Boston and Maine official quits after decades of service
The Boston and Maine Railway plans a leadership change in its traffic department as longtime head William F. Berry resigns effective June 1. At nearly 70, Berry ends almost 50 years with the line after starting in 1864. No successor is named. observers expect possible shifts with New Haven leader Benjamin F. Campbell or other candidates.
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Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads
William F. Berry
Berry
Henry J. Horn
New Haven Road
Railroad
Benjamin F. Campbell
New Haven
Fall Kills Music Student on Washington Square
Burgess Dickinson, 28, a Yale graduate and aspiring composer, brother of Assistant District Attorney Howard Dickinson, fell to his death from a seventh floor room in an apartment house on Washington Square. Howard Dickinson said his brother had suffered melancholia for some time, the result of overwork toward his musical ambitions.
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New York
Burgess Dickinson
Howard Dickinson
Edwin H. Dickinson
North Presbyterian Church of
Buffalo
Washington Square
Ckinson
Yale
Central Labor Union Backs Boston Longshore Unions
The executive board of the Central Labor Union pledged full support to the Boston Longshoremen Dock Freight Handlers and Trans Atlantic Steamship Clerks unions in any wage and working rules disputes.
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Central Labor Union
Boston
Adamson's Balsam Promised Cure for Cold Danger
An old ad copy touts Adamson's Balsam as a cure for colds and warns that colds are dangerous. The fragment underscores remedies offered by the product without additional details.
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Adamson
Health department criticized by civic league official
Edward T. Hartman secretary of the Massachusetts Civic League said before the Women's Municipal League that the mayor owns the health department and that this ownership has resulted in great inefficiency.
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Edward T. Hartman
Massachusetts Civic League
Women’s Municipal League
Boston housing reform call targets idle health department
A housing inspector criticizes Boston officials for weak health and building departments, unsafe buildings, and lax enforcement. She cites insufficient inspectors, poor record keeping, and laws in need of stronger oversight, urging concrete action to curb disease and poverty.
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Boston
Health Department
M. BE. Clarke
Board of Health
Law Department
Health and Building Departments
Senate
$170 000 Gift to Dartmouth
William A. Pierce's will provides a $170,000 bequest to Dartmouth College. His estate totals $244,008 in personal and real property. After his widow Susan M. Pierce and her son Joshua Winslow Pierce receive a life interest, the residuary goes to Dartmouth for the Joshua Winslow Pierce class of 1905 fund to aid poor students.
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New York
Dartmouth College
William A. Pierce
Portsmouth
N. H
Dartmouth
Joshua Winslow Pierce
Family-driven from Mattapan fire with home destroyed
Michael J. King a city laborer his wife and infant child were driven from their home at 188 Savannah avenue Mattapan last night by a blaze that completely destroyed the house.
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Michael J. King
Savannah Avenue
Mattapan
Great Poets and Socialism Highlight Dinner Speech
Percy Mackaye named Sir Gilbert Murray and Arturo Giovannitti as the two greatest English speaking poets at an Intercollegiate Socialist Society dinner. Algernon Crapsey warned the modern family is dissolving as industry moves outside the home, linking suffrage and other movements to economic dependence.
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Percy Mackaye
Intercollegiate Socialist Society
Gilbert Murray
Arturo Giovannitti
England
America
Algernon Crapsey
Brooklyn
Tague Wins in Charlestown Special Democratic Primary
Peter F Tague won the Democratic nomination for the House in a Ward 3 Charlestown special primary, defeating seven candidates by 165 votes. Vote totals: Tague 600, McLaughlin 335, Roe 20, Winnett 241, Farren 72, Coughlin 61, Mooney 36.
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Peter F. Tague
House of Representatives
Charlestown
Henry J. Mclaughlin
Peter F. Tegue
George J. Roe
William H. Winnett
Joseph Farren
Edward J. Coughlin
George W. Mooney
William J. Murray
Tague
Winnett
Spectacular opening ball by British Charitable Society at Hotel Somerset
The British Charitable Society hosts a grand pageant and ball at Hotel Somerset featuring a royal pageant with Queens Mary Elizabeth Anne and Victoria. Miss R. J. Millen and Miss Elizabeth Carroll portray Mary and Elizabeth with elaborate costumes as 132 participants march in, attended by notable patrons including the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Ambassador James Bryce. Governor Eugene N Foss, Mayor Fitzgerald and others plan to attend, as the society, founded in 1806, supports British-born immigrants and has over 600 members.
