Aldermen back Martin plan to ease Boston street traffic
Boston officials debate General Martin's plan to regulate street traffic with one way routes and interchangeable stands near depots. Express firms and teamsters weigh in, while aldermen from multiple wards praise, seek study, or demand more detail before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Boston
Martin
Expressmen
West End
Washington and
Tremont Streets
Board of Aldermen
Express
Post
Express Companies
General Martin
American Express Company
Baldwin
Savannah
Adams’ Express
D. Lovering, Jr
Little
West End Street Railway
Sanford
Alderman Fottler
Alderman Lomasney
Dever
Warren Bridge
Alderman Folsom
Washington Street
Natural Brain and Nervous System Cure by Dr Leclé rque
Advertises a constitutional treatment for brain and nervous system diseases by Myron E. Leclercque. Claims to address paralysis epilepsy loco motor ataxia and long standing functional difficulties. Includes office at 278 Boylston Street Boston Mass opposite Public Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron E. Leclerque
Boylston St
Opp
Public Garden
Boston
Mass
Senate Sugar Trust Panel Likely to Report Tomorrow
Gentle Rub Washington Aug 1 The Senate Sugar Trust investigating committee plans to report to the Senate tomorrow. In executive session today the panel debated publishing testimony on Senator Camden alleged sugar certificate speculation. Republicans may fault the trust for undue influence on the sugar tariff schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Sugar Trust
Senate
Camden
Sugar Trust
RUM RULED AND RUINED IN CAMBRIDGEPORT CHILDREN DRINKING
A Cambridgeport report details two young girls Annie Moore four and Katie Riley eight given whiskey by their mothers in a yard near Portland street. The women were fined one dollar and costs and jailed for thirty days if unpaid. the fathers seek custody and care for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridgeport
Annie Moore
Katie Riley
Portland Street
Broadway
Moore
Miss Riley
Katie
Thomas Riley
Riley
Deer Island
Nora
East Cambridge
Coleman Bros
Sixth Street
Annie
Mr. Riley
Butler and Tillman clash aboard car in South Carolina
In Spartanburg, Confederate veteran and U.S. Senator M C Butler faces Gov. Tillman after a dispute over a dispensary speech. Butler accuses Tillman of fraud. Tillman resists a duel. Both men spoke at a campaign meeting as dispensaries reopen statewide with a 15 day quit period for saloon workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
United States
M. C. Butler
Tillman
Pullman
Laurens
Butler
Cal Caughman
Congress
Caughman
General Butler
Mrs Taylor charged with incendiarism linked to McDowell family
From Dedham and Conway reports on August 1, authorities reveal Berkshire farmer Bernard W McDowell posted $1000 bail for sister Susan J Taylor of Walpole accused of setting fires. Fire Marshal Whitcomb and detectives promise developments tied to a long history of fires linked to the McDowell family and a past child poisoning case in Conway. Detectives in Conway inspect McDowell Bros. affairs as insurers seek payment on multiple claims tied to barns and a cotton mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Berkshire
Susan J. Taylor
Walpole
Bernard W. McDowell
Conway
Mass
Needham
McDowells
Bernard
Mrs. Taylor
Deerfield
Eugene Samuel Taylor
Taylor
Greenfield
Charles Allen
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Charlestown
Vermont
McDowell
Canada
New York State
McDowell Bros
Catholic Liquor Decree Sparks Mixed Reactions in U S Cities
In New York and Brooklyn liquor dealers condemn a papal delegate decree as un-American, while editors note potential trouble from enforcement. Archbishops in Cincinnati Santa Fe Peoria and Philadelphia call the action local or justified, and Chicago's church officials doubt enforceability, rating the measure mainly regional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ooklyn
Smith
Wine and Spirit Gazette
Corrigan
America
Jonathan
Mer. Satolli
Watterson
Cincinnati
Elder
Columbus
Cambridge Licenses Granted Against Committee Wishes
Cambridge Aldermen held a special meeting at 4 PM with Alderman Rady presiding. The license committee had opposed issuing victuallers licenses to about a dozen applicants, but Louis Armstrong of Cambridge Street and Frank P. Brown at the West Boston Bridge transfer station were granted licenses by votes of 8 to 2. The body also unanimously approved extending the sewer in Commercial Avenue, crossing the Charles River into East Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Rady
Thorogood
Louis Armstrong
Cambridge Street
Frank P. Brown
West Boston Bridge
Commercial Avenue
Charles River
Cambridge
Foster Murray Wedding at Cambridge Residence
