Graves and Hormel Win Quietly in Boston Elections
HarmoNy prevailed as the defeated candidates offered motions to make the elections unanimous. Officials re-elected include Charles A. Heintz Ward 18 and William Squires Ward 25 as first and second vice-presidents, David T. Montague Ward 10 as third vice-president, and Grafton D. Cushing Ward 11 as treasurer. Chairman Myrick commented on the city campaign and supported Herman Hormel amid factional disputes.
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Charles A. Heintz
Ward
William Squires
David T. Montague
Grafton D. Cushing
James Myrick
Ward 9
Herman Hormel
Hormel
Storrow
Republican City Committee
Boston
Guy A. Ham
Ward 20
Graves
Willcutt
Fubbard
Senator Lodge
Butler Ames
Senate
Lowrie
Henerson
A. D. McLennan
Kinney
Hall shortage reaches two hundred thousand dollars
Southbridge January 28 Ex Treasurer Hall's shortage, as uncovered in savings bank account investigations, is two hundred thousand dollars. Attorney General Dana Malone told Judge Sheldon that a receiver may be needed and a decree allowing necessary bank operations was entered with Choate Jr. acting for the bank.
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Southbridge
Hall
Dana Malone
Sheldon
Supreme Court
Boston
Malone
C F. Choate, Jr
Incomplete inquiry into town funds and old mortgage matter
Hall at his home 44 Chapin street is unable to provide details on mixed- up book affairs. Selectmen delay warrant for larceny of town funds until a full report from Expert Robert Campbell who has studied the books since last November. An $80,000 mortgage on the South bridge printing company is claimed to violate state banking laws. The Worcester & Southbridge railway failure in 1904 saw the bank lose $2000 loaned to the street railway, a loan alleged to breach Chapter 118 of the Massachusetts revised laws. The mortgage was given August 1907.
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Hall
Chapin Street
Robert Campbell
Savings Bank
Southbridge Printing Company
Worcester & Southbridge
Massachusetts
Cambridge Junior Dramatic Club Delivers Twelfth Night Success
The Cambridge Junior Dramatic Club staged Twelfth Night with young actors mostly in their teens, earning hearty acclaim from President Emeritus Eliot and Harvard professors. Performances featured Miss Marie Preble, Miss Annie Thorp, Miss Helen Evarts, Howell Stevens, J Brett Longstaff, and Timothy Spelman, with praised Olivia and Viola and lively Baronial revels, as audiences sang its praises and acclaimed the troupe as better than ever.
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Cambe
Brattle Hall
Charles W. Eliot
George P. Baker
Harvard
Junior Dramatic Club
Cambridge
Julius Cesar
Shakspere
Samuel A. Elot, Jr
Eliot
Marie H. Preble
Annie L. Thorp
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Howell D. Stevens
Helen Evarts
J. Brett Longstaff
Timothy M. Spelman
Malvolio
Olivia
Toby
Maria
Miss Thorp
Miss Preble
Miss Evarts
Sebastian
Thorpas Viola
Howell Stevens
Orsino
Sir Toby Belch
Falstaff
Sir Toby
J. Brett Langstaff
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Gilbert Elliott, Jr
Viola
Edwin O. Baker
John H. Baker
Professor Baker
Edward Embree
Grand Spectacle in Pageant of Color and Grace in Boston
The Boston Opera House hosted The Pageant of the Tree last night with 500 performers from Vincent Club, Harvard, Technology, and local social circles. Norse, Celtic, Greek, Roman, and English episodes featured elaborate costumes and Grieg Tschaikowsky music, culminating in a grand ensemble.
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Opera House
Vincent Club
Harvard and Technology
Lucia Gale Barber
Fathers and Mothers’ Club
America
Grieg
Troldtog
Tschaikowsky
Baldur
Samuel F. Batchelder
Odin
Ernest Layman
Carl Putnam
Loki
Edson Bemis
Thor
Harold Thurlow
Hodun
Miss Mae Jencks
Nanna
Bertha Cushing Child
Frigga
Prison Escape Ends in Marine Firefight and Fatal Wounding
Three prisoners broke from a detachment at the navy yard noon hour. They fled to the shore and boarded a boat, where firing occurred as guards tried to halt them. Spurling died at Naval Hospital, McGarvey wounded, Montgomery nearly shot arms gone. Major Leonard absent for court martial. Captain Turrill commands in his absence.
