Saloons Blocked in Roxbury and Brighton Transfers
Boston Board of Police Commissioners denied transfers of liquor licenses to Brighton and West Roxbury amid protests from clergymen and residents. D. J. Sullivan & Co. sought sites near Forest Hills station. Kennedy & Co. also faced rejection absent broader support. Clergymen and ex-Alderman Homer Rogers voiced opposition to expanding licenses near public parks and business districts.
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Clark
Curtis
Board of Police
Dorchester
Haggerty & Co
Brighton
Forest Hills
D. J. Sullivan & Co
Tremont Street
Washington Street
West Roxbury
Wiliam Gardner Reed
Brewer Rueter
General Martin
Kennedy & Co
Hampden Street
Warren and
Zeigler
Roxbury
Reed
Rueter
Gumbart
Martin
William J. Sheedy & Co
Sheedy
Rogers
Cardinal appoints Conaty rector of Catholic University
Cardinal Gibbons receives papal appointment naming Rev. Thomas J. Conaty of Worcester as rector of the Catholic University at Washington to succeed Bishop Keane. Installation may occur between Christmas and the new year after a cardinal’s conference.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Thomas J. Conaty
D. D
Worcester
Mass
Catholic University At
Washington
Keane
Father Conaty
James Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
St. Peter’s
Leo P. P. XIII
Cardinal Rampolla
Holy See
Holy Father
Rampolla
Councilor Fight in Fourth District Heads to Court
Judge Holmes heard John H Sullivan petition against Board of Election Commissioners over recounting 340 ballots marked for Sullivan in the fourth councilor district. Whitman sought production of ballots. Babson opposed, ruling no immediate order to produce. Proceeding adjourned, decision to come next week. Allen represented by Riley and Moran but not admitted as party.
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Sullivan
Isaac B. Allen
Whitman
Board of Election Commissioners
Babson
Pearson
The
Election Commission
Costello
McDonough
Allen
Thomas Riley
John B. Moran
Holmes
Executive Council
Riley
Moran
Mr. Allen
Mr Allen
Judge Holmes
Salvation On Hand Prices Spark Caution
Fragmentary ad text warns buyers to keep Salvation Off on hand to gauge a product’s effects and pains while listing a price of 2 cta. The readable portion suggests a consumer tip or promotional note without clear product details.
Melrose Couple Missing Sparks Townwide Interest
In Melrose on December 8, J A Barmer aged 32 and Annie Kervan aged 19 disappeared after leaving the town Friday. Barmer has a wife and three children. Kervan is from a respectable family. No trace of either has been found, prompting speculation they may have left together.
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Meellrose
J. A. Barmer
Annie Kervan
Barmer
Fie
Miss
Kervan
Massachusetts Prison Association Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Massachusetts Prison Association held its annual meeting at the Diocesan House on Joy Street. Officers elected include President Joseph G Thorp and vice presidents Henry Lee and Richard H Dana. Expenditures for relief reached 683 dollars and calls were made for second hand clothing and footwear for discharged prisoners. The group mourned the death of board member Mrs Susan H Bertram.
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Massachusetts Prison Association
Diocesan House
Joy Street
Joseph G. Thorp
Henry Lee
Richard H. Dana
Herbert M. Sears
Frederick B. Allen
E. D. Barbour
Samuel J. Barrows
Charles W. Birtwell
William Byrne
W. G
J. Richard Carter
Alexander Cochrane
Edward Cummings
Annal L. Dawes
CG. N. Field
W. S. Fitz
Eliza L. Homans
Ellen F. Mason
Robert Treat Paine
J. M. Pullman
Lucy A. Read
Bartholad Schlesinger
Moses Williams
Susan H. Bertram
Testimonial Planned for Caroline G Noble in Boston
Caroline Green Noble a cousin of John C Calhoun and great granddaughter of General Pickens will receive a testimonial under the Paul Revere Chapter D A R on Monday morning December 14 at 128 Commonwealth Avenue residence of Mrs C H Bond. Noble a longtime Paul Revere member will soon move to New York and speak on memories of the South before the war.
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Caroline Green Noble
John ©. Calhoun
General Pickens
Paul Revere
C. H. Bond
Commonwealth Avenue
South
Great Physician Grants Rheumatism Cure to Sufferers
Thousands of bottles of Dr. Frost's famous rheumatism cure were given away yesterday. Crutches and canes were discarded as aches and pains were banished by the noted physician.
Free Rheumatism Cure Distribution Draws Thousands
Thousands of Boston rheumatic sufferers flocked to 307 Washington St to receive Dr Frosts Famous Rheumatism Cure free of charge. Crowds blocked the street forcing the event to end at 8 pm with more days planned. Free bottles available at five drug stores for 25 cents after today.
