Boston Auto Show Promises Giant Display in March
The Boston Automobile and Power Boat show at Mechanics and Symphony Halls March 10 to 17 will showcase most manufacturers and boat builders. Manager Campbell and committee members forecast 100000 to 200000 visitors to witness new decorations and display concepts including the Marriott racer, a 16 foot speed machine weighing 1600 pounds with world record pace as high as 127.66 mph.
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Boston
Mechanics
Symphony Halls
Campbell
George H. Lowe
FE. A. Gilmore
J. H. McAlman
Symphony Hall
Fr Finnecan Guest of St. Brendan Knights
The Knights of St. Brendan held a large meeting at Apple ton Hall with over 3800 in attendance. President John J. O’Carroll led the session, and plans for the Feb 20 ball in Odd Fellows Hall were announced with a long committee list. Father V Finnecan of Kerry, Ireland, attended the social following the meeting.
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Knights of St. Brendan
Appleton Hall
John J. O’carroll
Odd Fellows’ Hall
D. W. Healey
C. P. O'Brien
J. Sullivan
J. J. Healey
James O'Leary
J. M. Sullivan
Mr. Powers
Mr. Norton
M. D. Sheehan
Roxbury High Poised To Trim East Boston In League
In the Boston Interscholastic Basketball league Roxbury High leads as the sole team to defeat all others, with East Boston and Dorchester close behind. Captain Cahill’s squad faces a key clash with Roxbury on March 1 as teams prepare for a busy week including English High at Roxbury and Mechanic Arts visiting the Latin School.
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Boston
Peninsular Five
Cahill
Mullen
Brown
South Boston
Brady
Roxbury
Gheradina
Moran
Keppel
Donovan
Keiser
Terhune
Regnier
Dorchester
West Roxbury
Boston Latin
English High
Mechanic Arts
Latin School
East Boston
Are
East
Dorchester Ee
West
Fncluuly Ivasteesecas
GO Mechanic Arts
Harvard Teams Begin Season With Weak Nine Strong Crew
Harvard varsity baseball and crew begin practice in Cambridge with a rare split in strength. The nine fields few eligible players from last year, while the crew retains most of its 1908 varsity and freshman rowers. Key spots include pitching, second base, and shortstop, with updates on players like Kernan, Matthews, Meier, Lawson, Filley, Bacon, Newhall, Kint, Tappan, and Burchard. A squad of about 380 men will form the varsity team for rowing.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Coburn
Stephenson
Castle
Taylor
Hugh Kernan
Matthews
Meier
Lawson
Filley
Bacon
Newhall
Kint
Tappan
Burchard
Boston Horse Show Entry Deadline and Schedule
The Boston horse show entry list will close March 24, with this year’s event opening April 16 in Mechanics' Building. Last year’s no show boosts anticipation as entries already indicate a record turnout across classes including thoroughbreds roadsters hackneys harness horses high steppers combination saddles and harness draught ponies polo ponies hunters and jumpers.
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Boston
Mechanics’ Building
Horse Show Committee
Honor Roll of Scores in Bowling Matches Last Week
E S Hollis of the Faneuil Commercial League rolled last week’s high bottle pin score, earning top honors in local bowling standings.
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Faneuil Commercial League
Chickering
William Clark
Boylston
Lynn Man Appointed New England League Umpire
The appointment of Frank J. Sullivan of Lynn as a New England league baseball umpire was announced yesterday. Sullivan, a Lynn native, has played catcher and pitcher and has umpired at Glenmere for three years and Oceanside for two seasons.
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Frank J. Sullivan
Lynn
Mr. Sullivan
Glenmere
Oceanside
Weekly Review and Outlook on Stock Market Speculation
The piece weighs complex market signals amid recent gains and raiding, noting bear and bull actions, cautions against indiscriminate speculation, and urges careful assessment of conditions shaping future prices. It cites a favorable business backdrop yet warns of potential storms from coal, rail, wheat, currency, and merger factors, ending with a copper shares table.
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Wall Street
Best Scores Made in Bottle Pins Last Week
Newtowne and Gilt Edge led team totals with 2711 and 1018 respectively. Hollis Faneuil Commercial achieved top individual total 603 and single 233 in the same events.
