Boston Public Urges Lower Telephone Rates
A surge of interest in reducing New England Telephone and Telegraph rates grips Greater Boston. Citizens from all walks sign petitions in support of the Post plan, praising the paper and seeking better service. Elder and Whitman of the Suffolk bar to represent petitioners before highway commissioners. hearing date pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of Citizens Indorse Post
Post
New England ‘Telephone & ‘Telegraph Company
Greater
Boston
Elder & Whitman
Suffolk Bar
SLAIN PREFECT OF POLICE AT ST PETERSBURG INCIDENT
In St Peters burg Major General Von Der Launitz prefect of police was shot at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and killed. The assailant, about 22 and from the intelligent working class, turned his pistol on himself as officers attacked him. The social revolutionary organization claimed responsibility in a harshly worded proclamation. The Duke of Oldenburg helped calm the scene before combatants continued to strike at the assassin’s body after he collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. -Petersburg
von der Launitz
St. Petersburg
Count Ignatieff
Stolypin
Social Revolutionists
General von der Launitz
Duke of
Oldenburg
Petition to Massachusetts Highway Commission on telephone charges
A Boston residents petition the Massachusetts Highway Commission to investigate New England Telephone and Telegraph Company rates deemed excessive. The signing list includes many Boston firms and outlets and requests a hearing under 1906 acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Boston
Petition Call for Lower Telephone Rates in Boston
Readers in the Boston Telephone District are urged to sign the petition for reduced telephone rates. Sign with address and mail to the Telephone Editor at the Boston Post to support the practical movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POST
Boston
Boston Post
Indorsers of the Post petition high profile list of Boston firms
Indorsers of the above petition to reduce telephone rates include many Boston firms and individuals. The list names George Lawley & Son, Columbia Trust Co, Fisk & Arnold, Gorham Press, Travelier Shoe Co, Latham Machinery Co, Henry Austin, Frank Fitts Supply Co, and many others across East Boston Dorchester Jamaica Plain Roxbury and Cambridge, with addresses on Tremont Street Court Street and Commonwealth Avenue among others. Several physicians and attorneys are also listed alongside merchants and manufacturers indicating broad backing for the rate reduction effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Highway Commissioners
George Lawley & Son, Corp
George I. Lawley
South Boston
Henry Austin
Cottage Ivc
West Roxbury
Frank E. Fitts Supply CO
Purchase St
Latham Machinery CO
W. G. Chase
Commonwealth Ave
Hunepley & Coaker
Blackstone St
William H. Breed & CO
Bromfield St
the Gorham Press
Richard G. Badger
Winchester St
Brookline, Bailey & Our
Seine St
Sei Arrehed
Pacific Coast Security CO
Milk St
THE
Standard Electric Truck CO
H. H. Hammond
Congress St
Hawkridge Bros
Clemmer & Conover
Chatham Row
Joan G. Cox & CO
Commercial Wharf
A. C. Stone &Co
Franklin St
I. J. Barnard & CO
Province St
William P. Derby
M. D
Cummings
Tremont St
Berkeley St
KE. Waltner & Co
Bk. Chusman
Dudley St
F. E. Atteaux
FE. L. Grimes CO
FE. L. Grimes
Presi
Horace
Lowell
Aera LeUeto Sire Agency
Ay’s. Mercantil
NCY
Isaac Kaufman
Ame Serling Petes J. Levins
Edward EK
FakRis H. Ohmoss
T. - Charles
Harvard
Ay Dechester
Frederick T. Connor
Beach
Hg Mente
John F. McDonald
Huntington Ave
Harriet E. Bagley
Max Henry Newman
Davis St
Ores Oan
Water St
Chester
Addington Road
So Mathews
Winthrop Beach
Iain R. K
Sudbury Repairing CO
Garden St
Benjamin F. Atwood
Edinboro St
Boston
Manhattan Market CO
S. Green
Maneager
Princeton St
Samuel Steinberg
Atlantic Ave
Edward W. Washburn
Greenbrier St
Dorchester
George F. Jewett
Washington Market
H. A. Prentice
Washington St
Daniel J. Kelley
Albro F. Shovey
Ss. P. Dexter
Summer St. l
Goodman
John P. Morgan
K. St
Daniel J. Morgan
Third St
Martin S. Starkweather
Shawmut Ave
J. At. Cross
Somerville
Alfred Blanchard
Bowdoin
Parker
Colburn’s Pharmacy
G. Olive
M. EF. McKevin
Old South
KK. M. Butman
Heath St
Elmer E. Reibloit
Tremont
William W. Kennard
Kimball
Charles Pierce & CO
Charles St
I. W. Pierce
Park Sa
Henry A. Swanton
Regent St
Roxbury
Arthur C. Lawley
Hamilton St
Fr. S. Poekel
Centre St
Metropolitan Cloak CO
Geo. Moskowitz
Kingston St
Julius E. Richardson
Broadway
Musolino & Berger
Fulton St
Cambridge Honors Bradbury for Fifty Years in Schools
Cambridge honors Principal William F. Bradbury of the Cambridge Latin School for fifty years of service. More than 400 teachers and alumni attended a reception with gifts including an oil painting, a book with 700 alumni signatures, and a loving cup.
