Bills Put Forward In Sunday Work, Docks and Insurance
Representative Teeling proposes one day off in seven for hub policemen or extra pay for seven days of service. Marley seeks Harbor Commission survey for docks on the Commonwealth flats. Schoeffel backs Sunday theater labor and shifts theater license powers to the Mayor with court appeal. Winslow drafts a state life insurance plan with a governor selected board of trustees and $300,000 funds. Senate bills ban further installation of lop joint boilers for power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard 8S
Teeling
Charlestown
Sunday Law Committee
Reserve Force of
Boston
Joseph E. Marley
Fast Boston
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
Commonwealth Flats
John B. Schoeffel
Theatrical Managers’ Association of Boston
Superior Court
Erving Winslow
Senate
Stevens
Delineator February issue promoted by Butterick patterns
An advertisement extols the February Delineator magazine with stories by An Old Beau and Susan Clegg, along with fashion pieces on Empire skirts and mourning garb. It touts household advice, romance, and moral guidance, urging both men and women to read. Butterick patterns priced 10 and 15 cents, magazine 15 cents, yearly subscription one dollar.
Mormon Missionaries in Boston Bound for Europe
An even dozen Latter Day Saints set sail on the White Star line Cymric from Boston to evangelize Europe. Eleven men and one woman, Mrs. R. B. Penrose, undertake self-funded mission, joining existing European efforts while pledging to return in a year or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Latter Day Saints
White Star Line
Cymric
Europe
R. B. Penrose
England
Apostles of the Church
Boston
America
Drink and Desertion Lead to 16 Severed Marital Ties
In uncontested sessions at the Superior Court yesterday and this afternoon Judge Aiken granted decree nisi in sixteen divorce cases. Details include cruel and abusive treatment, desertion, intoxication, and abandoned wives with dependent children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary P. Buzzell
Superior Court
Maud M. Peak
Burt A
Marie I. Barker
Ernest
Elizabeth E
Adin L. Cadman
Adin
Barre
Mass
Nisi
Bessie M. Clark
Charles E
Whitefield
Boston
Mary E. Wright
Lillian F. Creighton
Aiken
Elizabeth R. Pike
Eugene W. Pike
New York
Josephine Sienkervich
Anton
Poland
Florence Clark
David A. Clark
Davis
Thomas Haynes
Rose Dalmskie
Abraham
Cincinnati
Clairvoyant Diagram Leads to Stolen Jewelry
Inspector Firth of Portland reads a clairvoyant diagram to locate jewelry valued over 2000 buried in Lynn cellars. The pieces belong to the wives of Colonel Castner and H J Lessard. tied to Carl Dunbar and Dr Paul Castner, who face larceny charges in Portland. Gems found in Eastern avenue and Lynn Highlands houses. residents not implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Firth
Portland
H. C. Mason
West End
Colonel Castner
H. J. Lessard
Jefferson Hotel
Carl Dunbar
Earl Robert
Charles DeLacey
Paul Castner
Eastern Avenue
Lynn Highlands
Frank Vaughan
Preacher and Veteran Eli A Smith Dies in Somerville
Eli A Smith a Winter Hill resident and Civil War veteran died at his home aged 94 He was a former Universalist preacher born May 5 1819 in Freedom Missouri He later served in the First Massachusetts Cavalry and was discharged after injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli A. Smith
Oakland Avenue
Winter Hill
Somerville
Mr. Smith
Freedom
Bangor
Boston
University Press
Cambridge
Thomas Whittemore
the Trumpet
Dolliver of Gloucester Seeks Bankruptcy In U S District Court
Willam C. Dolliver, Gloucester merchant, petitions for bankruptcy stating liabilities of 539,985 and assets of 513,630. Secured debts total 523,350 with 526,085 unsecured. Assets include real estate in Magnolia and Gloucester valued at 513,100 and 530 in securities. Major unsecured creditors include Gloucester National Bank 510,619 and others in Boston and Gloucester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Gloucester
