East Boston flats to become a major railroad and ship terminal
Harbor and Land Commissioners report to the Legislature propose using the 3 million dollar appropriation to develop Jeffries Point flats into a Commonwealth controlled railroad and steamship terminal. A line of piers would extend 12,000 feet with 5 feet of water, connecting to a dredged Governor's Island channel to accommodate large ships. The plan emphasizes low charges and state ownership to ensure access for all rail and ship companies.
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Harbor and Land Commissioners
East Boston
Commonwealth
City of
Boston
Jeffries Point
Governor’s Island
President Roads
United States
East Boston Company
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Maine
East
Bequeathes His Body to Wife in Lyman Burial Wish
The will includes a codicil granting his wife permission to perform a postmortem after his death. Mrs. Higginson, who educated herself in medicine, cared for her husband in Hillsboro and Boston, keeping him alive beyond doctors’ predictions. He was buried in Lyman New Hampshire per his wish.
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Lyman
N. H
Higginson
Hillsboro
Boston
Peruna Claims Relief for Grip and Catarrh
Mrs Gentry of East Lake Alabama says Peruna cured her grippe while Mrs Cecil of Big Cabin Oklahoma credits it with reversing systemic catarrh after years of illness. Grand Rapids Michigan resident K Esveld reports five bottles of Peruna renewed vigor and health after lagrippe effects in stomach and kidneys.
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Gentry Gates
East Lake
Ala
Jennie W. Cecil
Big Cabin
Oklahoma
Indiana Reform School For Boys
la Grippe
Peruna
Manalin
Weil Promoter Weil Took 250000 From Victims
Weil built a luxury operation promoting mining stocks mainly through the Inter-Trust Security Company. He targeted clergymen and speculators, with offices across Boston Providence Lynn Baltimore and more. The scheme centered on Old Glory Exploration and other ventures, with little or no dividends and a vivid display of wealth.
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Weil
Thomas W. Lawson
Curb Exchange
Weir
Lawson
Nat Goodwin
Nat
Nevada Reliance
Post Office
Lawrence Letherman
Old Glory Exploration Company
Chief Letherman
Mining Securities Review
Far West
Alaska
Inter-Trust Security Company
Nevada
Boston
Goldfield
U. S. Gold Mining Company
Thunder Mountain
Florence Jumbo
Goldfield Black Diamond
Hazel Goldfield
Mohawk Red Top
Rawhide Boston
American Gold Mines Company
Standard Amalgamated Exploration Company
Boston & Suburban Realty Company
Sierra Nevada Leasing Company
Victor M. Weil Exploration Company
Liberty Consolidated Mining & Transportation Company
Massachusetts
Idaho
Victoria, Fair
Liberty Bell and Howell & Little
Nevada Boston
Inter-Trust
Water Street
Weybosset Street
Providence
Central Square
Lynn
Baltimore Street
Baltimore
Vanderbilt Whip to Wed Hub Girl in Boston
Miss Delehanty of East Boston, 20, engaged to Wilson Vanderbilt horseman in a secrecy guarded match. Family objections centered on his divorce and Catholic upbringing. past scandals involve Miss Florence Schenck and London marriage claims against Wilson.
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Vanderbilt Whip
Thomas F. Delehanty
Meridian Street
Boston
Wilson
Helen Haggerty
Brockton Fair
Vanderbilt
East Boston
Alfred Vanderbilt
New York
Florence R. Schenck
Virginia Belle
South
Tondon
London
Miss Schenck
Paddington
Orange
N. J
Thea
Guardian
Supreme Court Upholds Rights in Hodgdon City Case
The Supreme Judicial Court spent hours detailing why Walter S. Hodgdon of Haverhill failed to prove damages from members of the Haverhill city government over water taxes police conduct and hearing procedures. The full bench ruled Hodgdon’s numerous complaints unduly burdensome and ill founded despite myriad grievances.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Supreme Court of the Commonwealth
Walter S. Hodgdon
Haverhill
Edwin H. Moulton
John T. Desmond
James W. Harris
Albert A. Killiam
Hodgdon
Crocker Bribery Case Opens With Evidence Demand
In Superior Court Judge Stevens hears Crocker conspiracy to bribe jurors case. Attorneys Choate and Hurlburt seek to examine Leach, co defendant, and Hartnett papers, letters, and cards about jurors. Hartnett has pleaded guilty to bribing a juror.
