Canadian Lines May Cause War
The question of war between the New York New Haven Hartford Boston Maine system and the Grand Trunk Central Vermont alliance is of intense interest to shippers and business men in New England and Canada.
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New York
New Haven
Hartford
Boston & Maine
Grand Trunk- Central Vermont Alliance
New England States
Canada
Providence
Portland
Grand Trunk
Rhode Island
Mellen
New England
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Rhode Island charter fight stirs railroads over Providence link
The Central Vermont extension to Providence faces a political clash as Grand Trunk and New Haven leaders debate the Rhode Island charter. Rhode Island firms favor Grand Trunk to break New Haven dominance. Canada’s Pacific line aims to expand grain exports through Providence, with fears of freight squeeze on Boston routes.
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New Haven Road
New Haven
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
New London & Northern
Hays
Mellen
Mr. Melten
New England
Woman Doctor Calls Law To Stop Habit Treating
Dr. Adelaide Abcott of the Women's Christian Temperance Union urged Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a law stopping the practice of treating in saloons. She said men spend their pay before leaving, and that stopping treating could aid temperance efforts and improve enforcement of existing liquor laws. She noted prohibition in Boston is unlikely but sought closer adherence to the law against selling to the intoxicated.
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Adelaide Abcott
Women's Christian Temperance Union
United States
Lodge
Massachusetts
Boston
Boston men form Gilder fund for citizenship
Nineteen civic social literary and political groups met at Mendelssohn Hall New York to honor poet Richard Watson Gilder. Governor Hughes spoke as plans began for a $100,000 fund to Columbia University for fellowships and research in political and social sciences. A special committee includes Lawrence F. Abbott Robert T. Lincoln Mrs Grover Cleveland S Weir Mitchell Thomas Wentworth Higginson and William James.
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New York
Richard Watson Gilder
Mendelssohn Hall
Hughes
Columbia University
Lawrence F. Abbott
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
William S. Bourn
San Francisco
Grover Cleveland
S. Weir Mitchell
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Boston
William Jdumes
Bishop Lawrence confirms class at Church of Our Saviour
Bishop Lawrence yesterday confirmed a class of 14 at the Church of Our Saviour in Longwood. The ceremony included both children and adults with a mother standing beside her daughter among the candidates.
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Lawrence
Church of Our Saviour, Longwood
Boy Strikers 10 Stay Out at Pawtucket Mill Blockade
In Pawtucket Rhode Island February 20 150 backboys and doffers demanded 58 hours pay for 56 hours work and 10 percent wage rise. They voted to hold until mill owners in Scotland decide. 150 girl twister tenders attended. girls favored immediate return to work. The vote leaves 2500 idle as mill stands closed.
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Pawtucket
R. IL
J. & F. Coats, Ltd
Scotland
Gander Attacks Betsy the Jersey Cow in Road Parade
In Dickson Tennessee on February 20 a stately gander leading his flock of wives confronted Betsy, the town's prettiest Jersey cow, halted in the road. After a clarion note and rapid wing and bill work the gander charged, causing Betsy to flee the scene.
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Dickson
Tenn
Betsy
Jersey
Arnold Reimer’s gray hair grows black again
In Portland, Arnold Reimer, 89, known for decades of gray hair, sees dark hair grow in replacing the white strands. Friends teased him about grease spots. six months later he reports a return to youth as doctors fail to explain the natural hair color change.
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Portland
Ore
Arnold Reimer
50 Cent Check Pays 520 Indebtedness
A 50 cent refund note issued by Standard Oil to cover empty barrel refunds has circulated in Middletown New York since February 20. It has been endorsed by 400 businessmen in New York City and is still moving. The small check has helped pay the bills of 40 men and settled $20 of indebtedness.
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Middletown
N. Y
Standard Oil Company
New York City
Boston Lecturer Addresses Old Age Pensions Talk
At a Sunday program for the mutual consideration of everyday problems, Professor F. Spencer Baldwin of Boston University, secretary of the Massachusetts Commission on Old Age Pensions, spoke informally on the subject at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union yesterday afternoon.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
F. Spencer Baldwin
Boston University
Massachusetts Commission On Old Age Pensions
Toy Wagon Feud Sparks Lawsuit Between Families
In Tacoma on February 20 a minor toy wagon bought for $1 led to a feud between the Plam and Nicklitch families. The Plams sued Nicklitch for breaking the wagon’s axle and the court awarded $14.65, though an axle replacement would cost 25 cents.
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Tacoma
Wash
Plam
Nicklitch
Plams
Closing Ceremonies of Mission for Women at Cathedral
Solemn closing at Cathedral of the Holy Cross drew about 8500 women for rosary renewal baptismal vows and a sermon on Perseverance with papal blessing. Father Valentine and Father Alexis led the rite as Passionist Fathers praised the mission and Rt. Rev. Mer. Splaine lauded the devotion. Men's service follows this week with same clergy at 5 and 7:45 each day.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Valentine
Alexis
Mer. Splaine
Malden Hebrew Association Holding Seventh Annual Ball
Malden Young Men's Hebrew Association hosts its seventh annual ball tonight at the Auditorium Malden to raise funds for a new $25 000 building intended as a lasting monument to the Jewish community. Committee members include R L Slater chair Charles Soddeck George Yavner Benjamin H Smith Benjamin J Shoolman and A Harris Kirshen with A Harris Kirshen chief marshal and Dr Peter N Fisher floor director. Morris Silverman leads the aids and the hospitality committee chaired by Dr Hoberman will attend guests. City officials and many prominent merchants are expected to attend.
