Library Bureau Executives Sued in Suffolk County Suit
Atherton Loring sues co-defendants Herbert E. Davidson and William E. Parker for 350000 over royalties on patents and improvements tied to the Library Bureau. The suit targets business transactions among the three, not the company itself, with parties withholding details and awaiting a directors meeting next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Davidson
William E. Parker
Library Bureau
Atlantic Avenue
Suffolk County
Atherton Loring
Bureau
Loring
Davidson
Post
Massachusetts
Armed Guards Patrol South Boston Factory After Attacks
The Boylston Manufacturing Company in South Boston lines its plant at 253 and 255 A Street with nightly armed guards on each floor after repeated assaults on President William A. Copeland Manager George H. Nobbs and Chief Inventor Harry Ballard. Detectives are tracing attackers as fires and false-key intrusions threaten plant security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston Manufacturing Company
A Street
South
Boston
William A. Copeland
George H. Nobbs
Harry Ballard
Copeland
Nobbs
Ballard
Melcher Street
Taft of Worcester Leader of Senate
President Chapple settled committee chairmanships in the Senate. Senator Arthur Taft of Worcester wins the judiciary chair amid past fights, and leadership of the upper house is tied to the post. Senator Guy W. Cox of Boston did not secure the judiciary chair, while Senator Elmer Stevens of Somerville becomes chair of Ways and Means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Chapple
Judiciary
Ways and Means
Arthur Taft
Worcester
Guy W. Cox
Boston
Taft
Elmer Stevens
Somerville
Hayes Retires From Railroad Committee After Five Years
Representative W H S Hayes of Lowell resigns from the House committee on railroads after five years including three as chairman. Hayes will not serve on the committee this year and notes he could have retained the chair if he wished. The move shocks the House given his prominence in railroad matters.
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Hayes
Railroad Committee
House Committee On
W. H. S. Hayes
Lowell
Ex Mayor Henderson of Everett Dies at Banquet
Street Commissioner and former Mayor John D Henderson died suddenly at the Quincy House in Everett on January 3. Born in Scotland, he moved to the United States as a boy and built a large building business with his brother James A. Henderson. He served as mayor in 1895 and later as street commissioner for four years, and was active in Masons and Odd Fellows. His wife and daughter received the news at their 41 Hancock Street home.
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Everett
John D. Henderson
Quincy House
Hancock Street
Henderson
Scotland
Mr. Henderson
James A
Henderson Brothers
Palestine Lodge of Masons
City
Everett Lodge of Odd Fellows
FAST TIME, LOW RATES TO CALIFORNIA
The Electric Lighted Los Angeles Limited Train via Chicago Union Pacific North-Western Line and New Salt Lake routes carries tourist passengers from Chicago to Southern California points in under three days without change. Through tourist sleepers run daily to San Francisco Los Angeles via North-Western Union and Southern Pacific Railways personally conducted Tuesdays and Thursdays weekly via the Colorado Scenic Line to Portland Oregon Tuesdays. Call or write for particulars to J E Brittain General Agent 300 Washington Street Boston
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California
Los Angeles
Chicago
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
New Salt Lake
Southern California
San Francisco
North-Western
Union
Southern Pacific
Portland
Ore
J. E. Brittain
Washington Street
Boston
Guild Ousts Harris as Medical Examiner
Dr. Francis A. Harris of Winthrop was dismissed as Suffolk County medical examiner by Governor Guild after a career spanning more than 30 years. The firing followed contention over his Tucker case testimony and a disputed affidavit, with the governor citing unfitness in office and approving the discharge amid a pending search for a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
Francis A. Harris
Winthrop
Governor Guild
Harris
Tucker
Charles Tucker
Mabel Page
State House
Guild
Crusade Against Dogs S Started by Peters Continues
Mayor Barton of Melrose questions muzzling dogs while Dr. Peters rejects a state wide muzzling plan. The Cattle Bureau issues Order No. 14 allowing towns to muzzle all dogs for six months if rabies danger is judged. Dogs found running unmuzzled may be killed and animals bitten by rabid dogs ordered killed.
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Barton
Melrose
Stoneham
Dr. Peters
Pacific Ocean
Cattle Bureau
Peters
Commonwealth
Boston
Ter
Lawren ce Dogs Ordered Muzzled by Aldermen
Lawrence officials order muzzling all city dogs on the Aldermen’s directive following Dr. Peters' suggestion. Police are authorized to shoot unmuzzled dogs.
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Lawrence
Jan
Peters
Cambridgeport Gymnasium to field star team
Cam bridgeport Gymnasium Association elected Tom Reardon captain and Jack Roberts manager. The club will form a team to compete in indoor meets this season and host regular athletic games. A B A relay will face St Alphonsus A A, with Bob Fowler E S Farnsworth Harry Moody Balsy and Olympic sprinter W D Eaton on the roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association
Tom Reardon
Jack Roberts
St. Alphonsus A. A
Bob Fowler
E. S. Farnsworth
Harry Moody
Balsy
W. D. Eaton
Athens
Fox Chamber Concerts At Steinert Hall
Mr Felix Fox gave a second chamber concert of the season in Steinert Hall assisted by tenor Nicholas Douty of Philadelphia making his Boston debut. The program favored modern works, performed with careful study rather than spontaneous expression, with criticism of Douty’s breath control and Fox’s waning physical condition noted. The next concert March 6 will feature Professor Willy Hess.
