Express charges spark reader’s call for reform
A letter to the Post criticizes high rates charged by American Express and Allen & Fox, urging state supervision of pensions and debate over rail and labor policies. The writer, W. A. Brackett, defends Boston Elevated operations, condemns express monopolies, and argues for simpler pension administration with local oversight. The exchange touches political party stances on labor and industry.
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American Express Company
Boston
Littleton
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W. A. Brackett
Edgerly
National Republican Party
West End
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Brackett
Boston Elevated
C. & N. W. Railway
St. Louis Coopers’ (Trades) Union
Democratic Party
Congressional Record
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Senate
Cleveland
Reading and Lackawanna Railroads
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Democratic
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Calcutta
Price of Badges for Newsboys Sparks Appeal
Mrs. Manning writes urging a reform in badge pricing for newsboys arrested for selling papers. She notes license should cost nothing and questions paying 7 cents for a badge, arguing cheaper badges would aid poor vendors and requesting action from the recipient.
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Post
Expressman
J. Manning
Pension Applicants Denied Liberal Veterans Allowance
The Sunday Post reports on pension applicants who were refused any share of the Liberal allowance for disabled veterans. Public assessment is difficult as pensions rest with officials in the pension bureau and the Department of the Interior to determine deservings.
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Sunday Post
Pension Bureau
Department of the Interior
The Belle of New York Plays Boston Theatres
The Belle of New York at the Boston Theatre draws strong crowds with a bright company and lively score. Boston Theatre audiences will see Cymbeline by Margaret Mather, The Belle of New York star Paula Edwards, plus Scott and City theatre notes detailing tours, souvenir days, and forthcoming acts at Castle Square, Park, and Hollis venues.
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New York
Empire Theatre Stock Company
Hollis
Boston
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Paris
Willard
Tom Pinch
Tremont
David Tarrick
Paula Edwards
Boston Theatre
Pell Street
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Queen of
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J. R. Pitman
Castle Square
Trilby
Clover
Keith’s
Elmer Vance
Bowdoin Square
Kit
Phyllis Rankin
Anna Held
Miss Rankin
William Barry
Grand Opera House
Eugene Tompkins
Yale to Row Harvard on New London Course in Spring
Yale announces the annual YaleHarvard rowing race will be on the New London course this spring. The five year agreement gave Yale the course choice, undecided remains with Cornell. Salvation Oil offered at 25 cents appears in the same report.
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Miss Beckwith
Lillie May White
Harold MacDonna
Aquarium
New Haven
Conn
Yale Navy
Yale
Harvard
New London
Poughkeepsie
Cornell
Cambridge
Autopsy Reveals Enormous Heart in Shattuck Case
Medical Examiner Harris aided by Dr. Stedman performed an autopsy on Joseph Shattuck who was found dead at 22 Hanover Street Monday morning. The heart nearly doubled in size, a remarkable finding given he survived with such a distended organ. The body was moved to Groton yesterday by Sumner Shattuck.
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Harris
Stedman
Joseph Shattuck
Hanover Street
Groton
Sumner Shattuck
My Clothier Adds Free Raphael Tuck Picture Books
Bernard M Wolf owner of My Clothier offers colored picture books with every boys clothing purchase of 2.48 dollars or more. Books are made by Raphael Tuck and Sons of London and are stocked at the Hanover and Portland streets building ahead of Merchants' Week.
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Bernard M. Wolf
London
Raphael Tuck
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