Moran and police board clash over Boston liquor licenses
A bitter feud pits District Attorney Moran against Boston police commissioners over liquor licenses at the Touraine and other hotels. Moran seeks grand jury action while the Touraine case centers on a fourth class license leased to Coleman to sell liquor off premises. The conflict echoes city politics as law and enforcement collide with hotel interests and schoolhouse distance rules.
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John B. Moran
Boston
Touraine
Moran
Melvin O. Adams
Mr. Whipple
Tourainn
Young’s
Parker House
Mr. Moran
Whipple
Augustus P. Martin
Charles P. Curtis
Robert F. Clarke
Andrew J. Bailey
Isaac T. Paul
Charles F. Snow
Moody, Wardwell, Burdett
Coleman
John A. Coleman
J. Reed Whipple
Curtis and Clark
Bailey
Clarke
Snow
Grand Jury
Hotel Touraine
Young's
Parker’s
John R. Coleman
Hotel
Boylston Street
Cole
Roxbury
Board of Police
Garden Street
Winchell School
Joseph Rielly
Rielly & Sullivan
Duffy Bros
Hub
Lexington
Arlington
Joyce & Co
Cambridge
Anderson Streets
Anderson Street
Phillips School
E.J. Carew
Eight saloons lose licenses amid schoolhouse crackdowns
Police boards shut eight saloons near schools under a 400 yard limit. Dealers protest costs and term threats, while Hotel Touraine faces license disputes. District Attorney Moran pressures with inquiries as saloon owners seek police cooperation to resume business.
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Moran
Star Chamber
Division 3
Division 11
Mquor
Cure for infant eczema with Cuticura remedies
Mrs Burges describes her six week old baby’s scalp eczema clearing after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She reports the scales and hair loss ceased, hair grew back thick, and the scalp remained clear at six years old. Dates reference 1898 and 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kezema
C. W. Burges
Iranistan Ave
Bridgeport
Saltrheum cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs FE Shaw of West Fryeburg Maine reports eight years of saltrheum with cracked and bleeding feet. She says use of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment relieved symptoms and allowed walking again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. L. Shaw
West Fryeburg
Cuticura Cure Promised For All Humors In Family
An advertising claim extols Cuticura products for curing skin eruptions and all humors from infancy to old age. The notice touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with prices and the Boston Potter Drug Chemical Corp as sole suppliers. It includes a customer testimonial dated May 10 1905 from Mrs J Chadwick Pena New Hampshire. It also mentions a free booklet How to Cure Kegoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drag Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Liquor Dealers Protest Distance Rule Near Schools
Frederick Mc Grath, director of the Wine and Spirit Dealers Association, challenges the 400 yard rule banning saloons within proximity of schools. He says the statutes say no saloon on the same street within 400 yards of an educational institution, and he remains at a loss to understand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick McGrath
Wine and Spirit Dealers’ Association
Arthur H. O’neill
Heath Street
Columbus Avenue
Board of Police
Pritchett Becomes Carnegie Foundation Leader After Resignation
President Henry S. Pritchett resigns from Technology to lead the Carnegie Foundation board, guiding a 25 member body aiming to influence higher education and distribute 10 million dollars in pensions. He may stay until June and will maintain New York headquarters with rumored $10,000 annual salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Pritchett
Technology
Carnegie Foundation
Pritchett
James PP. Munroe
Corporation
Dr. Pritchett
Boston
Robert 8. Peabody
Percival Lowell
Tam
Thomas J. Livermore
New York City
Charles River Dam
Controversy Over Saloons Near Schoolhouse Closings
In Boston West End, liquor firms Rielly Sullivan and Duffy Bros face closure over proximity to All Saints School. Businessmen argue Garden Street and Blossom Street distinctions affect street counting, while police cite legal distance rules. Saloon owners pledge to seek board decisions and obey law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Street
Rielly & Sullivan
Duffy Brothers
Garden
Cambridge Streets
Blossom Street
Duffy Bros
West End
Garden Street
Winchell School
