Sleighing Carnival Celebrates Boston Clubhouse Opening
Thousands join a grand sleighing parade on the Charles River speedway to celebrate the Boston Gentlemen's Driving Club's new clubhouse. A formal procession formed near Commonwealth avenue and Beacon street, then moved to the speedway with a lengthy line of sleighs. Doors opened to welcome guests as a vast crowd witnessed the spectacle, highlighting Brighton speedway as a premier driveway for matinee drivers. Notable attendees listed include Caleb Chase, Mrs. Torry, Mrs. Pope, and many prominent residents from Brookline, Winthrop, Dorchester, and Cambridge, among others, with diverse sleighs and teams.
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Boston
Boston Gentlemen's Driving Club
Charles River Speedway
Commonwealth Avenue
Beacon Street
Commonwealth
Brighton Avenue
Market Street
Speedway
Brighton Speedway
Caleb Chase
Brookline
William Torry
Benjamin Pope
H. Buples
Potter
F. A. Tewksbury
Winthrop
Party
Curtis
M. L. Goon
F. H. Ives
Mrs. Strauss
Henry Houghton
George Fales
Fred Ames
A. J. Furbush
Mildura
H. McGoldrick
Molly
George Hall
Little Wonder
Sonny Craig
Gilcurry
J. V. N. Stultz
Norvette
Graéw
Duster
Munroe Goodspeed
Navarre
D. H. O'Riordan
Pebble
M. T. O'Riordan
Charlestown
S. Walter Wales
Randolph K. Clark
Driggs Found Guilty of Aiding Government Contract
Former Congressman Edmund H. Driggs was found guilty this afternoon of aiding in procuring a government contract and receiving compensation. The jury, out briefly, recommended mercy.
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New York
Rdmund H. Driggs
Conry Keliher Case Heard by House Elections Committee
The House elections committee No. 1 heard the concluding argument in the Conry Keliher case concerning the seat in the ninth Massachusetts district.
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Washington
House Elections Committee No. 1
Conry- Keliher
Massachusetts
Are You Doing All You Can For Your Boy
A health advert urging parents to treat young boys with Smiths Triple Cure, claiming it fixes dyspepsia catarrh and blood disorders. It touts rich red blood, cures for stomachs and fevers, a four-preparation system, and a 50 cent price with a weeks treatment. It pressures readers to send 26 cents for a sample.
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Smith
Iy Og Smith
Rune
Mucu-Tone
Rexall Mucu
Perry Heath Surrenders in Rural Delivery Case
Salt Lake City Utah Jan 7 A government suit against former Rural Delivery Supt Machen is served on former Assistant Postmaster General Perry Heath He reported to the marshal and will depart for Washington tonight to testify in the case.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Machen
Perry
Franklin Typographical Society elects officers and admits members
Franklin Typographical Society held its regular monthly meeting at Franklin Hall. Seventeen new members were admitted and one membership proposition was received. The visiting committee reported 291 dollars paid out in sick benefits for December. Stephen O'Meara donated 26 dollars. Under the will of the late Robert C. Billings a four thousand dollar check was received. Officers elected were William J. Thomas president, Charles H. Chipman vice president, Patrick J. Guerin secretary, Thomas Todd Jr. collector, and Leonard Raymond treasurer.
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Franklin Typos
Franklin Typographical Society
Franklin Hall
Stephen O’meara
Robert C. Billings
William J. Thomas
Charles H. Chipman
Patrick J. Guerin
Thomas Todd, Jr
Leonard Raymond
Whitney suit seeks 48000 in breach of contract
Halifax N S Jan 7 A suit by John H Means of Sydney formerly Pittsburg against Henry M Whitney of Boston seeks 48000 for alleged breach of contract Means says Whitney while president of Dominion Iron and Steel engaged him as superintendent with a stock share promise Means contends the contract was not fulfilled
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H. M. Whits
Halifax
John H. Means
Sydney
Pittsburg
Penn
Henry M. Whitney
Boston
Supreme Court
Means
Whitney
Dominion Iron and Steel Company
Mans
Carpenter Marries Miss Pond in Brandon Vermont
Frank M. Carpenter a Boston lawyer wed Ann toinette A. Pond at St. Thomas's Church Brandon at noon. The couple will reside in Everett Massachusetts.
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Brandon, Vt
Frank M. Carpenter
Boston
Antoinette A. Pond
Weeks
St. Thomas’s Church
Carpenter
Everett
Mass
Two Die in Montague Gas Explosion in Store Home
A Montague Massachusetts gas explosion in the basement of James and Thomas Cleary’s store and residence at 4 p m today killed two people and severely injured five others. Miss Nettie Platt perished in the ruins while Thomas Cleary and others escaped or suffered injuries. The blast sparked a blaze that burned for hours and halted further rescue efforts.
