Gets 25 Years Habitual Criminal Sentenced in Dedham
In Norfolk superior criminal court Judge Aiken sentenced George Nichols of Philadelphia to 25 years at hard labor as an habitual criminal. Nichols, age 60, already serving 10 to 15 years for a prior Boston area conviction, used aliases including Adolph Bender and Philip Webber. He faces removal upon presidential clemency.
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Dedham
George Nichols
Philadephia
Massachusetts
Norfolk Superior
Suffolk County
Boston
Wren Wein
Nichols
Albert Steiner
Germany
United States
Adoph Bender
Charles Lewis
Philip Donnelly
Philip Webber
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Bristol
Nichove
Mien
Wallace Pierce
Joseph F. Donovan
Milton
Donovan
Aiken
Ammon Questions Miller In Brooklyn Asset Hearing
Col Robert A Ammon and William F Miller of the Franklin syndicate appeared before Referee Tilney in Brooklyn for an adjourned hearing on assets. Miller, moved from Sing Sing, testified as Ammon sought papers and full details about the syndicate assets while Ammon pressed to continue Miller's examination.
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New York
Robert A. Ammon
William F. Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Tilney
Brooklyn
Haring O Ammon
Miller
Sing Sing
Ammon
Tombs
Sen
Co. Ammon
Col. Ammon
Miler
Kin
Mil
Pineapple and Butternut Pills Promise One Night Cure
An advertisement touts Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a night solution for liver and bowel issues and chronic constipation. It claims rapid relief from sick headaches, biliousness, and sleep disturbances, promising renewed appetite and sound sleep after one week’s use, with a 26 cent price and a signature by W. F. Smith.
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Smith
W. F. Smith
Burrows Sets Date for Smoot Inquiry Resumption
Washington December 29 Senator Burrows chairman of the Senate privileges and elections committee said the Smoot inquiry will likely reconvene on Saturday January 9 to consider Smoots reply. He noted no decision to widen the probe but said that if the defense challenges sources of the accusations the panel may hear witnesses and possibly examine Mormon church practices in marriage and politics. He declined to forecast outcomes.
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Washington
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Chaiyman Burrows
Newport Storm Swept by Winter Thunderstorm
Newport R I reports a rare storm day with snow hail and rain amid thunder and lightning. Temperatures ranged from 8 degrees above zero to 34 by evening as Easton's beach seawater flooded the road and Cliffwalk. Lightning struck the stone St Marys church steeple and Trinity church wooden spire but suffered no serious damage.
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Newport R. I
Easton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Trinity Church
Lawsuit seeks 405000 in Kiowa sinking damages
Proctors for Clyde Steamship sue American Steamship in federal court for 405000 dollars total after the Kiowa sank near Boston harbor following a collision with the Admiral Dewey. They claim the Dewey crew failed to maintain proper lookout and give proper signals in thick weather, with the Kiowa anchored due to a heavy snowstorm.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
Fire destroys hotel and stores in Montpelier
A hotel, a general store, and a residence owned by C. C. Ainsworth burned tonight in Montpelier, VT, caused by a defective flue. Total loss estimated at about $4000.
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Montpelier
C. C. Ainsworth
Renewal of Push to Repeal Great Lakes Buiz Treaty
Ottawa dispatch reports discussion of Canada building an armed Great Lakes cruiser. Under Secretary Pope notes no binding treaty limits US or Canada vessel numbers or armament on the lakes. State Department has no current notice of explicit Canadian plan and Congress will likely renew efforts to repeal or modify the treaty when it reconvenes.
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Ottawa
Ont
Great Lakes
Pope
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Washington
State Department
Lakes
Congress
Young's claim heard in Dresser bankruptcy case
In New York on December 29 the hearing on John W Young's claim for United States Shipbuilding securities opened as part of Dresser bankruptcy proceedings. Witness S Hirsch reported holding twenty five Shipbuilding bonds, two hundred shares of preferred stock, and warehouse receipts for silks pledged to secure a $28 000 loan. He had already delivered thirty bonds to Young by court order, but a $3600 claim remains. A creditors meeting followed with questions on related storage and release of silks. the Young claim hearing was adjourned to January 10.
