Smoke Nuisance Persist as Public Services Exempt
Residents in Back Bay complain of locomotive smoke and soot from New Haven Railroad trains. Smoke Inspector Good says public service corporations are exempt from the nuisance law, despite belief the statute unconstitutional. Two recent fires sparked by locomotive sparks raise local safety concerns as bills to alter the exemption fail.
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Inspector Good
Post
Back Bay
New Haven
Massachusetts Avenue
Berkeley Oval
Nichols
Ward 10
Senate
First Brigade In Tent Drill At Framingham Camp
Ideal weather marked the third day of the First Brigade encampment at Camp Framingham. Regiments practiced shelter tent drills, Signal Corps helio graph work, and wigwag signaling from a hill. Captain Davis led officer and non com instruction while baseball games filled recreation. The Y M C A opened a reading room in Mess House 2 with several senior officers visiting.
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Camp Framingham
South Framingham
Signal Corps
Frank P. Edwards
Robert Co. Davis
U.S. A
James P. Parker
Morton E. Cobb
Thomas Talbot
1Rst Corp of
Edward Glines
Julius Zaeder
Worcester
Fritz Zaeder
George F. Booth
Lineman Milne Killed Repairing Wires
Pawtucket Rhode Island July 29 Robert Milne an electric lineman was killed by a powerful current while repairing wires at the top of a light pole He was 40 years old A widow and two children survive him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R Lil
Robert Milne
Kidney and Bladder Trouble Banner Drug Ad
A period style ad touts Swamp-Root for kidney and bladder issues affecting men and women. Claims include mental decline and loss of vitality from kidney trouble and promotes Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root with sample bottles by mail from Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp-Root
Paine unveils schoolboy memorial at City Hall ceremony
Robert Treat Paine the third unveils a tablet honoring a historic schoolboy protest against British coast destruction. Boston figures including S A R and Allen Burdick present the tablet, Mayor Fitzgerald accepts for the city while Latin School battalions escort ceremonies at King’s Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Treat Paine
Anneal
City Hall
Charles K. Darling
Beacon
King’s Chapel
Boston Society
Allen Burdick
Society
Fitzgerald
George A. Crawford
Hale
Boston Latin School Association
John Andrews
William Barrell
John Blot
Jeremy Belknap
Boston
Court asked to reinstate member in Italian Building Laborers union
Arangelo de Angelis petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Italian Building Laborers International Protective Union of America to restore his membership. He said he was a member from Sept 17, 1902 until May 11 of this year when notified his membership was canceled and seeks restoration of rights. A hearing date will be set later. Escaped from chain gang in St John New Brunswick a guard shot John Cook 35 in the leg during an escape attempt. fellow prisoner Michael Cogswell escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arangelo de Angelis
Supreme Court
Chain Gang
ST. John
N. B
Westmoreland Road
John Cook
Michael Cogswell
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Ad Promises Refund
Household Surgeon claims Brown Tail Poison itch and rash can be cured by Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. The ad offers a money back refund if the product fails to heal. Price noted as 25 cents.
Waltham Man Identified After Train Fatality at North Cambridge
The 23 year old Raymond Ryan of 108 Cushing Street Waltham was killed on the Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine railroad at North Cambridge. He was a clerk for a Boston concern and nephew of Waltham police Chief McKenna.
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Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Cambridge
Raymond Ryan
Cushing Street
Waltham
Ryan
McKenna
Waltham Police
Boston
Mrs Taft Improving After Medical Attention
Millbury July 29 doctors report a slight improvement in Mrs Louisa M Taft mother of Secretary Taft. Physicians say she is expected to recover speedily after the recent illness.
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Millbury
Louisa M. Taft
Taft
Bands to Perform Tonight in Dorchester
Two band concerts are planned in Dorchester tonight, moved from Thursday. One show will be at Franklin Field, the other at Town Field playground.
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Dorchester
Franklin Field
Town Field
Tragic Parent Attended Death of Eight Year Old Boy
Eight year old Lawrence Hogan of East Boston was killed when a falling block of wood struck him as he arranged flags for a parade. The wood was split by 11 year old Charles Williams from the rear piazza, unaware the child stood below. Neighbors and doctors attempted to save him, but he died at Boston Relief Hospital.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Hogan
Bennington Street
Boston
T.e
Charles Williams
Firebugs Ignite Cellar Fire Across Busy Street
Police and firemen suspect an incendiary behind a string of recent fires. In a crowded area a cellar blaze caused panic as crowds rushed outdoors. The unknown shooter has eluded capture for months, with fires occurring in the same hour for three nights running.
