Parcels Post Bill Rejected by House
The parcels post measure failed in the House on reconsideration after a roll call. Support came from Mack and Dean of Wakefield, while Underhill of Somerville attacked it as benefiting catalogue houses. The plan would have created a city board to manage Franklin fund assets, under Supreme Court appointment, with Boston retaining legal title.
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Mack
Dean
Wakefield
Underhill
Somerville
Meyer
Ard Olney
William Endicott
Nathan Matthews
Charles T. Gallagher
James J. Storrow
Frank K. Foster
Supreme Court
County of
Suffolk
Franklin Fund
Boston
Franklin
Police Listing Death Knell In House Vote Repeal
The police listing repeal bill passed a third reading in the House 105 to 72 after Dorchester's Herbert W. Burr opposed it. Acting Governor Draper reportedly would veto if sent to him, and Police Commissioner O Meara’s control of the listing was questioned.
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Herbert W. Burr
Dorchester
Draper
O'Meara
Burr
Board of Police
Franklin Foundation Incorporation Proposed by Boston Officials
Mayor George A. Hibbard of Boston files petition with the House clerk to form the Franklin Foundation to establish and manage the Franklin Union and oversee funds bequeathed by Benjamin Franklin. Named incorporators include Hibbard, Charles W. Duane, Alexander K. Maclennan, Charles E. Park, and Richard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Fund
Nichols
Boston
George A. Hibbard
Franklin Foundation
Franklin Union
Benjamin Franklin
Charles W. Duane
Alexander K. Maclennan
Charles E. Park
Rich
Railroad Board: lifting jacks for electric cars not feasible
The Board of Railroad Commissioners informed the Senate it is not feasible to equip electric cars with lifting jacks for accidents. It notes jacks exist but are too clumsy to aid a person trapped beneath a car. The lifting jack bill has passed the House and awaits action.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Senate
House
St Peter's Church to Honor Rev Peter Ronan on 40 Years of Service
Dorchester parishioners of St. Peter's Church plan a May 26 reception at Mechanics Hall to honor Rev. Peter Ronan who marks 40 years as a priest. The Dorchester church, one of the archdiocese's largest, has grown from two parishes to about a dozen since his 36 years as pastor.
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St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Peter Ronan
Mechanics’ Hall
Father Ronan
St. Peter’s
Ronan
Lyceum Hall
St. Peter’s Church
Legislators Salute Roosevelt Message Across Legislature
Republican lawmakers praised President Roosevelt in a session memorializing his address. They lauded his stance on labor, finance disclosures, and calls for reform while one opponent Georg Whitney of Winthrop cautioned against drastic injunction changes.
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Roosevelt
Representative Whitney
Winthrop
Joseph Soliday
Dedham
House
Lodge credited as peace maker in battleship settlement
Washington notes Senator Lodge earns praise for easing the battleship controversy and tempering harsher talk among younger senators. Major Harry Bailey is ordered to join his regiment at Fort Thomas. Commander Gow remains at Fore River works. Representative Peters reports improvement at Providence Hospital. OConnell ships seeds to district schoolchildren after overdrawn allotment, with extra 10 000 packages approved by Agriculture.
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Washington, D. C
Lodge
Harry Ll. Bailey
Second Infantry
Boston
War Department
Fort Thomas, Ky
O'Connell
Department of Agriculture
Bill to consolidate West End street railway faces third reading
The bill to merge the West End street railway with the Boston Elevated passed to a third reading after a heated debate. Rep Sheehan denounced it as a gigantic steal promising 7 and 8 percent dividends to stockholders and blocking fare reductions, while Rep Lomasney attacked Weeks for political maneuvering.
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West End
Boston
Frederick M. J. Sheenan
Ward 17
Martin M. Lomasney
Weeks
Everett
Millbury firemen charged for water after blaze
After fighting a fire that threatened North Grafton, six Millbury firefighters were refused water unless they paid in advance. They scraped together 8 cents and received two quarts. The water sellers, a mill owner’s family, refused more than a dime, prompting leader Joseph Roux to denounce them while the men suffered thirst.
