Taft bars a reporter from World coverage in Beverly
Harry L. Dunlap head of the Washington bureau for the New York World is banned from presidential press events in Beverly. Secretary Norton sent a letter citing a breach of the presidents no quotation rule. Exclusion came at the president’s direction over alleged misquoting in yesterday’s World.
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Beverly
Harry L. Dunlap
Washington
The
New York World
Taft
Executive Office
Dunlap
Norton
Lumber Piles Up In Smoke At Booth Station
A morning fire at Booth Station on the Canadian Pacific main line between Fredericton Junction and McAdam Junction destroyed 800,000 to 1,000,000 feet of lumber from a mill built by John S. Scott of Fredericton. The blaze spread to the woods creating a sizable forest fire. trains stalled briefly. Estimated loss ranges from 15,000 to 20,000 dollars with insurance noted. The lumber was to be paid for by A. C. Dutton Lumber Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, on delivery planned in a few days.
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BT John
Booth Station
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Fredericton Junction
McAdam Junction
John S. Scott
Fredericton
A. C. Dutton Lumber Company
Springfield
Mass
Vanderbilt Jr Joins Central New York Management
William K Vanderbilt Jr is elected assistant to New York Central President William C Brown at today’s Central directors meeting. He will later take a similar post on the Big Four and other Vanderbilt properties.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
New York Central
Central
William C. Brown
Big Four
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Family to Grow Active in Railroads
The Vanderbilt interests will increasingly influence railroad executive affairs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr. spends much of the year in Paris while bond negotiations for Big Four and New York Central notes involved high level abroad meetings. Cousin Cornelius Vanderbilt once led mechanical work and now serves as a Missouri Pacific director. After E. H. Harriman’s death, Vanderbilt associates joined boards of New York Central and Lake Shore, including Marvin Hughitt of Chicago and Northwestern.
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Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
Brown
William K. Vanderbilt, Sr
Paris
New York Central
Young Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Certraln4
Cornelius
Missouri Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Vanderbilt Railroad
Lake Shore
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago and Northwestern
New Payne Aldrich law boosts imports to record level
Washington July 13 Imports exceeding by more than 114 million dollars those of any prior period entered the United States in the first 11 months of the Payne Aldrich tariff law ending June 30. Over 49 percent arrived free of duty, a share surpassed only in 1897 and the early McKinley era. Customs receipts for the 11 months reached 302,822,161 dollars, second only to 1907. Figures released by the Bureau of Statistics.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Runaway Driver Jesse Smith Dies in Brighton Incident
Jesse Smith, a noted horseman, died of heart disease yesterday afternoon while driving his team along the Brighton speedway. The reins loosened as the horses sped on, and Officer Murphy of the Metropolitan Park police followed the runaway, arriving to find Smith dead in the wreckage where the team crashed after attempting to jump a low fence.
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Jesse Smith
Brighton Speedway
Murphy
Metropolitan Park Police
Parkway
Smith
Funeral cost of Edward VII totaled 202 500 dollars
London July 13 The elaborate funeral for King Edward cost the nation 202 500 dollars according to today’s supplementary financial estimate.
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Hing
England
London
Edward
Abolish Playgrounds and Evening Schools Debate Rages
A Finance Commission hearing on Boston school affairs heard sharp charges from Susan Fitzgerald Charlotte Smith Frank Doyle and others accusing the School Board of mismanagement. They attacked rising taxes and overcrowding blamed on ninth grade abolition and questioned spending on lunch programs and a 1910 report. Page and Smith pressed for reforms including ending the assistant superintendents offices and free evening schools with parties claiming waste and influence in the system.
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Boston School Board
Susan S. Fitzgerald
Charlotte Smith
Frank M. Doyle
Frank W. Page
Charles E. Nichols
Clara B. Steinauer
Finance Commission
Page
Boston
Simmons College
Sarah Arnold
Mra
Quincy A. Shaw
Gece
Cabot
Roxbury Woman Alleges Fees for Minerals Study
Mrs. Jessie McNerney of Roxbury charged that children in parts of the Roxbury district must pay from 10 to 50 cents for minerals to study. She attended the hearing.
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Jessie McNerney
Roxbury
Marmola Tablets Promise Weight Loss for Hot Weather
An ad touts Marmola Tablets as a natural fat reducer that does not harm the body. After meals the tablets supposedly convert food into blood, stop fat production, and reduce flesh by 12 to 15 ounces daily. Sold at drug stores for 75 cents. The Marmola Company Detroit Michigan contact listed.
