Boston police chief challenges claim of 200 houses of ill fame
Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara offered to prove to officers of the Watch and Ward Society that secretary J Frank Chase was false in his statement that there are more than 200 houses of ill fame in Boston. In a letter to the editor of the Post he notes a record two year run of convictions and says the remaining houses are paralyzed, awaiting a respite that will never come.
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Stephen O'Meara
Watch and Ward Society
J. Frank Chase
Boston
The
Post
Chase
Boston Daily
New England Watch and Ward Society
Lst
Stephen O’meara
City of
Boston Police Chief Calls 200 not 25 Houses in City
A Boston Police Commissioner asserts the 200 plus figure of vice houses is false, claiming fewer than 25 may exist. He notes police have closed many places over two years with 226 arrests and 196 convictions, urging ministers and officers of his society to verify and attend.
Taft backs injunction bill in federal courts
President Taft endorses Representative Moon's injunction bill, praising its adherence to Republican platform and clear distinction between final, interlocutory and restraining orders. Moon says the President agrees the bill limits equitable power as far as Congress can under the Constitution.
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Washington
Taft
House
Representative Moon
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Revision of
Moon
The
White House
Madison
Kansas
Owae Tae He
Congress
Free-Double Legal Stamps Offered at Wolf's Clothier
Free-Double Legal Stamps will be given free with every purchase mornings until 12 o'clock noon at Wolf's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets. Single stamps there after.
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Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Gresham HUNT FOR PHANTOM IN Boston Harbor
A revenue cutter Gresham ended a two day chase for a phantom ship said to exist only in a seaman's tale. In Newburyport a foggy morning saw a man tell police the phantom vessel was out of coal and needed rescue.
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Eaton
Newburyport
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Harding
First Life Saving District
Gresham
Provincetown
U. S. Revenue
Plum Island
Launch
Aberroth
The
Faton
Tlauriat
Peertsmouth
Gloucester
Boston
Katon
Pamuse
Porto Rico
Boston Harbor
North Atlantic
Dodge's Remarkable Will Stirs Worcester Society
In Worcester on February 22 the probate filing reveals a notable will by the late Thomas H. Dodge. It creates a 75 year fund to back a hospital for women and children named Eliza D. and Cora J. D. Dodge Hospital to open in 1985, and a Daniels Academy fund for Brookline New Hampshire. Mrs. Cora J. D. Dodge receives the largest legacy, with the hospital honoring her name. Public opinion is divided on the generosity and example set.
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Worcester
Thomas H. Dodge
Eliza D
Cora J. D. Dodge
Brookline
N. H
Daniels Academy
Dodge
New England
Tramp to Columbus Tests $500 Wager on Hunger
Roscoe Brown a Chicago pedestrian aims to cover 150 miles from Canton to Columbus in five days to win $500 from a Columbus athletic club. He will eat nothing and sleep only outdoors in the cold, seeking the biggest truthful fish story yet. Also noted is G H Siedel detailing his flock of 160 Rhode Island Reds producing 17 576 eggs in three months with hens laying variably in winter.
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Canton
Roscoe Brown
Chicago
Washington
Columbus
Columbus Athletic Club
Brown
G. H. Siedel
Snipsic Lake
Conn
Rhode Island
Fisherman Hauls 7200 Worth of Fish From Inland Lakes
Red Wing Minnesota reports David Gautenbein used about 1800 feet of stream space and several helpers to take $7200 worth of fish from the upper Mississippi inland lakes in one afternoon. He loaded the catch into cars, shipped it to market, and has now received payment.
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Red Wing
Minn
David Gautenbein
Upper Mississippi
Rod and Gun Club Northampton Holds Unique Contest
Northampton February 22 The Rod and Gun Club of Northampton held a unique contest tonight awarding a prize to the winner.
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Northampton
The
Rod and Gun Club of
Absurd tale of Eaton and a phantom ship
The narrator recounts an impossible rumor of a sugar shipment, a non existent ship Pamuse, and a non resident Eaton on Little Deer Island. They conclude Eaton is crazy and fabricated stories, fearing misdirection while sailing to sea, chasing a phantom tale and the Danish harbor fog.
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Newburyport
Lauriat
Baron Munchausen
Dr. Cook
Eaton
John Eaton
Little Deer Island
Maine
Alice
American Sugar Company
Porto Rico
New York
Auto Backed Into Harbor At Hyannis
Eben A. Thacher of Boston and Arlington owner lost a valuable automobile in Hyannis harbor when backing off Wyannis Wharf. The car sank beneath the surface and was beyond reach at once. A recovery attempt is planned for low tide tomorrow.
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Hyannis
Eben A. Thacher
Boston
Arlington
Sargent Masterpieces Reproduced In Color Next Sunday
Four of Sargent's renowned portraits are re produced in color in the Post next Sunday with a brief sketch of the artist. This offers another valuable lesson in art for readers and collectors alike.
