Breakers swallow barges and men on the Cape Cod coast
A ten hour gale and blizzard drove the barges Girard Alaska and three tugs into breakers off Highland Light. The Girard foundered with two seamen trapped in the cabin. Captain Larsen and Martin Burke were rescued while a third sailor died. The Alaska sank after a line could not be shot to shore. all four crew members perished. Barges carried coal from Philadelphia to Boston Lynn and Salem.
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Alaska
Girard
Highland Light
Peaked Hill
Valley Forge
Vineyard Haven
Boston
Lynn
Salem
Larsen
Martin Burke
Burke
Joseph Johnson
Joseph Johasen
Philadelphia
Consumers’ Coal Company
Bethayres
Discussion on Park Square Station at Wellesley Club Dinner
The Boston & Albany terminal removal from South Station was debated by Wellesley Club speakers. William M. Noble endorsed acquiring Park Square Station as a passenger terminal, predicting minor property losses at South Station. J. Murray Howe opposed any change due to adverse impacts on nearby business and real estate values.
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Boston & Albany Road
South Station
Wellesley Club
Brunswick
William M. Noble
Newton
J. Murray Howe
Noble
Park Square
Mr. Howe
House Kills Cat and Dog Cemetery Bill in Laughter
The House rejected a proposal for a cat and dog cemetery by 52 to 71 after also refusing a bill to empower park police to shoot unmuzzled dogs on metropolitan park reservations. An amendment by Representative Nash of Hanover requires the police to hold stray dogs.
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Metropolitan Park
Nash
Hanover
Dr Porter’s Anti Septic Healing Oil Promoted Across New England
The Paris Medicine Co. distributes 40 tons of Dr Porter’s prepa ration samples free to hundreds of thousands of homes in New England. The oil acts as a household surgical dressing for burns skin diseases and injuries and is sold by nearly all druggists.
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Peter Ha
Bright
Warner
Warner's Safe Care CO
Rochester
N. Y
Boston Post
New England
Porter
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
Workers Seek 5 Cent Carfare to Mystic Wharf
Boston labor representatives from District Assembly 30 Knights of Labor urge Mayor Fitzgerald and city streetcar officials to adopt a one carfare plan. They say longshoremen and wharfmen from East Boston South Boston and Charlestown would ride to Mystic wharf Chelsea bridge for 5 cents, reducing fares from 8 11 and 13 cents with transfers and multiple transfers.
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Fitzgerald
Boston Elevated
Boston & Northern
District Assembly 30
Knights of Labor
Boston
Mystic Wharf
Chelsea Bridge
Mystic Docks
South Boston
Charlestown
East Boston
Chelsea C. L. A. condemns ten aldermen over union label vote
Chelsea Central Labor Union declared ten aldermen enemies of organized labor for voting to sustain Mayor Willard’s veto on a bill requiring the city printing to bear the union label. The group cited their campaign use of the union label and announced a campaign to elect allies of labor while opposing the ten aldermen.
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Ash
Black
Cheney
Delano
Gates
Stone
Humphrey
Warren
Williams
Young
Chelsea
Friends of Organized Labor
Labor notes from Boston unions outline meetings and officer elections
Labor notes list union gatherings around Boston with meetings for the Carpenters District Council Cigarmakers Bartenders and Wharf and Bridge Carpenters. Officers for Horseshoers Union were announced and other units discussed projects affiliations and fund dues.
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Boston Carpenters’ District Council
Hanover Street
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Boston Bartenders’ Union 77
Horseshoers’ Union 6
John Boyle
Joseph Brennan
Daniel Mannix
John Madden
Michael C. Roach
James Southerland
Michael Shaughnessey
Dennis Callahan
Lawrence Keefe
United Garment Workers’ Union 1
Kneeland Street
Washington Street
Council
Building Trades Section
The
Bricklayers Willl
Abandoned Barges Leaking Off Hyannis With Crew Safe
The barges Passaic and Stroudsburg bound for Boston with tow of tug John G. Chandler anchored west of Handkerchief Shoal after a gale. Both ships take on water with the Passaic missing a rudder. the Chandler ferried crews to Hyannis and planned to recover the tow at dawn, weather still severe.
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Hyannis
Passaic
Stroudsburg
Perth Amboy
Boston
John G. Chandler
Handkerchief Shoal
Chandler
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
McNulty
Nauset
Chatham
Hobson committee schedules mass Irish meeting at Faneuil Hall
The Hobson reception committee met at Old Franklin Schoolhouse to arrange a mass meeting in Faneuil Hall on Sunday evening March 10. Captain J H Dillon chairs the committee and additional names were added to finance and reception duties.
