Anti-Merger League Formed Against Rail Merger
A Massachusetts Anti-Merger League formed by Bay State merchants opposes the Near Haven and Boston and Maine railroad merger. Headquarters are in the Old South building Boston with 500 members and rapid growth. Charles H. Jones is president. George L. Barnes handles affairs from South Weymouth. efforts include meetings, literature, and talks across New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Near Haven
Boston & Maine
Bay State
Massachusetts
Old South
Boston
New England
Boards of Trade
Business Men’s Associations
If It's at Morse's, It's Correct
A succinct phrase notes Morse's as the trusted source for correct items. The saying emphasizes Morse's reliability and authority in verification.
Clearance drive for heavy-weight garments
In every department evidence shows our drive to clear all heavy-weight stock with final reductions across grades. Prices offer rare value opportunities for buyers, including examples of marked-down items.
Boys Reefers on Sale Reefers for 3.75
Boys sizes 13 to 16 years offered at seven fifty seven and six dollar price points reduced to three dollars and seventy five cents. The promotion highlights multiple price tiers and year sizes available.
Noted Actor to Lead Stock Company at Popular Theatre
Charles Miller has secured Castle Square Theatre in Boston after the Opera season was abandoned. He plans a first performance on February 20 and is assembling a company in New York. Miller, a longtime Boston stage star, will bring innovations and a varied repertoire from Shakespeare to farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
Charles Miller
Miller
Boston
Rogers Brothers in Panama at Hollis Street Theater
The Rogers brothers open February 17 at Hollis Street Theatre with their latest farce The Rogers Brothers in Panama. A strong plot and new departure in musical comedy promise humor from their broken English dialect contrasting with Panama’s many types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Hollis Street
Rogers Brothers
Panama
Salem Chief Dane Becomes City Marshal Contention
Salem Feb 12 Mayor Hurley declares he will back Joseph W. Dane as city marshal after four rejections by the Board of Aldermen. The mayor will take a breathing spell but insists Dane must be appointed or none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Hurley
Joseph W. Dane
Mr. Dane
Board of Aldermen
Dane
Wily Indian sealers sentenced for fraud in seal bounty case
Four Indians Beneditt Francis Joseph D. Socobason Sapiel Succibe and Sapiel Mitchell were sentenced in Salem Superior Court for larceny and perjury connected to the fake seal tail bounty scheme. The sentences ranged from three months to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Beneditt Francis
Joseph DD. Socobason
Sapiel Succibe
Sapiel Mitchell
Taft and Roosevelt Dominate Beverly Republican Dinner
At Beverly's annual Republican Club dinner 250 attendees cheered Taft as Gardner urged unpledged delegates to back Hughes or Taft. Sidney Winslow of United Shoe Machinery sat silent while Gardner argued delegates should represent the voters' choice, ending Winslow's bid for an unpledged delegation. Gardner traveled from Washington to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Taft
Roosevelt
Beverly Republican Club
Augustus P. Gardner
Hughes
Cannon
Sidney W. Winslow
United Shoe Machinery Company
Gardner
Winslow
Washington
Albert Wittum
Firemen’s Ball Draws 10000 to Mechanics Hall in Boston
The Mechanics Hall firemen’s ball attracted about 10 000 attendees including Boston firefighters and guests. Mayor Hibbard and new fire commissioner Samuel D. Parker led a grand march as officers and visiting chiefs observed a formal procession and dancing to The Merry Widow amid blue and white decor and elaborate portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
Boston
Samuel D. Parker
Superintendent Abbott
Protective Department
William A. Boudrot
Reginald Mair
Louis Tracy
J. Prentiss Parker
Dudley Cotton, Jr
Danial F. Sennott
District 5
Sennott
Beau Brummel
Mullen
Alfred J. Porter
Mayor approves discharge list for street and sanitation staff
Mayor Hibbard signed off on discharge lists for the street cleaning and sanitary departments. About 20 employees are to be let go today, with no legally hired laborers on the to-go list. He visited the L street bath house and noted few employees present, accepting the given explanation.
