Merchants Press For Restoration Of Elevated Trains
A Boston meeting at the Boston City Club led by Henry C. Brine protested the withdrawal of elevated trains from the Tremont street subway. Merchants formed a permanent committee to oppose the change and urged rapid transit via elevated structures or tunnels to keep Tremont street busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scollay Square
Henry C. Brine
William H. Brine Company
Boston City Club
Tremont Street
E. Percy Davis
Houghton & Dutton
William BE. Butler
William E. Butler
William E. Butler Company; F. L. Hiller, of S. 8. Pierce Company; Henry Goodwin
The
Crawford House
J. F. Bartlett
Theodore Metcalf Drug Company
William B. Markell
Frank A. Epstein
John T. Connor
Abram Bamber
Boston
Washington Street
Atlantic Avenue
Navy workers at Charlestown yard clash over eight hour rule
Representative Ernest W. Roberts reports Charlestown navy yard employees allege overtime violations of the eight hour law. A legal question over time checks and start of work may go to Attorney General Bonaparte via Secretary Newberry for resolution.
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Washington, D. C
Ernest W. Roberts
Chelsea
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Department
Roberts
Bonaparte
Newberry
Charlestown
Aged Couple Weds in Hamilton County Indiana
Jacob Evans age 77 and Lydia McComb age 70 married yesterday in Noblesville Indiana. Evans is a Hamilton county pioneer and McComb is from Fairfield Howard county. Both have been married twice before.
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Noblesville
Ind
Jacob Evans
Hamilton County
Lydia McComb
Fairfield
Howard County
Arrests Grow After Nevsky Prospect Bomb Blast
Despatches from St. Petersburg report 20 people detained for alleged links to the Nevzky Prospect bombing in St. Petersburg Saturday night. Several detainees are said to be connected to the Emperor’s palace at Tsarskoe Selo.
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London
St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe Selo
Nevzky Prospekt
Swamp Root Promises Pure Kidney Remedy Claims
Advertisement for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root touts purity and non stimulant formula from vegetable herbs for kidney liver and bladder relief. Offers free sample by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and booklet on kidneys. Mentions availability of fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
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Nature
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Thornton Hains Denies Threatening Mrs Annis
The defense portrays Thornton Hains recounting a day of alibis and a chaotic Bayside dispute. He describes a sequence from the interview with Mr Bennett to the Sandy Hook voyage and the fatal shooting with Captain Hains, Weaver, and Birchfield present.
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Thornton Hains
Mrs. Annis
Sandy Hook
Hains
Weaver
Bayside
Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Jesperson
Lata NO
Marine Eye Remedy Eye Tonic Promises Relief
An advertised product claims to ease eye irritation and soothe tired eyes. The tonic is marketed as a remedy for redness itching and general eye discomfort with a focus on fast relief.
Ex Postmaster Jackman Dies in Peabody Street Collapse
Peabody January 4 former postmaster Thomas H. Jackman 68 died of heart failure in the street while on the way downtown. He served 12 years as postmaster beginning in 1888 after a Cleveland appointment and was a Civil War veteran and Grand Army member. He is survived by his wife and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Thomas H. Jackman
Jackman
Cleveland
Grand Army
Cure a Cold in One Day Claims Tablets
Ad shows Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee from Druggists if no cure. Mentions BK W. Groves signature on each box and a hurried rush to catch a train.
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BK W. Grove
SeventeenYearOld Girl Sacrifices Life to Save Family
Miss Jennie Joyce of Tren ton New Jersey, 17, drank poison to secure the $300 life insurance proceeds for her sister Mrs William Salt and her husband. She died en route to a hospital after an ambulance transport. The family, in poverty, had begged for time and money. Joyce worked in a factory and gave most wages to support the home. She left a letter to a brother in the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jennie Joyce
Trenton
N. J
William Salt
Salt
Joyce
Searles Tax Assessment May Lower Methuen Rate
In Methuen, State Tax Commissioner W D Trefry urged local assessors to tax Edward F Searles, a prominent millionaire, at least 10 million dollars instead of 80 thousand. If enacted, the higher valuation could yield 192 thousand dollars to the town and cut the next year’s tax rate from about 19.20 to 7.50.
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Methuen
W. D. T. Trefry
Edward F. Searles
State House
Boston
Big Merger Unites Boston Chamber and Merchants Association
At 11 o'clock today the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' Association will merge to form a new Chamber of Commerce. James J. Storrow will lead the Merchants' meeting at 15 Ashburton place with a committee proposed for unanimous approval. Bernard J. Rothwell will call the Chamber session to order, mirroring the consolidation process.
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Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Kingsley Hall
Ashburton Place
James J. Storrow
Committee On Conference
John If. Fay
George S. Smith
Harry Cumner
T. B. Fitzpatrick
J. L. Richards
Fay
Mr. Smith
Bernard J. Rothwell
Case Against Broker Behneke Dismissed
John I. Behneke real estate dealer and broker was arraigned in Municipal Criminal Court and discharged after Mrs. Edith Cole testified the money she claimed as larceny was a loan to him after a marriage agreement. Counsel Starr Keyes withdrew from the case citing conflicting testimony. No defense evidence was required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Behneke
Edith Cole
Burke
Municipal Criminal Court
Dog party ends in fight in Pittsburg
A dachshund mistook a stuffed dog for the real article and attacked it, sparking a free-for-all that wrecked a gaiety tree and destroyed about $40 worth of furniture during the dog party in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Shearn seeks arrest warrant for Rockefeller Jr on perjury
Clarence J. Shearn attorney for Star Publishing Company officers applies for a warrant to arrest John D. Rockefeller Jr on perjury charges. Magistrate Moss has the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clarence J. Shearn
Star Publishing Company
New York American
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Moss
Mr. Shearn
Rockefeller
Garvan
Rockefeller testimony opens criminal libel case in Centre Street
Mr Rockefeller testifies the Dec 17 American article accusing him of a peonage system is false. He says he has not visited Chicago for nearly two years and denies knowledge of the defendants as Star Publishing Company officers. The defense cites a retraction and questions perjury, with magistrate to rule on the warrant and malicious intent later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rockefeller
S. Carvalho
Bradford Merrill
E. H. Clark
Star Publishing Company
Centre Street
Moss
Rockefeller
The
American
Breakfast Food
Chicago
Clarence J. Shearn
Lowell's New Mayor Demands City Reform
Mayor Brown delivers a sweeping inaugural urging co operation from the City Council for clean government. He calls for resignations in the Board of Health and changes in police leadership especially the liquor squad, criticizes the water and finances management, and warns against corrupt influences as he asserts the city must elect qualified officials.
