Cornelius Vanderbilt Pins Wealth On Bold Rail Ventures
New York on January 13 reports Cornelius Vanderbilt third of his name inherited a million but wed against his father’s wishes. He then received 6 million from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt to avoid litigation. Starting with 7 million five years ago he is now valued at 25 million with gains in Interborough Rapid Transit Illinois Central and Smelters stocks. He also profits from locomotive fire box patents and maintains family Wall Street legacy.
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House of Railway
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Wall Street
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Linois Central
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Bill to Tax Bachelors in Tennessee Legislature
Nashville January 18. In the lower house Mr Rawls introduced a bill to encourage matrimony and promote the strenuous life. It proposes a tax on all bachelors of 50 dollars after age 23 and higher amounts as they grow older.
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Nashville
Tenn
Uric Acid Gravel and Kidney Cure Advertisement Claims
Read like an 19th or early 20th century medical ad about uric acid gravel caused by kidneys failing to filter blood. It cites Safe Cure by Warner’s as a cure, with testimonials from Mrs. M. E. Dean and instructions to test urine, promote the product, and warn against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Warner
M. E. Dean
Treas
Lotus Club
Chattanooga
Tenn
Warner’s
Warner’s Safe Cure Co
Rochester
N. Y
House Robbery on Doris Street in Dorchester
A thief entered C. T. Winkelmann's vacant Dorchester apartment at 5 Doris Street yesterday afternoon and stole jewelry. Mrs Winkelmann met the man on the veranda as he fled, describing him as a consumptive looking stranger in a dark brown overcoat and black derby with a white silk muffler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Winkelmann
Doris Street
Dorchester
Two New Men Added to Boston Fire Department
Commissioner Russell yesterday added Michael H. Devin and James J. Kelleher to Engine Company 11 on probation. He thanked off duty responders Charles Windhorn of Engine 42 and William T. Hall of Tower 2 for alarm responses.
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Boston Fire Department
Russell
Michael H. Devin
James J. Kelleher
Engine Company 11
Charles Windhorn
Engine Company 42
William T. Hall
Tower 2
Second Kreisler Recital at Jordan Hall Draws Large Audience
Fritz Kreisler gave a second recital at Jordan Hall with a program including Devil's Trill Tartini Bach Porpora Wieniawski and Dvorak Humoresque He repeated some pieces from the previous Tuesday to strong approval and delivered virtuosic mastery praised as without a rival among living violinists. Mr DeVoto accompanied in an ideal manner.
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Fritz Kreisler
Jordan Hall
Tartini
Bach
Sulzer
Leclair
Couperin
Wieniawski
Kreisler
Porpora
Mr. Kreisler
Wienslawski
Dvorak
Mr. DeVoto
Bachelors as a Social Evil Provokes Banquet Debate
In Cleveland Ohio at a First M B Church Young Ladies Missionary Society gathering Miss Anna E Vorneck prompted laughter with a discussion on Adams rib and chloroform. She declared bachelors are a menace to society and civilization and should be treated as such.
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Cleveland, CO
Young Ladies’ Missionary Society
M. EB
Anna E. Vorneck
Adam
Bill to Build Big New Canal Drafted for Legislature
Brockton January 18 The executive committee of the New York Brockton and Boston Canal and Transportation Company met and drafted a bill to create a charter for a canal from Narragansett Bay or Taunton River to Massachusetts Bay or Cape Cod Bay. The plan follows the 1901 survey, with a 125 foot bottom width and 200 foot top width, a depth of 25 feet, and capital stock of 15 million dollars. To keep the charter valid 500000 shares must be subscribed by December 1 1907 with at least 100000 paid in. Funding would come from local officials and capitalists in Brockton Taunton and Fall River.
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Brockton
New York, Brockton & Boston Canal and Transportation Company
Portus B. Hancock
Narragansett Bay
Taunton River
Massachusetts Bay
Cape Cod Bay
Weymouth
Fore River
Taunton
Fall River
Chamber of Commerce Urges Direct Imports to Boston
At the Boston Chamber of Commerce final board meeting yesterday a special committee was authorized to promote direct import entries at the Boston customs house. The aim is to inform every Boston merchant engaged in import business of the desirability of declaring all imports directly at Boston.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Boston Custom House
Police arrest Andrew Harrington for larceny by false pretenses
Police inspectors yesterday arrested Andrew Harrington age 39 of 18 Meade Street Allston on larceny by false pretenses charges. He allegedly stole 275 dollars from Lee Eaton of 125 Dartmouth Street.
