Bates Talks Tunnel Olin on Little Italy Dinner Event
More theft and a large Home Club reception and banquet in Masonic Hall East Boston honored Governor Bates with 900 members and guests. Attendees included Lt Gov Curtis Guild Jr and Mrs Guild Col William M Olin General H S Dewey Major W M Clark and Col W A Perrin. Bates spoke of the tunnel linking East Boston to the city and joked about married life. Olin criticized Little Italy north of the End and urged preserving national customs amid immigration. Speakers included Henry S Pritchett May Alden Ward and Mrs Emery D Leighton.
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Bates
Masonic Hall
Boston
Eben. M. McPherson
Curtis Guild, Jr
Guild
William M. Olin
H. 8. Dewey
W. M. Clark
W. A. Perrin
Marlboro Street
Secr
Italy
North’ End
Henry 8. Pritchett
The
Institute of Technology
May
Alden’ Ward
Emery D. Leighton
Quick work at custom house discussed by Boston merchants
At a directors meeting of the Boston Merchants Association John G. Wright refuted a report on the custom house. He cited Stone & Downer brokers who handle most imports and said the Shaw system delays are improving. Members backed trial of the plan and cooperation from Collector Lyman, with support for a sub treasury and free coal, and noted a new limited train Boston to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Association
John G. Wright
Shaw
Stone & Downer Company
Wright
Lyman
Francis B. Sears
Banking Committee
Boston Clearing’ House
Ae of Boston
Boston
New York
New England Baseball Circuit Holds Annual Meeting
The New England League of Baseball Clubs met in the rere House with Sree Murnane presiding and J C Morse as secretary. Lowell won the 1903 championship, clubs from Concord Manchester Fall River New Bedford Haverhill Nashua were represented, $500 deposits were required from each club, and salaries penalties were discussed. The season was set to begin April 29 and end September 10 with a schedule meeting March 1 in the city.
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New England League of Baseball Clubs
Rere
Sree Murnane
J.C. Morse
Bs Des Toy
Mesars
J. J. Carney
WJ. Freeman
Fred: Lake
Fall River
New ‘ Bedford
Lowell
Haverhill
Manchester
Concord
New Bedford
iIt
Mayor Daly Leads March at Policemen's Ball
Mayor Daly led the grand march at the Cambridge Police Mutual Aid Association ball in Prospect Hall last evening. Despite rain the event drew large crowds as portraits of officers decorated the hall and notable attendees followed the Mayor, with John P. Nelson and Chief Cunningham among those leading couples.
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Cambridge Police’ Mutual Aid Association
Prospect Hall
Daniel F. Cornahan
John’ P. Nelson
Nelson
Cunningham
Mary Mulvaney
Mary Mulvaney. the Figur
Orbin F. White
Herbert Pere John E. Winslow
John Pellow
Mater Augustine J. Daly
Grana
Liquor Dealers Fear License Renewals In Boston
Liquor saloons face renewed police scrutiny as renewal licenses tighten. Dealers fearing license denial contemplate selling businesses and leaving Boston, with some unhappy at current renewal standards.
Sunken G M Brainerd Identified Off Milford No Crew Found
The two masted schooner G M Brainerd from Rockland Maine sank three miles off Welch Point Milford Long Island Sound while en route to New York with paving stone. Captain Frank C Farr and crew Thomas R Gray John Nichols and Fred Barkster are missing. Vessel valued at 8000 dollars with partial cargo insurance. built at Bel Ast Maine in 1873, 242 gross tons.
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New London
Conn
Long Island
Welch Point
Milford
G. M
Brainerd
Rockland
New York
Gene Set
Frank C. Farr
Thomas R. Gray
John Nichols
Fred Barkster
G. M. Breinerd
Belast
Yale Prex in Harvard Union
President Arthur Twining Hadley of Yale University spoke at Harvard Union on opportunities for political influence. He opposed Roosevelt’s Panama stance yet stayed loyal to broad administration policy and warned against entering politics from a reformist stance. He warned reform in New York requires mass education and discouraged prospects of a Democrat reforming Tammany.
