Boston urged to curb consumption at tuberculosis exhibit
In Horticultural Hall speakers urged Boston to act against tuberculosis after reporting 1414 cases and 1269 deaths last year in a city with high death rates. John Tobin Henry Abrahams and Dr E F Burnham called for open bedroom windows and city and state institutions for chronic cases. They urged workingmen to support measures to eradicate the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Horticultural Hall
John I. Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Henry Abrahams
Cigarmakers’ Union
FE. A. Burnham
Mr. Tobin
New York
Massachusetts
State Board of Health
Burnham
Start the New Year Right with Clean Inside Health
A health notice advises cleansing the body after holiday excess and promotes Cascarets as a gentle nightly remedy. It warns against winter overindulgence and advocates steady exercise, proper diet, and internal cleanliness to avoid winter toxins and fatigue. The ad offers a peach-designed gold plated bonbon box as a reward for sending stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Candle Set Room Ablaze In Garrison Hall Fire Causes Panic
A tiny candle on a Swedish New Year tree started a fire in Garrison Hall on St. Botolph street last night. The blaze was confined to the apartment of Misses Signe Appenes and Elizabeth Akeson after occupants fled. John E. Keeler Clifton Wheeler and William Mellagher alerted residents and the fire department. Loss totaled $200 in furnishings.
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Garrison Hall
St. Botolph Street
Signe Appenes
Elizabeth Akeson
John E. Keeler
Clifton Wheeler
William Mellagh
Tara themed Gaelic School entertainment draws crowd
About 500 people packed the old Franklin Schoolhouse for a Gaelic School presentation of the hall of Tara with Ard Righ and four provincial kings in council. Dressed in period robes, the council members received enthusiastic applause while Heaney, Downs, Donlan, Sheehan, and McHendry portrayed the rulers. OCallaghan was Druid and herald. Quill and Messina provided music. Conlan lectured on Tara from ancient times to early Christian era. Mrs Mead and others sang Irish songs and the audience joined in God Save Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Gaelic School
Hall of Tara
Ard Righ
Heaney
Knights of Tara
Downs
Munster
Donlan
Vassar Matron Dies Leaving Boston Family
Poughkeepsie N Y Dec 31 Mrs Helen H Flett for 20 years matron of the infirmary at Vassar College died suddenly this afternoon of embolism following pneumonia She is survived by three sons and a daughter all living near Boston Her daughter Dr Penelope M Flett a Vassar graduate practices medicine at Waverley Massachusetts.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Helen H. Flett
Vassar College
Flett
Boston
Penelope M.flett
Vassar
Waverley
Mass
Gas price cut by Boston Consolidated Gas Company
The Boston Consolidated Gas Company announces a 5 cent gas price reduction effective January 1, the second voluntary cut since last June, saving the public about 250,000 dollars for the year to June 30, 1906. It adds free local pay stations and a complaints department, with a 19 percent overall price reduction and no charge for service pipe connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Consolidated Company
Allston Drug Company
Cambridge Street
Allston
O. Swallow
Centre Street
West Roxbury
Heinlein & Brown
Washington Street
Brighton
J. S. Potter
South Street
Roslindale
Fitzgerald Plans to Abolish Superintendent of Streets
Mayor Fitzgerald will propose abolishing the office of superintendent of streets in his inaugural, pushing a reorganization that splits the department into four or five independent divisions. Each head would report directly to the Mayor, removing direct supervision by a single superintendent.
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Fitzgerald
Reverend RE. Ufford Delivers New Year Sermon at Revere
The Rev. RE. Ufford, author of the hymn Throw Out the Life Line, spoke at a New Year’s service in First Baptist Church, Revere. He illustrated the hymn with a life line used in rescues off the New England coast.
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Revere
S. Ufford
Yvirst Baptist Church
Tie
New England
Moran's Grand Jury Today Opens Busy Suffolk Session
District attorney John B. Moran readies the Suffolk grand jury for a record season with the Fenway graft probe and related cases. He plans to summon Congressman William S. McNary and pursue evidence across Boston, while opposing a Thayer bill to curb DA power. Moran’s past success and rivalries color the looming scrutiny and potential clashes over authority.