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City Hall
Brown
Board of Health
Ellis Elected Boston School Committee Chairman in 1909 Meeting
David A. Ellis was unanimously chosen chairman of the Boston school committee at the first 1909 meeting held at the department headquarters on Mason Street. George E. Brock became treasurer, and Joseph Tee joined the board replacing Storrow.
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David A. Ellis
James J. Storrow
Boston
Mason Street
George E. Brock
Joseph Tee
Storrow
Brock
Law Department
Philip Davis
David D. Scannel
James P. Magenis
Joseph Lee
Mrs. Kleb Falls to Suicide in Waterbury Apartments
Mrs. Anna Kleb, who recently moved from Newark New Jersey, committed suicide in her Waterbury apartment by ingesting carbolic acid.
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Waterbury, Conn
Anna Kleb
Newar
N. J
Massachusetts relief funds top $109 thousand
The combined Massachusetts Italian relief fund and the Massachusetts branch Red Cross fund reached 109,568.98 dollars, with 90,932.18 to the general fund and 18,636.80 to the Red Cross. Treasurer Henry L. Higginson said small contributions would be welcomed and a dollar fund could be started by any donor.
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Massachusetts Italian Relief Fund
Massachusetts
Red Cross Fund
General Fund
Red Cross
Henry L. Higginson
Lee, Higginson & Co
Groton Man Eben Tufts Leaves No Funeral in Will
The will of Eben Tufts filed in East Cambridge Probate Court directs no funeral services for Tufts who died December 18. It allocates the bulk of his estate to fund a monument on the family burial lot and leaves $100 for care of the lot. He was known as an eccentric man of considerable property.
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Cambridge Street
Scollay Square
Beacon Hill
Park Street
East Cambridge
Washington Street
Tremont Street
Hains
Eben Tufts
Groton
Rev George Heyn Receives Rector Call in New Haven
The Rev. George Heyn of Newburyport Mass has been extended a call to become rector of St James Episcopal Church in New Haven Conn on January 4.
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New Haven, Conn
George Heyn
Newburyport
Mass
St. James’ Episcopal Church
London City Crewmembers Endure Five Day Fire At Sea
The Furness Line steamer London City arrived at St John’s Newfoundland after five days battling a shipboard fire and two weeks of heavy seas. Two crew injured. Fire began from phosphorus stored on the poop deck, damaging cargo and deck fittings amid a December voyage from Liverpool via Halifax.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Furness Line
London City
Liverpool
Halifax
Baby’s itch cured by simple oil thymol formula
An old infantile eczema claim cites D. D. D. Prescription as a simple cure using oil of wintergreen thymol and glycerine. A Weatherly Pennsylvania family reports dramatic relief after three and a half bottles, urging other parents to seek relief for their children. Riker Jaynes Drug Co. operates seven Boston stores.
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Lewis Steeley
Weatherly
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Boston
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Riker-Jaynes’ Drug Stores
Houghton & Dutton
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Navy Workers Air Grievance
Mr. Bennett
Claudia Hains
General Hains
Captain Hains
Mrs. Hains
Mrs
Teenton Hains
Manhattan
Broadway
Birchfield
Davenport
New York Mail
Sister
Searles
Behneke
Monterey
Mex
Mexico
Scott
Bowne
Pearl Street
New Yorks
Shearn
John D. Rockefeller
Lowell
Police Brewery
Mrs. Kleb
Christian
Tampden Co
Brockton Italian Relief Fund
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Josiah Parsons Cooke
Worcester
James M. Crafts
T. D. Whitney & Co
Francis B. Beadles
Ruth L Sayles
St Michel’s Parish
Temple Chabe Shalom
A. W
Wwe
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Shreve, Crump & Low
Charles F Wright
Old South Church
Eer
Reese
Keith Car & Mfg
Etter Ee Wee
Cotting
Julian and
Mary
d’Este
Boston Excelsior Company
Farnsworth Hoyt & Cee
Kk Mosser Ouse Sete
Dean
Chase
Pfister & Vogel Co
Thomas G Plant Co
John H. Cross Co Si
Ae A Ene
Loyal Fcown OO
Osoon Fk Cpa Et Ee
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Estabrook & Sanderson Shoe Co
C Friend
A.C. Dana
New Bedford
Fyel
Otdren
William C. Grecor
Winter
Tremont St
Emperor of
Germany
King of
England
Prince of Wales
Spain
Ward's
Franklin St
Ward
Newman
Rccr
Allen
Dorchester
Percy Tyson Rolfe
Waterman's Chapel
Bahar Deg Ig
Dudley Street
Buria Forest Hills
Dua
Brisi
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