Playground Plan Sparks City Council Fight Over North End Site
Councilman Ryan pushes a 100000 playground appropriation for estates 87 to 57 Prince Street and 28 to 32 North Bennet Street with mayoral approval. Doherty asks for delay due to absent colleague, while Ryan defends the motion and explains his reasons in a Post interview.
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North End
Ryan
Ward 6
Board of Park Commissioners
Prince Street
North Bennet Street
Doherty
the Post
Boston
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Dresden
Cologne
Stuttgart
Piles treatment promise for $10 at Daily clinic
Notice claims anyone starting treatment before February 26 can be cured of piles for ten dollars, a drastic drop from Boston Clinic’s fifty dollar average. It cites testimonials from Charles F. Tenney, A. W. Fulton, Benjamin O’Connor and others about painless cures without cutting in short courses.
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Boston
Daily
Charles F. Tenney
State House
J. E. Patrick
Tremont Street
A. W. Fulton
Walpole
Mass
Dr. Daily
Benjamin O'Connor
Morris Street
Lynn
Public Examination Free at 74 Boylston Street
At 74 Boylston Street Boston Mass rooms 421 and 422 office hours from 10 to 4 examinations free for visitors and applicants.
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Boylston St
Boston
Mass
Lamps and City Hall intrigue grip Boston page
The Post reveals Hon. James Donovan pursues lamps supervision though not confirmed as a candidate. William S. McNary may join the Board of Elections while James Donovan eyed a 3000 dollar per year post. A colorfully chaotic night at City Hall ends with John B. Moran threatening Donovan and a rector scene atop a corridor guard rail. Mayor Quincy faces ambling fates as civil service probes find overstaffed water department posts. Conry plans a George Washington talk at Lyman School with an axe hatchet relic.
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City Hall
James Donovan
James
Department of Luminaries
Board of Elections
William S. McNary
Lewis G. Farmer
McNary
Donovan
Farmer
Quincy
Mr. Donovan
United States
Peters
John B. Moran
School Street
Major Maguire
Ward 12
Civil Service Commissioners
Water Department
Murphy
Civil Service Board
Conry
George Washington
Lyman School
Boston
George
Boston North End playground plan stalls in council battles
Bernard Maguire, 23, died of exposure after sleeping in a Dorchester stable while seeking work. The piece details a push by North End leaders for a Prince Street playground and school site amid opposition from Councilman Doherty and other detractors, with support from community figures and local unions.
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Bernard Maguire
Dorchester Avenue
Donahue
John W. Young
Maguire
Macguire
Rembrandt Work Leads at New York Auction
The King collection of pictures sold for 272705 with expected returns near 300000 including furniture and art objects. At Chickering Hall English landscapes drew steady bids while portraits topped prices. A Rembrandt in the sale sold for 11000, the highest among old masters, with other notable sales including Pourhus portraits at 8000.
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New York
King
Chickering Hall
Hoppner
Lawrence
Countess Charlemont
Turner
Rembrandt
Pourhus
American Wringer Co Advertises in Boston Area
The American Wringer Company lists locations at 13 and 16 Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Cornhill Boston offering all kinds of wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers. Repairs called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 76.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Cornhill
Boston
Playground Opposition Threatens New Schoolhouse Plan
A local dispute pits advocates of the playground scheme against opponents seeking to defeat the new schoolhouse proposition. The conflict threatens the public welfare, with pressure intensifying against the plan amid concerns over educational facilities.
Prince George Towed In After 182 Days At Sea By Kate Jones
The Norwegian bark Prince George from Junin Chile, laden with 800 tons of nitrate, endured a 36 hour hurricane and repeated gales across the Atlantic before the Kate Jones towed her into East Boston. Eleven crewmen, including Erickson, survived as the vessel was dismasted and heavily damaged. The ship, built in England in 1865 and later sailed under the Norwegian flag, is valued with cargo at about $36,000 and salvage claims are expected from the Boston Towboat Company.
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Massachusetts Bay
Kate Jones
Prince George
Christiania
Norway
Junin
Chile
Eastern Railroad
East Boston
Highland Light
Nauset
Hiram Lowell
Cape Cod
Boston
A. Johannesen
Hemenway & Browne
Cape Horn
Equator
Bermuda
Erickson
Nantucket
Sunderland
Eng
P.H. Boer
Boston Towboat Company
Girl of nerve in Haverhill
In Haverhill on February 19 a lamp shade caught fire during a Japan ese sale at Mrs. Enoch H. Howes residence. Miss Kitty Gage hurled the lamp and blazing shade into the street to save others. She escaped serious injuries and helped extinguish remaining flames.
