Living Library at Irish St John Festival Dinner
A dress affair at Knights of Columbus hall hosted by the Irish table for St John’s hospital fundraiser featured a Living Library. Young ladies represented 50 books with masks while men chose which to “read,” followed by dances and a whist tourney assisted by Mrs Patrick Gilbride and Miss Grace Delaney.
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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 will divides estate among four sons and kin
Washington notes the will of the late Mrs. Grant widow of Gen. A S Grant. Gen. Fred D. Grant files for letters testamentary naming trustees by the three sons or survivors. Estate valued at about 235,? thousand dollars with real estate 40 thousand and securities 180 thousand. Four equal shares allocated to Frederick D Grant Ulysses S Grant Jesse R Grant and Ellen W Sartoris for life then to her children.
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Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Ellen W. Sartoris
Jesse R. Grant
Massachusetts Avenue
Thie City
Grant
Frederick D. Grant
Woman Burned To Death In Tenement Fire
Boston December 26 Mrs Mary J West a 50 year old widow living alone in a Harrison Avenue tenement died in a fire suspected to be caused by an overturned lamp. An occupant of a lower unit smelled smoke and found her body on the floor as the fire was quickly put out.
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Boston
Mary J. West
Harrison Avenue
Man Suffers Seventy Stitches After Blast at Colony Site
Oliver Payne of Worcester and laborer John Decluts were badly cut and bruised when Payne struck a buried dynamite charge with a pike during foundation work for a building at the state colony for the insane near Westminster. Payne required 70 stitches. both injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
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Jardiner
State Colony For Insane
Westminster Line
Oliver Payne
Worcester
Payne
John Decluts
Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood Dies of Cancer
Chicago reports the death of Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood an acclaimed author from Hoopeston Illinois where she will be buried. She is survived by her 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
Washington reports the Marine Hospital Service will send an expert to the coast of the Gulf of California in Mexico to investigate reports of plague among immigrant Chinese there on December 26.
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U. S. Marine Hospital
Washington
U. S. Marine Hospital Service
Gulf of California
Mexico
Otero Heads to New York to Campaign for Statehood
Governor Otero leaves Santa Fe with his wife and son for New York and then Washington to press for statehood. The trip signals the administration's renewed push to secure statehood status for New Mexico.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Otero
New York
Washington
Land added near Lowell Textile School by Locks and Canals
Representatives of the Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River voted to gift about two and a half acres of land east of the Lowell Textile School to the trustees. The parcel runs from Falmouth and Moulton streets, with Stirling Street straightened and a riverbank strip between Colonial Avenue and the street centers. The move, and the near-completion of removing the old building, reflects strong support for the school’s scientific textile education and regional industry.
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Merrimack River
Boston
Lowell Textile School
Falmouth
Moulton
Stirling Street
Colonial Avenue
Merrimack Valley
Lynching Fallout Touches Godley Family in Kansas
Pittsburg Kansas December 26 report says Joe Godley brother of Montgomery Godley who was lynched here yesterday is wounded and hiding at Weir City. Investigation into the clash with Officer Hinkle suggests Joe fired the fatal shot. Brothers Gus and Joss remain jailed at Girard on murder charges. The mother sought medical aid for Joe but withheld his location.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Joe Godley
Montgomery Godley
Weir City
Hinkle
Godley Brothers
Joe
Gus
Joss
Girard
Godley
Strident Gale Strikes Copenhagen Causing Widespread Damage
Severe Christmas night gale devastates Denmark with collapsing telegraph and railroad service. Streets unsafe, traffic halted, and many buildings unroofed. Eight mariners drowned off Elsinore and several ships wrecked. Sound water rose, ferries halted, and swift storms extend to southern Sweden.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Elsinore
Scaw
Sweden
Danish Islands
Local mill scheme denied by city officials
Brooke, P. Q., and a building and loan society are denied by close-knit mill worker contacts. The plan appeared to issue tickets at one dollar for chances to win prizes from five dollars upward, but no such company is reported as operating locally. Police report inquiries from Boston papers. Prominent city figures say there is no foundation for the story and would have heard of any swindles.
Currency Transfers Show December Decline In U S
United States Treasurer Roberts reported December transfers of currency totaling 1,446,000 to New Orleans from New York deposits 700,000 to San Francisco and 1,369,000 to Chicago. These totals are 2,000,000 below December last year with no large transfers expected soon.
