Verdict for Mayor Bryant in $50,000 slander suit
In Norfolk Superior Civil Court Judge Hitchcock directed a verdict for defendant ex Mayor Charles M. Bryant of Quincy in a $50,000 slander suit brought by Captain Joel F. Shepard and sons coal dealers of Quincy Point. Plaintiffs say statements at a joint legislative committee investigation during the late coal strike caused them great business injury.
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Dedham
Norfolk
Hitchcock
Charles M. Bryant
Quincy
Joel F. Shepard and Sons
Eben
Charles G
Quincy Point
Lynnfield Man Breaks Arm Attempting Leap to Elevated Train
William B. Robinson of Lynnfield Centre, a stranger to the city, tried to board an Elevated train at Scollay square as it started. He leaped after it and fell into the pit, breaking his right arm. He was taken to Relief Hospital, treated, and sent home.
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William B. Robinson
Lynnfield Centre
Scollay Square
Robinson
Split liquor license fees debated at State House hearing
The liquor law committee held a hearing at the State House on a petition proposing a 50 50 split of license fees between the State and counties rather than the current 75 25 split to cities and the State. Proponents B B Johnson of Waltham and son M M Johnson argued the present system is unfair to no license towns. Supporters from Newton Woburn and Everett spoke briefly, with colleagues citing Willard Howland and David I Robinson. ex Governor Bates line about generous income also entered evidence.
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Legislative Committee On
State House
B. B. Johnson
Waltham
M. M. Johnson
Johnson
Edward H. Haskell
Newton
Griffin Place
Woburn
Alfred Noon
Everett
Willard Howland
David I. Robinson
Bates
Massachusetts
Want Licenses for Barbers
Yesterday Representative Hayes of Lowell pushed a bill to license barbers. Frank K. Foster of the State AFL and several barbers urged passage, citing disease concerns in lower grade shops. Christopher Mellen and Hugh Howe of Boston supported the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Hayes
Lowell
Frank K. Foster
American Federation of Labor
Hayes
Committee On Public Health
Foster
Christopher Mellen
Hugh Howe
Boston
New Dorchester Club Performs Our Boys Tonight
The New Dorchester Club at Whiton Hall Dorchester presents the play Our Boys with after show dancing. Proceeds support athletics for the club, whose members include prominent local young men and operate a summer beach camp. Harry Dannahy chairs as president and Harry O Meara serves as treasurer and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiton Hall
Dorchester
Harry Dannahy
Harry O'Meara
Suffragists Lose Again In House Vote
In the House yesterday the committee on constitutional amendments reported adversely on the petition of Mary A. Livermore and others to strike the word male from voter qualifications. The move aimed to grant women voting rights equal to men.
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House of Representatives
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Mary A. Livermore
State Board seeks lower fines for food adulteration
In a House session Representative Wheatly of Abington presented the State Board of Health petition to reduce penalties for food adulteration from 100 to 500 dollars to 25 to 100 dollars. The board argues the higher fines were an error in law revisions and that courts do not impose the penalties, leaving cases on file after costs are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatly
Abington
State Board of Health
Lawmaker seeks ten dollar fine to curb street spitting
Representative Keefe of Fall River urged a bill to ban expectoration in public places. He said the current law carries a $100 fine with no prosecutions, while the new measure would set a $10 limit and be more effectively enforceable.
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Keefe
Fail River
Committee On Public Health
Engross Bill Exempts Civil War Vets From Taxes
The legislature engrossed a bill to tax exempt property of Civil War veterans who are physically incapacitated up to $2000. Representative Schofield of Ipswich spoke for the bill, with Representative Peabody of Cambridge opposing. the vote was 114 to 62.
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Peabody
Cambridge
Representative Schofield
Ipswich
Third rail spark costs Woodell $2000 in suit against Boston Elevated
In the fifth session of the Superior Court Judge Gaskill awarded John S. Woodell two thousand dollars against the Boston Elevated Railway. He alleged a spark from the third rail on June 23 1902 while passing under the Atlantic avenue structure lodged in his eye causing severe injury. The jury found the railroad liable for not applying to the railroad commissioners for approval of a spark catching pan.