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Andrew Harrington
Meade Street
Allston
Lee Eaton
Dartmouth Street
Catarrlets Advertised For Catarrh Relief And Cure
An advertisement touts Catarrlets as rapid relief for nasal catarrh and other mucous membrane inflammation. It promises soothing healing effects and urges pairing with Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and address underlying constitutional disease for long lasting cures. Available 50 cents by mail from C I Hood Co or at regional stores.
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C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Metcalf
Clergyman regrets performing secret marriage of McKee and Tevis
In Philadelphia, Rev. E Yates Hill says he was asked to wed A Hart McKee and Mrs Cornelia Baxter Tevis in a hidden ceremony. The Pittsburgh millionaire and Mrs Tevis had volatile histories including a Denver engagement, a Japan voyage, a child, and a later European liaison, with further notoriety abroad.
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Philadelphia
A. Hart M’kee
Cornelia Baxter Tevis
Yokohama
A. Hart McKee
Pittsburg
Walton
E. Yates Hill
First Presbyterian Church
Explosion Reported During Fire at Academy of Music
Investigations in Chelsea probe possible incendiary cause of the Academy of Music blaze. A Hotel Savoy lodger heard a muffled explosion before the alarm and saw a second blast and smoke from the theatre roof. Minstrel show participants including R. H. Nicholls left the building at 11 40 as three men reentered. Owner Reuben Broomfield plans to rebuild on the site.
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Chelsea
Academy of Music
Hotel Savoy
Academy
R. H. Nicholls
Reuben Broomfield
Carrie Easler Aground Off Clark's Harbor
Word arrived that the British schooner Carrie Easler, Captain Wagner, from New York for Lunenburg with pine cargo, ran ashore at Clark's Harbor. Wagner's hands are frozen and the crew all frostbitten during the passage.
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Liverpool
Carrie Easler
Wagner
New York
Lunenburg
N. S
Clark’s Harbor
Pink Rose Sells For 20000 In Rockland Affair
Jan 13 report states R. R. Pierson of Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson paid Rockland florist W. B. Arnold $20,000 for a pink winning prizes nationwide. The plant is a progeny of the Lawson pink bought earlier by Thomas W. Lawson for 25000.
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Lawson
Rockland
R. R. Pierson
Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson
W. B. Arnold
Thomas W. Lawson
Landseer crew safe after wreck at Birchy Cove
Bucksport Maine January 13 all crew of the fishing schooner Landseer wrecked at Birchy Cove Bay of Islands are safe and have reached Truro New York. Telegram from a crewman confirmed safety and said they would leave for Boston at the next opportunity.
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Bucksport
Landseer
Birchy Cove
Bay of Islands
Truro
N. Y
Boston
Sheehan Held Without Bail in Wife’s Death
John J. Sheehan was remanded to Charles street jail for the February grand jury sitting after arraignment on an alleged fatal assault that killed wife Annie Sheehan, who died at City Hospital. He lived at 609 Harrison avenue and was without counsel.
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John J. Sheehan
Charles Street
Brown
Annie Sheehan
City Hospital
Sheehan
Harrison Avenue
Silas F. Waite
$200000 Attachment on Boott Mills
An attachment of $200,000 has been filed at the registry of deeds against the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell by John Hogg and others of Smith Hogg & Co Boston.
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Lowell
John Hogg
Smith, Hogg & Co
Boston
New Liquor Bills Before the House
Two bills introduced in the House target liquor sales. One imposes fines on minors who misrepresent themselves as of age to purchase liquor, while the other seeks to bar habitual drunkards from saloons.
Brookline Country Club Skating Carnival Tonight
The Brookline Country Club hosts the second skating carnival tonight at the club rink. An evening of skating exhibitions and entertainment is planned for members and guests.
