Million Paid for Terminal in Boston Sale
The Boston Consolidated Gas Company sold its wharf property on Commercial Street to the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad for about a million dollars in stock. The deal, announced two weeks earlier, includes plans for extensive freight sheds, new wharves, and improved rail connections to bolster Boston as a major commercial center with a new New Haven steamship line to New York.
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Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Commercial Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Post
Boston
New York
New Haven Road
South Boston
New York Central
Boston & Maine
Union Freight Railroad
New Haven
City Club to Hear Colonel Anderson Tonight
Colonel Edward Anderson of Quincy will lecture at the Boston City Club on Beacon Street this evening on Reminiscences of the Civil War. Daniel P. Toomey presides. He was born in Boston and helped raise the Massachusetts contingent for Kansas, later serving as brigadier in command of the Grenada sub-district.
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Edward Anderson
Quincy
Boston City Club
Beacon Street
Daniel P. Toomey
Anderson
Boston
Rufus Anderson
Kansas
Massachusetts
Grenada
Miss
Louise Gunning Star Clashes Over Flower Girl Remarks
New York January reports say Louise Gunning of the Flower Girl caused a strike after a remark by Louis Harrison. Harrison apologized later, and performances resumed amid ongoing tensions among the cast and crew.
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New York
Louise Gunning
Studebaker Theatre
Louis Harrison
Sarah Bernhardt
Isabelle Myers
Miss Gunning
Harrison
Accounting of U S funds shocks Irish politics
London reports the Redmondite and Trish factions clash over alleged financial misconduct. William O Brien demands full records and a Cork speech pledge to reveal overseas sums from the United States and Australia. Daniel Sheehan seeks apology or legal action over a stopped allowance blamed on John Redmond.
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London
Redmondite
Trish Party
Cork
William O'Brien
Trish People
William O’brien
Redmondites
O'Brien
Redmond
City finances probe deferred by council after tax debate
In a long council session the panel declined the mayor on a city finances commission, referring the measure to the next government. The council did approve an increase in City Collector Scollard’s salary after extended debate.
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Scollard
No Trial Marriage for Immigrant Woman Declared
Deputy Commissioner of Immigration Jeremiah J. Hurley ordered Madeline Jack and her 8 months old baby deported on the Corinthian to Glasgow. A man calling himself George Kinnes of Cambridge sought to marry her aboard insisting he was widowed with four children. he later admitted abandoning his wife and children in Aberdeen.
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Jeremiah J. Hurley
Madeline Jack
Corinthian
Glasgow
George Kinnes
Cambridge
George Kinnes, Jr
Jack
Kinnes
Aberdeen
Lynch Hosts New Year Reception for Post Staff
Mr and Mrs Lynch gave a New Year reception at 26 Holbrook Street Jamaica Plain yesterday from 4 to 7 pm hosted by Night Editor P J Lynch. The house was decorated with flowers and greenery and entertainment featured fellow newspaper men. Receiving with the couple were Miss Mary Rogers of Smith College and Paul H Shannon of the Post staff.
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Post
P. J. Lynch
Holbrook Street
Jamaica Plain
Lynch
Mary Rogers
Smith College
Paul H. Shannon
Mayor Fitz gerald pushes finance commission order before board
At the city meeting Councilman Kiley opposed suspending rules, blocking the Mayor order. The salary increase for City Collector Scollard was passed on a voice vote after debates led by Pierce and Doherty. The Mayor’s request for 150000 to meet court expenses was sent to the next city government. President Barrett received a gold watch and chain from Donovan. The council later dined at the Quincy House for the annual banquet.
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Finance Commission
Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Kiley
Ward 8
Scollard
Pierce
Doherty
Ward 2
Riley
William J. Barrett
Donovan
Ward 3
Quincy House
Mayor Blames Kiléy Over City Finance Commission Action
Mayor Fitzgerald criticized Kiléy of Ward 8 after the Common Council approved a move to appoint a finance commission. He said the Republican opposition was partisan but signaled Kiléy’s departure from the party line. The mayor expects the incoming city government to approve the measure.
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Fitzgerald
Common Council
Boston
Kiléy
Ward 8
Club Forms to Fight Consumption in Brockton
In Brockton ex-Governor William L. Douglas funds a new anti consumption club after researching deaths among factory workers. Dr. J. H. Pratt aids early detection and treatment. Mrs. B. B. Russell is president. Douglas provides $1000, factory notices urge cough screening, and Dr Pratt will oversee care for financially needy employees.
