Smallpox Quarantine in Somerville Mobilizes Vaccination
Somerville faces a serious smallpox outbreak with 13 known cases. Three women at 200 Summer Street communicate with husbands via a home telephone connected by electrician Mr Dennis. Mrs Stewart’s severe illness accompanies quarantines of Stewart kin and neighbors. Vaccination drives and free clinics are organized, with 15,000 circulars sent by police. Dr Horace Dennen joins City Physician Dearborn in patient care.
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Summer Street
Somerville
Charles Stewart
Stewart
Joy
Boston
Mr. Stewart
Dennis
Board of Health
Edwin P. Hall
James Delaney
Woodstock Street
Clarendon Hill
Dearborn
Horace Dennen
Little Lillian Aldrich Born Amid Adirondack Snows
A Boston family greets the birth of a daughter to Charles Frost Aldrich and his wife. The child, named Lillian Aldrich after her grandmother, is granddaughter of poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The family, previously visiting Beacon Street, now resides in the Adirondacks after illness, with hopes of heiress status and wealth from the Aldrich name and Henry L. Pierce legacy.
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Lillian Aldrich
Adirondack
Adirondacks
Boston
Charles Frost Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Aldrich
Mt. Vernon Street
Talbot Aldrich
Beacon Street
Aldriches
Henry L. Pierce
Offer of 25000 to Franklin Square House for Women
A Boston donor offers 25000 to fund the Franklin Square House for self supporting young women. The gift rests on raising 75000 by July 1. Dr George L Perin, president, says local and New England philanthropy support the project and expects it to be the largest of its kind. The home plans to house 500 girls with education and social work, opening around July 15 after raising at least 100000 toward the purchase.
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Franklin Square
Franklin Square House
Boston
George L. Perin
New England
Geven
BR. H. White Co
U. 8
Oxford
Vicinia
Captain Ellsworth Dies at Ipswich Lighthouse Keeper
Captain Benjamin Flilsworth, famed as the oldest lighthouse keeper, died at 89 in Ipswich. He tended the Ipswich Beach light for 41 years, helped by his daughter in recent years, and six children survive him.
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Ipswich
Benjamin Flilsworth
Ipswich Beach
Letter praised for grit by Pall Mall Gazette
The Pall Mall Gazette, echoing Tory sentiment, commends a writer who crafted a reply to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, saying such grit embodies what the empire expects from its leaders.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Advocates Higher Fee For State Bar Examiners
Judge Henry and Judge Dewey spoke to the judiciary committee at the State House on behalf of the State bar examiners. They urged shifting fee revenue to the State with fixed salaries set at 1200 dollars for the chairman, 1200 for the secretary, and 1000 for each other member, and raising subsequent examination fees from 5 to 20 dollars after a failed first attempt. The committee took the matter under advisement.
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Henry& Dewey
Committee On the Judiciary
State House
State Bar Examiners
State Board of Bar Examiners
Dewey
Bostonians at Malden Hop
Last evening an Armory Hall gathering in Malden drew a regional crowd. Notable patrons from Boston included Mrs. Phineas W. Sprague Mrs. Costello Converse Mrs. William M. Horne Mrs. Daniel P. Wise Mrs. George J. Gould and others. Fashionable subscribers named Helen Bartlett Arline Browne Mollie Crane Mollie Crane and several Goulds and Hore families attended.
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Armory Hall
Malden
Boston
Phineas W. Sprague
Costello ©. Converse
William M. Horne
Daniel P. Wise
George J. Gould
Eugene Nelson
Frederick Beebe
Alexander McGregor
Helen M. Bartlett
Laurence A Fletcher
Arline M. Browne
Albert T. Fletcher
Margaret Clement
Paul T. Wise
Mollie M. Crane
Warren F. Gould
Bessie L. Baten
Edward B. Horne
Gertrude Lawrence
Alice M. Stevens
Alfredh. Hitchcock
Edward Kendall
Frank M. Bawtell
Florence E. Damon
Miriam Gould
Carpenter
Converse Frederick Beebe
Haleacobs
Jackson Chapter to Be Entertained at Colonial Tea
The Lucy Jackson Chapter of the D A R will be entertained this afternoon at Mrs. Charles L. Den son’s residence on Kirtsall Road Newtonville. The program includes a Colonial tea and a loan exhibition.
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Lucy Jackson
Charles L. Denson
Kirtsall Road
Newtonville
Supper and Lady Pup invited to King Edward’s coronation
Winnipeg dispatch reports Sir Charles Supper and Lady Pup have received coronation invitations and will be accompanied by Miss Tupper. Sir Charles departed for the east today.