Gloucester National Bank
First National Bank of Gloucester
City National Bank of Gloucester
John Corliss
Boston
Elizabeth S. Dolliver
Porter S. Roberts
Princely Pussies Biggest Attraction at Poultry Show
Clergy and residents protest police action in summoning Henry Connors of 72 East Newton street on charges of distributing cards in a public street. Connors, a relief committee member aiding the Feetham family, had organized a charity testimonial at Corinthian Hall, 1651 Washington street, for February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
William Feetham
Henry 8. Connors
East Newton Street
Connors
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Feetham
Corinthian Hall
Washington Street
Orient Heights Plait Heard At Conference On Fares
A conference in the Mayor's Office gathered Mayor Fitzgerald General William Bancroft R E Goff John D McLaughlin Aldermen Leary Battis James F Nolan Representative Joseph J Murley and others from East Boston. They discussed railroad fares at Orient Heights the Elevated track extension to Boston & Northern tracks and extra service. The two railways will consider the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
William A. Bancroft
Boston Filerated Railway Company
R. E. Goff
Boston & Northern
John D. McLaughlin
Law Department
Leary and Battis
James F. Nolan
Joseph J. Murley
Messrs
Albert Beaton
James Fenley
Thomas L. Burnett
Thomas Rice
East
Boston
Woman Dies Aged 103 In Vermont
Burlington VT date January 16 Mrs Toby Rosenberg of Burlington dies at 103 touted as Vermont’s oldest woman. She left 208 descendants across five generations the oldest being a son 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Toby Rosenberg
Vermont
Barnabee Testimonial Fund Gathers New England Support
New England residents unite to honor Henry Clay Barnabee of the Boston Ideal Opera Company with a testimonial. Subscribers include Cranmore N. Wallace, N. H. Stone, W. P. Blake, W. E. P. Weeks, Henry S. Shaw, Sherburne & Co., A. O. Davidson, FE Williams, William Whitman, and F. G. Webster, with total receipts reaching 2709 dollars. Checks payable to Frank G. Webster, fund treasurer, 115 Devonshire Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Sterling
Henry Clay Barnabee
Boston Ideal Opera Company
Bostonians
Cranmore
A. O. Davidson
FE. F. Williams
William Whitman
F. G. Webster
Frank G. Webster
Devonshire Street
Boston
Feline Exhibition At Boston Poultry Show Shines Cats
A vivid display of cats from fluffy to pink eyed lines headlines the Boston Poultry Show. Mrs D B Wiswell shows Dolly Dollars with a string of ribbons and medals while Lord Tangerine and Peter Pan captivate with royal airs and antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dolly
D. B. Wiswell
Walnut Street
Newtonville
New York
Lou Dillon
Frank C. Burbank
Sandwich
Boston Poultry Association
Ellis Case May Be Delayed for Year
The case of William H. Ellis of Boston involving an alleged eight hour law violation was docketed today in the U S Supreme Court as a writ of error. The argument likely will not be reached for at least a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Ellis
Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
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Cleopatra
Lida Churchill
the Magazine
Henry Hutt
Donly C. Hawley
A.B. M.D
American Academy of Medicine
Smoot
Utah
J. R. Furchman
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Mormon Church
United States Senate
James P. Rasmussen
J. R. Fuhriman
Chales L. Angerbauer
Elizabeth
Eugene
Herbert E. Funk
Washington and Winter Ste
Hilene’s
Filene’s
E Phiey
Siouee
Panama
Painetlic Et
Smaillsia
Orient Heights
Barnabee
Lord
Ken Tangerine
Lord Tangerine
James L. Bryne
Rhode Island College of Agriculture
Kingston, R. I
Cooper Curtice
J. W. Bolte
Thomas W. Lawson
J. L. Nix
Homer City
Penn
W. N. Sanborn
Bellingham
Ellis
Furriers
Avon St
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