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Washington
United States
Roberts
New Orleans
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Blizzard Grips Ithaca Amid Heaviest Snowfall
Ithaca New York reports a terrific blizzard following a 15 degree drop. Snow today is the heaviest of the year with surrounding towns in worse shape. Country roads are already impassable.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Only a Farmer's Daughter draws big Opera House crowd
Corse Payton Stock company presented Only a Farmer's Daughter at the Opera House last night. Della Pringle starred as Justine with strong supports Alma Rutherford Molly Florence Kom Mother Stark and Carl Stockdale as the villain Hartley. Special features included Laura Comstock and blackamours sketch. Today and tonight two classics Little Lord Fauntleroy and Ten Nights in a Barroom are billed to draw crowds.
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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
Big City Casto vaudeville with four acts at Academy
Phil Sheridan's Big City Sports at the Academy of Music presents strong vaudeville this season. The bill for next week opens with A Mistake in Society and closes with Fun at Brighton. Highlights include A Fairy Serenade by Holden-Florence, four cast operatic performers, and a lineup featuring Williamson and Gilbert, Fyne and Dandy, Winnifred Stewart, Nellie DeVeau, Ford and Cantwell, the Martin Brothers, and John J. Harrington with Irish songs.
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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 Swindle Tangles Local Mills Operatives
Reports across papers reveal many mill workers in this city were swindled by a lottery scheme that claimed headquarters here but originated in Sher. The ongoing investigation implicates several operatives and a suspected organizer, with authorities urging caution amid growing public concern.
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Sher
Norwegian Wreck at Soan Ends in Tragic Loss
The Norwegian bark G. S. Penry, which left Brunswick on Oct. 28 for Granton, ran ashore at Soan and will be a total wreck. The cargo is washing ashore while one crew member was saved and Captain Tobiasen was drowned.
Missing U S infantry lieutenant sought by Denver police
Denver in December reports Second Lieut William M Kistler of Company M 18th Infantry missing from Fort Logan for about two weeks. Police asked to assist in the search. Age 28, he enlisted as a private in the 6th Cavalry in Philadelphia and later served in the Philippines around Manila.
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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 Holiday Run Draws Big Vaudeville Crowd
Keiths Theatre in Boston reports steady business during holiday weeks with strong shows and high advance bookings. Notable acts include Belle Hathaways trained monkeys and baboons, Abbas Len Omar the Oriental Whirling Dervish, Weona and Frank rifle skilling, Tom Almond dancer, Lena Thurber comedy, Romany trio gypsy music, and Brothers Freydo European acrobats. Beginning Jan 5, performances will continue with special attractions planned.
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Keith
Boston
Amastern
Belle Hathaway
Abbas Len Omar
Wenona and
Frank
Two Shows With Four Hour Forty Five Minute Run
The program will run until 1 pm and resume at night to the same hour with no break. There will be two performances, each lasting four hours and forty five minutes.
Bryan in Mexico on pleasure trip with family
In Mexico City on December 26 W. J. Bryan and his wife and children arrived for what is described as a pleasure visit. He discussed silver's price influence and potential moves to a gold standard, warning of global gold demand effects, and plans a trip to Toluca to meet Gov. Villada.
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Mexico City
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
India
England
Mexico
China
Toluca
State of
Villada
Herbert for Manager at Colorado & Southern System
J M Herbert resigns as Denver and Rio Grande manager and will become vice president and general manager of Colorado & Southern and vice president of Fort Worth and Denver starting January 1. He will oversee operations from Denver to Fort Worth with headquarters in Denver to relieve President Frank Trumbull.
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Denver
Col
J. M. Herbert
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Fort Worth
Mary Darby Found Dead in Tuckertown Home
Mary A Darby aged 58 was found dead today in her Tuckertown New Jersey home. A physician stated the woman appears 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 larceny at Dracut Fox farm
Thomas Coughlin aged 51 was arrested by Sergt J B Crowley on a warrant charging larceny of a horse and buggy and harnesses from the Fox farm in Dracut about a year ago. The note adds a modern quip about Marconi and wireless communication.
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Thomas Coughlin
J. B. Crowley
Fox Farm
Dracut
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