The marriage of Carrie Frances Foster to Charles Albert Murray took place last night at 11 Douglass Street Cambridgeport in the home of Mr and Mrs Willis H Foster. Rev Charles A Skinner conducted the ceremony in the presence of immediate family. A reception followed and gifts were exchanged including a substantial present from the Cambridgeport Cycle Club. The couple will spend August at Onset and Cottage City and reside at 11 Douglass Street upon returning in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis H. Foster
Douglass Street
Cambridgeport
Carrie Frances Foster
Charles Albert Murray
Boston Globe
Charles A. Skinner
Cambridge
Murray
Cambridgeport Cycle Club
American Wringer Co. Makers of Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Co. lists 12 and Broadway extension as its address, manufacturing wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs offered for all kinds of wringers and sweepers with mail orders promptly attended to and telephone service Tremont 764.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Wringer Co
12 and & Broadway Extension
City
Tremont
Emergency hand fire extinguisher aids city fires
A local device labeled emergency hand fire extinguisher has subdued 16 accidental fires over its first three months, resulting in total losses under $600. Investigators note the unit’s quick action at 272 Franklin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin St
Star Forg er. Noted forger Baker arrested in Vineland New Jersey
Pinkerton detectives identify Horace D. Baker as alias Robert E. Harvey, an 87 year old master forger who has operated across New York New Jersey and New England forging drafts and checks. He lured victims through church connections and religious groups, purchasing businesses and fleeing with forged drafts. Requisitions for his arrest are being prepared in several states including West Virginia Maryland and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace D. Baker
Vineland
N. J
New York
New Jersey
New England
Pinkerton
Baker
Robert E. Harvey
Virginia
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Boston
Robert
Harvey
Order of Good Templars
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Bel Air
Frank Moulton
Worcester
Brewer
Providence
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Quinsigamond National Bank
Walter B. Snow
Moulton
Prohibition Fund
Quinsigamond Bank
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Robert FE. Harvey
Henry M. Thomas
Reade Halford
Herbert E. Roberts
Ralph C. Hunter
A. G. Hinckley
Sherman Metchell
Henry W. Hunter
Lawrence Stevens
A. G. Buckley
C. E. Hiscock
Henry B. Scott
Frank C. Woods
George P. Sage
G. W. Nelson
W. H. Bunner
Victor Fennick
W. H. Miles
Burnside
West Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Hartford National Bank
California State
Montana
Topeka
Kan
Robert H. Alexander
Rand, McNally & Co
Nora
East
Washington, D. C
Robert Hall
Albany Penitentiary
Lowell Cricketers Lose in Halifax Match Big 167 to 108
In Halifax on August 1 the Lowell men faced garrison officers in the second cricket series game. Lowell scored 108 all out with Stewart 26 the top effort, while the garrison replied 167 with Colonel Amstruther hitting 86 and Bowler contributing 3 extras in the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Lowell
Stewart
Wanderers
Butterick
Comber
Harrison
Meiklejohn
J. Smith
F. Fairburn
Keene
R. Fairburn
Kenyon
Mudie
D. Smythe
Gregory
Campbell
Bray
L. Jones
Stevenson
Smythe
Colonel Amstruther
Banning
Bailey
Hotham
Hastings
Unitarian Grove Session At Weirs Discusses Constitution
At Weirs New Hampshire unitarians continued six day meet with devotional conference led by Rev Lletchner Snapp and an address by Rev Enoch Powell on the national conference constitution. Other talks included Rev Batchelder and Rev Powell with D M Wilson and Grindall Reynolds on Our Unitarian Outlook followed by a discussion. R W Taylor of Tuskegee spoke on Alabama as a weak link in the national chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia
N. H
Unitarian Grove
Weirs
L. Fletcner Snapp
Littleton
Enoch Powell
Nashua
Lyman Clark
Mr. Batchelder
Lowell
Powell
Protest at Dorchester meeting over New England Construction garbage plant
Music Hall filled with Protestants from Ward 24 denouncing the New England Construction Company garbage disposal trial plant on Gibson street Dorchester. Councilman Manks urged court action to stop the site while Aldermen and speakers condemned the project as a nuisance, with Eldridge Smith citing historic land transfer. aim was to prevent construction by any means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
New England Construction Company
Gibson Street
Dorchester
Herbert M. Manks
Matthews
Carter
Albany Street
Board of Health
City Hospital
Manks
Folsom
Hall
Moon Island
Patterson
Edward B. Callendar
Eldridge Smith
Dorchester High School
Gibson Fund
Christopher Gibson
Bouts at Coney Island Lights Up Spar Ring Resort
