Patrolman Horgan Cleared After Chelsea Case Reignites Debate
Trial board dismissed charges against Patrolman John Horgan in the September arrest of a Chelsea woman at City Square Charlestown finding no misconduct. The case sparked discussion on police accountability and the balance between swift action and court outcomes.
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Charlestown
Annie Cash
IL Monument Square
Chelsea
Boston
Lyn
Horgan
Noee
Miss Brewer
Fred N. ‘Norton
Sullivan, Harn
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John Horgan
Orchestral Classics at Nominal Prices
The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Frank will start Sunday concerts at St James Theatre from January 4. A 60‑member city ensemble aims to perform Handel Mozart Beethoven Wagner at very low prices, with soloists announced later, not as a profit venture.
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Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Frank
St. James Theatre
Greater Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Laxative An Advertisement Cites E W Grove Seal
An old advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine laxative claiming it cures the grip in two days and one day cures. It features a signature line for E W Grove and lists a price of 26 cents.
Chubb Flees Hotel as Fire Breaks Out
In a dramatic scene at the Hotel Landor on 17 Yarmouth Street, Chubb fled in a taxicab after a fire sparked while photographers pressed Miss Chandler and her baby Eleanor May Chubb for statements. Miss Chandler, heiress to a large estate and member of the Daughters of the Revolution, refused to speak to reporters, planning to pursue legal action instead. Chubb asserted he would seek divorce and return for money owed, while a hotel blaze risked destruction of the curtains as officials averted a larger fire.
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Laura Chubb
New York
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Eleanor
Misa Chandler
Warren Avenue
Anna Laura Chubb
J. Butler Studley
Louis D. Brandeis
Roger Sherman Hoar
Cities Board to Confer Over Reserve System
The federal reserve organization committee will hold hearings in key cities from January to March 1914 to determine district boundaries and bank headquarters. The plan aims to avoid local bias, focusing on geography, development, and practical banking needs. New applicants include Leominster and Fitchburg in Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island.
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Federal Reserve Organization Committee
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Secretary of Agriculture
Organization Committee
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New York
Washington
Chicago
St.Louis
Denver
Leommneter
Mass
Providence
R. I
Fitchburg
Whipping Post Urged in Haverhill Court
In Haverhill Judge Wind hears Richard W. Daley prosecution for wife beating. City Marshal John J. Mack urges a public whipping post be erected in front of City Hall.
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Haverhill
John J. Mack
Mack
Wind
Richard W. Daley
High Tide After Hub Storm Near Blizzard Hits Boston
A severe coastal storm lashed Boston and seaport towns with flooding and high tides. The system moved quickly eastward as winds shifted north, dropping temperatures toward freezing and delivering a near miss to a heavier snow event. Navigation remained a concern with wreckage near jetties and dangerous seas anticipated to ease as calmer conditions returned.
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Boston
Tide Sweeps Shore: Homes and Vessels Damaged
A four year high tide battered the seaside, washing away launches, wrecking cottages, and flooding land from 9 to 2 yesterday. Promontories were cut off from the mainland, threatening wharves and waterfront property in Quincy and neighboring towns.
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Quincy
Storm wrecks hit Newburyport area cottages and an old schooner
The December storm caused severe beach damage at Salisbury Beach and Plum Island with cottages undermined and streetcars halted by high surf. The wandering wreck of the five masted schooner William Groucher, previously cast ashore near Salisbury, was moved four miles to the Merrimac River mouth, now lodged on the north jetty.
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Salisbury Beach
Newburyport
Salisbury
Plum’ Island
William Groucher
Isles of Shoals
Chelsea Captain Lost in Storm At Sea
A Chelsea captain was lost in a storm while ashore at Chelsea. Two coal barges bound for the New York New Haven Hartford railroad were involved, the A G Ropes built at Bath Maine 29 years ago and the Undgutated also built at Bath in 1859.
