Nordica Injured In Train Collision Near Reeves
Rome Ga Jan 12 A collision between a passenger train and a freight at Reeves station left Mme Nordica injured and her accompanist E Romaine Simmons hurt. One engineer killed Frank Tracey and three other railway workers were injured. The mixed train bound for Chattanooga collided with an extra freight on a sharp curve. Nordica showed shoulder bruises and neck strain but doctors expected she could perform again.
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Rome
Southern Railway
Reeves Station
Mme
Nordica
E. Romaine Simmons
Frank Tracey
Atlanta
Mme. Nordica
Guy Connally
George Florence
Ed. Lewis
Chattanooga
Reeves
Tracey
Garlington
Nere
Michigan Bell gains control of Erie telephones
The Michigan Telephone Co and related Erie controlled lines join the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The restructuring wipes out $9,000,000 of Erie debt. W E Moss notes most stock and bonds are deposited with Boston banks. Bell will provide $6,000,000 cash for obligations and working capital.
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Detroit
Mich
Free Press
Michigan Telephone Company
Erie
Big Bell
American Telegraph and Telephone Co
W. E. Moss
Erie Company
National Shawmut Bank
Boston
Old Colony Trust Co
Bell Company
Schley Sees Savannah Quietly Amid Shrine Plans
Admiral W S Schley spent a calm day in Savannah visiting General Gordon at his home. He attended Christchurch services as locals greeted him with polite respect. Winds, dust, and cold weather kept planned garbage drive indoors, with initiation into the Mystic Shriners possible later in the week.
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Savannah
Schley
W. W. Gordon
Christchurch
Admiral &Ehley
Mystic Shriners
Naval hospital death of Assistant Surgeon J. J. Buchanan
Newport R I Jan 12 Assistant Surgeon J J Buchanan U S N cut his throat with a razor in delirium at the Naval hospital on Coasters Fiatbor island He had been assigned to the Constellation on Jan 2 and recently ill with typhoidal symptoms He died from the wound after securing a razor while a nurse was out of the ward Age 24 Friends asked for instructions regarding the body.
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Newport
R. L
J. J. Buchanan
Naval Hospital
Coasters Fiatbor Island
Buchanan
Buchanan Recenty
Fort B
Columbia
W C T U Meeting Endorses Enforcement Resolution
In Dover New Hampshire a mass meeting at First Parish church featured Mrs Helen G Rice of Plymouth Mass an officer of the National W C T U speaking on temperance A resolution urged strict enforcement of the prohibition law and pledged support for rightful law officers, unanimously adopted at the close.
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Dover
N. H
Helen G. Rice
Plymouth
Mass
George E. Hall
Narrow escape as snow plow plunges from Dighton bridge
Taunton January 12 A snow plow on an electric road ran across a bridge in Dighton and jumped the rails sending the car into the river. Motorman Lowney and Haggerty escaped with bruises while John Gaffney of Somerset broke his left leg. William Morrissey 19 was crushed by a 1500 pound sand barrel and is in precarious condition at Dr. Fales in Taunton. Morrissey’s injuries are serious and he may not be moved soon. The accident site has a dangerous bend and no guard rail. The cause remains unknown.
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Taunton
Dighton
J. G. Fales
Somerset
Segregansett River
Lowney
William Morrissey
John Gaffney
Haggerty
Morrissey
Dr. Fales
Author Horace Scudder Dies in Cambridge at 74
Boston reported the death of Horace Elisha Scudder, noted author and former Atlantic Monthly editor, at his home 17 Buckingham Street Cambridge after a yearlong illness. He had been nearly unconscious for 30 hours as heart complications developed. Dr. John L. Hildreth attended. He recently finished a life of James Russell Lowell and leaves a widow and daughter Sylvia Scudder.
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Boston
Horace Elisha Scudder
The
Atlantic Monthly
Buckingham Street
Cambridge
John L. Hildreth
MISS STONE RELEASE NEGOTIATIONS DELAYED INDIAN?
