Railroad committee work and prison visit noted
At 12 minutes past midday the railroad committee handles business and at 2 30 p m a prison committee member reviews prisoners. The items reflect routine oversight tasks within the committee schedule.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1904
Page
1
Boston Struggles Through Bitter Cold Wave
Boston endured a punishing cold snap with temperatures ranging from 13 to 14 above in the warmest hour and plunging afterward. Suburbs logged nine below zero, while firemen salted hydrants and maintained water lines as trains lagged up to an hour late. Harbor ice thickened from Thompson’s Island to Navy Yard, halting ferry traffic and forcing patrol boats to churn ice. Revere Street School closed before noon due to heating failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Smith
Arlington
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Thompson’s Island
Navy Yard
Guardian
Roxbury
Reverend Parks Leaves Boston for New York Parish
Rev Dr Leighton Parks announced his resignation from Emmanuel Church Boston to accept a call at St Bartholomew Episcopal Church New York City He said he must study the field before plans are set and credited the bishop with guiding his duty A farewell reception was given at his home by parishioners and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leighton Parks
Post
Emmanuel Church
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
New York City
New York
Dr.Parks
Big Heater Explosion Shocks Brookline Home
A hot water heater at Simon Hirschberg’s 1653 Beacon Street Brookline exploded yesterday afternoon just before 2. The blast hurled the furnace, lifted part of the first floor eight inches, and started a fire causing over 1000 dollars in damage. The home was unattended with frozen pipes contributing to the incident. this marks the second recent heating defect related calamity at the mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Hirschberg
Beacon Street
Brookline
Sas
President Mitchell opens UMWA convention with call for moderation
In Indianapolis on January 18 President Mitchell urges moderate speech and wage dispute conference methods to foster long term industrial peace. He proposes expanding the federation into Canada and western states, notes a minimum total membership near 340,000, and backs run of mine basis while addressing authorities and youth labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Canada
Montana
Washington
T. N. Lewis
Farley
Alabama
Wilson
National Organization
Bryan Opens Fight at Dollar Dinner in Lincoln
Colonel William J. Bryan opened the 1904 campaign at a large dollar dinner in Lincoln. Attended by 700 Democrats from across the state, Bryan stressed affirming the Kansas City platform on every plank and urged honest, aggressive action against corruption in city, state, and federal offices. Continued on Page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Kansas City
Crippled Jail Breaker Led Police a Long and Merry Chase
UTICA N Y Jan 18 Tired and worn from his exhausting efforts in escaping pursuers for over one week William J Reid alias Hoffman who made a sensational escape from the Springfield Mass jail was arrested in the railroad station here this after noon just after purchasing a ticket for Rochester whence he expected to escape to Canada Continued on Page 5 First Column
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
William J. Reid
Hoffman
Springfield
Mass
Rochester
Canada
Mrs Bates Stand by Accused Husband in Library Theft Case
Mrs Nellie Webster Bates publicly supports her husband Frederick H Bates amid police evidence of long running thefts from libraries. Officer Lane cites Bates's habit since youth, including Hawthorne Fanshawe theft at Boston Public Library, as motive for profits. A Hyde Park inventory reveal suggests more volumes stolen. a large search will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Nellie Webster
Frederick H. Bates
Bates
Nellie ‘Webster
Salem
N.H
Lieutenant Lane
Whitman Public Library
Hawthorne
Woman in Blazing Oil Fatal Fire at Pembroke Street
Mrs. Jennie B. Humphrey a 60 year old lodger died in a fourth floor room at 8 Pembroke Street yesterday afternoon after a kerosene stove exploded while she heated curling tongs. The blaze rapidly engulfed her room before Chemical Engine No 4 extinguished the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
Jennie B. Humphrey
Pembroke Street
Chemical Engine No. 4
Bates Nearly Became Pastor in Avon
Frederick H. Bates of Hyde Park who was under arrest in Boston for alleged book larceny nearly became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Avon in 1898 when the town sought a young preacher during a pastorless period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Avon
Frederick H. Bates
Hyde Park
Boston
First Baptist
Veteran James E. Boyd Praises Father John’s Medicine
A war veteran from Lowell says his family used Father John’s Medicine for 30 years. The claim highlights cold relief and pneumonia prevention with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Boyd
Lowell
John
Mayors clash over police chief Cun ningham resignation
Mayor Daly demands Chief Henry J. Cunningham of the Cambridge police resign over political motives. Cunningham, appointed by Mayor McNamee last July, refuses and vows to fight. The dispute centers on reinstating officers and Daly’s plan to remove Cunningham before tonight. Cunningham previously worked in real estate and ran for principal assessor against Jeremiah Donavan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Henry J. Cunningham
Cambridge Police Department
McNamee
Lothrop J. Cloyes
Augustine J. Daly
Daly
Pike, Conroy and
Alexander
Jeremiah F. Donovan
Purdy
Police
Cambridge
Aldermen Vote to Raise Day Laborers Pay in Boston
The Boston Board of Aldermen approved the Common Council order raising day laborers' pay from 2 to 2.25 dollars in city departments and discussed double pay for Sundays and night work clearing streets. The body sent related real estate damage suits from the Boston Elevated railway to the Public Improvements Committee and approved several other measures including park and street closures for events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Committee On
City of
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway
Derman Bowen
Committee On Finance
Bresnahan
Board of Police
Weather forecast for Boston and vicinity
Forecast calls for fair weather in Boston and surrounding areas. Tuesday and Wednesday look warm, with Wednesday becoming warmer. Fresh northwest winds are expected to diminish through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vicinity
Weather forecast by Professor Lessor for Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday shows fair weather first, then increasing cloudiness and snow by evening or night. Wednesday expected to be warmer with possible snow or rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Lessor
Prophet of the World
Charles’ EB. Lessor
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