Birmingham Gives Chamberlain 5000 Majority for Re-election
London dispatch reports Birmingham voters returned Joseph Chamberlain with a 5000 vote majority as seven Unionist MPs were elected there. The Lib-Lab surge was strong in London and Portsmouth, while Sir John Stone held east Birmingham by a small margin amid national liberal gains and protectionist leanings.
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Birmingham
Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Sir John Stone
Mr. Chamberlain
City Hall
Mrs. Chamberlain
London
Portsmouth
Power costs and showings at the Old Howard
Electric Power costs range from eighteen to sixty nine dollars per horsepower per year according to twenty trade samples. The Edison Electric Wunminating Company advertises contract agents and a Boston office inviting inquiries by phone. The Genuine Nelson Britt Battle motion pictures will be shown at 2, 4:30 and 8:30 PM at the Old Howard tonight.
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Edison Electric Wunminating Company
Boston
Old Howard Todas
City’s Money Creates Boston Finance Department
The city of Boston forms a department of finance with treasurer, collector, and auditor offices. A controller is elected every two years at $9000 salary to oversee city and Suffolk county funds, inspect accounts, supervise contracts, and require reasons for unadvertised contracts. The subordinates are the auditor, collector, and treasurer. Perjury covers false statements to the controller. He also manages trust funds and chairs the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
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Department of Finance
Boston
City of
Suffolk County
Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners
Lomasney Bill Proposes Strong Boston Finance Controller
Boston legislators debated Rep Lomasney’s radical plan to unite treasury auditing and collections under one finance controller for Boston and Suffolk County. The official would be elected next winter, earn 9000 a year, take office Jan 1 1907, and wield broad powers, sparking a high stakes city hall fight between Mayor Fitzgerald and Lomasney allies. The measure aims to replace the auditor with a strong, centralized financial authority.
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Boston
House
Martin M. Lomasney
Ward 8
Suffolk County
Lomasney
Treasury
Fitzgerald
State House
Senate
City Hall
Mayor Questions Bill From Lomasney Over Public Treasury
Mayor Fitzgerald says he has not read the bill by Mr. W Lomasney and is not likely to be impressed by any measure aimed at protecting the public treasury. He warns against Greeks bearing gifts in relation to the proposal.
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Fitzgerald
W Lomasney
Lomasney
Provisions of the Bill Highlight Bond Requirement
The bill outlines principal provisions by Mr Lomas ney with a $250000 bond to be furnished by the controller. Additional details continue on page eight, first column.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity weather update
Increasing cloudiness then rain and warmer. Thursday and Friday fair and colder. Light southerly to westerly winds rise to brisk and high.
Weather Forecast For New England And Vicinity
New England Rain in the south and snow in the north portion Thursday and Friday. Fair on both days except snow in northern Maine and Vermont. Brisk southeast winds increasing through the period.
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New England
Maine
Vermont
Girl Killed in West End Shooting at Cambridge Street
Martha Barnett an 18 year old girl shot in her home at 209 Cambridge Street West End dies at Massachusetts General Hospital five minutes after arrival. Harry Middleton, 18, of the same address, is held at West End police station on charges of the shooting.
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Martha Barnett
Cambridge Street
West End
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harry Middleton
Bank Depositors Seek Receiver and Refunds in Boston Case
District Attorney Moran pursues a receiver for the bank to protect depositors. A creditors bill asks for accounting and for directors and officers to return funds. Burlen and Gurley are in Montreal with no warrants. arrest possible if they leave. $450 of $182,000 found, custodians say Burlen took bank papers as private property.
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Edgar O. Haddock
Depositors’ Protective Committee
Supreme Court
Savings Bank Commissioners
Lorenzo W. Burlen
Montreal
Gurley
Carpenter
S. K. Hamilton
Burlen
Boston
DeGoosh
In Honor of Poor Richard Boston Celebration
Flags adorn public buildings and schools while grave and monument honor Franklin. Daughters of the Revolution decorate the Granary Burying Ground. A Milk Street building bears Franklin’s birthplace onlooked by patriots. State city joint celebration at Symphony Hall features Governor Guild and others. Cable to the French president marks the occasion. Banquets at hotels with literary and typographical groups.
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Franklin
Old Granary
Daughters of the Revolution
Milk Street
Symphony Hall
Guild
Fitzgerald
Carroll D. Wright
M. Jusserand
Receiver sought in Provident Securities Bank case
A Supreme Court hearing before Judge Braley featured Assistant Attorney General DeGoosh requesting a receiver for Provident Securities and Banking Company. The bank shows $182,000 in deposits, $690,907 in assets, and $783,781 in liabilities, with plans to sell securities to aid depositors and raise funds. An offer for the company’s property was anticipated within a day or two, with note sales and asset discussions ongoing.
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Provident Securities and Banking Company
Braley
Supreme Court
DeGoosh
Lorenzo W. Burlen
Montreal
Burlen
S. K. Hamilton
Boston
Weed and
Halli
Irrigation Company
Gelatine Company
Mr. Hamilton
Messrs. Hassman
de Goosh, Weed and Hall
Rescue Six In Harbor By Guardian Police Boat
The police launch Guardian under Captain Merleen rescued six fishermen whose disabled dory drifted among rocks near George's Island at night. They had sailed for about two hours, repeatedly bailing water as waves swelled, until the Guardian hauled them aboard after ten or more failed attempts to reach them. Their half submerged boat carried nearly a half ton of fish.
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Savannah
Ikarl Sumner
Robert H. Stevenson
Boston
Europa
Philadelphia
Havana
Stevenson
Sumner
Guardian
Merleen
George’s Island
Fort Warren
Seven in Ayer family perished in Pembroke fire and murder
In Pembroke New Hampshire authorities describe the tragedy as seven members of Charles F Ayer’s household dead and the farm destroyed. Ayer later killed himself and is suspected of murdering his wife mother in law and five children before setting the house ablaze. The missing include two children whose bodies were not found amid the ruins.
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Pembroke
N. H
New Hampshire
Charles F. Ayer
Ayer
Chichester
Thomas F. Clifford
Merrimac
Addie Ayer
Isaac Lakeman
Flossie Ayer
Alfred Ayer
Bernice Ayer
Andrew Ayer
Ayers
Clifford
George Bailey
Northwood
Aver
Edward Glidden
Sanford's Ginger for Break Up Your Colds
An advertisement promoting Sanford's Ginger as a reliable remedy to break up colds, chills, and simple fevers. It touts the product as best and healthful, urging readers to use it for relief.
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Midonsig
Oxford
Boston and Vicinity
Washington Forecast
Treal
Provident
Charles D Gupley
Lopenzow Burlen
Moran
Provident Bank
Richard
Contract Dept
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Somerville
Awful
New
Hampshire
K Aews
Johnson
Immedi
Ately
Concord
Harry J. Lakeman
Abbott-Downing Company
Lakeman
North
George A. Kimball
James K. Rand
Glidden
Allenstown
Suncook
Manchester
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