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Montague
James
Thomas Cleary
James Cleary
Nettie Platt
James Varney
Robert Clancy
Gordon McKay
Head Blown Off in Gas Plant Accident at South Hadley
Clarence T. Snow, a South Hadley Gas Company employee, was killed instantly when a lighted match ignited a gas leak near a generator. C. A. Gridley, in the building, was blown through a door but unharmed as the blast caused minor damage to the plant.
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South Hadley
South Hadley Gas Company
Clarence T. Snow
FFI C
Snow
Gridley
Chelsea Aldermen Clash Over School Contracts
Chelsea aldermen dispute contract handling for grammar and high school projects. Auditor Willey asserts contracts stayed in his office. bids show grammar school at 61 016 and high school at 108 716, with heating and plumbing awarded separately. Total spend to date reaches 111 950.46 on the high school and 66 147.50 on the grammar school, with 64 815.25 unpaid across all contracts. Mayor Willard defends cost overruns due to site changes and proposes asset sales to finish funding. He condemns city hall proceedings as disgraceful and calls for restraint among board members.
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Chelsea
Post
Willey
Willard
McClintock
City Hall
Keening & Strout Bros
Grammar School
High School
Smith & Anthony
Boston
William N. McKehna
Olaf Ross
C. N. Carter
William N. McKenna
Grammar
Broadway
Haskell
Everett Avenue
Three Killed in New York L Line Crash
Three men died and several passengers were seriously injured in a rear end collision on the Brooklyn rapid transit L line near Pitkin and William avenues East New York. The dead were road employees George Zulig James O'Brien and William H Ferguson.
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New York
Brooklyn
L’’ Road
Pitkine and William Avenue
George Zulig
James O'Brien
William H. Ferguson
Bartenders Question Election Results In Supreme Court Action
Richard W. Garrity files with the Supreme Judicial Court for an injunction to stop the Boston Bartenders Association from installing new officers and to order a recount of last Sunday’s election. Kirkpatrick 249 votes, Garrity 243, Hickey 91. Garrity supporters cite counting errors and tabulation discrepancies. A temporary injunction could delay a regular Sunday meeting pending hearing.
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Richard W. Garrity
Boston
Bartenders’ Protective Association
Supreme Judicial Court
Bartenders’ Organization
William B. Kirkpatrick
Richard Garrity
James Hickey
Friends of Garrity
75 Barge Men Nearly Starve in Ice Blockade
Seventy five sailors on a flotilla of coal barges off East Boston flats faced four days without food as ice trapped them from Sunday morning until yesterday noon. Captains of three towboats delivered provisions after a morning effort through the ice, rescuing the crew near starvation.
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East
Boston Flats
Supreme Court Dismisses Caste Bill Against Mercantile Trust
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed with castes for the defendants the bill filed by Joseph B. Doherty and other stockholders of Bay State Gas Company of Delaware against the Mercantile Trust Company of Newark and others.
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Supreme Court
Joseph B. Doherty
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Mercantile Trust Company of
Newark
Council Weighs Theatre Privilege For City Council
An order introduced by Councilman Spillane seeks to grant council members theatre privileges similar to those enjoyed by aldermen. If approved by the Board of Aldermen, the council would gain access without payment, matching the current advantages of the aldermanic chamber.
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Board of Aldermen
Aldermanice
Spillane
Aldermen
Daly Cuts Raised Wages for Cambridge Street Dept
Mayor Daly orders Superintendent John T. Shea to revert recent raises to the old rates for Cambridge street department workers. Foremen, sub-foremen, flagmen, laborers and clerks see wage reductions from daily to lower figures, affecting Ferguson Riley Donlan Mocue Haley Boyle Donovan, Beagerty Flynn Sullivan, Clark and Fielding and others.
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John T. Shea
Cambridge Street Department
Daly
Ferguson
Joun M. Riley
Marc Donlan
Charles pMocue
Tellymen
John P . Haley
Joseph F . Boyle
W.xon
Qaramar Donovan
Pawers Beagerty
Michael Flynn
George Sulliven
Pavel M. C. Clark
Rammer C. H. Cormer
Henry P. Fielding
Mrs Maybrick to Be Released in July
Washington January 7. Statements that Mrs Maybrick will not be released from prison in July are unfounded. Ongoing suits in which she is heavily involved total seven million dollars prompted Hayden and Yarrell, her counsel, to publicly announce the release date.