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Marmola Company
Farmer
Detroit
Mich
Cavalieri’s Hair Mine: Cavalieri Advocates Daily Washing
The article cites Lina Cavalieri stating that a healthy scalp requires daily washing to remove dandruff and keep hair thriving. It criticizes common soaps and tonics, promotes Birt’s Head Wash as the best cleansing preparation, and notes prices tubes 25c jars 50c.
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Lina Cavalieri
New York Sunday American
Cavalieri
Birt
Fin Com Hearing on Schools Attacks City Programs
In a sharp hearing, Fin Com accused free evening schools of not truly being free as pupils paid 50 cents for "junk" and called Women’s Industrial Union a front for humbug and graft. The panel claimed $300,000 could be saved by removing assistant superintendents, criticized playgrounds as a joke, and labeled evening schools a failure. Kindergartens should be abolished while trade schools are failures and vaccination seen as a violation of life. James J. Storrow and Chairman Ellis blamed for a 40 cent tax rate jump.
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James J. Storrow
Ellis
Charlotte Smith
School Board
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Miss Smith
Women's Educational Union
Boston
Frank M. Doyle
South Boston High School
Mr. Doyle
Doyle
Debate Over School Efficiency Sparks City Hearing
Mr. Doyle challenges kins tergarten system claiming wasteful spending could save $100,000 and that primary instruction has diminished. Mrs. Page accuses Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of driving trade schools for girls with $50,000 funding and urges probes into salaries and secret meetings. Doctors Nichols and Page oppose compulsory vaccination citing risks. Hearing adjourned to 2:30 PM.
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Doyle
Kinstergarten
Page
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Commission
Frank C. Nichols
Charles Page
Nichols
Daily Fire Record Entries From Early Morning to Evening
A log of fire and alarm calls across Boston area noting times from 7:53 a m to 5 15 p m with boxes on St Ger main street Bunker Hill Elm streets Massachu setts avenue Cumston place Chambers street and 178 Chambers street. Names include J F Doherty Mary J Walsh Annie Taylor Dora Specter with varying losses and a false alarm.
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St. Ger
Main Street
J. F. Doherty
Bunker Hill
Elm Streets
Boston & Northern Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Mary J. Walsh
Cumston Place
Annie Taylor
Chamebers Street
Dora Specter
Lord Northcliffe on Seasickness and Remedy
Lord Northcliffe reports strong personal use of Mothersill's Seasick Remedy during a Newfoundland voyage returning to England. He claims it cures seasickness and car sickness in nineteen cases out of twenty and urges others to use it. The ad notes 50 cents to $1.00 per bottle and availability through druggists nationwide and from wholesalers.
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England
Newfoundland
Mothersill
Northcliffe
Sutton Place
Guildford
Surrey
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
Baltimore
San Francisco
Canada
No Pain Car Prices at Dentistry AT HALF the fees of other RELIABLE DENTISTS
Harvard Dental Co led by Dr Holmes offers painless dentistry at half the cost of other reliable dentists. Located at 148 Court Street opposite Bowdoin Square Theatre.
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Harvard Dental CO
DR. Holmes
Court St
Bowdoin Square Theatre
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Panama
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Fin. Com
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Fitzgerald
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Iss
Charlotte
Fies
POVLE
Luise
Wilson Bros
Scollay Square
Wilson
BRC
Big Kettle
Ythig
Rogers
Waltham
Daily Fire Record
Lord Northcliffe
Thos. Snow & Son
North Market Street
Boston,Mass
Snow
California
Beck
Everett
Godfried
Ernestine Beck
Cedar Street
Fitzpatrick
Cambridge
John H
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Cambridge Street
St. Mary's of the Annunciation
Holy Cross
Providence
R. I
Hamilton
Adrian
Adrian Y
Catherine (McPhee) Hamilton
Brookline Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Hooper
Edith
Isaac and
Mary Hooper
Allston
River Street
Kilduff
Mary J. Kilduff
Fenwood Road
Mission Church
A. m
Magee
George L. Magee
FF. Gleason
Washington Street
Mt. Wollaston
Quincey
M’carthy
Daniel A
Daniel
Sarah (New Heatey) McCarthy
P. F. Harrington
Milton Avenue
Dorchester
St. Matthew's Church
Norfolk Street
Minehan
Winthrop
Michael Minehan
John Cochran
Winthrop Street
St. John the Evangelist
St. John
New Brunswick
N. B
Neas
Mary
John
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