Donovan to resign as superintendent of streets
Semi official word says James Donovan will resign as superintendent of streets at Fitzgerald inauguration. No immediate replacement decided. rumors of James H. Doyle or W. T. A. Fitzgerald loom, while other notable city figures show little appetite for paid offices. Fitzgerald aims to avoid pressure from office seekers.
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James Donovan
Fitzgerald
New Democratic City Committee
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Donovan
Doyle
Fitzgerald Forces
Sullivan
Slattery
Joseph F. O’connell
Joseph A. Dennison
Coakley Brothers
Timothy and
Daniel
Edward J. Logan
Senate
Public School Association Declares Victory as All Candidates Elected
President John F. Moors announces sweeping win for the Public School Association. He says every new School Board member is fit and without bias, from East Boston to Back Bay, with Protestants, Catholics, and a Hebrew member. The association vows constructive, nonpartisan governance and an end to school management wrangling.
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John F. Moors
Public School Association
Boston
Roxbury
Brighton
Back Bay
Doyle Seeks Recount Of Tuesday’s Street Commissioner Race
Former Alderman James H. Doyle requests a recount after losing to Republican William J. Hannan. Doyle cites alleged broken faith with Martin Lomasney as a campaign issue, a claim Doyle and allies deny.
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James H. Doyle
William J. Hannan
Doyle
Martin Lomasney
Christmas Stock in Leather Goods at London Harness Co
The London Harness Company 176 Devonshire Street adds a Christmas stock of glass and silver items including silver smoking sets card cases match safes and silver trays. Also stocked are travelling equipment kid gloves diaries calendars and related accessories suitable for holiday gifts.
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London Harness Company
Devonshire Street
Boston Sloop Gladys and Crew Reported Lost
The sloop Gladys and its two crew members Captain Frank Murphy of Friendship Maine and his 14 year old son, who departed Lewis Wharf for Portland on November 21, are believed lost after failing to be heard from. The craft, a new maiden voyage vessel, likely came to grief with no chance of recovery.
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Gladys and Loring
Frank Murphy
Friendship
Lewis Wharf
Portland
Boss Croker's New York House Offered for Sale
Richard Croker's residence at 6 East Seventy-fourth Street goes up for sale. The former New York political boss and his family have left America to live abroad, leaving only his son Richard 8. Croker who lacks a home and currently stays at the Democratic Club.
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New York
Richard Croker
East Seventy-fourth Street
America
Richard
Croker
Democratic Club
Good Government Association lauds civic effort after Boston election
Secretary Edmund Billings of the Good Government Association praises the campaign effort that helped defeat Doyle for street commissioner and elect a stronger Board of Aldermen. He notes six of seven aldermen endorsed and predicts Curley’s defeat as chairman. He endorses Fitzgerald's past record and hopeful future improvements. He thanks volunteer workers for their contributions.
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Edmund Billings
Good Government Association
Wrothingham
Frothingham
Doyle
Board of Aldermen
Curley
Fitzgerald
Boston
Democrats Chuckle Over Victory In Lawrence
Lawrence December 13 The Democratic city government appears to have duped Republican members by appointing Helen Smallidge as park commissioner and having her confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The Common Council has adjourned, likely preventing year end confirmation. Republicans accuse their party peers of being misled by Democrats.
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Lawrence
Helen Smallidge
Common Council
Elite Athletic Club hosts first dancing party at Jubilee Hall
The Elite Athletic Club of Dorchester, 15 young ladies from Dorchester and Brookline, held their first dancing party at Jubilee Hall last night. Many pretty gowns were noted and Miss Mae Sheehan wore pink crepe.
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Elite Athletic Club
Dorchester
Brookline
Jubilee Hall
Mae Sheehan
Elite dancing party at Dorchester Jubilee Hall
Miss Helen O'Neill led by chief aid Miss Katherine Shee hosted a floor Elite Athletic Club dancing party at Jubilee Hall Dorchester last night. Guests included Mrs H Des Rosiers Cambridge Mrs M Adams South Boston Miss Ethel Berquist Roxbury Miss Sigrid Berquist Roxbury Miss Kitty Ferguson Roxbury Miss Gertrude Nolan Brookline Lawrence Wammell Dorchester J Linehard Dorchester Louis Connors Jamaica Plain.
