Prisoner Blondin Sentenced to Life for Murder in Second Degree
Boston December 31 Joseph Wilfrid Blondin was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State prison after waiving exceptions in open court. The hearing also covered Ceriaco Sorrentino who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the July North End murder of Giuseppe Caruso with a sentence of eight to twelve years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph Wilfrid Blondin
State
Stevens
Superior Criminal Court
J. Wilfrid Blondin
Manning
Parker
McLaughlin
John H. Morrison
J. F. Owens
Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Blondin
Commonwealth
Ceriaco Sorrentino
Giuseppe Caruso
North End
Masters in Art expands cover with Romney portraits
The Masters in Art magazine enters year four with a new cover in a delicate shade. It features Romney, the eighteenth century English painter, with eight plates in London collections and two in England. Included are Emma Lady Hamilton and others. The issue also covers Romney’s life, critique, and a bibliography, noted as unusually engaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Bates & Guild Company
Romney
London
England
Emma
Mrs. Palmer's Body Returns From Paris
The steamship ArmenIan of the Leyland line arrived in Boston with the body of Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer who died suddenly in Paris. Funeral services were held at the American church in Paris on December 9. Accompanying the coffin were Professor George H Palmer and Miss Sprague of Chicago. A memorial service may be held here later, but no plans have been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leyland Line
Alice Freeman Palmer
Paris
George H Palmer
Sprague
Chicago
Boston Smallpox Case Totals for Year Reported
Boston reports 2683 smallpox cases in the year, up from 778 previous year, with Boston contributing 1015 cases about a quarter of the total. Disease spread was limited to a few small areas, with epidemic levels rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Anglo American tobacco trust to offer rebates to German dealers
Berlin reports that starting tomorrow the Anglo American tobacco trust will implement a system of rebates and premiums for small German dealers. The trust operates a single factory in Germany, the Jasmatzi in Dresden, which has been expanded with new American cigarette machinery. The piece ends with a quip about the rich man’s woes in cramped living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Anglo-American Tobacco Trust
Germany
Dresden
Dessert Recipe Elabored Tapioca Jell O Mold
Sunday January 4 1903 recipe instructs cooking one cup tapioca then pouring into a mould. Cool then add one package of Jell O in any flavor, prepared as directed. Allow to set then serve with custard or whipped cream. Flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry Strawberry. Package price ten cents at grocers.
Christmas events unite Middlesex County churches in festivities
In Middlesex County the Congregational and Unitarian societies hosted a Christmas gathering at the Congregational church featuring mixed and male quartettes, a young ladies trio, tableaux of The Night Before Christmas, and gifts from two large trees. Santa distributed presents while an interior clock was highlighted as a notable gift. The Unitarian services shift to their hall next Sunday with Unity Guild planning a New Year service led by Miss Faustina Wilkins. Other items note cattle disease eradication leaving 63 cows destroyed, two major lossers Charles A. Skelton and Frank Blaisdell, a First Religious Society tea party on Jan 7 with Boston talent, Mrs. W. E. Lane visiting Rockville, Conn, a Christmas concert and program, Mrs. Marsh’s health, Rev. A. H. Armes’s CBE prayer meeting, a birth to Mr. and Mrs. John L. Fiske, and Mrs. Lucy A. Duren’s medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Unitarian Societies
Alden Davis
Ralph
Jennie Gerow
Percy Bond
Santa Claus
Congregational Church
Unity Guild
Faustina Wilkins
Charles A. Skelton
Frank Blaisdell
First Religious Society
Unitarian
Boston
Hibbard
Orchestra of
Lowell
W. E. Lane
Rockville
Conn
Eva Smith
Babe of Bethlehem
Grace Chamberlin
Amy Duren
Holly Maidens
Hanson Sisters
John Alden Davis
Robert Roby
Annie Hanson
Olga Hanson
Armes
Minnie H. Duren
A. H. Armes
C. BE
John L. Fiske
Lucy A. Duren
Melrose Considers Library Expansion Beyond Carnegie Gift
At a Melrose aldermen meeting Mayor Larrabee asked the board to authorize the library committee to spend more than the $25 000 Carnegie gift. The lowest bid cited was 27 900 and the highest 31 000, with 3600 already subscribed locally to cover the extra. An order to spend up to 30 000 was approved on the condition that an additional 1400 be subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrabee
Andrew Carnegie
Melrose
SLEIGH ACCIDENT NEAR HIGHLAND AVENUE NO SERIOUS INJURY
Rev Henry J Madden and his niece of Winchester were riding a sleigh on Highland avenue when runners struck a car track and the sleigh overturned. The horse was captured near Charles street. Madden suffered a few slight bruises while both occupants narrowly escaped serious injury. The mention ends with an attribution to club women called the Daughters of American Evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Madden
Winchester
Highland Avenue
Highland Court
Charles Street
Fr. Madden
Woman Screams Faints as Man Walks Away Leaving Trophy Behind
New York police report details Adelaide Bitman of West 98th Street recounting a crowded Columbus Avenue car assault. She describes a well dressed man of about 35 who pressed close, followed to her building, attempted entry, and fled after she struck with a knife, leaving behind an injured ear trophy. The Bitmans seek the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adelaide Bitman
West 98Th Street
98Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Third Victim Dies From Turf Exchange Explosion
