Hearing on L stations turnstiles stirs lawmakers dispute
Railroad commissioners hear complaints about subway turnstiles at Park Street and other L stations with supporters claiming safety benefits and cost argues, while critic calls turnstiles traps and questions pension plans. Witnesses include a hospital patient injured by a swinging turnstile and C S Sergeant of the Boston Fregated Co.
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H. Kelley
Snow
Boston Fregated
C. S. Sergeant
Kelley
Park Street
Seargant
Bates & Guild Co Sues Over Second Class Rates
The Bates and Guild Company of Boston petitions the District Supreme Court to stop the Postmaster General from excluding its publications from second class rates. The court issued a rule to show cause returnable February 24.
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Washington
Bates & Guild Company of
Boston
District Supreme Court
Postmaster-General
He ‘Court
Paddy Divver, Noted Tammany Leader, Dies in New York
Patrick Divver a former police justice and Tammany Hall district leader died at his home in New York from pneumonia following a cold. He led the second Assembly district and was a powerful political figure with many friends and enemies. He was known as the judge for his combative style and long public career in lower New York politics.
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Divver
Lower East Side
Manhattan
Cherry Hill
Morris Tekulsky
Driver
Croker
Tammany
New York
Patrick Divver
Tammany Hall
Patrick
Paddy
C F A Smith Nominated for Ballot Law Commissioner
Charles F A Smith of Waltham was nominated to fill the vacancy created by Arthur Lincoln's death. Born in Medford on July 13, 1866, he attended the Waltham New...
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Charles F. A. Smith
Waltham
Arthur Lincoln
Mr. Smith
Medford
Waltham New
Lawyer and Public Servant Entered Suffolk Bar in 1893
The subject attended church school and Harvard Law School, graduating in 1893. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar the same year, joined the firm Long & Hemenway, later opened his own office, and served in the House of Representatives in 1899 and 1900.
Prudential reports record 1902 life insurance volume
The Prudential Insurance Company of America states 1902 was its most successful year, issuing over 272 million dollars in paid for life insurance and paying policy holders 9.49 million. Over 27 years total benefits exceed 67.9 million, with funds invested in railroad bonds, municipal bonds, real estate, and other securities, framing insurance as a conservative community force.
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Prudential Insurance Company of America
Prudential
Everett Police Report Highlights 1902 Arrests
Everett Chief Pendergast releases annual report showing 484 total arrests in 1902, up from 441 in 1901, with 151 residents of Everett among arrestees. Drunkenness blamed for 244 cases. He notes few kitchen barrooms and hails Everett as a leading temperance city in the United States.
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Everett
Pendergast
Eiverett
United States
Curley Fined $156 for Larceny by False Pretenses
Councilman William H. Curley of Ward 19 admitted in Municipal Court that he larcenously accepted $19 via false pretenses. He pled guilty and was ordered to pay $156 minimum fine, settling promptly. He claimed he was misled about a supposed veterans charity and refused to name other parties, taking full responsibility.
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William HH. Curley
Ward 19
Municipal Criminal Court
Curley
Cyrus T. Clark Company Corporation
Wareham Street
Arthur T. Clark
Clark
Composer Planquette Dead in Paris
Paris report confirms composer Robert Planquette famed for Les Cloches de Corneville has died. The 19th century writer and impresario was known for operas and melodies that shaped light opera in Paris. His death marks the end of an era for French musical theatre.
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Paris
Robert Planquette
Corneville
Normandy
Senorita Huidobro Criticizes Boston Women Attitudes
Senorita Carolina Holman Huidobro, a Chilean lecturer, tells a Post reporter that American men have more culture than American women and criticizes Boston women for impoliteness. She cites lack of thank yous, jostling in crowds, and lax home and school discipline, praising American men while urging stricter manners at home and in schools.
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Senorita
Carolina Holman Huidobro
Newton
United States
Boston
Valparaiso
Senorita Huidobro
Chili
South America
John Robinson of Vineyard Haven Dies at 82
John Robinson, longtime postmaster of Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, died at his home on Tuesday January 27 at age 82. A lineal descendant of Rev John Robinson of Leyland, he led the local Masonic lodge as worshipful master for many years and is survived by daughters Mrs Owen and Miss Myra Robinson of Vineyard Haven.
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Vineyard Haven
John Robinson
Vineyard ‘Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
Leyland
Holland
Robinsons
Plymouth Bay
Owen
Myra ©. Robinson
His Purse Stolen From Roxbury Man’s Bedside
F W Stork of 18 Elbert street Roxbury woke to find a purse with 600 in bills missing from his trousers pocket. His vest watch chain and Mrs Stork’s watches remained undisturbed. Thief likely entered via kitchen window after breaking the rear ground window latch, and climbed about 10 feet to the window.
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F. W. Stork
Elbert Street
Roxbury
Runaway in Back Bay Breaks Loose from Fer guson Stable
A horse owned by J. G and B. S and Ferguson bakers bolted from the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Newbury street yesterday morning in Back Bay. The animal ended at the Albany street stable in Roxbury. Driver Charles Swimner fell but suffered no injuries.
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Back Bay
J. G & B. S&s Ferguson, Bakers
Massachusetts Avenue
Newbury Street
Albany Street
Roxbury
Charles Swimner
Soft hands and no boiling water for Fels-Naptha use
The note argues Fels-Naptha soap is gentle on hands and clothes while boiling water harms them. It questions why boiling water is used at all and suggests alternatives that avoid heat.
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