Republicans Hold Up Mayor Collins Bills in City Election
Election returns show Republicans win essential council seats to block Mayor Collins financial measures. Council needs two thirds approval for loans, with Democrats at 49 votes and Republicans at 26, casting doubt on the final recount. Close races in Ward 1 East Boston Ward 12 Chester and Ward 20 Beatty could flip to Democrats with small vote changes.
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Common Council
Collins
East
Boston
Harrington
Sorenson
Murphy
Chester
Hayes
Beatty
Baker
Politicians react to Boston alderman election surprise
Boston election results shift alderman and council power. Kneeland defeated by 392 votes amid labor vote misreading. Good Government Association touts six elected. Public School Association shows strong Democratic backing with 22,000 votes. Common Council ends with Democrats 49 and Republicans 26, Republicans gain seats overall.
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Good Government Association
Public School Association
Common Council
Throng watches for duel at Old State House
A staged confrontation between Thomas W. Lawson and Colonel Bill Greene at Boston's Old State House drew thousands. Greene did not appear as telegrams promised, sparking a tense, police-secured standoff while Lawson claimed the plan was a public denouncement and federated watchers awaited a clash that never came.
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Lawson
Greene
Old State House
State Street
Crispus
Colonel Greene
Boston
New York
Ww. C. Greene
Thomas W. Lawson
The Value of Charcoal as a Health Aid
A Buffalo physician touts charcoal as safe and effective for cleansing the stomach and bowels, improving breath and complexion. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges, priced at twenty five cents, are recommended for gas relief and liver benefit, with ongoing use claimed to improve general health.
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Stuart
Gross and Strauss Employees Dance at Union Hall
Fourth annual dancing party of the Gross and Strauss Employees Mutual Benefit Association held at the Catholic Union Hall. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Morse. Officers named: Samuel Rosenbaum president, William P. Rohan vice president, Fred W. Scribner treasurer and secretary, Leona M. Day assistant secretary. Floor director and committees listed with many attendees. Favors were tiny bottles of cologne.
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Catholic Union Hall
Gross & Strauss Employees’ Mutual Benefit Association
G. P. Morse
Samuel Rosenbaum
William P. Rohan
Fred W. Scribner
Leona M. Day
Margaret A. Finch
Alice Ray
Nellie Roche
C. Doherty
E. D. Palmer
Mabel Haradon
J. L Ford
Mollie Miller
Helen Dowd
Ruth Paschke
Anna B. I. Burke
Alice Connerton
Emeline Carr
I. F. Boyle
J. Nadell
M. O’hara
W. P. Clark
Samuel Strauss
James Taaffe
William R. Brown
A. M. Cunningham
M. Barkoltz
J. Barkoltz
Pyke
Francis Juggins
T. Fitzgerald
W. H. Messer
Mr. Sternberg
Hugh A. Terry
J. E. O’conner
William Lawton
Emmerson Laskey
T. G. Too
Nellie McCarron
Margaret A. French
Mary Donahue
Helen Halger
Alice Doherty
May Collins
Willian Macarthy
Francis Beekman
Margaret Moylan
Estella Dingy
Florence Donovan
Pearl Rodman
Bessie
Mary Devlin
Elizabeth Kelley
Josephine Gough
Miss M. Quinn
Ulia Taaffe
Sadie Rowe
Miss Ropson
Ruth Cutting
Miss Ford
Miss Bartley
Miss Chester
Miss Costa
Miss James
Miss Klingenhagen
Lillian Allman
Miss Griffin
Miss Owen
J. L. Ford
Miss Kerr
Alice Krau
Lillian Kavanaugh
E. J. Weitz
Josephine Galvin
Margaret Muldoon
Margaret Mexin
Anna Halpin
Winifred Barron
Katherne Ryan
Port Arthur Harbor Declares No Vessel Afloat Japanese Claim
From Fusan dated December 14 the headquarters report that Port Arthur city and harbor are visible from 203 Metre Hill with streets deserted and many buildings burned. No ships remain afloat in the harbor though the Sevastopol escaped earlier docking. The Japanese torpedo craft are outside the harbor and the Sevastopol was torpedoed later, signaling a decisive strike for Japan.
