Wakefield Volunteer Hose Company Minstrel Show Highlights
Wakefield February 9 with the Volunteer Hose company staging a minstrel show at Town Hall. Local amateurs totaled 75 performing in a Southern plantation themed program with Dearborn's Orchestra and Roy Jones as master of ceremonies. Performers included N A Spears I C Scott KE J Connelly Wesley A Beaulieu Ta A Pickering and J Lowe McMahon with several dances monologues and a grand finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Dearborn
Roy Jones
Bridge C. Merrill
W. Frank Poole
G. W. Currier
E. Mortimer
Pickering
Beaulieu
J. Lowe McMahon
Zobo
A. 8. Johnson
Clifford Mortimer
Bruce G. Swanson
Jarvis Reed
J. OC. Noyes
A. D. Cate
G. E. Zwicker
C. A. Randall
Crozier Latimer
W. B. McKay
B. C. Flockton
Union Denies Charges In Norwood Strike Dispute
Norwood Typographical Union members deny intimidating Cush ing printing employees in a bid for higher wages. Judge Aiken reserved a ruling as witnesses testified about pickets, scabs, and a proposed eight hour day with a closed shop.
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Dedham
Norwood Typographical Union
J. Stearns Cushing
Norwood
Cushing
Lawton
Aiken
Luther F. Rowell
Joseph W. Carney
William F. Wale
Cushing Company
Hamlin Block
John O'Hara
Typographical Union
Harry Lawton
Samuel Brown
Stanley Ward
Fight to establish city lighting plant continues in council
Advocates vow the municipal gas and electric lighting order is not dead after last Thursday’s defeat. They plan to reintroduce the measure in the Board of Aldermen or in the Common Council, with appeals and rulings likely to trigger another prolonged debate.
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Leo F. McCullough
South Boston
State House
Riley
McCullough
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Barrett
Linehan
Fireman Hurt When Hose Drops From Bursting Line
Captain Trefrew of Hose 5 Somerville was injured when a hose dropped by a worker hit him in the back at a two and a half story wooden building at 360 Somerville Avenue. The fire owner is John Foy and the damage is estimated at $500.
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Trefrew
Somerville
Somerville Avenue
John Foy
Quinn Says Caucus Voters Cost $1 Each
Representative John Quinn of Ward 7 told the committee on election laws yesterday that repeating was common at Boston elections. He said there is no doubt repeaters can be bought for $1 each, claiming a man could mobilize 1000 votes for a dollar per head. Senator Taylor urged stenographic transmission of Quinns statement to the district attorney.
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John Quinn
Ward 7
Committee On Election Laws
Boston
Hultman
Quinn
Taylor
East Boston
Stylish Ruth Burnham In Court Over $900 Theft
Ruth Burnham appeared in court dressed stylishly to answer charges of stealing $900 from employer Henry Bowen who runs an employment bureau at 48 Portland Street. She was held on $500 for the grand jury after Bowen testified he placed $900 in a safe which was later found open and the money missing. Bowen said the safe was in Burnham's room and she knew the combination. Burnham claimed Bowen gave her a silver watch and opened the safe himself, then left a roll of bills on her bed. An investigation traced her via letters from a sweetheart, Russell Brennan, and $851 was found in her pocketbook, leaving Bowen with a net loss of $49.
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Ruth Burnham
Henry Bowen
Portland Street
Ely
Miss Burnham
Clarendon Street
Smith
Patterson
Bowen
Auburndale
Inspector Patterson
Russel Brennan
West End
Mr. Bowen
McDonald Wins $5000 Against Elevated Railway in Boston Case
In the first Superior Court session yesterday Peter J. McDonald obtained a verdict for $5000 from the Elevated Railway. He claimed that on September 19, 1900, while driving a city watering cart on Main Street Charlestown a railway car struck the cart, throwing him to the street, causing a broken collarbone and permanent hearing loss.
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Superior Court
Peter J. McDonald
Boston
Main Street
Charlestown
Receiver for Water Bills in Winthrop and Revere
The water dispute between Winthrop residents and Revere Water Company concluded with Judge Braley authorizing E. B. Bishop to collect overdue water bills. Funds will be held under bonds until a final ruling on rightful ownership is made.
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Winthrop
Revere Water Company
Braley
Supreme Court
E. B. Bishop
Horns recover $500 in suit over runaway horse and buggy
In Superior Court Frederick A. Horn sued George P. Eustis for injuries to himself, his horse, and buggy after the animal was frightened by the defendant's automobile causing a collision. The defendant did not appear and the jury set damages at $500.
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Frederick A. Horn
George P. Eustis
Verdict Passes 2200 Against L Road
Ignatius A. Dooley won a 2200 judgment in the Superior Court yesterday in a suit against the Elevated railway. He said he was using a fire department horse on Washington Street Dorchester when a motorman rang his bell loudly and refused to stop, the horse bolted and threw him causing severe injuries. Counsel were Joseph F. OConnell and E. P. Saltonstall.
