Financial King Morgan Seizes Key Insurances and Lines
J Pierpont Morgan gains control of Equitable insurance interests and Western telephone lines becoming a dominant force in major deals. Thomas F Ryan retires from business life after steering the city transit system. The Standard Oil Trust faces dissolution by a federal court in St Paul. American Telegraph and Telephone absorbs Western Union Telegraph forming a gigantic new corporation. Sugar Trust prosecution marks a pivotal industrial event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Equitable Insurance
Western Telephone Lines
Thomas F. Ryan
Standard Oil Company
St. Paul
Minn
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Philanthropy Gifts From Carnegie Rockefeller Kennedy and More
The text lists major donors James Carnegie Andrew Carnegie John D Rockefeller John S Kennedy Mrs Russell Sage and Henry Phipps. It cites gifts including 10 million to the General Education Board 1 million to stamp out nookworm disease 30 million bequest to educational and religious bodies 500 000 valued Colonial furniture to the Metropolitan Museum and 500 000 to the University of Pennsylvania for tuberculosis aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
America
John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board
South
John S. Kennedy
Russell Sage
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Henry Phipps
University of Pennsylvania
Taft’s First Year Outlook and Tariff Changes
President Taft begins his first year with a hopeful national outlook. A new tariff law raises duties on luxuries and lowers duties on necessaries. The U.S. faces a Nicaragua dispute over Americans killed during the Zelaya revolt. An insurgent bid against Speaker Cannon in the House failed. The U.S. fleet completed a historic world voyage returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
United States
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Speaker Cannon
House of Representatives
Women’s suffrage gains ground in United States
The movement wins support from wealthy women and high society. Militant leaders from England rally enthusiasm and describe British women’s push for voting rights. Suffragists visit Albany to present demands to the Legislature. An American woman leads the International Women’s Suffrage Alliance. Shirtwaist workers in New York receive backing from suffragists to pressure manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
International Women’s Suffrage Alliance
New York
Inventions and Aviators Shape Early Flight Era
The Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville are credited with establishing a new era in aviation in this country by proving aerial navigation possible. Glenn H. Curtiss wins the International Aviation Trophy at Rheims France, signaling the next contest for the United States. The noiseless gun by Percy Maxim joins new tech. Rear Admiral John H Howell retires with an amphibious craft that can both land and water. The U S government begins studying aviation for airship warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Maxim
John H. Howell
United States
Flight of Fancy Sums Up Council Debate on Park Square Plan
Laurence Minot replies to Councilman Goodwin by calling the notion a flight of imagination. The exchange centers on the Park Square Trust proposal to redevelop the old Providence railroad depot site, improving and building on Park Square and widening Arlington and Ferdinand streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin
Laurence Minot
Park Square Trust
Providence
Park Square
Arlington
Ferdinand Streets
Park Square Trust pushes private development over city plans
City street plans clash with Park Square Trust aims to extend Arlington street to Columbus avenue and widen Ferdinand street. Park Square Trust seeks private development and cooperation, while investors like Robert H. Gardiner are scrutinized for land purchases and tax questions tied to local trusts.
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Goodwin
Mr. Minot
Park Square
Boylston Street
Arlington Street
Park Square Trust
Gardiner
Trimount Trust
Moses Williams
John P. Reynolds
Frederick C. Bowditch
Copley Square Trust
Robert H. Gardiner
Columbus Avenue
Ferdinand Street
Castlesquare
Lowell to disinfect after tuberculosis deaths in 1910
Lowell officials announce a new city rule after January 1 1910 requiring thorough disinfection of any house where a tuberculosis death occurs. The Board of Health inspector’s orders must be followed or the owner faces full penalties. Floors walls woodwork must be scrubbed and surfaces renewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Martin
Lowell Board of Health
Board of Health
Vote Against Three Mill Tax Opposed by Commission
A special commission led by former Governor Bates Tax Commissioner Trefry and Bank Commissioner Chapin voted against a constitutional amendment for a three mill tax. The panel, appointed to study the issue, recommended not pursuing the amendment now, noting it would require two legislative passes before voter approval. Proponents argued equal taxation would burden forestry and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Trefry
Chapin
Camera Man Brings Joy in School Lunchbox Photos
Readers learn of a street photographer who snaps school children around Greater Boston. Kids identify classmates in the Sunday Post for rewards up to five dollars per name and one hundred dollars weekly, fueling a recurring hunt each Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Boston
Post
Sunday Post
Happy Family
State Board of Pharmacy on sixth-class liquor licenses
The State Board of Pharmacy reports no need for a bond from druggists for sixth-class licenses. It argues conditions for these licenses differ from the first five liquor license classes. The annual statement was issued yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Pharmacy
Government presents brief in tobacco trust cases
Attorney General George W. Wickersham and J. C. McReynolds filed a 268 page brief with the Supreme Court outlining the government’s tobacco trust case. The Southern District of New York had ruled certain tobacco firms to be part of an unlawful conspiracy and barred their interstate operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Wickersham
J. C. McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Tobacco Trust
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Attorney General seeks wider scope in tobacco Trust case
The attorney general argues in the Supreme Court to extend the scope of the verdict to foreign firms and individuals. He outlines the American Tobacco Company’s vast influence, claiming it controls export and domestic cigarettes, most tobacco products, and ad revenue, and asserts deliberate restraint of competition. He calls for a receiver and notes alleged criminal acts by key defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Unveil Tablet To W H Turner In Warren Rhode Island
A bronze tablet honoring William H Turner who died in Dorchester Mass was dedicated today at St Mark s Episcopal Church Warren by Massachusetts Commandery members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Turner a prominent member and former warden of St Mark s born in Warren and a local figure.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PAZO Ointment
Guarantee promises cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Advertising note claims effectiveness and refund option for 50 cents purchase.
Obituary notices funeral notices from Boston area
Death notices and funeral details for Ellen Josephine Carew Mary Doherty Harriet Farwell John J McAuliffe Catherine Perkins Welch and related society notices with service times and locations in South Boston Roxbury Cambridge East Boston Dorchester Wakefield and Hibernian Hall actions by L A 13 A O FL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carew
Boston
Ellen Josephine
Charles N. Carew
Dorchester Street
St. Vincent's Church
Doherty
Roxbury
Mary
John Doherty
Turner
Harrison Avenue
St. Philip’s Church
Farwell
Cambridge
Harriet A
Samuel W. Farwell
Buena Vista Park
North
Lakeside Cemetery
Wakefield
McAuliffe
John J. McAuliffe
Margaret GQ. McAuliffe
Keefe
Fountain Street
St. Joseph's Church
Circuit Street
Perkins
Catherine
Paul Perkins
North End
Bennington Street
Welch
Dorchester
Harriet “Welch
F. H. Rice
DeWolf Street
Prien
St. Peter’s Church
L. A. 13
A. O. FL
Coveney
Hibernian Hall
South
H. P. Kellard
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Uncle Sam
American
England
Wright Brothers
Wilbur and
Orville
Lished
Glenn H. Curtiss
Rheims
France
R.h.white Co
Chicago
Rochester
New England
Answers Land Deal
Antici
Pate
Board OF Pharmacy Reports
Wickersham
American Tobacco Company
Congress
Philadelphia
Trust
W.H. Turner
Franklin St
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