Mrs Duff recounts self run campaign in Boston school board race
Julia E. Duff of Charlestown says she ran her own campaign without any political boss help. She credits thousands of votes to the idea a woman belong on the School Board and denies backing by Republicans or Democrats or a City Hall plot. Duff explains her lone effort included personal speeches, newspaper support, and showing records rather than relying on hired workers or polling booth crews.
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Julia E. Duff
Charlestown
Public School Association
David A. Ellis
Fitzgerald
Post
Boston
Duff
Catherine de Medici
Bellamy Storer
Kelcher
Mr. Ellis
Ellis
Frothingham
Storrow
Matthew Cummings
Franz Liszt
Deadlock Likely As Boston Aldermen Eye Chairman
The article notes a looming deadlock over chairmanship as Democratic and Republican aldermen clash. Possible candidates include Democratic Aldermen Baldwin Curley and Republican Bangs with Whelton alleged to side with Republicans. Mayor Fitzgerald faces loan and appropriation battles before 1907.
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John E. Baldwin
James M. Curley
Francis R. Bangs
Daniel A. Whelton
Curley
Whelton
Frothingham
Martin Lomasney
Fitzgerald
Boston Bachelors Stand Fast Against Matrimony Tax
Prominent Boston bachelors reject a proposed bachelorette tax in the next Legislature. They say the bachelor life will endure despite Representative-elect James F. Powers plan to push the measure. Bachelors from crusty to dapper respond with defiant humor as they contemplate marriage as a threat to freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James F. Powers
Ward 18
Post
Prominent Bachelors React to Bachelor Tax Idea
Boston luminaries including Judge Henry Dewey and Hon. Louis Frothingham discuss a proposed bachelor taxation bill. They joke about marriage to avoid taxes while weighing social fairness, with varied takes from lawmakers, a Cambridge aristocrat, and a Brookline grocer who backs the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Dewey
Boston
Louis A. Frothingham
Back Bay
West
Joseph F. O'Connell
Felix R. King
Brookline
Finigan And Bangs Elated After City Alderman Election
Alderman Bangs 28 000 votes and Frederick A Finigan 23 337 were celebrated as the ticket's strong showing. Bangs credited honest board voting and Good Government Association support, while Finigan cited a vigorous ward by ward campaign and GOP and independent backing.
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Francis R. Bangs
Frederick A. Finigan
Alderman Bangs
Finigan
Board of Aldermen
Good Government Association
Fantan Layout Raid in Chinatown
Police from Division 4 raided 8 Oxford Place Chinatown with a warrant last evening. Five Celestials were arrested for being present where gaming implements were found after officers cut off all escape routes.
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Division 4
Oxford Place
Chinatown
Cambridge Mayor Congratulates Successful Opponent
Mayor Charles H. Thurston of Cambridge congratulated Walter C. Wardwell the nonpartisan mayoral winner. They spoke cordially at Otis Street polling place arm in arm to inspect the ballot count and discussed political records without personalities in the campaign.
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Charles H. Thurston
Cambridge
Walter C. Wardwell
Otis Street
Thurston
Wardwell
Donnelly Leads City Recount Push After Defeat
Daniel J. Donnelly of Ward 7 filed for a recount with the election commissioners. Rumors linked Mrs. Duff to a recount, but she denied plans. Petitions must be filed by Friday evening, with recounts to start Monday at Faneuil Hall.
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Daniel J. Donnelly
Ward 7
Board of Aldermen
Duff
Faneuil Hall
Politicians acknowledge Good Government Association power
Democratic and Republican figures concede the Good Government Association proved its clout after endorsing four candidates for the Board of Aldermen. Secretary Edmund Billings says the group helped Bangs and Bell rise, Finigan top the Democratic list, and the endorsed slate perform strongly, justifying a four-man focus this year.
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Good Government Association
Board of Aldermen
Edmund Billings
Bell
Finigan
Farmer Two Weeks Married Leaves Fortune to Widow
Nelson Weeks, 70, Civil War veteran, died after a two week marriage to Nellie Pearson Harris, 36, in Lee. Weeks, a prosperous farmer, had saved about $20,000 with no other heirs. Widow Harris inherits the fortune as sole beneficiary after his death.
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Weeks
Umbrella Store Moves to Bigger Quarters on Winter Street
The Umbrella Store at 43 Winter Street offers hundreds of umbrella styles with wooden or gold and silver handles and silk varieties. Umbrellas of fine wearing quality are made by John T. Manning and engraved for free. Growth prompted relocation from 22 Winter to larger premises to expand trade.
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Winter Street
John T. Manning
Lowell Liquor Trade Conspiracy Trial Opens
Ex-Chairman Frank Dow of Lowell Police Board allegedly pressed for Harvard Brewing Company liquor sales to boost a favored licensee. Witness James G. Birtwell testifies of Dow offers to fund the Jackson House purchase and exclusive Harvard goods deals. Case proceeds in Middlesex Superior Court.
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Frank Dow
Lowell Police Board
Harvard Brewing Company
Gaskill
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Lowell
James G. Birtwell
Chairman Dow
Police Commission
Dow
Jackson House
Michael Garvin
Birtwell
Garvin
Enright
Boston
Mr. Dow
St. Charles
Patrick Teague
Joseph H. McDonald
Brewing Company
John W. Billings
Noel Traversy
Commissioner Beals
Beals
Mary Brady
McCaffrey
Edward McCabe
Worcester
Mrs Sage Loans Vast Sum On Real Estate
New York December 12 Mrs Margaret O Sage widow of Russell Sage has lent 1 2 million at 41 2 percent on the New York Hippodrome and 1 65 million at 41 2 percent on the Hotel Breslin. Park Row Realty and Century Realty each borrow 25 million at 41 2 percent from Sage, totaling nearly 9 million on Manhattan real estate. No more real estate lending is planned for now.
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New York
Margaret O. Sage
Russell Sage
New York Hippodrome
Paul Morton to Form Nat's Insurance Assn
President Paul Morton of the Equitable Life Assurance Society called a meeting of more than 30 leading life insurance company presidents in New York City on December 21 to form a national association. The aims include reducing extravagance, cutting expenses, and promoting uniform administration.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York City
Morton
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