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Fusan
Port Arthur
Sevastopol
Metro Hill
Hfe
Metre Hill
Russia
Baltic
Fire and bankruptcy ripple through Boston area tale
A printer, Robert Carrington, escaped a warehouse fire at 203 Washington Street after smoke cut off his retreat, aided by two passersby and Engine 7. The blaze started in the basement under Mitchell the tailor, damaging stock. Separately, Rev Mary Traffarn Whitney filed for bankruptcy in U S district court, listing liabilities of 44 170 and no assets, aided by notes indorsed by her late husband. 24 creditors include Boston notables and Emily Fifield of Dorchester. The Unitarian community pledges support.
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Robert Carrington
Washington Street
School Street
Milk
Washington Streets
O’connor
Doherty
Engine 7
Mitchell
Mary Traffarn Whitney
Unitarian Church
Green Harbor
Boston
United States District Court
Whitney
Mrs. Whitney
Emily A. Fifield
Dorchester
William Cobb
Alfred Hemenway
Richard W. Hale
Harry Teehan
Charles T. Gallagher
H. W. Putnam
George W. Parke
Second Unitarian Society of
West Somerville
Benevolent Fraternity of
Unitarian Churches
Father of Richard Harding Davis Dead
L Clarke Davis editor in chief of the Public Ledger Philadelphia died at his home of heart disease after two months illness He was 70 he is survived by his widow Rebecca Harding Davis a daughter and two sons including Richard Harding Davis the novelist and magazine writer
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Philadelphia
L. Clarke Davis
The
Public Ledger
Rebecca Harding Davis
Richard Harding Davis
Atkinson and Foster Debate at Brookline Union Hall
In Union Hall Brookline last night Ed ward Atkinson statistician debated labor question with Frank K Foster before Carpenters Union members and friends. Atkinson opposed closed shops calling them restraints on liberty while Foster argued unions aid workers, criticizing trusts and praising voluntary associations amid exchanges about industrial service and community impact.
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Union Hall
Brookline
Edward Atkinson
Frank K. Foster
The
Carpenters’ Union
Atkinson
Labor Union
Trust
Foster
Mr. Foster
Lawson
Local Labor Notes from Boston Unions Coverage
Union leaders report charity actions and elections across Boston labor groups. Patrick Flynn elected president of Federal Union 8217, with Gearin, Meagan, Court ney named officers. Wells Memorial hosts B R C of A meeting as Olsin resigns candidacy.
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Boston Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union 9
Federal Union
Patrick Flynn
Metropolitan
Cied
Cornelius Gearin
James Meagan
James Courtney
Frank I. Bonemus
St. Louis
Carman
The
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Boston Bay State Lodge
Wells Memorial Building
Edward T. O’neil
Hardwood Finishers’ Union
Gloucester Teams’ Union
Team Drivers’ District Council
John W. Kennon
Boston Section of
Lithographers, Artists and Designers’ League of America
John J. McLaughlin
Boston Electrical Workers’ Union
Carl Olsin
Waiters’ Benevolent Association
Paul Revere Hall
Michael T. Morrissey
Grippy Headache Catarrh Cure Promoted by Dr Agnew
An old advertisement touts Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder as a sworn enemy to head colds and catarrh. It claims relief from catarrhal headache and nasal issues within ten minutes and urges readers to purchase for radical cures.
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Agnew
Trembly Dies After Train Collision At Night
A. E. Trembly, 33, a Boston & Maine trainman of 11 Mystic Avenue Somerville, was killed when he stepped in front of an outward bound express while trying to evade an inbound train. He was hurled about 30 feet and his body was taken to the North Station on a train.
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A. E. Trembly
Boston & Maine
Mystic Avenue
Somerville
Deer chase on Brattle Street near Harvard College
A wild deer appeared on Brattle street Cambridge near Harvard College yesterday. The exhausted animal ran into the square as more than fifty students and several dogs chased it, but the deer outpaced them and fled toward the Belmont woods.
