Turmoil in San Domingo as Jiminez supporters rise
U S Minister Powell reports from San Domingo city that Macoris backs Jiminez and insurgent troops march on the capital under the rebel flag. Arrests surge in the capital while the island endures riot and revolution. The New York to San Domingo steamer notes widespread disruption, down telegraphs, and shifting loyalties with Morales factions in Porto Plata.
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Washington
U. S
Powell
State Department
San Domingo
Macoris
Jiminez
New York
Clyde Line
Porto Plata
Morales
Tyould
Stock Market Opens Irregular Amid London Mood
New York stock market opened irregular with a sluggish, low mood influenced by London. Amalgamated Copper 48% along with Atchison 67%, Baltimore & Ohio 78%, Brooklyn Transit 53% and 53, Erie 29% and 68 on preferred, Louisville 107%, Manhattan 144, Missouri Pacific 94%, New York Central 119%, Ontario & Western 224%, Pennsylvania 118%, Reading 45%, Rock Island 23%, Sugar 1274, St Paul 148%, Southern Pacific 47%, Southern Railway 20%, Union Pacific 78%, U S Steel 10%, U S Steel preferred 55 14, Wabash preferred 37. At 11 am, Realty preferred rose most, while rail stocks rose in early trading.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Erie
Erie First
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Sugar
St Paul
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Wabash
London
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Des Moines and
Fort Dodge
Metropolitan Street Railway and Realty
Tennessee Coal
St. Paul
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Consolidated Gas and Ice
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Colorado Fuel Preferred
New high opening prices at cotton exchange spark feverish start
In New York on December 28 the cotton market opened with record prices and heavy buying. March rose to 14.01, May to 14.20, and July to 14.14 as Liverpool gains and continental and American buying pushed prices higher. Short sellers faced panic but profits to take later reversed some of the early advances.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
New Orleans
Futures Open Strong In New York Markets As Dec to Aug Trading
Futures opened strong in New York with December at 13.55 January 13.62 March 13.80 to 14.00 April 14.08 May 14.20 June 14.06 July 14.11 August 13.75 Hood s Lotion advertised claims velvety skin softness and quick drying allowing gloves to be worn immediately after use. Large bottle priced at 35 cents.
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New York
Obituary notices of Finnerty Scripture Alvord families
Multiple death notices from a local city paper recount Michael J. Finnerty age 60 dying at his home with survivors including wife Winnifred and children Michael Joseph Catherine and Elizabeth. Also Sarah Scripture Clark dies in Indiana Pa aged 74 with family ties to Walpole and Marlboro. Rev. Frederick Alvord dies at 75 in Newton Centre after a long ministry and writing church histories. Burial plans and funeral notices follow.
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Michael J. Finnerty
Magnolia Street
Winnifred
Michael
Joseph
Catherine Ready
Elizabeth Finnerty
Building Laborers’ Union
Holy Name Society of
St. Patrick’s Church
Sarah E. Scripture Clark
Benjamin F. Clark
Horace Carnault
Indiana
Frank S. Clark
Walpole
Lowell Evening High School
Martha
Fannie
Mary Scripture
Isaac F
George E. Scripture
Marlboro
Ater
Funeral rites for Miss Mamie Baxter at St Michael’s
The funeral for Miss Mamie Baxter was held on Saturday at her home 18 Second Street with a requiem mass at St Michael’s Church conducted by Rev Fr Mullen. Mass was sung by Schmidt’s choir. Bearers were Daniel O'Donoghue Stanley O'Brien Philip McNealy Thomas McNally John McCarthy Frank Quinn. Burial followed in St Patrick’s Cemetery under the care of Undertaker C H Molloy.
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Mamie Baxter
Second Street
St. Michael's Church
Fr. Mullen
Schmidt
Daniel O'Donoghue
Stanley O'Brien
Philip McNealy
Thomas McNally
John McCarthy
Frank Quinn
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
O'Malley Dies in Halifax at 23
Thomas J. O'Malley formerly of this city died in Halifax on December 22 at age 23. The brief notice records his passing and hometown tie, with no further details on cause or survivors.
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O'Malley
Halifax
Thomas J. O'Malley
The Wizard of Oz Returns to Boston Theatre This Week
The Wizard of Oz continues its Boston run with a lively holiday week ending strong. Anna Laughlin as the fairy heroine receives praise as audiences flood the house and applaud a tuneful, wholesome production free of vulgarity. A special New Year matinee Friday at 1:45 PM joins the regular Wednesday and Saturday shows.
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Boston Theatre
Boston
Anna Laughlin
Dredge General Poe Sinks In Snow Storm Harbor S
In Boston on December 26 the dredge General Poe owned by Breyman Brothers Dredging sank in harbor after springing a leak while towed by the Minot J Wilcox. Three of 13 aboard died including George W. Coombs and William O Neill. Eight survivors reached a scow and were rescued. two others Robbins and Bradley were injured but saved. The vessel remains sunk with wreckage threatening navigation as recovery plans begin.
