Ocean rate war looms between Cunard and White Star lines
The Cunard line and White Star line prepare for a rate war with reductions in second and third class fares. White Star has cut third class by $7.50 and second class by $5 while Cunard plans a counter move. Boston agent Charles P. Sumner says no announcement yet as the race to attract steerage passengers continues.
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Brookline Doubts Doctor Marvin Plan to wed Flora Swift
Dr Horace Newall Marvin of Dover Delaware obtained a New York marriage license to wed Flora Messina Swift a Brookline Mass woman aged sixty. Brookline residents deny knowledge of Mrs Swift and question her residence while recalling Marvin’s prior marriages and the fate of his son Horace Jr. The case echoes past mysteries surrounding the family.
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Charley Ross
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Fame Returns to Port After Tough Halifax Voyage
The fishing schooner Fame, a Boston owned craft, arrived in New York after a harsh voyage from Halifax. Towed by the tug Dudley Pray with the coal barge Grace in tow, the crew previously refused duty. amateur yachtsmen stepped in to navigate the vessel during quarantine.
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Boylston School Alumni Meet Elects Murphy President
Famous Bostonians gathered for the Boylston School Association meeting. Chief Assessor John J. Murphy presided and was elected president. The Fort Hill school once counted Archbishop Williams, ex Mayor Hugh O'Brien, Vicar General Patterson, and Dennis J. Hern among its notable attendees.
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Boylston School Association
John J. Murphy
Fort Hill
Archbishop Williams
Hugh O'Brien
Patterson
Dennis J. Hern
West End House plans long youth walking race to Providence
Athletic directors announce a Sunday January 19 start at 7:30 am for a strenuous walk from West End House to Providence and back by train a distance of several miles, following the success of their previous event.
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Young Hoppe to duel Al Cutler in week of Jani.
Billiard exhibitions at Miah Murray's during the week of January 18 feature Willie Hoppe, the world's peer, versus Al Cutler, New England champion. Hoppe, age 20, coaches Cutler as he prepares for a match with Jake Schaefer, while Cutler trains.
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Willie Hoppe
al Cutler
New England
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Cutler
Jake Schaefer
Stone School Students Push Outdoor Board Track Site
Undergraduates and graduates of Stone School work to secure a site for an outdoor board track so the track team can hold its preliminary workouts in a suitable place.
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Fisher Fleet Returns with Mixed Cargo and Heavy Weather
Ten trips docked at the fish pier with 231 100 pounds of mixed fresh catch led by haddock cod hake and pollock. Gloucester schooner Conqueror under Captain Robbins Griffin landed 66 000 pounds while Atlas vessels faced gear losses in a three week voyage. Weather worsened and prices moved toward normal, with haddock at 38 4 cents and cod near 48 4 cents, while ships Oakmore Leyland line and Anglian prepared for London with vast breadstuff and beef shipments.
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Silva
Flora J. Sears
Johnston
Oakmore
Murdock
Puritan Line
Antwerp
Old Eastern Railroad
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Leyland
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Shipping News Miniature Almanac Night Tide Entries
Maritime notices list arrivals and clearances withBrindled details of vessels from Gardner London Oakmore Antwerp to Yarmouth and Gloucester. The section records ships bailed or bailed to other ports and tug movements including barges, schooners and coal vessels, with quarantine and towing notes across Philadelphia Baltimore Newport News and Portland.
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Gardner
London
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Peace
Antwerp
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Kinney
Yarmouth
A. W. Perry
Halifax
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Ewey
Providence
Charles Mayer
Baltimore
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Boston Spitting Ordinance Violators Summoned in Court
Ten men from Boston and nearby areas faced Judge Bolster in the first Police Court session for sidewalk spitting. Nine paid five dollars, one paid two. Frank Leonard of Salem claimed poverty and ignorance of the law, noting Salem allows spitting.
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Boston
New York
Salem
Bolster
Frank Leonard
Survey to settle dispute over Alderman Sherman residence
In Melrose Wakefield line officials begin an official boundary survey to locate Alderman Frank J. Sherman of Ward 1 and determine his eligibility to sit on the board. Workers found the boundary post misaligned by six inches at the bottom and two feet at the top, prompting the scrutiny.
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Wakefield
Frank J. Sherman
Double Funeral For Duffy Children In South Boston
A double funeral was held in South Boston for Catherine Duffy age 3 and James A Duffy age 1, children of James A Duffy of 283 West Second Street. Both died after a brief pneumonia illness that began nearly simultaneously.
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James A. Duffy
West Second Street
Catherine
James A
Engine Kills 2 Workers on Boston and Albany Line
Thomas King and John Griffen section hands on the Boston and Albany were killed at 3 35 pm when an engine from South Station struck them near the Boylston street bridge. Michael Griffen escaped injury. Both victims were married with families. Griffen resided at 132 C street South Boston and King at 107 Seventh street South Boston.
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John Griffen
Boston & Albany
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Boylston Street Bridge
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Michael
Griffen
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Boston
Seventh Street
South
Canada’s New Direct Immigration Route Considered
Ottawa reports the Dominion Interior Department considers amending regulations to require all immigrants arrive directly from their birthplace or country of citizenship. The plan would bar European immigrants to Canada who enter via the United States.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of the Interior
Canada
United States
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