Colonizing Cuba Outward trip heralds Cuban settlement plans
The Cuban Land and Steamship Company sails the Yarmouth from New York to Nuevitas Cuba with about three hundred colonists including Spanish War veterans. Investors hold 61,000 acres near Nuevitas with La Gloria town site and a $25,000 hotel under construction. General Van De Voort leads and promotes the effort as a model for an American settlement in the Antilles.
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New York Tribune
North River
Yarmouth
Cuban Land and Steamship Company
Nuevitas
Cuba
la Gloria
Bay Shore
Nuevitas Bay
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Boston
N. S
England
Ing
Matanzas
Tlavana
Cosmopolitan Hotel
van de Voort
Grand Army of the Republic
Press of
America
Treath
Saloria
United States Mail Service
No. 7
Water Street
Queen of the Antilles
Mellen Surprises Speaker Myers In Beacon Hill Session
Lawmakers convened on Beacon Hill as Mellen of Worcester led the opposition with a bid for committee selection by House vote. James J Myers was elected Speaker amid large attendance and festive floral tributes, while Gov Wolcott presided at the opening and Adams escorted the procession.
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Beacon Hill
James J. Myers
Mellen
Worcester
General Court
Boston
John L. Donovan
Cove
J. F. McCarthy
Charlestown
John EB. Thompson
LD. J. Gleason
Martin
FP. Higgins
Thomas F. J. Curley
J. Tarbox
Somerville
William E. Russell
Ward 2
James H. Tonovan
William S. McNary
Jerry Watson
Harry K. Whall
Myers
Doan’s Kidney Pills Promoted By Local Testimony In Boston
A Boston citizen explains that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved his back pain and kidney symptoms after years of remedies. The note cites Mr John McQuade of East Boston praising Doan’s, sold by Woodbury’s in Maverick square, with Foster Milburn Co as sole US agents.
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John McQuade
Putnam Street
East
Boston
Dean
Woodbury’s
Maverick Square
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Session Opens with Myers Supporters and Polls
Speaker Myers wins 222 votes as rival Democrats McNary and Minton secure one each. Amid caucus intrigue, Ames returns from Porto Rico and votes for Myers. House shows 285 members present, 288 after three sworn in. aim for an efficient session through early committee action.
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Myers
Mellen
Builer Ames
Lowell
Porto Rico
Boston
Ames
Bennett and Saunders
William 8. McNary
John M.minton
Inauguration of Crane and Bates by Massachusetts Legislature
At 11 o clock today the Massachusetts House and Senate will assemble to inaugurate Governor elect Winthrop Murray Crane and Lieutenant Governor elect John Lewis Bates. A joint convention will notify the officials before Crane reads his inaugural address and the two houses hold separate sessions.
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House
Senate
Winthrop Murray Crane
John Lewis Bates
Crane
Bates
Howse
Smith
Adams
House of Representatives
Supreme
Smith Rules The Senate In Inaugural Session
The Senate of forty members organized yesterday under Governor Wolcott with President George KE. Smith unanimously reelected to his post. Senator Soule of New Bedford, senior member, called the body to order as Clerk Coolidge was re elected and the sergeant at arms was chosen. The chamber adjourned to reconvene at 11 a.m. for committee appointments ahead of today’s inauguration.
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Senate
Wolcott
Tazue
Eee J. Edward Mahoney
Kehler
George KE. Smith
Soule
New Bedford
Coolidge
House
Mellen for Leader Leads Democratic Caucus
The Democratic caucus met to set policy for the coming session. They voted not to nominate a Speaker or other officers, choosing to back Republican officers. James H. Mellen of Worcester chaired, Daniel V. Melisaac of Boston served as secretary, signaling Mellen as party leader in the house.
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House of Representatives
House
James H. Mellen
Worcester
Daniel V. Melisaac
Boston
Mellen
Dinner to Governor-Elect Crane
Governor-elect Crane was hosted at Hotel Somerset Palm Room by his staff last night at 7. The dinner followed the customary welcome and briefing for new appointees. Short speeches covered important topics of the day.
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Covernor-elect Crane
Hotel Somerset
Lectures by Dean Stubbe on Poets and Kingsley
The Very Rev Charles Williams Stubbe dean of Ely leads a Steinert Walk lecture series on poets. Two talks describe the Fly Cathedral with stereopticon views. This evening he discusses Charles Kingsley and Christian Socialism.
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Charles Willams Stubbe
Ely
Steinert Walk
Fly
Charles Kingsley
New York Gold Shipments Seen Cut By Half Next Saturday
One of the city’s leading foreign exchange houses estimated today that gold shipments from New York will be less than half of last Friday’s announced total.
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New York
Enoton
Omega Oil Philosophy and a Critique of Patent Medicine Ads
The writer condemns Sunday patent medicine ads and exposes how claims trumpet a “wonderful doctor” while Omega Oil lacks a single physician backer. The piece argues Nature produces Omega Oil with a green herb from the Alps and asserts the product is guided by a powerful natural force rather than a man.
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Nature
Alps
Switzerland
Indiana
Left Big Fortune At Time Of Death Of Boston Tycoon
Robert Breck Brigham, one of Boston’s wealthiest men with extensive real estate, died Tuesday night at Brigham's Hotel. Born in Bakersfield Vermont on November 1 1824 he rose from a clerk's wage to found Brigham's Hotel and owned key properties on Washington Street and around Hollis Street Theatre. Funeral Friday noon at Forest Hills.
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Forest Hills
Robert Breck Brigham
Boston
Brigham’s
Vermont
Brigham’s Hotel
Bakersfield
Peter Bent Brigham
Robert Brigham
Court Street
Brigham
Cobb, Aldrich & Co
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Hollis Street Theatre
Hollis Street
Beach
Eliot Streets
Burroughs Place
Common Street
Electric Pills touted as cure for nervous ailments and stamina
Advertises Old Dr. Hallock Wonderful Electric Pills as a universal cure for nervous debility back pain headaches dizziness and various nerve disorders. Claims safe for all ages, tested for 50 years, sold at $1 per box with bulk options and direct shipment from the laboratory.
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Dr. Hallock
St. Vitus
Tadlock
Weeks & Potter Coo
Washington St
Klein's Drug
Tremont
Boylston
Horaces
Bartlett
Harvard Aq
Cambridge
Hallock Drug CO
Court St
Boston
Mass
Building Plans Extend From Berkeley to Clarendon Streets
The Commonwealth imposes restrictions while planning a large building project from Berkeley to Clarendon streets. The design allows initial front construction with potential extension to Berkeley street as needs arise, under the Harbor and Land Commission’s charge.
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Commonwealth
Berkeley
Clarendon Streets
Berkeley Street
Harbor and Land Commission
Tech Needs Room to Grow at Its Boston Site
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faces expansion needs as land values rise and space limits constrain existing facilities on Boylston Street. Proposals include relocating part of the campus to Berkeley Street or Clarendon Street extensions, or expanding without moving, with emphasis on maintaining access and campus-like surroundings.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boylston Street
Back Bay
Boylston
Hexeter
Newbury
Berkeley Streets
Institute
Boston Society of Natural History
Berkeley Street
Providence Railroad
Clarendon Street
Berkeley
Stanhope Street
Natural History Society
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