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Ignatius A. Dooley
Fire Department
Washington Street
Dorchester
Joseph F. O’connell
E. P. Saltonstall
Woman Escapes Grasp of Slasher in Cambridge
A Cambridge woman, Miss Elizabeth Di Pesa, escaped a would be attacker described as Italian with a pockmarked face and small mustache. Di Pesa, wife of P Anthony Di Pesa, provided details after fleeing as a man pressed toward her hair with clippers. Police, aided by plainclothes officers and detectives, search the city and consider using decoys to trap the suspect as other victims report similar frightening encounters.
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Elizabeth di Pesa
Jack
Watts
Pierce
Jury awards Grace Mulqueen y $1400 in car collision suit
In the second Superior Court session a verdict of $1400 was rendered for Grace Mulqueeny against Dearborn Bailey for injuries from a collision on Sept 22 1901.
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Grace Mulqueeny
Superior Court
Dearborn Bailey
Plaintiff Arthur Mohan Sues Elevated Railway for $5000
Arthur Mohan files a Supreme Court suit seeking five thousand dollars from the Elevated railway. The matter is heard in the second session before Judge Sherman in the Superior Court.
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Arthur Mohan
Sherman
Courts Suspend for Lincoln Birthday Holiday
Monday Lincoln's birthday prompts the Supreme and Superior Courts to suspend for one hour at noon. Court clerks' offices will be closed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on that day.
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Lincoln’s
Supreme and Superior Courts
Attack list of twenty six victims in slasher case
A report lists twenty six individuals by name and address as attacked by the slasher known as Jack the Slasher. Named victims include Elua M Rafe of 207 Falcon Street and Lillian Goodman of 1 Exeter Court Charlestown, with others across Charlestown Roxbury East Boston and South End.
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Jack
Elua M’rafe
Falcon Street
Boston
Lillian Goodman
Exeter Court
Charlestown
Rose Vinklestein
Baldwin
Louisa Brandini
Langdon Place
Mollie Singer
Stillman Street
Bertha Smith
Commercial Street
Ida Shuffan
Margaret Street
Elsie Derby
Mary Brogna
Annie D. M’cauley
Chelsea
Florence M’namara
Tufts Street
Alice Finn
Monument Place
It Means Ostracism and Catarrh Martyrdom
A Scranton resident, Hon. George James, testifies to catarrh misery and offensive breath after twenty years of hawking and throat discomfort. He credits Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder with instant relief after first use and cure after several bottles.
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George James
Scranton
Agnew
Canal Work Means Death in Panama Canal Debate
In the Senate the urgent deficiency appropriation bill passed amid debate on an amendment by Mr. Patterson to strike the eight hour provision for alien workers on the Panama canal. Mr Money warned that workers there would die within eight hours of arrival, saying the isthmus would become a slaughterhouse for aliens and that the canal would cost lives as well as money.
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Washington
Senate
Patterson
Panama Canal
Money
Mr. Patterson
Somerville man arrested for larceny of wagon and cash
Inspectors arrested Bernard H. Wicks aged 29 of 168 Glen Street Somerville for alleged larceny of a wagon valued at 20 dollars and 45 dollars in cash on February 6 the property of Albert L. Kramer of 289 Centre Street Dorchester. Wagon recovered.
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Bernard H. Wicks
Glen Street
Somerville
Albert L. Kramer
Centre Street
Dorchester
Firemen Transferred Between Engines
Engineman James Griffin of Engine 27 moves to Engine 22 and Engineman James P Gallagher of Engine 32 shifts to Engine 27. The transfers take effect this morning at 10 o clock.
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James Griffin
James P. Gallagher
Rev Parker Consecrated Bishop in Concord NH
The Rev Edward Melville Parker was consecrated bishop at St Pauls Church in Concord New Hampshire. Bishops and clergy dined at the Eagle Hotel and luncheon was served to marshals and choir at the Memorial parish house. He received two pectoral crosses one lent by Bishop Niles after laying on of hands the other from the St Louis summer colony at Dublin Massachusetts. Parker a Cambridge Massachusetts native educated at St Pauls School is in his first year as bishop.
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Concord
N. H
Protestant Episcopal Church of
New Hampshire
Edward Melville Parker
St. Paul’s Church
Eagle Hotel
Memorial Parish House
Parker
Niles
St. Louis
Dublin
Cambridge
Mass
St. Paul’s School
Scott's Emulsion Promoted for Child Cold Prevention
A mother describes how her children show early cold symptoms at night and recover after starting Scott's Emulsion the next day. The ad claims Scott's Emulsion quickly strengthens children and eases illness, endorsing Scott & Bowne of New York.
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Scott
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HND
Minstrels
J Love M.mahon
Farnest Mortimer
Edmund C. Want
Hunt
Union
Joseph J. Feely
Walpole
John J. Ganey
Bill
Miles
Nervine
Chas. Landrum
Carthage
Love Letters
Washington and Essex Sts
Oxford
London
Essex St
F. A. Horn
Bessie Grace
Rose Burns
Broadway
Susie S. Trainor
Chelsea Street
Theoda Cherry
Saugus
Edith Foster
Hyde Park
North Bennet Street
North End
di Pesa
P. Anthony di Pesa
Post
Hanover Street
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