Constantinople reports no talks yet with brigands over the American captive Miss Stone and her companion Mme Tsilka. Dragoman M Gargioulo and W W Peet have gone inland to meet captors, instructed to require letters from Miss Stone to verify prisoners are alive.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Mail
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
M. Gargioulo
Legation
W. W. Peet
Missionary Society
Salonica
Mise Stone
New England electrical workers elect officers in Providence
The New England conference of the Independent Brotherhood of Electrical Workers met with local No. 99 in Providence. Delegates from Worcester Boston and Springfield attended. Officers elected include President S E Sanford first vice president W J Joyce second vice president D A Murphy secretary treasurer E B Ahgreen financial secretary A Y Laidlaw. A humorous note follows about fashion and mittens.
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Providence
R. L
New England
Independent Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Worcester
Boston
Springfield
S. E. Sanford
W. J. Joyce
D. A. Murphy
E. B. Ahgreen
A. Y. Laidlaw
Two-Story Burn Fire Kills Seven In Buffalo Storefront
A two story frame building on Broadway Buffalo burned early today killing Henry Pearlstein, his wife, and five children aged 14 to 12. Joseph Supowski the shoe store owner was detained with his brother in law Karl Brack as investigators probe suspected arson. Supowski claimed an accidental lamp drop sparked the blaze which rapidly consumed the building and collapsed the hallway floor trapping the family. Firemen reported the grim scene by eight this morning.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Pearlstein
Joseph Supowski
Karl Brack
Pearlsteins
Supowski
Pearlstein
Massinger Manuscript Re-emerges From Antique Bounds
A fragmentary saga of Elizabethan manuscript fate recounts how many plays vanished or served as bookbinding material until the British Museum acquired Philip Massinger's autographed Believe as You List. Its surprising 1844 appearance and later 19th century rediscovery fuel hope for a genuine Shakespearean prize.
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British Museum
Philip Massinger
Warburton
Percy Society
Massinger
London Daily News
Wit and warmth in a Boston church of bells and Price
A Boston Herald anecdote recounts Dr Bellows and Dr Price at a convention. Price teases about a church in Boston using watered English liturgy. Bellows retorts that heaven is grand and glorious without money and without Price.
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Bellows
Dr. Bellows
Dr. Price
Heaven
Boston Herald
Fragmentary ad text hints at Castoria product claim
A partial OCR fragment references Castoria and a product line with unclear figures. The readable bits point to a generic medicine ad style and do not provide a complete event, date, or concrete claims beyond the brand name Castoria.
Fire Hits Lawrence Newspaper Office. Daily American and Sun Damaged
Fire swept the American Publishing Co. office in Lawrence injuring the Daily American and Morning Sun rooms and the Postal Telegraph Co. space. Back files and valuable papers were destroyed. damage runs into hundreds of dollars. Mechanical department damaged by smoke and water but the Sun will likely publish tomorrow. Property was fully insured.
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Lawrence
American Publishing Co
Daily American
Morning Sun
Postal Telegraph Co
American
Human sacrifice stopped in Baker City Oregon
In Baker City on January 12 sisters of charity intervened to prevent a planned sacrifice of Hy Wong a paralytic Chinese man. Wong had been a county charge at the hospital and was slated to be offered to Joss. Sisters arrived in time to rescue him and he was returned to Chinese town.
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Baker City
Oregon
Sisters of Charity
Hy Wong
Chinatown
Joss
Sisters of Mercy
Modiste Ada Dennis Recalls Sleeping Assault Motive Behind Murder
Washington January 12 Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis the fashionable modiste injured in December recalls nothing before the assault and says the blow was struck while she slept. She cannot identify the attacker or motive, police still hopeful for clues.
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Washington
Ada Gilbert Dennis
Iin
West T
Dennis
Real Estate Sales Listing From Multiple Cities
Real estate transactions across Merrimack River Savings to Drain and many others include transfers of land and buildings on streets such as Central Prescott Lakeview and Wentworth. Notable amounts show small $1 deeds, $400 guardian sale, and a $25 000 city transfer for 105 acres in Wilmington.