Blind Pupils to Receive Blaisdale Funds at Perkins
A distribution of ten thousand dollars from the late Stephen J. Blaisdale is given to the blind pupils at the Perkins Institution for the Blind in South Boston. About 100 pupils will each receive one dollar from the fund's accumulated interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins Institution For the
Boston
Stephen J. Blaisdale
Mrs Eddy’s Son Injured in Kick by Horse
George W. Glover, son of Mary Baker Eddy, is hospitalized after a horse kick last week caused paralysis in his right leg. The injury reopened a Civil War gunshot wound and may become permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Glover
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Leader
Boston & Maine President denies wage cuts for workers
President Tuttle told a Post reporter that rumors of wage reductions for B and M employees were unfounded. He said the superintendent meeting addressed other business, though the discussion touched on the overall low business mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuttle
Boston & Maine
Post
John Hays Hammond Under Surgeon s Knife
John Hays Hammond the noted mining engineer was operated on for appendicitis a few days ago in San Francisco He is now on the road to recovery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Hays Hammond
I O O F Encampment Heads Massachusetts Grand Session
The Massachusetts Grand Encampment of I O O F reports the past year as the most successful. Over 300 delegates from encampments statewide attended in Odd Fellows Hall. William H. Mitchell was installed grand patriarch and feted at Bethesda Hall in South Boston by Mt. Washington Encampment. Louis A. Cook presided as former grand patriarch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C
Massachusetts
Odd Fellows’ Hall
William H. Mitchell
Beach Street
Louis A. Cook
South Weymouth
Alleged gamblers on Chelsea ferry arrested
Three men alleged to play three card monte on Chelsea ferryboats were captured after being traced to a ferry slip. The men Georges Walters Augustus J. Quigley of East Boston and John Williams of Stamford Street were arrested by Chelsea police on gambling charges after employees noticed the misleading game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Boston
Georges
Walters
Augustus J. Quigley
Bennington Street
East
John Willams
Stamford Street
Rock Island Lincoln Day Speech Attacks Crusade Idea
At the Rock Island Club the Lincoln Day dinner featured Judge Peter S. Grosscup challenging Rourke Cockran's call for a crusade. He questioned targets of reform and urged legal process and sober justice, warning against using reform to seize political power. He urged rebuilding the corporation through law to align with national energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosscup
Cockran
Rock Island Lincoln
Rock Island, Ill
Peter S. Grosscup
Rock Island Club
Rourke Cockran
Washington
New Yorker
Lincoln
Peter the Hermit
Richard the Lion Hearted
Roosevelt
False Teeth Suit Yields $93 Verdict
James G. Morrison, a provision dealer, won a $93 verdict in the Superior Court after suing George L. Tulloch over a set of false teeth claimed to have failed to fit. Morrison charged the dentist agreed to make teeth for $80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Morrison
George L. Tulloch
Dorchester Woman Sues Newton Man for Injuries
Dorchester resident Margaret Derrigan sues Newton businessman Charles Gleason for 10000 alleging a collision on Commonwealth Avenue Newton on January 30 left her with head and body injuries after alighting from a car. She was treated at City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Derrigan
Dorchester
Charles Gleason
Newton
Miss Derrigan
Commonwealth Avenue
Greason
City Hospital
Derrigan
Ladies' Auxiliary Ends Convention at Park Street Church
The retiring president Mrs Flora A Staples received a gold watch and chain. Mrs Mabel Braley of New Bedford was elected president and Mrs Lillian Burnham of Springfield named vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sons of Veterans
Park Street Church
Flora A. Staples
Mabel Braley
New Bedford
Lillian Burnham
Springfield
Wellesley Commuters Benefit From Railway Concessions
At Wellesley, the Boston and Albany Railroad granted concessions to commuters at the 11th hour, adding train service and promising lighting upgrades at the three stations. Local officials will urge the General Court to empower the Railroad Commission to enforce schedules and penalties for non compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Boston & Albany Railroad
Town Hall
New York Central
Local Electric Company
Massachusetts Corporation
J.A. Hardy
General Court
Railroad Commission
Daughters of Veterans Elect Officers
The Daughters of Veterans elected officers: Annie Delaney Medford president Mabel Gooding Somerville senior vice president Hattie Smith Leominster junior vice president Knox Fitchburg chaplain Emma Metcalf Leominster treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daughters of Veterans
Annie Delaney
Medford
Mabel Gooding
Somerville
Hattie Smith
Leominster
Knox
Fitchburg
Emma Metcalf
Leomeinster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Continental
S. W. Loomis & Co
Clothing House
Boston’s Greatest Clothing Store
Washington Street
Anti-Merger League
Adams Square
Chas. Miller
Castle SQ
Marceau
Popular
Marshal
Gannon
Republican Club
Theodore Roosevelt
Illinois
Joseph G. Cannon
Sterling
Charles ©. Hughes
New York
William H
Draper
Guild
Harvey Dow
S. O. Bigney
Attleboro
Ezra A. Hoyt
John A. Mullen
Matthew Daley
Hibbard
Walter M. McLean
Mclean
F. J. Shearin
Shearin
Helen
Daniel Fyes
Gatan Ono
Daniel EF. sEekrieTt
DAVIS
South Boston
Chelsea Ferry
the Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nathanson Clothing Co
Broadway
Hanover St
Browning, King & Co
THING
Washington St
Green River
Bond
Qld Crovyr, Inc
II Ee
Holland Rye
Utes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!