Higgins vows graft cleanup in Pawtucket purge
Governor Higgins names six Pawtucket officials as dangerous grafters and pushes Lexow committee to crack the graft network. He says the ring controls licenses, taxation, and business favors while promising wholesale detection and punishment. missing stenographer Olivine Bedard linked to the Beach case.
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Pawtucket
Isaac Gill
Bernard Keenan
William H. Barclay
Lester W. Millman
George M. Rex
James N. Higgins
Lexow
James H. Beach
Central Falls
Olivine Bedard
Beach
Hugh J. Carroll
Higgins
Banigan
Providence
Arnold C. Messler
School Board to organize for 1909 in Mason Street rooms
The Boston School Board meets this afternoon at Mason Street committee rooms to organize for 1909. Joseph Lee will replace James J. Storrow as chairman candidate with David A. Ellis or George E. Brock favored.
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Mason Street
David D. Scannell
James J. Storrow
Joseph Lee
Back Bay
Storrow
David A. Ellis
George E. Brock
Brock
Lee
Ellis
Scannell
Magenis
DuBuque Gunboat Ordered to Bluefields Nicaragua
The gunboat DuBuque received telegraphic orders to proceed to Bluefields Nicaragua, instead of remaining in Havana for several weeks. The reason for the unexpected dispatch is not disclosed.
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Havana
Dubuque
Bluefields
Nicaragua
King vows to fight on as creditors seek bankruptcy relief
Cardenio Flavius King tells a Post reporter he will not be licked and will carry on his business. He predicts a few weeks to earn funds to pay every claim with 6 percent interest and to halt bankruptcy proceedings.
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Post
Cardenio Flavius King
C. F. King Company
Lee S’riedman
Women Debate as Swift Lectures Open Series
Morrison I. Swift led the first Huntington Chambers session with impromptu debates among women. The discussion covered the conviction of Gompers Mitchell and Morrison and Swift’s lecture titled Is the Human Race a Blunder. He argued Gompers should go to jail, while a woman countered that he should not.
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Morrison I. Swift
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Swift
Mr. Swift
Eliot
Ambassador Hill Hosts New Year Reception in Berlin
Ambassador and Mrs Hill moved into a new Berlin home last Monday and hosted a New Year reception for the American colony on Friday. About seven hundred guests circulated through the rooms, praising Dr Hill's influence which has begun to unite rather than divide the expatriate community.
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Berlin
Bachelor Camping Club Plans East Boston Grand Ball
The Bachelor Camping Club of East Boston announces its first grand ball at Lyceum Hall East Boston on January 20. The 20 bachelor members, prominent locals, plan a Nahant cottage for summer entertaining. Club officers include President William H Norton and Secretary Joseph Grady.
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Bachelor Camping Club
East Boston
Lyceum Hall
Noddle Island
Nahant
William H. Norton
Bernard McGuigan
Jeremiah J. Kelleher
Joseph Grady
Joseph Toomey
Joseph Pender
Thomas J. Lane
Patrick Dolan
John Burke
John Ballantyne
Marcus McWeeney
James BB. Dealey
Daniel J. O’rourke
John Linehan
George O'Brien
Joseph Callahan
Frank Sullivan
John Brant
John McQuillan
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Boston
Nordica Improves Health Says She Can Sit Up
Mrs. William Baldwin of Columbia road received a telegram from her sister Mme Lillian Nordica reporting improved health. The opera star, in Los Angeles, had been ill with bronchitis and was said to be quite ill on Saturday.
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New York
Dwyer
William Baldwin
Columbia Road
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Los Angeles
Henry S Cooper Dies Suddenly at Medway
Henry S Cooper Sr a longtime Medway resident and former Medway Manufacturing Company mill superintendent died at his home of heart failure while reading a paper. Born Norton 76 years ago his funeral is set for Tuesday at 2 p m from his late home.
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Medway
Henry S. Cooper
Cooper
Emperor Shakes Hands With Von Buelow At New Year Reception
At the New Year reception for the diplomatic corps the Kaiser appeared well and spoke with his usual geniality. He notably shook hands with Chancellor von Buelow while greeting ambassadors, omitting the presidents of the Reichstag and Landtag, a departure from his customary practice.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Reichstag
Landtag
Rexall Orderlies Promised With Money-Back Trial
An advertisement offers a money-back guarantee on Rexall Orderlies for constipation. The pitch asserts cure or reimbursement, backed by the seller’s reputation, and markets odorless, tasteless tablets suitable for children and delicate individuals. Available in 36 tablets for 25 cents and 12 tablets for 10 cents at Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
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