Foss to Name Own Experts to Probe State Agencies
Governor Foss wins legislative backing to appoint his own experts to investigate state departments and institutions. The compromise clears weeks of dispute between Speaker Walker and Norman White with Senator Greenwood from the ways and means committee.
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Foss
Legislative Compromise Committee
House
Senate
Walker
Norman White
Greenwood
Ways and Means Committee
Governor Foss Secures Clear Victory in Compromise Talk
A conference between Senate and House committees on compromise yields minor concessions. The bill requires reports to the Governor and Council and to the Ways and Means Committee. It preserves that the Governor need not share confidential details with Senate and House chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foss
Senate
House Committee On Compromise
House
Ways and Means
Committee On Ways and Means
White
Pelletier and Swift Lose Pay Increase
District Attorney Pelletier and Attorney General Swift will not have their salaries raised this year from 5000 to 8000. The committee on public service rejected the salary bills presented by Senator Tinkham yesterday.
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Pelletier
Swift
Committee On Public Service
Tinkham
Too Poor to Build Bridge to Chelsea Statement
Mayor Fitzgerald told the legislative committee that Boston is too poor to fund a new Chelsea bridge. He supported a temporary Mystic River crossing costing about 325000 with Chelsea allotted 75000 for repairs, arguing repairs rather than a permanent structure are preferable.
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Fitzgerald
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Chelsea
Boston
Charlestown
Mystic
Taft invites Yale 1878 class to White House dinner
President Taft has invited Yale University class of 1878 to an annual dinner at the White House on March 4. The invitations reach both ex members and regular graduates, with the total invitations over 100 for a class that graduated 131 men, 98 of whom are still living.
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New Haven
Taft
Yale
White House
Robbery on street ends with two suspects fleeing toward Tufts
Helen D. Flanders of Waltham was robbed at Packard avenue and the boulevard Somerville last night of a sand bag containing $2 and a check on Old Colony Trust. She pursued but the two young men fled into darkness toward Tufts College after forcing her to pass between them.
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Helen D. Flanders
Waltham
Old Colony Trust Company
Packard Avenue
Boulevard
Somerville
Tufts College
Miss Flanders
Whitfield Road
Slashes Wife's Throat and Kills Himself in Philadelphia
George Quigley of West Philadelphia slashed his wife’s throat with a razor then gashed his own jugular vein. Mrs. Quigley lapsed into critical condition. doctors fear she will die. Police attribute the tragedy to jealousy. Bach was 48 years old.
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Philadelphia
George Quigley
West Philadelphia
Peruna praised by Doylestown resident for health recovery
A 1902 letter from Philip Kratz in Doylestown describes dyspepsia and kidney illness relieved by Peruna after doctors failed. He notes his wife’s asthma improved and states they keep Peruna at home. The testimonial thanks S B Hartman M D for the remedy and its apparent life return.
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Doylestown
S. B. Hartman
M. D
Peruna
Philip Kratz
Hartman Medicine Receives Patient's Health Report
A letter from Doylestown dated November 9 1903 credits Dr S B Hartman with restoring good health. The patient states they have had no doctor for some time and praises the medicine’s effectiveness.
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Doylestown, Pa
S. B. Hartman
Peruna for health praised by longtime user in Doylestown
A letter from Doylestown dated April 16 1906 highlights consistent Peruna use by a sixty year old couple who avoid doctors, travel in all weathers, and believe preventive care works. They credit Peruna with improving past poor health and express gratitude.
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Doylestown
S. B. Hartman
Philip Kratz
Mayor Certifies Signatures for Peruna Statements
John Donnelly mayor of Doyles town Pa testifies to Mr Philip Kratz as an honorable citizen. In his presence Kratz signed the statements about Peruna, which Donnelly believes to be accurate data.
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John Donnelly
Doylestown
Philip Kratz
Peruna
Igned
Boston Budget Plan Sees Record 19 Million City Fund
Mayor Fitzgerald presents a 19,248,373.45 city budget to the City Council, the largest in Boston history. The total exceeds last year by 491,007.45 and outlays by 246,000, with 2,239,921.31 left over after budgeting. Debt needs rise 184,456.45 while the School Department gains 316,609.54 in available funds. The city and county debt totals 5,412,040.29.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Salesman Kills Self in Hotel Essex
Charles Blumberg a 33 year old travelling salesman for Asher Miller & Co of New York killed himself at the Hotel Essex by drinking carbolic acid. His wife Lillian Blumberg and infant son are at the Hotel Boulevard Winthrop. A letter to relative Max Blumberg is believed to contain burial funds and the note is with Medical Examiner Leary.
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Charles Blumberg
Asher Miller & Co
New York
Essex
Lillian Blumberg
Boulevard
Winthrop
Blumberg
Max Blumberg
Temple Place
Leary
Barred From Savings Banks in Massachusetts
Attorney General Swift ruled that the New Haven securities are not valid investments for Massachusetts savings banks. Bank Commissioner Chapin received the decision, which clarifies the law but requires further statutes to settle the investment issue. The taxation dispute involving banks and trust companies was discussed by the taxation committee with Bates urging higher taxes on trust company savings above $1000 and Malone pushing for national legislation.
