Frederick Dodge Accepts U S District Court Judgeship
Frederick Dodge the prominent admiralty lawyer has accepted the appointment as judge of the United States District Court. Born in Cambridge in 1847, he graduated from Harvard College in 1867 and Harvard Law School two years later. He defended large steam ship lines including a $100,000 verdict for W K Vanderbilt and now resides in Belmont with his daughter.
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Frederick Dodge
United States District Court
Francis C. Lowell
W. K. Vanderbilt
Judge Dodge
Belmont
Boston Bar
Suits Slashed to 11 Dollars in Spring Clearout
About 300 Morse-made suits priced originally at 15 dollars drop to 11 dollars as part of a spring preparation sale. A small number of 18 dollar suits are also reduced to 11 dollars, but demand is expected to be brisk.
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Continental
Washington
Boylston Street
Gloucester Schooner in Terrific Storm
The Gloucester fishing schooner Centennial under Captain Downey from Fortune Bay Newfoundland arrived here badly damaged after a Tuesday storm. Rails and booms were carried away stern broken sails torn and the vessel took on considerable water. After repairs she will proceed home.
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Liverpool
N. S
Centennial
Downey
Fortune Bay
N. F
Bristow Begins Work on Panama Rail Policy Survey
Bristow arrives in Colon on Feb 16 to study Atlantic Pacific trade conditions and freight rates and to determine the best policy for the Panama railroad. He is tasked by President Roosevelt to investigate coast to coast and international routes and assess freight issues for US and foreign commerce.
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Bristow
Colon Colon
Joseph L.bristow
United States
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
South America
Europe
Panama
Remarriage on Stage Heights Romance for Actor and Actress
Lowell Feb 16 Mrs Paul Baechler formerly Miss Louise Harding Twitchell daughter of ex mayor Fritz H Twitchell Bath Me arrived in the city to join her husband an actor in the Fiske stock company They will be remarried on the Lowell Opera House stage Friday evening at the request of the bride's mother who is invalid The groom was born in New York 23 years ago and began acting in 1899 Miss Twitchell is described as a handsome blonde with a bright temperament and musical training
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Lowell
Paul Baechler
Louise Harding Twitchell
Fritz H. Twitchell
Bath
Fiske Stock Company
New York
Louis Frederick Baechler
New York Staats Zeitung
Lakeport Centre Fire Burns Factory and Sawmill
A heavy fire in Lakeport Centre, Laconeia New Hampshire, caused about 100000 dollars in losses to the Winnepesaukee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company and adjacent plants. The blaze, fed by frozen mains and limited water, began after 8 pm in the factory carding department and spread to the sawmill, with volunteers aiding the overwhelmed local department.
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Laconia
N. H
Winnepesaukee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company
George H. Merrill
Henry D. Clow & Sons
Hipwood Car Fender Company
George D. Merrill
Lakesport
Ice thrown at principal ends in glass shattering scene
Helen Bowen a 17 year old student at Shurtleff Grammar School Chelsea was expelled by Principal Wilbur for disturbance. In anger she hurled ice at the principal striking him and shattering a plate of glass prompting a school upheaval. Bowen is on probation from the Industrial School at Lancaster and will be returned there.
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Helen Bowen
Shurtleff Grammar School
Chelsea
Wilbur
Industrial School
Lancaster
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters meeting memorializes Charles Eliot Guild
At a special meeting of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters held in memory of the late Charles Eliot Guild a declaration was adopted praising his private virtues and business acumen.
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Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
Charles Eliot Guild
Bacon’s Death Linked to Business Reverses Not Love
Friends of Charles J. Bacon a Back Bay figure deny a love affair caused his death at Brimmer Chambers. R A Cram of the firm Cram Goodhue Ferguson cites business reverses and says Bacon, 50, planned no marriage with a Back Bay woman while noting his Brooklyn origins and Boston management of a plate glass concern.
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Charles J. Bacon
Puritan Club
Back Bay Society
Brimmer Chambers
Bacon
R. A. Cram
Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
Beacon Street
Mr. Bacon
Mr. Cram
Back Bay
Boston
Chicago
St Lawrence Ice Jam Reaches Fourteen Miles
The St Lawrence ice jam has grown to 14 miles in length from shore to shore near Ogdensburg New York The frozen river is packed solid in places and water levels rose 13 feet at Morrisburg on the Canadian side due to continued cold weather
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence
Morrisburg
Veterans Property Tax Exemption Proposed by Weeks
In the House yesterday Representative Weeks of Everett moved to substitute for the adverse report a bill to exempt from taxation the property of Civil War veterans to the amount of 2000 dollars. The amendment extends exemption to those rendered incapacitated for labor to a similar degree.
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Weeks
Everett
Committee On Taxation
Platinestopeeate Sep Says Retee
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Platinestopeeate and Retee with unclear context. The readable words imply a placeholder title and no recoverable event or names to summarize with confidence.
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Etvese
Platinestopeeate
Boston Transit Seeks Bond Authority for Tunnelfinishing Fund
Chairman George G. Crocker of the Boston transit commissioners asked a committee for authority to issue 40 year bonds at 4 percent totaling 316000 for completing the subway and East Boston tunnel. The panel heard the project may cost 8500000 with rentals and tolls covering interest. Crocker indicated this would likely be the last appropriation request for the subway and tunnel.
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George G. Crocker
Boston Transit Commissioners
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
City of
Boston
East Boston
Crocker
Commission
Callender
Collins
Insurance Agent Killed by Train in Worcester
William C. L Heureux a 37 year old Worcester insurance agent was struck by the boat train on the Providence division. He was taken to City Hospital but died en route.
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Worcester
William C. L'Heureux
Providence
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