Chief Mullen Honored After Decades in Boston Fire Service
Chief John A. Mullen of the Boston Fire Department was feted at the Quincy House with cheers and speeches by Mayor John Fitzgerald and Fire Commissioner Benjamin Wells among others. A gold badge was presented and officials praised his rise from boseman to head of Boston’s fire service.
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Fire Department
Friends
John A. Mullen
Boston Fire Department
Quincy House
Thomas Tf. Mullen
Benjamin W. Wells
Dennis O'Callaghan
Samuel Abbott
Protective Department
John IT. Fitzgerald
Wells
Mullén
Mullen
John ¥. Fitzgerald
Cole
Thomas A. Mullen
John B. Martin
Samuel Abbott, Jr
Timothy J. Kenney
A. B. Shields
John J. Harkins
Joseph Webber
Joseph F. Walsh
Charles F. Leahy
Fred J. Sheehan
Joseph H. Tighe
James KE. Pray
M. J. Lafferty
Wiliam Johnson
Allen Macdonald
Charles Ingersoll
A. I Martin
David Kanaly
John T. McNary
Edward J. Sullivan
Michael J. Driscoll
John I. Ryan
Edgemakers Strike Paralyzes Lynn Shoe Factories
More than 6000 Lynn shoe operatives are idle as 600 edgemakers walk out in 70 factories in a price dispute with Miller Hapgood Company. Negotiations fail and a protracted contest looms. The union and Manufacturers Association seek arbitration as a path to settlement.
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Lynn
Edgemakers
Miller-Hapgood Company
Manufacturers’ Association
Women as Drinkers and Social Change Debate
Rev Madison C Peters told the Florence Crittenton Home Society convention that respectable women increasingly drink in public and private venues. He urged women to drive cultural change by voicing whether drinking customs should continue to rise or diminish. Afternoon speaker Alexander McKenzie discussed the value of the slum population. Tonight Frederick D Sturgis was to address the white slave traffic topic.
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Madison C. Peters
New York
First Baptist Church
Florence Crittenton Home Society
Alexander McKenzie
Cambridge
Frederick D. Sturgis
Grow Hair Free Package Promises Hair Growth
An advertisement touts a $1 Grow Hair package that claims to regrow hair stop hair loss remove dandruff and restore gray or faded hair to natural color. It invites readers to request a full $1 package by mail with a promise of results.
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Fose
J. F. Stokes
Megr
Foso
Cincinnati
Ohio
City Simply Upheaved
Stella Glancy describes a Bay Area earthquake and San Francisco fire from Berkeley. She notes widespread chimney collapses in Berkeley and Oakland, many explosions, water and telegraph outages, and refugees crossing the bay seeking shelter as the city is upheaved and fires rage.
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Waltham
Robert E. Glancy
Stella Glancy
Berkeley
Cal
San Francisco
Papa
Piazza
Oakland
Southern Pacific
Perkeley
Ames
Stella
Harvard Students Suffer Minor Losses From San Francisco Disaster
Forty Californians at Harvard faced varying impacts from the quake and fire. D A MacLeod and E Hohfeld suffer the heaviest losses with homes and family businesses destroyed or damaged, while others including Pratt Dore Chadbourne Whitney and Reid report partial or uncertain damage to property but family members safe.
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Harvard
San Francisco
D. A. MacLeod
E. Hohfeld
Maurice Dore
California
San Rafael
I’. M. Chadbourne
California Club
M. B. Whitney
Cambridge
W. Wight
J A. Brewer
Oakland
R. C. Hackley
Berkeley
D. H. Hall
H. G. Hawes, Jr
Santa Barbara
C. W. Lippman
W. T. Mooney, Jr
Petaluma
J. D. Tallant
E. B. Towne
Southern Pacific Railroad
Palo Alto
FE. Williams, Jr
Plans for Relief Drive From Massachusetts Association
Massachusetts Relief Association headquarters at 161 Devonshire Street circulated notices to women’s clubs urging donations of money and clothing. Messages reported $100 from Patrick Donovan, $4032 from marketmen, and $6000 from Holyoke citizens. A carload of blankets was shipped south as relief efforts expanded.
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Devonshire Street
Massachusetts Associate For the Relief of
Massachusetts Association
California
Patrick J. Donovan
National Red Cross Society
Mrs McQuade Safe After San Francisco Escape
Mrs Harry McQuade formerly Louise Gardes writes from Berkeley that she and her husband are alive though penniless. She describes San Francisco as wrecked and asks for prayers while awaiting funds. The note reaches May Donahue of 16 Haynes Street and was mailed from a Berkeley tailoring billhead.