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Chelsea
New York, New Haven & Hartford
A. G
Bath
Two Barges Lost In New Jersey Storm At Seaside Park
A severe offshore gale battered the coast causing two three masted barges to break from tow and drift ashore near Seaside Park New Jersey. Crews totaled drowned two men and 10 others were reported lost as a tug Holgar F Luckenbach towed the wrecked vessels. Seabright New Jersey suffered extensive damage with many homes and hotels wrecked or underwater leaving about seventy families homeless. Property damage estimated at one million dollars largely borne by Seabright and nearby towns as bulkheads failed under the storm surge. The missing men were last seen clinging to a mast before it disappeared during the raging gale reported at up to ninety miles per hour.
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East River
New Jersey
Seabright
N. J
Holgar
F. Luckenbach
Seaside Park
High Tide Cuts Off Houghs Neck From Quincy
Abnormally high tide and heavy rain separated Houghs Neck Rock Island and Port Island from Quincy for over two hours. Two feet of rise swamped Sea Street bridge blocking auto traffic while boats ferried residents to the mainland. Natives pressed to seize business chances by operating shuttle boat service during the outage.
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the Neck
Wharves Submerged as Northeast Storm Lifts Tide
A four day northeast storm pushed Boston harbor tides four feet above normal. One wharf floated at 10 AM with 18 inches of water on the big fish pier, causing boxes to wash away. A section of the wharf rose above its piles while boats drifted from docks and wagons sank into tidal water.
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Boston Harbor
Atlantic Avenue
Sea Devastation Floods Winthrop Waterfront
A northwesterly gale drove ocean waves over Winthrop sea walls flooding the Water front, swamping cellars and extinguishing furnace fires. At high tide the 40 foot seas breached the breakwater and water inundated Cutler Moore Charles Tewksbury Perking and Underhill streets, forcing residents to wrap up indoors.
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Cutler
Moore
Charles
Tewksbury
Two Frozen to Death Near Philadelphia
Storms swept Eastern Pennsylvania leaving property damage as Michael Clark an Almshouse inmate and Dennis McFadden a farmer were found frozen to death in snowdrifts near Pottsville near Philadelphia on December 26.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Michael Clark
Schuylkill County
Revenue Cutter Rescues Schooner Near Delaware Breakwater
The revenue cutter Onondaga was sent to aid the schooner Thomas F. Pollard in distress eight miles southeast of the Winter Quarter Shoal lightship off the Delaware Breakwater. The Pollard, owned in New York, had sailed from that port for Southern Point several days earlier.
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Washington
Onondaga
Thomas F. Pollard
Delaware
New York
Point
Noted Roxbury Woman Dies Prominent Roxbury Figure
Mrs Ella L Mulligan wife of James T Mulligan of 121 Corey street Roxbury died early yesterday morning. She was a Roxbury High School graduate and studied at Avelline Convent Quebec earning high honors. Survived by husband mother Mary Sweeney and one sister and brother. Funeral at St Theresa s Roxbury Monday morning high mass at 8 o clock.
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Ella L. Mulligan
James T. Mulligan
Corey Street
Mulligan
Roxbury High School
Avelline Convent
Quebec
Mary Sweeney
St. Theresa's Church
Mona
Rush Aid To Lightkeeper On Bre Island
The revenue cutter Pamlico was sent from New Bern tonight under forced draft to Bre Island in Pamlico Sound to aid the lightkeeper ill and needing constant care. Acting Commandant Emery ordered the Pamlico to make all speed with medical supplies aboard and head for Brent Island tomorrow.
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Enue
Pamlico
Newbern
Bre Island
Pamlico Sound
F& Fish
Tonigh
Emery
Revenue Cutter Service
Brent Island
Biscuit varieties by National Biscuit Company
At the grocery store varieties of biscuit baked by the National Biscuit Company are available. The brand offers sweetened and unsweetened biscuits with diverse names and products. The distribution network extends coast to coast.
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National Biscuit Company
The
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