Boston Fin Com Bills Stir State House Debate
The State faces a wave of finance bills from the General Court as interest grows in Mayor Hibbard and Harvey Shepard proposals. Prominent leaders warn of local self government risk, while recommendations call for a finance board replacing multiple commissions and a state wide uniform accounting plan. The Eastern Audit Company report fuels controversy and Senators push to block its release.
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FIN. Com
Hibbard
Boston
Harvey N. Shepard
Woodward-Walsh
Fin.Com
Walter A. Webster
Auerbach Public Utilities Commission
Fin
Committee On Ways and Means
Guild
Finance Commission
State House
General Court
Eastern Audit Company
Stevens
Ways and Means
Senate
House
Puy Ce
Board of ‘Railroad Commoners
Highway Commissioners
Harvey Shepard
Commission
Lodge
Crane
Matthews
Civil Service
Brazil police track anarchist plot against American fleet
Rio de Janeiro police say they will arrest anarchists of various nationalities who planned to damage ships of the American fleet. The chief notes the plot was organized by Fedher and that conspirators have fled inland. Police cooperate with Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais authorities as Admiral Evans regains health.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Fedher
United States
Brazil
Petropolis
Carlos Hamman
Jean Fedhar
Hamman
Santos
Admiral Pillsbury Reacts to Rio Anarchist Plot Rumor
Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury says the claim of an anarchist plot in Rio de Janeiro to destroy Admiral Evans fleet is unbelievable. He notes no official warning from Evans or the Navy and doubts departure changes for the Pacific-bound battleship fleet.
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Washington
John E. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Department
Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Evans
Paris
Connecticut
Missouri
Brazil
Hampton Roads
New York
Navy Department
H Evans
Admiral Pillsbury
Rio
Admiral Evans
May Join Revolutionists St Thomas Exiles Sail
General Firmin once Hayti revolution leader in 1902 now presidential aspirant and about 2% political exiles sailed from St Thomas on the British steamer Vortigern ostensibly for Cuba. It is believed they intend to land on the Haitian coast and join the revolutionists.
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ST. Thomas
Firmin
Hayti
Alexis
Vortigern
Cuba
Revolutionista
Chicagoan's blueprint for the ideal city and transit
Chicago writer L. Zueblin argues for a sweeping urban plan. He urges a large subway system, a Back Bay station, and two main terminals plus city owned utilities. He condemns billboards and slums and promotes artistically lit streets and frequent system revisions by citizens.
Making of a City address by Professor Zueblin in Boston
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago spoke in Perkins Hall on Boylston Street urging transit reforms. He argued railroads heavily influence states and cities, urged a new North Station and a park along the Charles River, and predicted continued struggles to modernize urban transportation.
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Back Bay
Boston & Albany
New Haven
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Boston
Zueblin
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
Perkins Hall
Boylston Street
Pennsylvania
Blot
Harvard
Charles River
New Craigie Dam
Boston & Maine Road
Eliot
Harvard University
Sta
Gaelic School Lectures Highlight Irish History in Boston
The Boston Gaelic School hosted a history lecture from the Boston Sunday Post on the Irish element in Massachusetts. Larkin defended the subject against two writers, earning student and society praise and support for Irish language and history in public schools.
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Boston Gaelic School
Washington Street
Boston Sunday Post
Massachusetts
Larkin
Boston
Ireland
Gaelic School Association
Sunday Post
Redemption Debut by People’s Choral Union at Symphony Hall
The People’s Choral Union opened its season with Gounod’s Redemption, featuring soloists Miss Mary Montgomery Brackett Miss Helen Allen Hunt Miss Alice M Stanaway and Messrs Clarence B Shirley Willard Flint Ralph Osborne. Boston Symphony players backed the performance with Strube conducting and Edith H Snow at piano. Critics praised the soloists and chorus but condemned the score as boresome and chaotic in places.
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People’s Choral Union
Symphony Hall
Gounod
Mary Montgomery Brackett
Helen Allen Hunt
Alice M. Stanaway
Clarence B. Shirley
Willard Flint
Ralph Osborne
Boston Symphony
Hermann A. Shedd
Edith H. Snow
Cole
Gustave Strube
Choral Union
Ounce of Prevention Promoted for Headache and Cold Relief
An early advertisement touts Orangeiie Powders as quickly effective for headache cold grip and indigestion. The claim highlights prompt use to relieve common ailments and improve health.
Pneumonia described as frequent and fatal disease
The article notes pneumonia as a common, often fatal illness linked to colds and bronchitis. It cites Dr. James Alexander Lindsay on primary or secondary pneumonia and advises a home remedy using glycerine Virgin Oil of Pine and whiskey or tincture of Cinchona compound. It warns against inferior pine products and internal use of pine needle oil.
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James Alexander Lindsay
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Tetrazzini the Sensation of the Season in New York
New York audiences hail Luisa Tetrazzini as the season's sensation after sold out seats at the Manhattan Opera House for multiple performances. Her rise spans Florence to South America and San Francisco, with clashes over roles and a dramatic bid for top status at major houses.
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New York
Tetrazzini
Hammerstein
Jenny Lind
Patti
Manhattan Opera’ House
la Tetrazzini
Luisa Tetrazzini
Florence
Italy
Enterpe
Muses
Mme. Tetrazzini
South America
Covent Garden
Mayfair
Newby
Messrs
Conried and Hammerstein
Golden Notes
Central America
Mexico
California
Tivoli Opera House
San Francisco
Herr Conried
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mme. Sembrich
Sembrich
Europe
Mr. Hammerstein
Nordica
Melba
London
Violetta
Prostrated Nurse Rejuvenated by Vinci Cod Liver Preparation
Elizabeth M. Cremond of Boston, a nurse, testifies a patient nearly died from overwork and organ failure improved after using Vinci. The ad touts Vinci as a potent cod liver oil extract with iron, claiming it strengthens blood and tissue, aids chronic coughs, bronchitis, and lung troubles, and is sold at Riker-Jaynes drug stores in Boston.
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Vinci
Elizabeth M. Cremond
Boston
Mass
Riker-Jaynes
Boson
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Tate
Limerick Club
Phenix
Mayo
Joseph J. Thornton
Kneeland Street
Pilgrim and Friendship Halls
James J. McNulty
P. Hastings
Joseph J. Thorton
M. J. Needham
James J. McAndrew
BY Olin Downes
Meyerbeer
Lewis Carroll
Strube
Kove
Conried
Mme
Eva Tetrazzini
Graves
Maryland
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Carters
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reston
Gee, M. Roberts
Bromfield Street
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