Long Island dormitory for women completed and turned over
The new two story dormitory on Long Island, fronting 132 feet, with a large veranda and a 52 by 30 foot hall, has been completed and handed to the Public Institutions Commission. It includes two wards per floor, lavatories, day room, sewing room, and an officers’ dining room. An addition to the hospital and related improvements were also completed, with a bridge isolating nurses from physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Commissioners of Public Institutions
Wheelwright
Death of William Baker Reverend in Boston Society
William Baker known as Billy among Boston business and press circles died from pneumonia after Sunday evening admission to Massachusetts General Hospital. A widower living with his mother sister and brother at 6 Linsey street Dorchester he leaves a Massachusetts native with twenty two years at the Saturday Evening Gazette. Funeral arrangements pending with services likely Sunday at his residence and burial in the city.
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William Baker
Billy
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Linsey Street
Dorchester
St. John
N. B
Saturday Evening Gazette
Press Club
M. J.keating
Brownell
Boston Herald
Joseph ©. Smith
Globe
J. B.benton
Journal
William V. Alexander
Hibernians Elect Officers in Cambridge Division
The Cambridge division of the A. O. H., No. 21, elected officers. President E. M. Doran, vice-president Pp. F. Greene, recording secretary Mortimer Gallivan, financial secretary David Corcoran, treasurer John P. Sullivan, door-keeper George Dobbs, sergeant-at-arms Jeremiah O Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
The
E. M. Doran
Pp. F. Greene
Mortimer Gallivan
David ¥. Corcoran
John P. Sullivan
George Dobbs
Jeremiah O’connor
American Wringer Co Makers of Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Co at 13 and 15 Broadway extension, city manufacturers of wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. All kinds of wringers and sweepers repaired. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Telephone call Vremon 7é4.
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American Wringer Co
Broadway
Vremon
Independent oil movement gains traction across states
The Ohio independents form to challenge Standard Oil with plans to merge with Western refineries and offer shares to small dealers and consumers. Key West and Massachusetts see similar efforts as pipelines expand to tidewater, boosting competition and lowering costs for refiners and customers.
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Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Massachusetts
Boston
New England Oil Company
Somerville
Key West
Fla
Texas
Standard Oil
Toledo
John A. Royall
New England
Tidewater
Wilkesbarre
Seaboard
Tyo
Standard Corporation
Income Tax Rules 1894 Regulations and Deductions
The Treasury issues 1894 income tax rules for individuals and corporations. Returns required for incomes over 3500 by the first Monday in March. 2 percent tax due by July 1 1895 with strict penalties for disclosures. Corporations must file returns covering net profits for 1894 by March, with no personal exemption.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Independent dealers plan Key West oil station to challenge Standard Oil
In Key West Florida independent oil dealers prepare to compete with Standard Oil which currently controls the local market. Consumers pay 20 cents a gallon for illuminating oil as trusts seal the region from open market supplies. Local merchants previously sourced fuel via freight schooners from New York before Standard Oil tightened access.
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Key West
Fla
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Trust
New York
Oil Peddler Dreyer License Hearing Set in Malden
Tomorrow evening in Malden the Board of Health will hear R. Dreyer the oil peddler apply for a license to sell oil. Independent oil dealers oppose the license claiming Dreyer acts as a Standard Oil agent and are expected to protest strongly.
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Malden
Board of Health
R. Dreyer
Dreyer
Standard Oil Company
Tailors Splaine Fitzpatrick Open Semiannual Sale
Gentlemen seeking fashionable clothing flock to Messrs. Splaine and Fitzpatrick at 110 Court Street for a fall sale announced this month. Custom trousers, suits, and overcoats are offered at five, twenty, and twenty five dollars respectively, with the pair cut and fitted by the tailors themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Splaine
Police negligence cited in Brookline trolley murder account
A West End motorman testifies that three Boston policemen failed to pursue a fleeing thief after gunshots were heard near Commonwealth Avenue. He describes boarding times, passenger delays, and a later telephonic inquiry about a boarding on Berkeley Street, amid reports of a highwayman crime.