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Johns. Woodell
Boston Elevated Railway
Superior Court
Gaskill
Woodell
Atlantic Avenue
Linehan Demands City Contingent Expense Details
Alderman Frank J. Linehan accused the Mayor of delaying an order to obtain figures from the city auditor. He seeks at the next board meeting the 1884 contingent expenses for each City Council branch and the entertainment and contingents costs for successive mayors from 1883 to 1905.
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Frank J. Linehan
Board of Aldermen
Alderman Linehan
Linehan
Patriots Oppose Moths on Washington Birthday Campaign
Boston civic groups mark Washington Birthday by using little hatchets to battle brown tail moth nests in city trees. Leaders urge men to storm nests and destroy pests, warning of leaf loss if the effort fails.
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United Improvement Associations
Washington
Greater
Boston
Scouts
Charles W. Pierce
Brighton
Faneuil Improvement Association
George Washington
Thomas F. Doherty
Dorchester
Harvard Improvement Association
United Cigar Stores Adopts Free Employee Life Policies
Equitable Life Insurance writes 20 payment life policies for United Cigar Stores managers and salesmen in New York with $1000 to $2500 coverage, and plans similar coverage for all 800 stores nationwide. Premiums are paid by the company as long as employees stay. The program aims to benefit workers and align with the firm’s cooperative philosophy, potentially totaling several million dollars in insured value.
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New York Insurance Department
New York
Equitable Life Insurance Company
United Cigar Stores Company
George J. Whelan
Mr. Whelan
Boston Dog Show Opens in Mechanics Hall Today
The Boston dog show launches at Mechanics Hall with 198 Boston terrier entries and top breeds from New York and Philadelphia. J Pierpont Morgan's prize collies and the Vanderbilt French bulldogs headline a day featuring notable dogs like Thistan II the Great Dane, judged by Joseph M. Dale of Brooklyn.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Boston
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Reginald Vanderbilt
Thistan II
Howe Totten
Washington
Joseph M. Dale
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Frank A. Teeling
William F. McQuinlen
Alice Brownell
George C. Stevens
Walter E. Stone
John C. Sullivan
Mabel Goddard
Q. F. Goldsmith
Oscar J. Gove
T. H. Osgood
Fred J. Reisser
Bradbury Robinson
Myron W. Robinson
James Crohan
James A. Davis
D.N. C. Hyams
Thomas Kelly
Walter Kendall
H. A. Tuttle
Six gas firms fined for multiple law violations
Six gas companies receive $100 fines each from the gas commissioners for violations under Chapter 464. Milford Newburyport and Salem gas firms cited for candie power issues. Cambridge Gas Light and Pittsfield Coal Gas for sulfur excess. Gardner Gas for hydrogen excess. Pittsfield Coal Gas previously found guilty in all three areas. Cambridge Gas Light fined for sulfur and hydrogen content.
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Candie Power
Milford
Newburyport
Salem
Cambridge Gas and
Pittsfield Coal Gas
Gardner Gas Company
Pittsfield Coal Gas Company
Cambridge Gas Light Company
Jury awards 2000 to Roche over streetcar crash
James B. Roche won a $2000 verdict against the Boston and Northern street railway in Superior Court before Judge Schofield. Roche, seeking $20,000, said a Sept 2 1902 Chelsea Everett avenue collision threw him from his wagon, injuring him.
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James B. Roche
Boston & Northern Street Railway
Superior Court
Schofield
Roche
Everett Avenue
Chelsea
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Eastern Massachusetts
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South Street
Donovan
E. A. Walker
Frederick E. Keep
Mutual Life
Milk Street
Tremont
Peter Tancred
Woman’s Department
Bostons
S. E. P. Drake
Essex County
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Exchange Street
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Endicott
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Main Street
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Bryant
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Washington Street
Omens Co-Operative Bank
Las Ividen
Tremont St
Cor. Bromfield
Frank E
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Jowneys
Walter M. Lowney Co
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New Dorchester
Gilchrist
Winter Street
Doel
George
Endowment Life
United Cigar Stores Co
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BIG
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la Roche
Providence
F. M. Jowett
England
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Washington St
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