Highwayman Robs 15 Year Old Jewels Carrier
A juvenile employee of Pneumatic Parcel Delivery, Nathan Pearlstein, 15, was robbed of 10 bundles containing jewelry and valuables after a loaded whip attack in front of 120 Dartmouth Street. The highwayman felled him with blows, gathered the bundles, and fled in a nearby covered wagon. Pearlstein lives at 1293 Washington Street and had just delivered a bundle when the assault occurred.
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Pneumatic Parcel Delivery Company
Nathan Pearlstein
Dartmouth Street
Pearlstein
Washington Street
Two Police Captains May Resign Amid Ill Health
A circulated rumor claims Captain Michael Curran of the Dudley Street station and Captain Ithamar Mareen of the harbor police have resigned or will resign due to paralysis and ill health. The force awaits the commissioner’s decision on filling the late Captain O Lalor’s vacancy, with Civil War veteran precedence for promotions if tied.
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O’lalor
Michael Curran
Dudley Street
Curran
Ithamar Mareen
Harbor Police
Captain Curran
Mareen
Police
Public bequests in Catherine Donnelly will
The will of the late Catherine M Donnelly lists four public bequests of $100 each to The Working Boys Home St Marys Infant Asylum Lying In Asylum Home for Destitute Catholic Children and the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Residue goes to Rev John A Donnelly who is named executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine M. Donnelly
John A. Donnelly
St. Mary’s
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Boston City Club Debates Telephone Question
The Boston City Club at 9 11 Beacon Street will debate Is a Second Telephone System in the City of Boston Desirable or Necessary Thursday evening. Alfred S. Hayes will support Metropolitan Home Telephone Company and Hon Samuel L Powers will speak for New England Telephone & Telegraph Company. Each speaker gets 30 minutes for his side and 15 minutes for rebuttal.
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Boston City Club
Beacon Street
Boston
Alfred S. Hayes
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
Samuel L. Powers
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Father John’s Medicine Rejuvenates Boston Residents
Henry I Goodwin of 104 Hanover Street suffered a severe cold and weakness and nearly sought Hot Springs for recovery before Father John’s Medicine restored his health. Thomas J Quinlan of 34 Lambert Ave Boston also recovered from a severe cold and cough after using Father John’s Medicine and now carries a bottle for emergencies.
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Henry I. Goodwin
Hanover Street
Boston
Hot Springs
Father John
Thomas J. Quinlan
Lambert Ave
Florida
Minnesota
Wholesale Jewelry Sale Deep Discounts On Gold Watches
Unusual offer lists gents watches priced at 18 each with 16 jewels in a 20 year gold filled case and ladies Waltham watches in solid 14K gold at 14.75. Boys watches from 2 to 5, gold scarf pins and brooches priced 1.50 to 25 with signet rings 1.50 to 5. Glass display at cost. clocks, diamonds, and gold filled bracelets offered. Mail orders accepted and jewelry repair available.
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Waltham
Aldermen Approve 563500 City Order and Legislative Requests
Acting Chairman Berwin steers Boston council to seek laws for a separate registry of deeds and probate office with land purchase and debt outside limits. Other orders push 600000 for Chelsea street widening and 200000 for Charlestown armory. New committees named. no permanent chairman elected yet.
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Boston
Donovan
Charlestown
Committee On Armories
Chelsea Street
Berwin
Draper
Curley
Bangs
Baldwin and
Whelton
Bell, Battis and
Clark, Baldwin and Woods
Thaw Trial Opens in New York Court
Harry Thaw arrived at the criminal courts building handcuffed from the Tombs for a preliminary step in his trial for killing Stanford White. His family was absent. they plan to attend Wednesday when the trial properly begins. Defense seeks temporary insanity on a sane-man basis.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Criminal Courts
Stanford White
Bridge of Sighs
Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Howard Nesbitt
Harry Thawe
Pittsburg
District Attorney’s Office
Garvan
Young Nesbitt
White
New York County
Charge Captain and Mate Scuttled Their Schooner
Portland Maine January 21 After a month long probe Deputy U S Marshal C B Haskell arrested Captain Gilbert M Tower of Jonesport Me master of the 25 ton schooner Fortuna for scuttling and abandoning in Portland Harbor December 2 1906 Mate Davis was arrested at Indian River The men claimed their ship struck Aldens Rock but evidence showed augur holes in the centre board box The duo face life imprisonment and will appear before US Commissioner Burleigh in Augusta tomorrow
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Portland
United States
C. B. Haskell
Gilbert M. Tower
Jonesport
Portland Harbor
Fortuna
Haskell Davis
Indian River
W. S. Hasty
Alden’s Rock
Highland Light
Cape Cod
Tower
Burleigh
Augusta
Dramatic rescue of woman and children at sea
A lifeboat crew aided by Knudson and Captain Lockhart pulled a mother and three children from a sinking barge amid towering waves off Block Island. A bag containing the boy and girl was hurled to safety, and all aboard were rescued despite strong currents, with the mother left hysterical and the crew returning to Baltimore.
