Ice price shock in Brighton and Allston sparks protest
Residents accuse a monopoly of ice firms, led by J. R. Downing and F. Callahan & Co., of pushing prices higher. The famine era saw steep rates. recent shifts reduced then rose again as competition dissolved. Street pedlers undercut firms, sparking indignation and calls for fair pricing.
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Brighton
Allston
Boston Ice Dealers’ Association
J. R. Downing Company
F. Callahan & Co
Callahan Company
Downing
Callahan
Downing Teams
Downing Company
Alliston
Mr. Downing
Chambers Street
Boston
Pedlers
Nordica Planned August Visit to Farmington Birthplace
Farmington Maine reports soprano Mme Nordica is expected to visit her birthplace in August after arriving in the region for a series of engagements.
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Farmington
Mme, Nordica
Doctor Advised Operation Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham Ad
Newspaper readers hear testimonials from Emma Draper and Alvena Sperling about Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound helping after doctors warned surgery was the only option. The ads claim the remedy treats female ills from inflammation to fibroid tumors and offers a cost noted as 75 cents to 2s for a bottle.
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Paw Paw, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Draper
Chicago
Ill
Alvena Sperling
Langdon St
Submarine disasters claim multiple lives worldwide
A 1905 Queenstown harbor explosion sank British sub A 5 killing four and injuring fourteen. Other incidents include French and Italian subs, gas exposures, and a British sub C 11 torpedoed off Haisborough with thirteen dead and three saved, detailing survivors Lieutenant Brodie and Watkins.
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Cromer
Eng
Eddystone
Brodie
Watkins
Haisborough
Submarine Clash with Eddystone Causes Sinking Off Coast
The cruiser Bonaventure with eight submarines was moving south when the Eddystone collided with C 11. C 11 sank after a sharp impact. three crewmen died. C 16 and C 17 damaged in a collision while avoiding the freighter. no fatalities. Salvage ships arrived and C 11 lies in 15 fathoms. Wire hawsers laid to raise the wreck.
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Bonaventure
Steel trials scheduled for three weeks starting September 20
Judge Harris set the so called steel cases for trial in three groups during the weeks of September 20, 27 and October 4. District Attorney Hill seeks to try each group separately and before the fall election, while defense lawyers push for later dates. The court heard remarks from 14 attorneys led by Samuel J. Elder and Sturgis and Hurlburt with light banter about office terms.
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Harris
Hill
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Brookline Street
Samuel J. Elder
Sturgis
Hurlburt
Hartnett Case Continues After Judge and DA Conference
After a one hour judges lobby conference with Judge Harris District Attorney Hill and Hartnett's counsel the Commonwealth Hartnett case was continued for sentence to a later date. Hartnett pleaded guilty in the Crocker will case and may be used as a state witness pending further grand jury action.
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Harris
Hill
William J. Hartnett
Commonwealth
Hartnett
Crocker Will
Superior Criminal Court
Will
Grand Jury
Protest Cash Rule for Immigrants Fueled at White House
Leon Kamasky of New York filed a protest with the President at the White House regarding a rule by Immigration Commissioner Williams. The rule requires every immigrant to carry $25 in cash before landing at Ellis Island, and Kamasky was accompanied by Representative Bennett.
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Washington
Williams
New York
Ellis Island
Leon Kamasky
White House
Bennett
Life Savers Reorganize at Revere Beach Meeting
The Volunteer Life Saving Corps on Revere Beach at Shirley Street reorganized at a meeting last night with Commodore Thomas R. Willis captain W J Walsh first lieutenant Bernard Kershaw carsirLean secretary James Teevam.
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Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Revere Beach
Shirley Street
Thomas R. Willis
W. J. Walsh
Leutenant
Bernard Kershaw
carsirLean
James Teevam
Harvard Bridge Closed for Repairs
Boston and Cambridge engineers ordered the Boston Elevated Railway Company to repair the Harvard bridge draw. The draw had sunk three inches and the worn planking limited trains to one car at a time. Old stringers will be replaced with wider ones, tripling draw strength, while traffic shifts to Cottage Farm bridge via Brookline Street to reach Cambridge.
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Boston and
Cambridge
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Harvard Bridge
Elevated
Cottage Farm
Brookline Street
Uncle Walt Mason Dies After Election Claim
Verse recounts Uncle Walt Mason’s rise in society and a fatal political bid. The poem cites a confession in his hand blaming scandals from a past life, including thefts and crimes, as he contemplates quitting the race.
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Charley Ross
Gunness
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Charity Shares In 50000 Will From Mary J Litchfield
The will of Mary J Litchfield filed in East Cambridge Probate Court lists $50000 estate with numerous charitable bequests to West Somerville Baptist Church Y W C A Y M C A and others. Household items go to Mary H B Fletcher and relatives receive varying sums. if the estate is under 50000 adjustments will reduce gifts under 1000 and lift those above. Executor named Henry W Bragg.
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Mary J. Litchfield
Somerville
East Cambridge
Mary HB. Fletcher
Marcia V. Nash
William H. Nash
William
Henry W. Bragg
New Doors in Aged Capitol
A restoration contract was awarded by Superintendent George W. Morrison to George A. Cahill of Jamaica Plain for 8562 to remove granite from the old State House foundation and install three new entrances, front and both sides, making the building resemble its original design.
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Old State House
George W. Morrison
George A. Cahill
Jamaica Plain
Cahill
Morrison
Druggist's Fatal Dose Overcomes Elderly Man in East Berlin
John L. Wolf, 73, a former East Berlin druggist, died after taking a prescription he had filled for himself. The medicine, very strong and long-standing, precipitated and sent 14 others into a coma. Wolf died several hours later.
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Work
Penn
John L. Wolf
East Berlin
Wolf
Hilton Store Delays Opening For Mirror Installation
The Hilton Company postpones the opening of its Washington street and Temple place store to Saturday morning due to delays in placing a massive 24x12 foot mirror. The glass front, said to be the largest in New England, was made in Pittsburg and the store will feature a 22 by 12.5 foot two piece wall mirror. A Hilton suit costing 12.50, showcased by Theodore A. Justice, drew attention during tariff debates in Washington.
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Washington Street
Temple Place
Hilton Company
Hilton
New England
Pittsburg
Histom Company
Post
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Theodore A. Justice
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Fifth Avenue
Traveling salesman arrested with wife in Poughkeepsie hotel
Harry Griffith and Mrs Helen Peltier were arrested on a complaint by her husband Almas Peltier who found them registered as man and wife. Peltier accuses desertion and cruelty. Griffith is a French Canadian actor and grifter claims. Mrs Peltier says her husband spent her $8000 inheritance and brutalized her. she sues for divorce.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry Griffith
Helen Peltier
Almas Peltier
Springfield
Mass
New York
Peltier
Maine
Holyoke
Griffith
South
E. H. Sothern
Proctor
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Mr. Peltier
Dartmouth College
Fire Halts Trains in Franklin Loss Totals
A $25,000 fire struck the Boston Excelsior Company plant in Franklin, New Hampshire, threatening nearby homes but mainly damaging the factory. The Bristol branch of the Boston & Maine Railway paused for two hours due to heat from the blaze. cause remains undetermined.
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Franklin
N. H
Boston Excelsior Company
Excelsior Company
Bristol
Concord
Boston & Maine
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C. S. Mellen
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Lucius Tuttle
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Paul West
Charles Major
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Lucy P
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Jack Hart
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