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Elizabeth Carroll
Queen Elizabeth
R. J. Millen
Mary Queen OF Scots
Otto Sarony
Boston
Hotel Somerset
Mary
Elizabeth
Anne
Victoria
Queen of Scots
Duke and Duchess of
British Charitable Society
Cambridge High School Janitors Get Pay Increases
Janitors and attendants at Cambridge High School and Rindge Manual Training School who complained about the high cost of living were granted substantial raises by the school board last night. The action follows their call for higher wages to cope with rising expenses.
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Cambridge
Rindge
Lynn Cut Sole Strike Ends As Workers Gain Raise
The Boston and Lynn Cut Sole Company reinstated workers after a 10 week strike with a $1 raise, nine hour day, half day Saturday, and a five minute wash interval. Cutters now earn $21, salers $19, and stitchers $16, with rumors of further settlements at other firms.
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Lynn
Boston & Lynn
Red Cross Balkan aid contributions totaled
Gardiner M. Lane of the Massachusetts Red Cross reports receipts for Balkan relief totaling 8 002 89 with numerous donors including individuals from Salem Worcester Malden Somerville and New Bedford and church groups such as First Church of Christ Scientist and Lend-a-Hand clubs.
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Gardiner M. Lane
State Street
Boston
Massachusetts
American Red Cross
Francis
Denny
Charles E. Guild
Essex County
Red Cross
Salem
Reese
William L. Chase
First Unitarian Church
Worcester
Wayne San
S. B. P. Atkinson
Eeebeeves Aus
Svcess Cosnsesnereces
Mission Circle
U. M
Malden
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Win- Gunter Ee
the Trinitarian Congregational Church
New Bedford
W. Atkinson
Abeieee
Charlotte Lawrence
J. Moore Raymond
Som- Oeoir i
Evere
Charles F. Wentworth
Brown Durrell Co
Allies to quit London prompt Balkan delegation exits
Balkan delegates in London inch toward departure after presenting their note to the Turkish delegation. Greek premier Venizelos plans to leave before week’s end, with other delegates to follow in days. Bulgarian financial advisers and military officers set to return home tomorrow.
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London
Eleutherios Venizelos
Balkans Note Seen as Pressure on Turkey in Delayed War Talks
Diplomats push for prudence while the four allied delegates debate resuming hostilities versus delay after a five hour meeting. Sir Edward Grey’s counsel and Europe’s stance shape the note to Turkey, with Servian leader Novakovic to decide when to present.
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Balkan
Turkey
Europe
Edward’ Grey
Stojan Novakovitch
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Advised for Children
A health notice promotes Syrup of Figs as a gentle thorough laxative for children and adults. It claims relief from constipation without nausea or weakness, highlights figs as the main ingredients, and urges mothers to keep the product on hand.
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California Fig’ Syrup Co
Musterole The Quick Pain Relief Ointment Ad
Familiar house must have Musterole ointment offers fast relief for sore throats bronchitis croup and rheumatic pains without blistering. Available in 25 50 cent jars and 2 50 hospital size at druggists or by mail from the Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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Musterole Company
Cleveland
Masterole
William Niess
Sacramento
Cal
French explorer Count de Perigny sails to Costa Rica
Paris Jan 28 The French explorer Count Maurice de Perigny who helped clear up mysteries of ancient America left for Costa Rica at the government’s invitation to study prehistoric ruins there.
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Paris
Count Maurice de Perigny
America
Costa Rica
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest safe cure for upset stomachs and indigestion. It claims rapid relief from gas, heartburn, dizziness, and belching, urging a fifty-cent bottle for home use and 24 hour readiness for family meals and indigestion episodes.
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Pape
From Thin to Plump Girls
A physician reports happiness and gratitude from young women he treated with three-grain hypo-nuclane tablets, a flesh forming remedy praised in medical literature. He notes distress among unusually thin youths and claims weight gain is possible with several months of regular use.
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