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Millbury
North Grafton
Joseph Roux
New England Briefs From New Hampshire to Massachusetts
In Dover Emile Du bois admits buying liquor from Jeremiah Goggin as part of a deal to be discharged. Goggin held for grand jury in 200 dollar bonds. Portland reports burglaries in Deering residences with a break in at Frank L Winship drug store on 238 Stevens avenue. safe blown, over 100 dollars plus stamps stolen. Brockton notes the will of Father Philip Reynolds bequeaths 1000 dollars to Franklin M E Church and 5060 to Methodist missions plus 2500 to both missionary societies. Brockton hosts a State Advent churches conference drawing over 1000 delegates, continuing through Thursday. Middleboro lacks a hotel for travelers as the Aragon Hotel at Centre street has closed. Pembroke sees a plentiful herring run with locals allowed limited harvest from LeFergus mill brook. A cough or sore throat advised to use Brown's Bronchial Troches.
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Dover
N. H
Emile Dubois
Frost
Jeremiah Goggin
Goggin
Portland
Deering
Frank L. Winship
Stevens Avenue
Brockton
Philip Reynolds
Franklin M. E. Church
Methodist Missions
Methodist Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Home Missionary Society
Broceton
State Conference of Advent Churches
Middleboro
Centre Street
Aragon Hotel
Pembroke
LeFergus
Wilcox Case Disputed by State Charity Officials
State Board of Charity officials deny a New Orleans boy named Wilson Wilcox who claims he was stolen from a hospital and abused in Massachusetts. They state he is a deficient minor ward known as Wilson, never named Wilcox, with no record of an abused upbringing or a mother seeking him. He traveled from Boston to New Orleans seeking his mother, but officials see the tale as myth without any mother or institutional abuse verified.
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State Board of Charity
New Orleans
William Henry Wilcox
Massachusetts State Charities Institution
Boston
Wilcox
A Fat Cure Promised by Rengo a Weight Loss Claim
An advertisement piece promotes Rengo as a fat loss remedy for obesity. It portrays a "white elephant" wife and claims pound by pound weight loss without changing habits, urging purchase from The Rengo Co. in Detroit and listing Boston and Washington retailers.
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Rengo
Rengo Co
Detroit
Mich
Boston
Jaynes Drug Co
Henry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Sts
Dense fog menaces ships storm battered off Vineyard
Vessels bound for the city faced near collisions as impenetrable mist lingered days. The United Fruit Company fruiter Bound Brook narrowly rammed a small fisherman near Thieves Ledge, while sister ship Brewster and British steamer Alice also endured perilous passages. The two masted schooner J W Wellington suffered heavy damage of 300 dollars on the stormy gale.
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Bound Brook
United Fruit Company
Brewster
Alice
Peterson
J. W. Wellington
Vineyard
Lamson
Former bank manager pleads guilty to embezzling bonds
J Dafzell Brown once the manager of California Safe Deposit and Trust Company pleaded guilty to embezzling 65 bonds from Sacramento Gas and Electric Light Company. He received an 18 month sentence at San Quentin.
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San Francisco
J. Dafzell Brown
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Sacramento Gas and Electric Light Company
San Quentin
Diplomatic Reception in La Paz Attended by Society Elites
G L Monroe charge d affaires of the American legation hosted a reception in La Paz Bolivia in Minister Sorsby's absence drawing many prominent local society figures to the event.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
G. L. Monroe
Sorsby
Platts Chlorides Suggested For Home Disinfection
Household disinfection guidance urges nightly use of Platts Chlorides in closets wash basins sinks and cellars with a dilution of one part to ten parts water to curb germs and odors. A damp cloth with the mix helps where sprinkling is not advised. Free book offer from Henry B. Platt New York.
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Henry B. Platt
Cliff Street
New York
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Thomas W. Williams
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Lynn
Elmer L. Curtiss
Hingham
Herbert Burr
Finance Commission
Ernest F E. Hobson
Palmer
Eugene C. Hultman
Quincy
Joseph H. Soliday
John A. Stoddard
Gloucester
William H. Smith
Harry N. Stearns
Cambridge
William E. Weeks
Edgar H. Whitney
Arthur L. Nason
Haverhill
William M. Robinson
Chelsea
Samuel H. Mildram
Clarence J. Fogg
Newburyport
Julius Meyers
Charles TH. Mansfield
Houghton & Dutton CO
Gilchrist CO
Wolf
Brine
Butler
Washington
Navy Department
J. L. Gow
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Peters
Providence Hospital
Bill
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Lomasney
Sheehan
Sheenan
Flige
Holbrook
Flye
Hobson
New England
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Holmes, Luce & CO
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Globe Gas Light Co
Union St
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