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Crocker
Stevens
Charles F. Choate, Jr
Henry F. Hurlburt
George A. Crocker
Charles H. Leach
William H. Hartnett
Pelletier
Hartnett
Choate
Conroy
Leech
Grand Jury
William H. Tarbnett
Judge Wait
Superior Criminal Court
Prominent Social Leaders Attend Somerset Cotillion
An elite Somerset cotillion drew notable hosts and patronesses led by Mrs. Bryce J. Allan and Mrs. Oliver Ames 2d. The ball featured lavish decorations and gowns with many debutantes and married leaders in attendance, including the Ames and Sears families, amid mourning exclusions.
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Somerset Cotillion
Somerset
Gordon Abbott
Bryce J. Allan
Oliver Ames
Francis Amory
William Appleton
Edward D. Brandegee
William C. Endicott, Jr
George R. Fearing
Francis Lee Higginson
Robert Homans
Henry S. Hunnewell
J. Grafton Minot
Francis Peabody, Jr
George T. Rice
Winthrop Sargent
Philip L. Saltonstall
J. Montgomery Sears
Knyvet W. Sears
Philip Shelton Sears
Nathaniel Thayer
John J. Thayer
Roger Wolcott
John E. Thayer
Harriet Bayard Robb
New York
Francis L. Higginson
Philip S. Sears
Oliver Ames 2d
John Torrey Linzee
Marlboro Street
Stephen H. Bennett
Commonwealth Avenue
Franklin Dexter
Somerset Club
E. Preble Motley
Algonquin Club
Let Parents Have A Say Says Mrs Duff In Campaign Talk
Mrs Julia E Duff of Charlestown, candidate for the Boston school committee, urged parental influence and urged return to fundamentals at Mt Hope Citizens Improvement Association. She faulted teachers being hectored, advocated an advisory educational council and more parent input in schooling.
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Julia E. Duff
Charlestown
Boston School Committee
Mt. Hope
Maclaurin of
Technology
Rindge Manual Training School
Mechanic Arts High School
Immigrants League Honors Sumner Centennial
The North American Civic League For Immigrants hosted a large gathering at Bowdoin School in Myrtle Street to mark the centennial birth anniversary of Charles Sumner. About 1200 attendees, many immigrants, heard Abraham Alpert present a Sumner sketch with stereopticon images, Max H Newman deliver an address on Sumner as a statesman, Mrs. Van Norden represent the Council of Jewish Women, and Miss Van Bailen describe Sumner as a friend to newcomers to America.
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North American Civic League For Immigrants
Bowdoin School
Myrtle Street
Charles Sumner
Abraham Alpert
Samuel Price
Max H. Newman Lote
Sumner
van Norden
Council of Jewish Women
Miss van Bailen
Death by Poison in Wn Glass Described in Court Testimony
Doctors testified Miss Elosser and Twigg died from cyanide poisoning with glassware used in the alleged poisoning. May Blosser showed convulsions and a grave stare. witnesses described the scenes of discovery and inconsistent parental accounts of smiles at death.
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May Blosser
May
Grace
Flosser
tTigg
Twigg
Grace Blosser
Swamp Root Endorsed By Insurance Examiner
An examining physician for a major life insurer says kidney trouble causes many insurance rejections. He touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as an effective herbal remedy, noting its healing record. The ad invites readers to buy bottles at drug stores or request a trial by mailing to Dr Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
Fresh or corned geese and turkeys on sale
Classified item lists fresh or corned geese and turkeys at Starix SwapH1 selling at 15c and 25c per pound. Location noted as 1895 Washington Street with Co A 1106 Ror.
