Plans for Independent Phone Line Across Nation
The independent telephone officers plan a national long distance system from Boston to Omaha and Lincoln with an estimated $5 million initial spend and a $30 million four year investment. Max Koehler and H C Stifel lead the project with local ownership preserved and local companies to participate as stockholders or terminals in the new venture.
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Boston
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Max Koehler
H. C. Stifel
St. Louis
Middle West
Messrs
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Albany
United States
Bell Telephone Companies
Metropolitan Home Telephone Chief on Permit Stand
Bernard M. Wolf vice president of the Metropolitan Home Telephone Company says the city refused the permit under orders from Mayor Hibbard via Superintendent Guy Emerson. He cites a letter from corporation counsel Babson claiming the December 28 order was illegal and notes a prior Babson communication and a purported Olney opinion.
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Bernard M. Wolf
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
Guy C. Emerson
Hibbard
Hayes
Babson
Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Richard Olney
American Bell Telephone
Olney
Metropolitan Company
Women 10 Make City Happier Plans for Boston Reform
The Woman's Municipal League held its first public meeting at Miss Fannie P. Mason's Boston home with about 200 women from Back Bay present. Leaders outlined aims to engage women citywide, improve education, forest schools, pure milk, street cleanliness, garbage collection, and immigrant assistance at the wharves, with Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly named director.
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Boston
Woman's Municipal League
Fannie P. Mason
Commonwealth Avenue
Back Bay
Cosey Little
Miss Mason
T. J. Bowlker
League
Bowlker
Thomas Allen
Opinion on City Telephone Order Faces Legal Scrutiny
The article details efforts by the Metropolitan Home Telephone Company to obtain opinions on an order to build under city streets. Andrew J. Bailey and James Barr Ames render legal views supporting the order. No clear Olney opinion exists. A mandamus seeking permits from Guy C. Emerson sits before the Supreme Judicial Court.
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Bell Company
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
Olney
Andrew J. Bailey
Corporation Counsel
James Barr Ames
Harvard Law School
Ames
Richard Olney
Mr. Babson
Guy C. Emerson
Supreme Judicial Court
NOYES BROS SALE OFFERS HIGH GRADE GOODS AT CUT PRICES
The semi annual clearance sale at Noyes Bros store offers high grade goods at rarely low prices. The firm’s name is a guarantee of quality. Many lines reduced from one third to one half. Special attention to neckwear shirts and raincoats.
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Noyes Bros
Twelfth Night Revels Dazzle Boston At Copley Hall
The Copley Society held a grand Twelfth Night revel in Copley Hall Boston. A transformed hall with evergreens, roses, and crimson white motifs framed royal insignia and ornate costumes. FF Lyman Clark led a 24 member marshal guard as Father Christmas crowned the king and queen Richard Visher and Mrs Melville M Bigelow amid dancing past midnight.
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Copley Society
Copley Hall
Boston
Revel
Lyman Clark
Mystic Grove of Oaks
Father Christmas
Richard Yvisher
Melville M. Bigelow
Huk
Estes Woman Held for Trial in Roxbury Murder
Nannie Estes, colored, charged with the Christmas night shooting and killing George F. Rawson at 5 Valentine Street in Roxbury, was arraigned in Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to second degree murder. Held in $10,000 for the grand jury, she was committed for lack of bail. She is the first woman arraigned on such a serious charge in 15 years.
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Nannie Estes
George F. Rawson
Valentine Street
Roxbury
Tony Ross Pounds Temple in Six Rounds Victory
Tony Ross defeats Larry Temple in six rounds at the National Athletic Club in Pittsburg. Temple is knocked down three times and accused of a foul once as Ross, fast and aggressive, eyes future bouts in Philadelphia and New York.
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Tony Ross
Temple
Pittsburg
Penn
Larry Temple
National Athletic Club
Ross
Philadelphia
New York
Anderson Sends Simard Twice to the Mat
Norwood wrestler Sam Anderson, the middleweight champion, defeated Jack Simard at the Columbia last evening. Simard, heavier, fell twice to Anderson who won the second fall in five minutes and the third in eight. Next Wednesday features Cyclone Burns against Prokos in a catch-as-catch-can bout.
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Columbia
Jack Simard
Sam Anderson
Norwood
Simard
Anderson
Sieger Mauled by Fighting Dick in Star Club Bout
In New York at Sharkey Athletic Club the ten round main event saw Fighting Dick Nelson dominate Charley Sieger the Iron Man who was badly disfigured by the later rounds his left eye nearly swollen shut. Tommy Maloney outpointed Johnny Day in four rounds and Al Schumacher drew Frankie Mango in a whirlwind four round bout with Jack Nelson and Harry Powers fighting to a draw.
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New York
Dick Nelson
Charley Sieger
Iron Man
Sharkey Athletic Club
Sieger
Tommy Maloney
Johnny Day
al Schumacher
Frankie Mango
Jack Nelson
Harry Powers
Wildey Holds League Lead in City Basketball Action
Wildey led the City league by closing four points on Hub. Hardy topped scoring with 828 and Elite added three from Somerset to reach 531 in the second string. Casino tallied three to Roxbury's one as Murray and Irwin combined for 1509. Noddle shut out Carruth, while McCarthy scored one against Adams Square.
