Mayor Ignores Mr Tinkham in Carriage Voucher Dispute
Mayor Collins has not commented on Alderman Tinkham’s critique of his control over carriage vouchers. Tinkham claimed the Mayor supervises drafts and protests reckless carriage spending, while the Mayor and officials offer no reply or further discussion. Superintendent Donovan rebutted via stating 34 men worked since Jan 1 1902 to cover shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Tinkham
Shment
Back Bay
Ashmont Improvement Association
Alder
Donovan
Hart
City Hall
Artists Festival To Be Held Next Month In Copley Hall
Invitations from the Copley Society announce an artists festival in Copley Hall on Tuesday evening January 20 from 9 to 12. The theme is Twelfth Night Revels Before the Court of Father Christmas set at Lyndhurst castle in 1812 with European pre 1812 costumes. Electronic stage groups will present epochs countries and arts with historical legendary and humorous scenes. Notable patronesses include Mrs Bryce Allan Mrs Thomas Allen Mrs F I Amory Mrs Larz Anderson Mrs William Appleton Jr Mrs Samuel Cabot Mrs J Grafton Minot Mrs J Mixter Mrs Thomas Motley Mrs Hugo Munsterberg Mrs William L Parker Mrs Henry Parkman Mrs R S Codman Mrs Winston Churchill and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Society
Copley Hall
Father Christmas
Lyndhurst Castle
Europe
Bryce Allan
Thomas Allen
F. I. Amory
Larz Anderson
William Appleton, Jr
Samuel Cabot
J. Grafton Minot
J. Mixter
Thomas Motley
Hugo Munsterbere
William L. Parker
Henry Parkman
R. 5. Codhman
Winston Churchill
Richard C. Dixey
Wirt Dexter
Lorin F. Deland
John C. Fairchild
William Fay
Richard P. Hallowell
Gardiner Greene Trammond, Jr
Francis Tl. Higginson
C. Howard Walker
Fiske Warren
Samuel Dennis Warren
T. Lindall Winthrop
Fourteen Year Old Bride Seeks Annulment in New York
Ethel May Allen, 14, wed January 1901 to Frederick George Weller after a schoolyard plan to marry four. The couple lived in a hotel before she fled to her aunt and reconciled with guardianship attorney Laura Beyer filing for annulment. Milliken and Nicholson handle the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Ethel May Allen
Frederick George Weller
Young Weller
Weller
Miss Allen
George S. Pratt
St. Nicholas Avenue
Paterson
Laura Beyer
West End Avenue
Milliken & Nicholson
Broadway
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Claim Digestive Cure
The ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a complete remedy for indigestion and nervous exhaustion caused by poor digestion. It argues stomach weaknesses cause fatigue and sleeplessness, and that the tablets digest foods, rest the stomach, and nourish nerves for improved energy and vitality. It targets men and women with weak stomachs and weak nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Appeal in the Blondin Case Appealed for New Trial
Counsel for J. Witfred Blondin filed a motion for a new trial after a verdict of guilty for the murder of his wife. The filing cites alleged insufficiency of evidence, weight of evidence, and errors in refusing requested instructions as bases for relief, with submission by Morrison, Jacques, and Owens. Filed December 18, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondin
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Commonwealth
J. Whitred Blondin
J. Witfred Blondin
J. Wilfrid Blondin
John H. Morrison
James B. D. Jacques
James F. Owens
Crane Company Gives Four Thousand Employees Christmas Money
Chicago dispatch reports Crane company will give $135,000 as an outright Christmas gift to 4000 workers at the main factory and five West Side branches. Gifts are pro rata. a $1500-a-year worker gets about $15 and a $1000-a-year worker about $50, with the rest receiving varying amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Crane Company
Watches Pawned In Boston Top Daily Bureau Report
Captain Dugan of the bureau of criminal investigation said on Wednesday that 76 watches had been pawned in Boston in the last 24 hours, a record high. He noted more personal effects in pawnshops and suggested coal prices may drive the trend, with some attributing it to money for Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Dugan
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Boston
Bureau
Dugan
Christmas Cheer For Charlestown Family After Accident
Mrs. Patrick F Wall of Charlestown learns her husband may be out in two or three days after a painful accident. She is mother to seven children, oldest 12, youngest a baby. Kind neighbors have donated to help the family until Mr. Wall can return to work. Earlier he fell from a building breaking his collar bone, then blood poisoning from a wound delayed his recovery.
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Patrick F. Wall
Bunker Ill Street
Charlestown
Orangeiie Powder Relieves Headache and Fatigue
Orangeiie Powder swiftly dispels headaches fatigue and nervousness boosting the system. Red Fox Ale sales rise daily amid strong market demand and steady distribution.
Cat saves lives by alerting fire at Columbus Avenue building
A cat’s warning alerted residents to a six story apartment blaze at 616 Columbus Avenue near Northampton Street. Miss Annie Andrews’s cat Rouse meowed outside Suite 2, prompting her to open the door and alert others. Firefighters rescued occupants, including two girls rescued from a third floor window with a cat in one girl’s arms. The blaze, believed caused by an overheated boiler, caused about 1000 dollars in damage to the building. the cat was not found after the fire.