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Montgomery
Piscataqua
Naval Hospital
Spurling
Navy Yard
Navy Ward
Portsmouth
Henry Leonard
New York
Duncan Favors Boycott to Solve Food Problem
Raymond Duncan and his family arrive in Jordan Hall for educational dances after a Boston visit. The 4 year old son Menalkus speaks four languages and wears ancient Greek garments. The quartet also includes Mrs. Duncan’s sister Eleni Sickelianos, praised as a great actress in modern Greece.
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Raymond Duncan
Greece
America
Menalkus
Mrs. Duncan
Philadelphia
Jordan Hall
Eleni Sickelianos
Boston
Duncan
Harvard
Papes Diuretic Claims Quick Kidney and Bladder Cure
An advertisement touts Papes Diuretic as a quick fix for kidney and urinary disorders. It promises relief from backache, rheumatic pains, and frequent nocturnal urination, claiming the remedy cleanses and revitalizes the kidneys and bladder in a few days.
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Pape
Pape, Thompson & Pape of
Cincinnati
Hotel men plan vegetable banquet for dinner
In Montpelier Vermont on January 28 the Vermont Hotel Men's Association executive committee voted to replace meat courses with a vegetable banquet at their February 18 annual dinner. No other action was taken.
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Montpelier
The
Vermont Hotel Men’s Association
Daybreak Fire Log Reveals Quick, Small Losses Across Boston
A round of daytime blazes reported in West Roxbury, South Boston, Back Bay and surrounding districts shows hotel and residence fires with modest losses. Frank Sieberlich, Patrick W. Flaherty, Abraham Goldman, Emma Lane, and others are named in incident boxes with losses totaling $40 on record. Still alarm at Court square Young's Hotel incurred $25 in damages.
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Hyde Park Avenue
West Roxbury
Frank Seiberlich
West Fourth Street
South Boston
Patrick W. Flaherty
Huntington Avenue
Oxford
Hemenway Street
Back Bay
Abraham Goldman
West Broadway
South
Boston
Emma Lane
Court Square
Young’s Hotel
Late General Draper A Life Of Service And Industry
General Draper, born to prominence in Hopedale, rose from mill work to lead a cotton machinery firm. He served as lieutenant colonel and brigadier general in the Civil War, later held Congress and diplomatic posts, and spent years in Washington with a large family and active social life. He remained active in public affairs until illness weakened him.
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Uxbridge
Young Draper
Fort Sumter
Milford
Twenty-fifth
Massachusetts
Cold Harbor
Fredericksburg
Vicksburg
Petersburg
Lydia Joy
E. D. & G. Draper
Draper
Hopedale
General Draper
Susan Preston
General Preston
Kentucky
Europe
General Harrison
Congress
George Fred Williams
National Assembly
Italy
SS. Maurice Et Lazare
The
Loyal Legion
Army and Navy Club
Washington
Algonquin Club
Boston
Dacia Club
Rome
Governor Draper Cancels All Engagements After Brother's Death
Governor Draper cancels all public engagements following the death of his brother William F. Draper. Secretary William A. Murphy reports the governor is in touch with Washington and cannot state plans for the next 24 hours due to ongoing state business and the general illness's seriousness.
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W. F. Draper
William A. Murphy
Draper
William F. Draper
Washington
General Draper Led Hopedale Mill Pioneer
Hopedale January 28 report details General Draper as the first president of the Hopedale plant and later the head of the Hopedale Manufacturing Company. He joined Hopedale in 1853 and guided a merger creating a $6,000,000 capital firm, resigning two years prior and selling $1,000,000 of stock.
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Hopedale
General Draper
Hopedale Manufacturing Company
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