Fire Destroys South Boston Tenements Forcing Four Families Out
A blaze at 602-608 East Sixth Street South Boston damaged two three story wooden tenements and forced four families to flee. Flames fed by wind required a second alarm before being brought under control. one fireman suffered a head cut from falling glass. Damage estimated under 5000 dollars.
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East Sixth Street
Boston
Civie
Mary Bridges
Ellen Powers
Mary McGurdy
Fanny Myers
Charles A. Wood, Jr
Psychic Deals Bring Charges In Court Case
Elmer Mansfield Jr a self described psychic and astrologer faced a charge of obtaining money under false pretences from Harry Goodman of Brockton and Mrs Sarah E French. Goodman paid 11 for alleged aid to break a habit and reform a husband via auto suggestion but reported no benefit. He testified Mansfield gave nightly card prompts and later altered times while insisting no misleadings occurred. Mrs French said she paid 10 for help to curb her husband drinking. Judge Burke reserved decision until next Tuesday.
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Elmer Mansfield, Jr
Harry W. Goodman
Brockton
Sarah E. French
Goodman
Mansfield
French
Burke
Mayor Hibbard Out With Severe Cold
Boston officials briefly shifted to acting Mayor James Curley while Mayor Hibbard stayed home with a severe cold. Curley did not appear at the Mayor's office, and all papers were signed by Hibbard at his residence.
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Hibbard
James Curley
Boston
Tammany
Hose Wagon Fatality in Boston Street Collision
Francis Hazen Cope of Philadelphia was knocked down and killed about 11 o'clock last night by the hose carriage of Engine 26 at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets in Boston.
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Francis Hazen Cope
Philadelphia
Boylston and
Tremont Streets
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Tremont Street
S. S. Yankee
Wabash
Jack
A. de Nunzio
Death of man hit by fire wagon on Boylston street
A fire engine struck 48 year old Francis Hazen Cope at the corner near 386 Boylston street as crowds moved toward the subway after a theater. Despite medical aid at Dr Henry C Williams's office Cope died. His identity and Germantown, Philadelphia addresses were found on him.
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Boylston Street
Mr. Cope
Fay
Division 4
Henry C. Williams
Hotel
Pelham
Dr. Williams
Francis Hazen Cope
Philadelphia
Germantown
Penn
City Hospital
Noonan
Model Weds Living Statue Romance at World’s Fair
Miss Katherine Vilsack, daughter of Leopold Vilsack, married John J. F. Mulcahey, the living model of the statues Power and Strength, in St Paul’s Cathedral. The Pittsburg ceremony, officiated by Bishop Canevin, drew social attention as the bride’s estate value was reported around 6 million dollars.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Katherine Vilsack
St. Louis
John J. F. Mulcahey
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Vilsack
Miss. Vilsack
Leopold Vilsack
Miss Vilsack
Canevin
Kennedy
Catholic University At Washington
Labor Notes: Boston unions elect officers and plan open shop talks
Carpenters District Council of Greater Boston outlines officers for 1909 across local unions in East Boston Malden Brookline Roxbury Somerville and Cambridge. Officers include Hugh McKay John MacKinnon Arthur Watson and Harry Taylor. Other unions report elected officers and delegates. A national union conference is planned to discuss open shop policy with local builders.
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Carpenters’ District Council
Greater Boston
Hugh McKay
East Boston
John MacKinnon
Malden
Arthur M. Watson
Brookline
Harry M. Taylor
Roxbury
Eri. H. Marks
Somerville
Reading
Thomas Lannon
Boston
Samuel McGowan
Chelsea
Daniel H. Deegan
Charles M. Kimball
Union
Robert Gibson
Cambridge
Amalgamated Society
Ira F. Bowlby
C. W. Erb
Somervile
Charles J. Gallagher
F. K. Boomer
Everett
T. C. Smith
S. BR. Jones
R. Catlin
R. Robley
J. A. MacKinnon
William J. McAvoy
John Nicholson
Roxbury Carpenters’ Union
Stephen Gilois
James McLoughlin
Edward L. Jones
H. M. Taylor
Squire Iverson
Walter Hughes
William Sweeney
Hugh Bazier
Abner W. Besse
Franklin Association
Ginn & Co. Atheneum Press
H. J. Conway
Chicago
Max Morris
Denver
Boston Women's Trades Union League
Parker Memorial Hall
Emily Balch
Ome College
Patrolman Gibson Resigns from Station 4
Patrolman John F. Gibson of Station 4 resigns after several years in the department to take a post with a commercial house.
