Home Rule for Ireland Near, Birrell Says Reconstruction Imminent
In London on February 13 Augustine Birrell described government plans as the “entire reconstruction of the Irish administration” in the House of Commons. He addressed a question from Thomas W. Russell about retaining the vice presidency of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Nationalist cheers greeted the remarks, seen as signaling potential early Irish legislation.
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London
Augustine Birrell
House of Commons
Ireland
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction For
Thomas W. Russell
Former maid sues husband s parents over elopement marriage
A Melrose maid sued her former employers the Lord family claiming inducement to run away with the son. They married in Gretna Green of New Hampshire by Rev. Bolster and later returned to duties. A child was born near Dorchester as the couple’s separation continued with unclear whereabouts of Walter Lord.
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Nashua
N. H. Mach
Gretna Green
New Hampshire
Bolster
Melrose
Lord
Kes Skoglund
Young Lord
Skoglund
Yord Senior
Are You Free From Ailments With Syrup of Figs
Advertisement promoting Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle effective laxative. Claims it relieves headaches colds indigestion pains constipation and sour stomach. Advises buying only genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product clearly branded on package front.
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California Fig Syrup Co
New Homemade Laxative Cough Cure Recipe
A recipe claims mentho laxene mixed with red sugar syrup makes a laxative cough cure. It advises dissolving mentho laxene and sugar in water, then taking hourly doses to break up colds, ease sore throat, and relieve coughing while offering claimed cost savings.
Senate committee backs Sulloway pension bill in vote
The Senate pensions committee voted 8 to 3 to report the Sulloway general pension bill to the Senate. It raises the next year's cost to about 198 million dollars, with House passage already secured. President Taft’s potential veto looms, while Senator Curtis of Kansas prepares to lead the Senate fight.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pensions
Senate
House
Taft
Curtis
Kansas
Scott
Sulloway General
Veterans jubilant over Sulloway pension bill passage
Civil War veterans in Boston cheer the Sulloway general pension bill as it nears Senate approval. The act would boost monthly pensions for Army and Navy survivors, many aged 62 to 75, and expand relief beyond current law. Massachusetts G A R leader John E Gilman notes a substantial nationwide increase is likely.
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Senate
Boston
Boston Pension Department
Navy
Congress
John E. Gilman
Massachusetts G. A. R
Post
Gilman
Bay State
Bodies Lost as Powder Boat Katherine W. Explodes
The bow of the powder boat Katherine W. was raised off Communipaw on the Jersey shore. None of the seven men aboard when the explosion occurred has been found, and it is believed their bodies were blown apart. An inquest will be held before Coroner James M. Houghton at the Hudson County courthouse on Wednesday evening.
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New York
Katherine W
Jersey
James M. Houghton
Hudson County
Nat Goodwin Still in Marriage Game
New York report details Nat Goodwin the comedian facing his fifth marriage era after a divorce ruling in favor of Edna Goodrich. It recounts past unions with Maxine Elliott and Edna Goodrich, notes Goodwin's travels and Broadway role, and mentions tabloid ties to Maud Lannan and the Baby Doll nickname.
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Nat Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Miss Goodrich
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Goodrich
Toronto
Maud Lannan
Delmar's Garden
St. Louis
Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Maud Lannon
Alexandra Carlisle
Nat Goodwin and marriages blaze through high society
The article details Nat Goodwin's multiple marriages and divorces, including Miss Goodrich's contested divorce and her $60,000 annual income from a prior settlement. It notes Goodwin's view on matrimony, the referee’s ruling in favor of Miss Goodrich, and his long public life. It traces his marriages, transitions from stage to social prominence, and his first wife Eliza Weathersby.
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New York
Nat Goodwin
J. Campbell Thompson
Nat
Edna Goodrich
Miss Goodrich
Goodwin
Alhambra
Maxine Billiott
Miss Elliott
Europe
Atlantic
California
Herman L. Roth
McCall
Supreme Court
Maxine Hilliott
Eliza Weathersby
Nella Pease
Buffalo
Dorchester Residents Urge Major Improvements and Subway
Mayor Fitzgerald and Councillors Collins and Smith heard from about 100 Dorchester residents at the High School hall last evening about proposed city improvements valued around 6 million dollars. They sought a subway to Codman Square, a Dewey square to Quincy parkway boulevard, new fire and police facilities, a 12 acre Mt Ida playground, and district street cleaning reforms by district men.
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Fitzgerald
Collins
Smith
Dorchester
Codman Square
Dewey Square
Quincy Parkway
Harvard Street
Field’s Corner
Mt. Ida
Anklin Field
Allot Avenue
Blue Hill Avenue
Harvard Square
Dorchester High
Louis K. Rourke
Boston officials face civil service push over jail reform
Boston speakers denounce medical inspection failures and political plotting in city appointments. Dr. Scannell cites corruption in school health visits and calls for civil service to cover penal institutions and city offices.
