Littlefield Publicity Bill Aims at Interstate Trusts
Washington, Jan. 22. Representative Littlefield of Maine, chairing the anti trust sub committee, will report a substitute bill to the judiciary committee. It requires every interstate or foreign corporation to file detailed sworn returns with the Interstate Commerce Commission, listing organization data, capital, officers, and reorganizations, with heavy penalties for noncompliance and perjury. The measure empowers the commission to publish abstracts and enforce through fines, restraints, and injunctions, with broad provisions against rebates and monopolistic practices. The act would take effect May
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Washington
Littlefird
Maine
House
Judiciary Committee
Littlefield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Circuit Court
United States
Engineer Marshall’s Multiple Injuries Arouse Surgeons
In a General Hospital ward Engineer Leonard Marshall of Malden endures nine fractures and a head injury from a North Union station accident. Doctors weigh shock, brain damage, infection, and blood vessel status, with all agreeing recovery hinges on constitution and treatment. Multiple experts offer cautious hope and note the case’s exceptional nature.
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General Hospital
Leonard Marshall
Malden
Marshall
North Union Station
Injuries Say Railroad Man Suffers Severe Wounds
Mr. Marshall sustains multiple fractures including both legs a broken arm a broken hip a compound skull fracture three rib fractures and a crushed breastbone after a yard incident investigators cannot confirm how he was hurt. Boston surgeons express grave concerns yet hold hopes of recovery as they review fractures and brain risk with family awaiting set procedures depending on his condition.
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Marshall
Boston
Post
F. L. Burt
Union General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
C. Gilbert Percival
Eliot Square
Roxbury
Famine in Sweden Worse in North Sweden
Stockholm dispatch from the Daily Mail correspondent reports the famine in northern Sweden worsening due to an abnormally early winter heavy snow and extreme cold.
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London
Stockholm
Daily Mail
Sweden
Commercial Towboat Company elects officers at annual meeting
The stockholders met at Young's Hotel with 1789 shares represented. Officers elected were Joshua Lovett president, James Wolley treasurer, Francis C. Hersey clerk, along with directors Joshua Lovett, John G. Chandler, Francis C. Hersey, Charles Mann and Charles T. Gallagher.
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Commercial Towboat Company
Young’s Hotel
Joahua Lovett
James Wolley
Francis C. Hersey
Joshua Lovett
John G. Chandler
Charles Mann
Charles T. Gallagher
Gunni gan Carriage Makers Assign Assets in Merrimac
Merrimac January 22 Charles B Gunni gan and Co carriage makers assign to W L Smart with liabilities listed at 20000. Assets date not disclosed and the move forms a formal assignment under debt obligations.
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Merrimac
Charles B. Gunnigan & Co
W. L. Smart
Not Anxious 10 Be Mayor Flanders Reflects on Life
Parkman B Manders recalls the panic of 1873 shaping his career from a $15 weekly shoe worker in Rochester to Haverhill politics. He discusses wage cuts, party shifts, and learning from defeats while facing a contempt ruling over voting registrars delays.
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Haverhill
Supreme Court
Parkman B. Manders
Post
Mr. Flanders
F. C. Hayes
Rochester
N. Y
Cleveland
Blaine
Burlington, Vt
Duffy
A. A. Young
Megr
Young’s Information Agency
Freshman Bridegroom from Harvard Marries in Asheville
Beeckman Lorillard, Harvard freshman and youngest son of Louis and Mrs Lorillard, married Kathleen Doyle in Asheville after a long distance telephone explanation. He denies elopement rumors, saying authorities and his wife’s family were present. The couple wed before finishing his Harvard studies.
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New York
Harvard
Asheville
Beeckman Lorillard
Louis Lorillard
Newport
Europe
Oakes Jr Marries Miss Prather At Hotel San Remo
Francis James Oakes Jr son of millionaire Francis J. Oakes and May Prather wed at the Hotel San Remo New York. Clergy Rev Percy Grant officiated. Couple leaving for honeymoon in the West Indies. groom 31, in business with his father at 58 Stone Street.
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New York
Francis James Oakes, Jr
Francis James Oakes
Stone Street
May Prather
Emma Prather
San Remo
Percy Grant
Fifth Avenue Episcopal Church
South
West Indies
Hotel Majestic
Miss Prather
Wellesley
Europe
Young New York Woman Faces Double Marriage Scandal
Jessie Brokaw Malcolm Martin 21, tied to the Brokaw family, is involved in a divorce suit filed by her first husband James W. Malcolm, naming her second husband William J. Martin as co respondent. She plans no contest and seeks peace, while Martin’s father notes prior opposition to the marriage.
