Boston to use trolley cars for U S mail service
Boston will begin trolley mail delivery May 1 under West End and Assistant Postmaster-General Neilson. Six routes cover Back Bay Brookline Brighton to Cambridge Somerville and Dorchester with express cars and no passenger service. The 390 mile network cuts 21 minutes to Dorchester and saves time on South Boston trips under Superintendent Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston
West End
Uncle Sam
Little
Neilson
Washington
Back Bay
Brookline
Brighton
South End
Roxbury
Cambridgeport
Cambridge
Somerville
Dorchester
United States Mail
South Boston
Ryan
Railway Mail Service
Railroad prize winners announced in magazine ad contest
Charles S. Fee offered five prize categories totaling 500 for the best railroad advertisement. Winners include W. E. Landon Amsterdam New York. J. H. Winsor Clinton Iowa. B. M. Damon Ypsilanti Michigan. P. J. Leimbach Hutchinson Kansas. J. E. Smith Bunker Hill Indiana. J. J. Dietz Grafton Illinois. A. C. Ziemer Lincoln Nebraska. C F Webb Bloomington Illinois. Kk B. Clizbe Read ing Michigan. Also note Haymarket Square depot sale to Boston for 750000 and future use by city.
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J. D. McBeath
Wabash Road
Connecticut
Charles S. Fee
Northern Pacific Road
W. E. Landon
W. S. Railway
Amsterdam
N. Y
J. H. Winsor
M. & St. P. Railway
Clinton
Towa
B. M. Damon
Michigan Central Railway
Ypsillanti
Mich
P. J. Leimbach
M. P. Railway
Hutchinson
Kansas
J. E. Smith
Pennsylvania Lines
Bunker Hill
Ind
J. J. Dietz
C. & St. L. Railway
Grafton
A. C. Ziemer
Lincoln
Neb
Havemeyer Sugar Refinery to Restart Soon in New York
President Havemeyer of the American Sugar Refining Company says the Havemeyer refinery in New York will start up tomorrow or the next day after a shutdown for repairs. He notes the sugar trade is slow due to bad roads but expected to improve. Spreckels refinery in Philadelphia status unknown. He cites cheap sugar with duties and stock market worries as factors.
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New York
Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Spreckels
Philadelphia
30 Days for All Diseases Free Examinations at Dewey Medical
The Dewey Medical Co at 74 Boylston Street offers 30 days of free lies examinations and treatments for all diseases. Open hours are 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 with 8 p.m. hours, and Sundays 1 to 5.
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Dewey Medical O
Boylston Street
Aldermanic Hearing Debates Boston Elevated Rail Plan
Boston Aldermen held a special session to hear the Meigs company petition for elevated tracks. Citizens Association secretary Herbert L. Harding warned of unlimited franchise power and weak protections, while Willard Howland urged rapid transit growth citing Chicago and New York examples and potential benefits for the poor.
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Boston Board of Aldermen
Boston Elevated Railway
Sanford Alderman Lee
Herbert L. Harding
Citizens’ Association of Boston
Willard Howland
Elevated Railway
Meigs Company
Harding
Railroad Commission
General Stark
Meigs
New York
Commonwealth
Boston
Hood's Sarsaparilla Public Persona Claims Supremacy
Advert claims Hood's Sarsaparilla is the only true blood purifier with the largest sales and best cures, highlighting its prominent public standing and market lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Meigs system hearing ends as board refers case
A city hearing on a proposed Meigs street project ends with questions about funding and construction. Officials debate which system will be used, where construction begins, and how damages will be paid if reserves run dry, with the matter sent to the streets and sewers committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Harding
Mr. Howland
Howland
Harding
Committee On Streets and Sewers
Board of Aldermen
Boston Camera Club Exhibition Displays 179 Photographs
The seventh annual competitive show opens at No. 50 Bromfield Street, Boston, with 35 exhibitors and 179 pictures. Notable members include Edward R. Andrews, Arthur M. Boos, Charles H. Chandler, and many others. Judges are William H. Downes and D B. Vickery. Awards honor Mrs. Arthur Sewall, Dr. and Mrs. Huntington, J. Prince Loud, Wilfred A. French, Charles Lord, and T. Irving Chapman. The club lists 98 active, 12 associate, and 7 honorary members, with notable associates and honorary guests named.
