Benedict Replaces Bachelor on Woman Suffrage Committee
Congress opened 1 o clock Friday with a new system as a Benedict substitutes for a bachelor atop the woman suffrage committee. Taft opposed promiscuous memorials while a flood of petitions for prohibition and Beacon Street widening were considered before adjourning after twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Henry
Fall River
Bigelow
Watertown
Benedict
Taft
Palmer
Congress
Beacon Streat
Police Signal System Hearings In Boston Police Committee
The Boston committee on cities held hearings on authorizing an electrical police and patrol wagon system. Police officials and citizens urged the measure, noting potential savings and quicker mobilization. The mayor’s veto was discussed, with talks of funding from liquor licenses and testing systems in other districts. The hearing continued to next Thursday after a visit to Division 6 to inspect wagons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Police Commissioners
Boston
Whiting
Osborne and
Lee
Eldridge
Dawson
White
Hurley
Bailey
Augustus Russ
L. G. Farmer
Jeneth
South Boston
Baltimore
Osborne
Board of Police
Metropolitan Police Commission
Gamwell
Remonstrances Against Traps and Widening Beacon Street Bill
W T Townsend and sixty eight remonstrants oppose measures restricting traps in Buzzard Bay and other petitions for constitutional prohibition. Senator Shea reports against a wills action limits bill. Senator Jenkins moves to table Brookline Beacon Street widening, a decision that passes. A plea to secure ballot secrecy follows.
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W. T. ‘Townsend
Buzzard Bay
P. Dunn
H. F. Durgill
John T., Adams
Senator Shea
Currier
Jenkins
Brookline
Beacon Street
Glines
Massachusetts Legislature Adopts Coast Defences Plans
The legislature rejected some motions at the elections and adopted resolutions on coast defences for Massachusetts. Measures passed to be engrossed include Newton water loan and Plum Island Street Railway bonds. Third readings set for state police salaries, charitable expenses, and joint committee costs. Reports on election laws and roads approved. petitions from Onset Bay Grove Association and Mary Burditt of Wakefield noted.
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Massachusetts
Newton
Plum Island Street Railway Company
State Uison
Massachusetts Reformatory
Reformaory
Committee On Election Laws
Onset Bay Grove Association
Plymouth Uint Commissioners
Mary B. Burditt
Wakefield
Massachusetts Legislative Proceedings Note Clapp Free Library Belchertown
The assembly suspended the rules to admit Edward Clapp and others petition for a Belchertown Clapp Free Library act. It also moved to examine extra copies of the Agricultural Experiment Station report and adjusted committee duties and remarks on pleuro pneumonia eradication. Several bills were passed to be engrossed including clerk salaries Mashpee lands South Boston rats prison loans and Acushnet Street Railway bonds.
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Bottom
Northampton
Edward Clapp
Clapp
Belchertown
Bird
Framingham
Committee On Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Station
Henry
Fall River
Bigelow
Watertown
United States
Taft
Palmer
House
Congress
Batchelder
Peabody
Secretary of the Commonwealth
South Boston Rats
Prison and Hospital Loan
Acushnet Street Railway Company of
New Bedford
The Arts Jury and Public Pressure in Paris and Elsewhere
The piece surveys art juries and hung committees as powerful, often harsh arbiters. It recalls the French Salon’s history with Corot and Daubigny, notes theaterlike dramatic outcomes when winners differ from crowd opinion, and highlights the fate of artists affected by such decisions.
Art club and New York critiques of juries in art exhibitions
The piece surveys the history of art juries in Boston and New York, praising the Art Club's role and recounting anecdotes of judges and artists. It contrasts temperaments of committees at the Museum of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design with the Society of American Artists, noting biases and evolving standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Club
America
Boston
Hunt
C. C. Perkins
Rimmer
Museum of Fine Arts
New York
Trumbull
Old City Hall
National Academy of Design
Academy
Society of American Artists
Boston Artists Denied by Jury in Puritan Style
A Boston art scene anecdote reports nearly all submitted works rejected by a virtuous jury. Johnny Johnston was refused along with others and one artist faced a harsh reply claiming Boston artists do not amount to much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves Art Club
Boston
Johnny Johnston
Art Competition Reward Skewed by Harpter-Halgarten Jury
The Harper-Halgarten competition aimed to fund European study for artists under 30. A Paris-trained 20 year old produced the best work yet the all expert jury, insisting on a non European student, awarded the $500 prize to another competitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper-Halgarten
United States
Europe
Paris
The Salon Means Something In France For Delacroix
The article contrasts art juries and committees in the United States with French practice. It notes committees cannot affect an artist’s reputation, while dealers achieve commercial success, unlike American artists. It highlights Delacroix facing nine teen refusals yet achieving recognition abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Salon
Delacroix
Benedict Arnold Treason Examined In 12th Lecture
Mr John Fiske delivered a lecture at the Old South Meeting House detailing Arnold's shift from patriot to traitor. He traced Arnold's heroism at Freeman's Farm and West Point, his Tory ties through Miss Shippen, and Andre's fate, ending with a tragic portrait of Arnold and a dramatic comparison to Charles Lee.
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John Fiske
Old South
Arnold
Miss Shippen
Philadelphia
New
Freeman’s Farm
Saratoga
West Point
Washington
Armold
Andre
Liske
Soudan
Charles Lee
A Grand Tour Through Mexico by Raymond & Whitcomb
Messrs. Raymond and Whitcomb offer one final Mexico visit this season with a Boston departure by special Pullman train on March 7. The itinerary includes Cincinnati, Chattanooga, New Orleans, San Antonio, El Paso, and a month in Mexico with hotel on wheels plus side trips to Toluca Puebla Cholula Tlaxcala Orizaba Cordoba. The return travels through New Mexico Colorado and Kansas stopping at Santa Fe and Las Vegas Hot Springs for forty seven days. Circulars available from W Raymond at 206 Washington Street.