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New York
Jessie Brokaw-Malcolm-Martin
Brokaw
James W. Malcolm
Supreme Court
William J. Martin
Martin
Malcolm
Jessie Brokaw
Methodist Episcopal Church
Flatbush
Joseph Martin
New York Woman Sentenced for Drunken Habits at Magdalen Home
Mrs. Anne Clegg Taylor, sister-in-law to U S minister Herbert W Bowen, was sentenced to six months in prison at the Magdalen Home. Her aunt Miss Sarah Mix testified to a long pattern of drinking, supported by a Texas acquaintance, as Taylor moved from Galveston to New York seeking a gay life and a branch of a business. Her early life included marriages to a Texas cattleman and then Thomas Taylor of Galveston before the family relocated to New York.
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New York
Anne Clegg Taylor
Herbert W Bowen
United States
Venezuela
Magdalen Home
Clegg
Texas
Taylor
Bowen
Galveston
Anne
Oes Wood
Thomas Taylor
Epee
Duffy Pure Malt Whiskey Asked as Grip Cure Claim
A dated advertisement asserts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey cures grip and prevents consumption complications. It quotes Dr Willard H Morse praising the whiskey as the sole absolute cure and notes government recognition of the product as a medicine with a one dollar bottle price and a medical booklet offered.
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Catarre Duffy
Duffy
Willard H. Morse
Duffy Malt Whiskey Company
Rochester
$15,000 Piano In White House Receives Attention
Washington dispatch reports the East Room hosts a reception for the judiciary where a newly installed $15,000 concert grand piano garners praise. Designed for the White House, it features gold coating, eagle legs, and shields of the original 13 states along its sides.
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Washington
White House
the Union
Temporary Changes in Boston and New York Shore Line Trains
The Shore Line Division will alter service Sunday January 25 1903 due to repairs. Train No 27 first section departs Boston at 10 08 am via Back Bay Providence and arrives New York Grand Central around 4 69 pm with intermediate stops. second section departs 10 05 am via Putnam Willimantic Hartford arriving New Haven 2 25 pm Bridgeport 2 58 South Norwalk 3 20 Stamford 3 35 One Hundred Twenty fifth Street 4 18 and Grand Central 4 29 pm. Kingston Westerly and other timing adjustments noted.
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Stonington
New London
Providence
New Haven
Boston
New York
Shore Line
Grand Central Station
One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Street
Stamford
South Norwalk
Bridgeport
Hartford
Willimantic
Putnam
Westerly
Kingston
Wickford Junction
Boston Terminal
Back Bay
Plainfield
St Patrick's Church Parishioners In Reunion
Past and present parishioners of St Patrick's Church Roxbury numbering about 1000 gathered for the sixth annual reunion. Rev Father Gallagher and assistants greeted attendees. D J Gorman and Miss Catherine Logan led the grand march with many couples following.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Roxbury
Paul Revere
Talbot Halls
Father Gallagher
Merrith
Thomas Walsh
Regan
James Walsh
D. J. Gorman
Catherine Logan
James A. Mahan
Caroline Austin
Francis L. Daly
Margaret Cotter
Hugger Jack Haunts Waltham Streets Targeting Women
A Jack the Hugger is frightening women in Waltham. He has haunted Maple and Adams streets, discarded his female attire, and is believed to be a local man. Young women claim they can identify him.
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Waltham, Jan
Jack the Hugger
Maple and
Adams
Waltham
The Secret of Beauty with Cuticura Soap
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Gongressman Littlefield
Engineer Marshall
Porter
W. F. Gay
Tremont Street
Edwin Welch
Northampton Street
W. BE. Butman
Warren Street
Charlestown
R. C
Stone
I. G. Bough
Washington Street
B. J. Bannon
Massachusetts Avenue
H. Colville Kennedy
Shawmut Avenue
Africa
India
Sauls
M. D
C. E. Gunnison & CO
Flanders
Cupid
Mrs. Beecckman Lorillard
Duffy’s Pure
Eliza H. Ream
Cherry St
Reading
L Road
George E. Costello
The
B. J. Hall
B. J. Jacobs
New York Shore Line
Reunion
Hugger Jack
Beauty
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