City Perhaps Is Liable In School Dance Injuries
The school committee examined liability for injuries in school buildings used for dances. Opinion: if admission fees cover costs there is no liability risk. if profits accumulate, liability could arise. Auditor Porter noted the department appears to be holding its own. A $500 appropriation funded supervisors' trip to Louisville for the National Educational Teachers' Association meeting. The committee also require appointments be reviewed before teacher confirmations.
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Porter
James J. Storrow
Louisville
Kky
National Educational Teachers’ Association
Lawson Receives Backing From Governor Johnson
Governor Johnson praised Thomas W. Lawson in Duluth for his sincerity and ability to reorganize insurance companies and restore funds diverted from policy holders. He dismissed reports of selfish motives and expressed faith in Lawson’s successful push for control and restitution.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Thomas
W. Lawson
Johnson
Duluth
Lawson
Clergy Attack Mayor Johnson in Cleveland Meeting
About 100 ministers denounce Mayor Tom L. Johnson in a Cleveland meeting. Resolutions call for immediate action to close dance halls, especially Sunday nights, aligning with pastors’ prior promises.
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Cleveland, O
Tom L. Johnson
Eavery
Johnson
New York State 1905 Births Deaths and Marriages Totals
Albany reports 1905 figures show 172,259 births, 137,816 deaths, and 78,261 marriages in New York. Comparing 1904, births rose while deaths fell and marriages increased. Population 8,067,307 yields birth rate 21.8 and death rate 17 per thousand.
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Albany
New York State
Healthful living tale saves life with Grape-Nuts
A Western woman describes years of chronic stomach troubles and failed remedies. She credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with restoring appetite, weight, digestion, and kidney health after months of use. Her husband also improves after switching from coffee. The couple calls their trial a solution for simple, healthful living.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Confesses How He Baffled Pursuit for Months
A man recounts eluding capture for months by mimicking crowd behavior and avoiding suspicion. The testimony reveals he orchestrated diversions and used familiarity with other gatherings to mislead investigators while on the run. His narrative continues from the previous page.
North End Fire Endangers 100 Families
A fire at a location in the North End endangered about 100 families, prompting evacuations and emergency response. Authorities investigated the blaze and warned residents to avoid the area as fire crews worked to control the flames.
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North End
Life of Maine firebug reads like a novel records say
Maine institution records recount Llewellyn Henry Newbert born 1882 in Rockland. He describes early fire setting in Boston Roxbury Salem and Appleton and says he lit fires to hear timber crack. Superintendent Wentworth notes Newbert behaved well while confined but resumed burning after release and returned for parole completion in 1899.
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Portland
Llewellyn Henry Newbert
Edwin T. Wentworth
State of Maine School For Boys
Newbert
Wentworth
Firebug Newber’s Career in a Nutshell
From Maine State School for Boys records. Birth in Rockland, adoption by a Roxbury German family, multiple fires in New England, repeated returns to reform schools, theft of $70, escape to Boston, and eventual reappearance near Portland. He claims to work in a mill between Boston and Providence, running two looms.
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Firebug Newber
Maine State School For Boys
Portland
Rockland
Placeda
Little Wanderers
Boston
Lewis Stotz
Lambert Avenue
Roxbury
Germany
Salem
N. H
Appleton
James Currier
Davidson
Charlestown
Boys’ School
E. T. Wentworth
Providence
New Emancipation Preamble At Boston Suffrage League
Ninety seven years after Abraham Lincoln’s birth, Boston suffragists publish a pre amble for resolutions urging lawmakers to end peonage, unequal representation, color disfranchisement, and evils like segregation, white capping, and lynching. Over 600 attendees hear the call and copies go to Lodge Crane and Massachusetts lawmakers for action.
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Wilds
Kentucky
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Thomas
Abraham
Abraham Lincoln
Boston Suffrage League
Charles Street
Big Firebug Fires Reported 1904 1905 Across Boston Inland
A list of large urban fires attributed to the firebug Newbert, with dates from 1904 and 1905. Notable incidents include hay and freight shed blazes on Rutherford Avenue, Pier 5 losses reaching up to 1,000,000 and 2,000,000, factory and warehouse fires on Chambers Street Water Street and Rath Avenue, and multiple strikes in the North End Charlestown and Roxbury areas.
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Newbert
Hay
Rutherford Avenue
Pier 5
North Station
Salem Bowditch
Chambers Street
Boston & Maine
Hoosac Tunnel
Warren Avenue
Water Street
Fitchburg Division
Derby Desk Company
Charlestown
North End
North End Gas Works
Dean
India Street
Pope Lumber Yard
Roxbury
Nashville rail chief dies of heart disease
Nashville February 12 Major John T Thomas president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway died today from heart disease.
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Nashville
John T., Thomas
The
Nashville, Chattanooga
Remedy claim for one day cold cure patent medicine
An advertisement touts a cold cure claiming to cure in one day using laxative brominated quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Includes Grove signature and price of 28 cents per box.
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W. Grove
Lincoln memory revered at Commonwealth anniversary
Commemorations marked Abraham Lincoln’s anniversary with schools closed part of the day and a 21 gun salute at noon on the Common.
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Abraham Lincoln
Schools of the Commonwealth
Lincoln Day Proclamation Urges School Morning Arrivals
Governor Guild urged Lincoln Day observances calling on schools to welcome in the morning the children and the Grand Army survivors who helped form the federation. The proclamation emphasizes honoring Lincoln and national unity through education and remembrance.