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Winnipeg
Man
Sir Charles
Pup
Edward
Tupper
Award Against the City Over Stony Brook Waterrights
Boston Belting Company to receive about 500000 in final settlement for deprivation of Stony Brook waters after litigation dating to 1883 flood damages. City of Boston diverted the brook in 1898 and pledged up to 3 million gallons daily, with commissioners later determining payment terms amid extensive hearings and expert costs.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Boston Belting Company
Stony Brook
Roxbury
Belting Company
Belting
John Kilbourne
City of
John C. Cobb
Charles 8. Hamlin
Reston
Back Bay Fens
Forest Hills
Jackson
Muddy Pond
Muddy River
Collins Goes to Gotham for Manhattan Club Banquet
Mayor Collins travels to New York with Superintendent Donovan and Private Secretary Curran for a Manhattan Club banquet. Officials expect talks on multiple matters and possible agreement on city appointments during the trip. Several reinstatements announced in paving sanitation and ferry divisions, plus new inspections and quartermasters named in East Boston and City Hall staff additions.
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Collins
New York
Manhattan Club
Donovan
Curran
City Hall
James E. MacCullum
James O'Neill
Lawrence Flanagan
John J. Murphy
Thomas F. Conlin
Bernard Plunkett
John Quinn
Patrick F. Silk
William F. Brogie
Curtis A. Metcalf
Benjamin A. Green
Thomas Carty
William J. Mulhall
Timothy A. Toohig
Andrew A. Greer
James J. Kelley
East
Boston
Hugh Montague
Cyrus C. Pritcher
Oscar Miles
Thomas Hill
John Hagerty
Robert J. Brady
Extraordinary Merits of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets
Physicians cautious about new remedies have begun fair trials of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets a non secret antiseptic preparation. Blood root hydrastin and red eucalyptus gum form a tablet that clears mucus and destroys catarrhal germs. Dr Sebring and Dr Odell report cures in nasal throat and stomach catarrh using only these tablets.
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Stuart
Sebring
Odell
Lincoln House sale at Vendome draws fashionable crowd
A Vendome sale for the Lincoln House handicraft building drew a stylish crowd despite bad weather. Tables featured gowns, lace, neckwear, and a dress-up display, with Miss Constance Morse and Miss Emily Lockwood in costume boosting interest. An afternoon performance by Robert Atkinson complemented the event.
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Lincoln House
Vendome
Constance Morse
Emily Lockwood
Robert Atkinson
Darnum and
Daily’s
Hortense Porter
Ella Mason
B. P
Sarah Lawrence
Katherine Peabody
Elizabeth Tilton
Ethel McClure
Susie Howe
Margaret Brennan
Lucy Pearson
Sarah Bingham
Louise Allen
Julia Lawrence
Bishop Lawrence
Lawrence
Caroline Derby
Eloise Derby
Rosamond Porter
Sarah Bremer
Mahlon D. Spaulding
Joseph N. Fiske
S. Parkman Blake
Augustus Hemenway
William Lawrence
Amory A. Lawrence
Augustus Thorndike
Francis H. Peabody
Charless. Sargent
Edward W. Grew
John L. Bremer
Hasket Derby
Henry Pickering
Surprise engagement at 30 Juniper Street Roxbury
Joseph Aigen received a surprise party at his home last evening. Miss Katherine Cannon of New York presented a diamond ring and scarf pin on behalf of guests, who included Patrick Turley as Happy Hooligan and performers William McLaughlin, Charles McCarthy, Arthur Morris, and Frank Murray. A fancy costume entertainment followed with a collation.
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Joseph Aigen
Juniper Street
Roxury
Katherine Cannon
New York
Patrick Turley
Foxy Grand
Byliam
Coffee to Postum: a Newark woman’s eight year relief
Mrs. E. Kelly of Newark New Jersey describes long bilious trouble and indigestion cured after quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. She says weight rose from 109 to 130 pounds and dairy tastes blurred between Postum and coffee, with full endorsement for public print.
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E. Kelly
8Th Ave
Newark
N. J
Postum
Travis to be elected commander of Massachusetts division
The Massachusetts division of the Sons of Veterans opened its encampment at Faneuil Hall with roll call at 2 p m. D Murray Travis of Framingham Tribune is expected to be elected commander. Commander K E H Lounsbury presided, banquet followed, speakers included General W W Blackmar Colonel Charles K Darling and Senator Willard Howland. The division shows about 20 percent member growth and over $600 in treasury.
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Massachusetts
Sons of Veterans
Faneuil Hall
D. Murray ‘Travis
Framingham Tribune
K E. H. Lounsbury
Quartermaster Bolton
Lounsbury
W. W. Blackmar
Charles K. Darling
Willard Howland
Chromatic Club Meets in Tremont Temple
Yesterday morning in Chipman Hall Tremont Temple the Chromatic Club held its February meeting devoted to works of German composers. Mrs Richard Hamlen Jones of Chestnut Hill chaired. The club lists four honorary members including Mme Antoinette Szumowska Adamowski and Mrs Jean Bailey of New York, with many local members named such as Mrs Edith Noyes Porter and Miss Laura Hawkins.
