Loopholed 1 Cent Toll Stumps Boston Elevated Officials
Boston Elevated officials face a legal snag over a 1 cent toll collected at the East Boston end of the new tunnel. Passengers board East Boston cars and pay 5 cents, then incur the city toll after leaving the car, raising questions of collection authority and legality before the tunnel opening.
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Boston Elevated
East
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Elevated
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East Boston
Scollay Square
Old Court House
Old State House
Boston Girl in Elopement Against Chaperon Suitors
Miss Mabel D. Everett of Boston, heiress to a fortune, eloped with Thomas B. Walton of Colorado Springs. They married in Golden after securing a license minutes before the knot was tied and returned to Denver. They hid their identities at a different hotel and left for Colorado Springs the same day.
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Col
Mabel D. Everett
Boston
Thomas B. Walton
Colorado Springs
Golden
Elopers
Walton
F. F. Jacques
Miss Everett
Thomas E. Walton
James B. Walton
Labor unions elect officers and back local candidates in Fall River
Labor notes report officers chosen across several unions including Insulator and Asbestos Workers Union 6 with Edward Gaddo as president and Emil Anderson as vice president, plus officers for Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers, Hardwood Finishers 107, and Electric Workers 103. Donations to striking textile workers and steamfitters were announced, with nominations for officers, a lack of renomination for ER Bradford, and a ball planned by Transfer Drivers and Helpers 612. The State Council of Carpenters Unions set its semi annual convention for January 16 to 18 at Brockton Masons Hall.
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Insulator and Asbestos Workers’ Union
Edward Gaddo
Emil Anderson
Henry Roberts
Charles Uhr
O. W. Palm
Christian Olsson
Wood
Kneeland
Gavin
Fred McLeod
Textile Workers
Fall River
Electrical Workers’ Union 103
Textile Workers of
John J. McLoughlin
State Association of Electrical Workers
ER. H. Bradford
Union 612
Odd Fellows’ Hall
State Council of Carpenters’ Unions
Masons’ Hall
Centre Street
Brockton
Butlers Big Xmas Offering At Butler’s Store
Butler's department store showcases a full Christmas display across floors with gifts for women and children. Highlights include embroidered linens, gloves, hosiery, baskets, infants wear, lace stocks, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, leather goods, perfume sets, dolls and games, children's furs, rugs, curtains, and a large domestic department on the basement featuring linens and blankets.
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Butler's
Dolly
Washington May Be Sold
Chicago December 7 President Ban Johnson opened the American league meeting and sessions continued behind closed doors. Washington, carried by the league last season, proved financially loss making, and a sale is likely if possible. New rules were approved and will go to the joint committee for adoption. The key change defines a pitched ball between hip and shoulder as a strike while a ball between knee and shoulder is already a strike.
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Chicago
Ban Johnson
American League
Washington Club
Washington
Root-Dorlon Team Leads at Madison Square Garden
At 1 oclock this morning Eddie Root and Dorlan along with Vanderstuyft and Stol led the standings at Madison Square Garden New York. The report notes the morning results and current leaders in the event.
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Stol
Miles
Laps
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Dussot
Mazan
Breton and Gougoltz
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Rockowitz and
Sulkins
Abe Caine Hee Krebs
Fogler
Caldwell
Hopper
Miller
Waller
Chelsea man shoots self in home after night at 166 Washington Ave
Harry P. Hathorn aged 45 of 166 Washington Avenue Chelsea shot himself with a revolver while alone at home last night. The bullet entered above the left temple and exited at the back of the skull. He was taken to Frost Hospital in critical condition and is not expected to survive. He worked in the offices of the Boston Elevated and was married with no children.
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Washington Avenue
Chelsea
Frost Hospital
Boston Elevated
Fitzgerald Knocks Out Sieloff in Seven Rounds
Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn knocked out Otto Sieloff of Chicago in the seventh round of a ten round bout in Indianapolis. Fitzgerald dominated the early rounds and delivered the decisive stoppage midfight.
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Sieloff
Indianapolis
Willie Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Otto Sieloff
Chicago
Successful sale draws crowds at Wolf's My Clothier
The Goldberg and Larkin stock of women s coats and suits is being sold at Wolf s My Clothier on Hanover and Portland streets. Reduction sales are rare for this season, yet the store aims to provide full price concessions to the public. The stock purchase opened up strong values, allowing shoppers to reap a harvest.
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Goldberg & Larkin
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland
Boston Ballot List Clears City Candidates 1904
The Boston Board of Election Commissioners certifies the full list of candidates for the December 15 1904 municipal election. Includes Street Commissioner Aldermen and Common Council races with nominees from Republican Democratic Socialist Labor and Whig parties. Ballot questions ask whether to grant licenses for sale of intoxicating liquors.
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Old Court House
Court Square
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City of
John M. Minton
W. Burlen
Charles R. Saunders
David B. Shaw
William H. Carroll
Salem
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Chestnut
Guy ©. Emerson
Grovenor Road
George G. Hall
Westville St
Patrick Bowen
Malden St
Edward J. Bromberg
Poplar
Joseph Ahearn
Norfolk
Jacob Haertl
Schiller St
Ced
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William
Hennessey
Vecveawn
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Thomas Ahearn
No. Anderson Bt
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Baldwin
Emerson St
Wig
Louis Ballhaus
Warrenton ‘St
Ty Kee Ives
Socialist Labor
William E. Bartlett
West Broadway
Fred E. Bolton
Howland St
George S. Brooks
Hancock St
Mystic
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Mill ‘St
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Calumet St
Charles F. Ae
Waig
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Menlo
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Albany “St
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Goldsmith
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Allen St
Andrew B. Johnson
East 2d St
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Bennington St
Frank J. O'Toole
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St. Stephens WC
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Commonwealth Av
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Prescott St
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Shawmut
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Waltham St
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Laurel St
George EF. Brock
Surrey St
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Marlborough St
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Bloomfield St
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Magnolian St
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Mills
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Meridian St
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Wheatland
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Kenwood St
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Wyman St
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Bunker Hill
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Polk St
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Edgeworth
Henry Pownceby
Simpson’s Ct
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Brighton St
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Lincoln St
Sylvester Brown
John J. Flynn
Joiner St
James J. McFague
High St
Jeremiah Ryan
Harvard St
Max L. Rachkowsky
Salem St
David Saphirstein
Stillman St
Domenica Sibbia
Joseph Ballem
Sherwin L. Cook
Rockville
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Coyne
Sherman St
Thomas J. Kelley
Galena St
J. Joseph Kenney
Bower St
Ace T. McKnight
Townsend Fred P. Warner
Maywood St
Alexander Woolf
Savin
Creighton
John A. McIisaac
Bromley Pk
John J. Shea Jr
Ggoree W. Carruth
Richard J. Cronin
German St
Harry B. Fowler
Florence St. Paul
Longshore Strikers Confident in Their Stand
The 160 striking longshoremen are confident they will win. Union men claim the 200 workers hired to take their place cannot match them. The company reportedly shifted outgoing freight by rail to Providence for loading on its steamers. A special Longshoremen's Trades Council meeting is set for Friday night to act on the strikers appeal for aid.
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Baltimore
Longshoremen’s Trades Council
Despondent Newburyport Foreman Shoots Self
Edward R. Minard a 49 year old saloe factory foreman in Newburyport shot himself through the head and breast tonight dying from the act. Despondent over prolonged illness he leaves a widow and a son.
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Edward R. Minard
Saoe
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