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Boston
Boston Evening Traveler
Washington St
Frost
New England
America
Phoenix Block
Springfield
Mass
Cambridge Aldermen clash over ordinance return and elm removal
At the Cambridge Board of Aldermen meeting last night the chair's return of an ordinance faced a parliamentary appeal. The board also authorized removing an elm in front of the Y M C A on Massachusetts Avenue, approved a $3000 lighting appropriation for City Hall, and authorized the Mayor to seek state approval to acquire Fitchburg Railroad land near Fresh Pond. Resignations of Patrolman Francis J. Coughlin and Captain William R. Mitchell of the fire department were accepted.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Common Council
House of Correction
Bleiler
Wood
Fairbairn
Bradford
Alderman Wood
Messrs. Bletler
Rourke
Conant
Massachusetts Avenue
O. H. Durrell
Yerxa
Fitchburg
Fresh Pond
Riverside Press
H. O. Houghton
Committee On
Francis J. Coughlin
Cailman William R. Mitchell
Fire Department
Stage Gossip from Boston Theatres with New Plays and Cast
Boston theatre notes highlight lively runs at Park Bijou and Museum with L Harrison and R F Colton in Lost Strayed or Stolen and A Gentleman From Nevada linked acts. Reports on Monte Cristo at Boston Theatre with James O Neill, Laura Millard and Martin Pache in Faust, plus Jack and the Beanstalk at Museum and a violin recital by Bronislaw Huberman with Mme Szumowski.
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Park Theatre
Boston
Louis Harrison
R. F. Colton
Colton
Nevada
Maud Harrison
Bijou Opera House
Hope Booth
Poser
Howard
Richard Mansfield
Elizabeth
Theodore Roberts
Jim Wynd
James O'Neill
Monte Cristo
O’neill
Marguerite
Faust
Castle Square Theatre
Laura Millard
Martin Pache
Clara Lane
Edgar Temple
New York
Louise Harndin
Haradin
Jack and the Beanstalk
Bronislaw Huberman
Mme. Szumo
Henry C. Miner
Joseph Brooks
Statue of Victory to adorn Massachusetts battleship
A bronze Victory statue weighing six feet tall will be placed on the forward turret of the battleship Massachusetts after a formal presentation in Boston. The sculpture, a gift from Massachusetts, shows Victory with a naked sword in each hand and bears the inscription Duty Done Is Victory Won.
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New York
Victory
Massachusetts
Gloucester Essex Beverly Street Railway Denies West End Sale
W B Ferguson president of the Gloucester Essex and Beverly Street Railway Company denies reports that the electric road has been sold to the West End Railway Company of Boston. The line runs from Gloucester through Essex to Beverly with a branch to Ipswich and totals twenty three miles.
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Gloucester, Essex & Beverly Street Railway Company
West End Railway Company
Boston
W. B. Ferguson
Gloucester
Essex
Beverly
Ipswich
Comic Operetta at Malden Opera House A Spring Pastoral
Tomorrow night the Malden Opera House hosts an original comic operetta titled A Spring Pastoral or the Fount the Friar and the Forester. Writers E L Hadaway and F F Snow with composer George Lowell Tracy present a rewritten two act piece by amateur local performers. The plot involves Abbot of St Swithin's Baron Deendale Lady Maud and Forester leader Will Quiver in a tale of a halted spring a warded dowry and a plan to restore flow and wedlock.
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Tomorow
Opera House
E. L. Hadaway
Malden
F. F. Snow
Chelsea
George Lowell Tracy
Boston
St. Swithin’s
Baron Deendale
Maud
Will
Deepdale
Will Quiver
Eric
Electric trains to power Boston Union station future
Plans for the Boston Terminal Company Union station outline a radical fusion of steam and electric traffic. The project envisions electric suburban service for south of Boston and expansion toward through trains as the New Haven system shifts to electric power, reducing energy use and increasing train frequency.
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Union Station
Boston Terminal Company
Boston
Nantasket
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Tragic Death of Five Year Old Hit by Wagon
Five year old Alfred Fox of 219 Chambers Street West End was playing in front of his home Monday afternoon when a wagon knocked him down and ran over him. He died yesterday.
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Alfred Fox
Chambers Street
West End
National Express expands Boston network with new branches
The National Express Company opens branches in Boston Highlands South Boston East Boston and Charlestown via Shedd s Pierce s Chase s and Brewer s agents. A daily express train from Union Station Boston at 5 57 pm delivers goods to New England New York Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Seattle and beyond, boosting local business and faster western reach.
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National Express Company
Boston
National
Boston Highlands
Shedd
S Express
South Boston
Pierce’s
East Boston
Chase’s
Charlestown
Brewer’s
New England
New York State
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St. Paul
Seattle
Union Station
New York
New York City
Express
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Pius
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Joseph Haworth
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Toneget O’neill
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