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Boston
Poe
Breyman Brothers’ Dredging Company
George W. Coombs
Saugus
WM. O'Neill
I Jones
Wm. Robbins
Cook
Peter Bradley
Deer Island Light
Nix
Minot J. Wilcox
Coombs
O'Neill
Jones
Robbins
Bradley
Minot
J. Wilcox
Pallas
General Poe
Breyman T Bros. Dredging Company
Dr Street Dead Hartford Conn 1913 obituary
Rev George Edward Street D D pastor emeritus of Exeter Congregational church New Hampshire died at the home of his son in law Rev W W Ranney Park church after heart failure. He arrived yesterday on visit. Born Cheshire 1835 Yale 1858 Andover Seminary 1863 ordained at Wiscasset Maine 1863 served Exeter NY 1871 Dartmouth gave Doctor of Divinity. Funeral at Exeter next Wednesday.
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Hartford
Conn
George Edward Street
D. D
Congregational Church
Exeter
N. H
W. W. Ranney
Park Church
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Cheshire
Yale
Andover , Theological Seminary
Wiscasset
Dartmouth
Exetse
Street
New York Plans 615-Foot Broadway Skyscraper
The tallest building on earth is planned for lower Broadway. It will rise 615 feet with five basement levels and a 60 foot tower, extending one full Broadway block. Cost, site included, is about 10 million dollars, with land secured and completion promised within a year.
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New York
Lower Broadway
Park Row
Broadway
Magistrate dismisses abduction case in Jefferson Market
New York December 26 Magistrate Flammer refused to recognize a reconciliation between Albert Louis Dasberg 21 and his 13 year old bride Aimee May Hedges of Boston and his mother in law. He held the bridegroom in $1000 bail on abduction but ruled no law warranted placing the married woman in Gerry society and dismissed the couple and child wife.
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New York
Flammer
Jefferson Market Court
Albert Louis Dasberg
Aimee May Hedges
Boston
Gerry Society
Novel Show Brightens Rutland House of Correction
In Rutland Vermont inmates at the house of correction staged a minstrel style Christmas entertainment. D Henry Lewis ex cashier of Farmers National Bank of Vergennes acted as end man. Marvin A McClure, jailed for wrecking Merchants National Bank of Rutland, served as head usher. Farrar, a former teller and Waterbury National Bank defaulter, was interlocutor.
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Rutland
Dee
House of Correction
D. Henry Lewis
Farmers National Bank of Vergennes
Marvin A. McClure
Merchants’ National Bank of Rutland
Farrar
Waterbury National Bank
Gas Explosion Destroys Marietta Bank Block
A gas explosion in Marietta Ohio today leveled the five story business block housing the First National bank and offices for the Standard Oil Dawes Lumber Larber Oil and others. Loss to the building is $75,000 fully insured with contents about half that amount.
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Marietta, O
Marietta
First National Bank
Standard Ol Company
Dawes Lumber Company
Larber Oil Company
Fatal rear end collision near Williamstown Kentucky
Two people died and six were injured when a wrecking train backing up from Mason Kentucky collided with a freight train on the Cincinnati Southern line. The relief car and two cabooses caught fire, burning quickly and causing two workmen to perish. Several others were badly hurt while asleep in the relief car.
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Cincinnati,o
Bee
Williamstown
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Mason
Fatal Fall From Second Story Window In New York
Charles M. Mowell, 64, a wealthy New York druggist nearly blind, mistook a window for a door and fell from a second story window to the sidewalk. He fractured his skull and injured his spine and was taken to the hospital in a dying condition.
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New York
Charles M. Mowell
Kratz Bribery Case Extradition Likely to Steady
St Louis report says Mexico plans to extradite Charles Kratz, former city council member, to face bribery charges over streetcar franchise legislation. Diaz administration advised Guadalajara judge to expect formal order transferring custody to U. S. authorities soon.
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St. Louis
Republic
She Ity
Mexico
Mex
Department of Foreign Relations
Rojas
Guadalajara
Diaz
U. S
Charles Kratz
Department
Kratz
Mrs Parvenu and Mrs Cutting Clash Over Taste
A witty exchange quoted from the Philadelphia Press shows Mrs Parvenu praising her husband’s taste while Mrs Cutting retorts there is little taste to call good, highlighting social snobbery and humor in domestic conversation.
Trial Clears Denis OBrien In Liquor Sale Charge
Denis O'Brien a Centralville druggist was tried in police court for illegally selling liquor. After testimony from Officer Brown and others, the judge discharged him finding no sale occurred and the bottle involved was not the whiskey claimed. Witnesses described the incident at O’Brien’s Bridge Street drug store and Jordan’s possession of a bottle later mistaken for whiskey.