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John F. Gibson
Station 4
First Wife Loses In Pfaff Estate Dispute At Probate Court
Judge McIntyre grants Louise C Pfaff dower rights in Henry Pfaff estate valued around 300000. Caroline Pfaff, the first wife, had petitions for widow's allowance decree ratification and inventory denied. Five crew members of the schooner Annie of Liverpool were brought to port after a water spout incident near Oak Ridge, Honduras.
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McIntyre
Middlesex Probate Court
Louise C. Pfaff
Henry Pfaff
Roxbury
Caroline Pfaff
New York
Annie
Liverpool
N. S
Oak Ridge
Honduras
Annie Smith
Belize
City Treasurer of Lynn Dies After Heart Trouble
Hartwell S. French city treasurer of Lynn and longtime citizen died at Relief Hospital after a heart attack. He and Thomas Campbell of Lynn arrived in Boston and walked from the Narrow Gauge depot toward downtown when French grew weak. He was taken to the Boston Tavern then rushed to the hospital where he expired minutes after arrival.
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Hartwell S. French
Lynn
Mr. French
Thomas Campbell
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Washington Street
French
Richardson Becomes Secretary of State Health Board
Dr. Mark W. Richardson elected by the State Board of Health as secretary to succeed the late Dr Harrington. He has spent the last 12 years researching typhoid fever bacteriology in the pathological laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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M. W. Richardson
New Health Board
Mark W. Richardson
State Board of Health
Dr. Harrington
Richardson
Massachusetts General Hospital
Notable medical figure with Harvard training and European study
A member of the American Medical Association and other associations, also affiliated with the Massachusetts Medical Society. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and spent a year in Berlin and Vienna studying medicine.
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American Medical Association
Association of American Physicians
American Association of Bacteriologists and Pathologists
Massachusetts Medical Society
Harvard College
Harvard Medical School
Berlin
Vienna
Butler Sues Ex-Husband Over Wedding Presents and Damages
Hartford reports Lottie Butler sues William Tl. Plimpson seeking return of wedding presents and $250 in damages following a divorce granted on grounds of intolerable cruelty.
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Hartford
Lottie Butler
William Tl. Plimpson
Monkeys as valet servants at University of Pennsylvania
Jan. 7 Philadelphia. Wendell Eckard senior medical student trains a monkey as a valet. The creature guards its post in a curtain blocked doorway, wakes with a bell rope, closes windows, starts the steam heater and polishes Eckard’s shoes. Eckard bought the animal for $10.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Wendell Eckard
Craig House
Eckard
Vyalet
MacQueen Describes Africa for Roosevelt Traveler reports on Africa visit
Peter Mac Queen of Boston, a friend of the President, told Roosevelt about Africa he will visit this year. He recently returned from a year of hunting and exploration and climbed within 400 feet of Mt Wilimangare the continent’s highest peak. He says the President is well informed about Africa animals and geography.
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Washington
Peter MacQueen
Boston
Roosevelt
Africa
Mt. Wilimangare
MacQueen
Three Blazes Keep Gotham Firefighters Busy
Fire crews battled a string of blazes in Manhattan within a mile radius. Fires erupted at 98 and 100 Hudson Street, Hester Street and the Bowery, and at 1384 Crosby Street. All fires required extensive apparatus and threatened to spread.
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New York
Hudson Street
Hester Street
Bowery
Crosby Street
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C. E. Fox
C. O. Duval
7. P. Perrill
G. D. Johnstone
R. A. Koch
Pfaff
TREAS
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William ©. Bates
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