Hot Springs Arkansas, December 31. Joseph Kinney, the third victim of the Turf Exchange blast on Christmas Eve, died today. The number of injured continues to rise with more than 60 people reported hurt as details emerge daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Joseph Kinney
Strike Looms in Amesbury Carriage Trade Over Hours and Pay
In Amesbury a large meeting of the carriage and wagon workers union voted to strike tomorrow morning after manufacturers refused their demand for a nine hour day and a 12 percent pay raise. One firm, Joseph Kline, will keep operations with non-union workers, but about 800 workers across 25 factories will walk out. The dispute, rooted in an earlier November proposal, has sparked a firm stand from both sides with no expected violence, but little chance of quick resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union
Town Hall
Joseph Kline
Smuggling Cases Progress In Puerto Rico Hearings
Hearing before U S Commissioner Anderson continued on December 31 in San Juan with Lieut Commander George W Mentz and Benjamin Butler facing trial and bail set at 1000 in Mentz’s case while Butler was discharged. Brennan and Butler were discharged in a related case and Mentz faces indictment. Stewart Decker was discharged for contempt and testimony revealed boxes of liquor with varied markings but owners not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Anderson
George W. Mentz
Benjamin Butler
Mentz
Butler
James Brennan
Country Club
Brennan
Stewart Decker
Becker
Germany limits Venezuelan arbitration claims
Berlin reports indicate Germany excludes about 800000 dollars of claims for seizure of property and German subjects’ outrages from arbitration, demanding guarantees instead of cash. Britain’s claims are about 300000 dollars. The Sperber will sail to Venezuela January 6. In Trinidad, Admiral Douglas grants a permit for the Bolivar to Ciudad Bolivar and return. An Italian cruiser chased a Venezuelan schooner off La Guaira, which escaped under cover of darkness.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Sperber
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Admiral Douglas, R. N
Orinoco Steamship Company
Bolivar
Ciudad Bolivar
Manzanares
Orinoco River
la Guaira
Decoyed to Mines by Rail Road Agents
Twenty two New Yorkers sue for fifty thousand dollars each claiming Erie railroad and Pennsylvania Coal Company agents decoyed them to Hoboken under pretence of work, locked them in a car, and forced them to act as strike breakers in Pennsylvania coal regions under threats of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Erie Railroads
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Railroads and Coal Company
Hoboken
Fire causes $200,000 damage at Wooster Street seven story building
In New York on December 31 a seven story building at 167 to 171 Wooster Street housing small factories and various establishments was damaged by fire for about $200,000. Occupants including many girls had narrow escapes as the firemen, leaving the scene believing the blaze out, saw a second outbreak that caused most of the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wooster Street
Speculators Foiled In Boston Coal Price Rise
Speculators attempted to push coal prices in Boston on December 31 but failed. A cargo of anthracite was held in the lower harbor while they offered it in the city at 14 dollars, yet no local dealer accepted the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Reverend Sydney D Frost Killed Crossing Railroad
Rev Sydney D Frost aged eighty nine died when struck by a Lackawanna train while crossing the railroad at Washington New Jersey. He was born July 14 1813 in Glover Vermont and was the eldest living graduate of Kimball Union Academy Meriden New Hampshire. He served as a free Baptist clergyman in Vermont and New Hampshire.
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Washington, N. J
Sydney D. Frost
Lackawanna
Mr. Frost
Glover
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden
N. H
Dartmouth College
Vermont
New Hampshire
Deportation of diseased immigrants in St Johns
At St Johns New Brunswick on December 31 health officer Dr W L Ellis ordered 60 foreigners removed who arrived aboard the Elder Dempster liner Lake Ontario. The group largely suffers from trachoma marking a new hard line in Canada from lax prior policy and a start to stricter inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
N. B
Canada
W. L. Ellis
Elder-Dempster
Lake Ontario
Revere House Purchased for Preservation Effort
John P. Reynolds Jr buys Paul Revere’s pre revolutionary home in North Square Boston to invite preservationists to join in restoring the historic site. The house dates from shortly after the 1676 fire, located in North End. The Baltic Sea wreck average cited as one per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Paul Revere
John P. Reynolds
Reynold
North Square
North End
Hood's Lotion for face and hands featured in ad
An advertisement touts Hood's Lotion as soothing healing antiseptic and beautifying for rough hard skin on face and hands. Describes a large attractive bottle priced at 38 cents.
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Charles Welsh
Society Library
F. B. Bigelow
C. F. Carty
Alfred W. Pollard
S Bonaventure
Mrs Palmer
Smallpox Statistics
Tobacco Trust
Middlesex County
Carlisle
Madden
Club
The
Daughters of American Evolution
Mrs. Msfkenna
Dr. Greene
Mrra
Evaline McKenna
Spencer St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ary
Dedi
Blaze
J. G. Pollard
CL Rvenenenen
Central Cor. Cent
Ales Sts
J. F. McGarvey
S. D. Frost
Paul Revere’s
Old North Street
Baltic Sea
Jolly Geo. Munroe
Academy OF Music
America
Geo. Munroe
DR. J. F. True & CO
Auburn
GEA
Carri Cutter
Sherwad
Taylor
Harvard Hauf
A. F. Roach
Union National Bank of Lowell
J. F. Sawyer
Mass
Wamesit National Bank
Goulding
Lowell National Bank
Chas
M. Williams
Appleton National Bank
Appleton National Bank of Lowell
Geo
EB. King
Prescott National Bank OF Lowell
Prescott National Bank of
Central Street
E. E. Sawyer
Mercantile Printing
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