Fire destroys opera house at Norristown
Fire destroyed the Grand Opera House in Norristown early today, probably from stage explosions during The Boxers. Five volunteer companies fought flames four hours, saving office wing and adjacent buildings. Losses include scenery and fittings about 35000 dollars. building not insured. rebuilding planned by Norristown Music Hall Association led by John B. Murphy and James Murphy.
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Norristown Music Hall Association
John EB
James Murphy
Opera House
Smith
Norristown
Rentfor Company
Tommy Shearer
Theodore Thomas
Montgomery Howe Company
Tur Tisps
Comedy Company
Mark Twain mocks Red Cross greetings for new century
Special telegram from New York reports Mark Twain challenging the Red Cross welcome list for the new century. He asks for the complete list of names or his greeting to be returned, and his spoof salutation portrays the nineteenth century handing off to the twentieth with sharp satire.
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the Times
New York
Red Cross Society
Mark Twain
Red Cross
Mark
Red Cross Watch
Ristendom
Klao-Chow
Manchuria
South Africa
Philippines
Baltimore Curfew Bell Drops from New Year Festivities
Baltimore December 29 Police Chief Hamilton faces public outcry after canceling carnival and masquerade plans for New Year’s Eve. Merchants and citizens had organized fireworks, parade, and street celebration but restrictions on noise and cartridge caps led to abandoning the event.
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Times
Baltimore
Hamilton
Eet Ara
Aad
Vicomtesse de Bourcia Hurt in Carriage Accident
Vicomtesse Louis de Branges de Bourcia was thrown from a carriage near Wayne after a horse spooked. She lay unconscious for about an hour with a severe scalp wound and possible internal injuries. her husband and mother rushed to her side.
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Vicomtesse
Louis de Branges de Bourcia
Charles D. Smedley
Wayne
Vicomte
Lancaster Avenue
Wayne Presbyterian Church
Walter F. Atlee
South Thirteenth Street
Father McPhilomy
Philadelphia
McIntyre Resigns as Top Criminal Prosecutor
John F McIntyre chief assistant District Attorney tendered resignation to DA Philbin amid planned staff reductions. His retirement depiction followed by Recorder Goft’s office hints, with Osborne McCleland Blake Walsh Townsend and Unger listed among top aides earning 7500 dollars. LeBarbier promoted to chief of stag.
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New York
John F. MclIntyre
District Attorney's Office
Philbin
District Attorney’s Office
McIntyre
Goft
Recorder's Office
Mr. McIntyre
Recorder
James W. Osborne
James McCleland
Messrs. Blake
Walsh
Townsend
Henry W. Unger
Charles LeBarbier
Mr. Philbin
Stag
Mortgage Filed on New Jersey Railroad for 2.5 Million
A mortgage for 2 500 000 dollars from the Elizabeth Plainfield and Central Jersey Railroad to a New York trust company was filed at Elizabeth New Jersey. The loan runs fifty years at five percent and covers all the railroad's present and future estate.
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New York
Elzabeth, Plainfield and Central, Jersey
Newark Trust Company
Elizabeth
N. J
Pingree Defies Court In Contempt Charge
Detroit December 9 Governor Pingree refused to answer the summons in a contempt case linked to an interview criticising the court and prosecutor. The judge continued the case until January with potential attachment if the governor fails to appear. Hazen B. Pingree named in the case remains the defendant. the governor’s telegram dismisses judiciary authority, urging no further comment.
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Detroit
Mich
Pingree
Ingham County
State of
Michigan
Judicial Department
Wisner
Lansing
Hazen
Unclear Widower Case Over Mrs Landis Burial
Mrs Mary Landis buried near Baltimore last Wednesday under the name Mary Klein. Her sons refuse exhumation though some details remain unexplained. An authoritative source cites natural death but mentions a linked woman Klein alias Kitchen and a complex family history.
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Mary L. Landis
Baltimore
Mary L. Klein
Edwin Landis
North Reese Street
Famous Amateur Journalists and Their Papers
The Grand Trunk Herald and other amateur journals were printed and sold by train-boy editors. Notable figures include Richard Watson Gilder Frank H. Converse John Wanamaker George Alfred Townsend Brick Pomeroy Nathaniel Willis John Howard and the author of Home Sweet Home.