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Mexico
Messrs
Raymond & Whitcomb
Boston
Pullman
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Tenn
New Orleans
San Antonio
Tex
el Paso
Sde of
Iturbide
Toluca
Puebla
Pyramid of Cholula
Tlaxcala
Orizaba
Cordoba
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Santa Fe
Las Vegas Hot Springs
W. Raymond
Washington Street
Local Patent Medicines Ad Promotes Cures
An old ad lists Hale's Honey as a cough cure 50c to 1 with Glenn's Sulphur Soap for cleansing and beauty 25c. German Corn Remover 2c, Hilu's Hair Dye 50c, Pike's Toothache Drops 25c, Bean's Rheumatic Pills claimed as a sure cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Glenn
Hilu
Pike
Bean
Warning on Pneumonia and a Patent Medicine Whiskey Remedy
A New York City man dies of pneumonia after a delayed illness. The piece brands pneumonia as a national danger and promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a medical remedy and life saver with testimonials and claims of strengthening the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton R. Palmer
New York City
America
Mr. Palmer
Duffy
E. W. Roswell
Washington, D. C
Investment summary of regional banks and firms in 1913 market
A fragmented OCR list records shareholdings and bond issuances across several institutions. Items include Pacific Mills, Cambridge Uorse Rad, Washington Natl. Bis, Globe Natl. Bk, Columbian Natl Bk, Natl Bank of Commerce, New England Natl. Bank, Boston Cyclorama Co, Cons Rd of Vt 5s 1913, Mutual Union Tel. Co 6s, Chic Burl & Quincy Rd 4s 1919, and various values such as 8100 pea and 3000. The fragmentary text suggests a ledger-like compilation of securities and holdings rather than a narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Mills
Cambridge Uorse Rad
Washington
Bis
Globe
Columbian
Bank of Commerce
New England Natl. Bank
Boston Cyclorama Co
Mutual Union Tel. Co
Burl, & Quincy
Towa Dive
United States Ro Shoe Nail Co
McKay Metallic Fastening Co
Tube Works
First Nail Bank
Greenfield
Mass
Salem Gaslight Co
Manchester Mills
Somerville Horse RR
American Ill. Mfg. Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Cambridge Horse RR
Addax Basting Machine Co., Trustees’ Ctfs
Cheshire RR
Keaton & Providence RR
Cusihnirachie Mining Co
San Diego Land and Town Co
Chicago Rolling Mills Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey RR
Chicago, Burleston & Quincy RR
Boston Towboat Co
Day Process Shoe Co
Ipswich Mfg. Co
New England Mort. Security Co
Clinton Mills
Bowker Fertilizer Co
Great Falls Mfg. Co
Michigan Central R. R
Im. Air Line
Meee Houghton & Ontonagon R
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Haimiiton Mfg. Co
Nat. Bk
St. Johnsbury
Klooo Pleasant Hill & de Soto R
New England Mortgage Sec
Essex R.R
Topeka & Sante Fe R. R. Plain Fw
Rutland RR
Burlington
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Stiller
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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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Gwynedd
M. E. Lewark
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Hillsboro
John Cord
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C.F. Strong
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Andrew Sullivan
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Pittsburg
W.S. Davis
Highland Park
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Schulyler
Neb
Kansas City, Mo
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Jos. Feld
Abram Mann
Penn St. Wim
N. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
Moses Bixler
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Stirkey
Geo. Steven
Isabel St
T. McGrory, Sr
St. Win. IL
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Erie Ave
Jus. Brown
Sansom St
D.p. Traines
Marshall St
A.B. Shipley
Commerce St
Joy, N
O R. Collins
J. Hendrick
W. JE. Chatterton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin Street
Commonwealth
Bigelow & Dowse
Samuel A. Bigelow
Charles F. Dowse
John F. Macomber
Middlesex
We of Bigelow
Macomber
F. D. Osgood & Son
Court Street
Pedlers
Awotion Sales
Arthur
Woodward
Charles A. Ilall
Suffolk
Dorchester
New York & New England Railroad
Norfolk Street
Catholic Cemetery
Samuel B. Pierce
Suffolk County
Howard Coon
Joseph
Adams
Atest
Henry Rb, Peirce
Sheriff’s Sale
Court House
Court Square
Storer F. Chaefts
Dorchester District
George D. Welles
JL. W. Wilson
Rockwell
Homer Street
George Derby Welles
Fred I. Seavey
Massachusetts Title Insurance
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Lou Warren Avenue
Beston
Richards & CO
St. New Yorke
Joan C
Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers and Commission Merchan
Leonard Street
Samuel Bunting’s
R.L. Day & Company
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock.Exchange
National Webster Bank
National Bank of Commerce
National Exchange Bank
Vermont & Massachusetts
Fitchburg Rd
R. R.R
St. Fe
U.S
Cone Pass
Coe Pass
Atch
Top
St. Fe Rd
Een
Arkansas Valley Rd
Sonora
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance.Co
Manufacturers’ National Bank
Market National Bank
Tremont National Bank
Everett National Bank
National Eagle Bank
Washington Mills Co., New
Plocost
San Francisco
Connecticut River RR
Fitchburg RR
Toston
Consolidated Street Railway Co
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Do Wee Co
Boston Consolidated Street Railway Co
Odd Fellows’ Hall Association
Montreal RR
American Rapid Oe Co
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Horatio Harris & CO
Valencia Oranges
Catalonia
Cephalonia
Valencia
Palermo Mandarins
Girard Street
John V. Furey
U.S. A
Schuylkill Arsenal
Berlin
U.S. Ave
M. I. Ludington
Q. M
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