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Chipman Hall
Tremont Temple
Chromatic Club
Richard Hamlen Jones
Chestnut Hill
H. A. Beach
Helen Hopekirk-Wilson
Antoinette Szumowska Adamowski
Jean Bailey
New York
Amon
Edith Noyes Porter
Jeanette Noyes Rice
Louise Bruce Brooks
Homer Sawyer
Sigrid Lunde Souther
James Wright
Rose Stewart
Benjamin F. Redfern
de Ollego
Frank A. Morrill
Laura Hawkins
William. Dana Crcutt
Harrison White Conner
Laura 8. Coffin
Caroline Gardner Clarke Bartlett
Mary A. Farrington
Jessie Davis
Alice Lovett
Coronation Tie Debuts In Local Shop Display
A novelty neckwear item, the Coronation tie, is shown by elf's ty Clothier at the corner of Hanover and Portnd streets. The design features a bow and four-in-hand combined in one piece, drawing attention for its unique style.
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Elf
Ty Clothier
Hanover
Portnd Streets
Ladies' Aid Elects Officers at Tremont Temple
The 11th annual convention of the Massachusetts division of Ladies' Aid Societies met in Gilbert Hall Tremont Temple. Routine business was handled and an exemplification of the order's ritual was held. The election and installation of officers were to occur this afternoon with about six members present.
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Massachusetts Division of Ladies’ Aid Societies
Gilbert Hall
Tremont Temple
100 Doses For One Dollar Economy in Medicine
The passage argues cost and effect measure medicine by value, demanding maximal health benefit per dollar. It states the optimal medicine is the one that most effectively cures with the least expense, urging radical and permanent cures as the ideal.
Hood's Sarsaparilla II Promises Cure All Ailments
A vintage advertising claim describes Hood's Sarsaparilla II as purifying and enriching the blood and curing pimples eczema eruptions tiredness loss of appetite and general debility. The ad asserts the product both promises and delivers health benefits.
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Hood
If you are sick I will cure with a risk free offer
A sales pitch promises Dr Shoop Restorative with a month trial through the druggist. If the patient is not helped the seller pays. The offer guarantees health for $5.50 if successful.
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Dr. Shoop
Suspense Over Miss Stone Case With Congregationalists
The Congregational Board of Foreign Missions reports Miss Stone alive at the end of January and ongoing suspense about her whereabouts. Representatives refuse to cable details, citing pending positive information. Greek interpreter Gardulo, Dr. J. Henry House, and W. W. Peat lead the delegation, with Peat noted for handling large missionary funds and prior government sums.
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Miss Stone
James L. Barton
Congregational Board of Foreign Missions
Post
J. Henry House
D. D
W. W. Peat
Gardulo
House
Turkey
W. W
Peat
Clara Barton
Congregational Society
Garduilo
B. BE Cheong
The
American Board
Baltimore educators linked to Johns Hopkins celebration
Leading city administrators attend events connected with the Johns Hopkins celebration. Names listed include Eliot of Harvard Hadley of Yale Patton of Princeton Butler of Columbia Angell of Brown Hazard of Wellesley Peterson of Gill London of Toronto Vanable of North Carolina Dabney of Tennessee Alderman of Tulane Wheeler of California Jordan of Stanford County of the Catholic University and Daugherty of Georgetown.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Eiiot
Harvard
Hadley
Yale
Patton
Princeton
Butler
Columbia
Angell
Aerene
Hazard
Wellesley
Eterson
C- Gill
London
Toronto
Vanable
North Carolina
Dabney
Tennessee
Alderman
Tulane
Wheeler
California
Jordan
Leland Stanford
The
Catholic University
Daugherty
Georgetown
Peck's Tubular Ear Drum Seeks Deafness Relief
A correspondent is advised to write F Hiscox at 231 Lafayette Street Newark NJ detailing their deafness to obtain information on his Tubular Ear Drum invention. The Surgical Record reports a hospital lecturer showcased a hopeless deaf patient cured by Hiscox device, noting it restores hearing, is removable, comfortable, eight inch size, and does not need to be held in place.
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Peck
F. Hiscox
Lafayette Street
Newark
N. J
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Rosebery
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AMD
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Framingham
D. Murray Travis
BE. H. Lounsbury
Sons of Veterans’ Convention
Ladies’ Aid
Racine, Wis
Thomas A. Edwards
M. D
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Westminster
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Copley Sq
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Liverpool
America
United States
J. Boyle
William Gillette
Duncan B. Macdonald
Hartford Theological Seminary
Guir A. Stoney
Trevil School
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Rocksland
Ill
Alfred G. Bauer
Sprague
Warner & Co
Mr. Whitney
Mass
State Board of Pharmacy
U. S. Health
Boston Drug CO
Tremont St
Ayez
South Boston
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William H
Jessie Ayer
East Fifth Street
Bridgeport
Cop Carey
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