Metropolitan Home Telephone promoters plan major Boston plant
Promoters say a new telephone system will rival U S installations and begin construction by spring. A meeting at Alfred Hayes Tremont Building will elect officers and form a permanent organization. They anticipate street permits after April 15 and expect three years to complete equipment in Boston.
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United States
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
Alfred 8. Hayes
Tremont Building
Mr. Hayes
Post
B0ston
James HH. Doyle
Joe
Boston
French Court Rules Dress Costs Must Stay Within Reason
Paris court upheld a suit over 21 gowns bought for a wife. It ruled the husband’s authority implies prudence and that dressmakers must check if orders align with the couple’s finances and social status. The plaintiff was awarded 3800 dollars.
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Paris
Hidden Wealth of Isbell of New Haven Reaches $1 500 000
New Haven, Conn. December 31. After weeks of inquiry among the late George A. Isbell’s effects, administrator W M Andrews reports stocks and bonds totaling 1 500 000 found hidden in out of the way places. Deeds to property in many Eastern states also appear. The estate is unsettled with a dozen heirs contesting division. Isbell was unmarried.
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Isbell
New Haven
Conn
George A. Isbell
W. M. Andrews
Legislature to convene with 280 members in 1907 session
The General Court meets tomorrow at the House for the 1907 session. Col of the House likely reelected, Senator William D. Chapple of Salem to succeed President Dana on the Superior Court bench. Inauguration of Governor Guild set for Thursday.
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General Court
Cole
House
William D. Chapple
Salem
Dana
Superior Court
Remington
Kimball
Coolidge
Senate
Luke Davis
Thomas Pedrick
Guild
Eczema Cleared After Ten Years With Cuticura Regimen
A man with a decade long eczema relief found total cure using Cuticura Soap five cakes and Cuticura Ointment two boxes as advised by a friend. He reports feeling like a new man and fully healed.
Skin ailment relief with Cuticura remedies
David Blum of Bedford Station New York reports fifteen years of eczema eased after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. He says irritation and peeling faded after weeks and five cakes plus two boxes cured his skin condition completely.
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David Blum
Bedford Station
N. Y
Cure for Eczema Highlighted by Family Testimonial
A four year old boy cured of eczema after using Cuticura remedies over three months. The testimonial from Mrs. G. H. Conant of Rockland Massachusetts praises Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, claiming they are purer sweeter and faster acting than any other remedies. Sold worldwide by Potter Drug & Chemical Corp with a mailed free treatise on skin and blood.
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G. H. Conant
Rockland
Mass
Potter Rug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Hood
Police Cannot Find Shapleigh Still Missing
December 31 report notes Arthur Shapleigh remains unlocated after his wife’s sudden death stirred wide interest. Salem police inspector Dennis and patrols have searched with no result. Lynn and State police monitor the case. Shapleigh is sought as a witness, not under arrest, with no new developments.
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Sal
Arthu Shapleigh
Dennis
Salem
Lynn
Shapleigh
City to press for better lighting and lower rates
After a talk between Mayor Fitzgerald and Lamps Superintendent Dennis J. Hern in the mayor's office, the city will demand improved service and reduced rates from Rising Sun Lighting Company if the street lighting contract is renewed. Boston pays about 300000 yearly. the original deal dated from ex Mayor Josiah Quincy and James Donovan.
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Fitzgerald
Dennis J. Hern
Rising Sun Lighting Company
Hern
Rising Sun Company
Boston
Josiah Quincy
James Donovan
Quincy
Donovan
Six Little Tailors Open New Washington Street Store
The Six Little Tailors opened a new two floor store at 117 and 179 Washington street near Ames building. The shop expands to two departments offering tailor made and ready to wear goods with a stock of woolens and imported fabrics. Edward Jacobs guarantees top quality and reasonable prices for the city’s most stylish dresser. Piles claim and remedy follow in ad copy.
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Washington Street
Ames
Edward Jacobs
Boston Post Booklovers Contest Rules Summary
The notice explains Booklovers Contest rules, prizes up to a thousand dollars, entry by mail postpaid, and requirements for answering in numerical order. It notes multiple sets allowed, no cheating, ties share prizes, and reference to the contest catalogue and back issues for problems.
