Fire Kills Two in Fitchburg Mill Complex Blaze
A blaze at a Fitchburg mill complex results in two deaths and extensive property damage. The Daily News building sustains about 10 thousand dollars in damage, largely due to water, with 12 thousand insured. Thompson bakery and Fitchburg creamery also suffer losses. Red Men societies and other groups incur about 3.5 thousand in damage with limited coverage. Cause unknown. investigators to probe possible spontaneous ignition as firemen Battle flames.
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Daily News
James L. Peden
Thompson
Fitchburg
Red Men Societies
Murnane
Girls Escape Flames In Dedham Fire At Cochrane Mill
A $125,000 Dedham fire gutted the main five story Cochrane Manufacturing Co building as 300 girls were panic stricken. Margaret Coulihan and Kate Franklin were injured while two women workers helped prevent a crowd rush from the doors.
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Cochrane Manufacturing Company
Dedham
Margaret Coulihan
Kate Franklin
Thomas Grady
Fred Lunt
Cochrane Company
Hyde Park Fire Department
Cochrane Mill
Hyde Park
Fire escape demand at Boston meeting memorializes New York tragedy
At Faneuil Hall a mass meeting of the Boston Shirt Waist Makers Union and allies urged stronger fire safety standards in city factories. Speakers including Helen Passoff and Mrs Sue Ainslee Clark cited the Triangle factory fire and a Boston mill blaze, calling for safer exits, stairs, rails, treads, buckets, water sprinklers, and enforcement. Attendees observed a moment of remembrance for the 142 lost in New York.
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Faneuil Hall
New York
Boston
Boston Shirt Waist Makers’ Union 48
Helen Passoff
William H. O'Brien
M. J. Murphy
Central Labor Union
Sue Ainslee Clark
Women’s Trade Union League
Marion Craig Wentworth
Antoinette Konikow
Dennis D. Driscoll
American Federation of Labor
Triangle
The Red Red Leaves by Waldo Curyea Walker
One of the top entries in the Sunday Post Magazine $10,000 short story contest will appear in next Sunday's issue. The piece is titled The Red Red Leaves and is authored by Waldo Curyea Walker.
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Sunday Post
Waldo Curyea Walker
Best Stimulant in the World
A testimonial from Wm H Hoff of Philadelphia praises Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the best stimulant and tonic he has used for over five years. He says he always keeps a bottle at home and hopes others in need of a healthful tonic will benefit from his experience.
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Wm. H. Hoff
iIt
Duffy
Amber St
Philadelphia
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted as Health Tonic
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a strength building tonic and digestive aid. It claims disease resistance, tissue nourishment, and vitality, noting it was taxed as medicine in the Spanish American war and sold for $1.00 per large bottle with a free medical booklet offer.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester, N. Y
Butler Statue and Woman Suffrage Bills Are Lost
The bills were defeated 13 to 22 after Senators Hibbard of Lowell and Nason of Haverhill defended the general.
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Butler
Hibbard
Lowell
Nason
Haverhill
Vote Drama and Woman Suffrage Dominate State House Debate
Senator Hibbard and Nason spar over General Butler memory while a statue vote splits lawmakers. Pro and anti suffrage lines emerge with Washburn, White, Morrill and others voting. A banner reading Votes for Women appears as women in gallery cheer but declare order, and a Supreme Court ruling clarifies jury verdict powers.
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Hibbard
General Butler
Nason
Butler
Evans
Russell
Adams
Barnes
Blanchard
Brown
Chace
Gates
Greenwood
Hoar
Hunt
Malley
Mellen
Mulligan
Nash
Pearson
Ross
Schoonmaker
Stearns
Tinkham
Tolman
Turner
White
Curley
Denny
Doyle
Grainger
Halley
Hatton
Lomasney
Mack
Murray
Powers
Timilty
Bennett
Newhall
Washburn
Underhill
Morrill
Newton
South Boston
Worcester
Supreme Court
Natick
Bond
Cambridge
Hattie LeBlanc
Women Suffrage Defeated In House Vote 161 to 69
In a crowded session the house rejected the woman suffrage amendment 161 nays to 69 yeas, a net gain of 16 from last year. A lively debate filled the noon to afternoon hours as women supporters sang and debated, while lawmakers debated garish topics and a secretary of state candidate pledged a plank for equal rights.
