Mayors orders adopt two pet appropriation measures
The Board of Aldermen approved two Mayor Fitzgerald sponsored measures. One, a 100000 reserve fund with a 10000 rider for the consumptives hospital, and a 150000 loan for laying out and repairing Columbus avenue, passed with mixed opposition aided by two Republican Aldermen. Also approved were confirmations of Michael W. Norris as health commissioner and Daniel P. Shedd as music commissioner, with Harold E. Brenton withdrawn.
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Fitzgerald
Columbus Avenue
Battis
Berwin
Alderman Bangs
Doyle
Street Department
Baldwin
Cauley
Curley
Hennessey
Kneeland
Linehan
Whelton
Bangs
Bell, Bromberg
Draper
Michael W. Norris
Board of Aldermen
Thomas B. Shea
Health Board
Daniel P. Shedd
Harold E. Brenton
Will of Patrick F Sullivan Bequeaths $65 000 to Charities
The late Patrick F Sullivan, a prominent real estate man and auctioneer of School Street, filed his will in the probate office. He leaves major gifts to Boston College, Boston Public Library, and multiple Catholic charitable and religious institutions totaling many thousands, with the residue to his sister Catherine A Sullivan. He reportedly valued the estate at over $100,000.
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Patrick F. Sullivan
School Street
Boston College
Boston Public Library
Little Sisters of the Poor
House of the Good Shepherd
Carney Hospital
St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
Holy Ghost Hospital
Society For the Propagation of the Roman Catholic Faith
The
Paulist Fathers
New York
George de la Motte
Rocky Mountain
Society of Jesus
James Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic Mission Among
Colored People
Congregation of St. Vincent de Paul of the Holy Cross
Council
St. Vincent de Paul
Thomas Moylan
All Saints
Boston
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
Working Boys’ Home
Melrose
Bridge Street
Salem
Mass
Immaculate Conception Church
North Station
Doherty
Bernard and
Ann Dohert
Bridget Doherty
Mamburg Street
Keyes
Katherine Keyes
Dennis and
Lena Keyes
Mercer Street
Mayor Pushes Quick Passage of City Loans
Mayor Fitzgerald called a special Common Council meeting to approve two loan ordinances, 200000 for water pipes and 150000 for Columbus Avenue asphalt. Republicans may oppose. A quorum is uncertain, risking failure to reach the 50 votes needed tonight.
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Columbus Avenue
Board of Aldermen
Fitzgerald
Common Council
Streub murder probe near completion in Great Barrington
State officers Wood and McKay said the Streub murder investigation for John Streub is nearly finished. Police Chief Smith and Officer Rathbone met with Attorney Charles Giddings as the inquest is expected tomorrow. Mrs Streub spoke publicly of her grief describing her son as a fine boy and expressing hope for justice.
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Great Barrington
Housatonic
Wood
McKay
John Btread
Smith
Rathbone
Charles Giddings
Commonwealth
Post
Johnnny
Johnny
Exposures Exaggerated Says Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons at his Southampton summer home says there is a tendency to exaggerate exposures in the United States. He notes publicity awakens public conscience and that while some crimes are revealed, large insurers remain solvent. He praises daily acts of courtesy and hidden charity over ostentatious gifts.
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New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Southampton
Long Island
Church of the Sacred Heart
Rail casualties rise as three month total tops eighteenth thousand
Washington July 23 The Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin for the three months ending March 31 1906 reports 18296 total casualties among passengers and employees 1126 killed 17170 injured a rise of 17 killed and 12 injured from the prior quarter. Collisions and derailments totaled 3490 with 289 collisions and 167 derailments affecting passenger trains.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fatal barn fire motive linked to toddlers
In New York on July 23, two four and six year old boys Frank and Anthony White confessed to burning down the White barn with two year old Julian Beck inside. The blaze charred the baby, destroyed the barn and outhouses, and scorched woodland up to a mile north. No arrests will be made due to the children’s ages.
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New York
Julian Beck
Frank
Anthony White
Beck
Televue promises real-time video via telephones
Local scientists show interest in J B Fowler of San Diego invention called televue. When placed under the tele phone the device uses electric globes to project light on the speaker’s face so the caller sees the other person clearly, through a central glass disk with a hole for viewing.
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J. B. Fowler
San Diego
Cal
Osmo Chemic Physicians Offer Free Trial Light Treatment
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians announce a limited free trial of their Light Treatment at 18 Boylston St Aton Mass for all sick applicants who visit by July 1 1906. The offer includes free consultation examination X Ray analysis and urine test with no price. Endorsing patients from Brockton Marlboro Roxbury Cambridge and beyond praise the treatment as curative and urge others to try Osmo-Chemic therapy.
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Boylston St
Aton
Mass
Emily Davis
Davis St
Marlboro
Emily A. Davis
Leucodes cent Rays and their claimed medical powers
The Leucodes cent Rays are said to boost nutrition in animals and plant cells, enhance tissue metabolism, and destroy germ life. Their germ-killing effect allegedly rises with light intensity without harming healthy tissue. Proponents claim it is the sole safe therapeutic light able to deliver certain results and relieve pain via vibratory nerve stimulation.