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Washington St
Obituary notices list multiple Boston area deaths
A run of death notices and funeral details from Somerville to East Boston includes Rose Boyle, Maria Bruno, Charles Davis, Louise Dolan, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Edward Griffith, Jane Hassett, Theode J Howard, John Hurley, Harriet MacMahon, John McDonald, Hugh McKenna, Charles Phoenix, Nicodemus Pieroni, Olena Pingrey, Margaret Shaffer, Mary Sherhan and others. Each entry notes residence, age where given, funeral arrangements, church services, and invites relatives and friends.
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Raffaele Bruno
Leyden Street
St. Lazarus Church
Davis
North End
Charles
Mary Paris
North Street
St. Stephen’s Church
Hanover Street
Thomas Francis Meagher
Irish National Foresters
Shawmut Tribe
Red Men
Dolan
Boston
Louise
Sarah A
Patrick Delan
St. Peter's Church
Griffith
Arlington
Edward Griffith
Mt. Auburn
Hassbett
Somerville
Jane E
Patrick J. Hassett
Brighton
Buckingham Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Howard
Theode J
Avery B. Howard
Glenwood Road
Whinly
Hurley
John R
Helen Hurley
Hudson Street
Montgomery Street
Cathedral of Holy Cross
Macmahon
Brookline
Harriet Josephine
James MacmAhon
Beacon Street
McDonald
John H
Catherine
al McDonald
Toga Street
Star of the Sea
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
McKenna
Hugh
Birdge Ree
Ter Street
Auece
St. Stephen's Holy Name Society
Archdiocesan Tempers
J. Ae Nperance Union of
Ros
Phoenix
Everett
Charles Eadward Phoenix
Troadway
Boston Fusiliers
Pieroni
Mansfield Street
Nicodemus
Clarencia Pieroni
Union Square
Cambridge Cemetery
Pingrey
Olena Sophia Pingrey
West
Canton Street
Shaffer
Margaret
Frederick Shaffer
Penderwast
Sumner Street
Sherhan
Charleston
Mary A
John and
Mary Sheehan
Hary Monlay
St. Mary's Church
Warren
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Nion St
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Everett Square
Norfolk
Monte Sano
West Twenty-seventh Street
Mrs. Edwards
Cheate
Moran
William R. Buckminster
Edith Walcott Parkman
Elise Ames
Helen Hooper
Evelyn Curtis
Elizabeth Sears
Grace Brooks
Rose Ll. Saltonstall
Mary Cabot
Rachel Warren
Margaret Pearmann
Marian S$. Lovering
Mary Shepley Coolidge
Edith Prescott
Dorothy Thatcher
Hannah Wheelwright Cobb
Violet Otis Thayer
Sallie Rackemann
Gertrude Hunnewell
Frances Quincy Nichols
Susan Lyman
Elizabeth Bowditch
Evenine
Mary Josephine Amory
Martha Peabody
Katherine Saltonstall
Clara Hadicott Sears
Miriam Sears
Cornelia Walcott
Alice Sargent
Margery Prescott
Marian Weld
Dorothy Fay
Mary Fay
Katherine Putnam
Josephine Whitney
Merriam
Helen Sears
Nina Burnham
May Loring
Ellen Farnsworth
Christine Hunnewell
Dorothy Draper
Elinor Quincy
Alice Boit
Mary Bowditch
Clara Winthrop
Wigglesworth
Louise Wheelwright
Harriet
Constance
Susannah Cunningham
Sallie Lawrence
Ruth Lawerence
DeFord
Katherine Warren
Sturgis
Faith Simpkins
Guy Lowell
A. Robeson Sargent
Henry Parkman
Franz E. Zerrahn
C. Minot Weld
F L. W. Richardson
Allen Curtis
Fiske Warren
Roger Wolcott, Jr
S. Huntington Wolcott
William G. Nickerson
Francis Sears
Dudley Howe
John A. Tuckerman
John L. Saltonstall
Robert Saltonstall
Richard M. Saltonstall
Frederick L
J. Grant Forbes
William Farnsworth
Morris Gray
George H.lyman
Mrs. Duff
Immigrants’ League
S. S. Pierce Co
Manacea Water Co
Doctor Declres
Twige
Louis F. Elosser
Elosser
Grace Elosser
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