Notable Women Voters Debates Greatest Women Lists
Readers clash over a published survey naming the world’s 20 greatest women. Numerous lists include Queen Victoria Florence Nightingale Rosa Bonheur Joan of Arc and Elizabeth Cady Stanton among others.
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Queen Victoria
Susan B. Anthony
Rosa Bonheur
George Eliot
Joan of Arc
Madame Curle
Maria Mitchell
Elizabeth Barrett
Cecile Chaminade
Browning
Jane Austen
Harriet B. Stowe
Florence Nightingale
Covers Eliot
Soph
Julia Ward Howe
Perovsky
Mrs. Willard
Jane Addams
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mary Walker
Pankhurst
Charlotte Bronte
Mme
Carie
Mrs. Rutherford
Julia Marlowe
Hayes
Sara Bernhardt
Pattie
Joan of Are
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
New Massachusetts Liability Law Explained to Board
Amos T. Saunders of Clinton explained a July effective state compensation act to the Massachusetts Board of Trade executive council. He argued the bill shifts some industrial injury costs from the worker to the public, via the employer as distributor, replacing fault based recovery with wage loss coverage.
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Massachusetts Board of Trade
Vendome
Amos T. Saunders
Clinton
House Judiciary Committee
Court schedules Walter execution at Sing Sing
The New York Court of Appeals set January 29 as the start of the execution week for Albert W. Walter, the convicted killer of Ruth Wheeler of New York, to be carried out at Sing Sing prison.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Albert W. Walter
Ruth Wheeler
New York
The Easiest Way to Remove Fuzz
An article promotes delatone paste as a painless facial and body hair remover for women. It claims ordinary delatone mixed with water removes all hair after a two to three minute application and leaves skin white soft and firm. It notes druggists sell a one ounce package for a dollar.
SEEK SILVER IN NEWBURY
In Newbury six miners will be set to work next week to sink a 100 foot shaft at the Newbury mines. Water already flooded the shaft requiring a steam boiler and steam pump capable of 100 gallons per minute, contracted to John Kennedy of Peabody, to be installed at the shaft mouth.
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Newburyport
Newbury Mines
John Kennedy
Peabody
Boston and Maine Railroad Cuts in Passenger Service
Under retrenchment moves the Boston and Maine Railroad will alter passenger runs from Jan 1 and reduce crews. On Wednesday 10 engineers were demoted to firemen and 10 firemen were let go. A long running freight service between Boston and Portsmouth was discontinued.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Portsmouth
Groaning at a Cop Not a Crime in Worcester Case
In Worcester District Court Associate Justice George R. Stobbs ruled groaning at a policeman does not equal disturbing the peace. Eli Boosada, 21, was arraigned for disturbing the peace but was set free after the officer failed to prove the charge. A separate incident recounts burglars using a painter's ladder to enter a home where eight diamond rings were stolen and a child revived after an hour-long effort.
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Worcester
District Court
George R. Stobbs
Eli Boosada
Bartholomew Sweeney
Boosada
Front
Burglars Chloroform Baby Then Loot Baltimore Home
In Baltimore on December 13, masked burglars chloroformed the 15 month old child of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Thomas. They then ransacked the residence and stole jewelry valued at about $2000.
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Baltimore
James B. Thomas
Ghost drives Georgian from his bride in Savannah tale
Boliver Dent says a ghost prevented his wedding to a Knoxville fiancée. The dead brother Otho Dent allegedly blocked their union, the couple wed, then separated as the specter lingered briefly before ceasing to walk.
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Savannah
Boliver Dent
Otho Dent
Knoxville
Texas clams yield $500000 in pearls
Pearls valued at five hundred thousand dollars were taken from clams in Caddo Lake, Marion county, and sold by fishermen for small sums. State authorities verified the report and took charge of the claim to halt further pearl hunting, noting a $1000 pearl recently sold for fifty dollars to an Eastern dealer.
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Galveston
Tex
Caddo Lake
Marion County
State Fish and Oyster Department
Fox Farming Declines as Eagles Sweep Alaska Breeding Grounds
Blue fox breeders in Western Alaska islands retire from the business as one $100000 company seeks dissolution in court. Eagles raid fat puppies and capture of fleet-footed kits is hard, forcing workers to chase litters around the island multiple times.
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Tacoma
Wash
Alaska Islands
290 Pound Man Slips From Nortonville Jail
James Howe, 290 pounds, escaped Nortonville jail last night via a 12 inch square hole. Guards say he used soap to slick his body and fled into liberty. A lighter detainee attempted the same hole but failed after two hours proving Howe’s exceptional slipperiness.
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Nortonville
Kan
James Howe
Howe
Aviator Lieutenant Charles Lantheaume Killed in France
Melun France December 13 Lieutenant Charles Lantheaume a noted military aviator died in a fall from his aircraft upon arriving at the aviation camp from Etantes. The accident occurred as he completed the flight and was reported by the army press.
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Melun
France
Charles Lantheaume
Etantes
Royal Jewels to be Sold by Portuguese Republic
Lisbon reports the cabinet has ruled jewels found in royal palaces after the 1910 flight of King Manuel are public property. The government plans to auction priceless crowns bracelets rings swords and daggers encrusted with precious stones, relics of past conquests and rulers.
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Lisbon
Cintra
Mafra
Manuel
Boston Optician John H Allman Dies at 72
John H Allman a pioneer Boston optician died yesterday at his Roxbury home from a complication of diseases. He was 72 and had run an optical store at 10 Bromfield Street for 48 years. He is survived by a wife a son and a daughter.
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John H. Allman
Boston
Abbotsford Street
Roxbury
Remarkable foot remedy TIZ advertised by Walter Dodge
An advertisement claims TIZ relieves sore feet quickly and permanently. A Jeffersonville user, Mrs Crockett, reports walking downstairs one foot at a time after the second treatment. The pitch promises rapid relief, explains the product draws out poisonous exudations, and offers TIZ at 25 cents a box from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago.
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Mrs. Crockett
Jeffersonville
Tiz
Mr. Crockett
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Shakeup in Station 16 Rocks Back Bay Police Force
Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara issued a general order moving eight patrolmen and installing eight reserve officers at Station 16 amid long standing internal disputes. Patrolman Charles T Florentine, son in law of Captain Jones, is among those reassigned as clerks noted. Transfers spread to Brighton City Point Roxbury Crossing Jamaica Plain Charlestown Broadway South Boston and Lagrange Street stations with reserves also redistributed to Back Bay. The changes take effect tonight.
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Stephen O'Meara
Back Bay
Frank Jones
Charles Tlorentine
Jones
Walter Brown
Charles T. Florentine
Stillman B. H. Hall
Brighton
Stephen Higgins
City Point
Joseph W. Hobbs
Herbert I. Nickerson
Roxbury Crossing
George Stewart
Jamaica Plain
Patrick W. Toland
Charles
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