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Arthur W. Brooks
Scannell
Boston
Board of Health
Fitzgerald
John ¥. Sullivan
Finance Commission
Women’s Conference League of the
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Suffolk County
Civil Service
Massachusetts
John A. Sullivan
City Council Urges State Docks for Boston Waterfront
Resolutions passed urge Legislature to order state buildout of Boston waterfront docks with leases likely to pay for investment. The council also hears from Boston Elevated about trolley express service through city streets and freight handling. Five ballots fail to pick a president, leaving acting mayor uncertain. Fireboat No 31 offered for sale and an annuity approved for the widow of Charles Needham. Department heads told to grant city employees a half holiday for Evacuation Day events.
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Civil Service Commissioners
Sullivan
God Save the Commonwealth
Charles W. Eliot
Eliot
Courtenay Guild
Hart
Deer Island
Guild
Boston
Board of Aldermen
L” Road
Babson
Charles T. Needham
Investigation of Telephone Rates and Service Hearing
The joint rules committee held a hearing on a petition from the United Improvement Association to form a special committee to probe telephone rates and service. Benjamin C. Lane argued the Highway Commission's rate schedule rests on erroneous premises, while Wallace A. Gleason supported the bill. E. K. Hall for the telephone company opposed it, noting $200,000 spent on investigations and four and a half years with no improvements while awaiting finally determined rate schedules to guide income and expenses. The committee took the matter under advisement.
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Joint Committee On Rules
United Improvement Association
Benjamin C. Lane
West Roxbury
Highway Commission
Wallace A. Gleason
Germantown
E. K. Hall
Telephone Company
Wall
Remarkable kidney cure claimed by railroad watchman
The letter from Christopher McNally of Avon New York dated 1909 describes kidney trouble and a cure after using Kilmer’s Swamp Root. He notes his age seventy two and his Erie Railroad employment. The letter promises samples and information about kidneys and bladder.
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Erie Railroad Company
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Boston Judge Limit Bill Defeated in House Vote
Representative Martin M. Lomasney led a two day fight to substitute a bill barring Superior Court judges from serving more than three months in one session. Judiciary members opposed it as the report failed by 98 to 128 amid party lines.
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Martin M. Lomasney
Boston
House
Committee On Judiciary
Lomasney
Reidy
Suffolk County
Public Service Corporation
Massachusetts committee debates divorce prohibition future
The judiciary committee reports unanimous leave to withdraw on a bill pushed by the Federation of Catholic Societies of Boston Archdiocese. At hearings many prominent society members urged abolition of divorce as a social evil, with Judge Lummus of Lynn the sole opponent present.
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Legislative Committee On Judiciary
Massachusetts
Federation of Catholic Societies of
Archdiocese of
Boston
Lummus
Lynn
A Beautiful Face It Is What All Women Desire
Miss Dora Hansen of Racine Wisconsin urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for pimples and blotches claiming it clears impure blood and improves skin. She promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla in liquid or Sarsatabs form for beauty and health.
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Dora Hansen
State Street
Racine
Wis
Hood
Obituary notices from Roxbury and surrounding areas
Multiple funeral announcements list names such as Martin Coy Amanda Bridget Coy Daniel Collins Henry W Eames and others with dates February 12 to February 18. Services include high masses at St Josephs Church St Rose Church Blessed Sacrament Sacred Heart and more with residences in Roxbury Jamaica Plain East Boston Somerville Dorchester and Chelsea. Relatives and friends are invited to attend several notices specify times and locations for mass and funeral services.
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William Street
St. Rose Church
James J
Frances Hodnett
Haynes Street
Church of the Assumption
Providence
R. I
Hynes
Jamaica Plain
Margaret Hynes
Edward Hynes
Boston
Mary EK
J. Frederick Lang
McKay
Maverick Street
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Matteson
Rutland Street
William H. Matteson
Waterman
Washington Street
Roxbury
M’kinnon
Mary
John McKinnon
Neg Downes
Bennington Street
Sacred Heart
M’laughlin
Dorchester
Ann M. McLaughlin
Connelly
O Charlies H. McLaughlin
Greenock Street
M’whirk
William McWhirk
Prouty
Everett
Priscilla Vinal
Alexander T. Prouty
Wallace Dunbar
Baldwin Avenue
Rumney
East Boston
Harrie N
William H. Rumney
Falcon Street
Smart
Mary E. Smart
Fathbury Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Dudley Street
Smith
Somerville
Charlotte C. Smith
Newburyport
Daniel H. Smith
James S. Lowell
Harvard Street
Sprague
Leander Sprag
Anna
William
Anna J. Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Truro
N. 8
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Frank A. Andrews Co. , Incorporated Jewellers
Corner Water
Husband
Hunyadi
Janos
Winter Street
David J. Ingraham
Ingraham
Winter Street Vorenters’s
Boston Medical Inspection
Warren K. Spalding
Cambridge
Concord Reformatory
Lowell
Worcester
Arthur K. Brooks
Middlesex County
Worcester County
Civil Service Commission
Shell
Elevated
Deadlock
Christopher McNally
Avon, N. Y
Harry C. Follett
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Grady
Sun
Petts-Vogel Company
Judge Limit Bill
Beacon Florist
Beacon Sr
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