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Helen O'Neill
Iatherine Shee
Dorchester
Chester
Bonaparte Folk Attend Boston Merchants Meeting Banquet Plans
December meeting of the Boston Merchants Association at Youngs Hotel presided by Amory A. Lawrence votes in new members George A Fernald Co Henry Siegel Co Edison Electric Lampining Co and New York Central Hudson River Railway Co announces Bonaparte and Folk guests for January banquet 1906 and sets New Years reception at 77 Summer Street from 11 am to 3 pm. John J. Jenkins named chair of judiciary committee succeeding the late Hoar. C. Q. Tirrell aid to Powers appointed.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
Young's Hotel
Amory A. Lawrence
George A. Fernald &Co
Henry Siegel Co
Edison Electric Taminating Company
New York Cerral & Hadson River Railway Company
Walcott
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Folk
Missouri
Summer Street
Harry W. Cumner
Bankruptcy Committee
John J. Jenkins
Wisconsin
Judiciary Committee
Senator Hoar
C. Q. Tirrell
Samuel T Powers
Court of Appeals rules on New York ballot box case
The Court of Appeals decision handed down today limits the power of courts under the election law to mandamus the opening of ballot boxes or to order a recount and recanvass. It rejects the McClellan attorneys claims and the Hearst Municipal Ownership League argument in Albany.
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Alban
Court of Appeals
New York
Maor George B. McClellan
Iit
William Randolph Hearst
Municpal Ownership League
Oeer
Madamus
Ballos
Old Ironsides proposed for Boston Common memorial
A Boston citizen suggests placing the old ship on a marine railway to cut into sections and move to Boston Common. Reassembled and bedded in the sod, it would stand as a novel memorial of the nation’s early era with masts and spars blending among trees.
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Sir
Boston
Boston Common
H. M.S
Wants to buy Constitution ship for museum by act of Congress
A Boston businessman offered 10000 cash to buy the Old Ironsides but the Navy refused to sell without congressional action. Naval experts estimate rebuilding at 450000, though builders argue a lower cost is possible, while stressing government reliance on contractors.
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Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte
M. H. Gulesian
Waltham Street
Gulesian
Auction Likely for Vessel Instead of Government Repair
The piece argues that although public sentiment favors saving the ship, it is generally believed the vessel will be auctioned to the highest bidder rather than have the government spend hundreds of thousands on repairs with no return.
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Congress
Postal Card Ad Cost Notre Dame Professor $19 Fine
Robert I. Green professor of chemistry at Notre Dame University was fined $19 and costs after pleading guilty in U S District Court Indianapolis for sending a postal card addressed to H T Peck Official Man Butcher Windsor Vermont.
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Indianapolis
Ind
H. T. Peck
Windsor
Robert I. Green
Notre Dame University
United States District Court
Wellesley Debating Club Discusses Troy Arbitration
The Wellesley College Debating Club held an open meeting in Lecture Room 4 on the question of appointing a commission to arbitrate the Troy N Y manufacturer striker differences. The affirmative side won.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College Debating Club
Troy
N. Y
When Baby Cries What Lactated Food Offers
If a baby is fretful constipated colic or diarrheal has short broken sleep and poor health it signals food trouble Lactated Food is said to fix this immediately and top doctors reportedly prescribe it for their own families It reads like a classic medical advertisement asserting quick results and professional endorsement.
Burns Will Be Close to King in London
London dispatch notes John Burns entering "C B's" cabinet as first commissioner of public works. The move, aimed at aiding the unemployed, positions Burns beside the king in shaping policy for buildings and labor relief.
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Burns
King
London
John Burns
C.b.’S
Royal
First Labour Member to Enter Cabinet in Britain
A demonstration of unemployment marched past Belgrave Square to show itself to Premier Campbell-Bannerman. Representatives met the prime minister with John Burns present as head of the local government board. The premier expressed sympathy and invited the leaders to continued talks.
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Labor
Belgrave Square
Campbell- Bannerman
John Burns
Pvsatly Sympa
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