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Wildey
Hub
Hardy
Elite
Somerset
Casino
Roxbury
Murray & Irwin
Regal
Noddle
Carruth
McCarthy
Adams
Huballeys
Sutherland
Armstrong
Eck Eere
Martel
McCarthy Alleys
A Adams A
Fitzgerald
Greenway
He OG
McKeon
Currie
Powers
Keith E
Broderick
McNulty
Holmes
Lovalss
Noddile
St Senne
Baldwin
O’brien
Goodwin
Crosby
S Walsh
Canyer Ae
Foster Erere
Mason
Coleman
McPherson
OD McSola
McCarron
Hallas Cree
Chapman
Russell Eee
Moulton Davis
Orr
Kiley
Nimms Eee
Clancy
Wildey alleys: 1 3 3 Totals
Fragmentary OCR item lists numbers and stray words. Reads like a ledger or score line with totals and contact style digits. No clear person place or organization beyond stray phone-like sequence.
Young Kloby Edges Dohan In 16 Round decision
Young Kloby of Lawrence won a close 16 round decision over Johnny Dohan of Brooklyn at the Standard Athletic Club in Lymanville Rhode Island. Dohan's cleaner points were offset by Kloby’s constant aggression and crowd-pleasing style. The semi final saw Bamford versus Mintell end without a decision due to stalling.
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Providence
R. I
Young Kloby
Lawrence
Johnny Dohan
Brooklyn
Standard Athletic Club
Lymansville
Dohan
Bay State
Kirby
Jack Bamford
Otto Mintell
Kid Eldredge
Manton
Joe Bell
Olneyville
Kid Carson
Young Devine
Brockton Y M C A Beats Everett In Tight Game 46 39
In Everett Brockton Y M C A edged the locals 46 to 39 in a close basketball contest. Earlier Everett second team won 40 to 7 over Maplewood Institutes. In the afternoon Everett High Independents overwhelmed Lynn English High 56 to 23.
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Everett
Brockton Y. M. C. A
Everett Tonight
Maplewood Institutes
Everett High Independents
Lynn English High
Kane Signs Umpire Contract With National League
Stephen Kane of Louisville who officiated last summer for the American Association signed a contract today to umpire in the National League.
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Louisville
Stephen Kane
American Association
Harvard Overseers Confirm Lowell as President Choice
In a unanimous vote the Harvard board of Overseers accepted the corporation’s choice of Professor Abbot Lawrence Lowell to succeed President Eliot. The board praised Lowell as a Harvard man of the best stock in the state and fully qualified to lead the college.
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Harvard Board of Overseers
Abbot Lawrence Lowell
Eliot
Harvard
President-elect Lowell Hesitates to Speak for Harvard
President-elect Lowell maintains silence on policy and prints, preferring to address Harvard gatherings when asked. A Post reporter sought his views but he declined to speak to the press, though he may answer later. He received congratulations after the overseers’ meeting and awaits formal ratification notification.
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Lowell
Eliot
Harvard
Post
New Harvard Leader Set to Take Office on May 19
The incoming president will begin duties May 19 with the resignation of President Eliot taking effect. He will sign diplomas at graduation as one of his first tasks. The board noted that Eliot’s election 45 years ago faced opposition. A meeting had 23 directors present, 6 absent, with Esteemed attendees including Adams Higginson Storrow Gordon Storey Appleton Frothingham Weld and others.
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Lowell
Harvard
Eliot
Marlboro Street
Somerset
Charles Francis Adams
Francis L. Higginson
James J. Storrow
George A. Gordon
Moorfield Storey
Francis R. Appleton
Paul Revere Frothingham
Winslow Warren
Stephen Minot Weld
George B. Shattuck
Louis A. Frothingham
William Lawrence
Amory A. Lawrence
Robert S. Peabody
William A. Gaston
John D. Long
Robert Grant
William Rand, Jr
Moses Williams
Boston Ad Men Hold Banquet Amid Honest Advertising Talk
At the Ad Men's Club of Boston dinner the speakers urged honesty in advertising. Theodore Roosevelt hailed as a great model, while James S. Rodgers of Harper urged East West cooperation. Speakers emphasized advertising as a selling tool and an investment.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
James S. Rodgers
New York
Harper Publications
Rodgers
Ad Men’s Club of
Boston City Club
Tilton S. Bell
George French
Atlantic
Alleghanies
Herbert S. Houston
Doubleday, Page & Co
Arthur B. Hitchcock
Curtis Publishing Company
Howard W. Dickinson
Phelps Publishing Company
Thomas F. Anderson
Sherman’s Book The Judge Recalls Famous Case
The Judge recounts a landmark case with Gen. Butler as the opposing counsel. The narrative highlights courtroom strategy and notable legal drama.
Shoemaker's Thrilling Real Life Detective Story
A feature recounts another of those gripping real life detective tales centered on a shoemaker's surprising sleuthing instincts. The narrative blends sharp observation with unexpected twists, highlighting everyday ingenuity in crime solving.
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