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Boston Camera Club
Bromfield Street
Edward R. Andrews
Harry D. Banta
Arthur M. Boos
Charles H. Chandler
Huntington
Professor Pickering
Harrad College Observatory
Professor Cross
The
Institute of Technology
Francis Blake
Auburndale
Herbert P. Bryant
New Bedford
Sarah J. Eddy
Providence
Edmund M. Haskell
New Orleans
Emma D. Sewall
Bath
John S. Wright
Millbrook
Horace C. Dunham
Plymouth
Presbyterian church divide over Pastor Cleveland resignation
At Chaumont N Y a church split surfaced as pro change faction met and pressed for Rev William N Cleveland to resign. Cleveland brother of the president, viewed as politically active though not openly partisan, with Democrats noted.
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Watertown
N. Y
Presbyterian Church
Chaumont
William N. Cleveland
Pator Cleveland
Cleveland
Monitor Medal Lost from Captain Stodder in Baltimore
Captain Louis N. Stodder of the United States revenue cutter service reports the loss of his celebrated Monitor medal. It had been guarded since its presentation by Boston citizens thirty years ago and disappeared after his trip from Washington to New York and Brooklyn. Only Stodder and Rear Admiral Worden remain alive among the Monitor’s officers.
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Baltimore
Louis N. Stodder
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Boston
Washington
New York
Brooklyn
Monitor
Stodder
Worden
Inquests on Ballot Violations Bill Reported in Legislature
An important bill reported would allow municipal police to conduct inquests in cases of alleged voting law violations. Witnesses could not refuse to answer, and papers could be produced without self incrimination concerns. The measure ties to Ward 17 investigations and accompanies subway bill discussions and gypsy moth funding debates.
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Brook
House of Representatives
Ward 17
Barnes
Chelsea
McCarthy
Boston
Jones
Melrose
Mr. Bailey
Arlington
T. F. Keenan
Institute of Technology
Senate
Commonwealth
House
Butler
Quizin
Blodgett
Worcester-Hampshire
Brookline Gas Light Company
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Wellman
Middlesex
Senate Judiciary Committee
Massachusetts
Labor convention dithers over assessment and organizer
The male spinners' national convention opened day two with a defeated motion to levy an assessment for the national body. A general organizer was referred to a sub committee. Patriots' Day abstention and a talk from Oldham, England marked the sessions as units debated grievances, by laws, and memberships in Boston.
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Messrs
O'Donnell
Ross
Duggan
Williams
Oldham
Eng
Dangerous heart symptoms urged with tonic cure claim
A broad warning on heart failure and palpitations urges immediate action and attention to early signs. The piece promotes Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy as a cure, citing a Portland, Maine case and claiming dramatic relief after treatment.
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C. 8S. Allen
Pearl St
Portland
Maine
Dr. Greene
Boston
Mass
Greene
Heavy suit filed against Butler estate in Berkshire case
Warner and Wright of Pittsfield file one of the heaviest suits in the nation for Mrs. Sarah McDowell of North Adams against the late Benjamin F Butler estate. The claim exceeds 128000 with interest. Prominent witnesses named include Gilfillan Sherwin Pierce Card and others linked to the San Miguel Gold Placer venture. The Butler estate is valued above five million, with related suits totaling over 1500000.
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Pittsfield
Warner & Wright
Sarah McDowell
North Adams
Benjamin F. Butler
Porter
Illinois
Butler
San Miguel Gold Placer Company
Colorado
General Butler
United States
Gilfillan
Frank D. Sherwin
Boston
Gold Placer Company
T. H. Pierce
Lowell
Burglars Strike Three Farms and Store Near Bemis Heights
On April 3 in Troy New York burglars visited Eugene Searles Bemis Heights Saratoga County demanding money but found none at his residence. They then hit Van Buren Searles and James Wallen and took 2100 from Wallen. The Lyman Smith Company store in Stillwater yielded 7 in cash and checks totaling about 350 with two checks found in a barn.
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Troy
N. Y
Eugene Searles
Bemis Heights
Saratoga County
van Buren Searles
Eugene
James Wallen
Searles
Lyman Smith Company
Stillwater
Wilde Trial Opens at Old Bailey in Queensberry Libel Case
The crowded Old Bailey hears the Oscar Wilde libel action against the Marquis of Queensberry. Sir Edward Clarke opens for Wilde, detailing past letters and accusations, while Edward Carson defends Queensberry. Wilde describes his relations with the Queensberry circle and rejects certain claimed acts as false or exaggerated.
