Yale vs Princeton football crowd in Princeton
Princeton and Yale meet on old Nassau field in the annual game. Between 15 000 and 20 000 spectators expected as Princeton hosts Yale with guards arriving early and crowds filling town. Weather mild after morning fog. Rafferty and Chadwick noted as hurt but playing, refs from Lehigh.
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Princeton
N. J
Yale
Old Nassau Field
New York
Murphy
Rafferty
Chadwick
Sensational Arrests Reported Near Sandringham
London reports sensational rumors of two women disguised as men intercepted near the royal residence at Sandringham. Police detained two women believed to be lunatics attempting to present a petition to Queen Alexandra, while authorities investigate the incident.
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London
Sandringham
Ros’il
Queen Alexandra
Leader in Petticoats Sparks London Politics
London reports a striking political shift as Lady Colebrook rises as a powerful behind the scenes figure for Lord Rosebery. The "dea ex machina" is credited with influencing defections from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Liberal faction and draws attention from American readers for her family ties.
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Atlantic
Arthur Paget
Mary Stevens
Almeric
Pauline
William C. Whitney
New York
Colebrook
Lord Rosebery
Sir Edward Colebrook
Lady Colebrook
London
Disraeli
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
The
Liberace
Would-be regicide shocks Brussels during royal procession
An Italian assailant named Rubino fired three shots at King Leopold II as the royal procession proceeded to a cathedral requiem for Queen Marie Henriette. None of the shots harmed anyone. blanks were found, and Rubino was arrested after crowd roughing. He claimed exasperation at grand coaches. Born near Naples in 1859, he had recently lived in Brussels.
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Brussels
Marie Henriette
Rue Royale
Rubino
Flanders
Albert of
Comte D’ouliremont
Binardo
Naples
Army Officials Attend Hyde Dinner for French Ambassador
Washington officials led by Secretary Root Adjutant General Corbin and General Gillespie left for New York to attend a dinner hosted by James H Hyde in honor of French ambassador M Cam bon. They will return to Washington Tuesday next.
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Washington
Root
Corbin
Gillespie
New York
James H. Hyde
M. Cambon
International chess tournament invites top players for Scheveningen 1903
The Dutch Chess Association invites Lasker Pillsbury Tarrasch Maroczy Janowski Schlechter Atkins and Dutch champion Olland to an international tournament to be held at Scheveningen in July or August 1903. Also note an unrelated local ad for H L Bailey Co fancy shirts at 69 Merrimack Street.
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New York
Dutch Chess Association
Lasker
Pillsbury
Tarrasch
Maroczy
Janowski
Schlechter
Atkins
Olland
Scheveningen
H. L. Bailey & Co
Merrimack Street
Admiralty Considers US Style Navy Personnel Plan
London officials weigh adopting an American like personnel bill. A committee has reviewed reports on the new system and may allow engineers to retire with honorary line rank while cadets from Britannia supply future officers. Britain faces facilities limits and likely opposition from naval cliques.
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London
Admiralty
Whitehall
Britannia
Annapolis
Fire at Weeks Brothers Candy Plant Causes Loss
A flash fire at Weeks Brothers candy establishment in Providence New Jersey started from a defective flue and gutted the building. The adjoining structure suffered damage while the barn and horses were saved despite an attendant, Charles Pierson, being overcome by smoke but later rescued. insurance is expected to cover the loss.
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Providence
R. J
Weeks Brothers
Charles Pierson
New Cabinet Sworn In at Madrid Oath Ceremony
In Madrid on November 15 the cabinet members took the oath of office today marking the start of the new administration. The ceremony established the lineup and solidified government leadership for the coming term.
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Madrid
Wave of Crime Across London After Coronation Jubilees
London reports a surge of crime after coronation rejoicings with murder trials and tragedies filling the papers. Notable cases attract broad public interest including a young woman accused of stabbing a stock exchange victim, a Suffolk servant murder by an evangelist, and George Chapman’s alleged poisoning inquiry.
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London
Ad Gu
Stock Exchange
Peasenhall
Suffolk
George Chapman
Fire in North Street tenement traced to rat nest
A small morning fire at box 35 in a two tenement building owned by Jeremiah McCarthy North Street was discovered smouldering between partitions. Firemen traced the cause to a rat nest and the damage likely under 100 dollars with a long recall time. A separate rubbish pile blaze in the ash chute of the McEvoy block Lyon Street caused a late night telephone alarm with very small damage.
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Jeremiah McCarthy
North Street
McEvoy
Lyon Street
Mothers’ views to keep anti-canteen law in force
Chicago reports the W C T U will use mothers of regular army soldiers to oppose repealing the anti-canteen law. National officers met at Rest Cottage Evanston and plan to urge all 10 000 chapters to gather mothers opinions on how the law affects sons finances.
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Chicago
Congress
After Twenty Years. Kennedy Dies at Yaphank Almshouse
Joseph Kennedy once linked to a murder case died in the Yaphank Long Island almshouse after years of social stigma. He had been implicated when an 20 years earlier bedsharing night at Nathaniel Evans’ house ended with Pointz stabbed. Evans was acquitted and Kennedy avoided arrest, lingering in disgrace.
