Teamster Fells Unconscious After Long Cold Drive
Charles Clarke a 40 year old teamster for Mahoney's Teaming Company Lynn drove a load of furniture from Danvers to Watertown over 20 miles. His horses slipped two miles from Danvers throwing him to the street. He crawled a bit then collapsed on Mt Auburn Street and was found semi conscious by an officer and taken to Cambridge Hospital.
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Watertown
Charles Clarke
Danvers
Mt. Auburn Street
Cambridge Hospital
Clarke
Mahoney
Lynn
City to pay 340 336 for Westminster Hotel case
A Boston Superior Court jury awarded Henry B Williams against the city 340 336 in the Westminster Hotel litigation. The suit arose after hotel builders were forced to remove a floor to comply with height limits following aldermen decisions.
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Boston
Superior Court
Henry B. Williams
Westminster
Lodge Proposes Senate Child Labor Bill
Senator Lodge introduced a bill to ban employment of child labor. It prohibits shipment of goods made by minors under 14 and restricts 14 to 16 year olds who cannot read or write English. Offenses carry fines up to 500 dollars or a year in jail with tougher penalties on subsequent violations.
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Washington, D. C
Lodge
District of Columbia
Sandford Safe in Palestine Arrives at Joppa
Word from this city says Rev. Frank W. Sandford the Shiloh leader has arrived safely at Joppa aboard the yacht King dom formerly the Boston bark Rebecca Crowell with his followers. The long absence had raised fears of danger or disaster to Sandford and his adherents.
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Frank W. Sandford
Shiloh
Kingdom
Boston
Rebecca Crowell
Joppa
Sandford
Mrs Jernegan Granted Divorce From Sea Salt Gold Man
Mrs Betsey Evelyn Jernegan formerly Miss Betsey Phinney of Massachusetts was granted a divorce from Rev Prescott Ford Jernegan a Baptist minister once famed for organizing the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company. The suit claimed desertion after he disappeared following a Manila letter in 1904.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Betsey Evelyn Jernegan
Betsey Phinney
Massachusetts
Prescott Ford Jernegan
Electrolytic Marine Salts Company
Jernegan
T. C. Phinney
Manila
Harvard Student Overpowers Burglars Amid Fever Fight
Edward Crowinshield a Harvard student sick with fever at his father Frederick Crowinshield artist home in New York fought two burglars who entered at night. He briefly gained the upper hand before a companion burglar helped his partner. The father returned with a revolver and drove the intruders away. The student was returned to bed with no serious injuries, doctors say.
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New York
Edward Crowinshield
Harvard
West End Avenue
Frederick Crowinshield
Crowinshield
Obesity Food Claims Quick Weight Reduction
Advertises a new so called Obesity Food that supposedly aids perfect assimilation of meals without starvation. It promises rapid weight loss by removing excess fat and reshaping organs with no effort from the user. The copy urges immediate coupon mailing for purchase.
Best Day Yet For Mrs Guild Says Governor Guild’s Secretary
Charles F. Gettemy, private secretary to Governor Guild, reported last night that Mrs. Guild had “a very comfortable day, the best day she has had yet.”
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Charles F. Gettemy
Governor Guild
Mrs. Guild
Immigration Commissioner Billings Improves After Typhoid
Colonel George B. Billings United States commissioner of immigration who fell ill with typhoid fever about two weeks ago was reported last evening by Dr. Rice to be holding his own pretty well. Conditions for the past 24 hours have been favorable.
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George B. Billings
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Rice
Bishop Lawrence Advances Toward Convalescence
Reports on Bishop Lawrence confined with a severe cold are hopeful as recovery continues and it is expected he will soon resume his duties.
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Lawrence
Dewey Again Argues Case in Superior Court
Ex judge Henry S. Dewey sues over a 50 000 claim of injury from a publication and utterances questioning his veracity. Defendants Minot Little Jones Nutter Thayer of the Good Government Association faced a demurrer. Judge Fox ordered briefs after a hearing.
