Massachusetts gas law criticized by Ex Comptroller Dawes
Ex Comptroller Charles G. Dawes, in the Saturday Evening Post on Roosevelt and Corporation Reform, argues the Massachusetts Gas Commission law harms consumers by restricting capitalization. He says it discourages service improvements and rate reductions, fostering sleepy firms while economists warn the policy undermines public protection and fair rates.
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Charles G. Dawes
Saturday Evening Post
Roosevelt
Gas Commission
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Gas Commission
Commission
Boston Tunnel Opens with Record First Month Traffic
From Dec 30 1904 to Jan 28 1905 the East Boston tunnel carried 837 918 passengers, averaging 27 930 daily on its first 30 days. Boston collected 8379 18 in one cent toll from 380 days of traffic, projecting about 100 000 yearly at that rate.
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East Boston
Boston Elevated
Boston
Devout Bui Wants Divorce
Mrs Ida H Honan seeks divorce from Dr William F Honan in New York reporting a marriage seven years earlier at Blessed Sacrament. She recalls abusive temper and attempts to limit her income and reveal fear for safety, adding she may pursue legal separation while maintaining Catholic views.
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New York
Ida H. Honan
William Francis Honan
Matthew Byrnes
Father Taylor
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Seventy-first Street
Broadway
Honan
City Police Shift Enforced With Widespread Relocation
The new six foot crossing rule and staff changes took effect last night. Many patrolmen had to alter hours and several sergeants from suburban stations joined city posts. Officials report confusion as personnel adjusted to the reshuffled assignments.
Belated liners bring European steamers to harbor
Four transatlantic ships arrived in harbor with mixed speeds and cargo. The Caledonian from Manchester carried 1600 tons of cargo, nine returning cattlemen, and a Boston stowaway. The Sagamore from Liverpool delivered 1500 tons and returning cattlemen, docking at Pier 7 before the Sachem's departure. The Holmblad from Copenhagen via Halifax followed, noted for slow but steady service. The Sylvania from Liverpool completed a 10 day passage, docking after 6:23 PM off Hull.
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Europe
Leyland
Caledonian
J. Tranter
Manchester
England
John J. Fay
Boston
Sagamore
Alexander Fenton
Liverpool
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
L. P. Holmblad
J. Rabe
Copenhagen
Christiania
Halifax
Rabe
Hoosac
Mystic
Sylvania
Dresser
Hull
New South African Diamond Sparked by Vast Treasure Talk
London reports a colossal diamond found near Pretoria at Elandsfontein. Estimates venture the gem could be worth as much as 125 million dollars even after cutting losses, surpassing the Excelsior stone and suggesting a future division into multiple gems.
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London
Elandsfontein
Pretoria
Regent
Pitt
Jagersfontein
South Africa
Tiffany
Elandsfontain
Lillian Russell
Ex Prisoner Demands Relief for Deer Island Inmates
A former inmate writes to the Post asking who can be interviewed about improving underclothes and bed coverings for Deer Island prisoners. She recalls severe cold, limited blankets, no washing machines, and failed deliveries of clothing, noting harsh prison conditions and high doctor pay.
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Martin
South Boston
Sherborn
Deer Island
Last Day of Morris Murch & Butler Yearly Sale
Today is the final day of Morris Murch and Butler’s annual furniture sale at their warerooms 97 and 99 Summer Street. The firm aims to move spring goods onto the floor early this year with sweeping reductions to close out last fall’s stock. It is presented as a not to be neglected opportunity.
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Morris, Murch & Butler
Summer Street
Big Schooners In Tempest Grip
In Hampton Roads after two days of a gale along the Carolina Virginia coast three schooners Edward Smith George A Mc Fadden and Fannie Palmer under Captain Nash arrive badly battered. Captains say anchors could not be held with the wind reaching about 100 miles an hour. Captain Wallace of the McFadden reports the Maria O Teel with no one on deck and seas washing over her. Teel not yet reported.
