Police search for violinist missing from Philadelphia Orchestra
Police in the Middle Atlantic and Eastern States with Pinkerton help seek Frank S Morton first violinist of the Philadelphia Orchestra missing since December 22 after a banquet in Philadelphia. He left his violin and belongings at the hotel and offered no clues. His parents returned from Philadelphia to aid the search and Chief William B Watts issued a general circular letter.
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Middle Atlantic
Pinkerton
Frank $. Morton
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia
John J. Morton
William B. Watts
Boston Violinist’s Mysterious Disappearance
Born in Brockton in 1881 the violinist studied public schools under Charles M Loeffler and rose to prominence as a soloist. He joined the Boston Festival Orchestra and later became first violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Police in both cities are baffled by his disappearance despite available funds and no known obligations.
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Brockton
Charles M. Loeffler
Boston Festival Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
Officers for Home for Aged Hebrews Installed
At Baldwin Place Hall the Home for Aged Hebrews installed officers for the term. President A. Tittlebaum, vice president Mrs. Fannie Arkin, treasurer Mrs. Dora Ruff. Installing officer H. Goldberg, first president of the West End Ladies' Society. The home will need an immediate building extension.
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Home For
Aged Hebrews
Baldwin Place Hall
A. Tittlebaum
Fannie Arkin
Dora Ruff
H. Goldberg
West End
Caledonian Club Plans Annual Burns Ball
The Boston Caledonian Club prepares its fifty third Burns Celebration and concert in the Grand Hall at Mechanics Building on Friday January 25. Noted Scottish artists Miss Iona Robertson and Miss Janet Duff will perform as stars of the program.
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Boston Caledonian Club
Robert Burns
Mechanics’ Building
Iona Robertson
Janet Duff
Harvard Freshmen Lead Strenuous Class Presidency Campaign
Four freshmen from Mt. Auburn street Harvard's gold coast have launched a heated bid for the class presidency with sophomores and seniors joining the campaign. Nominations next Tuesday will be by acclamation and six candidates will be allowed, promising chaotic ballot preparation.
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Mt. Auburn Street
Harvard
Gold Coast
Polar Meteorology Lecture At Harvard By R C Ward
Professor R C Ward, a distinguished scientific investigator, lectured Harvard men last evening on the Meteorology of the North and South Polar Zones. He illustrated the talk with charts and maps obtained at great labor and expense, showing the extraordinary condition of the heavens at the two polar zones.
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R. C. Ward
Harvard
Last Chance to Land Miriam Zartarian in Boston
Miriam Zartarian the so called girl without a country faces possible deportation as a medical panel weighs whether her left eye has fully recovered from trachoma. If the panel rules against recovery she will be sent aboard the Canopic from Charlestown. if not she may be landed.
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Miriam Zartarian
United States
Turkey
Victor M. Safford
Boston Immigration Bureau
Miriam
Long Wharf
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charlestown
Roosevelt
Ivery
Supreme Court
Mayor Fitzgerald Defends City Finances Against Webster Claim
Mayor Fitzgerald released a statement defending Boston finances after Representative Walter Webster charged the annual message misrepresented conditions. He says the city’s tax cut from 16 to 15.90 was not due to Webster’s claims and urges citizens to investigate.
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Fitzgerald
Walter Webster
Webster
Boston
City Hall
Baltimore
Insurance receiver sought for American Insurance Co case
An intervening petition filed by Attorney General Malone in the Supreme Court seeks a receiver for the American Insurance Company and an injunction against pressuring policy-holders to settle at 40 percent. Former policy-holders Mebius Drescher Co. and Mary J. Noonan allege losses from the San Francisco fire and fraudulent misrepresentation to assign claims. They say the company had funds to pay full face value and that hundreds were induced to accept reduced settlements. The Massachusetts firm suffered heavy San Francisco losses and collapsed.
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American Insurance Company
Malone
Supreme Court
Mebius Drescher
San Francisco
Massachusetts Corporation
London Aeronauts to Enter St Louis Race
At a meeting of the Aero Club three competitors were chosen to represent London in the James Gordon Bennett aeronautical race to be held in St. Louis in October.
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London Aeronauts
ST. Louis
London
The
Aero Club
James Gordon Bennett
Contested Will of Dr James D Judge Before Probate Court
Dr James D Judge's will, leaving real estate to Mrs Bertha Ruther and others, is being contested by relatives who claim he lacked testamentary capacity and that undue influence occurred. Witnesses questioned his mental state near the June 17 signing. one witness from New Hampshire was unable to attend. The matter proceeds to further hearing at 2 PM with continued testimony and cross questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Judge
McKay
Annie F. Welch
New Hampshire
Charles B. Knight
Bright
John H. Snow
Francis J. Tighe
Lawrence ¥. Smith
James Tighe
Joseph M. Wharton
Ethel S. Walsh
Frank D. Nay
William O. Cutler
Frank B. Libby
Lizzie Libby
MIT Sophomore Class Faces Probe Over Theatre Night Expenses
A MIT sophomore class committee funded a theatre party with three quarts of champagne and class decor, provoking an investigation by the institute. The Tech student paper criticized the affair as unbusinesslike and the class voted to censure the paper while promising refunds for disputed items. Dean Burton attended the secret meeting and the institute committee will continue the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Dean Burton
Maurice Scharff
A. K. Mitchell
Tech
Institute
CARES FOR MANY TOTS AT MASS SOCIETY MEETING
At the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children annual meeting at 43 Mt Vernon Street 688 children were cared for by court order under the neglect law 4997 under investigation and 1137 families brought to the society s attention. About 2061 was collected from fathers for mothers and children. Officers elected included President Grafton D Cushing and General Agent C C Carstens. Treasurer reported about 25000 paid out in 1906 with only 20000 income, the rest covered by the reserve fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Mt. Vernon Street
Grafton D. Cushing
S. Parkman Blake
George Putnam
Paul Revere Frothingham
George F. Richardson
Edward H. Hall
Leonard K. Storrs
D. D
George P. Hayward
William Lawrence
Ellen L. Tower
Thornton K. Lot
Mt Vernon Council Knights of Columbus Plans Fourth Installation
Mt Vernon Council Knights of Columbus Dorchester will hold its fourth installation Monday evening in Wheelock Hall Upham Corner. State Deputy Daniel F Buckley will lead the ceremonies as enthusiasm grows for purchasing the Old Dorchester clubhouse. The council dates from November 17 1896 with 65 members, now about 250, aiming for 600 in permanent quarters. Officers listed include John F Elder grand knight and James H Baldwin deputy grand knight.
