Labor unions blamed for lack of training in youth
In Superior Criminal Court Joseph Fopcaldo Alfred Carr David Schlagel Mathew Connolly and Jeremiah McCormack were sentenced for breaking and entering. Attorney John Quinn spoke for the youths claiming they were shaped by circumstance and denied access to learning a trade. Connolly and McCormack received prison terms while the others were sent to the Concord Reformatory.
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Superior Criminal Court
Joseph Fopcaldo
Alfred Carr
David Schlagel
Mathew Connolly
Jeremiah McCormack
John Quinn
Old Cove
Concord Reformatory
House May Ask Peary Proofs of North Pole Discovery
Washington report shows a debate over whether Civil Engineer Robert Peary should submit his proofs of reaching the North Pole to scientific bodies before Congress grants honors. The Moore bill would award thanks and rear admiral rank. some naval committee members oppose requiring external proof.
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Washington
Robert S. Peary
North Pole
Congress
House
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Peary
University of Copenhagen
Moore
Naval Committee
Harvard Grads Gift Funds Yale Self Help Bureau
New Haven February 18 A novel intercollegiate gift arrives at Yale bureau of self help and appointments. Harvard graduates who pledged to write monthly letters since graduation collected fines totaling 150 dollars. The group decided the funds should aid needy students and donated the amount to Yale’s bureau.
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New Haven
Yale Bureau of
Harvard University
Harvard Bureau of Self Help
Yale Bureau of Self Help and Appointments
Endorsement for Junior Vice-Department Commander
Past Commander Neil IF McDonald wins backing from Camp 14 of the Spanish War Veterans for the junior vice-department commander post to be decided at the department convention in Salem on February 22.
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Neil IF. McDonald
Camp 14
Spanish War Veterans
Department
Salem
Hisgen Bill Backed Calls for Competition Over Price Power
A public debate centers on the Hisgen bill with critics arguing that giving broad power to fix prices risks abuse. They urge relying on competition as the sole effective remedy and demand safeguards to preserve competitive markets.
Provisions of the Hisgen Bill on Unfair Discrimination
The bill targets price discrimination by firms in general use commodities to ruin a competitor. Penalty ranges from 500 to 5000 dollars and up to one year in the House of Correction or both. Speaker Joseph Walker’s remarks at a Republican gathering threaten to disrupt the Judiciary Committee, which faces the anti monopoly measure from Thomas I Hisgen.
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House of Correction
Joseph Walker
Legislative Committee On Judiciary
Thomas I. Hisgen
Walker
Hisgen Bill Fate Hinges On Committee Action
The Hisgen bill to curb Standard Oil has repeatedly failed, facing opposition from GOP leaders and sensational charges of oil money influence. Governor Draper has shown mixed signals, favoring cost of living probes but not pushing the measure forward, with the bill awaiting committee action as Senator Spalding remains ill.
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Hisgen
Senate
Standard Oil Money
Independence League
Standard Oil Company
Gates
Draper
Representative Knight
Ward 22
Walker
House
Senator Spalding
Holy Name Reception at Immaculate Conception Everett
The Holy Name Society of Immaculate Conception Church Everett plans a Sunday 7 pm meeting. A reception for 200 new members will follow a sermon by Rev Father Flinn O M I of Lowell.
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Holy Name Society of the Immaculate Conception Church of
Everett
Father Flinn
Lowell
Scots born Ballantyne begins fortnight as acting Mayor
President Walter Ballantyne of the City Council declared the Scots have come into their own as he assumed the throne of King John the First at City Hall for a two week term as Boston's acting Mayor. He would not enforce kilts for the staff yet, joking about the costume for thinner members of his office.
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Walter Ballantyne
New City Council
John the First
City Hall
Boston
Ballantyne
South Station
Scotland
Council Seats For 50 Cent Common Council Seats
Mayor Fitzgerald orders the sale of seats from last year’s Boston Common Council to former members for 50 cents each. Superintendent Morrison will sell the precise desk and chair a member occupied during that body’s sessions. The move comes after a disputed struggle over the old desks and chairs.
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Boston
Common Council
Fitzgerald
Morrison
American Board 100th anniversary pilgrimage planned
The American Board marks its centennial with a planned pilgrimage on Wednesday October 12 starting at 9 a m from North station to Andover and Bradford. The trip visits Judson Mills and other early figures sites with luncheon on the Bradford Common and a monument unveiling. Organizers include DeWitt S Clark G T Parker and others with local guides and funds committee including E S Stackpole and James Williamson. Prominent foreign mission board guests will be invited.