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Lincoln
Governor Guild
Lincoln Day Lincoln Day Reception by Junior Society at Sewell Hall
The Junior Society of Sons and Daughters of the Revolution commemorated Lincoln Day with a reception at Sewell Hall in the New Century building yesterday afternoon. The event, the second of the winter, followed state appropriation to the Daughters of the Revolution and featured songs including the Star Spangled Banner Battle Hymn of the Republic and America. A social time with dancing and light refreshments concluded the program.
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Society of Sons and Daughters of the Revolution
Sewell Hall
New Century Building
State Society
Daughters of the Revolution
Guild
Lincoln Day Dinner Eulogized by G A R Commander Tanner
Commander Tanner of the G A R at a Massachusetts National Staff Association dinner honored Lincoln and thanked Governor Guild for Lincoln Day proclamations. He recalled Civil War scenes before 50 veterans, with Lincoln and Grant portraits as пазed backdrops. Attendees included Adjutant-General Tweedale, Department Commander Wolff, and others. poems were read and a song performed.
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Governor Guild
Lincoln
Tanner
National Staff Association
Massachusetts G. A. R
Young’s
President Lincoln
General Grant
Joyphanus H. Whitney
R. J. Chute
John Tweedale
Washington, D. C
J. H. Wolff
Massachusetts
J. Payson
H. L. Gleason
Edward P. Preble
Department of Massachusetts
S. F. Keys
J. E. Gilman
Mr. Dooley
Lincoln's early reading shaped his patriotism says ex governor
Ex Governor John D. Long told Women’s Educational and Industrial Union at Perkins Hall that Lincoln read widely as a boy. He cited the Bible Esop’s Fables a Life of Washington and other works as sources of wisdom and inspiration. Long argued Lincoln faced no real hardship and that Gettysburg vindicated him as he preserved the Union. Honest Abe lives in memory and in the people’s hearts alongside Washington.
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Lincoln
John D. Long
Women’s’ Educational and Industrial Union
Perkins Hall
Long
Esop
Washington
Henry Clay
Burns
Shakspere
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Gettysburg
Abe Lincoln
George Washington
Lincoln Day Observed in Waltham with Bell Tolling
Lincoln Day observed in Waltham with bell tolling and flags raised on the Common and public buildings. At the High School Hon. B. B. Johnson recalled Lincoln memories while Superintendent Parkinson read a Punch poem about Lincoln’s death. Ea ton read the governor's proclamation as Mayor Harvey spoke and students performed patriotic songs.
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Waltham
B. B. Johnson
Lincoln
Parkinson
London Punch
Eaton
Harvey
Marian’ Neal
Philip Hawley
Lincoln Day Observed at the B Y M C U
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union marked Lincoln's birthday with a large American flag display and a Lincoln bust in the reception room amid national colors President Baldwin recalled a 1864 Washington interview with Lincoln during his army visit as a Ward 11 war relief member A guaranteed cure for piles PAZO OINTMENT advertised at 50 cents in the same items.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Lincoln
Baldwin
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
the James and Potomac
Old Ward 11 War Relief Committee
Evening boxing at Pythian Rink shows fair play and skill
A Boston audience fills Pythian Rink for bouts featuring Tommy Quill, Tommy Devine, Johnny Ahearn, Custer Dow, and a premier clash between Jimmy Walsh and Reagan of St Louis. The report notes sportsmanship, measured blows, and a final six round bout won by Walsh as Reagan succumbs in the fifth.
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Pythian
Tommy Quill
Brockton
Tommy Devine
Jamaica Plain
Devine
Johnny Ahearn
Custer Dow
Ahearn
Don
Reagan
St. Louis
Walsh
Jimmy Walsh
Hig Mercy
Fellows
Grogey
Benjamin Lindsey speaks on boys and crime at Brookline lecture
Denver child judge Benjamin B. Lindsey lectured at Pierce Primary School Brookline last evening arguing fear breeds crime and sympathy corrects wrong. He warned state criminal systems trap youth by labeling them criminals and urged public officials to act as Wise and loving parents to reform rather than punish.
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Denver
Pierce
Brookline
Last Services For Dead King In Copenhagen
All members of the royal family attended the final service for King Christian at Amalienborg. The coffin will be moved to Christiansborg Church tomorrow where the body will lie in state for two days.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Gartenhaal
Amalienborg
Christiansborg Church
Biddeford Officials Told to Enforce Liquor Laws
County Attorney G. A. Emery said before Governor Cobb that the State Police Board in Biddeford has failed to enforce liquor selling gambling and disreputable houses. The board reportedly views it as the duty of county officials to take the initiative in law enforcement.
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Biddeford
G. A. Emery
William T. Cobb
Pedl ers' Association seeks East Side market houses
New York February 12 Local Pedl ers Association asks Legislature to provide East Side market houses to move pushcart men off the streets.
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New York
Pedlers’ Association
Edith Whitney Wins Big at Monte Carlo Gaming Tables
Monte Carlo reports Miss Edith Whitney, once a New York show girl, winning a large sum at the gaming tables.
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Monte Carlo
Edith Whitney
New York
Guggenheim Plans Major Smelting Trust Venture
New York February reports indicate the Guggenheim interests are discussing a copper, lead and general smelting trust with a capital range from 600 million to 1 billion dollars. The move signals a major consolidation in the metals sector involving key industry players.
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New York
Guggenheim
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