McCarthy Backers Push for Boston Customs Post
A circulated petition from Boston importers and merchants urged President Taft to promote Jeremiah J. McCarthy from Surveyor of Customs to Collector of Customs for the district. The document, signed by major firms, was presented as lobbying before Taft appointed Edwin A. Curtis, with Taft later noting he was unaware of the petition when making the selection.
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Customs and Fire
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Lyman
Lodge
Crane
Massachusetts
Edwin A. Curtis
Curtis
United States
Sir
Boston
Charlestown
McKinley
Roosevelt
R. H. White Company
R. H. White
Brown, Durrell & Co
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Houghton & Dutton Co
Alexander McGregor
Bigelow, Keenward Company
Shepard-Norwell Company
John Shepard
Shreve, Crump & Low
Henry Siegel Company
the American Camphor Refining Company
Charles A. West
Chase & Sanborn Co
Henry M. Whitney
Luce & Manning
James A. Houston
P. H. Magrane
Jordan-Marsh Company
Eben PD. Jordan
F. E. Atteaux
R. H. Stearns & Co
United Struit Company
A. W. Preston
William A. Gaston
Webster & Co
Jeremiah Williams & Co
Cochrane Chemical Company
Alexander Cochrane
J. R. Leeson, Paine Furniture Company
William L. Schearer
Timothy E. Byrnes
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
J. Koshland & Co
Dwinell, Wright & Co
George S. Wright
Brown & Adams
Dewey, Guild & Co
Joshua B. Holden
Stone & Downer Co
J. R. Whipple & Co
S. O. Bigney & Co
S. O. Bigney
Walter S. Glidden
Hecht, Leibmann & Co
Taft
Mr. Curtis
Veteran Boston Editor Dead
Charles Edwin Hurd longtime literary editor of the Boston Transcript died yesterday. Born in Croydon New Hampshire in 1833 he served in the press for nearly three decades and was a prominent figure in Boston journalism.
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Charles Edwin Hurd
Boston Transcript
Mr. Hurd
Croyden
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Girl Says She Will Be Freed of Theft Charge
Louise Jones an 11 year old accused of stealing 3770 dollars in jewelry from Herbert W Fosdick appeared in court for a hearing. A motion by attorney William Murray postponed the hearing to next Friday. The case ties to a family dispute over a land deal and a separate accusation of swindling Mrs Mary Dillon regarding a Pembroke street house.
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Louise Jones
Herbert W. Fosdick
William Murray
Louise
Bag disappearance sparks charge against young woman
The case centers on a bag that vanished last Monday at a home where a young woman was present. Fosdick says he was showing his jewelry when the bag disappeared while Louise explained best cards. Miss Jones denies knowledge of the bag and says she was nearby but could not have taken it.
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Fosdick
Louise
Miss Jones
Will Leaves 50 Years Of Secret Love To Old Flame
Franklin New Hampshire April 22 half a century of silence ends as Stephen Bailey of Juniper Springs Colorado leaves all his property near Macon City Indiana to his childhood sweetheart Itty Burbank unknown to him married to a man named Osgood and living near Boston local efforts to locate Mrs Osgood continue.
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Franklin
N. H
Stephen Bailey
Juniper Springs
Col
Macon City
Judge DeCourcy A Candidate For Congress
Judge Charles A. DeCourcy is named Democratic candidate for Congress in the fifth district He will consider the bid and Democratic State chairman Frederick J Macleod expresses optimism that he will agree to run
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Charles A. DeCourcy
Congress
Frederick J. Macleod
Democratic State Committee
Rat Steals Pink Carnations in Lenox Garden Party Theft
Acheson, supplier of cut flowers for Mrs. George H. Morgan, reports 300 pink carnations missing from his storage. Neighbors found a rat’s nest of pink stems in a cellar, a rodent later found dead behind a box in the storage plant. Police notified amid the odd theft.
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Lenox
L. W. Acheson
George H. Morgan
Acheson
George Doe
Doe
Freak eggs weigh quarter of a pound
Two monstrous eggs weighing about one quarter of a pound each were brought to the Post by C. H. Blankenship of 143 Thatcher street Mattawan. The eggs came from a Rhode Island red hen owned by Blankenship who is proud of the hen.
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The
Post
C. H. Blankenship
Thatcher Street
Mattawan
Rhode Island
Great Feast Is On Tonight In Boston Observances Begin
In Boston tonight Jewish families observe Passover with sedar services and prayers. Synagogues hold special services during the week as Israelites recall deliverance from Egypt and crossing the Red Sea. Homes are cleaned and matzoth is baked for the eight day festival.
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Boston
Red Sea
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