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Sargent
Young couple elopes to Covington for marriage license
Farr H Harden twenty and Clara Grossglaus eighteen of Marion eloped to Covington Kentucky after state law blocked a license without parental consent. County Clerk John Dillon refused the license, sent telegrams to their parents, and upon receiving consent the license was issued.
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Cincinnati
Farr H. Harden
Clara Grossglaus
Marion
Covington
John Dillon
Burns Honor Fund Ready at Scottish Clans Banquet
Acting Mayor Walter Ballantyne and ex Senator Ifred J MacLeod led a Burns memorial banquet at Deacon Hall attended by 250 people. Ballantyne announced the Burns Memorial Association will report $15 000 secured for a Burns monument at the next meeting Friday. MacLeod praised Scottish influence in Canada and the U S, noting Intercolonial Club leadership and growth. Royal Clan officers were elected in the afternoon with William Paterson as Chief and James Henderson as chancellor among others.
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Walter Ballantyne
Ifred J. MacLeod
MacLeod
Ballantyne
Canada
United States
Boston
Scotch
McGuinness
McKerr
McWinnon
McDonalds
Jamesl. Wilson
W. M. Tufts
James Henderson
Henry Goodwin
William Paterson
Murdock McLeod
A.L. Gillespie
George Adams
A. MacSparrow
H. W. Fisher
D. M. Yu
Cabinets Defeat Seems Unlikely Asquith Government Holds
London Feb 22 The government gains breathing room as Nationalists and Labourers avoid direct move to topple the ministry. Nationalists defer action, Laborites resist blocking the budget, and Churchill vows the veto bill will define the cabinet’s fate while James Keir Hardie and others press for removal of the Lords veto.
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Ondon
Laborites
Asquith
House of Lords
Labor Party
Ireland
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Churchill
James Keir Hardie
Independent Labor Party
James H. Balziel
Charles Dilke
Hiliare Belloc
Joseph Martin
Married but Once Has 22 Children in New York
New York reports stir over large families as Oscar Darling welcomes his 29th child and John Highirey, 90, claims fatherhood. Daniel J. Bulger of Flushing notes 22 children with one wife. the Bulgers married two years ago and only three children remain alive.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Oscar Darling
John Hi.ghirey
Daniel J. Bulger
Flushing
L. I
Darling
Bulgers
Physical exams urged for teachers by Boston Normal School head
Wallace J. Boyden, principal, argues that before admission to the Normal School and completion of training, female pupils should undergo medical testing to safeguard teaching efficiency. He recalls prior faculty support and says the issue was once proposed but forgotten.
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Wallace J. Boyden
Boston Normal School
Normal School
Boyden
Old Harvard Player Lost Old Harvard Player Lost
The national indoor lawn tennis championship draw narrowed to the round before the semi finals in New York. R A Holden Jr Yale Western champion of Chicago beat old Harvard captain B S Prentice 7 3 6 2. W H Hall defeated D E Roberts 6 2 6 4. W C Grant with R D Richey beat H A Plumer 3 6 6 1 6 0. In the lower half C R Gardner beat A S Cragin 6 2 6 1 and E Fitch 6 2 6 1. J S Cushman beat N S Charlock 6 1 6 2. G F Touchard beat W B Cragin Jr 6 2 9 7. Doubles saw B M Phillips and E F Lee defeat A L Hoskins and B M Sheppard 6 1 6 2. Semi finals bracket filled for 32 matches under poor light due to the storm.
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New York
R. A. Holden, Jr
Yale
Chicago
Harvard
B. S. Prentice
W. H. Hall
D. E. Roberts
W. C. Grant
R. D. Richey
H. A Plumer
C. R. Gardner
J. S. Cushman
N.S. Charlock
G. F. Touchard
W. B. Cragin, Jr
B. M. Phillips
E. F
Lee
Philadelphia
A. L. Hoskins
B. M. Sheppard
Recount Cuts Vote Down in Milton Caucus
A Milton Town Hall recount lowers auditor totals from 1547 to 823 after a miscount by tellers. Four candidates for auditor saw Mitchell 274, Walters 200, Batchelder 179, and Will 170 votes. earlier tallies had been 488, 888, 871, and 850. All candidates will run in the upcoming election.
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Milton Town Hall
Milton
Auditor
Mitchell
Walter
Batchelder
Will
Roger Wolcott
Mystery in The Red Symbol deepens weekly
The serial continues to mystify readers as questions mount about the heroine count and the possibility of a second hero. Next Sunday’s chapter promises further twists as new clues emerge.
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Haton
Indorses
Phantom
Gems of Truth
Brother Eaton
Wee
Denmark
Boston Man
Self
Burns Honor Fund
John Redmond
Sir James
Walter Hume Long
William O’brien
O’brien
Redmond
O'Brien
Wolf's
Harover and
Washington Street
Friends St
Union St
Holden
B. C. Prentice
Indy
Eiabo
Diamond
Desirec
Jsasor
Washington St
Eron Rien
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