Debaters argue for and against a central bank in Boston
William H. Lincoln introduced speakers Horace White Charles A. Conant and Alexander D. Noyes with O M W Sprague at the Economic Club of Boston. White cited 1907 credit crises and rising panics while Conant outlined European banking models and Sprague urged an efficient reserve system if not a central bank.
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Boston
William H. Lincoln
Economic Club of Boston
American House
Horace White
New York
Hughes
Charles A. Conant
Alexander D. Noyes
New York Evening Post
O. M. W. Sprague
Harvard
White
Congress
Sprague
Two Men Ride on Cruel Eczema One Cure by Cuticura
Two men suffer eczema and seek relief with Cuticura. The ad-like report hints at a cure claim and a second man’s condition, suggesting a sequence of trial or result from using the product. The piece reads like a brief promotional item from the era.
Minstrel Show Delights Boston Audience at Jordan Hall
The Hotel and Railroad News Company's Mutual Relief and Benefit Association presented its annual minstrel at Jordan Hall, drawing a large crowd with songs, solos, dances, and sketches. Ernest L. Drew led a naval enlistment sketch On Board the Marr Branch, while Harold Sargent’s illness moved his brother to perform. The program featured Nellie Ferguson in dances, a bagpipe number, and a comic Court Room sketch, with repeated encores and a repeat performance planned for tonight.
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Hotel & Railroad News Company
Mutual Relief & Benefit Association
Jordan Hall
Association
Marr
Ernest L. Drew
Cook
Peary
Boston
Globe
Dr. Cook
Denmark
Charles Madden
William Morrison
Harry Crawley
J. J. Sullivan
Nellie Ferguson
George W. McCurdy
Cliff Rogers
Harold F. Sargent
Charles H. Sargent
C. H. Sargent, Jr
Helen Kelly
Fisher
William E. Purdie
Archie March
Ilenry White
John F. Kelly
Harryl. Walker
Joseph Hogan
P. J. Sullivan
J. R. Cottam
A. Connors
Granite Block Pinning Injures Quarryman at Quincy
In Quincy on December 15 a five ton granite block fell about 200 feet in the Thomas Mannex quarry on Railway Hill. The block pinned Hubert Golden to the bottom, causing injuries to both legs. he was taken to City Hospital in serious but not dangerous condition. Twenty other workers watched as the rope fault caused the fall.
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G. T. Hamilton
Indiana
Cuticura
Gover Cruz and Chem. Corp
Sole
Bosto Fas. Mag
Quincy
Hubert Golden
West Street
Thomas Mannex
Railway Hill
West Quincey
Mr. Golden
Michael J. Crotty of Dorchester Dead
Michael J. Crotty of Dorchester died Tuesday morning at his home 762 Columbia road Dorchester from heart failure. He was 49 born in St. John's Newfoundland educated there and at St Bona venture college. He belonged to Columbia Court 9% M C O F and Nightworkers Division 60 A OH. He leaves a wife Nora J Mansfield. Funeral 8:30 Friday morning with solemn high mass at St. Margarets Church Columbia road and Dorchester avenue.
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Michael J. Crotty
Columbia Road
Dorchester
St. John’s
N. F
St. Bonaventure College
Columbia Court
Nora J. Mansfield
St. Margaret’s Church
Dorchester Avenue
Marriage dispute case follows two month old troubles
Captain Mellen R. Joy of Engine 41 Allston faced a separate maintenance suit filed by his wife Emma L. T. Joy. He says the friction started two months after the marriage with disputes over abusive language and lockouts while she alleges desertion and assault. The case was continued until next Friday.
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Mellen R. Joy
Allston
Grant
Emma L. T. Joy
Joy
Harvard Man Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Roger Sherman Loomis of Yokohama Japan and Williams 09 graduate, now a Harvard graduate student, was yesterday chosen as Massachusetts third representative to Oxford University under the Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund.