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New York
Joseph Kennedy
Yaphank
L. I
Nathaniel Evans
Kennedy
Pointz
Evans
White Men Prisoners on Tiburon Island Reported
James McCuen from Hermosillo says a Sert Indian on his cattle ranch told him seven white men are held as prisoners on Tiburon Island. Believed to include Lieutenant R. F. T. Robinson and Logan of Cleveland who went to the island ten years ago and did not return, and Captain Porter of San Diego.
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Los Angeles
Cal
James McCuen
Hermosillo
Mexico
Tiburon Island
R. F. T. Robinson
Logan
Cleveland
Porter
San Diego
Campaign Against Tuberculosis In New York
The Charities Organization Society launches a citywide tuberculosis campaign. Lecturers will visit crowded districts and tenement dwellers in multiple languages to curb spread, with special focus on predominantly Black areas where death rates are highest.
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New York
Navy
Charities Organization Society
Mitchell Again Called Before the Commission
Scranton, Pa. Nov. 15 The coal strike commission resumed sessions with President Mitchell on the stand for a second day. Cross examination by David Wilcox continued as both sides push for a speedy end. Mitchell testified living wages for a miner should be at least 660 dollars yearly, sufficient for education and to prevent child labor.
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Scranton
Coal Strike Commission
Mitchell
David Wilcox
Delaware & Hudson Company
Mr. Lenanan
Judge Gray
Wilcox
Mr. Wilcox
President Gompers
Federation of Labor
Chicago Trust
Gompers
Organized Labor
Police Court Delivers Varied Array Of Cases
A Lowell police court session handled a wide mix of cases. Lavoie faced 200 dollar bonds for stealing 70 feet of hose from Mitchell, while Selic’s drunkenness case was filed away as he faces betrayal charges in Chicopee. Frayne was ordered to post five dollars bail for assaulting her six year old daughter, with the child present in court. Multiple defendants were fined or sentenced for drunkenness, including Millman, Lunny, McGoon, Ducey, and Cleary, while others resolved non support and baggage-theft matters. Vartelos faced a Sunday work prohibition charge resulting in a five dollar fine.
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Joseph Lavoie
Nathan C. Mitchell
Inspector Walsh
Lavoie
Chelmsford Street
John Street
John Selic
Kendall
Chicopee
Mary J. Frayne
Laban F. Lawrence
Clara
Georges Genereau
George Duque
Margaret Hargraves
Noyes
Appleton
J. Joseph Hennessy
Superior Court
Thomas J. Sheehan
Charles McCann
Dennett
Howe Street
Sheehan
McCann
Urgelle Gette
Elias A. Millman
Millman
State Farm
James Lunny
Patrick McGoon
John J. Ducey
Thomas Cleary
Middletown
Conn
Lowell
Peter Vartelos
Burnett
Regis
W. A. Hogan
Market Street
Vartelos
Lewis Street
Hogan
Hadley
Young Teddy Goes Home
Theodore Roosevelt Jr the President's son will spend a week in Washington to rest his eyes. Mrs Roosevelt sent for him after the Groton school master reported eye trouble. No doctors or operation are planned and the trip will not affect the President's schedule. The Federal express is delayed by fog at Jersey City and due around noon.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Federal Express
Jersey City
New union depots to be built in Cleveland
Cleveland reports a new union depot will be constructed in the city to serve the Lake Shore, Pennsylvania and Big Four railroads at an estimated cost of about 2 million dollars.
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Cleveland
Union
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania
Big Four
Wanted and Lost Notices From Early City Pages
WANTED copies of all kinds by a service using envelopes to address. Moderate charges. Address Typewriter 966 Lawrence Street. WANTED furnished two rooms with board for private family, sitter sleeping space. c/o C. E. H. P. O. Box 217 City. LOST Thursday afternoon around two on electric car to Billerica and Woburn a small bag containing blue silk waist. finder rewarded at 305 Andover Street.
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Lawrence Street
P. O. Box
Billerica
Woburn
Andover Street
Nil
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Fred Rourke
Rourke
Badger
Howe
Wilson
Merrill
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mr. Badger
F. W. Qua
Geo. H. Marston
Mr. Marston
J. McAlvin
Messrs. Qua
Marston
McAlvin
Roberts
S. B. Palmer
A. C. Cook
J. A. Gorman
Timothy Harrington
G. M. Beals
G. C. Watson
F. W. Hand
Felix Quinn
James Gammel
Boyd Hamilton
F. E B. Strout
C. W. Johnson
Highlands Hall
Horace Ela
Mayor Badger
H. C. Fuller
F. A. Bowen
Benjamin Holt
Mr. Eastman
Fred Coggeshall
Charles E. Howe
Howe Building
Edmund J. Cheeney
Common Council
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Cheney
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Luce
Sandringham Police
ARMY
Ayers Sarsaparilla
J.C. Ayer Co
Mass
England
Gray
John T. Lerahan
Commission
Young Teddy
Groton Academy
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