Beer and boodle in Curtis campaign scenes fuel Boston race
A Boston city race report describes Republican machine tactics in South Boston and Roxbury with beer, money, and precinct staffing. It details police board links, liquor-license hopes, and a finance clash, claiming city departments lack funds and mayoral control may rise.
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Republican
Curtis
South Boston
Roxbury
Repulicans
John P. Wise
Republican Machine
Boston
E. P. Barry
The
Enquirer
Pensions for New Englanders Dec 6
New England pensions list Massachusetts Original Joseph G. Ivers Newburyport Edward Page New town Bernard C. Beal Hanson Increase Charles W. Bixby Beverly Samuel L. Gilbert Peterboro Original widows Helen 8 Morse Medfield Cornelia E. Byrens Plymouth Rachel P. Smith Westfield Marica Walsh Fitchburg Ann Tracy Weymouth Lizzie E. Gunston Lowell
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Washington
New England
Massachusetts
Joseph G. Ivers
Newburyport
Edward Page
Newton
Bernard C. Beal
Hanson
Increase
Charles W. Bixby
Beverly
Samuel L. Gilbert
Peterboro
Helen
Morse
Medfield
Cornelia E. Byrens
Plymouth
Rachel P. Smith
Westfield
Marica Walsh
Fitchburg
Ann Tracy
Weymouth
Lizzie E. Gunston
Father of young Edward Elder returns to Newton
William B Elder, father of Edward Elder who shot himself at the Preble House, arrives in Portland hoping for his son alive but is told of the tragedy. Coroner finds no inquest. Edward, a Annapolis Naval Academy graduate, failed a heart exam ending his naval path, then pursued electrical engineering, grew despondent, leaving a sorrowful family.
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Portland
William
Elder
Edward Elder
Preble House
Mr. Elder
J. J. Poplar
Newton
Perry
Hitler
Annapolis Naval Academy
Bennington
Navy
Institute of Technology
Moran Held in Wife Murder Case in Clinton
In Clinton District Court John H. Moran was held on murder charges after his wife Bridget Moran died Nov. 2. Witnesses described Moran’s distress and alleged confession of an accident at Shehan’s crossing. Medical evidence cited suffocation as the likely cause. authorities ordered Moran held for the grand jury.
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Clinton
John H. Moran
Bridget
Emil Schadlock
Morans
Moran
Shehan’s Crossing
Boston & Maine Road
Austin O'Malley
O’malley
O'Connor
Stone
Worcester
Re-election endorsement for Dr Joline E Hastings
In support of Dr Joline E Hastings for Boston school committee re election a group led by Dr Caroline Hastings urges voters to re elect her for continued cleaner school houses and better lunch system. Signatories include George A O Ernst Edwin D Mead George Hale Jonathan Lane Sarah Lane Julia Ward Howe M Savage Annie Fields Wesselhoeft Cheney Putnam Blake Pingree Haynes Woods Perkins Garrison Cushman Burr Gum bart Page Winship Woodward and McKenney
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Caroline €. Hastings
Joline E. Hastings
Boston
George A. O. Ernst
Edwin D. Mead
George 8
Hale
Jonathan A. Lane
Sarah D. Lane
Julia Ward Howe
George A. Gordon
M. J. Savage
George C. Lorimer
Annie Fields
W. P. Wesselhoeft
Ednah D. Cheney
Charles P. Putnam
Clarence J. Blake
Saliah B. Pingree
John C. Haynes
Henry Woods
Charles W. Perkins
Francis J. Garrison
Henry T
Unidentified tramp corpses found in two locations
The body of a yet unidentified tramp who died en route to Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday remains unclaimed. A derby hat marked Ss. W. N. bears the only marking. Police also seek identification of a dying tramp found on Castle Street on Friday, believed from Brockton.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Ss. W. N
Castle Street
Brockton
Evening dress for gentlemen from Shuman wardrobe
Evening dress for gentlemen priced at 25 35 and 45 dollars in English twilled worsteds broadcloths and some silk lined and faced styles from A Shuman Co dress wardrobe located on the second floor.
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A. Shuman & Co
Beecham's Pills Promote Constipation Remedy Claim
Beecham's pills described as a remedy for constipation with 25 percent mention and a suggestion to obtain the book at a druggist. The note cites annual sales surpassing 6,000,000 and references Bozem.
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Beecham
Bozem
Passengers and ships ply Halifax harbor gates
Aboard the British steamer Halifax Captain Pye brings in Carl Brown a destitute seaman with a broken leg from Charlottetown. Brown, linked to the Gloucester schooner Fredonia, was ashore at Souris for care, later placed with US and Cunard liners bound for Liverpool and Boston routes. The Pavonia carries Berkshire regiment to Jamaica, then to various colonies. The Leyland freighter Victorian reports a vast cargo to Liverpool. A barkentine, possibly Epimiranda, ran ashore near Nantucket but was towed off. The Osprey is repaired after losing a shoe and damaged hull. The Evandale’s fate remains uncertain. Jubilee towed from peril by tug Juno. Annie G O Leary reports disaster. crew rescued by Cadagua and sent home to Nova Scotia. The Halifax brief closes with THE LANDSMAN.
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Halifax
Pye
Charlottetown
Carl Brown
Fredonia
Eastern Point
Brown
Souris
United States
Carleton
D. J. Kane
Scythia
Cunard Line
Hewitson
Liverpool
George A. Drysdale
M. A. McNichol
Kittie O'Neill
Sarah O'Neill
Maysie Quinn
Lucy Quinn
BE. W. Jansen
A. Thomas
Lucania
New York
N. S
Berkshire Regiment
King's Regiment
Pavonia
Bermuda
King’s Regiment
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Barbados
St. Helena
Cape Towns
Mauritius
Duncan
Baltimore
Bath
Great Point Rip
Nantucket
Boston
Vineyard Haven
Osprey
St. Francis Harbor
N. F
Nix
Lockwood
Evandale
San Francisco
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Jubilee of
Gloucester
Juno
Rocks
Stubbs
Soudrot
Nova Scotia
Annie G O'Leary
Philadelphia
Fall River
Boudrot
Fleet Street
Annie G. O'Leary
W. I
Cadagua
Rouen
Calle
Clipperton
Annie G. O’leary
Sheet Harbor
Assay Office Fire Threatens Wall Street Gold Reserve
A fire in the United States assay building beside the sub Treasury on Wall Street at noon threatened the interior where bars of gold valued at about two million dollars and some thousands in silver lay near the flames. Employees and firemen, aided by police, checked the blaze before substantial damage occurred as gold was to be transported to a steamship for export to Europe the next day.
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Quincy
Boston
Edwin A. Curtis
Curtis
Cambridge
Somerville
Chelsea
Brookline
Newton
Lowell
Andover
Brockton
Hyde Park
Dedham
Lynn
Salem
Beverly
Haverhill
State Street
New York
United States Assay Building
sub-Treasury
Wall Street
Europe
Durrant Denied New Trial. Sentencing Set at San Quentin
Judge Murphy refused a new trial for W H T Durrant in the Blanche Lamont murder case and ordered delivery to San Quentin for the sentence date. He approved the jury verdict as the only possible under the circumstances. The defense appealed.
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San Francisco
Cal
Murphy
W. H. T. Durrant
Blanche Lamont
San Quentin Penitentiary
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