New Era Proposed for Once Hospitable Boston Mansions
Mayor Fitzgerald proposes amending Boston building laws to convert South End mansions into more profitable properties and boost city revenue. He cites grand residences with 80 plus rooms now restricted by current rules and aims to liberalize occupancy limits with business leaders backing the plan. The initiative seeks public support as part of a broader platform for a bigger, better Boston.
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Boston
Old South End
Fitzgerald
South Ind
South End
Back Bay
Warday Mansions
Weymouth Election Strategy Aims to Oust Police Chiefs
In Weymouth February 7 the strategy board of five met to plan the election and town meeting. They seek to overthrow Police Chief Fitzgerald and Inspector Butler enforcing liquor laws. Four of five selectmen are Republicans with Democrat Robert McIntosh as incumbent. They back Joseph A. Cushing against McIntosh, while North Weymouth and Weymouth Landing see GOP opposition to Newton and Hunt respectively.
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Weymouth
Strategy Board
Preston Lewis
J. Clarence Howe
James L. Lincoln
George W. Baker
Nelson W. Gardner
Fitzgerald
Inspector Butler
Board of Selectmen
Robert McIntosh
Joseph A. Cushing
MclIntosh
Cushing
Savings Bank
North
Harry A. Nash
George L. Newton
Weymouth Landing
Edward W. Hunt
John W. Bacon
Circus Performer Rescued From Thin Ice on Charles River
Edward Nelson a circus performer nearly drowned crossing the Charles River on thin ice at Waltham. He clung to an ice cake until helpers James Burgin Henry Warner and John Dix reached him. After drying he moved on to Bridgeport Conn to rejoin the circus.
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Waltham
Edward Nelson
The
Charles
Nelson
James Burgin
Henry Warner
John Dix
Officer Coombs
Bridgeport
Scare Up a Laugh: Robbers With a Match Box
Millbury February 7. Arthur Anderson relates a highway robbery on a lonely road after a Worcester theatre visit. Two men demanded cash. lacking a gun, Anderson flashed his silver match box to startle them, and they fled. Later it emerged the assailants were friends from a dance, merely attempting to scare him.
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Millbury
Arthur Anderson
Worcester
Anderson
Wooster Evidence Aims to Refute Mann Perjury Case
Moses Ellis Wooster testified in the Mann perjury trial that he showed a Count Reginald Ward letter marked O. K. W. D. M. to subscription clerk Miss Weiner and took it home. Lawyer Littleton challenged Wooster memory, suggesting he mistook the letter’s markings and that recall is faulty.
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New York
Moses Ellis Wooster
William d’Alton Mann
Reginald Ward
O. K
Count Ward
Committee Discusses Eligibility Rules Among Ivy Athletes
New Haven February 7 Representatives of Yale Harvard and Princeton athletic associations met to discuss eligibility rules and contest terms. Walter Camp attended for Yale with Harvard represented by Professor White and Princeton by Professor Fine. Yale’s Captain Morse Spencer Turner D I Woolsey and Henry B Sargent also attended in informal capacities.
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New Haven
Yale
Warvard
Princeton
Walter Camp
H. S. White
Harvard
H. B. Fine
Captain Morse
Spencer Turner
D. I. Woolsey
Henry B. Sargent
Chamberlain denies leadership bid for Unionist party
In a letter to Lord Ridley, Joseph Chamberlain repudiates the notion he seeks the Unionist leadership. The former home secretary states he is not a candidate for the post.
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London
Lord Ridley
Joseph Chamberlain
Unionist Party
Record fish receipts break industry totals in Boston
Boston industry sees record breaks as 62 vessels arrive since last Monday with 2,228,300 pounds of seafood led by haddock. Illinois 183,000 pounds and Natalie J. Nelson 132,000 pounds headline a day of 773,400 total pounds. Haddock prices range 11 4 cents, cod 53 4 to 23 4 cents, hake 13 4 to 38 4 cents. The Cunard Ivernia sails with 511 passengers, while ships Catalone and Dominion race out with coal cargoes toward Louisburg. The Landsman notes.
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Boston
Haddock
Illinois
Natalie J. Nelson
Thomas H. Cromwell
Black Diamond Line
Catalone
Dominion
Louisburg
C. B
Everett Coke Works
Boston Light
City of Gloucester
Fish City
Central Wharf
Cestrian and Georgian Arrivals Highlight New England Trade
The Leyland line steamers Cestrian and Georgian docked at Grand Junction and Hoosac piers with returning cattlemen and diverse cargo including butter, Egyptian cotton, wool, turnips, and skins. Reports note varying voyage times, weather, and a gale near the New England coast. Kingstonian to replace Bohemian, and Cunard turbine ships shown for scale, with a Hampton Roads collision noted in passing.
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Leyland Line
Cestrian
Grand Junction Docks
Liverpool
Thomas
New England
Robert Farrington
London
Hoosac Docks
Port entries and departures amid early February shipping notices
February 8 miniature almanac notes sunrise and sunset times with day length and moonset. Arrivals include steamers Cestrian Liverpool and Georgian London, with others from Philadelphia and New York. clearances listed for Gwent Norfolk and Sedgwick Gardiner Deering. Sailings show Winifredian Liverpool, Admiral Farragut Port Antonio, Catalone Louisburg, and more, with several ships destined to Baltimore and New York and towing barges Batavia and S. O. Co. No.
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Cestrian
Thomas
Liverpool
Georgian
Yarrington
London
Grecian
Briggs
Philadelphia
Calvin Austin
Oliver
Portland
City of Gloucester
Godfrey
Gloucester
Herman ‘Winter
Crowell
New York
Valdare
Anthony
Bear River
N.S
Mopang
Miller
Hastings
Kellock
Rockland
Tug Onward
Wil
Wind N
Winifredian
Admiral Farragut and Baker
Port Antonio
Jam
Catalone
Dominion
Louisburg
C. B
Ontario
Baltimore
Norfolk
H. M. Whitney
Old Dominion
Bay View
Lynn
Newport News
Batavia
Jacob Bright
Alton Mayor Beall runs for Congress with baby motto
Alton Illinois February 7 Mayor Edmund Beall announces bid for Congress. His campaign emblem is a stork and his stated plan includes introducing a bill to force men who refuse parental responsibilities to leave the country.
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Alton
Ill
Edmund Beall
Congress
Letter Carrier Sampson Held for Grand Jury
John P. Sampson, the Fenway postoffice carrier, was arrested on a charge by a Post Office Inspector of stealing a letter with a valuable enclosure. He pleaded not guilty before U S Commissioner William A. Hayes and was held under 500 dollars for the federal grand jury, with attorney John H. Casey defending.
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John P. Sampson
Fenway
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Mon A
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Ksd&surf
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Dorchester
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Liberal Commission
Clifton Mfg. CO
Brookside Ave
Jamaica Plain
BERTS
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Watertown
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Welles Ave
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Fayette Powers
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George FE. Hatch
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Chandler's Pond
Metropolitan Park Commission
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Committee On Harbor and Public Lands
Dorchester Bay
John E. Beck
William R. Brooks
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Bow St
Lake Winnipesaukee
W. P. Emerson
Alton Bay
Chas. C. Allen
D&s
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Scollay Square
Read’s Legal Agency
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Persian Med. Co
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Jone Co
Portand St
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Cushing & CO
Norwood Press
Norwood
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Boston Medical Institute Court St
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