Conry Begins His Contest Over Ninth District Seat
Congressman Joseph A. Conry announces plans to challenge the election of John A. Kelcher in the ninth district. He requests preservation of ballots and will file formal charges after Congress convenes, citing forged telegrams and missing dispatches as part of a disputed campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Conry
John A. Kelcher
Washington
Election Board
Congress
Malachi L. Jennings
Congressman Conry
Conry
J. M. Griggs
Sman
Ston
Daniel M. Driscoll
Ninth District Congressional Committee
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Ninth District
Wohnen National Congressional Committee
Actio
Washington, D. C
Parker House
Daniel Driscoll
Washington, C
Joseph A. ‘Conry
Democratic Congressional
Colonial Hotel
15Th Street
Northwest
John A. Keliher
A. Keliher
Keliher
Charles T. Witt
Not to Press Harris Case Exonerates Woman in Drag Net
A Roxbury married woman, Mrs. Albertina Harris, was arrested near Fremont and Boylston streets on a night walker charge. Judge Burke freed her after she denied the advances of Officer McCarthy, and her father urged no investigation to avoid further distress. The case mirrors a prior arrest of Mrs. Emma Coleman.
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Roxbury
Burke
Lagrange Street
Albertina Harris
Humboldt Avenue
Emma Coleman
Harris
Rs. Harris
Fremont
Boylston
Howell
McCarthy
Pleasant Streets
Lagrange ‘Street
Post
Doe
Pierce
Along the Water Front as Weather Delays Fleet Arrivals
Weather slows fishing fleet at East Boston with 59,800 pounds of haddock and 26,900 cod onboard from schooners Richard Wainwright to Agnes. Prices quoted per pound for haddock 4.5 to 6 cents and cod 4.5 to 7.5 cents. A large fleet remains tied up at Eastern Packet pier and National dock. Coasting coal freights to New England ports firm due to high demand. The schooner Augustus Hunt collected $2 bridge tolls in Philadelphia.
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Richard Wainwright
Rob Roy
Sylvie Nunan
Thomas
W. Knight
Gertrude
Jennie
Agnes
George H. Lubee
Henrietta G. Martin
Mary Cabral
Ruth M. Martin
Nickerson
Maggie Sullivan
Haddock
Eastern Packet
National Dock
Eest Boston
New England
Augustus Hunt
Philadelphia
Freight rates rise as several ships receive high charges
Steam collier Orion fixed at Perth Amboy for two trips on private terms. Schooners Samuel C Hart and William Churchill to receive 2.50 a ton from New York. H. E. Thompson and Jennie Lippett charged 1.7 a ton to Quaker City. Tofa gets 2.25 with bridge money at Perth Amboy. Inchmona chartered at Blyth to load coal for the Hub at 6 shillings a ton.
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Orion
Perth Amboy
Samuel C. Hart
William Churchill
New York
H. E. Thompson
Quaker City
Jennie Lippett
Tofa
Inchmona
Blyth
Thomas W. Lawson
W. L. Douglas
Quincy
Sewall
Path
Josephine
Cramps
Philadelphia
Port Richmond
Bahamas
Colonel A. Austin
Greenport
L. I
M. P. Howlett
Manuel Enos
Rockland
Astral
Standard Oil Company of
St. John
N. B
Rood
Red Star Towboat
Joel Cook
Metropolitan
Boston
Olivemoor
Planet
Neptune
Leuctra
Roath
Europe
Skerryvore
Shields
Cunarder
Altonia
Thomas Potter
Queenstown
Liverpool
Mattie D. Brundage
Robert Johnson
Phippsburg
Antwerp
Horse Fatally Hurt At Tremont Street Corner
A Miller and Lakin horse fell at School and Tremont streets after slippery pavement. The driver righted the horse twice but it collapsed. The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ambulance took the animal away in a dying condition. Snow and repaved blocks have made the corner dangerous, with many horses falling daily.
