Boston Police Ball Dazzles 1909 Charity Gala
More than twelve thousand guests packed Mechanics Hall for Boston police ball festivities. Officials including Commissioner Stephen O'Meara, Mayor Hibbard, and Governor’s staff attended as Lt Gov Frothingham awaited arrival, with grand march led by Patrolman and Mrs. Magee and a sea of dancers filling balconies and aisles.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Boston
Stephen O'Meara
Hibbard
Frothingham
Frank M. Magee
Relief Association
Donovan
Headquarters
Harriman
Division 15
Hyland
Sexton
Thomas I. Goode
Boston Police Relief Association
Goode
Eliot Bids Harvard Farewell At Somerset Banquet
At a Harvard Club banquet Harvard President Eliot spoke his final words as head of the university amid applause and a gift of a silver platter. President Lowell praised Eliot for 40 years of leadership and welcomed debate and diversity within Harvard.
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Harvard Club
Harvard
Abbot Lawrence Lowell
Eliot
Harvard University
Court of St. James
Henry L. Higginson
Draper
Bishop Lawrence
John (. Gray
Mitchell JD. Follansbee
Faunce
Brown
Lowell
Charles
Somerset
Malone Alarms Solons Over New Haven Charter Controversy
Attorney-General Malone urged the Connecticut Legislature to choose between forfeiting the New Haven road charter or passing an act legalizing its alleged illegal acts. The unexpected alternative was presented to lawmakers yesterday and drew widespread attention.
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New Haven Road
New Haven
Malone
Lawmakers Brace for Charter Forfeiture Fight Over New Haven
Veteran legislators and attorney general clash over forfeiture as a remedy for the New Haven railroad crisis. The house moves toward sending the report from judiciary to the railroads committee to avoid jeopardizing stockholders and to keep merger questions out of the merger debate.
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Turtle
Pittsfield
Garcelon
Newton
New Haven
Committee On Railroads
Committee On Judiciary
Morse
House
Senate
Taft Socially Joins Rockefeller at Augusta Banquet
In Augusta GA at the Bonair Hotel William Howard Taft and John D Rockefeller met at a banquet after Rockefeller had hosted a reception. Taft greeted Rockefeller and noted he had golfed 88 today while Rockefeller wished to hear Taft speak.
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Augusta
William Hi. Taft
John D. Rockefeller
Bonair
Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Taft
C. A. Woods
Boys Cause Horse's Death in South Boston Incident
Two boys stealing a horse belonging to John Matthews provoked the animal into a frightful run. At East Fifth Street and I Street the youths jumped out, the horse charged into an electric car, and police had to shoot the injured animal.
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John Matthews
Boston
East Fifth and I. Streets
Harvard to Play Cornell Adds New Rival to Schedule
Harvard announces Cornell will join the Crimson football schedule for November 6 creating a new rival as Princeton is dropped from the year’s lineup. West Point remains on the slate replacing Navy.
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Harvard
Fish
Cornell
Crimson
Princeton
West Point
Navy
Alderman Pledges Support for O’Hare in Board Race
Alderman George P. Anderson, the Republican nominee for chairman, said he would back J. Frank O’Hare if four other Republican aldermen vote for him. The statement came last night in a bid to sway the board’s leadership vote.
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J. Frank O’hare
George P. Anderson
Harvard Carded Schedule Shifts For Gridiron Contests
Captain Fish states Carlisle Brown and Dartmouth will not be dropped from Harvard’s football slate. The Crimson’s final three games shift to match Dartmouth Yale and Cornell, with Cornell replacing Yale in the BA A meet. Harvard considers nine games and ten possible opponents, while Princeton and Yale discussions are set aside to avoid overloading the season.
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Carlisle
Brown
Dartmouth
Crimson
Indians
Yale
Cornell
West Point
Army
Starvard
Ithaca
Cambridge
Harvard
Princeton
Old Nassau
Cornell to Play Harvard on November 6
Cornell remains set to face Harvard on November 6 in a key college match. John F. Sullivan reports bidding R75,000 for the Jeffries Johnson bout. Dartmouth beats Columbia in hockey. Preliminary BAA bouts lead to Longboat relay plans in Newark Saturday night. Multiple results cover basketball hockey polo and bowling.
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Cornell
Harvard
Jeffries-Johnson
New York
Dartmouth
Columbiaa
Newark
Explosion and Fire at Lake Construction Crib Causes Massive Loss
All South Side hospitals report many injured as fireboats and tugs fight through ice to a crib site. Workers, many without families, slept in bunks when the blast and ensuing blaze erupted as dawn approached. Investigators trace the blast to a powder house tied to the crib, where dynamite was stored for tunnel work.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Third Street
South Side
George W. Jackson Company
Tragic Detonation Sparks Rescue Effort at Lake Crib
Survivors recall a muffled explosion as ice and fog enveloped the crib. Heat and smoke drove workers to realize the disaster while one man reached a shore telephonist to summon help, triggering a coordinated rescue.
Special meeting to break alderman chair deadlock
Mayor Hibbard calls a 5 p m meeting of the Board of Aldermen to resolve the chairmanship stalemate. Republicans may back Democrat J Frank O Hare after a pre meeting conference. Anderson and O Hare discussed the situation in City Hall yesterday. The Good Government Association aims to back O Hare if ballot position favors him. O Hare remains unaffiliated with Democratic factions and is the only Democrat Republicans could support.
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Hibbard
Board of Aldermen
J. Frank O'Hare
Anderson
O'Hare
City Hall
Alderman Attridge
James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
Good Government Association
J. Frank O’hare
Alderman O'Hare
Frazier Delivers Noted Speech on Brownsville Incident
Senator Frazier’s address denouncing the Foraker bill and praising the President drew cheers from galleries and fellow Southern senators. A peer noted striking similarity to a 1889 Boston Merchants’ Association speech by the late Henry W. Grady, word for word and sentiment.
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Washington
Frazier
Brownsville
Southland
Henry W. Grady
Atlanta Constitution
Boston
Merchants’ Association
Grady
New England Forecast Warmer Through Friday
Forecast shows fair and warmer conditions for New England Thursday, with Friday partly cloudy and warmer. Moderate south winds are noted as the trend continues.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
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