Ferber Pushes Broad Set Of Bills In Boston House
Representative J B Ferber of Ward 10 Boston introduces many bills this session on Beacon Hill. One seeks Congress to pass a constitutional amendment for a national divorce law. Other measures extend police listing deadlines and require military art instruction in the Massachusetts militia. A commission to standardize city incorporation acts is also proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Ferber
Ward 10
Boston
Beacon Hill
Congress
Ferber
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Walter M. Lindsay
Phillippines
Massachusetts Militia
Miles
Goon's Wife Nellie Wong Goon Attends Husband in Hospital
Nellie Lem Wong Goon, wife of a Chinese merchant wounded in Chinatown tong warfare, stays beside his hospital cot to tend him and seek vengeance if his head is harmed again. Her testimony may play a key role as the government seeks to identify two Hep Sing Tong men jailed for murder assault and set to stand trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Lem Wong Goon
Chinatown
Nellie
Hep Sing Tong
Death in Waltham recalls Charlestown turnkey
Elijah H. Darling, once a turnkey at the Charlestown State Prison, died in Waltham on January 28. He survived a seven year earlier confrontation with the Willis brothers during an attempted escape, was wounded by gunfire, retired soon after, and later suffered paralysis from which he did not recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Elijah
Darling
Charlestown
Frome
Willis Brothers
Conscience Explored In Vesper by Rev H Clinton Hay
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union vesper service featured the Philharmonic Orchestra. Rev H Clinton Hay spoke on The Voice of God and defined conscience as the inner voice of God in the soul, citing Theodore Parker to illustrate childhood instruction on the concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Philharmonic Orchestra
H. Clinton Hay
Voice of God
Theodore Parker
God
Cuticura Soap Ad Claims World’s Greatest Skin Soap
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as the ultimate skin care duo for preserving purifying and beautifying the skin cleaning scalps and treating rashes irritations and hair and hand care. It asserts superiority over other medicated and toilet soaps and highlights a perfume and purity of ingredients. The copy cites London addresses and emphasizes suitability for women mothers and nursery use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lawmakers Push Bills on Hearings Bonds and Building Heights
A legislative recap notes a plan for two city size based public hearings reporting bills to the General Court. A companion bill requires bonds before attaching personal property to avoid harassing businessmen. Additional measures address building height limits and taxation concerns.
John Baker reviews crisis in Russia in Malden talk
John Baker of Melrose, a Russian political exile, spoke at Maplewood Congregational Church about Russia’s crisis. He blamed aristocratic repression and discontented subjects for worsening the situation, noting Japan’s war, hunger among peasants, graft among rulers, and a weak czar hiding from popular wrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Maplewood Congregational Church
John Baker
Melrose
Russia
Palmer Fleet May Quit Philadelphia Harbor
The Palmer four and five masted coal schooners threaten to leave Philadelphia unless harbor and river facilities are improved. The fleet would relocate to Baltimore to load coal after the grounded incident of Heron Palmer with 4390 tons on its first voyage from Philadelphia between Grubbs Ledge and Belleveau due to improper markings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Harwood Palmer
Grubbs Ledge
Belleveau
Grip Col ds Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad
Laxative Bromo Quinine claimed to cure colds and grip. Advertisement urges readers to request the full product name and look for the signature of BH. W. Grove, with reference to 265c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. W. Grove
Return of Mabel Walker Hangs on Maine Sheriff
Damariscotta Me January 29 The town awaits a decision on whether Mabel Walker will return home as promised by her uncle Abram Gamage or flee again as Sheriff Rafter vows to serve papers compelling her to Massachusetts or face contempt fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damariscotta
Mabel Walker
Sheriff Rafter
Abram Gamage
Rafter
Tucker
Miss Walker
Massachusetts
Maine
Mabel
Gamage House
Edward Gamage
Runaway boys located in St Louis after disappearance
Albert Hartwitch of 34 Castle Street and his companion Henry Rosenberg of 1082 Washington Street were found in St Louis Missouri. They told police they visited torn down fair buildings. Hartwitch earned bill money for his tailor father. They had $25 and were cared for by the police matron while awaiting ticket travel home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hartwitch
Castle Street
Henry Rosenberg
Washington Street
St. Louis
Hartwitch
Rosenberg
Clan-Na-Gael to Honor Emmet in Boston Event
A grand commemoration of Robert Emmet's birth is planned by Clan-Na-Gael of Boston at the Majestic Theatre on Sunday evening March 6. John T. Keating of Chicago will speak, with an elaborate concert program to follow and nearly 1000 tickets issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Hibernians of
Quincy
Clan-na-Gael
South
Boston
Richard J. Dwyer
William E. McDonald
Division
Michael T. Walsh
Patrician
Patrick J. Tangney
Bard
Richard D. Gray
Oracle
Thomas F. Carey
Scribe
Dominick Dewey
John P. Duffy