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Arthur Twining Hadley
Yale University
Harvard Union
Roosevelt
Panama
Hadley
New York
Odd Clauses in Spencers Will
London Jan 13 Herbert Spencers will is a curious document It directs that his body shall be placed in a coffin with a loose lid and easily opened from below and that they shall be cremated and the ashes buried without any religious ceremony Rights and property in his books and investments are given to the trustees the Hon Auberon Herbert Dr Henry Chariton Bastian and David Duncan The will orders that Herbert Spencers autobiography be published simultaneously in Great Britain and the United States and requests David Duncan to write a biography in one volume of moderate size Another clause gives to Charles Holme son of George Holme of Derby the watch presented to Spencer by friends in Boston together with the chain and inscriptions to keep as an heirloom
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London
Herbert
Great Britain
United States
David Duncan
Charles Holme
George Holme
Derby
Boston
New School Board Chair John Brett Promises Harmony
In a Post interview Norman quotes John Brett as saying harmony guides his watchword and chairmanship. He pledges fair appointments, respect for all members including Mrs Duff, and aims to raise local schools above city rivals. He denies radical plans, promises peace and steady progress for students and committee balance.
City Flood Paralyzes Streets and Taxis
Flood conditions halted streetcars across main routes with delays of 30 to 45 minutes. Chelsea and Bellingham station faced deep slush over boot tops as melted snow flooded crossings. Revere and surrounding areas reported walking impossible, few sidewalks usable except on Broadway. Cars ran late or broke down, often towed by others.
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Stret
Chelsea
Bellingham
Y Revere
Broadway
Flooded streets disrupt Beacon and Massachusetts Ave transit
Heavy rainfall and snow blockage caused water to fill the Beacon Street and Massachusetts Avenue corner to curb level, delaying cars. Flooding extended to Tremont Street, Columbus Avenue, and nearby intersections as passengers watched daring attempts to reach the tracks.
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Beacon Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Tremont Street
Eagle
Columbus Avenue
Newsboys Ball Draws 700 In Charlestown Night
Over 700 followers of Terpsichore gathered at Roughan Hall Charlestown last night for the Newsboys Protective Union second annual ball. Committee of arrangements reported a successful event with music dancing and refreshments.
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Terpsichore
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Newsboys’ Protective Union
Ball in Charles Town Draws Notables at Social
Photo by David Gurin shows a bustling newsboys ball in Charles Town last evening. Horner, floor director, coordinated details to ensure the event’s social and financial success. Guests included Deputy Water Commissioner Rosnosky, Alderman Fred Kneeland, New England Agent Dolan, J. K. Winer of the New York Journal, Dowd of the Traveler, and several labor leaders. The grand march was led by Floor Marshal Simon Rubinovitch escorting Miss Rosnosky, followed by Assistant Floor Marshal Harry Channen with Miss E. Elphonse.
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Rosnosky
Harry Channen
E. Elphonse
North End Ladies' Aid installs Morris Silverstein president
Morris Silverstein a prominent North End businessman was installed president of the North End Ladies' Aid Association at Baldwin Place last evening. A musical entertainment featured Mrs. Myer Bloomfield Miss Jennie Phillips and David Rubin. At the close of the ceremony Silverstein received a gold watch.
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North End Ladies’ Aid Association
Morris, Silverstein
North End
Ladies’ Aid
Baldwin Place
Myer Bloomfield
Jennie Phillips
David Rubin
Silverstein
Slush and Rain Cause Series of Local Accidents
Mrs. Honorie Mara of 90 Warrenton street slipped on slush near her home and broke her hip, now at Relief Hospital. Alfred A. Sabens of 2944 Washington street sprained his left knee carrying a flour barrel on a slippery stair at 290 Athens street. Mrs. Alma Kelley of 60 Castle street, chilled by damp skirts, fainted entering the subway on flooded Boylston street and was taken to Relief Hospital. Mrs. Margaret O'Connor of 65 West Eagle street East Boston broke her hip on a slippery crossing and was admitted to City Hospital.
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Honorie Mara
Warrenton Street
Relief Hospital
Alfred A. Sabens
Washington Street
Athens Street
Alma Kelley
Castle Street
Boylston Street
Margaret O'Connor
West Eagle Street
Boston
City Hospital
Citizens Organize Street Cleaning Force
Citizens in Shaw mut avenue and Groton street organized a volunteer street cleaning and sewer crew. A score of workers used shovels and poles to carve water channels and clear catch basins, with a couple of Chinese volunteers aiding to prevent water from flowing into a laundry.
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Shawmut ‘Avenue
Groton Street
Water floods streets disable many Forest Hills cars
In Forest Hills last night rivulets on Washington and Centre streets forced blockades as numerous cars were disabled and towed to Forest Hills depots. Power houses ran dynamos at full speed to maintain a leaking electrical current.
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Forest Hills
Washington Street
Centre Street
Roof Crushed by Melting Snow Destroys Bowker Torrey Co.