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John B. Moran
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Moran
Whelton
French
Norfolk
Plymouth
William S. McNary
John F. Fitzgerald
McNary
Suffolk County
South
Boston
School Street
Wdistrict
Attorney Moran
Frank W. Thayer
Ward 20
Thayer
Military Drill For Patrolmen At Irvington Armory
The Boston police department enters its annual drill season with daily drills at the Irvington street armory. Captain Dennis Donovan returns to lead instruction, promising more strenuous routines and firmer discipline for patrolmen this year.
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Irvington Street
Boston Police Department
Bluecoat
Fom
Dennis Donovan
Solons Meet On Thursday For Statehood Vote
Washington December 31 The House will meet Thursday and may pass the bill admitting two new states after deciding the reference of the President message. A vote on whether insurance belongs in Ways and Means or Interstate Commerce will occur, with a rule likely making statehood a special order. The Senate will appear for two days Thursday and Friday. The ship subsidy bill remains unfinished as Senator Gallinger may start debate. Executive business also features amid controversy.
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Washington
Llouse
Ways and Means
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee On Rules
House
Senate
Gallinger
Carnegie doubles Scots Charitable Society gift boost
Andrew Carnegie after visiting Boston donates 36000 to the Scots Charitable Society to aid Scottish born residents in need. He plans to double the society's invested funds to about 60000 for yearly relief, following a quiet check on the group’s finances. Duncan D. Russell presides, John 4. Loudon Treas., Peter E. Patterson Sec.
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Boston
Scots’ Charitable Society
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
New England
Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
Duncan D. Russell
Dorchester
John 4. Loudon
Alliston
Peter E. Patterson
West Roxbury
Labor notes from New England district trade union convention
The New England District Lodge 7 of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders of America met in Boston with delegates from Providence Keene N H Worcester Portland Quincy Fitchburg Mechanicsville N Y Concord N H Norwood. The Worcester lodge is being reorganized and Portland seeks an eight hour day. The board plans aid to 40 unions on legislative measures for the General Court. Boston longshoremen wage requests await action. Numerous local union officers and upcoming elections and wage scales are listed, including unions in Boston and New York area.
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New England District Lodge
Ihen Shipbuilders of America
Boston
Providence
Keene
N. H
Worcester
Portland
Quincy
Fitchburg
Mechanicesville
N. Y
Concord
Norwood
Worcester Lodge
Portland Lodge
Providence Lodge
Kall River
Grand Lodge
A. FF. of
General Court
Wakefield
Salem
Malden
Women’s Labor League
Boston & Maine Freight Clerks’ Assembly
K. of L
Arthur Cole
Worthy
Thomas Sutton
J. J. Kirby
RB. Cronin
L. Atwell
George H. Hills
Union Cloth and Cap Makers
Union 7
FF. Weinstein
PB. Zanowsky
H. Smith
H. Goldman
H W. Golding
Boston Brewery Workers’ Union
John Harvey
Michael T. Athridge
Edmund F. Ward
Hugh J. Gildea
Daniel Coyne
Timothy Kelly
Harvey
Boston & Maine
John Hughes
P. J. Driscoll
Michael White
Dennis Reardon
Bakers’ Union
Joseph T. Walsh
John Lafont
Patrick Tracy
Thomas Booth
James J. Jacobs
Martin Friem
Union 112
New England
Catholic Union Hall
Worcester Street
Frank P. Fall
Michael J. Sheehan
Daniel Carroll
John Ells
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Assembly
Michael Carney
Patrick Crooke
Patrick Dooley
James Haggerty
Timothy To Jan
Union 54
Washington
Union 625
Boston Beer Company of
South Boston
Plumbers, Gas and Steamfitters
Parkman Hall
Boylston Place
Union Plumbers of
Union 25
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Davis & Shannon Optician
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North Station
Ivery
Moran’s Grand Jury Today
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