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Merrimack River Savings Bank
John Drain
Hudson Street
First National Bank
Central Savings Bank
Central
Prescott Streets
James F. Judson
Simeon Lagasse
Lakeview Avenue
John T. Brennan
James Farley
Spring Street
Eugene G. Russell
Frank E. Judkins
Walker Street
Merchants National Bank
Union National Bank
Merrimack Street
Maria M. Carter
Etta S. Danforth
Grove Street
Franklin D. Russell
Mary M. Hale
Wentworth Avenue
Ida M. Hall
Guardian
Mabel L. Jaques
Lee Street
Ellen Breen
Jennie L. Dunfey
Mt. Hope Street
Charles Vallee
Barker Street
John J
Patrick H. Murphy
Harry W. J. Howe
Market Street
Lowell Institution For Savings
Timothy Wholey
Mount Hope Street
Timothy Whaley
Andrew Vs. Brown
John J. Donovan
Ellen Moran
Central Street
Charles A. Bable
Catherine Logan
Jennie E. Eaton
Luther Richardson
James Buck
John Howard Sullivan
City of
Boston
Wilmington
Woburn
William H. Carter
James A. Bancroft
Tewksbury
Special Values in Sheetings at Pollard & Co Basement
Palmer street window advertises two cotton sheetings bargains: bleached yard wide ideal for ladies and children, priced at 6 1/2 cents per yard. unbleached 40 inches wide for sheets and pillow cases, priced at 8 1/2 cents per yard. A. G. Pollard & Co.
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Palmer Street
A. G. Pollard &Co
Canal Fight in Senate Likely Warm and Nicaragua Favored
Washington January 9 Congress reconvenes and debates canal options between the Nicaragua route backed by a U S commission led by Rear Admiral Walker and a Panama plan offered by private interests. Analysts cite costs, maintenance, earthquakes, and time to completion while railroads oppose delays. The outcome hinges on Senate deliberations this winter with Nicaragua appearing favored. H H Atherton Jr notes advertising in the Courier.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
United States Commission
Walker
Nicaragua
Panama
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Unitead Commission
Susama
Orient
Gulf
North Atlantic
South America
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Co
France
Isthmian Canal
Sires
Canal
House
Washington
Laura Howell Reconsiders Art for a Stable Salary
Laura Howell hides frugal life to dedicate time to painting. She rents a northern room near an art store, declines invitations for fear of costs, and borrows from her cousin Tom while chasing orders. After a string of small earnings and temptations, she ultimately returns to regular work, preferring financial security over art’s uncertainty. Buffalo Express notes the irony of choosing stability over artistic fame.
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Laura Howell
Laura
Tom
Goodby
Poe
Laura Sayls
Buffalo Express
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Georgia
Michigan Telephone CO
Horace E. Scudder
Electricians Elect
Lowell Steam
Weed Street
George H. Maddocks
Picion
Marriott Watson
Mid Rats
Rain Pools
Betty Barnes
Prof. Price
Castorita
Ge Castoria
Mp Natere
Sam
Bes
Postal Telegraph Company
Lovelly
John F. Maloney
Agnes E. Maguire
Summer Street
Adelaide L.hubbard
Thomas F. Morris
John H. Burke
Humphreys Street
Charles H. Noyce
Robert Catherwood
Roper Street
Dracut
Martha M. Barker
Witham Avenue
Greenmont Park
Chelmsford
Henry S. Perham
Carrie A. Dutton
Littleton Street
Walter A. Leigh
Kalud
Spalding
Fletcher Street
George ©. Moore
John O’connor
Depot Street
John M. Fiske Et al
Mary H. Armstrong
Billerica Street
Westford
Elwin J. Prescott
John Whitghan
Forge Village
Citizen’s
H. H. Atherton, JR
Courier
Hamburg
Wu Ting Fang
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists
the Butcher
Sapolio
Parker
Rand
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