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Newtowne
Gilt Edge
Hollis
Faneuil
Commercial
Faneuil, Commercial
Records of the Bowlers Amateur Bowling League Stands
Standings and individual averages from the Bowlers Amateur Bowling League show team records for Commercial, Central, 999th A A, Newtline, and A B C with wins and losses. Notable averages list Ashworth Thatcher Bruce Puffer Simson Kingman Waters Hales J Puffer and others across teams.
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W. L. Ave
Dudley
Central
A. A
Newt
Ashworth
Thatcher
Bruce
Park
Puffer
Simson
Kingman
Waters
Hales
J. 2. Puffer
A.B.C
Individual Averages in Local League Standings
The record lists team names such as Colonial Highland Towanda Medford and Calumet with player averages for each. It highlights top performers like Paul Newtone Spaans Patterson and Brown with scores around .97 to .101 and notes several players across multiple squads.
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W. L
Ave. BR
Colonial
Highland
Calumet
Derek
Towanda
Medford
Paul
Newtone
Spaans
Patterson
House
Brown
Snow
Yaller
Rooney
Gray
Philbrick
Automobile Candle Pin League Standings Summary
Fragmentary text lists teams and players with scores and initials. Key entities include W. LL. Ave., White, Fosdick, Warne, Franklin, Winton, Pope, Rambler, Peerless, M'son Tyler, Columbia, and column-like numbers 8 3 422, 11 10 378, 18 8 402, 8 877, 14 399, 5413 379, 14 399, 417 361, 3815 363, 12 394, 117 378, 129 384. Unable to determine full standings or context.
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M’son Tyler
Columbia
Best Scores Made in Candle Pins Last Week
Somerset City teams posted 1519 in total and 531 in singles. Clarke of Boylston City led individuals with 341 total and Connors of Somerset City scored 124 in singles.
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Somerset
Clarke
Boylston
Connors
City
Political contenders and averages listed in race table
A race table shows candidates Crockett Sawyer Reed Gallagher Davis with fractions .89 .89 .8? .88 .87, plus Hudson Sprout Stanwood Peabody Gordon with scores .85 .85 .85 .84. The layout suggests polling or evaluation averages across groups White and Franklin.
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Crockett
R-U
Sawyer, White
Reed
Gallagher, White
Davis
Columbia
Hudson, White
Sprout, Franklin
Stanwood, Fosdick
Peabody, Ford
Gordon, White
Hershon Couple Celebrate Silver Wedding Milestone
Mr and Mrs Arthur Hershon of 8 Stanwood Street Roxbury observed their silver wedding last evening receiving numerous costly gifts from B M Wolf and others in the clothing trade. Their daughters Eva and Mildred and son Louis assisted in receiving the presents. O Connell's Talk of Rise of Catholic Young Men.
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Arthur Hershon
Stanwood Street
Roxbury
B. M. Wolf
Catholic youth in business lecture at Association Hall
Prion Joseph F O Connell addressed Catholic young men in business at Association Hall on Smith street yesterday afternoon. He noted rapid progress of Catholic youths in commerce and highlighted honorable lucrative positions held, especially in the West.
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Joseph F. O’connell
St. Alphonsus Association
Association Hall
Smith Street
Mr. O’connell
West
Kneisel Quartet Gives Sunday Chamber Concert at Chickering Hall
The Kneisel Quartet performed Beethoven and Grieg works at Chickering Hall, substituting Archambeau for the indisposed cellist Alwin Schroeder. Despite the change, the ensemble remained nearly below its usual high standard, with the Grieg quartet in G minor drawing the warmest applause. Next Sunday features Francis Rogers and Olga Samaroff. Also advertised are Colonist tickets for Pacific Coast travel via Pullman sleepers from Boston to multiple West Coast cities, priced from 49.90 to 52 dollars, with various routes and dates.
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Chickering Hall
Kneisel
Alwin Schroeder
Archambeau
New York
Beethoven
Rubinstein
Grieg
Francis Rogers
Olga Samaroff
Pacific Coast
Pullman
Boston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
California
Chicago & Northwestern
Union
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Union Pacific
New Salt Lake-San Pedro
J. E. Brittain
Gen’s Agt
Washington St
Tragic Fall in Roxbury Barn Kills Mechanic Arts Freshman
Everett Cook, a freshman at Mechanic Arts High School, died when a half-collapsed barn on the Poore estate in Roxbury crushed him during a stunt with a brick pillar. He graduated from Jefferson Grammar and had invented an automatic snow plow. he lived with his aunt at 44 Evergreen Street after his mother’s death.
