Chelsea Excited Over The Lighting Contract
Chelsea residents rally over the aldermen vote to award a five year street lighting contract. The majority backs Welsbach at 29.30 per lamp annually. a minority favors American Lighting Co at 26.50 for one year. Alderman Soley denounces the decision as graft and obstruction, calling for a mayoral veto. Willard unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsbach
Soley
Alley and Williams
American Lighting Company of
Baltimore
Alderman Soley
Marcus M. Merritt
Willard
Chelsea
Lively Fight for Board Chairman 1905 Vote Narrowed
The race for the 1905 Board of Aldermen chair grows tight with three candidates, Whelton Frothingham and Bowen. Whelton leads, backed by Baldwin Nolan Linehan Curley O Toole and his own vote. Frothingham gains Hennessey Caldwell and his vote. Bowen remains active. Machine support goes to Frothingham despite Bowen supporters efforts.
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Board of Aldermen
Whelton
Frothingham
Bowen
Frank O'Toole
City Hall
Daniel A. Whelton
Baldwin
Nolan
Linehan
Curley
O'Toole
Hennessey
Cau
Ley
Alderman Bowen
Bolton and
Bromberg
James Donovan
Charlestown Literary Union Ball Officers Named
The annual ball of the Catholic Literary Union of Charlestown will be held in Roughan Hall. Officers appointed include Edward M. Gallagher as floor marshal James P. Maloney as assistant marshal John W. Heffernan as floor director Frank Hunt and John P. Reed as assistant floor directors Dr James A McDonald as chairman reception committee on January 27.
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Charlestown Literary Union
Catholic Literary Union of
Charlestown
Roughan Hall
Edward M. Gallagher
James P. Maloney
John W. Heffernan
Frank Hunt
John P. Reed
James A. McDonald
Abolition Call Lies Against Malden Fire Board
Alderman Devir blasted the Malden Fire Commission at a Board of Aldermen meeting, calling it the worst in the city as he spoke against a proposed $1500 additional appropriation to cover a year deficit. He urged the finance committee to fund early or move to abolish the commission.
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Malden
Fire Commission
Devir
Board of Aldermen
Devil
Giles Elected Cambridge Council President
The Cambridge City Council elected George Giles as president. The council accepted the resignation of Chief Casey after 51 years in the fire department, with a pension of $1000 per year. Police lieutenants salaries rise to $1300. patrolmen receive $902.50 for two years of service and $1095 thereafter.
Fearful loss as Leaming crew of seven drown at sea
Nantucket dispatch reports the schooner Richard Leaming driven ashore on Long Shoal during a blizzard. Seven crewmen including Captain Nelson E. Mills and mates Keene Whitman were lost, with both yawl boats found aboard and wreckage strewn across the wrecked vessel.
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Nantucket
Richard
Leaming
Long Shoal
Nelson E. Mills
L. T. Keene
A. H. Whitman
J. BE. Murphy
G. D. Robarets
E. Solomon
James Williams
Mills
Windsor
N. S
Philadelphia
Elmer Hatfield
Chester
Penn
Muskeget
Petrel
Captain's Boy Hero of Wreck on Ledges Near Lighthouse
The schooner Ella and Jen nie wrecked near Bishops and Clark's lighthouse with a 12 year old son of Captain Ingalls praised as a calm hero. Crew say the ship struck wreckage first, then sank on the ledges as tide pushed it, promising to return home for the winter.
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Ella
Jennie
Bishops and Clark's
Boston
Nova Scotia
Ingalls
Platt Out to Fight Odell
New York December 20 Senator Thomas C Platt said 100 invitations were sent for a Republican conference at the Fifth Avenue Hotel tomorrow to gauge public sentiment on the senatorship. He declared Governor Odell would not join the conference and reaffirmed support for Depew while criticizing Odell and Black.
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New York
Thomas Co. Platt
Fifth Avenue
Odell
Depew
Franklin A A forfeit win in New England ice hockey opener
Huntington A A failed to appear for the opening game at Franklin Field, forcing a forfeit to Franklin A A. Franklin A A then fielded a picked lineup and won the rematch 3 to 1.