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Henry ‘S. Dewey
Superior Cort
Laurence Minot
John M. Little
Eliot N. Jones
George R. Nutter
Nathaniel N. Thayer
The
Good Government Association
Double Stamp Week At Wulf's Clothier
Christmas shoppers take advantage of double stamps offered by Wolf's Clothier at corner Hanover and Portland streets. Double stamps with every dime spent rapidly fill books enabling more gifts. Saturday is the last day of the promotion.
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Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Pretty Italian Woman Wins Five Husbands
A detailed court narrative shows Mary Gretta an Italian woman with at least five marriages. After polygamy charges in Superior Court, she and husband William Schkarpino were placed on probation and ordered to separate. Gretta had previously deserted Nicola Gretta and reconciled with him in court.
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Superior Criminal Court
Nicola Gretta
Mary Gretta
William Schkarpino
Schkarpino
McCaffrey
Gretta
Fayville
Mass
Forest Hills Hotel License Sparks Local Protests
A contested license for a hotel at Walk Hill Street Hyde Park Avenue and Washington Street Forest Hills provokes strong opposition from residents clergy and a state representative who warn the project could ruin the residential character and invite liquor traffic. A protest coalition plans a formal appeal to the Excise Board amid reports the license has already been issued and several suburban towns may receive similar licenses.
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Forest Hills Square
the Post
Excise Board
Walk Hill Street
Hyde Park Avenue
Washington Street
Gudgeon Estate
Charles H. Davis
Upham Memorial Church
Forest Hills
Gudgeon Estates
John J. Conway
Jamaica Plain
Hyde Park
Dedham
Norwood
Newton
Needham
Walpole
Frank Seiberlich
Baker non-committal on excise board affairs
Ezra H. Baker, chairman of the Excise Board, refused to discuss Forest Hills and West Roxbury liquor license reports. He neither denied nor confirmed that second-class licenses were to be or had been granted to hotel men, stating he would not discuss the matter.
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Boston
Excise Board
Kilby Street
Forest Hills
West Roxbury
Ezra H. Baker
Shea trial reveals Teamsters methods to break strikes
In Chicago on December 5 1905 Cornelius P Shea and other labor leaders faced jurors as slugger Joseph Schultz testified they urged breaking the legs or arms of black workers to stop them. Schultz and Albert Young coordinated assaults and described how strikers and pickets hurled corrosive eggs at horses to disrupt demonstrations.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Cornelius P. Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Ball
Joseph Schultz
Albert Young
Schultz
Miller
Shea
West Roxbury High School senior reception shines
Mrs. P. J. Lynch and Mrs. Agnes Law son Shedd poured at a school reception for teachers and mothers. The West Roxbury High School senior class hosted the event last night with strong attendance and social success.
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P. J. Lynch
Agnes Lawson Shedd
West Roxbury High School
Triduum Opens Tonight at Holy Cross Cathedral South End
A solemn triduum will be opened this evening in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross South End. The observance continues tomorrow and Saturday evenings under the auspices of the Married and Single Women's Sodalities of the Blessed Virgin.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
South End
Kitty at large as city vets stall mercy for condemned mare
District veterinarian Dr. Lee awaits action from Ss. P. CG. A. authorities after delaying execution of the condemned horse Kitty. Superintendent Doyle reports the mare remains alive and unpredictable while awaiting final orders expected today. officials may yet decide Kitty's fate.
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Lee
Ss. P. CG. A
Doyle
Kitty
Dr.uce
Secret societies at Melrose High under review
Melrose officials plan a verdict on abolishing secret societies after a sub committee asks Principal Whiting to summon several societies for hearings. A boys' society may attend as a body or send delegates Thursday at 3 45 pm, with two girls' societies slotted for Monday.
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Melrose
Whiting
Kennebec River Sealed to Navigation Above Bath
The Kennebec River was closed to navigation above Bath on December 5 as the schooner Emma F Angell was brought through a three mile ice jam by three tugs.
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Bath, Met
Kennebec River
Emma F. Angell
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Mitchell
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Whiskey
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