Not to lowest bidder in letter carriers uniforms case
Dissatisfaction rises over awarding a government contract for letter carriers uniforms to Fechheimer Bros of Cincinnati at 11.25 for summer and 14.95 for winter while three Boston firms bid 10.50 and 13.50. New Jersey carriers push for independent production and question the contract process.
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Fechheimer Bros
Gaummer
Boston
Continental Clothing House
Leopold Morse and Co
Browning, King & Co
Leopold Morse & Co
Post
Burlington Mills
Oehm Furnishing House
Baltimore
Baltimore House
Cincinnati House
Tier Carriers’ Association
Water Front Scene Details on Vessels and Races
The schooner Robert E King lost her jibboom at Lewis wharf when N P Doane tug came in. Fishermen reported heavy gales and snow making fishing impossible as three schooners Mary Fernald Addie K Damon and Edward Rich arrived with catches. Four boarding house keepers seek a hulls inspector post after May 15 race stakes, with a silver mug challenge cup offered by John Mahony.
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Lewis Wharf
Plymouth
N. P. Doane
Peter Starkey
New York
Boston
Mary Fernald
Addie K. Damon
Edward Rich
Whitehall
Gustavus Matto
Thomas Newman
Sailors’ Home
Newman
Joseph Conrad
Andrew Olsen
John Mahony
Commercial Street
General Starbuck
Nelson
Warren
Hulls
William D. Durkee
F. D. Cook
F. J. C. Riley
Charles Emerson
George W. Clark
H. H. Blanchard
William Worcester
Charles Deering
John Muir
William L. Anderson
Custom House
University Club to admit ladies to new apartments
The University Club plans to grant access for women to a new set of apartments. This marks a radical departure opening the third principal city club to ladies while preserving exclusivity in the men's quarters.
Firemen's Holiday and Heated Street Cars Debated
Boston House debates a one day a week paid holiday for firefighters and a plan to heat street cars 50 degrees November through March. The liquor license bill fails and the Senate considers heating standards and a court siting move to Springfield.
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Roxbury
Messrs. Roe
Worcester
Rosnosky
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Roe
Farley
Lowell
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Lynch
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Commonwealth
Lecture annonce on Kearsarge and Alabama voyage
Mr. William H. Badiam a former assistant engineer of the U S N and senior engineer of the Kearsarge at the Alabama sinking will lecture at the Massachusetts Yacht Club Saturday at 8 PM The subject is The Cruise of the Kearsarge and Alabama Captain Hank Haff of Volunteer fame will give a talk on his yacht racing experiences at a later announced date
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William H. Badiam
Kearsarge
Alabama
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Hank Haff
Munyons Rheumatism Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief
Munyons Rheumatism Cure guarantees relief from rheumatism in any body part. Acute cases resolve in days, with quick relief from pains in hips, back, sides, and chest. Overwhelming proof claims cure with one or two doses or a bottle. money-back guarantee and free sample if doubt persists. Call at Hotel Pelham corner of Tremont and Bulstrode Streets.
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Munyon
Hotel Pelham
Bé@ylston and
Tremont Streets
Trefethen Engagement Rumor Sparks Charlestown Store Ties
A sensational report claims James A. Trefethen will marry a Charlestown worker from Wemyss’s store at 239 Bunker Hill Street and may control the business. Miss Rose Lindsay, denying any romance, says she would not marry him, while Miss M. J. McNellis is also tied to the tale.
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Wemyss
Bunker Hill Street
Trefethen
Nichols Street
Rose Lindsay
Dorchester Avenue
Tena Davis
Post
Miss Lindsay
Hove
M. J. McNellis
Charlestown
Miss Payn
Annie
Bunker Hill
Mrs
Everett
Trefe
Miss McNellis
Two sailors washed overboard near Cape Cod tragedy
Early Tuesday a Gloucester schooner Richard Steele shipped a sea washing James Mansfield of Newfoundland overboard. The Susan R. Stone arrived at half mast as Captain Vernieh reports another heavy sea off Cape Cod swept Manuel Rose, a Fayal native residing in Provincetown, from the wheel.
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Gloucester
Richard Steele
Greenlow
James Mansfield
Newfoundland
Susan R. Stone
Vernieh
Cape Cod
Manuel Rose
Rose
Fayal
Provincetown
Missing Boston man with $800 after night out
Michael O'Neil of 14 Fleet street disappeared last Tuesday night after leaving home with 800 dollars. He recently moved to Boston with his wife and started a laundry. his wife suspects robbers and notes he would not be away all night without her knowledge. A former army companion was seen with him on Hanover street a week earlier. the companion is said to bear a “hard name” unknown to O'Neil.
