Mayor appoints Democrat and Republican to key city posts
Mayor Hibbard shocks officials by naming Charles x Brown as city collector at 5000 a year and Vernon V Skinner as commissioner of penal institutions at 5009 a year. Brown, a longtime clerk, will be confirmed by the Board of Aldermen with City Auditor Mitchell acting city collector in the interim. Skinner, 87, Harvard Law graduate and Republican leader, is to replace John B Martin amid party tensions.
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Hibbard
Republican City Committee
Charles x. Brown
Garrett Scollard
Vernon V. Skinner
John B. Martin
Skinner
Herbert Carruth
Martin
Or Fitzgerald
Carruth
Ayer
Brown
Mitchell
Knights of Columbus
Roxbury
Royal Arcanum
Walter F. Burk
East Boston
Graves
City Committee
Jie
Charles Slattery
Ward 22
Harvard Law School
Hav
Republicd
Gene
City
Beaurie
Ieee
Arom
White
Cerse
Harry Irge
Paign
Sten- Frank Sheu
Ing
Charles R. Brown
Mr. Brown
Boston
Supreme Court
Rossite Chester
Knights of Col
Clu
Vernon
Boston Latin
Ball Player's Bride Tries Suicide Twice in Omaha
Mrs. Bernard Cassidy of Boston attempted death by laudanum twice in Omaha while seeking a divorce from baseball player Bernard Cassidy. The 28 year old widow, tied to a romance from the ball field, had joined him after a decade of marriage and separations across New England and Pennsylvania.
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Omaha
Neb
Bernard Cassidy
J. G. Werner
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Cassidy
Lorna Werner
Lynn
Lynn New England
Miss Werner
Newport
R. I
Paul E. Werner
Akron, C
Werner Publishing Company
Werner
Norristown
Penn
Fall River
Hallowell, Me
Newcastle
Anderson
D. C
Eighth Street
South Boston
West Canton Street
Lorna Cassidy
Lowell
Omaha, Neb
Brokaw separated from wife Mary Blair after marriage in 1907
New York reports confirm Brokaw and Mary Blair have separated after a long marriage. Mary Blair, daughter of a Blain Chittenango broker, began life in North Carolina, with a country home in Sky. The couple, once high society figures and ballooning enthusiasts, parted amid rumors of a second divorce in recent years.
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New York
Brokaw
Brok Brokaw
Mary Morrier
Joseph A. Blair
W. Gould
Blair
Loving Cup for Coming Bride Gifts to Mrs McLean’s Daughter
A grand cut glass loving cup, several feet high, was sent yesterday as a wedding gift to Mrs. Donald Mc Lean's daughter Pessie for a March 3 marriage. The cup, selected by Mrs. Samuel Thompson, Mrs. Adalia Page, and Mrs. Edward Clark, was displayed at the Lenox chapter meeting where General Darling spoke on Patriotic Societies and Dr. Underhill spoke on Historic Groton. John Adams Chapter has hosted Mrs. McLean on visits and invites attend the bridal, but Miss Floretta Vining the State regent will be the only chapter member able to attend.
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Donald McLean
Pessie
John Adams
Samuel Thompson
Adalia Page
Edward Clark
Lenox
General Darling
Underhill
Groton
Fire destroys Mangelsdorff store area in Ellinwood
A February 28 fire in Ellinwood Kansas wiped out Mangelsdorff grocery and dry goods, the opera house block, and J C McCracken drug store causing an estimated loss of 140000 dollars.
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Ellinwood
Kan
Mangelsdorff
J. Cc. McCracken
Mrs Eddy Tax Case Limitation Questioned in Concord
Concord New Hampshire February 28 The board of assessors cannot summon Mrs Mary Baker Eddy or Calvin A Frye to testify in the city tax investigation for Eddy’s 19 years residence here The city may seek reimbursement if any tax liable property escaped assessment in 1907 08 City Solicitor Edmunds Cook testified before the board.
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Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Calvin A. Frye
Concord Board of Assessors
Eddy
Edmunds. Cook
Museum Seeks Funds for New Boston Gallery Project
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts outlines its 1907 annual report details for the Huntington avenue site awaiting completion by February 23 1909 with an estimated cost of 1 573 000 and a projected 623 650 needed after existing funds. A committee led by Holker Abbott and others seeks at least 750 000 more endowment to cover annual running expenses and notes cautious fundraising until markets improve.
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts
Huntington Avenue
Fenway
Messrs. Holker Abbott
Robert A. Bolt
George B. Dorr
A. F. Estabrook
T. B. Fitzpatrick
Francis L. Higginson
Wallace L. Pierce
A. Shuman
S. D Warren
Attorneys Discuss Tax Authority Over Mrs. Eddy Property
Attorney Cook asked for more time to decide whether the assessors can tax Mrs. Eddy property not listed before 1907. The City Hall executive session followed weeks of inquiry begun by Charles J. French, head of New Hampshire Federation of Labor. It emerged that ex-Senator William J. Chandler, counsel for Mrs. Eddy’s son George Washington Glover, has long supported French’s movement.
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Cook
Three sisters testify in Cambridge divorce case
In East Cambridge Mrs. Charles R. Hollis seeks separation from Charles R. Hollis alleging cruel treatment. Hollis counterclaims improper conduct with lodger Charles E. Haley. Testimony recounts a summer cottage incident and harsh quarrels as evidence of marital strife.
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Charlotte Cosgrove
Elizabeth Cutler
Eleanor Haley
Catherine Hollis
Charles R. Hollis
Cambridge
East Cambridge
Oxford Street
Somerville
Hollis
Charles E. Haley
Charles FE. Haley
Haley
Child Frees From Roof Fall In Cambridge Tenement
Freddie Duncan three, fell from the four story Cambridge tenement roof yesterday afternoon. He escaped with minor injuries though his left arm was fractured and his body bruised. Brother Wallace Duncan witnessed the fall and rushed to summon aid. Freddie was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital.
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Freddie Duncan
Frederick H. Duncan
Portsmouth Street
Cambridge
Wallace Duncan
Freddie
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Uncle Joe Robinson Retires After 53 Years With B and M
Joseph C. Robinson known as Uncle Joe retires from the Boston and Maine railroad after 53 years of service. At 84 he remains hale and hearty and ends a career that began as a watchman and ended as station master at North station. He joins multiple fraternal orders and leaves many friends.
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Joe’ Robinson
Boston & Maine Railroad
Robinson
North Station
Joe
Joseph C. Robinson
Prominent Bridgeport financier Edward G. Burnham dies at 81
Edward G. Burnham, a leading Bridgeport businessman and founder of Eaton, Cole & Burnham, died this afternoon at age 81. He shaped local finance and industry for decades.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Edward G. Burnham
Eaton, Cole & Burnham
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