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Malden
Charles Soddeck
George Yavner
Benjamin H. Smith
Benjamin J. Shoolman
A. Harris Skxirshen
A. Harris Kirshen
Peter N. Fisher
Charles Miller
Morris Silverman
Dr. Hoberman
Philip H Temple longtime state prison officer dies
Philip H Temple died at his home at 61 Temple Street Charles Town after an attack of acute indigestion. He served 18 years as a state prison officer and was active in the Odd Fellows. He leaves a widow.
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Philip H. Temple
State Prison
Temple Street
Charlestown
Temple
Odd Fellows
Massachusetts Shut-In Society meets at Perkins Hall
The Massachusetts branch of the Shut-In Society will hold an afternoon meeting at 5 o'clock in Perkins Hall located at 264 Boylston Street to complete organization and elect officers.
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Massachusetts
Shut- In Society
Perkins Hall
Boylston Street
Chains May Bar Beach Chemical From Boulevard
Metropolitan Park Commission faces a dispute over allowing the Revere fire department chemical vehicle to use tire chains on park boulevards during alarms. Chief Kimball favors year round chain use, while Park Police Chief West notes no authority to change laws and defers to the park commission amid slick, dust-laden roads making without chains dangerous.
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Metropolitan Park Commission
Revere Fire Department
Park
Kimball
West
Park Commission
Revere Auto Chemical
Beach Boulevard
Race prejudice address by Atlanta educator in New York
W E Dubois, Negro educator at Atlanta University, spoke at the Free Synagogue in New York on race prejudice. He argued white laborers in the South maintain black subordination hindering broader labor justice, noting some Northerners’ transplanted aristocracy as worse for negros than native Southerners.
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New York
W. E. Dubois
Atlanta University
Free Synagogue
South
United States
Town funds short eighty one cents in Southbridge
Eight hundred seventeen dollars and thirteen cents is the final shortage in former Town Treasurer John A. Hall’s accounts as Robert Campbell of Boston reports to the Board of Selectmen. Hall sits in Worcester jail awaiting grand jury action on alleged theft of four hundred twenty four thousand dollars from the Southbridge Savings Bank where he was previously treasurer.
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Southbridge
John A. Hall
Robert Campbell
Boston
Board of Selectmen
Hall
Worcester
Grand
Southbridge Savings Bank
Mrs Deland Charity Flower Show at Newbury Street
Mrs Margaret Deland will stage a charity flower sale at her home 3 Newbury Street on February 24 from 2 to 5 30 oclock if stormy the sale shifts to Friday morning This is the 16th annual sale for the benefit of a charity she supports Nearly 800 pots of jonquils hyacinths tulips and purple grape hyacinths will be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Deland
Newbury Street
Bonds of New Haven attacked in Washington Night talk
The Rev A A Berle denounced the New Haven railroad bonds in his Washington Night address at Shawmut Church urging protection of savings in banks. He warned of future industrial and financial manipulation by railroad interests and urged a Washington Lincoln alliance to defend investors and public funds.
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A. A. Berle
New Haven Railroad
Washington
Shawmut Congregational Church
Commonwealth
Goulds
New Haven
Lincoln
Yonkers Man Rescued After Hours in Tree Windstorm
George Mertin, 29, of Ninth Avenue, New York, was left lashing high in a tree about 70 feet above the Ravine Avenue tracks when a ladder broke. Buffeted by an icy gale for hours, he could not move his limbs and had to be hauled down by ropes after nearly freezing to death.
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New York
New York Central
Ravene Avenue
Yonkers
George Mertin
Ninth Avenue
Washington Memorial Hall funded for construction
Mrs Henry F Dimock president of the George Washington Memorial Association announced that contributions have nearly assured the construction of the 2 1 2 million George Washington Memorial Hall in Washington D C Pledged funds already meet the goal and construction can proceed soon
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New York
Henry F. Dimock
The
George Washington Memorial Association
Washington, D. C
Free Double Legal Stamps at Wolf's My Clothier
Free double legal stamps offered with every purchase morning until noon at Wolf's My Clothier located at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets. After noon stamps drop to a single stamp per purchase.
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Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Wolf’s
Lewiston Circled Cuba In Storms On Coastal Voyage
Four masted schooner Lewiston, after a brutal voyage from Boston to Baltimore for coal, was driven 1000 miles off course and circled Cuba during a long storm. Captain Ginn pressed on to Port Arthur Texas for lumber, delivering cargo to Boston instead.
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Cuba
Lewiston
Boston
Baltimore
Port Arthur
Tex
Ginn
Captain Ginn
Root Laughs At Old Story At Ballinger Hearing
Washington Feb 20 Senator SutherlandUtah leaned to whisper to Senator Root New York The New Yorker smiled then broke into a hearty laugh as Sutherland finished recounting a court tale The joke compared corrections in testimony to a woman witness correcting her age noting her bust measure Instead of age the joke said the measure was corrected to fit the moment
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Washington
Ballineger
Senator Sutherland
Utah
Senator, Root
New York
Banked $6800 in Her Socks in Bowling Green
Mrs Emily A Carman of Bradner revealed a hidden stash of cash securities and diamonds secreted in her hose after long illness forced the stockings to come off. The 73 year old widow of Dr T S Carman a Wood county pioneer doctor disclosed the secret.
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Bowling Green
Emily A. Carman
Bradner
Groom Given Ride in Coffin in Streator Ill
In Streator Illinois on February 20 A A Solon a young undertaker recently married was paraded through the streets in a coffin at 10 PM as part of a mock memorial by the Streator Bachelor Club. A jury of unmarried men found him guilty and sentenced him to a severe electric shock before placing him in the coffin bearing Not dead, but married.
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Streator
Ill
A. A. Solon
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R. L. Slater
Malden Young Men's Hebrew Association
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Dubois
Southbridge Affairs
Mrs. Deland
Berle
Washington Memorial
Root
Congress
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