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Washington, D. C
Maybrick
British Home Office
Hayden& Yarrell
Annual officers elected for Quincy Court 76 Foresters
The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters held its annual officer election last evening. Chief ranger William H. Warren and vice chief ranger John Heffernan head the list, with Mary Dolan as recording secretary, Helen M. Sweeney as financial secretary, Edward Lawton as treasurer, and trustees Hugh P. Tracey Michael Burns Conrad Mischler. Delegates Hugh P. Tracey Michael Burns and alternates Conrad Mischler Daniel F. Conn. Physician is Joseph M. Sheahan M D.
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Quincy Court
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
William H. Warren
John Heffernan
Recordin
Mary Dolan
Finahela
Helen M. Sweeney
Edward Lawton
Hugh P. Tracey
Michael Burns
Conrad Mischler
Daniel F. Con
Joseph M. Sheahan
M. D
Brighton Hotel Case Set For January 18 Hearing
The Brighton Hotel case slated for a Board of Police Commissioners hearing was postponed from today to January 18 due to reasons not disclosed by the commissioners.
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Brighton
Board of Police Commissioners
Judge Adams Condemns Tremont Street Smoking Parlors
In Municipal Court Judge Adams denounced Turkish smoking parlors alleging moral harm. John Boyahian proprietor of the Smyrna smoking parlor at 227 Tremont street and Marook Kerkorian proprietor of the Casino dimos phorous at 144A Tremont street were arraigned for disorderly houses and found guilty. Boyahian was fined 75 dollars and held in 500 dollars bail for the Superior Court. Kerkorian’s sentence was deferred to seek bail.
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John Boyahian
Place Smyrna
Tremont Street
Marook Kerk
Orian
Casino Dimosphorous
Adams
Smyrna
Kerkorian
Mate Spindler Lost Overboard Off Cane Sable
Gloucester reports the schooner Norma with flag at half mast after mate Freeman Spindler drowned last Sunday about 9 o clock p.m. while the vessel was 100 miles off Cane Sable. Captain Newman Wharton and crew arrived from the Bay of Islands.
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Spindler
Gloucester
Norma
Newman Wharton
Bay of Islands
Freeman Spindler
Cane Sable
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Snyder Ave
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H. Smith
George Hicks
Lulu Wilkes
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Charles Richmond
W.D. Parker
Little D
John O’connor
Caprice
R. M. Sturtevant
Woodshed
M. L. Morrison
Nellie W
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Dorchester
Kitty
C. H. Belledéu
Susie K
R. E. Thompson
Gertie B
Charles G. Richmond
Madge R
D. Pinkham
White Pacer
G. Kelly
Bay Trotter
J. R. Lomasney
White Trotter
Sebastian Gahm
Bay Colt
A. P. Doane
M. P. Collins
Waltham
Henry Lockhart
John F. McGee
W. L. Snow
M. L. Dunklee
BE. G. Park
Willie
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Ira Bickford
A. D. Rogers
E. W. Barry
John J. Murphy
H. D. Litchfield
Cambridge
M. I. Tully
R. F. Traiser
Baby Logan
Warren Litchfield
John Stackpole
John Shepard
A. R. Mitchell
Thomas Mahan
Roxbury
John Sullivan
Fred Cary
F. C. la Favor
W. Murray
E. L. Waite
J. A. Wadden
Ossian Brock
T. H. Higham
P. Larson
Somerville
Ed Cassidy
C. E. Judkins
H. W. Beckwith
May Woodbridge
Belle Cromwell
May Busty
W. M. Fisher
A. G. Cilley
R. W. Robbs
J. C
Dick Lawrence
Jack Crabtree
E. S. Clarke
Maine
Fred T. Foss
H.C. York
J. A. Dow
Searcher
Reacher
Thomas Murray
Pat L. Eugene Buckley
Dan Bigely
Ed Either
Jack Trout
George A. Whiting
E. C. Nolan
Miss Mulligan
A. B. Barry
W. W
Driggs
Conry-Keliher
Perry Heath
Montague, ME
C. T. Snow
N. Y
Charlesbank
Qoud Wood Island
Fair Neponset Playground
Billings Field
Aid Kena Eeree Bee
Good Gibson Playground
Habasaes Good
Columbus Avenue
Franklin Field
First Street
Sea Aiae
Jamaica Pond
NO Bay State Gas Receiver
Council
United States
Bradstreet and
Dun
Rexall
Jaynes
Washington St
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Summer St
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