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Boston Post
Post
Booklovers
P. O
Boston
Mass
Wihaine Aperera
Boston Post Booklovers
Office of
the Post
Daily Post
Ss. H. G
Hadley
Arch H. G
A. R
Somerville
M. J
Jules Verne
Balzac
Dumas
Weenton
Lynn Ing
Klovers
Sacheness
Laos
Dorchester
Maine
Million Chinese Starving Amid Worse Famine
Dec 31 report from Pishin notes severe famine across northern Anhui and Honan, with Kiangsu foods hit hard. Four million people possibly starving as destitute wanderers join secret societies for rice. about 50,000 refugees reach Nanking region. authorities struggle to respond.
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Pishin
Anhui
Nanking
Hirt Oovet
Business Men Make Merry Welcoming 1907
Members of the Chamber of Commerce and guests gathered in the large auditorium to bid farewell to 1906 and welcome 1907 with oratory, music, and a large distribution to employees. Mayor Fitzgerald spoke on Boston’s need for energy to face industrial challenges and criticized the Boston & Albany route for mismanaging terminals in Chicago, St. Louis, and New York. The event featured the Empire Womans Orchestra and performances by young workers, including a messenger in a white suit dancing for applause.
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Chamber of Commerce
John J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Empire Womans
Y of Commerce
Johnie Plunkett
E. P. Clapham
John W. Cox
Walter E. Smith
J. F. Hammers
Boston
Tay
Tie Country
Boston & Albany
Chiago
St. Louis
New York
New York Cong
Arowd Hear Dr Hillis on Ruskin at Tremont Temple
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn lectured on John Ruskin in Tremont Temple Boston last night. He summarized Ruskin as saying without industry there is guilt and that wealth without help is brutal, noting Ruskin's advocacy of education social settlements and critique of vast riches.
Funeral for Annie Judson Withrow at Park Street Church
Friends from Park Street Church attended the funeral of Annie Judson Withrow wife of Rev. John L. Withrow at Hotel Majestic Brookline. Rev A Z Conrad a New York classmate spoke. no music or pallbearers. Interment followed at Mt Auburn for Rev Charles B Kellogg.
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Park Street Church
Hotel Majestic
Brookine
Annie Judson Withrow
John L. Withrow
A. Z. Conrad
D. D
New York
Withrow
Mt. Auburn
Chares B. Kellogg
Woman Dies at 100 After 109th Birthday Celebration
Wethel Connecticut Mrs Ann Stevenson of this town died today at age 100 following her 109th birthday celebration. She passed away from general infirmity in her home, marking the end of a long life.
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Wethel
Conn
Ann Stevenson
TO CURE A COL IN ONE DAY
Advert says take laxative Brojo Quinine tablets with druggists refund if ineffective. It claims cure for a cold in one day and lists signature of W Grove on each box.
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KB. W. Grove
Baroness Burdett-Coutts to Be Buried in Westminster Abbey
Baroness Burdett-Coutts who died at her London residence will be buried in Westminster Abbey on January 5. The body will lie in state at her home on January 3 with restricted public access. Condolence messages continue to arrive from around the world.
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Burdett-Coutts
Westminster Abbey
London
Higgin s Plight Amid Health Crisis in New York
New York dispatch reports former Governor Francis Wayland Higgins is gravely ill in Albany with a severe decline. Friends fear a fatal collapse as Bright's disease and heart problems worsen while doctors urge him to close affairs and withdraw from business and politics.
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New York
Albany
Francis Wayland Higgins
Bright
Higgins
Blushing Bride Phrase Explored in Illustrated Bits
In Illustrated Bits a humorous note questions why the phrase blushing bride is so common. The comment suggests women marry men who are not especially remarkable, making the expression less distinctive.
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Ad Chapple
Luse
Cuticura
Eczema
Ehi
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Co. I. Hood CO
Lowell, Mass
David J. Ingraham
Orenea
Winter St. Te
Back Bay
Ffice
State St. At
Mass. Oyiston S Si
IRS
Winslow
Berlin
Boylston St
Sali
Bouve Sterling Shoe
Summer ST
Hanover ST
Tremon
Water ST
Spring Lane
Blondon
Annie F. Blondon
Madden
Robert F. Blondon
St. Margaret Street
Boston Street
St. Magaret
Parmenter
Cambridge
Mary Parmenter
P. O. Elks
Joseph B. Ryan
Tyler Street
City
St. James Church
BP A
Galvary Cemetery
Olks
Daniel F. Lehan
E.R
Daniel J. Kane
Secy
J. NEWMAN @ SONS
Tremont St
Bains
Daavitia
Ogi
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