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Roger Sherman Loomis
Yokohama
Japan
Williams
Harvard
Massachusetts
Oxford University
Man Loses Hand in Forge Accident at Roxbury Plant
Thomas F. Hines, 23, of 127 Hampshire Street Roxbury, employed by Walworth Manufacturing, at First and P streets South Boston, was oiling a forge yesterday afternoon and stepped on a lever. The forge dropped severing his right hand at the wrist. He was taken to Carney Hospital where his condition was reported not serious.
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Thomas F. Hines
Hampshire Street
Roxbury
Walworth Manufacturing Company
First
P Streets
South Boston
Carney Hospital
Sleep Talk Sparks Fight and Arrest in Lynn
Elmer Clements alleged his wife’s sleep talking led to a confrontation in which he assaulted Ralph Hill on Summer Street. Court testimony revealed repeated sleep talk naming Hill and others. Clements admitted the attack and was fined five dollars.
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Lynn
Elmer Clements
Clements
Ralph Hill
Summer Street
Clements Ofttimes
Hill
Workmen to Form New Supreme Lodge
Representatives of seven state Grand Lodges met in Kansas City to form the National Ancient Order of United Workmen’s new supreme lodge. A committee will plan governance granting majority rule in lodge affairs after a night of backing away from funds control by the Supreme Judge.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Arizona
New Mexico
Nebraska
Colorado
Massachusetts
Ancient Order of United Workmen
National
Household Economy How To Save On Cough Medicine At Home
A home made cough syrup costs about 54 cents using Granulated Sugar and Pinex in a clean pint bottle. The recipe yields a full pint of cough syrup that keeps well and can help colds bronchial ailments and whooping cough with a teaspoon every one to three hours. Pinex is the concentrated Norway White Pine Extract and strained honey is an alternative.
Moose chase costs thirty three lives in woods
The hunt for moose and other game in the northeast and adjacent provinces ended last night with thirty three fatalities. Twenty three deaths occurred in Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts from mistaken identity accidental discharge or other causes. Three more deaths happened in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with seven additional contributory deaths.
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United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Hunter Tragedies Claim Dozens Across Regions
The report records extensive hunting fatalities with injuries and long-term harm. Maine leads with 14 dead, followed by New Hampshire and Massachusetts with three each, Vermont two, Nova Scotia one, and New Brunswick one. Causes include mistaken identity, gun misfires, accidental discharges, drowning, trapping injuries, and a motorcycle crash linked to a carried gun.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Maine Deer Harvest Near 1908 Record Despite Shifted Routes
Maine’s 10 000 deer season ends as Bangor counts show 38051 deer 124 moose and 36 bears moved through by 6 pm and suggest total deer kills near 9000 to 10000. Deer transport shifts via Somerset road reduce Bangor receipts though overall harvest remains strong with regional moves noted.
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Bangor
Maine
Moosehead Lake
Somerset Road
Electrician’s 40 foot fall breaks leg on ship dynamo
Robert Bicknell an electrician on the U S S New Hampshire fell 45 feet from the deck to the dynamo room. A heavy plank gave way and crushed his leg causing a broken leg and a compound fracture of the collar bone.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Robert Bicknell
U. S. S. New Hampshire
Lina Cavalieri Advocates Daily Hair Washing to Cure Dandruff
The famed soprano Lina Cavalieri in a 1909 interview urges daily washing of hair and scalp for a healthy scalp free of dandruff. She criticizes common soaps and tonics, praising Birt's Head Wash as an effective cleanser.
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Mme
Lina Cavalieri
New York Sunday American
Cavalieri
Birt
William F. Gilbert Dies in Cambridge Painter
William F. Gilbert master painter of Cambridge died at his home 72 Inman Street after a long illness. He was 68 years old and had lived in Cambridge for 50 years. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10:50 a.m. with interment in Cambridge Cemetery.
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William F. Gilbert
Inman Street
Cambridge
Gilbert
Charcoal Lozenges Promised to Cure Offensive Breath
An 19th century ad extols Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a cure for flatulence and foul breath. It claims charcoal absorbs gases, purifies the stomach and breath, and offers a free trial package by mail from F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
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