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Hobson
Old Franklin
Washington Street
J. H. Dillon
Faneuil Hall
Captain Dillon
P. A. Foley
B. J. Fitzpatrick
Cornelius O’leary
Peter Duggan
M. Mulray
Tremont Street
Roxbury
J. H. Kelly
J. J. Scurry
Field’s Corner
James D. McKenney
Neponset Avenue
Neponset
T. F. McMahon
Brookline
M. J. O’shaughnessy
Cambridge
M. S. Drew
D. J. McCarthy
Mission Church
J. J. Casey
Broadway South
Buckley & Co
Dock Square
W. Dunleavy
Summer Street
Con O'Leary
Dreaded 10 EAT Drives Coffee Reluctance to Meals
A Philadelphia woman and her husband suffered long with nervous indigestion from coffee use. After switching to Postum, they report relief from postmeal dullness and improved wellbeing, praising the product and recommending it to others.
Wallau maid witnesses sob as murder charge looms
New York February 18 three servant women and an elderly man were held in 1000 bail each as witnesses in the inquest into Mrs Binge’s death. Mrs Wallau collapsed crying she is not guilty and disputed nurses statements. Advocate David Bandler said she controlled the estate under a prior agreement.
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New York
Wallau House
East Bightieth Street
Acritelli
Thomas Woodson
Immigration Bill Moves to Bar Japanese Workers
San Francisco officials back a new policy to exclude Japanese laborers from the United States while allowing Japanese children in certain schools. Mayor Schmitz notes the agreement is temporary and cites Roosevelt assurances of a broader treaty to exclude laborers. The White House confirms the Associated Press version as satisfactory.
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Ers
Japan
Congress
San Francisco
Board of Education
Ts Oriental
Schmitz
Tokio
Williams
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Root
Associated Press
Deacon P A Schabb Missing Since Sunday
Philip A Schabb 38 a deacon of the Ruggles Street Baptist Church is missing from his home 11 Marble street since early Sunday. Relatives asked police to locate him last evening. He has recently suffered a nervous disorder which his parents think may have caused temporary mental aberration. Last seen about 11 0 clock Sunday morning he left during church services at Ruggles Street Church.
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Philip A. Schabb
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Marble Street
Schabb
Ruggles Street
Gallagher Wins in Revere Nominates Selectmen and Treasurer
Gallagher defeats Daly 192 to 120 to secure renomination in Revere Citizens caucus. Precinct picks include Francis J. Barry Richard D. Barry and Cornelius F. Green for selectmen, Alvin C. Norcross for selectman at large, and J. Eliot for treasurer. Other nominees include John M. Welch Jr auditor Frank D. Lawrence assessor and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallagher
Daly
Francis J. Barry
Beachmont
Richard D. Barry
Cornelius F. Green
Alvin C. Norcross
J. Eliot
G. Arthur Tapley
John M. Welch, Jr
Frank D. Lawrence
John N. Lanche
Vincent Farnsworth
C. F. P. Burchmore
Gustaf O. Shultz
Joseph Zwinge
Manager Wilson Stricken With Paralysis in Boston
Horatio E. Wilson, manager of the Boston office of the International Correspondence School in Scranton, was stricken with paralysis at 762 East Fifth street South Boston. He was taken to City Hospital in serious condition with little hope for recovery. Police searched for relatives and friends as Dr. Gallivan and Lt. Allen assisted at Station 12 before transfer.
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Horatio E. Wilson
Boston
International Correspondence School of Scranton
Penn
James A. Alexander
East Fifth Street
City Hospital
Wilson
Alexanders
DeArmond May Succeed Williams As Leader
Representative DeArmond of Missouri said he would accept the Democratic House leadership if a majority of Democratic members desire him to take it, while denying any active campaign for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Representative DeArmond
Missouri
John Sharp Williams
Dyspepsia Biscuit Promises Fast Digestive Relief
Advert shows a pineapple and paw paw based food claim to cure indigestion and boost brain power. It cites testimonials from Henry Gray and others, offers free samples for 4 cents postage, and urges readers to try the biscuit to test its digestive benefits.
Hood's Tooth Powder Offers Remarkable Tartar Prevention
Hood's Tooth Powder is distinguished by extraordinary efficacy in preventing tartar and giving teeth a pearly whiteness.
Hood Co. Ad Claims Quality From Refined Customer Trade
The copy credits continued sales growth to recommendations from refined buyers and notes the product is prepared by C. I. Hood Co. of Lowell Massachusetts. It belongs to the Hood claim class “If Made by Hood It’s Good.”
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C. I. Hood Co
Lowell, Mass
Hood
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R. R
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Harvard Dental Co
Court St
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Puritan
Uritan Dental Co
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Mark H. Cobe
Howland Street
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Sweeney
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Melrose Street
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Carver Place
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Arnold B. Tempro
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