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Brockton
William L. Douglas
Douglas
J. H. Pratt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rutland
Pratt
Abolishing grade crossings in Somerville debated at meeting
A Somerville Board of Aldermen session considered removing grade crossings along the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad. About 150 property owners and business representatives attended the special meeting. No action was taken.
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Somerville
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Board of Aldermen
Report of death of Mrs Willis Conant unfounded
West Medford January 2. Mrs Willis Conant of Scranton Pennsylvania was reported dead yesterday. She is alive and suffering a severe typhoid fever attack while visiting here. She is seriously ill but expected to recover.
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West Medford
Willis Conant
Scranton
Penn
Missing Adjidaumo the Harvard Yard Squirrel
Adjidaumo prized Harvard Yard squirrel has vanished after eight years of daily offerings from President Eliot and visitors. Dignitaries and students recall his antics and status as a campus icon, with many hoping for his return to the yard. He is described as three times larger than a normal squirrel and known by the nickname Adjidauma.
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Adjidaumo
Harvard Yard
Eliot
Rooseveltian
Harvard
A@jidaumo
Agassiz
John the Orangeman
Roosevelt
Madame Bernhardt
Cercle Francais
Eli ‘‘Boola
Squirrel
Phi Beta Kappa
Longfellow
Hiawatha
Adjidauma
Labor Notes on Union Meetings and Officers in Boston Area
The piece notes the 25th anniversary of Massachusetts Association of Stationary Engineers No. 1 in NAS EK Hall Boston with speeches by T. N. Kelsey and other leaders. It lists election results for several unions including Operative Plasterers' Union and Sign Builders and Hangers' Union as well as changes in Marble Workers' Helpers and Robbers' Union and Newspaper Wagon Drivers and Helpers' Union. The union plans a meeting at 724 Washington street on the first and third Wednesdays and William Berle to attend a funeral.
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Organization of Massachusetts Association of Stationary Enineers No. 1
N. A. S. EK. Hall
Washington Street
T. N. Kelsey
Lowell
P. H. Hogan
Boston
James Duncan
George W. Hayes
John T. Mullen
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Brotherhood
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Phelan & Co
Joseph Doherty
William Berle
Union
William Harnett
Woman Rescues Children From House Fire in Jamaica Plain
Mrs. Horace Hunter of 217 Amory Street Jamaica Plain rushed into a burning bedroom to save her three young children after a lamp fell igniting the blaze as Mr. Horace Hunter awoke to prepare breakfast. The husband perished in the flames.
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Horace Hunter
Amory Street
Jamaica Plain
Bucking broncho injures Sergt Brazier in Jamaica Plain
Zip the bucking broncho attached to the Jamaica Plain police station bolted at an auto and nearly killed Sergeant Charles W. Brazier yesterday afternoon. The horse smashed the rig dasher then ran wild a quarter mile, leaving the sergeant unconscious and other minor injuries.
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Jamaica Plain
Charles W. Brazier
Washington and
Beethoven Streets
Brazier
Hayes Contends Babson Errs Over City Telegraph Powers
Alfred 8. Hayes attorney for the Metropolitan Home Telephone Company argues against Corporation Counsel Babson. Hayes says the Aldermen action is not under Chapter 122 and that the superintendent of streets and wires commissioner must issue the necessary permits if a bond is filed.
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Alfred 8. Hayes
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
Babson
Mr. Hayes
World's Christian Endeavor Union Meeting Held in Tremont Temple
A World’s Christian Endeavor Union gathering met in Tremont Temple to hear an Indian convention invitation from William Carey and Herbert Halliwell. The invitation was accepted and officers without pay were elected: President Rev. Francis E. Clark, secretaries John Willis Baer and Van Ogden Vogt, treasurer William Shaw, and auditor George W. Coleman.
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Christian Endeavor Union
Christian Endeavor
Tremont Temple
United Society of Christian Endeavor
India
Burmah
Ceylon
William Carey
Herbert Halliwell
Francis FE. Clark
John Willis Baer
LL. D
van Ogden Vogt
William Shaw
George W. Coleman
Harvard Men Return to Books and Sports
Harvard reopens after a ten day recess as students flood Harvard square on return to studies. Examinations begin in three weeks determining many a sport’s fate. crossfire quizzes run for a fortnight before Easter week brings calm.
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Harvard
Harvard Square
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