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Everett Cook
Mechanic Arts High School
Poore
Perkins Street
Roxbury
Joseph Helfrich
Cook
Post
Everett
Mechanic Arts
Ile
Tiis
George B. Cook
J. L. Dakin
Evergreen Street
Haunted barn collapse kills man during moonlit tale
After Cook and Helfrich entered the old unused barn famed for ghosts, a brick pillar support gave way. A large stone was used to strike the pillar and the heavy timbers fell, crushing Cook and killing him instantly as Helfrich recounted the incident.
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Cook
Evergreen Street
Helfrich
Labor union actions and meetings across Boston area
Reports cover union efforts in Boston and surrounding towns. Topics include council referrals on Christian Science temple dispute, upcoming events and balls, wage proposals for Market and Commission House Teamsters, Napier Motor Works strike responses, various 1906 scale committees, pension bill advocacy by Water Works Employees, new leadership in Woman's Label League of Cambridge, and notices of pensions, meetings, and anniversaries across diverse unions and locals.
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Union 83
Roughan’s
Charlestown
Jacob Tazelaar
American Eperation of Labor
Boston & Albany
American Federation
International
Walter Ames
Kansas City
Tyson J. Powers
Boston Lodge 264
Napier Motor Works
Jamaica Plain
Washington Street
Market and Commission House Teamsters’ Union
Boston & Maine
Assembly
K. of L
Union GS
Vllot Street
A. Waltham Union of
Journeymen Free Stone Cutters’ Union
Brodbine Wall
Bay State Lodge
Star of the East Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Odd Bellows
Tall
New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Freight Handlers’ Assembly 628
James Hagerty
Michael Carney
Martin Carney
Michael Crooke
P. D. Dooley
Carpenters’ District Council
Lawrence Central Labor Union
Father Gasson
S. J
Boston Central Labor Union
Building Trades Council
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department
Teamsters’ Union
Union 628
Washington
J. Kelleher
Storkman
D. A. 80 (Incorporated
Treas
Eite
J. Kenney
Musicians’ Assembly
Kk. of
Division 61
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Canal Street
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Harvey
Boston Pin League
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W.L. Ave
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Webster
City Hall
Hub
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Rexford
Beatty
Henry
Carruth
Clancy
Christopher
Millen
Luckmanh
Connor
Burdett
Gill
W.L. Cent
Jamaica St
Roslindale
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Billiards
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Jamaica
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Shepard
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Wilkinson
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McKee
Cousens Freiman
Ross
B Cc Farrell
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Automobile Candle Pin League
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Wrenn Bros
Prince & Co
Gay
Mrs. Hershon
Prion
Falling Shack
Cook Mechanic Arts
Cross
Boston Building Trades Council
Christian Science Temple
Mary Baker Eddy
Entertainments
Majesticec
Charles Frohman
God
Queen Esther
Ella Wheeler
Empire Empire Stock Co
Lindsay
Theatre Tel
Morison
Mgr
Bartley Campbelis
Partner
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Colonial Theatre
E. S. Willard
J. M. Barrie
Middleman
Henry Arthur Jones
David Garrick
Rudyard Kipling
Mr. Willard
Eve’g
Tom Pinch
Frank Daniels
Sergeant Brue
Castle Sq
Winter St
Lyceum
NEW York Stars
Tremont Theatre
Faward Paulton
Alfred G. Robyn
Washington’s
Holli
Isaac B. Rich
Charles Dillingham
Maxine Elliott
W. H. Crane
Park Theatre
Robert Edeson
Boston Theatre
Lawrence MecCarty
GLOBE
Ernest Hocan
David HA
Eo Gs
Ewes
Rufus Rastus
Gins
Howard
Troja
Dollar Troupe
Millman
Will J. McDermott
Antrim
Alice Taylor
Keith's
Drew Petching
Redford and
Winchester Caprice
Lynn and
Fay Gilroy, Haynes and
Montgomery Boyd Coleman
Somers and
Law
Orpheus Comedy
Mosher, Houghton and Mosher
Otto Brothers
Aerial Smiths
Lillian Ashley Cardovale
Kinetograph
Grand Opera House
wiGnigt Rey
Bowdoin
Park SQ
Otel Dainty Park
New YO
JOY Line
Providence
Uptown
Cor. State
B. D. Pitts
Fall River
Van’s
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