Linehan Attacks Speaker Frothingham in House Rules Row
The Boston representative Linehan verbally assailed Speaker Frothingham after remarks about corporate influence in the caucus debate on the new rules. The confrontation followed a motion to reconsider and ended when Frothingham halted the debate and defeated the reconsideration. The rule tying joint travel and investigations to the rules committee prompted weeks of friction.
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Luce
Somerville
Committee On Rules
Representative Linehan
Boston
Frank P. Bennett, Jr
Saugus
House
Ward
Buckland
Frank J. Linehan
Schofield
Ipswich
Hayes
Lowell
Representative Taft
Worcester
Taft
Senate
Linehan
Frothingham
Joint Committee On
Jones
Dana
Bemis
Munroe
Flynn
Newton
Everett
Brigham
Marlboro
Moseley
Westfield
Quirr
Garfield
Brockton
Parker
Springfield
Cole
Andover
Giddings
Great Barrington
Women Oppose Bates Plan Add 9000 Members to Antis
Mrs Charles B Guild reported the Women's Anti Suffragists League has grown to about nine thousand to ten thousand members. The group meets privately, avoids publicity, and aims to protect home life, arguing women belong in the home and men should handle public affairs. They oppose Governor Bates's plan to extend the vote on municipal questions.
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Women’s
Charles B. Guild
Post
Judge Lowell
Beacon Street
Bates
State House
All Smiles Again With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Dyspepsia cripples cheer and sociability but Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets promise relief. The ad touts natural digestion aid that restarts stomach work, prevents sour stomach, and returns users to a cheerful, sociable state. A testimonial from Rev. J. R. Hoag of Wymore, Nebraska extols the remedy and its cost of fifty cents per box.
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Stuart
J. R. Hoag
Wymore
Neb
Legislature Notes and Debates Highlight 19th Century Assembly
The House postponed a probe into the state telephone system pending Senate action on new rules. Multiple lawmakers seek actions from abolishing the poll tax to state supervision of music in schools and a public menace designation for the gypsy moth. Proposals include a $30,000 breakwater project for Vineyard Haven Harbor and licensing liability for liquor sales. Local tones cover aldermanic reforms, council composition, and a dog kennel owner legislator. A New Bedford captain jokes about long travel to attend school, 57 miles daily.
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Deitrick
Cambridge
Senate
Committee On Rules
William J. Graham
Fran. X. Greenwood
Samuel Ross
H. H. A. Beach
Allen Chamberlain
Hincaley
Tisbury
Vineyard Haven
Driggs says jail and fine cured him of politics
Former Congressman Edmund H. Driggs, freed after one day in Raymond street jail for accepting pay to secure a government contract, declares he has paid the penalty and will quit politics. He received 12500 dollars, shared 2800 with George W. Beavers for campaign funds, and faced a 10000 dollar fine plus substantial costs. He now plans to devote himself to business. He is vice president of the Empire State Surety Company of Brooklyn.
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New York
Edmund H. Driggs
Raymond Street
Congress
Brandt-Dent Automatic Cashier Company
George W. Beavers
Republican National Campaign Fund
Driggs
Empire State Surety Company
Brooklyn
Lecture by Miss Hawes to Daughters of Mass
The Daughters of Massachusetts met at the Hotel Brunswick with president Mrs Austin C. Wellington in charge. Miss Carlotte W. Hawes delivered a talk titled Massachusetts Bells and Chimes and tea followed. Preceding the lecture, a business meeting heard reports from secretary Miss J C Moseley treasurer Miss H R Prescott and cor responding secretary Miss F M Newcomb.
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Daughters of Massachusetts
Brunswick
Austin C. Wellington
Carlotte W. Hawes
Massachusetts
J. C. Moseley
H. R. Prescott
F. M. Newcomb
Funeral of Mrs Moriarty of East Boston Today
Mrs Catherine Moriarty, died at 68 Paris street East Boston, mother of Rev Edward Moriarty of Cambridge and of John James and Mary Moriarty, and the late Dr Joseph Moriarty. Known in Past Boown for charity, funeral today at 10 in Church of the Most Holy Redeemer with solemn high requiem mass.
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Catherine Moriarty
Paris Street
East Boston
Edward Moriarty
Cambridge
John, James and
Mary
Boston
Joseph Moriarty
Moriarty
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Poll tax delinquency among election officers noted
About 1000 of 1154 election officers at primaries and election day were delinquent in poll tax payments. City Collector Macdonald marked payrolls totaling 2156 for those unpaid. The officers’ total payroll reached 38,792 with 14,800 collected yesterday. those unpaid were docked $2 in the collector’s interest.
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Macdonald
Funeral for General John B. Gordon in Oakland Cemetery
The South mourns as General John B. Gordon is buried in Oakland Cemetery Atlanta with governors, Confederate leaders, and veterans delivering eulogies. A 17 gun salute accompanied the day while courts, schools, and many businesses closed. Memorial exercises were presided over by Governor Terrell.
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Atlanta
John B. Gordon
Oakland Cemetery
Miss Clark Hosts Two Dinners at Hotel Tuileries
Debutante Miss Anna Clark niece of Colonel William D Sohier will host two dinner dances at the Hotel Tuileries on Commonwealth avenue on February 6 and 13. The Napoleonic ballroom will host a small, fashionable social list of the season.
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Anna Clark
William D. Sohier
Beacon Reet
Carstein Boomed for Convention Delegate
Movement grows to name Alderman Hans L. Carstein of Cambridge as a Republican national convention delegate He is described as a staunch Roosevelt supporter and the push centers on his candidacy for the role.
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Hans L. Carstein
Cambridge
Carstein
Roosevelt
Free Cure Claims Draw Many Endorsements from Physicians
An advertising letter touts a free treatment promising cures for opium addiction and other ailments. It cites Dr Charles Thompson and a East Coast physician praising the medicine, notes six thousand physicians using it, and claims fifty thousand attestations of its power. The offer includes a free large bottle and promises no suffering or work disruption, with letters returned on request from the St James Society in New York.
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Europe
Charles Thompson
East
China
India
ST. James Society
Broadway
New York
Famous Martin Case In Divorce Court
In a crowded Divorce Court a high profile case centered on Dr John M Martin seeking a divorce from Elizabeth Martin. The court heard a sensational claim about a woman presenting a child as the doctor’s offspring. A decree nisi was granted with alimony set at 3500 dollars upfront and 35 dollars monthly until the son reaches 21.
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Martin
John
Elizabeth
New York
Hardy
Susan B. Eames
George F. Eames
Back Bay
Maine
Bechtel Trial Opens in Allentown
Mrs Catherine Bechtel stands accused as an accessory after the murder of her daughter Mabel in Allentown as jury selection consumes most of the day. Three witnesses testified with no proof of the commonwealth’s case, and jurors not tied to the trial were discharged, signaling possible postponements for her children’s cases and potential drops if she is acquitted.
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James Burns
Susan
City Hall
Burns
Hardy
Allentown
Penn
Catherine Bechtel
Mabel
Trexler
TOC Laxative Ad Promotes Bromo Quinine Cure
A short 1910s style advertisement touts an herbal laxative labeled Bromo Quinine claiming to remove the cause of constipation. It urges readers to call for the full name of the genuine product and notes a price of 25 cents.
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EGR
Cure claim for cold in one day with Laxavive Bromo Quinine
Ad copy promises a quick cure for colds using Laxavive Bromo Quinine Tablets. Mentions a refund if it fails and notes a Grove’s signature on each box. Contains promotional tone and unclear guarantee.
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Grove's
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