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Mt. Vernon
Knights of Columbus
Dorchester
Wheelock Hall
Upham's Corner
Daniel F. Buckley
Lawrence
R. James E. Hayes
John F. Elder
James H. Baldwin
William A. Hanley
Edward L. Sullivan
Albert J. Gleason
Edward Curley
Orrin J. Hodgdon
James F. Gallagher
James F. Kelley
Richard Walsh
John W. Lavery
John J. Broderick
William IL. Gleason
Boston
William L. Gleason
Michael J. Cuddihy
T. J. O'Donnell
W. M. Connell
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Offer Free One Month Treatment
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians announce a limited time offer at 18 Boylston Street offering one month's treatment including all medicines free to all patients who apply by January 16 after a free consultation and X-Ray examination. Cures are guaranteed for curable chronic diseases. Out of town patients are invited to come by train. office hours are 9 to 12 am, 2 to 4 pm, and 6 to 8 pm.
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Boylston Street
Boylston St
Osmo-Chemic Doctors Cured Paralyzed Fear for Mr Notter
Mr J H Notter of 3 Prescott street Charlestown describes severe vascular inflammation in his brain and numbness that threatened paralysis. He credits Osmo-Chemic physicians with restoring his health after thorough treatment and care.
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J. H. Notter
Prescott St
Charlestown
Dozen Summonses Issued For Sunday Law Violations
Twelve summonses were issued in the lower court yesterday against alleged violators of Sunday laws, most against bakers ice cream dealers and theatrical transfer men. Four bakers were fined for Sabbath violations by Judge Murray, all appealing. Norman Lilly and Franklin W Smith were fined for working on books last Sunday.
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Murray
Norman Lilly
Franklin W. Smith
General OUCHAKOFF Will Welcome Back Wife
St Petersburg correspondent reports General Ouchakoff ready to forgive his wife who eloped with Lt Gabriel Essipoff. He says he will welcome her back for their children's sake and notes funds have been sent through the Russian consulate in Melbourne to relieve her need.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Ouchakoff
Gabriel Essipoff
Melbourne
Australia
Reading Mass praises Osmo-Chemic Specialists for digestion cure
In a letter from Melville A. Stone to the Osmo-Chemic Specialists in Reading Massachusetts the author thanks them for an effective treatment for years of digestive troubles. He says his general health improved markedly and expects ten more years of vigorous service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Mass
Melville A. Stone
Abdominal Tumor Cured by Osmo-Chemic Physicians
Mrs. Annie M. Emery of Last Haverhill Massachusetts reports a seven month course of Osmo-Chemic treatment cured her abdominal fibroid tumor after seven doctors deemed surgical cure necessary. She credits painless, rapid relief and no recurrence since July 1904.
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Annie M. Emery
Haverhill
Mass
P.O. Box
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mag
Annie May Emery
Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine Ad for Boston Book
An advertisement from Boston urged readers to send a 2 cent stamp for a book on chronic diseases. It listed hours from 1 AM to 12 PM and 1 PM to 5 PM daily with Sundays closed, and referenced Boylston Street in Boston Massachusetts.
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Boylston St
Boston
Mass
Boston Harbor Needs Increase as Steamship Sachem Arrives
At a weekly Water Front Commission meeting leaders from the Boston Chamber of Commerce the Boston Merchants Association and the Associated Board of Trade discussed harbor and commerce needs. The demand for dock space is so high that berthing for the Warren line steamship Sachem due from Liverpool with 28000 bales of Egyptian cotton cannot be found. A committee including Watson Balderson Hunt and Donovan was formed to report to Mayor Fitzgerald on expanded trackage for the Boston and Maine at Charlestown.
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Water Front Commission
John F. Crocker
Daniel D. Morss
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Jerome Jones
Erwin H. Walcott
Boston Merchants’ Association
James Richard Carter
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Boston
Warren Line
Sachem
Liverpool
Messrs
Watson
Balderson
Hunt and
Donovan
Fitzgerald
Boston & Maine Railroad
Charlestown
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Frank S. Morton
Philadelphia Orchestral Society
Home For Aged Hebrews
Caledonian Club
Dr. Safford
Booklovers
Boston Post
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TIE UP Insurance CO
Atty
DR. Judge
Beecham
Joseph Grady
Tremont Street
Daniel Coleman
Westerly House
Washington St
Carters
Died By
Cruelty Prevention Society
Dorchester Club House
Bakers
Gen. Ouchakoff
Chamber of Commerce of
William C. Gregor
Brompaed ST
Griffith
Aeci
Pbrrerwwerzser
Eastern Drug CO
Fulton
Griffith Rheumatic Care Co
Third Ave
Cor
11Th St
Newy York
N. Y
Board of Aldermen
Solmes
Harvard Dental CO
Bewdolp Sq
White Dental
Washington
H. White
Edgeworth St
St. Catherine’s Church
Lowell
Fallons. J. NEWMAN @ SONS
Tremont
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