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Denis O'Brien
Centralville
Daniel J. Donahue
Officer Brown
O'Brien
Bridge Street
Denis O’brien
Palmer
Mr. Donahue
Brown
Ol‘ficer Brown
O’brien
Jordan
Hadley
Stenislaus P. O’brien
Butler Fife and
Patrick Riley
Butler Fife and Drum “Corpse
Riley
Hanson Engagement Announced in Haverhill
Mrs. J. S. Hanson of Westford Street announces the engagement of her daughter Ethel to Daniel Fitts of Haverhill. The six Arnold children left Saturday for Boston to spend the holidays with Dr. and Mrs. Bundy.
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Arnold
Boston
Bundy
J. S. Hanson
Westford Street
Ethel
Daniel Fitts
Haverhill
Menu Diction Mirrors Appetite Paradox in Playful Quote
A witty exchange from Puck notes that a menu triggers thoughts of unwanted foods. The mock dialogue explores indecision and desire, capturing a lighthearted literary moment about choice and appetite without naming people or places.
Guessing contest. age of Ann announced by Merrimack Clothing
Over 1100 participants weighed in on Ann's age in a nine day contest closing Christmas Eve. The sealed envelope revealed 25 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours 15 minutes as the exact age. Michael Redican came closest, earning $25 in goods from Merrimack Clothing Co.
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Ann
Merrimack Clothing Co
Messrs
Humphrey O'Sullivan
The
Merrimack
Jim H. Reidy
Sun
S. F. Whipple
Courier-Citizen
Michael Redican
Lowell Cadet Band
Broadway
H. B. Pihl
Lundberg Street
Pauline H. Kidder
Spaulding Street
Sarah Callagher
West Third Street
L. Osgood
Hastings Street
Nellie Bradley
Billerica
G. H. Hart
Redican
Door Swing Injures Boy at Merrimack Station
A boy waiting at Merrimack square transfer station Saturday was struck above the eyes by a door as it opened. The injury was painful but not serious. A bystander woman denounced the incident as cruel, threatening arrest for assault and battery while the door operator defended his actions amid the crowd.
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Merrimack Square
Womn
Fire Rips Through Salem Shoe Factory Center
Salem December 26 The entire Salem fire department rushed to a three story wooden factory in the leather district as a fierce storm raged. Peabody aid arrived and immense water was used to confine the flames to the structure. The building housed John J. Connelly and Co and the D W Ford company shoe manufacturers. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Salem
Peabody
John J. Connelly & Co
D. W. Ford Company
Four burglars plead guilty as chase ends in Maine
Skowhegan Maine December 26 four alleged burglars who led Somerset county officers on a six days chase through Northern Maine were arraigned in county court. Maynard Reynolds and Fred Reynolds of New Hampshire pleaded guilty and were remanded for sentence later in the term. John H Nutting and Geo Caville pleaded not guilty and will be tried next week.
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Skowhegan
Somerset
Maine
Maynard
Fred Reynolds
New Hampshire
John H. Nutting
Geo. Caville
Fire Destroyed Parlor in Wigginville House
A Friday evening blaze at 13 Roper Street Wigginville badly damaged the parlor furniture after the family left home. William Dixon raised the alarm and a bucket brigade halted the fire, believed sparked by a lounge ember dropped hours earlier.
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Robert Cudworth
Roper Street
Wigginville
William Dixon
Brookyln subway caisson collapse kills man in project
In South Brooklyn a stone caisson used during subway construction collapsed while being lowered, killing one worker instantly and injuring three others. Rescue crews and investigators began work at the scene as authorities reviewed safety procedures.
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New York
Brooklyn
Special Homeseekers Excursions via Nickel Plate Road
Special homeseekers excursions on the Nickel Plate Road advertise low westbound rates with good return limits. Monthly third Tuesday departures highlighted, with local interest and associations noted among participants and organizers.
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Nickel Plate Road
L. P
Boston Ass
Post Office Considers Stamp Tracing Marks
The Post Office weighs stamp markings to trace thieves. Inspectors propose visible or microscopic identifiers across offices, with bars by class and office marks to curb losses. Chicago thefts highlighted, national loss figures cited, report pending.
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Post Office
Piar
Post Office Department
Department
United States
Chicago
Washington Times
Peculiar Mule Driven Street Car Tale From Fremont
William E Evenson recalls riding a mule driven street car in Fremont Nebraska with no driver on board for long spell. A blue jeans rider instructed him to whip the mule to move and the ride ended at the business district where funds were collected by a nickel in the box.
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Fremont
Neb
William E. Evenson
Janesville
Milwaukee Sentinel
Caucasus Tragedy: Father Omar Aslamazoff’s Infant Sacrifice Dream
In Bayandour Caucasus Ivan Aslamazoff killed his seven month old son at a church threshold. He told a judge a dream of St John and God promising healing if he sacrificed the child when seven months old. His bizarre tale swayed locals, with some praising him as saintly and officials uneasy. The report connects to broader unrest and mentions France and Britain in wartime context.
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Caucasus
Bayandour
Ivan Aslamazoff
St. John
Ivan
Asamazoff
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