Cambridge appoints two police chiefs after Aldermen action
Cambridge, through the Aldermen, names Fred B. Pullen chief of police while Captain Henry J. Cunningham remains in place under debate. Mayor Daly states Pullen’s appointment takes effect at 6 o’clock, Jan. 19, 1904, as Cunningham holds the post awaiting board confirmation.
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Cambridge
Board of Aldermen
Daly
Fred B. Pullen
Cunningham
Coveney
McNamee
Fred EB. Pullen
Oppetige
Henry J. Cunata
Barry
Davis
Pullen
Police
Paw Paw Laxative Pills Promoted For Health Benefits
An advertisement extols Paw-Paw as a curative tonic improving digestion, respiration, blood purity, nerve power, and overall vitality. It claims widespread cures, urges trials for dyspepsia catarrh sleep and weakness, and promotes large and small bottle prices available at druggists.
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UNYON
Paw-Paw
Munyon
Zos
Mayor Daly Names Cemetery Commissioners and Poor Overseers
Mayor Daly announced appointments of Gustavus Wilson Samuel C Usher and W C Lombard to the cemetery commissioners. The Aldermen and Common Council elected James F Mullen Harry H Winslow and Francis X Masse as overseers of the poor. Chief Cunningham engaged counsel to pursue court action if needed and Daly refused to explain the dissatisfaction with the chief saying a few men will run the Cambridge police department.
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Daly
Gustavus Wilson
Samuel C. Usher
W. C. Lombard
Board of Aldermen
Common’ Council
James F. Mullen
Harry H. Winslow
Francis X. Masse
Cunningham
Cufiningham
Cambridge
Ice Off the Cape Endangers Schooners
Fresh northeast winds and cloudy sunset. No ships passed the shoals since dawn. Tonight heavy ice masses drift west with the tide, endangering four large schooners in the floe’s path and anchored west of Handkerchief. Three towboats with six barges sit off Bases River in danger of freezing in.
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Chatham
New York
Bases River
Corrigan quits in first round against Dunning in Portland
In Portland Maine Patsey Carroll of Boston was knocked through the ropes in the first round of a scheduled 10 round bout with Billy Dunning of Portland and quit as the crowd yelled fake. Carroll was fat and not in condition to continue.
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Portland
Patsey Carol Boston
Billy Dunning
Cee
Shipping Men to See Shaw in Washington
Calvin Austin and Alvan R. Flanders left Boston for Washington to meet Secretary Shaw about restoring the release bond withdrawn amid customs house scandals. Boston merchants and the Chamber of Commerce pressed for the bond’s return, and the mission aimed to leverage influence on the secretary.
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Calvin Austin
Eastern Steamship Company
Alvan R. Flanders
Boston Board of Trade
Boston
Washington
Shaw
Cmistom House
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Private Ball in Honor of Miss Dorothy Quincy
Mr and Mrs Henry P Quincy of Beacon Street host tonight's exclusive dance in honor of debutante Dorothy Quincy. The event, among the season's most noted private balls, highlights her social prominence as she wears a white lace chiffon and satin creation.
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Henry P. Quincy
Beacon Street
Dorothy Quincy
Miss Quincy
Harvard Purchases Two 25 Inch Reflecting Telescopes
The Harvard Astronomical Observatory has bought two twenty five inch reflecting telescopes for the astronomy department. They are the largest instruments the university owns.
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Harvard
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Bromberg Has Busy Day in City and Roslindale
Alderman Bromberg, newly on 33 boards, juggles Roslindale Selectmen duties and city work. He handles six to ten morning callers, attends meetings at City Hall, then visits departments and constituents through the day, rarely sleeps before after midnight. Tonight he hosts Dr. Livingstone’s Dorchester wedding as master of ceremonies.
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Bromberg
Board of Aldermen
Boston
Board of Selectmen
Roslindale
Old South
City Hall
Dr. Livingstone
Winthrop Hall
Dorchester
Curley Case In Court Today In Defrauding Inquiry
The Curley and Hughes cases charged with conspiring to defraud the United States by Curley taking a civil service exam for Hughes were before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Judges Colt, Putnam and Aldrich presided. Arguments were postponed to today at 10 o clock.
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Thomas F. Curley
General Court
John J. Hughes
United States
Curley
Hughes
Circuit Court of Appeals
Colt, Putnam
Aldrich
Officers Installed at St. Gregory’s Court Milton
Cp. H. C. R. John J. Collins of Avon installed the officers of St. Gregory Court 24 of Milton last evening in the presence of many Massachusetts Catholic Order of Forest 8 members. The high standing committee was represented by Vice-Chief Ranger Dennis E. Murphy of Brockton.