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Norfolk
Carolina
Virginia
Edward Smith
George A. McFadden
Fannie Palmer
Nash
Hampton Roads
Wallace
McFadden
Maria O. Teel
Meet in Brookline After 33 Years Separation
At 62 Aspinwall street Brookline a reunion occurs after 33 years apart of Mrs Philip Fitzpatrick with her only brother and sister Mrs Patrick Mackintosh and her daughter Agnes travel from Australia to Brookline weeks ago and brother Alexander Sanster arrived from Scotland last Saturday
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Brookline
Aspinwall Street
Philip Fitzpatrick
Dorchester Undine Club Reelects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Undine Club of Dorchester kept its annual meeting on Park street electing Robert J. Stevenson president James R. Lycett vice president Francis P. Gilman secretary and Edward Gage Shaw treasurer The group voted to hold the annual dancing party at Jubilee Hall Roxbury on Tuesday evening February 28.
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Undine Club
Dorchester
Park Street
Robert J. Stevenson
James R. Lycett
Francis P. Gilman
Edward Gage Shaw
Jubilee Hall
Roxbury
Special Suit Offer In Custom Department This Season
Our store repeats a seasonal inducement in the Custom Department with a ten dollar reduction on a suit to measure from named fabrics. This year many Scotch and American fancy suitings plus black soft finished worsteds priced at 40 to 45 dollars are marked 35 dollars per suit for cash buyers, includes cutaway or sack coat trousers and waistcoat, and runs until February 28.
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I. Ec
Hunger at the School Gates Drives New York Reform Debate
In New York City a discussion on feeding hungry schoolchildren centers on Robert Hunter's Poverty findings. He cites 60 000 to 70 000 hungry children and urges Paris style school kitchens with paid and free tickets, warm cereal breakfasts, soups, meats, vegetables, and self-service refectories to integrate rich and poor students.
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New York
New York City
Robert Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Paris
Edward T. Devine
Charity Organization Society
William H. Allen
The
Association For Improving
Gunners' Mate Pulled From Water Near Yankton
John J. Mohan, a gunners' mate aboard the US steamship Yankton, was thrown overboard by the anchor chain as the ship prepared to depart. He surfaced on the opposite side, cried for help, and was rescued by Patrolmen Lierman and Eldridge using a police boat alongside the Watchman.
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John J. Mohan
Lierman
Eldridge
Militia Reform Plans Prompted by Stopford and Miles
Adjutant-General Stopford and Inspector-General Miles map reform measures aimed at the militia ranks. Senior officials report Miles found much to displease him in his recent examination and noted lapses in spirit between officers and men. A general order from the adjutant-general’s office is expected in the coming days for various commands.
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Miles
Stopford
Pursuit and Capture by Half Shaved Officer Cavagnaro
Officer Cavagnaro of the North End police chased and apprehended Hartzog after Hartzog slashed John L. Murphy with a razor outside a Fleet Street barber shop. In ten minutes the pursuit ended at Parmenter and Hanover streets with Hartzog restrained and charged with assault with a razor.
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Cavagnaro
North End
Fleet Street
Virgil Hartzog
John L. Murphy
Parmenter
Hanover
Hartzog
Missing Jamaica Plain woman 23 seeks answers
Maria Tiernan, a 23 year old resident of 997 Parker Street, Jamaica Plain, has been missing since Sunday January 22 after leaving home to attend church. Her parents report no clues or sightings since.
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Maria Tiernan
Parker Street
Jamaica Plain
Ransom Demanded for Captured Family in Manila Raid
In Manila on January 30, ladrones who seized the wife and two children of former Governor Trias during the January 24 San Francisco de Malabon attack demand a ransom of 9000 dollars for their release.
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Manila
Ladrones
Trias
San Francisco de Malabon
Hickey Seeks Probe Into Railroad Commission
Boston representative William E. Hickey filed an order in the House calling for an investigation of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. The executive council would study their procedures and duties and report findings to the General Court this session. the measure was sent to the rules committee.
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William E. Hickey
Boston
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Executive Council
General Court
Committee On Rules
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Jamaica
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Walter M. Lowney
New England Conservatory of Music
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