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Huntington A. A
New England Ice Hockey Association
Franklin Field
Franklin A. A
Christmas Appeals From Boston Post Letters
Three reader letters appeal for help this Christmas, describing poverty and illness. A five year old asks Santa for shoes and a doll, hoping work for a parent. another child begs Santa not to forget them. a Chelsea family seeks funds to move a sick father to warmer climate. The notices urge donors to contact the city editor for names and addresses.
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Santa Claus
the Post Today
The
Post
Papa
Mamma
Chris
Boston Post
Sir
Santiago
Montreal
Chelsea
Critics Split On Dr. Lyman Abbott Sermon
Interviews with clergymen reveal a spectrum of reaction to Dr. Lyman Abbott’s Harvard remarks denying a first cause and a personal God. Some defend his stance as aligned with modern universalist thought, others condemn it as heretical or unwise, while several urge careful study before judgment.
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Post
Lyman Abbott
Charles H. Stackpole
First Methodist Church
Melrose
Dr. Abbott
R. Perry Bush
Universalist Church
Chelsea
C. S. MacFarland
Malden
Abbott
Perrin
Beacon Universalist Church
Brookline
Harvard
A. C. Dixon
Ruggies Street Baptist Church
Robert Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Robert Keating Smith
Grace Episcopal Church
Newton
Train Hits Aged Coal Picker In Cambridge
John Duffet a 70 year old coal picker from 60 Duffet Street Cambridge was struck by a train on the Boston and Albany tracks yesterday. He suffered a broken leg and multiple head and body injuries claiming he did not hear the approaching train and was thrown under the wheels before he realized a train was near.
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Boston & Albany
Cambridge
John Duffet
Duffet Street
Duffet
Boston Immigration Bureau Praised After State Visit
The Boston immigration bureau ranks second in the country said Frank P. Sargent commissioner-general of immigration after a full-day official inspection. He praised Commissioner Billings and his staff for their effective operation including immigrant boarding and the piers of the White Star line. He noted some changes planned for the medical offices and said he would inspect the Philadelphia bureau next.
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Boston Immigration Bureau
Frank P. Sargent
Mr. Sargent
New York
Boston
Billings
White Star Line
Colonel Billings
Commissioner Billings
Bureau
Philadelphia
Seven year old Newark girl testifies in damages case
Mary Irene Pratt told Justice Gummere she expects to die and pointed to heaven when asked where good girls go. She warned that little girls who tell lies go down there, commenting during a damages trial seeking $5000 for injuries said to have come from a boy playmate.
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New York
Mary Irene Pratt
Newark
Gummere
Mary
Gift of Pine Banks Park Tendered to Malden and Melrose
Mayor Dean received a letter from Colonel Harry E. Converse offering Pine Banks Park to Malden and Melrose under conditions. A seven member board of trustees would manage the park with Mayors from both cities, two citizens from each city, and one Converse family appointee. Each city must appropriate annual funds for park care, with legislative aid sought to authorize the arrangement. The matter was referred to future council to plan implementation.
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Malden
Dean
Harry E. Converse
Melrose
Pine Banks Park
Malden and
Converse
Adventist Evangelist Lee Wheeler to Speak on Abbottism
Evangelist Lee S. Wheeler of the Boston Seventh Day Adventist Society will address Bromfield Street Methodist Church this afternoon on Reverend Dr. Lyman Abbott and the new religion. He will contrast the new cult with Bible teachings and church doctrine, answering questions for 15 minutes after the address.
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Lee S. Wheeler
Boston
Seventh Day Adventist Society
Bromfield Street Methodist Church
Lyman Abbott
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West Virginia
Seal of West Virginia
American Stogie CO
Pittsburg
Alderman Frothingham
Friends
Cushing
Cushing Medical Supply Co
Washington St
Franklin St
Bosto
Fear Schooner
Leamings
George B. Ferguson
Martha’s Vineyard
Denver Republican
Platt
Mother
Boston Sunday Post
Fatty Felix
Mark H. Dunnell
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
M. H. Dunnell
Congressman Dunnell
Congress
United States
Canada
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna Almanac
Glenn Tilley Morse
Somerville
George Skene
John Durgan
Grace Memorial Church
Arthur Williams
Cam
Bridge
George Caswell
Hunter
Wellington A. Hardy
Hinckley Bidg
Water St
Sargent
Immigration Bureau
Tot
Mark H.dunnell
Adventist
Reliable House
J. E. Doherty Co
Atlantic Ave
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