Subway Warning Highlights Gas Turn Off Letters
Howard A. Carson testified before the Gas Commission as the sole witness on the subway project. Correspondence with Addicks of the gas company revealed repeated complaints about construction crews carelessness and gas shutoffs near Carver Eliot streets Tremont and Elliot streets and 20 Tremont street. Adjourned until Monday with construction engineers denying some charges and claiming crew competence.
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Gas Commission
Howard A. Carson
Transit Commission
Addicks
Carson
Edmund A. Davis
Metropolitan Construction Company
Matthews
Dabney
Gas Company
Tremont and
Elliot
Construction Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured Childs Scrofula Eruption
Mrs. Wilbur Wells of Warren Connecticut recalls three month old daughter suffering eruptions on the face. Hands tied at night and supervision by day but Hood's Sarsaparilla led to marked improvement and a scarless, smooth face after recovery.
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Hood
Wilbur Wells
Warren, Conn
Girls as Soldiers Enlistment Bill Passes in Colorado
Denver dispatch reports Colorado's legislature approves a law allowing women to enlist in the state National Guard marking a first for U S states. The article notes fashion constraints in uniforms and suggests provisions for female soldiers, including corsets and sleeves, may require future adjustment.
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Denver
Col
National Guard
Colorado
Laddy
Lassie
Germany
Reform bill to remove South Boston House of Correction
The House defeated an appropriation for a $500,000 Suffolk county reformatory and relegated the bid to build elsewhere amid protests from South Boston members. Debate highlighted the jail's abuses and calls to sell the land for park use, with votes 63 to 28 after a quorum dispute.
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House of Representatives
Boston
House of Correction
Suffolk County Reformatory
Suffolk County
South Boston
Peninsular
Keenan
Ward 8
M. J. Reidy
Ward 15
South
Edwin A. Curtis
Maxwell
Representative Denham
New Bedford
Lowell
Ways and Means Committee
John E. Baldwin
Ward 14
John J. Toomey
Douglass
Baldwin
Bucksport Seminary Reunion Elects Officers at Brunswick
The Bucksport Seminary Association held its third annual reunion at the Brunswick Hotel with about ninety attendees. Chaplain H Tribon led in the president's absence, as Principal A F Chase and Rev G A Crawford spoke on current affairs and reminiscences. Letters of regret came from Edwin Ginn Yale Profess or Wull o ughby Haskell and Dr J Fred Smith. Officers chosen include D H Tribon president and a slate of vice presidents, secretaries, treasurer, and other officers for the coming year.
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Bucksport Seminary Association
Brunswick Hotel
H. Tribon
Charlestown Navy Yard
Edwin Ginn
A. F. Chase
Bucksport
G. A. Crawford
Boston
Chase
Crawford
Wulloughby Haskell
Yale College
J. Fred Smith
D. H. Tribon
W. M. Crawford
Parker Spofford
A. A. Wales
Georgia Suminsky
Jason P. Baker
Flora Wood
Oscar Storer
Annie Hodgdon
Weavers Vote to Authorize Strike at Hargraves Mills
The Weavers' Association in Fall River authorizes all weavers at Hargraves mills Nos. 2 and 3 to strike Monday morning. Dissatisfaction has grown since lappet weavers struck and several workers were discharged. The dispute centers on wage cuts from longer cuts and changing styles as management practices.
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Fall River
The
Weavers' Association
Hargraves Mills
Bridge Bill Laid Over in Senate Vote Fight
The Cove street bridge bill in the Senate was laid over until next Tuesday after opponents led by Senator Joshua B. Holden moved reconsideration and a delay. Bradford Soule and allies objected to further delay, while Folsom and Gallivan supported the bill’s author. Holden also sought to delay the height of buildings regulation, pushing for an April 20 postponement. The Lowell Police Board bill in the House went to the next General Court.
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Senate
Joshua B. Holden
Bradford and
Soule
Folsom
James A. Gallivan
Holden
Boston
Lowell Police Board
Boston Transit Commission Land Transfer and Bridge Project Bill
The Committee on Metropolitan Affairs reported a bill allowing the Transit Commission to transfer land between Haverhill and Canal streets to the city for a market or other public use. It also reported a bill authorizing the city treasurer to issue bonds to improve Charles Town Street from Haymarket Square to Causeway Street as part of the new bridge project.
