Wild West man needs gun in hub in Boston tale
J A Thornton of Rock River Wyoming recounts his first real need for a gun in Boston after traveling East to meet a son he hadn't seen in 26 years. He describes a hard life on a 2500 acre ranch with 400 cattle and 150 ponies and says a Western man never carries a six shooter in Boston would tempt him to use it if held up on a side street after leaving the United States Hotel.
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Ol’ Rock River
Wyoming
Boston
West
J. A. Thornton
Rock River
Thornton
Jim
Mr. Thornton
United States
Sfife
Night Before Christmas Surprises Quiet House
A mischievous mouse roams a silent home on a holiday night, sighting unusual little stock and recounting a quirky scene with playful rhythm and festive tone.
Plan to Organize Firemen
A resolve to organize all volunteer fire departments into companies has been filed by Representative Cleveland of East Bridgewater.
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Cleveland
East Bridgewater
Numbers limited for volunteer fire departments
The text sets company size caps by apparatus type and adds officer counts. It allows new companies only by mayoral authorization or town meeting vote. Company officers include captain and two lieutenants elected for one year. Department leadership consists of a fire chief and two assistant chiefs elected for three years, with eligibility requiring at least three years on a fire department.
Age limit for volunteer department membership set at 18
The rule states that individuals must be at least 18 years old to join volunteer departments. It defines the minimum age and enforces eligibility criteria for prospective volunteers across the department.
Miss Wilson Helps Widow Fort Washington Postmistress
Philadelphia Dec 23 Eleanor Wilson daughter of the President is said to have influenced the appointment of Mrs Effie R Anshutz as postmistress at Fort Washington Penn near Philadelphia Mrs Anshutz is widow of artist Thomas P Anshutz who taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for 39 years one of his pupils was Miss Wilson
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Philadelphia
Eleanor Wilson
Effie R. Anshutz
Fort Washington
Penn
Subways to Link Boylston and Tremont by July 1
The 19th annual Boston Transit Commission report states the Boylston street and Tremont street subways will be connected by July 1. It notes plans to ask the legislature for funds to finish three underground passages and records the year's subway costs at 3,093,652.59 dollars.
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Boylston Street
Old Tremont Street
Boston Transit Commission
Subway Cost and Plans Highlight Boston Transit
The Boston transit commission reports total subway work cost at 20 million 640 thousand six hundred forty six dollars and sixteen cents through last June. Ongoing projects include the Dorchester and East Boston tunnels and Boyle Street Subway with potential new lines and extensions under consideration for Everett Malden and Washington Street tunnel progress toward Sullivan Square. Rental receipts from the Boston Elevated Railway amount to 211 thousand 751 dollars 96 cents for the subway and 381 thousand 872 dollars 54 cents for the Washington line.
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City of
Boston
Dorchester
East Boston
Boyleston Street
Washington Street
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Everett
Malden
Boylston Street
Postoffice Square
Bennet Street
Dudley Street
Dorchester Tunnel
South Terminal
Public Service Commission
Subway
Washington
Boston tolls and costs shown in Cambridge connection total
Net receipts from Boston tolls reached $142,498.26 with $33,547.60 allocated to section costs. The Cambridge connection overall sums to $662,033.83, including street tunnel expenses of $68,408.83. One seventh of gross receipts funded these costs.
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Cambridge
Boston
Fire destroys Burgess farm cattle. $10,000 loss
Dover Me December 23. Fourteen head of cattle and other livestock were killed in a fire that destroyed Walter H. Burgess’s farm buildings at West Dover. Estimated loss not exceeding $10,000.
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Dover
Walter H. Burgess
West Dover
Veteran printer critically ill in Cambridge
John S. Sheridan of 54 Buckingham Street Cambridge longtime Typographical Union figure is critically ill at his home after a shock. The 76 year old veteran printer remained active until last winter when he fell on ice and fractured his hip.
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John S. Sheridan
Buckingham Street
Cambridge
Typographical Union
New Currency Bill Seen to Transform Economy and Wages
The proposed Currency Law is praised as elastic and Modern, promising broader wealth distribution, higher wages, livelier stores, and stronger business confidence. Supporters argue it will reduce financial dangers, ease resource adjustment, and benefit borrowers, farmers, and diverse consumers nationwide. The United Cigar Stores Company endorses the measure.
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Hub
Simp* Ant
Ti’ Jones
Jones
Erly
Ae United Cigar Stores Company
United Cigar Stores CO
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