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Haverhill
North Church
Enoch H. Howes
Kitty Gage
Brookline
George Darr Acott
Enno
Hannah Kelley
Righton
Brighton
Oemedy
St. Columb Ne
Trolley Collision Near Wilmington Wrecks Car
A Lowell & Reading street car bound for Lowell collided with a snow plow near Wilmington in a blinding snow squall. The wreck injured the motorman and a passenger. Seventeen passengers were aboard. Charles Doherty of Lowell was seriously hurt.
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Reading
Lowell & Reading Street Railway
Lowell
Wilmington
Charles Doherty
Medicine Touts One Bottle Cure in City Ad
An old advertisement claims a single bottle cures four ailments and invites readers to request a circular from a New York address at 36 and 19th Street. The terse copy emphasizes a simple remedy and directs inquiry via mail.
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Lmedicintes
Bo K
City
19Th St
New
Stars Meet English Comedian at Tremont in Social Night
John Hare the English comedian greeted by a large social gathering after a Tremont Theatre engagement. The guest list included Miss Hare, the Curzons, Fred Terry, Julia Neilson, E H Sothern, Julia Marlowe Taber, Robert Taber, Marie Shotwell, Grace Kimball, and many notable theater and society figures.
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John Hare
Tremont Theatre
Edward H. Crosby
Mt. Vernon Street
Hare
Boston
London
Miss Hare
Curzon
Fred Terry
Julia Neilson
E. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe Taber
Robert Taber
Marie D. Shotwell
Grace Kimball
Miss Dibden
Prisoner of Zenda” Company
Eugenia Woodward
Aubrey Boucicault
Henry Sandhem
Lieutenant Brainard
Albert Vorse
Erving Winslow
E. A. Grazier
Grazier
R. W. Bryant
John J. McNally
Charles Howard
W. E. Bryant
Alfred Brooks Fry
Jean Paul Selinger
Clarence Flemming
Bartlett Bigelow breach of promise trial resumes in court
The second trial of the Bartlett Bigelow breach of promise case opened before Judge Dunbar in the Middle sex Superior Civil Court. Miss Mary E. Bartlett seeks 175000 from the executors of Dr. Henry J. Bigelow for alleged marriage breach. Hadlock leads Bartlett's counsel Hoar and Sullivan for the executors. Bartlett testified about her early life and acquaintance with Dr. Bigelow and will continue today.
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Bartlett- Bigelow
Dunbar
Midddlesex
Mary E. Bartlett
Henry J. Bigelow
Harvey D. Hadlock
Miss Bartlett
Samuel Hoar
William Sullivan
Mr. Hadlock
Dr. Bigelow
Big theatrical trust forms to control twenty one theatres
A new theatrical trust is forming to manage a chain of twenty one theatres from New York to San Francisco. Promoters include Al Hayman Charles Frohman Nixon and Zimmerman Rich and Harris. The Century Theatre in St. Louis is secured and the group will run venues in New York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago San Francisco Pittsburg Denver Salt Lake Portland Los Angeles and other towns from a central New York headquarters.
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New York
San Francisco
al Hayman
Charles Frohman
Nixon & Zimmerman
Philadelphia
Rich & Harris
Boston
New Century Theatre
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Chicago
Pittsburg
Denver
Salt Lake
Portland
Los Angeles
Washington
Gold for Four Per Cents Bonds Sold in Treasury Sale
The Treasury reports near two thirds of the 111 million dollars in new 4 percent bonds sold have been paid in gold. About 56 million in gold has been taken up, with 19 million on deposit in sub treasuries and national depositories. J P Morgan & Co and associates are entitled to bonds with face value around 4.7 million beyond those already notified.
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Washington
Treasury
Carlisle
J. P. Morgan & Co. and Associates
United States
Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Pastor in Leyden
John Wesley Edwards was arrested in Leyden Massachusetts on February 19 charged with threatening to shoot Rev. Charles P. Ketchem pastor of the Methodist Church. Edwards, described as eccentric, sought to present a lecture at the church but was refused. The case was continued until tomorrow with Edwards held on $200 bail.
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Leyden
Mass
John Wesley Edwards
Charles P. Ketchem
Methodist Church
Edwards
End Near for Agusta Gilbert as He Faces Execution
The condemned man AnguS D. Gilbert,Awaiting the hangmans noose in Charles Street jail, refuses further appeals and says he wants the agony over. He endured a tearful religious service and requested to view the Charles River from his cell.
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Angus D. Gilbert
Charles Street
Gilbert
W. W. Doherty
Doherty
O’brien
William B. Dewart
Trinity
F. A. Warfield
Brockton
Benjamin C. Clark
J. E. Leach
William G Tyler
McDonough
Dewart
Charles River
National Republican League to convene in Milwaukee in August
The National Republican League executive committee met at the Auditorium in Chicago and decided to hold the national convention in Milwaukee on August 25 26 and 27. The organizers aim to make the gathering the league history’s greatest demonstration.
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Chicago
National Republican League
Milwaukee
League
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Pastor
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Tremont Row
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