A wooden building at Grant and Dahlgren streets housing Bowker, Torrey & Co. collapsed after melting snow broke through the roof. Walls bulged as the structure was leveled, and police responded last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant and Dahlgren
Bowker, Torrey & Co
Italian Girl Seeks Return to Tony Over Forced Marriage
Saveria, an Italian girl about 15, arrived in America on the Romanie to marry Michele Albenese in a contract offer that money financed. She reveals she loves Tony Galanti, wants to return to Italy to wed him, and says Albanese is ugly and nearly 60. Saveria awaits U S authorities in Washington before landing. Her aunt says the marriage was undesirable.
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White Star
Charlestown
Saveria
United States
Washington
Romanie
Post
Nese
Rafael Zingeralla
Naples
Signore
Italy
Tony Galanti
America
Michele Albenese
Tony
Detention Roars Over Saveria Sartoro Claim
A fragment notes a 16 year old named Saveria Sartoro in detention and a heated reaction about returning to Italy if others desire it, signaling unrest and a tense political moment.
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Italy
Saveria
Sartoro
Cambridge Floods Hit Main Streets and River Highs
Water flooded cellars across Cambridge and spilled over sidewalks into stores on principal streets. Millers River rose inches above the prior high water mark, while the Grand Canal also exceeded its previous peak. Charles River stayed well above Harvard Square, causing long traffic jams as cars were tied up for hours.
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Cambridge
Millers River
Grand Canal
Charles River
Harvard Square
Dangerous North Ferry Crossing Description in Boston
A Boston note describes a hazardous crossing at the North ferry where planks stretched from Commercial and Battery streets to the head house. The water underfoot was reported to be about six inches deep, hindering passengers bound for East Boston.
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Boston
North Ferry
Commercial
Battery Streets
Ferry
Master Painters Hold 13th Annual Convention
One hundred forty members of the Society of Master Painters and Decora city gathered for the thirteenth annual convention. The meeting highlighted new techniques, standards, and upcoming exhibitions with emphasis on craftsmanship and professional ethics.
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The
Society of Master Painters and Decora
Massachusetts Painters Convene Thirteenth Annual Session
The opening session of the 13th annual convention at the American House was led by President Mouncey. Morning business included the president’s address and Secretary Treasurer William E. Wall’s report. Mouncey noted most prominent Massachusetts master painters belong to the association and urged establishing a practical trade school.
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Tors
Massachusetts
American’ House
Mouncey
William E. Wall
St. Paul’s Baptist Church Renamed St Philip’s
At a meeting last evening the St Pauls Baptist Church on Lenox street was renamed St Philip’s Baptist Church. The Rev. Simon P. W. Drew remains pastor. The ladies fair closes tonight with a debate between the Rev. J Henry Duckery and Moses Newsome on the negro question.
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ST. Paul’s Baptist Church
ST. Philip’s
St. Paul's Baptist Church
Lenox Street
Simon P. W. Drew
St.’ Philip’s Baptist Church
J. Henry Duckery
Ae Moses Newsome
Miners to Strike in Steel Trust Mines
Pittsburg, Jan 183 Today's session of District No 6 United Mine Workers passed a resolution to inaugurate a strike at all United States Steel Corporation mines in the district and coke regions. Officers and organizers will be sent to the coke regions to enforce a strike at all plants in the Connellsville region where reductions have already occurred.
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Steel Trust
Pittsburg
Penn
United Mine Workers
United States
Wilkey's New Wife Meets Former Wife at Home
John R. Wilkey recounts a cordial meeting at 424 Massachusetts avenue with his present wife and his former wife who recently obtained a divorce. He says she is in Boston, that she asked for child support for their seven-year-old daughter, and that he will provide support. He also mentions the Rhode Island home of his former wife.
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John R. Wilkey
Wilkey
Massachusetts Avenue
Harry de Bouillion
Post
Boston
Rhode Island
Ice Drives Vessels to Sea Near Dutch Island Harbor
An immense field of ice drifted down Narragansett Bay's west passage into Dutch Island Harbor, driving six coasters to sea and pinning the three masted schooner William F Campbell on a sunken ledge near the lighthouse. The vessel went ashore two hours before low water. a Newport tug may haul her off at high tide if ice obstruction lessens.
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Dutch Island
R. 1
Narragansett Bay
Dutch Island Harbor
William F. Campbell
Newport
Bechtel Jury Frees Eckstein In Murder Case
Alois Eckstein, linked to the Bechtel murder last October, was acquitted of complicity after a brief trial. Judge Trexler and jurors faced a tense proceeding as District Attorney Lichtenwalner appeared befogged. The court warned the Commonwealth to restore order to complete the case.
