Sixty One Sharpshooters Medal Ceremony in Amesbury
Company B Eighth Regiment M V M in Amesbury held a grand medal presentation for 61 members with General Curtis Guild Jr noting their 1897 sharpshooter records. Banquet followed at the Opera House with speeches by Guild Bancroft Frye Pew and others.
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Amesbury
Ehighth Regiment
Horaces. Bean
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
United States
Buda-Pesth
Armory
Curtis Guild
Opera House
Guild
W. A. Bancroft
J. A. Frye
W. A. Pew
F. B. Locke
B. F. Peach
Lynn
Bancroft
Pew
E. W. M. Bailey
E. H. Eldridge
T. D. Burrill
J. C. Barr
C. F. Wonson
William Cogswell
Thomas Jenkins
G. L. Saunders
Mead Introduces Bill on Telephone Company Charges in House
Representative George F Mead of Lexington introduced a bill in the House aimed at reducing telephone rates in the Commonwealth. The measure is backed by a fifty-signature petition from leading Boston businessmen, many from the Fruit and Produce Exchange, reflecting a history of protecting public interests against corporate encroachment.
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Boston
George F. Mead
Lexington
House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Post
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Lynn
Horace D. King
Tolman Temperance Fund
Mr. Herrick
King
Herrick
Wells
Kansas
John Hudson
Andrew Mitchell
Thomas Smith
West Newbury
Hackett
Cobb
Mr. Smith
Carrie Hammond
Newburyport
Nellie Merrill
H. D. Smart
Mary Bailey
William Kent
Haverhill
Lewis H. Pingree
Georgetown
Henry Rogers
Waldo
Hudson
Alto
Calvin Brown
Lage
Woodman
Hom
McRae
People's
Pipe Stave Hill
Telephone Bill Regulation by State Board of Gas and Electric
Long statute authorizes the Board to regulate telephone rates and service, inspect company books, and summon witnesses. It requires public hearings before rate increases, and grants authority to set charges and improve service. Provisions extend to intercompany and municipal charges with annual reports to the legislature.
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Board OF Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Commonwealth
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
Slaughterhouse Domination Claims Somerville Output Lead
A Somerville report by Animal and Provisions Inspector Charles M. Berry places the city as the nation’s largest export hub and third largest slaughtering center. Last year the New England stock yards received 113,844 cattle and 18,354 sheep, with nearly 2,000,000 animals slaughtered annually and totals from major firms reaching 1,710,844 through John P. Squire & Co. and others.
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Charles M. Berry
Somerville
United States
New England
John P. Squire & Co
North Packing and
Quin Club Ward 1 Ball Set For Lyceum Hall Feb 7
The third annual Quin Club ball in East Boston Ward 1 will be held at Lyceum Hall on February 7. The committee invites city officials and some national officers, and will give 4 souvenir samples from distant island ward stores.
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Quin Club
Ward 1
East
Boston
Lyceum Hall
T City
Island Ward
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Reec
Sunday Post
Bermuda
South America
Rep
Jordan, Marsh and Company
Ata
Jordan
Marsh
Senate and
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Board OF Gas & Electric Light Commissioners
SEEM
Mitchell May
People’s
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Pipestove Hill
Mitchell
Stewart
No. 6
Spee
Caly Brown
Mortorm Hackett
Motoman Hudson
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W. L. Douglas
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