Mattapan Woman Seeks Osmo-Chemic Treatment Relief
Mrs W Hosington of 689 Waikhill St Mattapan Massachusetts wife of a police officer at station nine Oxbury says she suffered severe nerve pain in her feet and could not turn in bed before following Osmo-Chemic physicians advice and finding relief after prior ineffective treatments.
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W. Hosington
Waikhill St
Mattapan
Mass
Oxbury
Chas
Hosington
Osmo Medicine ad in Boston offers chronic disease book
The Osmo Medicine office in Boston lists chronic disease guidance and a stamp-for-book offer. Hours are 9 AM to noon, 2 to 4, and 6 to 8 PM daily, closed Sundays. Address is 2c Chemic System of Permanent offices Suites 8 DB 10 entrance 18 Boston mass.
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Boston
Mass
Osmo Medicine Boylston At
Subway Breakdown Causes Mass Tie Up In Salem Area
A Salem car failure blocked the Scollay square subway station causing thousands to flood the streets during a heavy storm. Cars stopped, surface traffic gridlocked, while thousands of suburban workers sought rides home amid rain and delays.
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Salem
Scollay Square
Boston
Canal Street
Sudbury Street
North Station
Auto frightens horse of Curtis Guild’s party at Magnolia
Curtis Guild father of Governor Guild, with his sister Miss M C Guild and an attendant, were driving near Magnolia when a speeding auto bumped the rear of their carriage. The frightened horse broke the traces but bystanders halted it with no injuries. Guild later attended dinner at the hotel in good spirits.
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Gov. Guild
Magnolia
Chickering
Curtis Guild
Governor Guild
M. C. Guild
Guild
Attempted bomb blows up Duane Street building
A second attempt to destroy the Clarke, Chapin & Bushnell building at 177 179 Duane Street in New York was timed shortly after midnight. A prior blast on March 14 caused more damage. A. J. Wellington, head of the firm, accuses union truck drivers of committing both acts. The latest blast broke only nearby windows.
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New York
Duane Street
Clarke, Chapin & Bushnell
A. J. Wellington
Schooner John Allan Sinks in Fog Off Georges Bank
The 43 ton fishing schooner John Allan of South Harpswell Maine sank in dense fog at 7:20 am after collision with the Red Star line steamer Vaderland off Georges Bank. Seven crew members were rescued by the Vaderland and brought to New York, including Captain Toothaker and Albert H. Douglas. The vessel sailed from Boston Thursday on a fishing cruise and sank within five minutes after being struck.
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New York
John Allan
South Harpswell
Red Star Line
Vaderland
George’s Bank
Antwerp
Captain Toothaker
Albert H. Douglas
Thomas H. Boyd
E. M. Hamilton
W. H. Doughtry
Silph Pinkham
W. W. Latham
Boston
Natives Kill 14 Americans in Leyte Encounter
A detachment of constabulary led by Lieutenant Williams was ambushed near Burnen in Leyte by 600 Pulajanes. Lieutenant Worswick and Civilian Scout McBride, plus 12 privates, were killed. 14 rifles and two revolvers were seized. Reinforcements were dispatched. Major Neville orders a Twenty-fourth Regular Infantry company to the scene. Worswick, a University of Kansas graduate, died in his first battle.
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Manila
Williams
Buraen
Leyte
Worswick
McBride
Neville
University of Kansas
Constabulary
Burnen
Poison Killed Hingham Man Identified in Revere
The body of a young man found on the Squires estate in Revere Saturday afternoon was identified as Alton F. Newcomb 2 a clerk living in Hingham. An autopsy at Briggs undertaking rooms by Dr. George Stedman associate medical examiner showed death from poison.
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Squires
Revere
Alton F. Newcomb
Hingham
Briggs’ Undertaking
George Stedman
Newcomb
Hood's Tooth Powder Proclaims Perfect Satisfaction
Hood's Tooth Powder is described as antiseptic cleansing and beautifying. It claims to destroy disease germs that injure teeth and enamel, highlighting the slogan If Made by Hood It's Good, with a 25 cent price.
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Hood
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Six Little Tailors’ Corporation
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Washington St
Sita Colt
Opposition
P. F. Sullivan
Public Library
Streub
Boy
Beebe
Giddings
Emil
Cardinal
Tarrant
Seltzer
U. S
Tarrant CO
Hadson St
C. W. Hosington
Brockton
Frank Nieminan
Huntigggson St
Roxbury
Francis B. Taylor
Center St
Cambridge
Etta M. Cooper
Green St
Scollay Sq
Oliver
South Braintree
New Grand Broadway
31St St
Granotel
Bath
Hurlbert Grand Hotel CO
GEO. F. Hurlbert
Pres
New Sherman
Jamestown, W. Y
Traders Insurance Company, of
Chicago
Traders Insurance Company
Otreult Court
Cook County
Illinois
Byron L. Smith
Rector Bldg
Puritan
Yiaehmetsn Street
Solomon
J. M.solomon
Beacon St
Oxford
Lewis Jones & Son Undertakers
Lagrange Street
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