Driver held up in the Fens on Ipswich Street
B Ss Holton a driver for the Hotel and Railroad News Company told police he was robbed of 12 dollars early yesterday morning in the Fens. He said two men in dark clothing helped him after his horse slipped and fell. One man kicked him and both seized the money before fleeing in an unknown direction. Holton could not describe their appearance or direction. Police find the timing and location strange.
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B. Ss. Holton
Hotel and Railroad News Company
Fens
Holton
Ipswich Street
Brighton
Franklin
Isle Royale
Santa Fe
Utah
Massachusetts Gas
Massachusetts Electric
Mining and Stock Exchange
Ahmeek
Boston Consolidated
Bay State Gas
Majestic
Jupiter Steel
Boston Stock Exchange
Arizona
Old Dominion Mining and Smelting Company
Shawmut Bank
Old Dominion Company
Maine
Pearmain
Pearmain & Brooks
Heath
Fire damages New York theatre and two buildings
A blaze at The People's Theatre on the Bowery near Rivington Street caused about 12000 dollars in damage to the theatre and two adjoining buildings today. Firemen faced frozen hoses and harsh cold as three alarms were rung before control was achieved. The theatre is used for Yiddish plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
People's Theatre
the Bowery
Rivington Street
Public installation of officers by St. Alphonsus Court of Foresters
Last evening at Tremont Hall Roxbury three hundred attended the public installation of officers. Deputy Thomas Neville of Brighton officiated with degree staff. Chief Ranger Michael C Layden gave an address. Rev Peter Quinn chaplain delivered on Forestry. H S T John Leonard spoke on the order’s condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alphonsus Court of Foresters
Tremont Hall
Roxbury
Thomas Neville
Brighton
Michael C. Layden
Peter Quinn
H. S. T. John Leonard
Railroad stocks were favorites in unsettled market
Wall Street reports a larger volume and broader demand for railroad shares but notes uneven price action. United States Steel preferred yielded to 5.0 percent, Amalgamated Copper slipped despite gains, and Berkshire Rock Island issues failed to sustain earlier buoyancy. The market shows time money at 4 percent with rail stocks yielding around 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Rock Island
United States Steel Preferred
Pennsylvania
Amalgamated Copper
Union
Pacific
Eries
New York
Boston
Paasecyre
Big Trade in Douglas Shoes
The W. L. Douglas Shoe Company reports 1903 sales up sharply from 1902, with 464,007 more pairs sold and a $1,159,367.60 revenue increase to $6,183,707.50. Factory operation totaled 270 days, equating to about 45 weeks of full pay, driven by high quality goods and extensive advertising.
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Brockton
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Mass
Washington trips from Boston and Florida tour packages
Washington trips depart Boston on January 29 February 12 26 March 11 25 April 8 22 May 6 with seven day stay including five days in Washington and visits to Philadelphia and New York. Florida tour on January 25 February 8 March 7 costs 59 50 includes Washington stop and round trip travel. Send postal for illustrated booklet to Jos P Taggart N E P A 360 Washington St Boston Mass.
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Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Florida
Jos
P. Taggart
Washington Street
Mass
Pennsylvania
Vt. A
Tremont Temple Store Draws Wise Women With Specialties
MacDonnell's Tremont Temple shop avoids selling an unsatisfactory article and offers a curated range of shirtwaists gloves underwear ceilings and hosiery. The annual sale is underway drawing a growing clientele of discerning women seeking bargains on important women’s wear items.
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MacDonnell
Tremont Temple
Laborers Pay Increase Question Before Mayor
An order to raise city laborers pay from eight to two twenty two a day awaits the mayor's approval. If approved the city faces about 234000 dollars in extra annual expense. About 3000 of 3659 street division workers would benefit, along with others in sanitation paving sewer and related divisions. City officials say the council and board have acted. the mayor's decision remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hourin
Ward 22
Board of Aldermen
Donovan
Common Council
Uniform costs force resignations from Massachusetts militia
Officers say the new uniforms cost nearly twice as much as prior ones, leaving many poor or modestly off. About 20 percent of commissioned officers plan to resign to Adjutant General Dalton in coming weeks. They cite the price as the main reason, while others expect additional grounds to be offered to headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Dalton
Commonwealth
Boys In Blue
Militia
Vorenberg's January Sale Captivates Long Crowds at 13 Winter St
Vorenberg's department store at 13 and 15 Winter Street draws unprecedented January throngs for a threefold sale. The "big combination sale" features Thomas Long china stock, 100000 pieces from Austria, and the regular January clearance with dramatic price cuts. Shoppers urged to act quickly as bargains abound in art, glass, jewelry, furniture and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vorenberg
Winter Street
Euvre
Austria
China
Vorenberg’s
Morgan Line seeks press exclusion for pier inspections
The White Star line asks immigration commissioner Colonel Billings to bar reporters from the detention room to avoid “undue publicity.” Billings will allow press presence during immigrant exams. The Cymric docked at Charlestown with 108 passengers, 91 in third class, after leaving Liverpool ten days ago amid a gale. A mast injury and unverified stowaway reports are noted.
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Morgan Line
Boston
White Star Steamship Comy
George B. Billings
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Billings
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Cymric
Outer Harbor
Charlestown
Liverpool
Campaign Finances in Amory Enhot Ledger Report
Amory Enhot filed a financial account with City Clerk Donovan showing campaign receipts totaling $12,184.47 and expenditures of $12,091.65. Major contributors included Laurence Minot with a $4,250 total, plus other large gifts from B. F. Keith and several Boston firms.