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Brookline
Brookline Country Club
Boy Missing Three Weeks In Somerville
Arlan Brown aged thirteen living on Clarendon Avenue Somerville disappeared from his home on December 24. He has been missing for three weeks with his parents asking for any information from the public.
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Arlan Brown
Clarendon Avenue
Somerville
Missing 13 year old boy sought by worried father
Mr. Marcell Brown reports his 13 year old son is missing. The boy is 5 feet 4 inches, light complexioned and wore a dark gray suit with knee pants and a long dark overcoat when he disappeared after taking all his savings, not more than $2, from the bank. He was moved from Hodgkins Grammar to Highland School and had complained of not wanting to attend class due to being larger than peers. The family fears elopement or foul play.
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Marcell Brown
Grammar
Hodgkins Grammar
Highland School
Dorchester Young Men's Republican Club Nominates Ticket
The third annual meeting of the Young Men's Republican Club of Dorchester assigns a full ticket. For president is Fred Gardner Smith with four vice presidents and officers including William Smith Jr as secretary and Thomas Keenan as treasurer. Directors include Herbert W. Burr Tilton S. Bell Thomas Leavitt and others. house committee led by J. Waldo Pond with Herbert Wells and others.
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Young Men’s Republican Club of
Dorchester
Meeting House Hill
Fred Gardner Smith
Harry Clark
George Hartford
Frank Harlow
Wiliam Smith, Jr
Thomas H. Keenan
Eugene Kraetzer
Herbert W. Burr
Williams. Bramhall
Tilton S. Bell
Thomas Leavitt
M. J. McDonald
Thomas A. McQuade
Alfred Cleaves
Frank Lamont
House
J. Waldo Pond
Herbert Wells
Dr. Emery
William Kenyon
Arthur Weeks
Colonel Clark of Portland Dies in Portland at 63
Colonel Charles D. Clark of Portland, a Bangor native who lived in the city 25 years, died of pneumonia at 63. He was a former lieutenant colonel on Governor Burleigh’s staff, Alderman, past commander of Portland Commandery Knights Templars, a 32d degree Mason, a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and a former member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston. He leaves a wife a daughter and two sons.
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Portland
Charles D. Clark
Bangor
Burleigh
Fle
Knights Templars
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Boston
Hetty Green Settles Estate Suit for 75000 Dollars
Hetty Green, famed as the wealthiest woman, reached a settlement in a five year old suit against trustees of her late father Edward Nott Robinson. The agreement awards Green 75000 dollars from an estate worth about 5 million, now in the hands of her son Edward H. R. Green as trustee. The case was brought in U S Circuit Court against ex-Congressman Crapo of New Bedford, executor of Edward Mandell of New Bedford. Alfred Hemenway and Judge James R. Dunbar advised the parties.
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Hetty Green
New York
Alfred Hemenway
Long & Hemenway
Green
James R. Dunbar
Dunbar, Rackemann & Brewster
Crapo
Probate Courts to Hear Divorce Cases Proposed
In the House yesterday Adams FF Brown petitioned for legislation to grant Probate Courts exclusive jurisdiction of divorce courts and to affirm and annul marriages.
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Adams FF. Brown
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Perel
Ossc
Pioneer Clothing CO
Washington Street
Corner Beach
Mr. Vanderbilt
Interborough Rapid Transit
Doris ST
Chamber OF Commerce
Catarrlets
Mrs. Tevis
Savoy
Drugsiags
E. W. Grove
Seal of
West Virginia
Panna
Seal of West Virginia
American Stogie CO
Dorchester Republican Club
Clark
Dea
National Dental
Winter Street Cor
Music Hall Place
Vorenberg’s
E. H. Smith’ & CO
Boylston Street
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Post Office Square
Benjamin I., Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
Franksford Trail
William Bb. Turner
Daniel F. Appel
Warren Sawyer
Thomas Sherwin
Nathaniel J. Rust
Henry Parkman
Wallace L. Pierce
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Charles E. Cotting
Gordon Abbott
Benjamin F. Stevens
Massachusetts
Cuarles H. Flood
Home Office Agency
Milk Street
A. H. Curtis
Federal Street
Franklin St
Bosto
Ward
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