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Representative White
Brookline
Kansas
California
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cox
Boston
F. L. Goddard
Colorado
Wood
Cambridge
Mileage increases stir towns over Boston to Williams town
State engineers and railroad officials debate mile expansions on the Boston and Maine system. Fractional mile shifts appear at multiple stations from Boston to Rotterdam Junction with new schedules adding miles. Local civic leaders argue the mileage rise supports the Boston & Eastern line while Congress critics call for strict survey verification.
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Boston
Williamstown
Rotterdam Junction
Boston & Eastern Railroad
Beverly and
Peabody
North Shore
Lynn
Beverly
Railroad Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mellen
New Haven and
Boston & Maine
Hotel Touraine
Ville
N. Y
Freight rates unchanged on mileage plan phase
Boston area shippers report no change in freight rates under the new mileage schedule. Major firms including Chase & Sanborn, Houghton & Dutton, Jordan Marsh, Shepard Norwell, and White, Henry Siegel pay about two-fifths of a cent per 100 pounds per mile for outbound shipments. Officials say a formal raise is unlikely before July 1, with notices usually issued 3 to 6 months prior.
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Boston & Maine
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Chase & Sanb&rn
Houghton & Dutton
Jordan Marsh
Shepard Norwell
E White
Henry Siegel
Railroad Commission
Mileage Not Exaggeratedmont Belmont Mileage Change
The Post reports on the Boston and Maine railroad mileage adjustments, noting Belmont as a surveyed station. Under the old tariff Belmont was six miles from North Station, now listed as 6.64 miles following a Barrows and Breed survey.
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Central Massachusetts
Belmont
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Barrows & Breed
Post
North Station
Boston
Mass
the Post
Boston & Maine Railroad
Obituary notices from Boston area April 1911
In Roxbury and surrounding towns during April 1911 many locals including Julia Carroll Joseph Cassin Mabel Dunbar Anna Crane Katherine Duffy Henry Haney Arthur Holmes Rose Lindsay and more are listed with funeral services at churches and homes across Dorchester Roxbury Cambridge and Chelsea. Masses and interments are noted along with residences and deceased ages and affiliations.
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Abbott
Boston
Hiram P. Abbott
Waterman Chapel
Washington Street
Roxbury
Lewiston
Cambridge Street
East Cambridge
Cot'ter
Benjamin J. Cotter
Seneca Street
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Coveny
John W. CoveRey
Sacred Heart Church
Sixth Street
Cambridge
Mgr. O’brien
St. John’s Council
KK. of C
Crane
Anna Tn Crane
James
Margaret
Mabel T. Dunbar
Humboldt Avenue
Seituate, Mass
Egan
Waltham
John J. Egan
Fiske Street
St. Mary’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Waltham Council
K. of C
Division
Royal Areaeee
Waltham Lodge
Ernst
Needham
Franz F
Ernest
Forest Hills
Goodale
Dorchester
Marcus Morton Goodale
George W
Martha L. Goodale
Boyden Street
Norfolk Street
Lauriat Avenue
North Weymouth
Haney
Henry J. Haney
Rose Haney
Kane
James F. Haney
Church of the Sacred Heart
Newton Centre
Church Place
Cabot Street
St. Francia de Sales
Vernon Street
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Hardy
Mary Ann Hardy
Nicholas M. Williams
Higgins
Annie
Peter
Mary Higgins
Lyons
Clifton Street
St. Paul's’ Church
Woodward Park
Holmes
Arthur W
Sarah
F. W. ‘Holmes
Lexington Street
Kauenhowen
George H. F
Annie M. Kauenhowen
High Street
Mt. Hope
Kendricken
Boothby Hospital
Nora E
Mary
Thomas Kendricken
Bowdoin Street
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Kent
Chelsea
Charles H
Carries E. Kent
Heard Street
Lindsay
Dorchester Avenue
Rose Anna
James W. Lindsay
Channing Church
East Cottage Street
McGowan
Jane
Patrick McGowan
Dorchester Street
St. Augustine’s Church
O’clocek
al Malden
Henry B. Meehan
Fairview Terrace
Jeremiah O’riordan
O'Connor
Cordis Street
Charlestown
Warren Street
Quincy
Brookline
Elizabeth Salisbury
George G. Quincy
Borland Street
Kingston
Mass
Cape Cod
Stohlborn
John Theo Stohlborn
Newhall Street
Forestdale
Malden
Gustaf Wasa
Weber
West Somerville
Anselm
Mary Gerhard Weber
Cottage Avenue
Chester Street
North Cambridge
Holy Trinity Church
Shawmut Avenue
Mt. Benedict
Wilkinson
Hannah Raymond
John H. Wilkinson
Wee
Cary Avenue
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