Heavy flood causes extensive damage and closures
A massive Atlantic storm hits New England and New York with gale winds and rising rivers. Reported damage spans Maine to New Jersey with washed-out rail lines, flooded towns, and thousands displaced. Factories idle, ice shipments upset, and water supplies disrupted as crews battle washouts and landslides.
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Rootlaad
New York State
Boston
Mass
New England
Maime
Chuton
Boylston Street
River Road
Fitchburg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Pownal
Boston and Maine
North Adams
Woods Hale
Provincetown
Portland
Waterville
Farmington
Rumford Falls
Lewiston
Skowegan
Augusta
Great Northern Paper Company
Vigorous measures in the Philippines stamp out insurrection
General Bell drives patrols in Batangas Province as insurrectionists are pursued. He warns natives of December 28 concentration near towns with livestock and crops moved inside the zone. any rising outside will be confiscated. Troops seize insurgent major and 42 men with 22 rifles and 80 rounds. Torres admits guilt but is released. Patterson sails to Hong Kong on the Warren.
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Manila
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Bell
Hennessy
Highth Infantry
General Bell
Giak
Taguna
Solumn Wader
Theerora J. Wint
Sixth Cavalry
Torres
Chaffee
General Obuffee
Philippines
Patterson
Sixto Lopez
United States
Hong Kong
United States Army
Warren
Lad on trial for murder in Reading case
George Gantz, 20, stands accused in Judge English's court of murdering 16 year old Annie Etter near Reading, Pennsylvania. Evidence starts as authorities allege a date night ride ended with a fatal beating in a shed, with the defense claiming the girl resisted an escort’s advances and provoked the attack.
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George Canty
Annie Etter
Reading
English
George Gantz
Gantz
Commonwealth
Gants
Suspected Authors of the Recent Explosion in Liverpool
Private detectives at New York piers seek Maks for forgery and UK efforts to arrest authors of the Liverpool explosion and fire. Passengers recall talks of an infernal machine at the exchange. Suspicions fall on Irish Americans and a broker’s oils storage, with Fortified claims surrounding the motive and perpetrators.
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New York
Lawrie
Maks
Liverpool
Achange
Liverpool Town Hall
Etruria
Thomas
Fen- Jang
John Lee
Warden Postpones Execution of Luigi Storti in Boston
In Boston Massachusetts Warden Bridges postponed the planned midnight execution of Luigi Storti at the state prison, offering no reason. Prison officials faced a day of anxiety while Dr McPherson already said Storti was in fair condition. The warden indicated the death would occur soon and that Father Ubaldus and Rep Badaracco’s brother would take custody of the body after. The decision pushed the event to tomorrow morning with authorities preparing for renewed proceedings.
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Boston
Mass
Bridges
Massachusetts States
Luigi 5 Storti
Rapsors
Storti
McPherson
Joe
Apa
Ubatdus
Badaracco
McLaughlin
Ubaldus
Mr. Bada- Tages
Fire at Olinger apartments prompts mass rescues in Chicago
A blaze at the Olinger apartment building on Indiana avenue and 85th street Sunday morning forced 60 residents from sleep. Janitor and a police officer rallied tenants as stairway exits failed and smoke conquered the halls. Firemen aided by ladders and fire escapes moved residents to safety despite bitter cold.
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Chicago
Tevement House
Olinger
Indiana Avenue
85Th Street
Chinese minister's wife draws admiring glances in Washington
In Washington on December 16, Mme Wo, wife of Chinese Minister Wu, displays costly Beijing fashion with an embroidery wrap, elder-down lining, a silk divided skirt, and a unique head-dress. She travels by a wheeled chair while attendants wear China’s national costume, as Minister Wu watches from the gallery and prefers anonymity on the street.
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Dunn
Washington
Mme, Wo
China
Mino
Deadly Chinatown Feud Sparks San Francisco Murders
In San Francisco Chinatown a Ping Kong society member Wong Fook was found murdered at 607 Jackson Street with hatchet wounds, signaling a feud with the Quan family. Police note a Chinatown terror climate as gambling dens close and retaliation fears rise amid broader anarchist provocations across the nation. Stephen Callamer was found dead by hanging in Stamford jail, after being arrested on assault charges and an attempted murder threat against his wife and family.
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Wong Fook
Jackson Street
Ping Kong Society
Quan
Ping Kong Tang
Ah Qne
Chinatown
Cott
Stamford
Stephen Callamer
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