Public hearing request on Boston telephone rates ends in delay
Edmund A. Whitman reports to petitioners before the Highway Commission on the 1907 Boston telephone rate inquiry. He describes delays, committee proposals, expert selections, and limited scope limiting payrolls, rate data, and political influence checks, concluding the petitioners may halt further efforts pending commission action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Highway Commission
Telephone Company
New England Telephone Company
Public Service Corporation
Water Department
Boston
Dugald C. Jackson
Chicago Telephone Company
Institute of Technology
Keneally
Harvard University
Messrs
Stone & Webster
Messrs. Kidder
Patterson
E. W. Longley
Edmund A. Whitman
Webster Seeks Republican Nomination for Suffolk County DA
Walter A. Webster, Ward 22 representative, declares his Republican bid for district attorney of Suffolk County. He attacks the incumbent, calls for integrity in prosecutions, warns against indictments without solid evidence, and questions John B. Moran’s past service while urging “work, not words” to earn the people’s trust.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Walter A. Webster
House of Representatives
Ward 22
Joseph A. Dennison
George H. Tinkham
John B. Moran
Nathan Barnett
Moran
Moran letter frees woman from Massachusetts Home
A confidential letter to District Attorney John B. Moran led to Mary Kenney leaving the Massachusetts Home for Intemperate Women in Roxbury. The home’s superintendent, Mary Charpiot, says Kenney’s letter is partly true and partly false, noting Kenney was sent upstairs for disobedience but can go outdoors and join meals. Charpiot requests Moran refrain from further involvement, warning of consequences if interrupted.
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John B. Moran
Mary Kenney
Mary
Massachusetts
Binney Street
Roxbury
Moran
Mary R. Charpiot
Chappie
Your Mother in Law to Law The Fiery Furnace
A pleading mother urges legal action and devotion for her daughter, vowing self sacrifice and urging decisive support. Mrs. Ames opposes her daughter’s marriage to Dr. Chirurg, leaving her heartbroken over the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hades
Boston Theatres and Pleasure Resorts Offer Wide Variety
A bustling program fills Boston venues with comedy, song, and cirque. The Majestic hosts The Green Bird and adds catchy numbers like I’d Like to Flirt With You while Tremont’s Hurdy Gurdy Girl nears its close. At Globe Theatre Wine Woman and Song draws crowds, and Carmen plays Castle Square. Keith’s boasts A Smash-Up in Chinatown with Bobby Matthews and Herbert Ashley. Grand Opera House features Parted on Her Bridal Tour, a Laura Libbey adaptation. Palace Theatre showcases a strong bill headlined by Hume Cain and Huey.
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Majestic Theatre
Tremont Theatre
John W. Ransome
Annie Yeamans
Diamond Donner
Globe Theatre
Castle Square Theatre
Chinatown
Keith
Laura Jean Libbey
Howell Hansell
New York
Palace Theatre
Hume, Cain and
Huey
Boston
Peck
Minnie Burke
Henry Peck
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Waterman’s Southern Cakewalk Company
Hollis Street Theatre
Mayfair
England
America
Theatre Comique
Boston Fire Department
Antonio
Redskins
American Athletic Girls
Knights of Pythias
Massachusetts
Wonderland
Uniform Bank
Sadie Knowlton
Paragon Park
Speedy
le Brun Grand Opera
Norumbega Park
Three Sites for Stores Chosen for Appraisers
A committee of business leaders has finalized a report selecting three sites for the appraisers stores. The report, sent to Collector Lyman and then to the Treasury Secretary in Washington, remains confidential until it reaches the Washington office. The choice narrows from about 15 proposed sites to three to fit the 900000 dollar land and buildings appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Funeral for Mrs. Jardine Draws Large Dorchester Crowd
A large gathering of sorrowing friends attended the funeral of Mrs. William Jardine wife of Gilchrist Company vice president yesterday at 34 Rosedale Street Dorchester Services were led by Rev Arthur Little with assistance from Rev J J Dunlop The Gilchrist store closed for the services and many employees attended Floral tributes included roses lilies and peonies from company buyers and staff members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jardine
Gilchrist Company
Rosedale Street
Dorchester
Arthur Little
D. D
Second Congregational Church
J. J. Dunlop
Roxbury
William Filene
C. G C. Ferris
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Whitman
Dresser
Blood
Franks
Counesel
Nantasket Point
Sys
Oats
Fitzy
Morana Deceiver
Free Woman
Home For
Temperate
Lexington Park
Rowe's
Old Plymouth
Old Colony
Rowe’s Wharf
Bay
Plymouth
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Waterman
Austin & Stone’s
Washburn
Crosby
Roila Rt
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