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Town
Penn
Alois EckStein
Abel Bechtel
Trexler
E. J. Lichtenwalner
Lehigh County
Commonwealth
Special Agent Clayton Leaves After New York Custom House Inquiry
Special Agent Ralph Clayton in charge of the New York division departed for New York last night after completing his part of the Custom House investigation. Judge Parke and Agent Custom will stay in the city for some time. A February report on the investigation is expected, with potential official inquiries into certain transactions and sensational developments anticipated during February.
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Ralph Clayton
New York
Mayor Uses Axe in Everett Shakeup
Everett, Jan 13. Mayor Boynton demanded resignations from the Board of Public Works led by Captain Henry Schrow with ex Aldermen W J Brickley George S Marshall Solomon Shute and J T Swan. Brickley immediately complied with the mayor's request.
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Everett
Boynton
Board of Public Works
Henry Schrow
W. J. Brickley
George S. Marshall
Solomon Shute
J. T. Swan
Aledrman Brickley
Banner of Boston Roofers Union Found After 17 Years
Workmen tearing down 616 Washington Street unearthed the time worn banner of Boston Roofers Union 17 once seen 17 years ago at Eagle Hall. The banner was thought stolen and is now kept at Roofers Hall on Bennet Street.
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Boston Roofers
Union 17
Washington Street
Eagle Hall
Boston Roofers’ Protective Union 1
Bennet Street
Editor Curtis Guild Reaches the Age of 77
Curtis Guild Sr editor of the Commercial Bulletin and father of the lieutenant governor marked his 77th birthday yesterday. He received congratulations from relatives friends and many across the country as visitors crowded his home at 26 Mount Vernon Street throughout the day.
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Curtis Guild
Commercial Bulletin
Guild
Mt. Vernon Street
Woman Suffrage Move Set For Jan 27 Vote
The elections committee met and will take up Bates plan for woman suffrage on Wednesday Jan 27 at 10 30 a m in the State House largest room reserved. Representative Turner of Bridgewater elected clerk. Three more suffrage bills introduced on petition by Lucia Ames Mead include changing the constitution to remove the word male granting women the vote for president and extending suffrage in municipal elections.
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Committee On
Bates
State House
Turner
Bridgewater
Lucia Ames Mead
United States
Miss Alice Sohier Debut At Somerset in White and Gold
The Hotel Somerset hosted Miss Alice Sohier in a formal debutante bow, with a white tulle gown trimmed in white satin and lilies of the valley. Prominent guests included Colonel Sohier, Mrs. Sohier, and sisters Eleanor and Elizabeth Lawrence, among many society figures and hosts.
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Hotel Somerset
Alice Sohier
William D. Sohier
Beacon Street
Miss Sohier
St. James
Eleanor Sohier
Mary Vaughan
Marion Peabody
Susan Howe
Dorothy Forbes
Sohier
John Lowell
Colonel Sohier
Elizabeth Sohier
J. Burke Fenno
Miss Lawrence
Nathaniel Thayer
Anna
Sally Thayer
Susan Thayer
Katherine Thayer
Clark
Adele Thayer
Bryce Allan
Guy Norman
Rudolphe Agassiz
Marion Fenno
Misses Fenno
L. C. Fenno
Misses Andrews
Edward Andrews
Cornelia Andrew
Dudley Clark
Albert S. Bigelow
W. H.aspinwall
John A. Lowell
R.H. Bowker
Juliet Higginson
Labor Unions In Boston Merge To Form Local 853
Two Boston unions the Boston Stationary Firemen's Union 3 and Cambridge Stationary Firemen's Union 53 merged last night to form Local Union 853 of Boston Cambridge and vicinity. Notable figures from the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America and regional organizers arrived to help unify lodges and mobilize about 5000 carmen in and around Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Stationary Firemen’s Union
Cambridge Stationary Firemen’s Union
Boston, Cambridge and Vicinity
Ana
W. H. Bonemus
Mena
Ark
The
Brotherhood of Railroad- Carmen of America
J. J. Luthens
Rochester
N. Y
Brotherhood
Boston
Union
Hanover Street
Waiters’ Benevolent Association
Paul
James R. Crozier
George Patterson
George Rowe
George A. Rogers
Charles Perry
Henry Keyser
Hugh McIsaacs
Thomas Butler
Boston Central
Ye Ae
Nion
George F. Fagen
Herbert E. Cole
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Olin
Little Italy
Custom House
N. E. Baseball Circuit
Mayor Daly
Nquor
YALE
Spencer
John Brett
Harmony
Brett
Mrs. Duf
Back” Bay
South End
Newsboys
Horner
David Gurin
Michele’ Albenese
Saveria Sartoro
Special Agent
Clayton
OLD Banner
the Post
LABOR
Pitts- Kimball Co. Department Store
Lincoln
Union Station
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Wolf’s
Metcalf
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