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Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston Transit Commission
Haverhill
Canal Streets
Charlestown Street
Haymarket Square
Causeway Street
Transit Commission
Slaughter Probe Moves Forward in Lowell
A House morning session debated a committee of investigation into the slaughter of 141 alleged tuberculous cows in Dracut and Lowell. The order passed unanimously, with Rep Rowell of Lowell stating the purpose is to have a legislative panel present during slaughter set for next Tuesday.
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House
Dracut
Lowell
Rowell
A. W. Sheldon
Messrs
Osgood and
Lyman
Cattle Commission
New Great South American Kidney Curb Relief Claim
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Curb. The remedy purportedly relieves bladder and back pain for both sexes and almost immediate retention relief. Sold by Geo Goodwin & Co at 86 Hanover Druggist in Boston.
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Goodwin & CO
Hanover Druggist
Boston
Puritana the Restorer Promises Broad Health Benefits
Puritana is marketed as a universal remedy claiming to cure dyspepsia indigestion liver kidney rheumatism malaria heart trouble head trouble loss of appetite sleep nervousness and impure blood. The ad cites thousands of cures and testimonials and urges readers not to experiment but to adopt the called for treatment as a spring health booster.
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E. E. Walker
Puritana Testimonials From New England Readers
A collection of 1897 letters from Mrs. O A Silloway of Lawrence and Charles H Brown of Kensington praising Puritana for stomach relief and renewed health. Ex-Senator J O Parker endorses the remedy for family use. E E Walker from Dover describes relief from heart trouble and rheumatism after treatment starting in June.
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R. Charles H. Brown
Kensington, N. H
J. O. Parker
Essex St
Lawrence, Mass
Remarkable Silloway Case From Lawrence Describes Chronic Stomach Ailment
Mrs O A Silloway of Lawrence recounts years of severe stomach suffering with lack of saliva and gastric juice, dizziness, left side pain, chest pains from a thread and tea swallow, and doctors giving only temporary relief before she was given up to die.
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O. A. Silloway
Lawrence
The
Puritana Compound Co
Slaughter Investigation Led by Senate and House Committees
Senate delegates Ives Prevaux and Barber to probe the slaughter. House committee appointees include Lawrence Groton Kelton Petersham Cowee West Boylston Stevens Dracut McClellan Grafton Gardner Nantucket Dewing North Brookfield Porter Aga wam. Ways and Means opposes raise for archives chief salary and other salaries. opposes fish and game protection. supports deputy superintendent pay raise to 1000 and expanded prison service. The Lowell Police Board bill referred to next Legislature by Mr. Hayes.
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Senate
Ives
Prevaux
Barber
House
Messrs
Lawrence
Groton
Kelton
Petersham
Cowee
West Boylston
Stevens
Dracut
McClellan
Grafton
Gardner
Nantucket
Dewing
North Brookfield
Porter
Agawam
Ways and Means
Secretary's Department
Savings Banks Commissioners
Sherborn
Board of Police
Lowell
Hayes
House Passes Grade Crossing Amendment for Railways
The House adopted Parsons of Greenfield amendments to grade crossing bills for the Albany railroad at Framingham and the Newburyport railroad at Danvers. Each amendment requires the railway to pay 10 percent of any future abolition expense. The first bill passed engrossed 83 to 18. A concurrent resolve to spend 12,500 for state representation at the Grant monument inauguration moved through under suspension.
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Parsons of Greenfield
Albany Railroad
Framingham
Milford, Holliston & Framingham Street Railway Company
Street Railway Company
Parsons
Greenfield
Newburyport
Haverhill, Georgetown & Danvers Street Railway
Highways Get 800000 and Police Salary Increases Passed
The House approved an 800000 highway appropriation by 128 to 24 and ordered engrossment by 143 to 15. It raised Woburn police judge salary from 1500 to 1800 and ordered a third reading. The Senate suspended rules to pass officers of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Tennessee centennial representation bill.