David Warner
Michael Meagher
Cornelius D. Austin
Henry Corbett
William Callahan
Patrick O’brien
James Doherty
Dwyer
P. J. Ferguson
John J. Reynolds
Robert Emmet
The
Majestic Theatre
Silver Streets
John T. Keating
Chicago
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
P. A Ferguson
Thomas J. Hennesey
P. A. Foley
L. J. Logan
Matthew Cummings
Richard Howard
Peter Duggan
Thomas Gavin
Alderman D. A. Whelton
Malachi Craven
James W. Scanlon
Thomas J. Collins
Timothy Murphy
William Irwin
John H. Dillon
Terrence Cavanaugh
R‘ Iard J. Dwyer
Joseph M. Patten
Edward J. Sinnott
James Meegan
P. Tangney
Jeremiah Dinneen
James McDonald
P. J. White
Richard Lyon
John D. Collins
Thomas F. Deaney
John Kiley
John McDonald
Ames E. Cox
Wiliam H. Cuddy
Disheartened Wife Slashes Own Throat at South End
Mrs. Josephine Mulligan, 70 Middlesex Street, South End, attempted suicide last night in a personal crisis, cutting her throat with a razor. She was taken to City Hospital. police report the act stemmed from deep discouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Mulligan
Middlesex Street
South End
City Hospital
Deaths in Chelsea Revere Roxbury and Beacon Street
Notices announce the deaths of Anna Gardner Catherine McCulloch Daniel F O Connor and Charles Ke Sanborn. Funeral details list dates times and residences in Chelsea Revere Roxbury and Beacon Street with invitations to relatives and friends. Sanborn aged 44 will be buried at Mt Auburn Chapel following services at Mt Auburn on Jan 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Chelsea
Anna
Thomas and
Nancy Gardner
Shawmut Street
McCulloch
Revere
Catherine McCulloch
Dalton
George McCuloch
Revere Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Sanborn
Hotel Tudor
Beacon Street
Charles KE
Mt. Auburn Chapel
Women and Murder Trials Opinion Split on Court Attendance
The Post prints judges views on whether women should attend murder trials. Justice Stearns says women have right to attend and learn from the law, but not to linger for days. Others call women curious spectators and condemn hissing of juries at the Tucker verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Stearns
Chelsea
Philip S. Parker
Brookline
Charles J. Noyes
South Bosta
Solomon Bolster
Roxbury Court
Tucker
Restaurant Burned by Boiling Fat at Lander's on Columbus
Early Sunday morning a blaze at Lander's restaurant 150 Columbus avenue caused burns to Thomas Delaney 45 of 98 Church street. Delaney, employed as a cook, was treated after officers from Division 16 extinguished the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Columbus Avenue
Thomas Delaney
Church Street
Division 16
Delaney
Mrs Flanagan Dies From Room Fire Burns
Helen Flanagan a 60 year old widow living at 986 Harrison Avenue died in City Hospital after a week of burns sustained while trying to put out a fire in her rooms. She lived alone and did not seek help until the injuries proved fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Helen Flanagan
Harrison Avenue
Watchman Falls Breaks Hand at Albany Street Building
Patrick J. Flynn aged 49 of 159 Eustis street fell in a building at 335 Albany street where he works as night watchman. He fractured bones in his right hand and was taken to City Hospital by Division 5 ambulance yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Street
Patrick J. Flynn
Eustis Street
City Hospital
Bank collapse hits Boston investors in Pan American case
The Pan American Bank ing Company of Chicago faces embezzlement charges against president William H. Hunt with warrants issued for officers. Boston residents named in a stock holder list include Benjamin Phipps and W. J. Sneerenger with other investors from Scranton Baltimore Toronto Vera Cruz New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-American Banking Company of
Chicago
Boston
William H. Hunt
Benjamin Phipps
William H. Sherman
D. Jones
Scranton
Penn
David H. Carroll
Baltimore
United States Cotton Duck Company
Delos P. Phelps
United States
W. J. Sneerenger
Thomas Neilan
Vera Cruz
Mexico
George H. Foster
Toronto
William H. Haunt
New York
F. C. Latrobe
Irish Historical Society Formed in Waltham
The first meeting to establish an Irish Historical Society was held at Knights of Columbus Hall in Waltham. Organizers aim to form societies across the state and nation to study Irish history and publish papers on significant events. T. B. Fitzpatrick, national treasurer of the United Irish League, spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Knights of Columbus
T. B. Fitzpatrick
United Irish League
Dr Shoop Restorative Offers Free Trial for Indigestion
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Restorative as a cure addressing root causes of indigestion rather than symptoms. It promises a free dollar bottle via an offer to readers who request Book 1 on Dyspepsia and accompanying state books, with various volumes marketed through druggists and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice E. Jones
Bartlett, Sr
Roxbury Dist
Boston
Quinona Co
Hartford St
Wis
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Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Goon
Hop
Old Charlestown
Rev. H. Clinton Hay
Ard
Commission
Chickering
Quincy Hibernians
South Boston
Armours
Mohied Free
Armour & Company
St., Boston
Ward
Emmet
Conlin
Full Self Puritan Dental Co
Tremont Row
J.S. Waterman &Sons
Ecmeral Undertakers
Washington St
Dudley Street
Tel. Roxbury
Massachusetts Breweries Co
Otis Street
Main
Charles Almy
Third District Court
Cambridge
Watchman
Irish Historical Society
Cee
Dr.Shoop
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