Firemen End Busy Sunday With Multiple Blazes
Boston fire crews answered six fires on a Sunday including four grass fires and an incendiary blaze at South Boston Freight House 6. Other fires damaged a laundry at 61 Parker Hill Avenue and a lodging house at 31 Leverett Street with varying, mostly slight, damage.
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Boston Fire Department
Parker Hill Avenue
Cushing Hospital
Hanover Street
Thomas Ll. Smith
Jamathaway
Castleton Street
Boston
Leverett Street
H. Hollander
East Fifth Street
South Boston
Win Sing’s
Bowdoin Street
Fisher Avenue
Boston Auto Show Opens March 10 in Boston
Chester I Campbell announces the Boston automobile show opens March 10 at Mechanics Hall and Symphony Hall. He praises rapid commercial vehicle development and predicts many commercial cars on display with a brighter sales outlook for the coming year.
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Chester I. Campbell
Boston
Mechanics’ Building
Symphony Hall
Campbell
First Big Indoor Meet at Cambridgeport Gymnasium
The Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association hosts its annual handicap indoor meet at Cambridgeport Gymnasium on Prospect Street. Events include 20-yard dash 880-yard run 440-yard run mile run running high jump and a 16 pound shot put plus team races. Notable entrants include W D Eaton world's 40 yard champion E A Hodgkinson Risegari of Tufts and Bart Sullivan vs F P Sheehan in the headline 88 yard dash.
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Cambridgeport Gymnasium
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association
W. D. Eaton
E. A. Hodgkinson
Risegari
Tufts
Bart Sullivan
F. P. Sheehan
Trinity Church Choir Boys Sing in Hub at Warren Avenue
The gifted choir boys formerly of Trinity Church New York took active part in the service at Warren Avenue Baptist Church last night. Their rendition of The Holy City and The Palms impressed a large audience gathered there.
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Trinity Church
New York
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Parade preparations mark Irish observances in Boston
Boston county divisions plan a March 17 parade with divisions from outside Boston joining in a double St Patrick activity and Emmet celebration on March 4 at the Majestic Theatre. County President Dillon and State President Cummings praise cross division enthusiasm and emphasize Irish history and pride amid recent debates.
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Hibernian
Boston
Majestic Theatre
Matthew Cummings
John Dillon
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Cummings
Order
Order of
Hibernians
Ireland
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Four Chinamen Arrested at Oxford Street Gaming Raid
Officers of Station 4 acting on a warrant arrested four Chinamen at 1 Oxford Street at 6 yesterday morning for being present where gaming implements were used. Twenty six counters, twenty four dominoes and four dice were seized.
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Oxford Street
Three Paige sisters to wed in New Salem vows
New Salem February reports three Paige sisters daughters of Alba D Paige will marry today at noon in the Paige homestead. Rev George Whittaker of Lowell will officiate as the same minister who wed their parents 28 years ago. About 200 guests expected as village brides rush to fulfill a long held pledge.
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New Salem
Alba D. Paige
William Bullard
Evelyn
Myron Doubleday
North Dana
Paige
All hail to the abutter sermon opposition
Reverend Crane argues against attacking the abutter who profits from selling consent to saloons. He frames the abutter as mirror to city policy, noting both sides profit from licensing and questioning moral distinctions amid the dry era.
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Cc. A. Crane
People’s Temple
Brookline Campaign Heats Up for Board Seats
Brookline faces a bustling race for the Board of Selectmen vacancy left by Captain William Humphrey as Governor Guild aides and a plumber lead the field. Lawyer John A. Curtin, a Republican, and village candidate Frank Connors vie for broad support, while incumbent chairman James M. Codman Jr and others seek reelection. For the Board of Assessors, Thomas Talbott and former assessor Charles A. Bowditch compete amid lively campaigning.
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Brookline
Governor Guild
Board of Selectmen
William F. Humphrey
John A. Curtin
Frank Connors
Connors
Curtin
James M. Codman, Jr
Nathaniel Conant
Horace James
William S. Craig
Thomas Talbott
Ard
Charles A. Bowditch
Pastor of East Boston Church Faces 21000 Debt
The Rev Joseph Fitzgerald newly installed at the Church of the Assumption East Boston told parishioners the church carries a debt of 21000. He proposed forming a Church Debt Society with parish support. A men’s sodality meeting followed a musical program led by organist Edward J. Whelan. A reunion for past and present Assumption members was planned before Lent with committees named.
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Joseph Fitzgerald
St. Anthony’s
Cohasset
Church of the Nativity of Scituate
Church of the Assumption
Boston
Father Condon
Father Lynch
Concord
Edward J. Whelan
the Most Holy Redeemer Church
O'Connell
Thomas Clifford
Hurley
Watertown
George Grainger
Fitzgerald
Assumption Church
Delay Probe of Fenway Graft Delayed to Fall by Caseload
District Attorney Moran will defer the Fenway graft case to next fall due to a crowded docket in the current five day session. Over 70 municipal cases await action, with attention also on proceedings against Mayor Fitzgerald and other alleged offenses tied to Provident Securities, juror bribery, and city payroll fraud. The Fenway issue centers on a waste of 885 205 dollars in the Stony Brook sanitary project flowing into Back Bay Fens, linked to contractor teams led by Nawn Graham Donovan and Carson under James Donovan’s street department.
