Mayor's Brother Present at Coulthurst Rally
An article recalls Patrolman Michael Fitzgerald, brother of the mayor, at a Coulthurst Independence League rally in Dudley Street Opera House. Coulthurst accuses Fitzgerald of mismanaging city finances and labor unions as supporters rally across Dorchester Roxbury and Neponset. Hisgen defends the Independence League and warns of a troubled City Hall if Fitzgerald wins.
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Dudley Street Opera House
Michael Fitzgerald
John Walsh
John A. Coulthurst
Thomas A. Hisgen
Independence League Party
Coulthurst
Officer Fitzgerald
Hisgen
Independence League
Fitzgerald
Dedham
Neponset
Tomfehrde
Boylston
Kossuth Hall
Roxbury
Music Hall
Dorchester
Organized Labor
Dwiley Street
Opera
Flouse
Not Guilty in Dress Pattern Larceny Case
Barnett Cotten accused tailor Morris Barron of stealing a dress pattern from the Boston Post. Barron testified he cut the pattern for his wife on Thanksgiving Day. A lawyer noted the paper date November 21, revealing a mismatch. Barron was discharged.
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Barnett Cotten
Morris Barron
Cotten
Boston Post
Barron
Battleships Missouri and Illinois Depart Boston for Hampton Roads
The battleships Missouri and Illinois leave Boston today bound for Hampton Roads to rendezvous with the Atlantic fleet and cruise around Cape Horn to the Pacific. Newport stop will onboard apprentice seamen. 1500 extra mechanics are from Charlestown yard to ready five warships for the voyage.
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Missouri
Illinois
Boston
Hampton Roads
Cape Horn
Pacific
Newport
Greenlief A. Merriam
William J. Boyer
Hampton Roady
Charlestown
Ordnance Department
Short Circuit Causes Panic at Haymarket Station
A short circuit on an elevated train at Haymarket station last night caused flames and heavy smoke. Passengers panicked and crowds gathered as southbound services were delayed for over an hour, with guards calming the crowd and rerouted trains via Atlantic avenue.
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Haymarket Square
Dudley Street
Atlantic Avenue
Boys Sent to Prison in Municipal Court Hearing
Charles L. Raymond and William Raymond aged 17 and older with alias Kid Chester faced arraignments in the Municipal Criminal Court before Judge Ely on counts of pocketbook larceny from Mrs. Robert Carruthers on November 3 and attempted pickpocketing in the Park Street subway. The proceedings included defiant exchanges about questioning and land value, with further testimony about a $5000 payment to a sister and bribery insinuations. a follow up hearing is scheduled for tonight.
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Charles L. Raymond
William Raymond
Kid Chester
Flamhoffer
Municipal Criminal Court
Ely
Robert Carruthers
Winter Street
Park Street
Mr. Sughrue
Mr. Greenhood
Greenhood
Sughrue
The
Finance Commission
Hannah Greenhood
Two Thieves Plead Guilty in Pocketbook Theft Case
Arrested November 3 by Inspector Abbott with store detective Miss Thompson, the pair admitted taking a pocketbook from Mrs. Carruthers, stealing money, and discarding the book. They received six months for the pocketbook theft and three more months for the separate count after pleading not guilty.
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Inspector Abbott
Miss Thompson
Fincom Takes Up Dorchester Land Deal
The Dorchester lot trade shows Greenhood profiting 6685.28 dollars through a city purchase at 12 cents per foot after a 6 cent option. Deeds moved May 1907 with city drafts to Greenhood and owner Perkins. Officials and witnesses describe payments, roles, and questions over ownership and price.
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Fincom
Dorchester Land
Greenhood
Law Department
Street Department
J. Alfred Mitchell
Benjamin S. Turner
David H. Greenhood
Roscoe P. Owen
Kidward Kaine
Perkins
Kaine
Mr. Owen
Fred A. Perkins
Melrose
Elias A. Perkins
Oliver Gragg
Gragg
French
Kainer
Samuel Kelly
Charles C. Trench
Kelly
BromO Quinine Cold Remedy Ad Teaser
LAXATIVE. BROMO Quinine relieves headaches and neuralgia from colds. Worldwide cold and grip remedy removes the cause. Look for the full signature Grove. 25c. Call for full name.
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Grove
Clerk Donovan Indisposed
City Clerk Edward J. Donovan is confined to his Brighton home with bronchitis and exhaustion, under a physician’s care.
