Butter Bill’s Narrow Escape and Love at the Rim
Butter Bill, a longtime fruit freighter, is nearly killed when a wagon slips over a canyon. Widow Marthy Esman nurses him back to health. He refuses to take back his gift of money, but suggests a future reconciliation. Six months later he resumes work with renewed vigor and flirts with life and the trail while praising his unbroken team, Vixen.
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Butter Bill
Bill
California
Jim
Doc
Jack
Esmon
Foothill
Marthy
Marysville Bank
Marthy Barker Esman
Esman
Bill Curtis
Hank Esman
Hank
Hale and
Happy
Foothill Ranch
Miss Champagne
Daily Post
POST
Public plea for tunnel to surface car transfer at Old State House
East Boston resident asks General Bancroft to order a transfer station at the Old State House to ease access between the tunnel and surface cars. He argues current routes favour women and travelers and notes a recent law fining transfer frauds. He urges prompt investigation and action.
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East Boston
Old State House
Boston
Public Service Corporation
William A. Bancroft
Co. Schwaan
Backing Her Up in a Domestic Dispute Scene
A tense exchange shows Mrs. Soakem Henry challenging a janitor while insisting the flat is cold. Mr. Soakem Say urges departure, claiming intimate knowledge of the woman.
The Way It Affected Them
A brief theater note describes Fitzhamme My Romeo paralyzing the crowd last night while Miss Skittish observed a lack of applause.
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Fitzhamme
Romeo
Big steamers creep in storm battered Portland harbor
The Manhattan arrives after a northwest voyage from New York in a northerly gale with heavy snow. Ice on her decks shows the storm fight. The Welshman from Liverpool arrives after weathering a gale and a chain mishap near Halfway Rock. A cold wave plunges temperatures to 4 degrees below zero.
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Portland
New York
Portland Harbor
Manhattan
Albert Johnson
Dominion
Welshman
John H. Kay
Liverpool
Halfway Rock
Weather
Mystic River dam plan eyed to curb malaria spread
John R. Freeman reports feasibility of a dam across Mystic River at Cradock Bridge. He argues tide gates at Alewife Brook alone won’t solve health issues. four gates and weirs on the Mystic could improve Alewife Brook drainage, aiding sanitary improvements in Arlington Belmont Cambridge and Somerville based on a 1903 malaria case count by 12 physicians totaling about 800.
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John R. Freeman
Charles River
Mystic River
Cradock Bridge
Arlington
Belmont
Cambridge
Somerville
Fresh Pond
Spy Pond
Alewife Brook
Frerpman
Park Commission
Social season opens with lavish assembly at Somerset ballroom
The season’s first assemblyAt the Somerset ballroom will begin near midnight despite several key absences. Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Allan miss the event due to family losses, while Mrs. Thayer’s mother and Mrs. Allan’s sister have died. Numerous patronesses are expected to attend, with Florence Russell hosting a Park Street tea beforehand. The Boston Art Club opens its 71st exhibition today and Arthur Clarke of Brookline recovers from a serious leg injury.
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Somerset Ball Room
Nathaniel Thayer
Bryce J. Allan
Allan
Eugene V. R. Thayer
Francis I. Amory
Europe
Philip S. Sears
Herbert M. Sears
Oliver Ames
Shepherd Brooks
Roger Walcott
Winthrop Sargent
Francis Peabody, Jr
Henry Parker Quincy
J. Grafton Minot
William Lawrence
Williams. Endicott, Jr
William Appleton, Jr
Charles Head
Florence Russell
Park Street
Brookline
Boston Art Club
Dartmouth
Newbury Streets
Arthur F. Clarke
Clarke
John Harsen Rhoades, Jr
Katherine Kimball
Commonwealth Avenue
Metropolitan Club Annex
New York
Katherine Nash Rhoades
Lyman Rhoades
Josef Adamowski
Walnut Street
Harry A. Edgerly
Walter Howard Edgerly
Nathilie A. Bloom
Questions on Boston Velasquez genuineness
Berlin official Councillor Bode of the Berlin Museum of Art said the Madrid visit found no trace of the Boston Velasquez, and he cannot judge from photographs but doubts a master like Velasquez would allow a duplication.
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Boston
Velasquez
Berlin
Bode
Improved Telegraphic Service for Waltham
WALTHAM Jan 6 After complaints and a Board of Aldermen petition the Western Union Telegraph Company pledged better service. Investigated by a company official the office hours will be 8 am to 10 pm on weekdays 9 am to 12 pm and 5 to 7 pm on Sundays. new hours satisfy patrons.
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Waltham
Western Union Telegraph Company
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Shawmut Ave
Sunday Post
Elizabeth D. Potter
Harwood Street
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Chicago Tribune
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Haberdasher
Dept Store
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Winter Street
New England
Black Silks Co
Winter St
Madras
Lhc
Philadelphia
Mildred Champagne
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