Trolley Car Crew Blamed In Mary Ann Kennedy Case
Boston and Northern street railway crews are under accusation by relatives of 16 year old Mary Ann Kennedy who says she rode Beachmont line electrics from Thursday night to Friday morning and again Friday night to Saturday morning without paying full fares. She was found by Officer James C Wiley and taken to her aunt in Cambridge after wandering the night away. She describes a brief hire as a domestic worker and partial pay, with payments inconsistently made. Relatives and Cambridge residents contend crew involvement and possible coercion influenced her.
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Boston & Northern Street Railroad
Pretty
Mary Ann Kennedy
Beachmont
James C. Wiley
Chelsea
Margaret Roach
Cambridge
Post
Edward Connolly
Clinton Street
Ireland
Harvard Man's Tragic Death in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on January 7 George Stevens a 75 year old Boston born Harvard man died at City Hospital after drinking carbolic acid by mistake while reaching for whiskey. His brother in law Robert Gillespie 65 also dying nearby and night clerk Robert Gillespie died within the hour while assisting his dying uncle and carrying news to his mother. Stevens had a fortune and once owned steamers between Boston and New York before moving to Cincinnati fifteen years ago.
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Cincinnati
George Stevens
City
Robert Louis Gillespie
Stevens
Robert Gillespie
Boston
Harvard
New York
Sumptuous Ball of King Solomon Lodge I O O F
Tomorrow night the ninth annual ball of King Solomon Lodge I O O F will be held in Odd Fellows Hall. Harry S Weinstein is floor director and Louis Weinstein treasurer. Dr Nathan N Levins is a leading member. The lodge, one of the largest Hebrew fraternal groups in Boston, boasts over 400 members.
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Harry S. Weinstein
Green
King Solomon Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Louis Weinstein
Nathan N. Levins
Chickering
Lodge
Lfe
Boston
Fewer Hours Labor Means Longer Life
Professor Frank Parsons of Boston University of Law argued before the Central Labor Union that shorter work hours lift individual welfare and societal progress. He cited Athens and modern machine power, endorsing an eight hour day in most trades, with several notable leaders joining the call. The union plans to report on the 1906 contract and endorses a municipal gas lighting plant and government ownership of telegraph lines.
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Frank Parsons
Boston University of Law
Central Labor Union
Athens
America
Franklin Institute
Winthrop School
Fitzgerald
Union Endorses Strike Demand at New York Meeting
President Frank M. Ryan of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers urged the Central Federated Union to back the strike against the American Bridge Company. A resolution was approved endorsing the iron workers demands.
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Central Federated Union Indorse
New York
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Central Federated Union Today
Indorse
American Bridge Company
Hartwell Re-elected President of Boston Team Drivers Union
William Hartnett was elected to a fifth term as president of Boston Team Drivers Union 25 at the union's largest meeting. James J. Shea was unanimously re-elected recording secretary. Trustees winners were Timothy J. McCarthy Matthew J. Lannon and William Brown. Duffey and Tobin were re-elected business agents. The union reports 4500 members in good standing.
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William Hartnett
Boston Team Drivers’ Union
James J. Shea
Board of Trustees
Timothy J. McCarthy
Matthew J. Lannon
William Brown
Albert Johnson
Daniel J. Tobin
James A. Duffey
Jeremiah A. Murray
Labor Union Officers Elected Across Multiple Trades
Labor notes report officers elected in several unions including Brewery Workers Union 14 with William Heine as president and Joseph Kascherer as vice president, Hebrew Bakers Union 45 with Samuel Nitke as president, and Ship Derrick and Machine Riggers Union with Joseph O White as president. Also notes meetings and events across Boston unions including meetings at 78 Reed Street Roxbury and the annual balls at Lyceum Hall East Boston and Odd Fellows Hall, plus wage scale discussions, reinstatement efforts, and a large Italian wage-earners mass meeting next Sunday.
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Brewery Workers’ Union 14
William Heine
Joseph Kascherer
Louis Schubert
Rudolph Giller
Konrad Young
Hebrew Bakers’ Union 45
Samuel Nitke
Jacob Richmond
Morris Hoffman
Jacob Magerar
Isaac Greenburg
Jacob Goldstein
Joseph O. White
Charles Jansen
J. Nickerson
Charles Hughes
Felix Roache
Jens Wigandt
James Derkins
Andrew Larsen
Fred P. McGrath
Boston Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union
Henry B. Barry
Charles McCloskey
Charles J. Kodad
Stationary Firemen’s Union 3
Wells Memorial Building
State Branch
A. F. of L
Wakefield
Bennett Street
Baron Testi
G. A. Selgliano
Vida Scudder
Wellesley College
Augusto Franceschino
Meyer Bloomfield
Civic Service House
Jacob Tazelaar
New York
Dennis D. Driscoll
A. F
Henry Abrahams
Central Labor Union
John T. Cushman
Building Trades Council
Stablemen's Union
Park Department Assembly
K. of L
Fitzgerald
Patrick McKenzie
Stillman Street
Coopers’ Union 58
Painters’ District Council
Eastern Massachusetts
James Truland
Harry W. Smith
A. B. Outram
Chelsea
Carl Alsterberg
Everett
W. D. Estabrook
Boston
Knights of Labor, Original
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Cosetwise Longshoremen’s Assembly
John R. Dalton
William N. Osgood
Union 70
Star of the East Lodge of Carworkers
Bay State Lodge
B. R. GC. of
Morphine Theory In Murder Mystery At Hiller House
The Hiller murder inquiry at the College Street homestead continues with Medical Examiner Bartlett nearing the autopsy report. Investigators press on amid rumors of a will safe and nitro glycerine injections while officials doubt an arrest and assign two headquarters detectives to monitor Charles A Hiller as the inquest proceeds.