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Annie M. Ashe
Long Island Sound
Knudson
Lockhardt
Moon
Block Island
Davis
Sandy Point
Western Life Saving
Teele
Barges Lost From Lakes Reported By Post
H Hinson of Boston says Captain Lockhardt and his family may have lived in South Boston. The loss of two barges completes a series of wrecks from five barges brought from the lakes. Two run ashore off the Cape, drowning an owner and several life savers. The Sound losses were insured along with their cargoes.
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H. H. Hinson
Boston
Annie M. Ashe
Montanna
Captain Lockhardt
Cape
Bequests of Alice Ward Will Favors Society of St. Margaret
The will of the late Alice Ward of Boston filed for probate yesterday makes many small bequests to relatives. The residue goes to the Society of St. Margaret, a Massachusetts benevolent organization.
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Alice Ward
Boston
Society of St. Margaret
Massachusetts
Abolish Paid High School Coaches Petitioned by Principals
High school principals urged the School Board to end private paid athletic coaches and use city athletic instructors instead. The board already employs five athletics instructors and would need two more. Auditor Porter warned of a roughly $70,000 budget increase over last year, potentially exceeding the expected appropriation by $25,000.
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Boston
San Francisco
South Boston
North End
James B. Fitzgerald
T. J. Kenny
Brooks
William J. Porter
Ferber Bills Metropolitan Commissioner for Boston
Representative Ferber proposes a Boston metropolitan commissioner with full charge of sewer street water park police fire and health departments elected for two years at 10000 a year and deputy salaries of 7500. He argues the plan would equalize taxes curb suburban burden and promote district economy. The measure awaits legal committee consideration as Sunday laws move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ferber
Sunday Auto ban warned by Worcester senator
Senator Allan G. Buttrick, Worcester, chair of the Sunday laws committee, said no automobile could be on city streets Sunday without arrest risk unless the Legislature acts. He noted horses and carriages have statute protection but motorists do not. District Attorney Moran might press charges before week’s end, prompting calls for legislative relief ahead of the committee's final report due next Monday.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
Buttrick
Automobile People
Allan G. Buttrick
Worcester
Moran
Sunday Law Committee
Anti-Spitting Law Sought for All Massachusetts Factories
The State Board of Health urged a factory wide anti spitting law as a key safeguard. It backed stricter lighting and ventilation and aimed to raise the poorest factories to the best standards. The inquiry into factory conditions began under the 1905 Legislature with a comprehensive report filed yesterday.
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General Court
Keefe
Fall River
State Board of Health
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Senate Adopts Rule to Exclude Lobbyists
The Senate yesterday approved an anti lobby rule. Only legislators may enter the chamber without a signed card. The rule reduces access to adjoining rooms and eliminates presidential approval of admission cards.
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Senate
Elmer Stevens
Somerville
Bullock
Russian Bond Forgery Claims Stir Boston Meeting
Russian revolutionists in Boston alleged the 1901 Russian bonds were counterfeited by the Czarist government and promised forthcoming proofs. They cited a Chicago financier McCormick as ready to investigate and disclose alleged losses to American holders. Speaker Gregory Gershuni claimed the government is bankrupt and urged caution to bondholders.
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Boston
Chicago
McCormick
America
Gregory Gershuni
Tremont Temple
Gershuni
Leo Sansiper
Treasury Department
Russia
Treasury
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