Cambridge youth charged with forging tickets to theatre
John McDonald age 22 of 168 Putnam Avenue Cambridge is jailed in the Tombs charged with forgery on three counts. Police say he obtained theater tickets totaling 16 dollars from Herrick and Company Copley Square by forging the names of W Iselin and another Harvard student and used other forged signatures to obtain more tickets on various occasions. Inspector Conboy arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald
Putnam Avenue
Cambridge
Herrick & Co
Copley Square
Inspector Conboy
McDonald
W. ©. Iselin
Iselin
New York
Harvard
Herrick Company
Civil Service Reform Talks At Wisconsin Conference
Milwaukee December 14 President Charles R an Hise of the University of Wisconsin led the National Civil Service Reform convention opening Richard Henry Dana of Boston introduced Samuel H Spalding Wisconsin Civil Service Commission who spoke on Civil Service Reform in the West William D Moulton Illinois Civil Service Commission spoke in support The council report notes the year’s notable revolt against boss rule in U S politics seen as key to reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles R
University of Wisconsin
Civil Service Reform Convention
Richard Henry Dana
Boston
Samuel H. Spalding
Wisconsin Civil Service Commission
West
William D. Moulton
Commission of Illinois
Council
United States
Newly Elected Officers Named at Friederich Hecker G A R Post
Friederich Wecker Post No. 21 G A R elected new officers led by Commander F B Bamberg and S V commander J Nagle. George Faul becomes quartermaster with L Windenlang as chaplain and Lt Davidmeyer as surgeon. Officer of the day is H Epple. The delegate to the Department Convention is Oscar Sehmidt with substitute L Kischgaessner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friederich Wecker
F. B. Bamberg
J. Nagle
S. V
George Faul
L. Windenlang
Davidmeyer
H. Epple
Department
Oscar Sehmidt
L. Kischgaessner
Canadian Officials View Tompkins Exhibit in Boston
A party of distinguished Canadians visited Boston to view I. Heh Tompkins portraits and figures at the Boston Art Club. Sir Frederick Borden minister of war Sir Henry Pellatt and James Woods of Toronto joined others studying Harvard and the Institute of Technology policies.
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Boston
Heh. Tompkins
Boston Art Club
Frederick Borden
Henry Pellatt
James Woods
Toronto
Harvard
Institute of Technology
Reception at Roxbury Home for Newly Wedded Eddy Couple
A Roxbury social event at 86 Howland Street honored Mr. and Mrs. George F. Eddy Jr who recently wed in Dundee Illinois. Mrs. Eddy was Marival Oatman formerly of Dundee and once a West flirtation belle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
George F. Eddy
Howland Street
George F. Eddy, Jr
Dundee
Ill
Eddy
Marival Oatman
West
1500 Shoeworkers Back Lasters Union in Be Factory Strike
In Brockton 1500 shoeworkers voted to back the Lasters Union in the BE EK Taylor & Co strike after 140 men quit Tuesday over a State Board arbitration ruling. Union officials warn a broader 16,000-strong strike may follow if a living wage is not granted. Four workers directly affected. rest protest for principle.
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Brockton
Lasters
Be, Ek, Taylor & Co
State Board of Arbitration
Taylor
John I. Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
St John papers grant eight hour day to union
Demands of the typographical union for the eight hour day were granted today by the five daily newspapers in St John. Three of these also operate job printing establishments. A strike in other offices is expected.
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ST. John
N. B
Typographical Union
Cambridge Priest Fr Kelley Improves After Illness
The Rev. Father James P. Kelley of St John’s parish Cambridge had been bedridden for some time. By Wednesday his condition improved and hopes for recovery grew. He is a beloved priest in Cambridge.
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James PL PF. Kelley
St. John's Parish
Cambridge
Christmas at Talbots Promises Great Gifts at Low Prices
Talbot Company's clothing store at 89 and 403 Washington street showcases a wide range of men’s coats suits and furnishings. The firm manufactures its own goods offering Boston made clothing with fashionable options from great coats to tuxedos and traveling bags appealing to Christmas shoppers and gift buyers alike.