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West End
Brookline
Boston
James Slamin
Reservoir
Brookline Village
Huntington Avenue
Tremont House
Park Square
Boylston Street
Berkeley Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Clarendon Street
Curtis's Plans Five Commissions on the Run
Curtis plans a sweeping reform agenda as mayor elect. Independent Democrats may gain posts on the water board and other offices. The Municipal League pushes charter repeal and a five member public safety board to reshape departments and curb partisan control. The mayor will consult departments next week before inaugural address and must work within legislative limits.
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Curtis
Water Board
Post
Common Council
Municipal League
League
Watch and Ward Society
Board of Public Safety
Hospital inquiry finds Deer Island care generally sound
Medical Examiner Frank A. Harris reports Long Island facility neat and clean with ample supplies and good food. He and managers receive strong recommendations though ventilation at the maternity ward is noted as insufficient.
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Rency Hospital
Cogswell
Catherine McCarthy
Alderman Lee
Deer Island
Long Island
Frank A. Harris
Harris
Reed
Mr. Harris
Parker
Wharf Front Gone at Cape Fear River Yards
Fire swept the ship store yards on the Cape Fear River west side opposite Wilmington at 4 am destroying three or four warehouses hundreds of front feet of wharves and vast stores of resin tar spirits turpentine salt and guano.
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Wilmington
N. C
Cape Fear River
Free Medical Services By Dr Dewey Boston Specialist
An advertisement promises free medical services until cured for all diseases by Dr Dewey, a renowned Boston physician. A testimonial from Rev J S Barrows of Brookfield Mass endorses his skill and trustworthiness for patients seeking care. Hours listed include 9 to 6 and Sundays 10 to 4.
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Dewey
Boylston Jr
Island Famine in St John’s Newfoundland Despair Deepens
In St John’s Newfoundland a wave of firm failures leaves hundreds without food or fuel. The Bank of Montreal plans a local branch to aid the Union Bank, while most shops close and relief services buckle. Tens of thousands face hunger as boats sit idle and creditors press on fishermen long in debt.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Union Bank
Bank of Montreal
Labor Bureau
Edwin Dader
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Edward Everett Hale
Millard
D' Millard
Tremontst
Hibernians
G. W. Watson
Providence Depot
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Income Tax
Ebts
California
Lion
Bslanchard & Farrar
Faneuil
Wakefield
School St
Post’s Book Dept
Post Building
the Post
Fenimore
Dora Thorne
Elia
Irving’s
Shermans
Charles
Dickens
Blaine
Morocco
America
Independent Democrats
Chance—Inter
Jamacia Pond
Young Men's Democratic Club
Young Men's Democratic Club of
Quincy House
John E. Russell
John W. Corcoran
H. Mais
Temple Place
Charles S. Hamlin
George Fred Williams
Charles E. Stratton
Eastern Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Patten
London
Paris
Eye
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
James A. Leslif
Tari Viele
Fred L. Norton
Assignes
Hood
Massachusetts Nautical Training School
Massachusetts Nautical School
Enterprise
Charlestown Navy Yard
of Commissioners
State House
F. Stanhope Hill
Traders’ National Bank
Water St
F. T. Monroe
Globe National Bank of Boston
State Street
H. Hooks
Oston
William . Cassidy
Pemberton Square
Joseph P. Silsby, JR
Commonwealth OF Massachuseits
Ston
Amos Markey
of Suffolk
Holden
Court House
Ofton
Baid County
Fred H. Shavey
John F. Kelly
Electro-Novelty Company
Isaac F. Paul
Francis M. Edwards
Nathan Cobe
Waltham
Middlesex
Morris Dean
George M. Morse
J. P. Sosby
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