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American Board
North Station
Andover
Adoniram Judson
Samuel H. Mills
Missionary Woods
Rabbit Rock
Bradford
Drs. Spring
Worcester
Massachusetts General Association
Haverhill
First
Foreign Missionary Society
America
Boston
DeWitt S. Clark
Salem
G. T
E. S. Stackpole
James $. Williamson
RE. Y. Hincks
Owen H. Gates
M. H. Stackpole
G. G. Carpenter
I. R. Shipman
Europe
Ae American Board
New England
23 Seek Public School Berths For 23 Candidates
About 23 candidates for superintendents of public schools sat the civil service examination yesterday. Six candidates came from Massachusetts while New Hampshire contributed 10, Connecticut four, and Rhode Island three.
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Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Robbed of $400 in Street Car
Abraham Kanter of 10 Thorndike street Roxbury was pickpocketed yesterday on a Devonshire street street car. He felt jostled but did not notice the loss until he reached for his pocketbook from an inner pocket, discovering about $400 in bills missing.
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Abraham Kanter
Thorndike Street
Roxbury
Devonshire Street
Herring Season Nears End With 80000 Barrels Landed
Gloucester reports the herring season nearly closed with total receipts about 80 000 barrels. Bay of Islands N F supplied the fleet during winter and American vessels delivered 56 cargoes.
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Gloucester
Bay of Islands
N. F
Acting Mayor Maintains City Hall Operations in Mayor's Absence
The acting Mayor signs papers and oversees City Hall office rearrangements after the Mayor's departure. He will be on duty daily during the Mayor's absence, will not adopt an open door policy, but will meet any visitor who seeks him.
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Kitties
Tam-O’-Shanters
City Hall
Herlihy Tries to Kill Self at Work in Revere
John Herlihy age 29 of 61 Winthrop avenue Revere and manager of the Co operative General Express at 65 Pearl street shot himself at his office yesterday morning and is in critical condition at Relief Hospital The act is believed due to ill health with accounts in proper shape notes say
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John Herlihy
Winthrop Avenue
Revere
Co-operative General Express
Pearl Street
Relief Hospital
Herlihy
Long-sought man arrested after year and a half search
After a year and a half of searching Boston for Pelegrino Inglese wanted in Westfield New Jersey inspectors Rooney and MacCauley arrested him near the Charlestown bridge at 12:30 AM. He faces assault and battery with intent to kill for a shooting in August 1907 involving Tony Rocco who said he planned to kill Inglese.
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Boston
Pelegrino Inglese
Westfield
N. J
Rooney and
MacCauley
Charlestown Bridge
Tony Rocco
Backache Vanishes with Pape's Diuretic Cure
A vintage advertorial notes quick relief for kidney and bladder trouble using Pape's Diuretic. It claims backache, rheumatic pains, and urinary symptoms vanish after a fifty cent dose, praising Pape, Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati as a trusted firm and urging readers to buy the treatment from any drug store.
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Pape
Pape, Thompson & Pape
Vasquez Attacks Rebels in Nicaragua Clash at St Vicente
In Managua on February 18 fighting between government troops and insurgents resumed at St Vicente. Generals Vasquez and Godoy led an offensive against insurgent positions with infantry assaults. No casualty figures or battle result were released locally.
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Managua
Nicaragua
St. Vicente
Estrada
Mena
Matuty
Vasquez
Godoy
Attire Matters More Than Wealth in Youthful Image
The article argues personal appearance defines character, saying the suit proclaims the man. It notes that even without exclusive tailors and prices of 75 to 100 dollars, one can still achieve the same character and style with pure wool materials at a lower cost.
Estrada Shells Heights in Managua Region Skirmish
Fighting flared on Wednesday at 4 pm with artillery from both sides then renewed at daylight Thursday and carried into darkness as Estrada forces shelled government positions on the heights. Chamorro scouts clashed with outposts near Tipitapa before retiring after shots. Italian consul-general Dr Campari and Red Cross president resigned over a government order barring hospital staff from aiding conservatives.
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Estrada
Chamorro
English High School Class of 1908 Banquet at Revere House
The English High School class of 1908 held a dinner at the Revere House with about 100 members attending. Invited guests included John F. Casey head master Malcolm D. Barrows and William B. Snow. Officers elected were Charles S. Hall president Charles Treat vice president and a committee on arrangements for the 1911 banquet.
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English High School
Revere House
John F. Casey
Malcolm D. Barrows
William B. Snow
Charles S. Hall
Charles Treat
R. E B. Bennison
TI. A. Sheerin
Warren Daly
Charles Hall
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