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Brattle Street
Harvard College
Cambridge
Belmont Woods
Harvard Cercle Francais stage Les Folies Amoureuses tonight
The 18th performance of the French play Les Folies Amoureuses by the Cercle Francais at Harvard is set for tonight in Brattle Hall Cambridge.
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Harvard
Cercle Francais
Brattle Hall
Cambridge
Catholic leaders and scholars debate in Massachusetts arena
Hon John A Sullivan questions the Irish American youth enter politics. Matthew Cummings notes Hibernianism in Massachusetts. Mimothy B Reardon discusses Growth of Catholic Foresters. Joseph C Pelletier speaks on Knights of Columbus. Annie F McSweeney covers The Catholic as a Progressive Club Woman. Rev Joseph F Hanselman on The Aim of the Jesuit College. Rev William Gannon argues The Church and Higher Education.
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John A. Sullivan
Matthew Cummings
A. H
Mass
Massachusetts
Mimothy B. Reardon
Catholic Order of Foresters
Joseph C. Pelletier
Knights of Columbus
Annie F. McSweeney
A. O. H. Ladies’ Auxiliary
the Catholic
Joseph F. Hanselman
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Jesuit College
William Gannon
S. J
Church and Higher Education
Bromberg vows nonpartisan stance on new Aldermen
Alderman Edward J. Bromberg after re election told a Post reporter he believes the three newly elected Republicans on the Board of Aldermen will unite. He said he will vote for all measures he sees as city advancing regardless of party and regrets not having five Republican colleagues.
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Boston
Emerson
Kneeland
Edward J. Bromberg
Post
Board of Aldermen
Hebrew Measures to Check Spread of Consumption
Representatives of Hebrew societies met at the Boston Educational Union to adopt measures against consumption. A weekly lecture on treatment and prevention was authorized, with a committee named to oversee the effort including H. H. Levenson, William Bloom, and Leon Pickett.
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Boston Educational Union
Causeway Street
H. H. Levenson
Union
William Bloom
Federation of Jewish Charities
Leon Pickett
Mt. Sinai Dispensary
Doctor De Blois May Join Douglas Staff
Announcement that Lt Col George H Priest declined served to prompt a talk about offering Dr Thomas A De Blois a position on Governor-elect Douglas staff An appointment to discuss the matter was arranged yesterday for the Governor-elect Captain Flaherty and Dr De Blois to confer.
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George H. Priest
Douglas
Thomas A. de Blois
Flaherty
Dr. de Blois
Happy Christmas Request From A Mother In Need
A mother appeals to the editor for help to provide a joyous Christmas for her six children. She explains her husband’s employer failed, leaving them with precarious finances and only one older son working for small wages. Rent must be paid, and she asks for assistance.
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Post
California Excursions for tourists by sleeping cars
Daily and personally conducted tourist sleeping cars to California and Oregon. Choice of routes to the Pacific coast. For information and tickets call or write S. A. Hutchison, Exc. Mangr., Chicago, Union Pacific and Northwestern Line, 300 Washington Street, Boston.
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California
Oregon
Pacific Coast
S. A. Hutchison, Exc. Mangr
Chicago
Union Pacific and
Northwestern Line
Wasington Street
Boston
Union Bread Expands to More Stores in Boston Area
Boston central labor union reports 32 more stores will sell union made bread and $215 allocated to support striking bakers. District committee lists Roxbury eight shops South Boston four East Boston six Cambridge five Somerville three and Charlestown six agreeing to sell only union labelled bread.
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Boston Central Labor Union Committee
Roxbury
South Boston
East
Boston
Cambridge
Somerville
Charlestown
Griffith of Malden Dead
Budd Griffith aged 60 a well known Malden insurance solicitor died suddenly in his room at Mrs S E King 295 Pleasant street He had been troubled with gout for years Mrs King found him on the floor at about 5 pm a physician said death was due to heart failure
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Malden
Budd Griffith
E. King
Pleasant Street
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