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Michael O'Neil
Fleet Street
O'Neil
Boston
O’neil
Hanover Street
Captain Hinckley Hinckley Dies in Marston's Mills
Captain Nathaniel H. Hinckley a well known Barnstable citizen died at his home in Marston's Mills. He served in the Legislature and was active in local affairs and a former high sheriff of Barnstable County. He supported free trade. He leaves a widow and a son and daughter.
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Barnstable
Nathaniel H. Hinckley
Marston's Mills
Barnstable County
President Putnam Indicted in Exeter Bank Case
Exeter New Hampshire April 12 The grand jury returned twenty two indictments most significant against President Putnam of the Granite State Bank for the larceny of twenty two thousand dollars and embezzlement of twenty thousand in bonds authorities reported today
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Exeter
N. H
Putnam
Granite State Bank
Mrs Hartford Cleared in Candia Case of Ward Cruelty
Report notes larceny of 500 dollars and embezzlement of 10 000 dollars in checks amid no indictment against Mrs Hartford of Candia charged with cruelty to her ward the late Georgie Stradling.
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Hartford
Candia
Georgie Stradling
Eleventh Reunion Of Hawes School Boys Held At Tremont
The Hawes School Boys reunion gathered at Tremont House last night with about 150 attendees. A banquet featured music by the Baldwin Cadet Band as officers were elected and speeches given to mark three decades since their school days.
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Tremont House
Baldwin
William E. I. Dillaway
William D. Rockwood
George W. Armstrong
Benjamin E. Corlew
John C. Clapp
Edwin B. Spinney
Amos T. White
C. J. Connolly
J. C. Elms
W. H. H Sloan
QO. B. Stebbens
R. J. Monks
James B. Rogers
David Hale
Albert Baker
George W. Bail
L. J. Bird
Edward B. James
Co. O. L. Dillaway
Charles B. Bedlington
F. BE. Park
R. F. Means
Despondent 27-Year-Old Palmer Dies by Suicide
E Augustus Palmer aged 27 of 148 Washington Street shot himself at 7 last evening. The despondent act occurred as he placed a .22 revolver in his mouth and fired. Medical Examiner Draper took charge of the body.
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E. Augustus Palmer
Washington Street
Draper
Respectable Revere Family Earns Less Glory From Fuller Forgeries
Everett Fuller of Revere, 24, once employed by Leonard Treat's in Boston, is arrested in Worcester for forgery. He came from a well known family. his father Daniel S. Fuller, longtime civic worker, once ran streets contract work. The Fuller clan is shocked as authorities pursue legal action.
Broadway Bridge Sparks South Boston Civic Clash
South Boston Citizens' Association denounces President Little of the West End for urging electric cars over Broadway bridge by the 20th, calling it a subterfuge after a $10,000 strengthening effort. City Engineer Jackson's opinion on bridge strength is awaited as Aldermen Flood and Maguire weigh future action.
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Citizens’ Association
Aldermen
Flood
Maguire
Peninsula
Jackson
Aldermanic Committee On
Question of Jurisdiction Delays Alcazar Receivership
Judge Allen in the Supreme Court heard evidence on Alcazar Music Hall Company’s finances and found the merits supported but questioned equity court jurisdiction to appoint a receiver over an insolvent corporation when an insolvency court exists. Urgent reasons for quicker receivership were noted and parties were allowed time for a brief of legal authorities.
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Alcazar Music Hall Company
Court of Equity
Allen
Supreme Court
Alcazar Company
Judge Seals Private Hearing In Seduction Case
Judge Ely in Municipal Court privately heard Francesca D Iorio a bootblack stand operator at 3 City Hall Avenue charged with seduction of Carmila Pepe a 15 year old girl enticed from New York The judge closed the hearing and ordered bail set at 5000 to the May term of the Senior Court
Rhode Island House Falls Short on Anti Vaccination Bill
The Rhode Island House spent nearly four hours wrangling over an anti vaccination act with doors locked to compel attendance. The bill was finally defeated on the Speaker's decisive vote.
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Providence
R.ie
Lee Must Go Not Know Police Commissioner's Reappointment
A city police commissioner set to be replaced by a Democrat will not be reappointed by Governor Greenhalge. The shift follows a changing political climate and signals a May appointment. the new head will emphasize law enforcement and public order.
Commissioner Lee Declines Interview On Term Expiration
Mr. Lee refused to discuss his term ending, citing numerous department matters. A Post reporter observed him in his police headquarters office yesterday morning appearing bright and at ease, smoking a pipe of peace. Other officials offered no information on the commissioner ship.
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United States Court
Roe
Aldrich
Adams
Commissioner Lee
Post
Police
Lee
Osborne silent on governor's appointment rumor
General William Osborne, former Board of Police member, was approached by a Postman on the Exchange building sixth floor. He refused to comment when asked if Governor Greenhalge would appoint Commissioner Lee or if a Democrat would be named, saying he knew nothing about it.
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Greenhalge
Lee
Post
William Osborne
Board of Police
Exchange
Osborne
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