Swift Rise 10 Fame Quick Fall 10 Death
John A. McCall born Albany March 2 1849 rose from $10 clerk to president of New York Life Insurance and state superintendent of insurance. He collapsed after Armstrong committee findings and resigned January 3. paid $235000 restitution amid financial scandals. died soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. McCall
Albany
Commercial College of
New York Life
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Levi Parker & Co
State Insurance Department
Grover Cleveland
McCall
Equitable Life
Andrew Hamilton
Armstrong Committee
Board of
The
Andy Hamilton
Hamilton
John C
Paris
Young McCall
Recovery from Brights disease touted as curable claim
Editor asserts a new diuretic cures chronic Brights disease and urges Congress to fund nationwide disclosure via Associated Press. He cites personal recovery, mentions senators Perkins and Flint, and invites readers to send cases for literature. Boston address given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohannon
Bright
Fulton
Congress
Associated Press
United States
Perkins
Philadelphia
Flint
Perkins and
San Francisco
Jaynes & CO
Washington Et
Boston
Handel Haydn Societymid winter concert at Symphony Hall
The Handel and Haydn Society presented a mid winter concert before a large audience at Symphony Hall. Soloists Emma Eames and Edward Johnson performed in Mendelssohn works alongside the choir and orchestra under Emil Mollenhauer. The programme featured inovations and was well received by listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Eames
Edward Johnson
Handel and Haydn Society
Symphony Hall
Emil Mollenhauer
Lst
Mme. Eames
Stabat Mater
Second Attempt of Firebug to Burn South End Tenement
Firebugs renewed efforts at 9 Laconia Street in the South End with a rubbish blaze in the basement. Morris Bloom rushed his children to safety, guiding tenants out amid smoke while 14 year old Lillian Cohen and sisters aided evacuation. Firemen contained the fire before it reached street level and residents fled to the street in nightwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia Street
Morris Bloom
South End
Waconia Street
Sadie
Martha
Samuel Moscovitz
Mrs. Bolsky
Lillian Cohen
Gussie
Bessie
Fire devastates Rutland business quarter as walls collapse
A large Rutland fire destroyed sections of the Ripley Mead and Baker blocks, forcing evacuations and leaving over 20 families homeless. Dynamite was used to collapse dangerous walls, narrowly saving lives amid flying bricks and exploding structures. Firemen were shaken but uninjured. Charles Quigley and A. N. Brown aided residents. J Frank Leonard saved Y M C A records. Whitehall and Burlington teams assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Quigley
New England Telephone Company
Mason A. Green
Rutland Herald
Ripley Block
A. N. Brown
Oren Packard
Ripley
Mead Building
J. Frank Leonard
Association
Whitehall Company
Burlington Company
Misses Reynolds Brides Today in Brookline Tales of Two Sisters
Two Brookline sisters wed today in a double ceremony. Phebe M Reynolds becomes the wife of Blamey Stevens a wealthy mining engineer of Alaska and Harriet A Reynolds marries Dr Robert Cummings of Emmett Idaho. Both brides receive 25000 shares in their brother H D Reynolds copper mine venture as wedding gifts. The couples sail to Manchester England for a Trafford Park honeymoon.
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Brookline
Phebe M. Reynolds
Blamey Stevens
Alaska
Harriet A. Reynolds
Robert Cummings
Emmett
Ida
New York
Dr. Cummings
Arkansas
Mr. Stevens
Manchester
England
Marshall Stevens
Trafford
Manchester Ship Canal
H. D. Reynolds
Babcock Street
Harriet Reynolds
St. Louis
Phebe
Trafford Park
Chelsea YMHA considers building new headquarters
At a Chelsea Y M H A meeting a proposal to erect a building for the association was discussed via communication. The board will decide. President Lourie leads a building fund drive as the group aims to raise funds and erect a new edifice. Hebrews are urged to buy banquet tickets for February 21, and supporters may contact Louis Finkelstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Chelsea
David A. Lourie
Y. M. H. A. Building Committee
Louis Finkelstein
No license rally draws speakers in Revere Town Hall
A lively no license rally was held in Revere Town Hall last evening with remarks from The Hon. Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville and The Hon. Willard Howland of Chelsea. The Neal Dow Male Quartet performed songs arranged for the Revere campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere Town Hall
Elmer A. Stevens
Somerville
Willard Howland
Chelsea
Neal Dow
Revere
Losses from Rutland fire headline list damages and totals
A compiled list details extensive property losses across Rutland including insured buildings and stores. Notable entries include the Ripley estate at 30,000 and 25,000, Meade block at 50,000 and 40,000, and the Marble Savings Bank furniture loss at 6,300. Additional items note losses to the Baker block 20,000 and 30,000, the Tuttle block 10,000 each, and adjoining property totaling 50,000 with broader aggregate losses reaching 125,000 and 30,000 in various categories.
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Ripley Block
William Y. W
Ripley Estate
Tee
CTY
BOCES
Sca
Iaveiachess
Lopkins & Howey
Clothitte
Cscieccas
Meade Block
A. J. Meade
COUN
Poston
Geo
Marble Savings Bank
Béceaes Poscou
Baker
J. L
Xeva
Abraham
M. Duggan
W. Waterman
F. L. Blake
Ie Moayi Wean
Tuttle
The
Tuttle Company
Ap A
Cranston
Fire consumes Centre street blocks and adjacent properties
A fire swept along Centre street destroying the Baker and Tuttle blocks and part of the Ripley block. It halted by a heavy party wall on the north and, behind the Crampton block, affected a Willow street block owned by the Combination Cash Company where the fire’s progress stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley Block
Merchants Row
Mead Block
Baker Block
Centre Street
Baker and Tuttle
Ripley
Crampton
Combination Cash Store Company
Willow Street
Combination Cash Company
Chelsea Graffiers In Peril In Chelsea graft probe
A Chelsea alderman told a Post reporter that enough evidence exists to convict at least three men and a candidate for public office on graft charges. The special committee has heard all witnesses, with over a thousand pages of evidence to review before reporting to the full board. Some expect a report finding graft paid to certain individuals but not enough proof for criminal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard
Emma B. Williams
Sawyer St., Boston
Chelsea
William S. Young
Post
Hyomei cures worst cases of catarrh through inhaled mist
The Hyomei pocket inhaler treatment claims to cure catarrh by breathing medicated air four times daily. It penetrates throat nose and lungs killing germs and is sold with inhaler medicine and dropper for 1, with extra bottles 50 cents. Mail order available from The R. T. Booth Co Ithaca NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyomei
R. T. Booth Company
Ithaca
N. Y
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Stranger Than
Morgan
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan Syndicate
Cleveland
McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Cuba
Armstrong Legislative Committee
Mr. McCall
Fowler
Legislative Bureau
Long Branch
New York Life Insurance Company
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
J. W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. McCurdy
Mr. Alexander
Wood
Wine and Spirit Review
Rutland
Vermont City
Arthur N. Brown
Henry Trombley
Daniel Borden
Rescues Y. M. C. A. Records
Brookline Sisters
Phebe Reynolds
Phebe M
Caa Ie
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Rumford
van Camp Graham Rolls
van Camp Dairies
Aeaeet
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Rutland Fire
Sant
Utland Delos
Sumner
Mophins
Rowley
Aissane &Co
Canoy
Glock
Gaker Glock
Rutland, VT
Miner Drug Company
Combination Cash Store
Abrahal
Cigar CO
Chelsea Grafiers
Peril
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