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Miller & Lakin
School
Tremont Streets
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Tremont Street
Warner Sentenced to State Prison for Hawley Street Robbery
In Superior Criminal Court yesterday Judge Lawton sentenced Samuel Warner to state prison for from five and one half to seven years for robbing John T Gallagher on Hawley Street of seventeen dollars. Thomas B Turner, MIT assistant janitor, received four months for the larceny of two sets of drawing instruments from a student locker.
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Superior Criminal Court
Lawton
Samuel Warner
John T. Gallagher
Hawley Street
Thomas B. Turner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston Blend Coffee Promoted As Superior Value
Advertises Boston Blend as the most uniformly satisfactory coffee on the market. Claims it is a 25 cent coffee worth its price, with transparent labeling and no false advertising. Warns that cheaper coffees may be inferior, while better-quality options cost more. Concludes Boston Blend offers best value at 25c per pound.
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Boston
Fight on for Hutchinson over local party chair
Street Commissioner Edward W. Presho, defeated for re election, is seen as a strong candidate for the presidency of the Republican city committee. His supporters accuse the city committee of sacrificing Republicans to Democrats and aim to unseat President Hutchinson. Benjamin F. Gibby, who ran for Congress, may join Presho in contesting the chair.
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Edward W. Presho
Republican City Committee
City Committee
Presho
Hutchinson
Benjamin F. Gibby
Eugene N. Foss
Congress
Foss
Mrs Roosevelts Tea Welcomes Washington Society
Mrs Roosevelt received Washington society at a White House tea marking the winter season opener. The event drew several hundred residents and officials. Cabinet ladies and several named social figures greeted guests while Miss Jones and Miss Hagner presided at the tea table and Colonel Bingham and Captain Cowles made presentations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Washington Society
White House
Cabinet
Hitchcock
Miss Jones
Cortelyou
Bingham
Cowles
Loeb
Barnes
Rixey
Miss Hagner
Fractured spine after roof fall on Corning Street
George Antcliffe, 44, single, of 11 Forest Street, fell yesterday from the roof of 39 Corning Street while placing an advertising board. His spine was fractured and he was sent to the Relief station.
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George Antcliffe
Forest Street
Corning Street
Premier wrecking steamer assists Kitty in Kingston
Kingston Jamaica December 12 reporting that the American wrecking steamer Premier went to the aid of the United Fruit Company steamer Kitty after an incident at Kingston harbor. Details of outcomes or damages remain unclear in the fragment.
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Kingston
Jam
United Fruit Company
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Kelcher
Griggs
Mr. Griggs
Devonshire Street
Jas. M. Griggs
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congressional Committee
Massachusetts Congressional District Committee
Hotel Savoy
Daniel M. Discoll
Theodore Roosevelt
Queen Alexandra
Queen Witxel Mina
Empress Augusta Victoria
Leon Moran
OUR Order
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Gilchrist Co
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Dennison
Portland
Nantucket
March
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Grecian
Briggs
City of Gloucester
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Gloucester
Swatara
Taylor
Newburyport
Modoc
U. S
Bowen
Michigan
Anglian
London
Britannic
Sydney
C. B
Queen Mary
Acanthus
Borderer
Gulfport
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Planet Neptune
Schooners Rélianée
la Have
N. S
Mercedese
Belleveau Cove
Nantasket
James Boyce
Dilon M. Golden
J. R. Teel
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Charles K. Schull
Yarmouth
Banana
Mobile
Metdian
Galveston
Hesleyside
Savannah
Louisburg
Bedouin
Kershaw
Nantasket Roads
Vineyard Haven
Shipping News
Warner
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa CO
Ripple Eider
A. Shuman & Co
Dickens’ Booth
Shuman Corners
Clarke
James Clarke
House of Correction
Bragg
Redestown Court
Lec Tl
Houghton& Dutton
Boys’ Clothing Department
Winter Reefers
Worumbo Mills
Oxford Melton
Oxford and Cambridge
Oxford
Cambridge
Mrs. Roosevelt
Om Credit
Ladies Gap
Wm. J. Daly
Mgr
Franklin ST
Col
Congress St
Boston, Mass
Parker
Rooneador Reef
Jamaica
Boylston Street
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