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Hiller
College Street
College
Temple Streets
Maxcy Hiller
Edwards
War Department
Mr. Edwards
Charles A. Hiller
Marcy
Charles Hiller
Charles
Drawtender Rescues Man From South Cove
At 2 a m on Sunday John Dunn drawtender at Congress street bridge heard a cry for help from Donald J Kimball 22 who was drowning near the Joy line pier. Jeremiah Scanlan rowed out with Dunn and pulled Kimball to safety and to the drawtender’s house where he revived. Kimball was taken to City Hospital and reported to be suffering from alcoholism. He lives in Malden. This was Dunn’s second rescue in six months after saving a man who fell from the Congress street bridge.
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John Dunn
Congress Street
Donald J. Kimball
South Cove
Joy Line
Kimball
Jeremiah Scanlan
Dunn
Malden
Clark Hebrew Club Banquet Honors Ellery H Clark
Nearly 100 young Hebrews and their escorts gathered at 1031 Washington St for the Clark Hebrew Club banquet honoring Ellery H Clark. Speakers included Clark, David H Ellis, Alderman Edward J Bromberg, Dr J H Landon and Max Mitchell. The group plans winter smoke-talks, dancing, whist, a gym, and Saturday afternoon activities for Ward 9 children.
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Ellery H. Clark
Washington Street
David H. Ellis
Edward J. Bromberg
J. H. Landon
Max Mitchell
Monsignor Griffin Birth Anniversary Observed in Worcester
Worcester January 7 marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Rt Rev Monsignor Thomas Griffin rector of St John’s oldest Catholic church in Worcester and the largest parish in the diocese. Musicals were held at all Masses and the edifice was decorated for the occasion.
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Worcester
Thomas Griffin
St. John’s
Moran Expected Back In Office After Illness
District Attorney John B. Moran may return to work tomorrow after two days of rest. He left his room last evening and had dinner with friends at the Navarre, marking his first outing since falling ill from the pressures of official duties.
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John B. Moran
Navarre
Graves Maryland Malt Whiskey Praised By Physicians
The advertisement claims Graves Maryland Malt Whiskey ranks highly for medicinal uses across wasting diseases and as a mild stimulant. It emphasizes purity and natural maturation offering a pleasant mellowness to the stomach, and notes availability from licensed dealers.
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Graves
Maryland
Two Wives Claim Lynn Soldier Marital Fallout
Lynn, Jan 7. Joseph Markowsky wed 18 year old Annie Jeffais after a two hour courtship and reportedly deserted her within a week. The case involves claims from a second wife regarding the soldier’s actions.
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Lynn
Joseph Markowsky
Annie Jeffais
Lynn police seek man for bigamy tied to three children
Police in Lynn seek 23 year old Charles Town man Markowsky on a bigamy charge sworn by Mrs Joseph Markowsky of 456 Main Street Charlestown who claims he fathered her three children. Two women claim him as husband. one is American, the other a Russian Jewess.
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Lynn
Joseph Markowsky
Main Street
Charlestown
Markowsky
Annie Jeffais
Harbor Street
Boston
G. A. Creighton & Sons
New York
Union Street
Jeffais
Harvard Southern Clubs Form Federation in South
The 200 Harvard men from Southern States plan a federation of State clubs to foster kinship and missionary work in the South where Harvard is underrepresented. Ten southern clubs exist, seven already joined the movement. Dr. FE. A. Alderman of Virginia is invited to address February’s first public meeting. A club canvass shows more southern Harvard men than Yale though Yale is often thought to lead.
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Harvard
FE. A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Yale
Not Hetty Green, But Minnie Hogan Declines Fortune
Atlanta, Jan 7 Mrs Minnie Hogan wealthy yet cash strapped failed to secure a $50,000 loan from Hetty Green of New York. Hogan describes Green as tired and lonely, noting her penchant for ammonia cleaned dresses and a simple, sympathetic loan negotiation that left Hogan preferring her own modest means to Green's vast wealth.
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Atlanta
Minnie Hogan
Hetty Green
New York
Cresus
Hogan
Mrs. Green
Boy Says He Pulled Curtis Pope Fire Alarm
Richard Whalen sixteen of 874 Albany street says he and two companions were nearby the Curtis Pope lumber yard on Albany street when flames appeared Saturday night. He says he ran to Northampton street and pulled the alarm from Box 312 to report the fire.
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Curtis-Pope
Curtis & Pope
Albany Street
Richard Whalen
Whalen
Ralph Locker
Thomas Burke
Boston College
Northampton Street
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