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Amory Enhot
The
Good Government Association
Donovan
Laurence Minot
B. F. Keith
DB. Cotting
C. F. Hovey & Co
Jordan Marsh Company
Parkinson & Burr
J. B. Moors
W. H. Lincoln
H. , Higginson
C. W
T. J. Coolidge, Jr
Robert Winsor
L. Day
Moses Williams
Alfred Bowditch
Charles P. Bowditch
Jackson & Curtis
Gordon Abbott
J. Randolph Coolidge
S. D. Warren
James J. Storrow
Jerome Jones
John C. Haynes
John Shepard
C. 8. Houghton
Robert A. Bolt
A. F. Jenne
F. Atkins
Carter, Rice & Co
Chase & Sanborn
George Wigglesworth
David Pr. Kimball
Regal Shoe Company
F. P. Sprague
Brown & Adams
Andrew OC
Bispham Song Recital at Jordan Mall Opens Season
David Bispham, famed basso, gave a varied recital before a fair audience with Harold O. Smith at the piano. The program included Wolf and Strauss song groups and works by Handel, Giordani, Arne, Schubert, Loewe, Gilbert and more. The performance drew praise for style and artistry despite voice limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bispham
Jordan ‘Mall
Harold O. Smith
Mr. Bispham
Hugo Wolf
Richard Strauss
Handel
Giordani
Arne
Schubert
Loewe
Heinrich
Gilbert
Converse
Bendix
Walter Damrosch
Bispham
Edward
Wolf
H. F. Gilbert
Mr. Smith
Y M C A Banquet in Tremont Temple Jan 27
The annual banquet of the Y M C A of Massachusetts and Rhode Island under state committee leadership will be in Tremont Temple on Wednesday evening January 27. About 50 guests, a notable social function, will bring together leading laymen from both states and various evangelical churches with their ladies, with Rhode Island represented by Bishop McVickar and Governor Garvin, and Massachusetts by President Pritchett of MIT.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
State Committee
D. Chauncey Brewer
Tremont Temple
McVickar
Garvin
Providence
Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Dean
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Boston Post
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MacGinnis
Boston & Montana
Amalgamated
Butte
Montana
Chicago
Lawson, Arnold & Co
Montana Supreme Court
Amalgamated-MacGinnish
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Standard Oil
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Heinze
Calumet & Hecla
Tamarack
Adventure
Daly-West
Mohawk
Old Dominion
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United States
Hayden, Stone & Co
Shannon
Railroads
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Canadian Pacific
New Jersey
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Denver
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Hocking Valley
Illinois Central
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Missouri Pacific
Pitteburs
CC & St L
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St Pee
Reecatas
Wheelin
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Wisconsin Centra
Amalgamated Coboy
Car & Re
Marge
Io Ae & Refining
Pacific Mail
Aisie
Palaee
Isi
United States Rubber
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Hi b.Low
Ama i
GM & B Inc
Seattle
United Fruit
Adventure M Amalgamated Min
Neu
Tel & ‘Bel
Inc. Li & S
Atlantic
Albany
Cal & Hecla
Aly -West
Tr & Steel
Elm River
Isle Oyale
Manchester & Ee
Mass Electric
Ai Ae Menthaler Lin
Xican Central
Pere Marquette
Eeveee Pullman Co
Quin Reece
Santa Bivicees
Shannon Ete Vasens
Swift & Co Tub
Trinity
Union Pacific
United Ese Tinited
Ais
Broadway
5Th Avenue
27Th St
Victoria
Manhattan
Fifth Ave
George W. Sweeney
Coal & Oil
U_S Steel
Tis West
Tere Os Abies Pr
Eevee Waltons
Roundtab Arrow
Ciuett and
Monsran
Entertainments
E.D. Stair
A. L. Wilbur
Matinee
Pierrot
Hanlon
Chas. Frohman
Ben Greet Company
Everyman
Star of Bethlehem
Merchant of Venice
Herrick’s
Mildred Holland
ALL Star
Theodore Kremer
Buster Brown
Columbia Tel
Tremont
Nance O’neil
Suder
ST. John
Lawrence McCarty
Lessee
Mgr
Thomas W. Ross
Chas. Warner
N. Y. World
Noa
New York City
Enid Mayo
Winchester
Jordan Hall
Grossmith
Symphony Hall
Washington & Dover Sts
James Boys
Missouri
Sherman L. Whipple
Stephen Bullard
Walter Hunnewell
Joshua Bennett
John G. Wright
John C. Gray
James A. Houston
George A. Goddard
Blodgett
Merritt & Co
B. H. Gay & Co
Tucker, Anthony & Co
A. CG. Cochrane & Co
Macallar
Parker Company
Bradley & Tyson
Henry M. Whitney
Henry C. Weston
Roger Wolcott
Alpheus H. Hardy
Keith’s
What the
Old Point Comfort
Richmond
J. R. Wood
Tramio Mgr
G. W. Boyd
Pass
Tremont Exhis
Safest
DE Wolf Hopper
Austin
Stone's
Tremont Row
Scollay Square
Sidney, Hinman Co
Careys
Hollis
Isaac B. Rich
At & Wed
Rogers Bros
London
Maryee
Harriet
Colonial Theatre
Meek
Fritzi Scheff
Charles Frohman
Fay Davis
BE Mary
Castle
Tel
Tremont An
Oxford
Virginia
Hoodman
Joy Li
Lon
Pitts
Joe Welch
the Pedler
Kentucky
Haymarket
Bowdoin
OLD Sleuthev
Rae T
Thea District
Fiose Bill Co
Nickelod Kid Parke
Howard Win
PF. W. Hyde
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