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ST. Gregory’s Court
Cp. H. C
R. John J. Collins
Avon
St. Gregory Court
Milton
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Forest
Dennis E. Murphy
Brockton
Smith's Triple Cure Promises Cough and Catarrh Relief
A promotional notice extols Smith's Triple Cure for colds and catarrh affecting lungs stomach and pelvic organs. It claims internal remedies boost nerves digestion and blood while a local cream soothes inflammation. The ad urges mail order with stamps or dealer purchase from W F Smith Co Boston.
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Cor Reece
Smith
W. F. Smith Co
Sumer Street
Boston
Mass
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Digestive Relief
An advertisement argues that food not digested harms health and that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets perform the stomach’s work, digesting food, supplying nourishment, and aiding recovery. The copy compares starving the stomach to hiring help, notes natural action without upset, and cites widespread drugstore availability at 50 cents per box.
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Stuart
House warming at G C Gustin's Somerville home
George O. Gustin, a leading Boston marketman, welcomed about 100 associates from the Mercantile Market district to his new Chandler street corner residence in Somerville. An orchestra played while the Mercantile Market Quartet and solos entertained guests. John Graham served as toastmaster and Eugene C. Ford presented a solid mahogany hall clock to Mr Gustin. Mrs Gustin received a bouquet as speeches by Creely of Belmont and J Howell Crosby of Arlington followed.
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George O. Gustin
Boston
Chandler Street
Broadway
Somerville
Gustin
A. J.mccarthy
John Clahane
John Graham
Eugene C. Ford
Conly
Thieves Break Into Beachmont Residence
Thieves entered the apartment of Thomas Rankin in Bellows block Beachmont yesterday afternoon through a rear window and stole 37 dollars in cash.
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Beachmont Residence
Thomas Rankin
Bellows Block
Beachmont
Yachting Talk by Adolphus G. McVey Delights Virginia Street Club
Members of the Young Men's Club at Virginia Street Universalist Church were entertained last evening with an engaging lecture on Yachting by Adolphus G. McVey, a noted authority in aquatic sports. The event concluded with a delightful musical program for members and guests.
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Young Men’s Club
Virginia Street Universalist Church
Adolphus G. McVey
New Ordinance Closes Chicago Playhouses
Chicago theaters face closure under a retroactive ordinance that bars older houses from reopening and makes required modernizations unprofitable in modern venues. Managers say galleries losses and higher “rise” changes erase profits, threatening to shutter theatres citywide.
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Chicago
Whitney elected Boston Chamber of Commerce president
Henry M. Whitney was elected president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting. Elwyn G. Preston presented the 18th annual report detailing the chamber’s impact on commercial welfare and outlining goals such as a city good government lobby, bond release, a US Canada trade treaty, new light vessels for Vineyard Sound, a new customs house, ocean rate reforms, and a dry dock for Boston.
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Henry M. Whitney
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Elwyn G. Preston
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Good Government Association
United States
Canada
Vineyard Sound
Boston
William H. Lincoln
Association
Chamber of Commierce
Governor Guests at Brighthelmstone Club Night in Brighton
Ablaze with color and flowers, more than 300 hostesses, and 600 guests joined the Brighthelmstone Club’s annual Gentlemen’s Night at Allston Congregational Church. Gov. Bates and Mrs Bates led a formal receiving line with Lt Gov and Mrs Guild and other officials in a lavish event likened to Admiral Sampson’s Boston visit.
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Allston Congregational Church
Brighton
Brighthelmstone Club
Bates
Guild
Hurtubis
Admiral Sampson
Boston
Charles F. Bates
Church Chapel
Aurel
Peruna Medicine Earns Praise From Local Treasurer
Mrs Col E J Gresham of Hernden Fairfax Co Va writes that Peruna cured her catarrh of the head and lungs after doctors gave up. She says six bottles were worth a king's ransom and that she now urges others to use Peruna and test its worth.
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Col. E. J. Gresham
Daughters of the Confederacy
Hernden Villae Improvement Society
Hernden, Fairfax Co
Peruna
Col. E. J. Jesham
A Plain Talk on Peruna Use and Risks
An advertising column warns that winter cone effects may cause catarrh and diseases in women. It urges keeping Peruna at home and using it at first symptoms as a preventive and cure. Readers are invited to write Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for free advice.
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Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Sullivan Replies to Gardner on Reciprocity with Canada
Washington, Jan. 19. In the House Congressman Sullivan of Massachusetts rebutted Mr. Gardner on reciprocity with Canada. He urged Massachusetts backing for immediate reciprocity and warned that failure could lead to commercial war. Sullivan cited steel rails and shoe industry and pressed Republicans to choose reciprocity over retaliation. He invoked McKinley's warning that commercial wars are unprofitable and urged lawmakers to act in the citizens' interest.
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Washington
House
Sullivan
Massachusetts
Gardner
Canada
Essex County
League
Gloucester
Republican Party
William McKinley
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