Ice Famine Spurs Brighton Monopoly Price Hike
Residents protest a price surge after competition waned in Brighton and Allston where J R Downing Co held a monopoly and F Callahan Co briefly challenged rates. Ice delivery in Boston averaged 4 per ton during the famine, now 2.50 per ton, with street pedlars charging about 3 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Allston
Boston Ice Dealers’ Association
J. R. Downing Company
F. Callahan & Co
Callahan Company
Downing
Callahan
Downing Teams
Downing Company
Mr. Downing
Chambers Street
Boston
Mme Nordica to Visit Birthplace in Farmington in August
Farmington Maine reports that soprano Nordica, born in the town, is expected to visit her birthplace in August. The pending trip traces the famed singer to Farmington where relatives and local supporters anticipate events surrounding the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Mme
Nordica
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helps Sick Women
A collection of testimonials from Emma Draper and Mrs Alvena Sperling praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing severe female ailments. They credit the remedy with avoiding surgery after years of pain and illness, stating doctors warned of fatal outcomes without operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Draper
Chicago
Sil
Alvena Sperling
Langdon St
Submarine disasters tally through early 1900s claim thirteen lives
A historic roundup notes multiple submarine sinkings and onboard fatalities from 1905 to 1909. British, French, Italian, Russian and other crews faced explosions and leaks with varying rescue outcomes. The latest report recalls British sub C 11 sunk by Eddystone near Haisborough lightship with three survivors including Lieutenants Brodie and Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromer
Eng
Eddystone
Brodie
Watkins
Haisborough
Collision at Sea Involving Bonaventure and Submarines
The cruiser Bonaventure with eight submarines in a southerly voyage collided with the Eddystone. The submarine was crushed and sank instantly, save three crew members. C 16 and C 17 damaged after a collision while C 11 rests in 15 fathoms water and may be raised. Battleships and cruisers arrived with salvage gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaventure
Steel trials in September set by judge Harris
Judge Harris set the so called steel cases for trial in three weeks starting September 2 September 27 and October 4 The 14 defendants include individuals and corporations The District Attorney Hill pushed separate trials aligned with the Bos ton agreement while defense attorneys objected to Labor Day week timing The attorney commented on the fall election and Hill joked about his tenure after election
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Harris
Hill
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Brookline Street
Samuel J. Elder
Sturgis
Hurlburt
Hartnett Case Continued For Sentence In Superior Court
After a one hour conference in the judges lobby Judge Harris District Attorney Hill and Hartnett's counsel announced the Commonwealth versus Hartnett would be continued for sentence. Hartnett, indicted over bribery of two jurors in the Crocker will case, had pled guilty at arraignment. The delay suggests Hartnett may be used as a witness by the State in another phase of the will case.
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Harris
Hill
William J. Hartnett
Commonwealth
Hartnett
Crocker Will
Superior Criminal Court
Will
Grand
Protest Cash Rule for Immigrants
Leon Kamasky of New York filed a protest with the President at the White House against a rule by Immigration Commissioner Williams requiring each immigrant to have 25 dollars in cash before landing at Ellis Island. He was accompanied by Representative Bennett.
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Washington
Williams
New York
Ellis Island
Leon Kamasky
White House
Bennett
Life Savers Reorganize on Revere Beach Officers Named
At a meeting last night the Volunteer Life Saving Corps 35 at Revere Beach foot of Shirley street reorganized naming Commodore Thomas R. Willis captain W. J. Walsh first lieutenant Bernard Kershaw Mim ear McLean secretary James Teevan and others.
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Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Revere Beach
Shirley Street
Thomas R. Willis
W. J. Walsh
Leutenant
Bernard Kershaw
Mimear McLean
James Teevan
Harvard Bridge Closed for Repairs in Boston and Cambridge
The Boston Elevated Railway, by order of engineers, began repairs on the Harvard bridge draw. A flagman kept one car at a time on worn planking as the draw sank three inches. The citys balked at costs until the Elevated paid for work and replacement of old stringers will triple draw strength. Cars will detour via Cottage Farm bridge and Brookline Street to reach Cambridge.
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Boston and
Cambridge
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Harvard Bridge
Elevated
Cottage Farm
Brookline Street
The Death of Uncle Walt Mason in Fake Confession
A satirical piece imagines Uncle Walt Mason confessing to a string of crimes before election day 1909. The letter-writting pseudo confession mocks political scandal and public image, implying hypocritical reform and the dangers of ambition.
Charity Bequests Total $51 800 in Litchfield Will
The will of Mary J. Litchfield of Somerville, dated May 28, 1906, bequeaths $51,800 in gifts to churches and individuals including Mary E Fletcher and Marcia Nash plus numerous church and society donations. Executor Henry W Bragg.
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Mary J. Litchfield
Somerville
East Cambridge
Mary E. Fletcher
Marcia V. Nash
William H. Nash
William H
J. Vaner Garton
West Somerville Baptist Church
Y. M. Co.a
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Home For
First Baptist Church of Boston
Marcia A. Mifore
Emma FE. Johnson
Maggie Flanagan
Henry W. Bragg
New Doors in Aged Capitol
The old State House restoration contract goes to George A. Cahill of Jamaica Plain for 8562 dollars. He will remove granite from the foundation and install three new entrances, front and both sides, to reproduce the original design as stated by Superintendent George W. Morrison.
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Old State House
George W. Morrison
George A. Cahill
Jamaica Plain
Cahill
Morrison
Druggist's Fatal Dose Ends Lifework in East Berlin
John L. Wolf a 73 year old former East Berlin druggist died after taking a long–standing prescription he had filled himself. The powerful medicine caused a deep coma and he did not recover, passing away several hours later.
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Penn
John L. Wolf
East Berlin
Wolf
Hilton Store Delays Opening For Glass Mirror Install
The Hilton Company postpones opening of its Washington Street and Temple Place store to Saturday morning due to the delay in installing a 24 by 12 foot mirror. The news notes the giant glass front, said to be the largest in New England, and mentions a 22 by 12.5 foot wall mirror. It also references Theo A Justice of Philadelphia praising a Hilton suit priced at 12.50 used to illustrate tariff debates.
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Washington Street
Temple Place
Hilton Company
Hilton
New England
Pittsburg
Hiiton Company
Post
Ways and Means
Washington
Theodore A. Justice
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Fifth Avenue
Traveling salesman and wife jailed after hotel discovery
Poughkeepsie news reports Harry Griffith and Mrs Helen Peltier arrested on complaint by Almas Peltier who found them registered as man and wife at a local hotel. Peltier accuses desertion and cruelty. Griffith aided financially and denies wrongdoing.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry Griffith
Helen Peltier
Womsn
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 at Boston Excelsior Plant
A $25,000 fire damaged the Boston Excelsior Company plant in Franklin New Hampshire. Four nearby dwellings caught fire but were controlled with minor loss. Traffic on the Bristol branch of the Concord division of the Boston and Maine was stopped for two hours due to heat. Cause of the blaze is unknown.
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Franklin, N. H
Boston Excelsior Company
Excelsior Company
Bristol
Concord
Boston & Maine
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C. S. Mellen
Stephen O’meara
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Charles Major
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