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House
Williamstown
Gloucester
Woburn
George
Haverhill
Senate
Colors From Inaugural Ball Unite St Stephen Parishioners
The committee in charge of the St Stephen parish reunion met in St John's Hall to plan for next Monday evening. Decorations from the inaugural ball will be reused for the event and a list of volunteer talent from major city theatres was received.
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St. Stephen’s
St. John’s Hall
American Wringer Company Ad Hails Repairs and Delivery
The American Wringer Company lists wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers at 13 and 15 Broadway extension and 2 and 31 Corn Hill, Boston. Repairs are offered and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 764.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway
Cornnil
Boston
Bissell
Weite
Telephone
Tremont
Puritana Promoted as Natural Health Cure
Letters attest Puritana as a natural remedy that improves stomach health and treats diseases due to neglect imprudence exposure improper food or climate.
William A Atkins Funeral Held in Provincetown Storm
The funeral of William A Atkins in Provincetown drew a large crowd despite a storm. Rev S T Beal officiated, with the Equitable Marine Insurance Co and First National Bank represented by directors. Numerous relatives and Provincetown notables attended, and a formal staff condolence message from M C Atwood followed by a burial at Mt Calvary.
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Provincetown
William A. Atkins
James Fuller
Richard Baxter
William T. Atkins
Russell Atkins
Salome Hawes
Ruth McKinnon
McKinnon
Eugenie Atkins
Louise Engles
Freeman A. Smith
M. N. Gifford
James Gifford
William Curran
William Roberts
George O. Knowles
Joseph A. West
Angus McKay
George H. Holmes
Samuel Hatch
Elisha Nickerson
Frank Nickerson
Frank Paine
Thomas Taylor
Mary Hamlin
Elinor Conwell
Eugene Conwell
John H. Livermore
Duncan Mathewson
George Paine
Equitable Marine Insurance Company
Mm. C. Atwood
Quincey
Florence B. Waldin
Funeral of Mrs Kate OBrien of Roxbury
Funeral services were held for Mrs Kate OBrien wife of David OBrien from 30 Mall street Roxbury. Solemn high mass at Old St Patrick Church with Father Leahy and Fathers OBrien Sexton assisting. Miss Kitty Niece sang Nearer My God to Thee. Casket buried amid flowers from friends and relatives. family residents of Roxbury for 75 years.
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Kate O’brien
David O'Brien
Mall Street
Roxbury
Old St. Patrick's Church
Northampton Street
Father Leahy
Father O’brien
Father Sexton
Kitty
William P. Mur
Canton Seeks Injunction Over Centennial Celebration Funds
The town of Canton sued James H. Murphy and others to restrain use of a $2500 appropriation for the town centennial on June 16 and 17. Judge Knowlton heard the case in the Supreme Court and granted an injunction against Murphy, arguing the appropriation was unauthorized.
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Canton
James H. Murphy
Knowlton
Supreme Court
Murphy
Worthy Charity Sale at Brattle Hall Cambridge Closes Tonight
The sale for the Home for Incurables at Brattle Hall Cambridge ends this evening. Opens at 10 in the morning and closes at 10 at night. It has been highly successful and should reach its goal for the charity.
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Brattle Hall
Cambridge
Rivera in Cabana Fortress Visit
General Ruiz Rivera with Colonel Bacallao arrived by train at Regla at 4 30 this afternoon and were transferred to a tugboat to Cabana fortress. Both appeared in excellent spirits and looked well.
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Havana
Ruis Rivera
Bacallao
Regla
Cabana Fortress
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Bucksport Seminary
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Florence Sullivan
Jeremiah McCarthy
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John Good
John Mahoney
Mt. Calvary
William E. Cunningham
Henry V. Cunningham
Timothy Good
W. H. Burns
Daniel E. O’connell
Jerry McCarthy
William P. Murphy
Kittie Murphy
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Rosa Burns
Frank L. Burns
Kate O'Brien
Rivera
Christian Science
Bostoniana Hall
Newbury Street
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Madge
Wilson Bros
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Pennington
Boodro
Franklin D. Rideout
J. P
Robert E. Pennington
Louise W. Boodro
Dean
Benjamin Dean
East Broadway
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Learnard
Brighton
Edward H. Slearnard
Flowers
J. Newman & Sons
ST Tremont ST
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