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Edward J. Donovan
Brighton
Donovan
Streetcar Service Expanded to Gladstone Street
Today the line from Orient Heights to Gladstone Street is extended with cars every eight to ten minutes from 6 35 a m to midnight and night service also extended to Gladstone Street. A thief snatched ten dollars from Mrs. Leo Hirsch of 20 Park Square yesterday in a bold grab.
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Orient Heights Railroad Station
Gladstone Street
Leo Hirsch
Park Square
Fitz Hibbard Faces Rallies in Ward 24 Campaign
Postmaster Hibbard drew large crowds at Washington Hall and West Side Republican Club in Dorchester. He criticized Mayor Fitzgerald for broken pledges and urged a finance and contract commission while urging supporters in Ward 24 and Ward 17 to back his mayoral bid.
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Hibbard
Ward
Washington Hall
Codman Square
West Side
Republican Club
Lauriat Avenue
Town
Ward 17
Dudley Street
Dorchester
William E. Hannan
Fitzgerald
Norfolk Avenue
West Side Club
J. Mitchell Galvin
Matthews
Andrew J. Sullivan
Mr. Hibbard
Labor Unions Nominate Officers Across Several Trades
Floorlayers 1096 names George McKenzie as president and others including A Muratriti and Richard Sullivan as officers. Coppersmiths 92 nominate Frank Bonitz as president and Francis A Murphy as secretary. Harness Makers 105 nominates George Alves as president and James Daley as marshal. Waiters Union 80 to hold seventh annual ball next Monday at Paine Memorial Hall with Mayor Fitzgerald and State officers invited. Boston Plumbers Union 12 elect James Sheehee to a fourth term as president and Thomas L Pratt to a sixth term as secretary business agent. Other officers include Daniel Gardner and P J Mooney. Donations: Newark plumbers on strike receive 25 dollars. ladies’ dressmakers union get 10 dollars. Mobile Alabama plumbers get 10 dollars.
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Floorlayers’ Union
George McKenzie
A. Muratriti
Richard G. Sullivan
William A. Nicholson
John A. McKenzie
George Young
Coppersmiths’ Union 92
Frank Bonitz
Edward Slanker
Francis A. Murphy
Henry A. Jonquist
John Shoberg
Harness Makers
Mobile
Ala
Osmo-Chemic Treatment Offer Free Month Services
Sufferers from catarrh bronchitis deafness and consumption may obtain a month of Osmo-Chemic treatment free if they begin by December 14 at the Osmo-Chemic Physicians offices. The program claims to raise blood oxygen and promote tissue change using ozone infused air and volatile remedies.
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Colorado
California
Court places Deer Island officers cases on file
Chief Justice Aiken declared he would assume full responsibility for disposition of the cases and put them on file after disagreeing with the verdicts against Lorenzo D. Perkins and Orrin Pray. The defendants’ counsel Jesse Gove urged the move to protect prison discipline, while Assistant District Attorney McGettrick argued against it.
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Aiken
Superior Criminal Court
Lorenzo D. Perkins
Orrin Pray
Deer Island House of Correction
Edward F. Kane
Jesse Gove
McGettrick
Pray
Perkins
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Publicity Claims Cures
A string of testimonials from patients in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Boston claim the Osmo-Chemic treatment cured catarrh stomach liver and kidney ailments female complaints cancer and rheumatism. Noted cases include Mrs M Whelton Collinsville and Rev D C Bixby Haverhill among others.
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M. Whelton
Collinsville
Mass
Josephine Wilson
Maverick St
F. Boston
Lewis Merrill
Merrimack
C. A. Belcher
Bellingham
Geo. L. Morrison
Spring St
Maoss
M. F. Shannon
Pine St
West Peabody
D. C. Bixby
Haverhill
Wm. O’connell
Summer St
Boston
Sarah E. Place
Dover, N. H
N. Montgomery
Pallium For Archbishop O Connell At Rome Consistory
The pope will confer the pallium on Rt Rev William H O Connell archbishop of Boston at a Rome consistory next week and designate envoys to bring it to America The pallium signifies full episcopal office and is worn on feasts only It cannot be transmitted to successors and is buried with the prelate upon death.
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Rome
Holy Father
William H. O'Connell
Boston
America
Somerville Boy Becomes Bowdoin Captain
Thomas Co. Cummins of Somerville Mass formerly a tackle on Bowdoin College football has been elected captain for next season. He played as a tackle for Bowdoin and will lead the squad in the upcoming campaign.
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Brunswick
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