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Cambridge
William F. Bradbury
Cambridge Latin School
Arthur P. Stone
Bradbury
Thurston
LeBarron R. Briggs
Harvard
Mary C. Hardy
Mr. Bradbury
Milk dealer Frank J. Partridge dies at home
West Roxbury milk dealer Frank J. Partridge, aged, longtime former policeman, died of heart disease at his home 4168 Washington Street Roslindale. He was a member of Highland Colony Pilgrim Fathers deputy governor past supreme sergeant at arms and active in Odd Fellows A O U W and other fraternal groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Partridge
West Roxbury
Washington Street
Roslindale
Roxbury
Highland Colony
Pilgrim Fathers
The
Odd Fellows
Suggestion Heals More Than Drugs Says Dr Wells
Dr David W Wells outgoing president of the Boston Homeopathic Medical Society read a farewell address at the annual meeting urging optimism and mental healing as powerful than drugs. He cited psychic healing classes at Emmanuel Church and suggested a chair of psychic healing in medical colleges, noting good nature and desire to aid suffering humanity as vital. Officers elected included President S H Calderwood and censors D W Wells and B T Loring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Wells
Boston Homeopathic Medical Society
Wells
Emmanuel Church
Worcester
S. H. Calderwood
M. D
J. B
Revere School Burns. 400 Pupils Left Homeless on Streets
Fire at Winthrop Grammar School on Winthrop Avenue destroys the 1885 eight room building after discovery by Mrs. Plaisted’s visitors. Loss estimated at 20000. 350 to 400 pupils disrupted, awaiting temporary housing at the Town Hall beginning Monday. Firemen arrive as upper floors flare into flames. School Board and Selectmen chairman Benjamin Kepping coordinate temporary arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Winthrop Grammar School
Winthrop Avenue
Town Hall
Milton Bay
Benjamin Keeping
Fernald Named Malden Associate Justice to Fill Vacancy
Gov Curtis Guild Jr. appoints Benjamin Marvin Fernald a Boston attorney and Malden resident to the Malden District Court judgeship created by the death of John F Libby of Medford. Fernald, born 1847 in Great Falls New Hampshire, was with Wiggin Fernald and serves as treasurer of Fells Ice Co. He married Grace Fuller in 1874 and has two daughters Ethel and Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Curtis Guild, Jr
Benjamin Marvin Fernald
Boston
Malden District
John F. Libby
Medford
Fernald
Wiggin & Fernald
Hugh de Payens
Knights Templars
Waverly Arch
The
Congregational Church
Grace
Richard F. Fuller
Ethel
Margaret
Mutual Life Names New Boston Manager
Announcement from Mutual Life Insurance Company states D. E. Dudley general manager for Southern interests based in Baltimore has been appointed general agent in Boston replacing Frederick E. Keep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life
NEW Boston
New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
D. E. Dudley
the Mutual
Baltimore
Boston
Frederick E. Keep
Missing impresario Robert Grau puzzles New York
Robert Grau brother of Maurice Grau vanishes after leaving Freeman Bernstein’s office two weeks ago. Once wealthy manager of Pauline Hall and artists like Mme Modjeska, Grau’s finances dried up and his wife and two daughters face hardship as friends and Bernstein aid them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Grau
Maurice Grau
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Gray
Adelina Patti
America
Freeman Bernstein
Thirty-sixth Street
Broadway
New Rochelle
Pauline Hall
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
May Ward
Mme. Modjeska
Eva
Jeannette
East Eighty-second Street
Mr. Bernstein
East One Hundred and Fifty-third Street
Coroner questions B and O officials in Terra Cotta wreck
Washington investiga tion reveals coroner Nevitt pressing Baltimore and Ohio railroad witnesses on block system signals and delays after the Terra Cotta disaster. W M Detrow testifies the local express cleared Takoma Park before the dead train 2120 struck, as eight railroad employees are examined. The coroner demands clear explanations for the 13 minute relief train delay and the handling of dead bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Terra Cotta
Baltimore & Ohio
W. M. Detrow
Silver Springs
Takoma Park
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Nevitt
University Station
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Prefeci
the Post
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Shreve, Crump & Low Company
Tremont Street
Ss. A. Macdonnell
Meyer Jonasson & CO
Boylston
George H. Hall
Adams House
James A. Houston Company
Temple Place
WM. Filene’s Sons Company
Edward A. Filene
J. G. Small & CO
Henry H. Tuttle Company
N. Carman
E. T. Slattery Company
Lawrence McCarty
Boston Theatre
Henry Krey Company
J. C. McCarthy
Page & Shaw
Lawrenceburg Roller Mills CO
B. J. Rottwell
Chamber of Commerce
Charles M. Cox Company
Northwestern Cons. Milling Company
Chas. N. Rogers
A. H
Aaa & Bros
Chamber of Commer Hosmer, Robinson & CO
Mark Shultis
Chamber of Comers
Washburn-Crosby CO
Geo. M. Cox
Co. F
G. W. Eddy, Inc
Booklovers
Boston Poet’s Booklovers
Pr. D
Mass
D. W. Wells
Revere School
Edward Plaisted
B. M. Fernald Malden
Fear
Coroner
William C. Gregor
O'Glock
Washington St. Szomvitep St
Consultat
David J. Ingraham
Ificial
Winter Street
White Dental Parlors
Opp
Pf. H. White
Ainslow
Hale Dentists
Harvard Dental Court
Mendell
Joseph Grady
Sun
Hutchinson
John H. Hutchinson
Minnie A. Phelan
Charlestown
Mary Hutchinson
Speedwell Street
St. Peter’s Church
Mt. Benedict
Hwoxie
John HA. Hoxie
Sterling Street
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