Webb Granite President Falls From Train in Worcester
George D. Webb 60, a Worcester business leader and head of the Webb Granite Company, died instantly when he fell from a Boston & Albany train near Millbury Junction while returning from Boston. He was known for banking and charitable work and held substantial wealth.
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George D. Webb
Boston
Albany
Webb
Webb Granite Company
United States
Mr. Webb
Millbury Junction
Union Station
Shorthand Wizard Benn Pittman Dies in Cincinnati
Benn Pittman author lecturer and inventor died after an illness not previously seen as serious. Born in England in 1822, he introduced in America the Pittman shorthand system named for his brother Sir Isaac Pittman. He settled in Cincinnati in 1853 and also invented an engraving process.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Benn Pittman
Mr. Pittman
England
America
Sir Isaac Pittman
Treen Dies After Wife Blood Transfusion
William H. Treen former Lynn Board of Trade president died at Massachusetts General Hospital after a severe nose hemorrhage. His wife Mrs Lillian D Treen donated a pint of her blood but the transfusion only provided brief relief before his death shortly before 8 p m. Treen was a retired shoe machinery manufacturer and well known in Lynn.
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William H. Treen
Lynn Board of Trade
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lillian D. Treen
Treen
Lynn
Walker Appeals for Aid in Speakership Battle
Speaker Joseph H. Walker urged the people of Massachusetts to block Martin M. Lomasney's bid for Speaker. With 121 votes needed, Republicans hold 127 seats, Democrats 112, Socialists 4, and 20 to 30 Republican progressives may oppose Walker amid Lodge controversy.
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Joseph H. Walker
Massachusetts
Martin M. Lomasney
House
Walker
Senator Lodge
Joseph Walker
Dying Engineer Guides Pennsylvania Express to Safe Stop
Philadelphia December 28 The Pittsburg express ran at 60 mph while engineer Henry C Beck suffered a fatal illness. The train passed risky curves and crossings before Beck fell unconscious five miles east of Lancaster at Wittmer. Fireman alerted crew and stopped the train saving over a hundred passengers.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry C. Beck
Beck
Lancaster
Wittmer
Walker Faces Speaker Challenge Amid Party Realignments
Democratic lawmakers and a mix of Socialists and Republicans oppose Speaker Walker as he seeks re election. He has angered Frothingham rivals by announcing a 1911 gubernatorial bid and disrupted Home Market Club loyalties. Lodge supporters warn his rise risks his future, while a secret ballot in caucus complicates tracking votes ahead of a possible re election fight.
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Eugene N. Foss
Louis Frothingham
Home Market Club
Foss
Mr. Walker
Senator Lodge
Lodge
United States
Rourke Cuts Pay Of 104 Street Workers
Superintendent of Streets Rourke ordered a wage cut for 104 highway division mechanics to 2.25 dollars a day for the winter. He cited no work for carpenters laborers and other tradesmen for about three months, mainly shoveling snow and street cleaning. The reduction starts December 30.
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Rourke
Highway Division
Two Armed Men Hold Up Chelsea Junk Shop
Two would be holdup men entered Morris Kirle’s junk shop at 23 Arlington Street Chelsea and leveled revolvers demanding money. A crowd of workers rushed to help but the robbers fired threats and slipped away into the street toward Everett with police unable to locate them.
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Morris Kirle
Arlington Street
Chelsea
Everett
Kirk
Charley Taft the President's Youngest Son Delights at Washington Party
Charley Taft, youngest son of President Taft, attends a Washington party and politely avoids using his status. He meets a young lady who learns he lives on Pennsylvania Avenue and that his father is a political office holder, then discovers he is the President's son at the White House.
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Washington
Charley
Taft
Charley Taft
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
International Rail Commission Proposed by U S and Canada
A report from Washington states Judge Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and J. P. Mabie of Canada’s Rail Way Commission have agreed to recommend an international railroad commission. The body would supervise railway rates between the United States and Canada with defined regulatory powers. Details on creation method or treaty or legislative approach are not yet announced.
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Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. P. Mabie
Rail Way Commission of Canada
United States
Dominions
Canada
International Railroad Commission
International Commission
Plant Retiring Gift Shines on Jamaica Plain Workers
Thomas G. Plant of Jamaica Plain gave his shoe factory workers $125,000 in gold pieces as a personal parting gift ahead of retirement at year end. A February dividend of $50,000 will be declared for employees.
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Thomas G. Plant
Jamaica Plain
Santa Claus
Mr. Plant
Critics Respond To City Council Row Over Jan 10 Vote
Good Government Association officers and Citizens' Municipal League members replied to Frederick J. Brand's caustic criticisms. Bernard J. Rothwell praised the councillor's political saga and predicted Brand would lose if he sought election on January 10.
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Good Government Association
Citizens’ Municipal League
Bernard J. Rothwell
The
League
Brand
Boston political row over Brand nomination calls
Councillor Brand offers substitutes from the Good Government Association for himself to appear before voters. Robert J. Bottomley denounces Brand's motives while Bernard Rothwell defends the Citizens Municipal League and its non nominations. The league credits open ballots and aims for good government.
Bust of Verdi Presented to Boston Opera House
A white marble bust of Verdi was presented to the Boston Opera House yesterday afternoon by members of the Dante Alighieri Society. Notable guests included all Boston opera stars and the Opera House staff, with Henry Russell Eben Jordan and Robert Jordan in attendance.
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Boston Opera House
Dante Alighieri Society
Boston
Opera House
Henry Russell
Eben Pp. Jordan
Robert Jordan
Erdi
Frank Weymouth Resigns as Chelsea Buildings Inspector
Frank Weymouth resigned his position as inspector of buildings for Chelsea yesterday due to ill health. His departure follows a period of declining health prompting the decision.
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Frank Weymouth
Chelsea
Weymouth
Retirement gifts show Plant’s secret fund for workers
Thomas G Plant distributed gold gifts to 600 of about 5500 employees at the Jamaica Plain plant. Envelopes carried sums from 25 to 155 dollars based on years of service. foremen received double. Plant retired and left a note of thanks, with secretary A H Handley handing out the envelopes in his private office.
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Jamaica Plain
Plant
Thomas G. Plant Company
Thomas G. Plant
Barring of Mrs Howe Not Final in Boston Feud
The final decision on barring the portrait of the late Mrs Julia Ward Howe from Faneuil Hall has not been made. Rev Charles W Wendte and the Howe memorial committee say a national focus awaits the outcome as the Art Commission weighs a bust in the Public Library as an alternative memorial.
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Alexander W. Longfellow
Arthur F. Estabrook
Charles D. Magennis
Mayor Fitzgerald
Wendte
Thomas Allen
Boston Art Commission
Faneuil Hall
Charles W. Wendte
Wendie
Howe
Temperatures Reported for Yesterday in Tempe
Yesterday's Tempe readings show average daily temperatures with times and numbers. The data lists 9 10 19 31 and 21 34 figures with multiple entries across early and late hours.
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Rature Spa
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