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John B. Moran
Fitzgerald
Moran
Fenway
McNary
Provident Securities and Banking Company
Crocker Will
Asa P. French
Stony Brook
Charles
Back Bay Fens
Harry Nawn
James J. Graham
Simon Donovan
Henry Carson
James Donovan
Running Sore Healed by X-Zalia Treatment Reported
West Newton on February 4 reports Helen Dodge of 28 Alden Place saying a persistent running sore healed quickly after bathing with X-Zalia. She states healthy flesh grew over the raw area following the treatment.
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West Newton
Helen Dodge
Alden Place
Chelsea Youth Shot at Heart but Wound Not Serious
Walter Chellingworth, 20, of Chelsea, aimed a 32 calibre revolver at his chest at 4 Tremont street boarding place last night. The bullet pierced his left hand instead. He was taken to the police station where the wound was dressed. He resides at 58 Prospect street, Brockton, and works in a Chelsea shoemaking plant. The injury is not dangerous.
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Chelsea
Walter Chellingworth
Tremont Street
Prospect Street
Brockton
Test of Hyomei Proves Remarkable for Catarrh
Hyomei has long been known for its thorough testing and claimed cures in chronic catarrh. The remedy is inhaled four times daily via the included inhaler, soothing nasal throat and lung mucous, killing catarrhal germs, and restoring health. A complete outfit costs 1 dollar with lifetime inhaler and bottle. extra bottles are 59 cents. The R T Booth Company offers mail delivery and a free sample and consult blank.
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R. T. Booth Company
Hyomei Building
Ithaca
Lawson Won’t Tell Errand In Chicago Visit
Thomas W. Lawson arrived in Chicago amid mystery about his purpose, saying he would reveal more about insurance affairs if he acts, and promising something very interesting to announce before returning home. He criticized insurance regulation at the conference and dodged questions about copper transfers.
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Chicago
Ill
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Conference For Insurance Regulation
Boston
Lawson
New South Boston Alumni Club Forms
A banquet and speech-making last night introduced the South Boston Alumni Club composed of graduates and past pupils of South Boston High School. Officers named include M. J. Redding president Francis Crowley secretary pro tem and William J. Byrnes treasurer pro tem. Directors are J. A. Lalley J. S. Pfeffer Leo Duffy Thomas F. Griffin and William M. Cronin. A 15 room clubhouse on Eighth Street Strandway was fitted for the organization which comprises several hundred young men.
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South Boston
Leo Duffy
Thomas F. Griffin
William M. Cronin
Eighth Street
Strandway
Spaulding, 84 Hangs Himself In Barn
Groton reports William Spaulding a retired farmer aged 84 hanged himself in his barn. Despondent over ill health, he moved from Dublin New Hampshire 28 years ago. He leaves a widow and two sons Frank and Fred. Frank is superintendent of schools Newton and Fred a contractor Framingham.
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Groton
William Spaulding
Spaulding
Dublin
N. H
Frank
Newton
Fred
Framingham
Roxbury Man Missing For Two Months
Mrs. Elizabeth Emery of 362 Dudley Street Roxbury appeals to the Post to help locate her husband W. H. Emery missing since he left home two months ago with about 200. He stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. She fears foul play and suspects robbery by unknown persons who might have harmed him.
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Elizabeth Emery
Dudley Street
Roxbury
W. H. Emery
Emery
Worcester Priest Sinking Slowly in Worcester
The Rev. Michael T. Burke, once of St. Marys Milford, is gravely ill with consumption at his sisters home in Worcester. A Holy Cross College graduate of the class of 92, he was born in Boston and has shown no improvement under the care of Dr. M F Fallon, with four weeks since his removal to Worcester.
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Worcester
Michael T. Burke
St. Mary’s Church
Milford
Nellie M. Burke
Father Burke
Holy Cross College
Boston
M. F. Fallon
N E Facing A Brick Famine In New England
New England faces a brick famine as prices surge to 9.50 to 10 per thousand and scarcity grips the region. New York City already holds contracts with NE brick makers for sand struck brick, risking kiln exhaust for five years though annual output runs 25 million. Boston will feel less impact due to widespread use of face brick and Portland cement for exteriors.
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Boston
New England
New York City
Smater
Dr Williams Pink Pills Cured Rheumatism in Foundry Worker
Mr W S Geisel of 128 East Coates St Moberly Missouri describes severe rheumatism from damp foundry work. After a month on Dr Williams Pink Pills his pains swelling appetite and color improved by June 1908, and by October he felt well enough to return to outdoor work in St Louis. Pills claim to cure blood and nerve disorders and are sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Syracuse NY.
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W. S. Geisel
East Coates Street
Moberly
Dr. Williams
St. Louis
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
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Emmet
East Boston
Havre Street
South Boston Citizens’ Association
Division 44
Lowell Street
William H. Cuddy
Dillon
America
Roosevelt
Jones
Barry
John Paul Jones
John Barry
Washington
Continental Congress
Paul Jones
United States
William McDevitt
Patrick Anglin
Frank McElaney
Joseph Madden
Frank Geary
Joseph O'Donnell
James Conlin
M. Sullivan
Bigelow Stock
Temple Place
Raymond
Maude
Harvey Reed
Rockland, Me
Reed
Shirley Maud Paige
Dr. Crane
Fr. Fitzgerald
Assumption Parish
van Camp
Weet
van Camp Packing Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Mark
Hyomei
Carters
Giave
Tan
Charg Davis & Shannon
Opticians
NEW Club
South
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