Transit Board May Take Relief Hospital Relocation Action
Transit planners move to tunnel under Haymarket square affecting City Hospital Relief Station. Plan calls for two new subway tracks directly beneath the building, risking loss of cellar space and increased noise. Board may use eminent domain to seize part of the cellar or provide a substitute facility, with damages or replacement building to be arranged. Hospital trustees weigh added space against site value as staff protest noise.
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Rowe
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Representations of American Insurance Co. Were False In Part
Excerpt from the 224th annual insurance department report by Frederick N. Cutting outlines Examiner C. W. Fletcher findings about the American Insurance Company of Boston. The company is deemed insolvent and misrepresented to claimants in San Francisco after the quake.
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Insurance Department of the State
Frederick N. Cutting
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Massachusetts
California
San Francisco
Cutting
Telephone girl to wed man who once shot himself
A romance spanning over four years builds to a wedding next Sunday as Mary Clark of 181 Marion Street, a popular operator at the New England Telephone exchange, marries Charles F. Hickey of East Boston. On November 9, 1903, Hickey visited the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer seeking to end his life or take a pledge, fired a revolver and wounded himself in the left breast. he survived and recovered.
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Marion Street
Central Exchange
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Charles F. Hickey
Hickey
Church of the Most Holy Redeem
London Street
Boston
Father Sheerin
O'Connell
Independence League
Democratic Party
Charles W. Bartlett
Commonwealth
Highway Commission
The Pines and the Pilgrim’s Return in Twilight
A wandering tale unfolds by the harbor and pine scented hills where a descendant of the Pilgrims returns to old ideals. In a vision like council with ancient warriors, a man confesses wasted years and finds redemption through love and a future with his chosen mate.
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Inner Harbor
Captain’s Hill
Woodland fire destroys timber near Wakefield line
Stoneham Aug 16 A morning blaze at Durgin's Farm woods near the Wakefield line destroyed a large amount of valuable timber. Firefighters fear the fire could spread unless checked by tomorrow and outside help may be summoned.
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Stoneham
Durgin
Wakefield
Five Die as Chicago Boarding House Collapses
Chicago authorities report five killed and 11 injured, three seriously, when a two story frame building at 55 Fry Street, used as a boarding house, collapsed early today.
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Chicago
Fry Street
Rival camps clash at Worcester gathering in heated meeting
In Worcester a Democratic rally featured Daniel J. Kiley and supporters opposing mergers and backing General Bartlett. Speakers sparred over tariffs and the Independence League, with chants and interruptions as candidates Whitney and Bartlett faced a charged crowd.
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Worcester
Leominster Indorses Bartlett and Brown
Leominster on August 16 endorsed General Charles W. Bartlett for Governor and E Gerry Brown for Lieutenant Governor. The Democratic town committee met at James F Coburns office to vote their support and invited the candidates to address a rally before the caucuses that select delegates for the State convention.
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Leominster
Charles W. Bartlett
E. Gerry Brown
Democratic Town Committee
James F. Coburn
Joker mailed check for Standard's fine joke
Washington Aug. 16 Acting Secretary James Burton Reynolds received a note and a check postmarked Toledo Aug. 3. The instrument, signed by J D Rockefeller and drawn on the Second National Bank of Toledo, paid the United States Treasurer 29,240,000 dollars. Reynolds dismissed it as a joke.
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Washington, D. C
James Burton Reynolds
Secretary of the Treasury
Toledo
United States
Standard Oil Co
J. D. Rockefeller
Second National Bank of Toledo
Reynolds
Thieves Caught In Act On Hanover Street
A man beat two young pickpockets on Hanover Street near Cross after they attempted to rob him while he had hosted them for hours. A crowd forced the attackers to flee as the incident occurred around 9 PM. Charles Veno, deck hand on the City of Rockland, had earlier lent money for refreshments and later helped identify one thief. He required treatment at Relief Hospital for a sprained thumb.
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Moran
Brown
Fairgrounds
Hanover Street
Cross
Charles Veno
Eastern Steamship Company
City of
Rockland
Veno
Relief
Picture Led To His Arrest In North Adams Bank
Charles Morgan, known by many aliases, walked into the North Adams National Bank to cash a check for William Davis of the Lackawanna Lumber Co. His photograph, displayed by order of Boston police, prompted teller A. F. Spencer to recognize him and Morgan was arrested. Police say he has operated in many Eastern cities, with Boston serving as a base.
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Charles Morgan
North Adams National Bank
William Davis
Lackawanna Lumber Company
Boston
A.F
Spencer
Morgan
Boston Men Lose Yacht in Nova Scotia Fire
Dr W H Simpson R A Leavitt and James Buckley of Boston arrived in Halifax reporting their yacht the Redskin destroyed by an oil stove explosion at Argyle Nova Scotia last night. The blaze trapped three aboard causing a near immediate ruin valued at $50 000 with a total loss.
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Halifax
N. S
W. H. Simpson
R. A. Leavitt
James Buckley
Boston
Argyle
Shad Cole Arrested in Boston for Murder
Beverly Cole alias Shad Cole was arrested in Boston on a New York murder charge. Henry Stokes was shot dead in a cafe at 145 West 20th Street, New York, on August 7. Inspector James Dennessey of the New York police identified Cole after tracking an express package to Boston.
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Shad
Cole
Henry Stokes
West 20Th Street
New York
James Dennessey
Stokes
Boston
Dennessy
Essex Street
Mayo Men's Club to Hold Fall Meeting at 18 Kneeland Street
Advisory board of the Mayo Men's Club meets to arrange the first fall gathering for Sunday at 18 Kneeland Street. The club will observe the French landing in Killala with an excursion and music later in the month, with final plans to be completed Sunday inviting all members and interested attendees.
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Mayo Men's Club
Kneeland Street
Killala
Winthrop Gala Parade Promises Pageant and Prizes
Winthrop prepares for a grand coaching parade at 2 pm with open houses along Crest. Decorators from Boston beautify carriages and sponsors plan 40 automobile entries. Judges will award prizes in coaching, four-in-hands, pony rigs, saddled horses, floats, and automobile divisions, with silver cups and ribbons for winners, followed by a band concert and fireworks in the evening.
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Boston
Haskell
Edgar F. Power
Samuel C. Y. Haskell
$2 Asked by Newton Men
At a meeting of 205 city employees in Nonantum Hall Newton on Aug 16 a motion urged presenting a formal demand for $2 a day on Aug 24. An amendment sought to lay the question over until Aug 23 to consult the State branch of the A F of L. on the matter.
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Nonantum Hall
A. F. of L
Bernard Shaw near drowning in Welsh waters
London August 16 George Bernard Shaw the author nearly drowned while swimming off Gilanbedr Merionethshire with a friend. The current swept them from shore and Shaw, utterly exhausted, reached safety only after refusing to give up hope and continuing to swim to delay the worst of drowning.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Gilanbedr
Merionethshire
Shaw
Feehan to be consecrated bishop of Fall River
Fall River reports the consecration of Right Rev. D. F. Feehan as bishop of the diocese, set for Thursday September 19 at St Marys Pro Cathedral in the city.
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Fall River
D. F. Feehan
Diocese of
St. Mary's Pro
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