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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1901
Page
9
Boston shop promotes Style 2626 hat offering at two dollars. Claims equal to any three dollar hat and available in Black Manilla Otter and Steel. Promises comfortable head fit with leading styles on display.
The article states there will be a careful, month‑long process to elect a successor to Hon. Jesse M. Gove as president of the Republican city committee. Vice‑President Arthur P. Russell will call a meeting, with preliminaries arranged and votes in hand, avoiding a last‑minute showdown like at Gove's convention.
The Rev Thomas L Flanagan of St Josephs Church Medford presided over a church choir banquet at the Quincy House last evening with toasts by James Martus and D Collins. Instrumental and vocal music added to the event with enjoyment for attendees.
The piece centers on Maxwell from Ward 22 as a potential Republican city committee president amid City Hall politics in Suffolk. It notes his Dartmouth background, ties to Wheeler, and questions about whether his business as a claim agent could allow him to serve, while detailing rivals like George N. Swallow and ongoing Mayor Hart maneuvering.
A replevin suit in the Circuit Court seeks the solid silver service of the battleship Illinois. Towle Manufacturing Company claims ownership while the Northern Trust Company holds the material for safekeeping. Defendants include William Penn Nixon, Herlon N Higginbotham, Charles L Hutchinson, and the Northern Trust Company Bank. The committee's actions and a creditors' bill complicate payment to Towle. Reeves asserts the silver will still go to the Illinois, either through settlement or by delivery to the ship itself.
New Haven voters elected a Republican mayor marking a political shift in the city. The result came amid a crowded race, with Democratic contenders splitting votes and name recognition playing a key role. The victory sets a new administration to lead city policies and governance.
Taunton April 16 The Supreme Judicial Court opened with Justice Hammond presiding. Attorney General Knowlton objected to Mrs Green's conduct as appellant and five prior counsel sought delays. Boston counsel Whipple argued for a postponement but the hearing proceeded after a brief delay and adjournment for the afternoon.
In Beverly a year old baby and a clairvoyant figure in a tale of missing funds. Isie A. Richardson, mother, claimed $17.5 was loaned for the child’s support by its father and hidden in a bureau drawer. After discovering the money gone she consulted Mme. Tuttle of Salem who described the thief and location. tensions rose at the Orne home and police were brought in.
Cambridge Board of Aldermen adopted an order to authorize the superintendent of streets to buy vitrified brick for this year’s paving. A Water Board note urged cutting metered water rates, and grants were approved for G A R posts and veteran camps. An order allowed reverting the old reservoir to heirs of C C Little.
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