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Thomas A. Edison
Grand Trunk Herald
Richard Watson Gilder
Frank H. Converse
John Wanamaker
George Alfred Townsend
Gath
Brick” Pomeroy
Nathaniel Leston
John Howard
Coroner Links Hodges Death To Predisposed Trouble
Coroner McGlathery and a jury ruled Frank Hodges died from predisposed organic trouble hastened by a struggle with asylum attendants. Hodges, 25, violent and previously jailed, died after fights with three attendants and two night watchmen at the State Hospital for the Insane. Attendants testified they restrained him without brutality. Hodges had a broken rib tally and internal injuries, with a diseased heart and kidney trouble found post mortem. The jury exonerated staff and urged a dedicated facility for criminally insane, noting overcrowding and urging state and county funding.
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Frank Hodges
Jorristown
McGlathery
State Hospital For
Hodges
Philadelphia
Moyamensing
Holmesburg
Pile
Edgerly
Dr. Richardson
Pr. Som
Laurer
Lauver
Molloy
Chapman
State Board of Charities
Harrisburg
C. R. Ashton
Intercepted Letters Destroy Happiness in Suit
Edmund Weston of New Market sues Joseph Faulkner of Burr Printing NY for 50 000 alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Weston cared for the New Market country home while Faulkner summered there and employed him as coachman. Letters claimed to show clandestine meetings led to the wife leaving, with Weston asserting Faulkner supports her. Faulkner, a widower with several married children, is described as dignified.
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Edmund Weston
New Market
Joseph Faulkner
The
Burr Printing Company
New York
Faulkner
Weston
Alba Dentists Celebrate Seventeenth Year Anniversary Prices
An obscure ad notes the Alba Dentists seventeenth anniversary in 1908 detailing special pricing, crown and bridge offerings, and dental services at their office on Main Street.
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ALBA
Ees
Pretty Home Wedding in Atlantic City
A pretty home wedding was held at 16 North Kentucky avenue Atlantic City when Miss Bessie Turner wed Horace Risley. Rev Holmes F Gravatt officiated with Miss Elvirarner as bridesmaid and John W Risley as best man. The couple plans a wedding tour to Washington and then a permanent move back to the city.
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Atlantic City
Burial of a Nurse in Military Funeral Honors
Dorothy Helen Cochrane of Howard Lake Minnesota, a nurse in the Philippines, was buried at Jaro, P I, with full military funeral honors. Dengue fever carried her off as the Twenty sixth Volunteers and other soldiers attended. her body was wrapped in the Stars and Stripes and mourners heard taps as the regiment’s band played.
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Dorothy Helen Cochrane
Howard Lake
Minn
Phillippines
Jaro
P. 1
New York Press
By Way of Comparison. Raynor Seeks First Slugging Match
The fragment notes Raynor on the way to a prize fight, describing it as his first slugging match and contrasting with Shyne recalling football games. The exchange hints at anticipation and differing sports experiences.
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Raynor
Shyne
Chicago
Elim and the Parson’s Wife Hidden Secret Sermon
Mrs Wordley returns from a summer trip claiming a secret from a stranger about Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract. She extols its power to restore strength for the weary parson, then he leaves to try it, while she hums a desert hymn about Elim and renewal.
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Elim
Johann Hoff
Dh.t
London and Globe collapse shocks markets abroad
London and Globe group shares plunged with Lake Views and Level nos. 2 hit hardest. London and Globe fell from 14s to 6s 6d as Lake Views slumped 54 percent since Thursday. British Colombian and West Australian markets faltered amid bank loan strains and rumors of restructuring involving Whitaker Wright.
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Stock Exchange
London and Globe Group
London and Globe
Whitaker Wright
London and Globe Finance Corporation
British America Corporation
Wealth and Purpose Beyond Pure Money
Fragmentary note contrasts wealth with broader value, suggesting money cannot buy all things. Mentions wealth covering little of the earth and purpose extending beyond monetary limits. This terse reflection references an undefined source with philosophical tone.
Suit for millions in heirs of Leonard Cass
In Cleveland on December 29 a suit was filed by nine claimants to the estate of Leonard Cass who died in 1830 seeking ownership of property in the city worth millions and 1500 damages for rents and profits withheld. About five hundred defendants hold title and possession. The heirs allege cousins cannot inherit against a sister. the Cass estate largely passed to Cass's cousins.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Leonard Cass
Joe
Waters Cummins
Mr. Cass
Cass
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