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New York
John W. Young
United States Shipbuilding
Dresser
S. Hirsch
S. Hirsch and Company
Bullen
Dresser and Company
Young
Hirsch and Company
Christmas decorations at Abbott Worsted Forge Village mill
Workers at Abbott Worsted Co. Forge Village decorated the mill interior with flags bunting and colored paper to spell Merry Christmas and Happy New Year The elaborate displays impressed visitors and underscored a strong employer employee bond fostering prosperity into 1904
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England
Abbott Worsted Co
Frank Hindle
Forge Village
Hindle
North Billerica Father Mathew T A Society Meeting
The Father Mathew T A society met at Mathew hall with officers elected for six months and four new membership propositions. A committee of eight formed to run a whist tournament starting next Thursday, offering three prizes after ten nights of play. Officers include President Edward A Morris and others. Fr Desroch es serves as spiritual director. The day saw record cold with Dunham store at 5 below, B M railroad station 3 below, Talbot avenue 7 below at 6 am. Mr and Mrs Walter Sutcliffe welcomed a daughter born Sunday.
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Father Mathew T. A. Society
Mathew Hall
Edward A. Morris
Neal R. Mahoney
Timothy McCarthy
Edward Riley
Frederick Gannon
Carl Delehanty
John Hughes
John&. Welsh
Martin Conway
Wm. Halley
James Higgins
Fred Carr
Owen Flynn
Thomas Twomer
Fr. Desroches
James Burke
George L. Dunham
Talbot Avenue
Walter Sutcliffe
Sunday
Plant Estate Reveals Henry Plant Heirs Shares
New York December report by the surrogate court appraiser calculates Henry B. Plant's gross personal estate at 12.729 million with 50 000 Henry B Plant company shares valued at 12.167 million. Net personal estate after deductions 11.974 million. widow Margaret Plant to receive 3.947 million and son step son Morton F Plant 7.895 million. The second half was nearly played and nobody killed yet. The crowd was impatient and ugly. Perhaps a grand stand will collapse.
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New York
Henry B. Plant
Plant
Henry B. Plant Company
Margaret Plant
Morton F. Plant
Puck
Westinghouse Buys Control of Key Transit Line
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing buys a controlling interest in the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit Co for about $6,000,000. The plan is to power the line with electricity to prove its use for freight and passenger service. It is also reported the company will later transfer its interest to a railroad company.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Lackawanna
Heir to Half-Million Fortunes Found in Vermont
Washington Vermont dec 29 Ella M Spooner a young woman is sole heir of Thomas Newman who died recently at Wheeling WV leaving bank deposits and securities worth over 500000 dollars Newman lived modestly and locals were surprised by the fortune Miss Spooner has begun steps to secure her inheritance.
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Washington
Vermont
Ella M. Spooner
Thomas Newman
Wheeling
W. Va
Newman
Miss Spooner
Captain Cottrell Freed From Blame Exonerated in Roosevelt Funeral Incident
New York police Captain Cottrell and three detective sergeants along with two patrolmen were exonerated of neglect of duty after A B Denning reached President Roosevelt at the funeral of his uncle James K Gracie in New York. The ruling cleared the officers of charges tied to the event in the city weeks earlier.
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New York
Cottrell
A. B. Denning
Roosevelt
James K. Gracie
Blaze Burns Peabody Leather Shop
A fire tonight destroyed the carrying shop owned by John A. Lord and used by Henry E. Holden, a leather manufacturer. Loss to building and contents is estimated at 13000 dollars.
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Yeavody
John A. Lord
Henry E. Holden
Card of Thanks From Mr and Mrs Cole
Mr and Mrs B Cole express gratitude to friends for kindness during sickness and offerings of thoughts and deeds. They extend appreciation and wish to thank every person who remembered them.
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Mrs. B. Cole
Rich men not all happy and Stuart's cures dyspepsia
Croesus the legendary wealthy ruler faced troubles from high living and indigestion. The ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural cure enabling unrestricted eating, claiming universal demand and widespread approval. It touts relief of dyspepsia for rich and poor, with price and availability from druggists.
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Croesus
John D. Rockefeller
Lydia
Cyrus
Solon
Stuart
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