bookings. Beginning December 29 a marquee program features Belle Hathaway's trained monkeys and baboons, Abbas Len Omar the Oriental Whirling Dervish, Weona and Frank marksmanship, Tom Almond dancer, Brooks-brothers, Lena Thurber with coons, Romany trio gypsy musicians, and Brothers Freydo European acrobats, with further acts planned for January 5 and beyond.
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Keith
Boston
Amastern
Belle Hathaway
Abbas Len Omar
Wenona and
Frank
Two Shows Run From Noon To Night With Breaks
The schedule runs until 1 p m and again until the same hour at night without a break. There will be two shows lasting four hours and forty five minutes each.
Bryan in Mexico on Pleasure Visit With Family
W J Bryan arrived in Mexico City for a pleasure trip with his wife and children. He discussed silver and the gold standard noting that Mexico’s adoption of gold could affect silver prices and global demand for gold. He plans a trip to Toluca to meet Gov Villada, a personal friend.
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Mexico City
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
India
England
Mexico
China
Toluca
State of
Villada
Herbert for Manager of Colorado & Southern
J M Herbert resigns as Denver Rio Grande manager and will become vice president and general manager of the Colorado & Southern and vice president of the Fort Worth and Denver, effective January 1. He will oversee operations from Denver to Fort Worth with headquarters in Denver, in an announcement by Frank Trumbull.
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Denver
Col
J. M. Herbert
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Fort Worth
Death in Tuckertown: Mary A. Darby Found Dead at Home
In Tuckertown New Jersey on December 26 Mary A Darby aged 58 was found dead in her residence. A doctor who responded said the woman appeared to have been choked to death. She lived alone and no motive is known.
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Tuckertown
N. J
Mary A. Darby
Here
Arrest on Warrant for Dracut Larceny of Horse and Harness
Thomas Coughlin aged 51 was arrested by Sergt J B Crowley on a warrant charging larceny of a horse and buggy and harness from the Fox farm in Dracut about a year ago. Now that Marconi has succeeded the girl who rejected him may send her regrets by wireless.
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Thomas Coughlin
J. B. Crowley
Fox Farm
Dracut
Marconi
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G. S. Penry
Beecham
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Istillors
Kentucky
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NEW York Cloak and Suit CO
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Worcester, Mass
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mass
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Winchester Pile Cure
Py Express
Winchester Pill Cure CO
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Courier-Gitizen CO
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