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Felix Fox
Steinert Hall
Nicholas Douty
Philadelphia
Boston
Fox
Janelle
Rosenthal
Willy Hess
Eleanora Duse Stricken by Pneumonia Illness
Genoa January 3 report says famed actress Eleanora Duse is ill with pneumonia. The headline notes the illness of the celebrated performer and lists Genoa as the location of the bulletin.
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Eleanora Duse
Genoa
Old Franklin's Eighty-Third Annual Meeting Elects New Officers
The Franklin Typographical Society held its eighty third annual meeting at 121 Chandler Street, reporting 408 active and honorary members and total resources of 29 686 dollars with a surplus of 2735 dollars in savings. Officers elected include President J F Wilber and Treasurer Leonard Raymond. A banquet for Franklin's birth anniversary is planned for January 17 at the Quincy House.
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Franklin Typographical Society
Chandler Street
Leonard Raymond
Franklin
Quincy House
J. F. Wilber
Charles Ashton
Patrick J. Guerin
Thomas Todd, Jr
Shepard Howland
Charles H. Phinney
E. L. Stephenson
Murray C. Upham
Permanent Fund
George W. Bigelow
Willis de Los Winsor
Rodney W. Walch
Charles Tillman
Weldon A. Crosman
P. J
The Sunken Bell at the Lyceum theater review
Edward H. Crosby notes Sothersn presents The Sunken Bell translated by Charles Meltzer with Miss Marlowe as Rautendelein Miss Kruger Magda and Mr Crompton the vicar Buckstone Necklemann Aime Lachaume composed the music Twentieth Century Club attends as a dramatic study Tonight John the Baptist Jeanne d Arc and Hamlet follow in the week.
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E. H. Sothern
Hauptmann
Sothern
Charles Henry Meltzer
Heinrich
Rautendelein
Tragic Marriage Ends as Coachman Slashes Throat
Hugh Clark, coachman for Mrs Charles A Blake, married Miss Mary Anderson and bought a Brookline home. Fifteen hours after the wedding he fatally cut his throat with a razor on the eve of a planned honeymoon. Doctors say no chance of survival. blood work seeks underlying cause.
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Hugh Clark
Charles A. Blake
Mary Anderson
John A. Carroll
Brookline
Clark
Massachusetts General Hospital
H. M. Cutts
J. A. Carroll
Harvard Street
Benjamin S. Blanchard
England
John Shepard
Mr. Evans
New Old South Church
Boston
Blake
Labor unions confirm wage scale and new officers in Boston area
Labor notes report waterfront engineers set a 50 cents per hour wage. Taunton Central Labor Union backs Dennis D. Driscoll for State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. Franklin Association 18 officers elected for Junior V Pressmen and related unions. Car and Locomotive Car Painters Union 838 reelects E A Francoeur. Hampden street saloon ban fines set by Firemen's Union 242. Steam Engineers' Union president Matthew Comerford arrives to address Stationary Engineers' Union. He plans to stay through next Tuesday.
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Taunton Central Labor Union
Dennis D. Driscoll
A. F. of L
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
M. J. Cooney
Franklin Association
William F. Henderson
John Barry
Timothy Scott
Patrick Dignan
E. A. Francoeur
Union 838
Firemen's Union
Hampden Street
Matthew Comerford
St. Paul
Steam Engineers’ Union
Boston
Stationary Engineers’ Union
Edward A Moffett to Address Boston Meetings
Mayor Fitzgerald will preside at a public mass meeting at Faneuil Hall Friday night next week. Edward A Moffett editor of the International Bricklayers Union will lecture on Trade Unionism. The Boston Bricklayers Union 58 directs the event. Moffett is secretary of the municipal ownership committee of the national civic federation and will attend the New England civic federation meeting next Thursday to report on his European municipal ownership findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Fitzgerald
Faneuil Hall
Edward A. Moffett
International Bricklayers’ Union
Boston Bricklayers’ Union 58
Moffett
National Civic Federation
Civic Federation of New England
Stomach Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets Restore Organs
A historical notice proclaims dyspepsia tablets by Stomach Stuart’s restore lifeless organs to normal function. The ad appeals to readers seeking digestive relief through a patent remedy claimed to rejuvenate internal organs.
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Stuart
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestive Relief
A free trial package promises relief for indigestion and dyspepsia by supplying stomach digests like pepsin and diastase. The mail order offer from F A Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan claims one tablet can digest 3000 grains of food and urges readers to request a free sample before buying at 50 cents a box.
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C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Stuart
United States
Great Britain
F. A. Stuart Co
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