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San Francisco
Harry
Mame
Lou
Berkeley
Boston Train Sends Major Sugar Cured Meats Shipment
Mayor Fitzgerald received a letter from P L Hughes of the Cudahy Packing Co noting a special Union Pacific train shipment from South Omaha on April 21. The train carries 59000 pounds of smoked hams bacon picnics canned meats and beef extract valued at 24000 to 25000 dollars and will reach Boston within 60 hours.
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Fitzgerald
P. L. Hughes
Boston
Cudahy Packing Company
South Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Roosting in Hen House in Earthquake Letter
Edward C. Howlett, once of Cambridge and a minstrel show leader, now in Alameda, Cal., writes his brother that his family fled to the hen coop during the quake. He describes feeling the tremor about 200 miles from home on the earthquake morning.
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Edward C. Howlett
Cambridge
Alameda
Cal
Clarence Howlett
Galatea Illusion At Brine's Store In Boston
Galatea, a living statue illusion, captivates shoppers at the William H. Brine store on Tremont Street Boston. The display runs 10 30 to 12 and 2 to 5 30 daily as part of the anniversary celebration marking the new store’s first year.
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William H. Brine
Big Concern
Aylon
Pygmalion
Greater Boston
Tremont Row
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Overland Limited Offers Quicker Through Service
Trains of Chicago North Western Union and Southern Pacific run on regular schedules to Oakland San Francisco. The Overland Limited is much faster than other through trains with three nights from Chicago and four nights from New England and no car changes. Tickets and information available from J Brittain general agent 500 Washington Street Boston.
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Chicago & North- Western Railway
Union
Southern Pacific
Oakland
San Francisco
Overland Limited
Chicago
New England
J.¥. Brittain
Washington Street
Boston
Chelsea Liquor License Scramble Results and Hearings
The Chelsea liquor license round denied Charles W. Cole Co at 123 Park Street and granted licenses to David A. Monroe Co at 7 Cherry Street and Frank Schonbach Co at 907 Broadway. Thirty six of 387 licenses awarded. 37th may follow. Hearings set for next Tuesday include Charles V. Cole with Boston attorney P H Kelley. John J. O’Brien at 1 Louis Street denied for opposing the current city administration.
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Chelsea
Charles W. Cole & Co
Park Street
David A. Monroe & Co
Cherry Street
Frank
Schonbach & Co
Broadway
Revere Line
Hubner & McDonald
Augustus C. Hubner
Patrick J. Claffey
George H
Edward J. McDonald
San Francisco Relief Funds Topped by Red Cross Subscriptions
Gardiner M. Lane treasurer of the Massachusetts Red Cross reports San Francisco relief donations totaling 13286. The drive gathers support from Massachusetts subscribers for disaster relief in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
RED Cross
Gardiner M. Lane
Massachusetts
The
Red Cross Society
Family News Alert From Boston to San Francisco
Miss Mary Wilkinson of Massachusetts Avenue learned from her sister Cora in San Francisco that she was well. Her home was destroyed. Archie McNeil, a mechanic at the Boston Belting Company in Roxbury, fears for the safety of his brother and wife, Mr and Mrs John McNeil of San Francisco.
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MacLeod
Hohfeld
van Ness
O. C. Pratt, Jr
Craigie
San Francisco
Mary Wilkinson
Massachusetts Avenue
Cora
Archie McNeil
Boston Belting Company
Roxbury
John McNeil
Empress Dowager Sends Relief for San Francisco Disaster
The Empress Dowager has sent $50,000 to the American legation for San Francisco relief and an additional $20,000 to Chinese residents in the city.
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Pekin
San Francisco
Early Morning Car For Newspaper Workers
Boston and Northern Street Railway will run a car from Adams Square starting tomorrow at 4 am through Chelsea Everett Malden Melrose Wakefield Reading. The service follows a petition signed by newspaper workers.
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Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Adams Square
Boston
Chelsea
Everett
Malden
Melrose
Wakefield
Reading
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Quincy
Ait Lynn
Bill Reid
Ww. T. Reid, Jr
Belmont
Bay
Reid
Boston Executive
Mittee
Donovan
Eben S. Draper
Jacob Furth
Capwell & Lavinson
Lace House
Oaksland
Massachusetts Relief Association
East Boston
Summer St. Chandler & Barber Hardware
Brine’s
China
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Amooth van Camp
van Camp
Senator Tillman
Senate
Boston Sunday Post
Portsmouth
N.hs
C. Frank Kimball
Lajoie
Cleveland
Napoleon Lajoie
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