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Columbus Avenue
Northampton Street
Annie Andrews
Miss Andrews
Standish Wilcox
Blanche H. Carpenter
Elsie Sutherland
William Berry
Sawyer
Stage Matters Bobadil to Open in America at Columbia
The new comic opera Bobadil by Luscombe carelle will have its first American production at the Columbia on Jan 6 and reach London on Jan 29 after stagings in Australia New Zealand and South Africa. Boston cast includes Nelson Rising Edwards Murray Underwood Robinson Selinger Lane. Rumors swirl of two new Boston theatres on Tremont Street area and Park Square Hotel property. The Winthrop School building is in the market. The Bank Officers Association will present Baron Hambone at Tremont then King Dodo. Ramsay Morris pictorial melodrama Ninety and Nine closes at the Academy of Music New York Jan 24, likely to play Boston Theatre later. Harry Snow publicist for The Country Girl visits Boston Museum Jan 6. Maud Adams calendar by R H Russell features her portrait in famous roles. Millie James to star in a touring season next year following Lovers Lane.
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Bobadil
Luscombe
Tremont Street
Biot
Warrenton
Park Square
Winthrop School
Bank Officers’ Association
R. A. Barnet
Baron Hambnue
Tremont
Dodo
Ramsay Morris
Academy of Music
New York
Boston
Harry Snow
General Press
Daniel Frohman
Boston Museum
Maud Adams
R. H. Russell & Fro
Millie James
W. A. Brady
Boston Theaters Show Busy Holiday Season
Tessie Mooney receives citywide congratulations for Sally in Our Alley at the Boston. Campbell Gollan shines as Jean Du Barry at Hollis. Maude Lillian Berri replaced by Jane Manderville at Tremont due to illness. Not Guilty ends at Grand Opera House. Janet Ford dazzles in A Gentleman of France at the Museum. Coyne may have a new piece next season. Three Everyman performances set for Christmas Day and weekend at Park Theatre. Show Girl remains strong at Columbia despite rivals. Bowdoin Square Theatre ends Coon Hollow. Dangers of a Great City opens Monday. Spotless Town and Zig-Zag Alley thrill crowds. Peck and His Mother in-Law at Grand Opera House for holidays. Keith's draws big holiday crowds. Winderman's Dears and monkeys entertain children. Henry burlesquers attract at Howard. La Belle Rosa enchants at Austin & Stone's. Topsey-Turvey burlesquers end engagement at Palace.
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Tessie Mooney
Boston
Sally
Campbell Gollan
Jean du Barry
du Barry
Hollis
Secret Service
Mr. Gollan
France
Coyne
Colonial
Park Theatre
Music Hall
Winderman
Henry
Howard
Austin & Stone’s
Palace
Definitions and Cures of Liquor Habits at Inebriety Convention
Epigrams from speeches at Washingtonian Home in Boston area detail cures and causes of inebriety. Doctors discuss heredity, physical pain and mental stress as factors, treatments from baths to convalescent diversion, and cautions against patent medicines and cocaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingtonian
Waltham Street
C. A. Drew
State
Insane Asylum
H. D. Rodebrough
Columbus
Massachusetts
Foxboro
Edward Coles
McLean Hospital
Waverley
V. A. Ellsworth
C. A. Shephard
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. B. Mattison
Shows and concerts brighten Boston weekend schedule
Tomorrow night the Nickelodeon hosts Friday vaudeville with amateur acts. Next week Boston will welcome Martin Harvey in The Only Way at the Colonial and Amelia Bingham in A Modern Magdalene at the Museum. Handel and Haydn Society presents The Messiah at Symphony Hall Sunday at 7 30 with a 1 o'clock rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickelodeon
Boston
Martin Harvey
Colonial
Amelia Bingham
Museum
Handel and Haydn Society
Symphony Hall
State Police Expect Perry Indictment In February
Chief Wade of the State police said work continues on the Jack the Slugger cases and that the colored boy held in Cambridge jail is expected to be indicted by the February grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Jack the Slugger
Wade
Cambridge
Boston Steamship bid to move troops to Philippines reviewed
Washington December 18 Secretary Root may accept a bid from the Boston Steamship Company to carry War Department troops and supplies from the Pacific to the Philippines if the 73 percent Seattle traffic stipulation is dropped. President Winsor of the line expected to arrive to finalize terms. The plan allows the War Department to route shipments via Seattle or San Francisco, signaling a possible gradual end to Pacific government transport contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Boothes
Boston Steamship Company
War Department
Pacific Coast
Philippines
Seattle
Winsor
Root
Secretary of War
San Francisco
Pacific
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MR. Tinkham
Post
Sunday Post Doll
Helen Jackson Cass
Lowell Street
Somerville
Sunday Post
Willie Westinghouse
Ruggles
Percy
Clarence
Miss Wootsie
Muggsy
Buncoed
Fatty
Flipp
Sorosis
Cates
Temple Pl
Boylston St
A. Shuman & Co
Shuman Corner
Dover ST
George W. Magee
Mgr
Hone
Anan
Peck
Xma
George
Sulu
Edward H. Crosby
H. M. Ticknor
GLOBE
Strang
K. E. Edwards
G. T. Richardson
Amus
Kirth
Melody
Bost
Keith
Columbia
Bellew
Amelia Bincham
Lin
Park Theatre Bih
DR Mans
Charles Frohman
Everyman
Steinert
Boston Theatre
Lawrence McUarty
Lederer
Isaac B. Rich
David Belasco
Mrs
Leslie Carter
Ber
N.Y
Bone Music
Gus Hill
Zeb & Zarrow
Lillian N
Rehtor & Co
Lenna Howe
Ladies’ Military Band
Viscount D'Haveris
Arvellous
Colorgraph Frazer & Patterson
Mollie Stearns
Japanese Garden
Colonial Theatre
Nixon & Ais Wi Wilse Fra Son
London
Square Theatre
Bowdoin
Coon Hollow
Stitt P.M
NEW Henry
Dolan and Lephart
Harmony Four
al and Mamie Anderson
the Brownings
Besnah and Miller
Crotty Trio
Castle
Oxford
Hung Wife
Hamlet
Topsey Turvey
Haymarket
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