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Swift
New Haven
Massachusetts
Chapin
Committee On Taxation
Bates
Malone
Stockton
Old Colony Trust Company
Trip to Bermuda Linked to Will Contest In Probate Court
Allan Kimball testified about a Bermuda trip with Herbert L. Littlefield two months before Littlefield’s death by drowning as 24 cousins contest the will. He recalled lifelong ties to Littlefield and noted furniture ownership at the hotel. Letters from the Sawyer family were read showing family tensions and alleged insanity in the Sawyers.
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Allan Kimball
George E. Kimball
Herbert L. Littlefield
Mr. Littlefield
Bermuda
North Scituate
Copley Square
Sawyer
Littlefield
Sawyers
Adeline Sawyer Littlefield
Newton Fire Ties Up Cars
Fire in the transforming room of the Edison Company plant on Homer Street damaged the building and switchboard to 1500 dollars and tied up Middlesex and Boston street railway streetcars until help from Boston Elevated and the Boston and Worcester railways arrived. All commercial lights in Newton were extinguished until early evening.
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Edison Company
Homer Street
Newton
Middlesex & Boston Street Railway
Boston Elevated
Boston and Worcester Street Railways
Middlesex & Boston Street Railroad
Fat Men Aim For Paradise In Massachusetts Farm
The New England Fat Men's Club proposes transforming two thousand acres in Massachusetts into a fat men's paradise. At a Revelers House meeting, officers and committees announced the plan for 3450 fat men whose combined weight exceeds 400 tons to enjoy comforts and delights.
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Massachusetts
New England
Fat Men’s Club
Revere House
Fat Men Plan Large Paradise Club Outing
President Quimby outlines a plan for a Fat Men Paradise requiring at least 2000 acres for housing golf links pools and courts. The June outing will gather about 75 members including Arthur H. Moulton of Portland weighing 441 pounds as heavyweight champion. An impromptu quartet sang during dinner.
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W. D. Quimby
Quimby
Nobdy
Casey
Arthur H. Moulton
Portland
N. A. Arnold
C. B. Walsh
C. A. Peirce
J. F. Dillon
Marston Employees Hold Fourth Annual Benefit Ball
The Marston Employees' Benefit Association held its fourth annual ball in Paul Revere Hall with about 800 attendees. Guests included Eugene Sargent D D Weaver Myron Hickley Henry Nye and leaders Harry Manning and Frank Simmonds. The supper march at 11 o'clock was led by Mr and Mrs Howard Marston.
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Marston
Marston Employees’ Benefit Association
Paul Revere Hall
Howard Marston
Eugene Sargent
D. D. Weaver
Myron Hickley
Henry Nye
Harry J. Manning
Frank Simmonds
Porter Found Dead After Train Passes at Back Bay
Julius Mizeil a colored porter for the New York New Haven Hartford railroad on the Knickerbocker express was found dead by Baggage Master John Mullen near the platform’s southern end at Back Bay station after the train passed last night.
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Julius Mizeil
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Knickerbocker
Johr Mullen
Back Bay
Gruesome Evidence Shocks Court In Hull Murder Trial
In Plymouth on February 17, the trial of Mrs. Lena Cusumano and Enrico Mascioli featured gruesome exhibits of the dead husband's anatomy. Mascioli showed visible reactions, his face flushing and paling as different portions were presented.
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Plymouth
Lena Cusumano
Enrico Mascioli
Hull
Mascioli
Harry
Frank
Lena
Congress Listens 10 Poker Yarn
In a tense House session with 11 days left, Representative Mann blocked business to hear Missouri’s Rucker tell a poker tale. He recounted an old soldier who allegedly won 450 in the army playing chuck-a-luck or poker and 827 more earned, with the government keeping all but the poker money after a long fight.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Mann
Illinois
Rucker
Missouri
Senate
Mr. Rucker
Mr. Olmsted
Clayton
Alabama
Three Men Feared Drowned After Dorchester Bay Boat Capsize
Three men are feared dead after their boat capsized in Dorchester Bay last evening. Patrolman McGrath heard cries from the bay near Marine Park and, despite rescue attempts, found no trace of the boat or the men. Earlier that afternoon three men had come ashore from a dredger at work in the bay.
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Dorchester Bay
McGrath
Marine Park
Tariff blamed for clothing ills at Boston meeting
Marcus M. Marks of New York, president of the National Association of Clothiers, urged that tariffs cause hardship for the clothing industry. He cited unfair discrimination against high shrinkage wools and Schedule K effects on wearers of popular priced worsted suits at the Clothiers' Association of Boston annual gathering.
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Marcus M. Marks
New York
National Association of Clothiers
Clothiers’ Association of
Boston
Marks
Pink Garters For Governor Gift Reported
Major Bob Greene of Brookline presented Governor Foss with pink silk garters, joined by Dad Holman secretary to the governor. Greene, a director of a garter firm, notes the latest Helen pink garters. The governor's banquet entourage is said to wear matching garters.
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Bob’ Greene
Brookline
Foss
Dad’ Holman
Major Greene
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