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Talbot Company
Washington Street
Westminster
Paddock
Church Reforms in Chicago Parishes Include Lay Trustees
Chicago synod restructures parish administration placing temporal duties with a five layman board plus the parish priest as chair. It also sets priest salaries at first class 1000 dollars, second class 800, and curates 400 a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Archdiocese of
Found Baby On Chelsea Doorsteps
A neatly dressed one month old female infant was found on the doorsteps of 5 Cottage Terrace Chelsea late last night by Mr and Mrs Elma Haskell. Police notified. waif placed in care of Police Matron Mrs Welly who took it to her home to nurse it.
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Cottage Terrace
Chelsea
Elma Haskell
Welly
Suits for 20000 Against City and Contractors
Mary A. Jones sues the city of Boston and Collins and Ham contractors for 10000 each claiming injuries from a fall on a Columbus avenue sidewalk shutoff on September 10 1896. The case will be continued today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Boston
Collins & Ham
Mary A. Jones
Columbus Avenue
Brookline Elks Open Handsome New Clubhouse
The Brookline lodge of Wilks formally opened its elaborate rebuilt clubhouse last evening. Costing about $36,000, the new facility at Green and Harvard streets Coolidge's Corner is among the finest in the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline Lodge of
Wilks
Green and
Sttarvard Streets
Coolidge's Corner
Campbell sentenced for death in South Boston clubroom row
William J. Campbell was found guilty of causing a companion’s death in a South Boston clubroom row and sentenced yesterday to three years of hard labor at the House of Correction. The boy broke down when his mother testified he was a faithful and dutiful son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Campbell
Boston
House of Correction
Only Two Jurors Selected in Beef Trust Prosecution
Chicago December 14 two jurors had been selected on the opening day of the beef trust case. Both sides exercised peremptory challenges several times and the tally stayed at two jurors by day’s end.
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Beef Trust
Chicago
Louisiana Battleship Sets Speed Record in Trial Run
Rockland Me Dec 14 The new battleship Louisiana logged an average of 18.82 knots for four hours in an endurance test exceeding contract speed by 0.82 knot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Louisiana
Representative Gillett Named Chairman of DC Subcommittee
Representative Gillett of Massachusetts was named chairman of the District of Columbia subcommittee within the House Appropriations Committee. The appointment was announced today in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gillett
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Tlouse
Knights of Columbus Elect Officers and Trustees in Kilm Wil
The Kilm Wil Knights of Columbus council elected named officers G K James J Slattery D G K Dr James J Fitzgerald Charles J Murphy Jr F 8 Charles J Murphy R & George T Fitzgerald JT Charles E Malener Charles T Bartick A Joseph P Fagan J G Jeremiah J Donovan G Daniel J Tiddy trustees John V Haler Walter F Weir Robert F Riley delegates to State council Samuel FP Skelton James J Slattery representative in the chapter for five years Hugh P McNally
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Kilm Wil
Knights of Columbus
G. K
James J. Slattery
James J. Fitzgerald
Charles J. Murphy, Jr
Charles J. Murphy
George T. Fitzgerald
Charles E. Malener
Charles T. Bartick
Joseph P. Fagan
J. G. Jeremiah J. Donovan
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Jerome
Lagrange Street
Yandlord Whipple
Young’s Hotel
Baby
Liquor Dealers’ Side
Minard
Charles Wood
E. Providence
R. I
Tech
W. F. Joyce & Co
North Anderson Streets
Phillips Street
O'Neill
John J. Good
Thomas Reynolds
All Saints
Herrick
Bostonian
Friederich Hecker
Tompkins
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Burlington
Denver
Rockies
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Sierras
Pacific
AMC
W. J. O’ymeara
Brockton Shoe
ST. John Printers
J. P. F. Kelley
Brookline Elks
ELM Hill Council
Pinkerton
Detective
The
Rock Island
Conan Doyle
Nigel
Boston Post
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