At Coney Island arena a public spar ring night drew about 4000 as Duncan Ross defended his title in a three point lead over Genroso Pavisi before Pavisi quit. Local bouts between Jack Downey and Denny McBride and Hugh Winters and Jim Holmes followed with McBride and Holmes winning on points. The main event between Mike Leonard and Eddie Pierce ended in a draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Coney Island Athletic Club
Duncan C. Ross
America
Genroso Pavisi
Italy
Pavisi
Ross
Jack Downey
Denny McBride
McBride
Hugh Winters
Brooklyn
Jim Holmes
New York
Holmes
Mike Leonard
Eddie Pierce
Children Struck by Pedlar’s Wagon in Roxbury Corner
Leo Carpenter aged 9 of 49 Palmer Street Roxbury and Bertie Cronin aged 65 with parents at 17 Winslow Street were playing at the Palmer Winslow corner when a pedlar’s wagon owned by Solomon Isaacs ran them down. Cronin escaped uninjured while Carpenter sustained internal injuries and was taken home with Dr. Elliott summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Carpenter
Palmer Street
Roxbury
Bertie Cronin
Winslow Street
Palmer and
Winslow Streets
Solomon Isaacs
Cronin
Elliott
Young Men's Democratic Club Honors Francis W Bird
At yesterday's executive committee meeting resolutions were unanimously adopted to the memory of Francis W Bird, honoring his service and memory within the club community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Democratic Club
Francis W. Bird
Cambridge Painter Attempted Suicide in Arlington Cemetery Grave
Edward Walker 27, a Cambridge painter and former Ferdinand of East Cambridge engaged to Miss Josephine Kelly, crawled into a shallow grave beside his sweetheart’s Arlington cemetery plot, drank laudanum with sleeping powder, but was discovered by Superintendent Buckley before dying. After recovery he spoke of comic sketches and said he believed his act was justified in God’s eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Walker
Cambridge
Arlington Cemetery
Bryant Walker
Brattle Street
Josephine Kelly
East Cambridge
St. Paul Catholic
Arlington
Baltimore
Buckley
Harriman
Hooley
Mr. Walker
Dr. Hooker
Walker
Rev J C Haavig Weds Miss M Charlotte Tripp at Lynn Church
The Rev J C Haavig pastor of the First Congregational Church in Lynn married Miss M Charlotte Tripp a former Cobbett School teacher at 7 30 pm in the church. Mutual friend Rev F H Allen of Boston officiated with W H Greeley of Boston as best man and Mabel Tripp sister of the bride as bridesmaid. The ceremony featured organ selections and a Swedish wedding march with Mendelssohn’s March at close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
J. C. Haavig
First Congregational Church
M. Charlotte Tripp
Cobbett School
F. H. Allen
Boston
W. H. Greeley
M. Mabel Tripp
S. S. Shepard
Mendelssohn
H. W. Reedy
Somerville
J. S. H. Greeley
H. W. Alden
William E. Brickett
William T. Reed
F. S. Norris
Rogers Avenue
Maina
Doctor Francis W. Reid of Boston Roxbury Practice
Francis W. Reid M D of London and Boston advertises as late manager and consulting physician at Metropolitan Provident Dispensary Co London. Specializes in heart and lung disorders and general debility with free primary consultation. Invites country patents to write for further details and address at Sunnyside 38 Warren Ave corner of Dale St Roxbury Boston Mass.
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Francis W.reid
London
United States
Metropolitan Provident Dispensary Co
Eng
Bowton
Dence
Sunnyside
Warren Ae
Dale St
Roxbury
Boston
Masa
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Wild Flowers OF America
Boston Post
P. O
Post Office
Vame
LOCAL
P. J. Ryan
Mer. Satelli
Santa FE
N. M
Chapelle
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Mgr
Satolli
Peoria
Spalding
Rome
Feehan
Mgr. Muldoon
Cambridge Licenses
Foster
Star Forger
Lowell Cricketers
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Williams , Lincoln & CO
Washington St
G. P. Wiksell
Hotel Pelham
Herrick’s Mercantile Collection Agency
Court ST
Newell’s Dog
Portland St
Mena S. Webster
Boylston Street
Lobe Real Estate Renting Agency
State St
Fyuman Hair
A. R. Specht
Winter St
Park Remedy O
Mas
R. Kari Ludwig Barnay
Dental Department
Royal University
Berlin
Germany
State Board of Registration
Tremont Street
Frederic de Belleville
Emmet Corrigan
Frederic Bond
Glendenning
EB. S. Willard
Mise Odette Tyler
Wiliam Morris
Charlotte Behrens
Robert Mantell
W. Jepson
Union St
Justice of the Peace
South St
Merellas
Challenge Mbrella CO
Kingston St
Alwaays
Steck
Leonard
Pierce
Main Springs
Bell
la Wrange St
Linwood Street
Join Hadcock
BLE
Beach St
F. A. Searle
OSTER
Ao Mercantile Ac
Rem Estats
Mortages Child & CO
State Street
Torage
Westchester Park
Westland Avenue
S. T. Taylor
E. C. Woodward
French Pattern Rooms
West St
T. Taylor
Ticliam Elmer
Federal St. Sal
Lamson
Wsrld's
Allen Bros
Sroom
Bedford St
Hutcard’s
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