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London
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Oscar Wilde
Marquis of Queensberry
Sir Edward Clarke
Edward H. Carson
Besley
Lord Douglas of
Hawick
Humphreys
Sir Edward Said
Wilde
Mr. Wilde
Sir Edward
Queensberry
Wood
Lord Albert Douglas
America
Knebly
Allen
Edward Said
Hyacinthus
Apollo
Salisbury
Edward Clarke
Dorian Grey
Beerbohm Tree
Mr. Tree
Lord
Alfred Douglas
Savoy Hotel
Chameleon
Acolyte
Lippincott’s
Carson
Lord Alfred Douglas
Mr. Cromer
Mr. Worthing
Lord Alfred
Oxford University
Strike at Belding silk mill prompts wage restoration talks
About seventy five workers at Belding Bros. & Co. silk mill in Northampton strike to restore 10 percent wage cuts made about a year ago. Superintendent Crooks says employees discussed restoration but did not request it. The company will consider the matter and may restore wages if possible amid worker unrest and possible spread of the strike.
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Northampton
Belding Bros. & Co
Crooks
Small Raters Race in Cannes Ended by Sainct Martial Abandonment
The small raters Aranella and Sainct Martial started a 22 mile race at Cannes for a 2500 franc art prize. Sainct Martial lost its bowsprit shrouds and abandoned the race while Aranella finished with a corrected time of 4 hours 2 minutes 68 seconds.
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Cannes
Aranella
Sainct Martial
Marvin T. Nash Dies at 8 After Feeble Health
Winchendon mourns the death of Marvin T. Nash aged 8 at his Pleasant street home. A longtime woodenware manufacturer and dealer famed for iron mops he built a large estate though ill health led his son to run the business. Funeral postponed to allow two sons in the Far West to return next week.
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Winchendon
Marvin T. Nash
Pleasant Street
Nash
Far West
Keep the Fires Going Spring Health Advertisement
An old time health ad promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a fortifying tonic to prevent colds and pneumonia amid spring air. It claims the whiskey warms the body, aids digestion, and strengthens immunity, urging buyers to insist on the genuine medicinal whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
Lynching of William Rawls Reported Near Newman ville
The body of William Rawls, captured by guards at Newman s ville in Alachua county, was found this morning hanging and shot. Rawls is said to have killed H. B. Kaul, a Newman s ville merchant, on March 27 to rob him. Rawls’s father was hanged four years ago for a similar crime.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William Rawls
Newmansville
Alachua County
Rawls
H. B. Kaul
Rescue Mission Convention Reviews Model Work And Trust
The Park Street Church gathering closed a day of sessions with talks by Rev. Robert Pierce and others on the Model Mission concept. Speakers pressed for a disciplined rescue operation aiding the lowest classes while warning against cranks and overemphasis on industriality.
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Christ
Keeley
Deming
JJ. T. Vail
Manchester
N. H
T. D. Roberts
Mary R. Charpiot
W. E. Barton
I. J. Lansing
Question on Hartford Steam Boiler safety valve after Woburn blast
Letter to the editor from an engineer asking Mr C E Roberts of Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection Company whether the Woburn boiler explosion involved a safety valve and how outcomes would differ if the boiler shutoff valves were closed while the safety valve remained functional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Roberts
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection Company
Woburn
Boston
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Huntington Avenue
Li. Benedict
Jesse
Charles E. Carter
Chicago
Manhattan Road
Lynn
Boston Gamera Club
Watertown, N. Y
John H. Woodbury
Winter St
Woodbury
Line Gas Company Affairs
the Labor World
McClinch
East Boston
Garment Workers
Bennett Street
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
Central Labor Union
Hanover Street
Cunningham
Henry A. Mott
Ph. D
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Kingston, N.Y
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Benj
F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
Ss. F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Herrick’s Mercantile Collection Agency
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Friends of Temperance
Evans Hall
Howard St
George W. Caleff
Lynch Law
Florida
Keele
MR. Roberts
Hayes
William
Jeremiah
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LE Sage
Charlestown
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Logan
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