Mayor's Plan to Stop Tuberculosis in Boston 1904
Mayor Fitzgerald urges action to establish a $150,000 consumptives hospital to combat tuberculosis deaths and bed shortages. He cites Boston with 1200 TB deaths and 110 beds, compares to New York with 3500 beds, and suggests using part of the Brigham fund. The plan is to pass by the Board of Aldermen and be signed promptly. See details on page 10.
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Boston
New York
Board of Aldermen
Brigham Fund
Fitzgerald
Battleship Squadron Faces Grounding Collision Near Harbor
New York January 7. While the battleship squadron under Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans sailed, the battleships Kearsarge and Kentucky ran aground in the lower harbor off West Bank light. The Alabama and Illinois were next, and the Alabama struck the Kentucky with a glancing blow before changing course.
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New York
Robley D. Evans
Kearsarge
Kentucky
West Bank
Alabama
Ilinois
Coroner's Report in New Haven Tragedy Provides Clue
New Haven coroner Mix conducts inquest into the death of Charles A Edwards of New York a Yale graduate found dead in his brother in law Charles Hiller's house. A bullet hole and morphine analysis dominate testimony with detectives seeking the poison's source amid family tensions and possible earlier morphine use.
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Charles A. Edwards
New York
Yale
Charles A. Hiller
Mix
Allan Maxey Hiller
Edwards
Hdwards
Hiller
Eli Mix
Pond
Charles A. Ridwards
Hhe
College Street
Barrett Wendell Strikes Sparks Cambridge Union Meeting
Yesterday’s Prospect Union of Cambridge meeting caused a stir as Professor Barrett Wendell of Harvard requested to be excused from delivering the day’s speech. The lecture plan collapsed into unsettled discussion, reflecting tensions over speaker commitments at the union event.
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Prospect Union of
Cambridge
Barrett Wendell
Harvard
Wendell Cancels Democracy Talk Sparks Union Speculation
Professor Wendell was to speak on Democracy but did not appear, citing objection to some prior speakers. The union had hosted Harvard professors, Judge Emmons, and labor leader Frank K. Foster, prompting questions about which speakers Wendell objected to and whether his views aligned with Emmons or Foster.
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Wendell
Harvard
Judge Emmons
Police Board
Frank K. Foster
Mr. Foster
Bishop Stang bans dancing in New Bedford churches
In New Bedford on January 7 a diocesan letter from Bishop Stang denounced dancing, forbidding Saturday night and Sunday dances such as waltz and polka. The Plymouth Club faces a conflict as several local clergymen are members. The letter urges pastors to enforce church decrees against dances seen as indecent.
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New Bedford
Stang
Plymouth Club
Gray's Boys Overcoat Sale in Gray Co Washington
Gray Co Washington hosts a boys overcoat sale at the Gray Co location on Washington and Hanover Streets. The event highlights winter outerwear with discounted prices for families in the area. Local shoppers are invited to visit the store for deals on durable, school and daily wear coats.
O’Brien Denied Lodging In New York Hotels
Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, famed fighter, spent about 12 hours seeking a hotel in Manhattan before finding a room at the Netherlands. Hotels earlier refused him, including Waldorf Astoria and Astor, Normandie, St. Regis, Marlboro. He blasted the rebuffs, vowed to depart, and defended his dignity and profession.
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New York
Philadelphia
Jack” O’brien
Manhattan
Netherlands
O’brien
Waldorf-Astoria
the Waldorf
Hotel Astor
the Marlboro
The
St. Regis
Normandie
Boston
Touraine
San Francisco
Palace
Buffalo
Cleveland
Hollenden
St. Louis
Bellevue- Stratford
Boston Train's Odd Accident
A Plymouth to Boston passenger train derailed three rear coaches near South Braintree as a switching engine approached on the adjacent track. The impact left passengers shaken but none seriously hurt, with the switch defect suspected as the cause. An overcoat advertisement appears at the end of the report.
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Soutiy Braintree
Plymouth
Boston
Collision tale boats Kentucky Alabama Kearsarge Maine
The Kentucky reports heavy damage to its starboard side above the waterline after colliding with the Alabama near the bar. The Maine Illinois and Kearsarge remained on station while the Kentucky and Swear sarge moved for repairs and tugs were summoned from the Brooklyn navy yard. The Kentucky later returned to Tompkinsville, and all ships weighed anchor by 5:25 p m to sail.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Kentucky
Alabama
Navy Guard
Swearsarge
Kearsarge
Swentucky
Tompkinsville
Maine
Fair colder forecast for Boston and vicinity
Fair but colder conditions extend over Boston and nearby areas with Monday and Tuesday expected to stay fair and seasonable. Light westerly winds. An advertisement from Sisters of Charity at St. John’s Hospital LowellMass promotes Fr John’s Medicine for colds and bronchial troubles and notes a hotel sale offering men’s suites at 2.90 during a sweep sale.
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Boston
Sisters of Charity
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell
Mass
Morphine In Stomach Under Probe In New Haven Case
Police seek the user of morphine after officials test the stomach contents of C A Edwards. Officials suspect morphine was given with food to induce sleep. Yale Medical School Professor Charles P Bartlett leads the chemical analysis.
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Hitler
Edwards
New Haven, Conn
C. A. Edwards
Charles P. Bartlett
Yale Medical School
Rhodes Ripley sale continues at Gray Co store
Gray Co. continues the Rhodes Ripley sale this week at Washington and Hanover streets. The promotion features a large overcoat in extra size priced at 31.90, reduced from 9.90.
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Rhodes Bripley Sale FP. Gray Co
Washing
Hanover Streets
GRAYS
Gray Co
Washington and
Cough Enlists Leng Kuro to Stop Throat Irritation
A note reports Leng Kuro addressing throat irritation with a remedy that promises swift relief. The short advisory highlights a simple approach and names the remedy as a potential quick fix for uncomfortable throat symptoms.
Hat Pin Fatal Injury Mystifies Pittsfield
West side Pittsfield reports the death of Katie Lasher, seven, from a hat pin wound to the neck. Doctors say jugular vein pierced. death occurred about five hours after the incident. Her mother, Mrs. Deibert Lasher, says the girl was feverish and delirious before the accident happened during a morning illness.
Brookline Family Driven to Street by Fire
Fire at 8386 Commonwealth Avenue Brookline destroyed food and forced two families from the old Cousens place. Cause listed as spontaneous combustion. Flames emerged from the rear apartments occupied by Bernard Crane around 9 pm. Brookline and Brighton fire brigades responded quickly.
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Cousens Place
Commonwealth Avenue
Brookline
Bernard Crane
William McFadden
Brighton
Odd Posts and ViresTs 82.0 Taken from $15 Suits
A fragmentary note cites odd posts and vires ts with a reference to a price of 15 dollars for suits. It mentions sweep, eile, ash, and Hano in unclear context. The readable content is sparse and swaps terms, offering little cohesive report.
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Eile
Ash
Hano
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Mabel Page
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Montreal
J. Allen
Portsmouth
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Ciety
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West Quincy
Edward R. Wilder
Rutland Square
McKay
Wilder
Badot
Greenleaf
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Barry
RicKay
Wilders
Bishop
Gray's Boys
Wash. & Hanover Sts
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F. Gray Co., Wash
Hanove
Smith Nd Smullen Co
Rogers & CO
Washington Street
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Flaives
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