East Boston Tunnel Plan Backed by City Leaders
Nearly 100 East Boston leaders and Boston businessmen urged the City Council executive committee to endorse a teaming and pedestrian tunnel between East Boston and the city. The panel delayed action for a week as supporters argued the project could cost 1.6 million and end ferry service, with benefits to ferries’ deficit and travel time.
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East Boston
Boston
Attridge
McDonald
Mr. Sullivan
East
Transit Commission
Natoma Kiss Not Real Kiss at All
Philadelphia February 27. The famed Natoma kiss from the premiere of the new American grand opera is not a kiss, says prima donna Miss Lillian Grenville who performs it with tenor John McCormack.
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Philadelphia
Lillian Grenville
John McCormack
NAB Lawyer on Fraud Charge In Bond Scheme
Howell T. Wood a Boston attorney in the Carney building was arrested by U S Chief Deputy Marshal Morse on a mail fraud charge. The government says Wood acted as a sole operator for the Equitable Corporation & Finance Company and attempted to float 25000 in bonds for Corridor Mills Company with a 5 percent commission plus assorted fees. Wood pleaded not guilty and is held on 1000 bail pending a Thursday hearing.
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Carney Building
United States
Marshal Morse
Wood
Equitable Corporation & Finance Company
Boston
Corridor Mills Company
Landis
N. Y
Post Office
Dunn
Federal Building
Hayes
Elisha Gage Scudder Dies at 71 in St. Louis
Elisha Gage Scudder, president of the Scudders-Gale Grocery Company and Hyannisport native, died yesterday in his 72nd year. Funeral set for tomorrow. survived by four children including Prentiss Gale Scudder and Elisha Gage Scudder Jr.
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ST. Louis
Elisha Gage Scudder
Scudders-Gale Grocery Company
Hyannisport
Mass
Scudder
Pierce Academy
Middleboro
Boston
Massachusetts
Mary Gale
Prentiss Gale Scudder
Elisha Gage Scudder, Jr
E. A. Hallett
Kenneth L. Green
Miss Grenville Denounces Opera Kiss Details
Miss Grenville condemned reports claiming an onstage kiss in the opera. She argued the kiss does not occur in reality and any contact would ruin makeup, emphasizing the overall production over a mere kiss.
Free Rupture Cure Method Offered At No Cost
An advertiser claims a new rupture cure that ends truss use and risk of strangulation. The offer promises a permanent cure for all rupture types and ages, including post operative cases, at no charge, urging readers to mail a coupon today.
Labor Leader Hector Mc Gregor Buried in Washington
Hector Mc Gregor prominent labor leader and former lieutenant of Garibaldi who helped organize the American Federation of Labor died here Saturday and was buried today in Washington.
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Washington
Hector McGregor
American Federation of Labor
Garibaldi
Robbery Attack on Chinaman at Hanson Street Laundry
Charles Yee, a Chinese laundry operator at 1A Hanson Street, was attacked late yesterday afternoon. Two men beat him with a hammer, bound and gagged him, and rifled the cash drawer containing about $10 before fleeing toward Ringgold Street. Police describe suspects as two men 20 to 25, one short and one tall, both in blue serge suits with derby hats. one hat and gloves were left behind.
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Charles Yee
Hanson Street
Yee
Chinaman
Wanson Street
Ringgold Street
Taft Accepted Invitation to Dedication of Pressmen Home
President Taft accepted an invitation to attend the dedication ceremonies at the National Home of the Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union in Hale Springs Tennessee in June. Theodore Roosevelt and W J Bryan have also been invited as guests.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Taft
National
the Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
Hale Springs
Theodore Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Chelsea Ball Tonight Led by Local Jewish Group Leaders
The Young Men's Hebrew Association of Chelsea hosts its annual ball tonight at Copley Hall. Samuel Markell serves as chief marshal with Abraham Klubock as assistant marshal and Israel Cooper as floor director.
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Young Men's Hebrew Association of
Chelsea
Copley Hall
Samuel Markell
Abraham H. Klubock
Israel Cooper
Samuel E. Pauline
Samuel Wasser
Direct primary set for Chicago mayor nomination
Chicago prepares for its first direct mayoral primary with five Republican and three Democratic nominees. Twenty thousand ballot guardians were instructed today and will be paid five dollars each, having received official commissions.
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Chicago
Ill
City mayoral race weighed as primaries near
Judge Owens forecasts reduced fraud with army of watchers as Republicans list Merriam Thompson Smulzski Murray Scully and Democrats name Graham Harrison Dunne. Polls open 6 am to 5 pm with an estimated 200000 voters. Both parties split with no united backing and independent voters seen as pivotal.
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Owens
Charles EB. Merriam
University of Chicago
John R. Thompson
John As Smulzski
Tom Murray
John E. Scully
The
Democrats
Andrew J.graham
Carter H. Harrison
F. Dunns
United Organization
Andrew J. Graham
Democratic County Central Committee
Edward F. Dunne
Fashion blocks traffic as harem skirts parade down Broadway
In New York on February 27 crowds along Fifth Avenue and Broadway from Herald Square to Forty-fifth Street watched two pretty young women wearing harem skirts. The spectacle drew throngs that blocked traffic and forced the duo to seek refuge in a taxicab at three intervals during their promenade.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Herald Square
Forty-fifth Street
Curious Fifth Avenue Drapery Crowd Chaos
In New York on Fifty-ninth Street crowds pressed along Broadway as two young women Miss Edith Hardlow and Miss Adelaide Bernon with Miss Harriet Westerfield tried on skirts. A photographer and growing crowd forced them into a taxi and later into theatres as police cleared the throng reaching Forty-fifth Street.
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Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Edith Hardlow
Adelaide Bernon
Harriet Westerfield
Fifty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Cure
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a potent remedy for bad colds and grippe. It claims relief from symptoms within two to three doses and asserts no quinine is used, highlighting three years of research and a 25 cent price.
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Pape
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