Crowd Blocks Fire Line at Major Boston Blaze
An enormous crowd of more than 40 000 gathered in Scollay square and adjacent streets to watch Boston firefighters battle a four story blaze at 86 Court street. Police from stations 2 and 3 struggled to control the crowd as equipment struggled to reach the scene.
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Scollay Square
Hanover
Howard
Court Streets
Boston
Court Street
Fire Threat Flares During Old Home Week Parade
A large crowd in Scollay Square during Old Home Week watched horses and fire apparatus pass through crowds as a blaze broke out under a building’s stairway. Incendiary suspect noted. two firefighters injured. damage about five thousand dollars with several occupants listed as losers.
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Dovnys Town
Scollay Square
Captain Peabody
Harry Elliot
Frank J. Sheeran
Engine 6
Edward Whalen
Engine 26
F. A. Weeks
H. F. Schultz
Douglas Shoe Company
Tim Moriarty
E. Howe Company
Coleman Bros
Haymarket Square
Tilyou's Was Coney Island's Most Picturesque Feature
Historical notes recount Tilyou's Steeplechase Park as a focal point when Coney Island faced a major fire. The document lists properties and victims or losses across nearby inns, halls, pavilions, and businesses with estimated figures and ownership.
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Tilyou
Coney Island
Fire at Steeplechase Park destroys large area at Coney Island
George C. Tilyou, longtime owner and Coney Island pioneer, saw his Steeplechase Park burned in a Sunday morning blaze. The fire consumed about 30 acres, marking another setback for the amusement operator who has weathered prior financial and personal blows in the area.
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George C. Tilyou
William G. Ferris
Bowery
Kensington Walk
Wacke
Harry Kojan
Oceanic Avenue
Louis Lent
Kensington Avenue
George Hoch
Hayman & Gold
Oceaniic Avenue
Kensington
Axel Young
Alias Weiss
Blythe
Grocer
Surf Avenue
Askewau Brothers
Tilyou’s Walk
August Wilson
Belvidere
Albert Buschman
Afitonio
Cilento
Mrocer
Tony Poulakos
Stratton Walk
Euno Brothers
Veceases Tee Serene
Wight
Roseben
Stratton’s Walk
Kunz
Tilyou
New York
Coney Island
Beach
Sunday
Walters and Bush Held in Quincy Pickpocket Case
The Black Prince alias James Boyd Walters, a noted pickpocket with a crime history from Sydney to Chicago, was arrested on a vagrancy charge and arraigned with George Bush in District Court. The case was continued to Wednesday as police seek identification in Boston.
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Quincy
Black Prince
Sydney
Australia
Chicago
James Boyd
James Walters
George Bush
Tirrell
Boston
Burrell
Hough’s Neck
McKay
Walters
Hoboken
Buffalo
Drowned Chelsea Boy Found in Creek After Swim
Ten year old Charles Blanchard of Broadway Chelsea drowned off the old sluice in Eastern avenue while swimming with Francis Cassidy and Thomas Bigley. Bigley was rescued and taken to Frost Hospital. Blanchard’s body was recovered by police and turned to an undertaker.
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Eastern Avenue
Chelsea
Charles Blanchard
Broadway
Thomas Bigley
Tremont Street
Francis Cassidy
Bigley
Frost Hospital
Cassidy Boy
Blanchard
Shannon
McGauley
Morrison
Young Blanchard
Ahearn
Crash at Dorchester station claims Dorchester woman
Miss Alice Muldowney 44 of 6 Howard Street Dorchester was struck by a passing coal wagon while attempting to board an open car at the Dorchester Street transfer station Broadway South Boston. She was jammed between the wagon and car wheel and taken to Carney Hospital with serious injuries. Surgeons fear brain concussion.
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Dorchester Street
Broadway
Boston
Alice Muldowney
Howard Street
Dorchester
Muldowney
Carney Hospital
Keely
BOB HALLEN ENTERS FOR SCOTCH GAMES ON THURSDAY
Bob Hallen the New York flyer enters the mile race at the Scotch picnic at Caledonian Grove. Alfred Shrubb weighs options for the three mile run as a potential world record attempt. Wrestlers Jim Smart and John Perelli are in Boston preparing for their match in top form.
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Caledonian Grove
Bob Hallen
New York Flyer
Hallen
Alfred Shrubb
Jim Smart
John Perelli
Boston
Dr Connors' Bath House Theft Stuns South Boston
Dr J F Connor a local veterinarian from 400 Broadway South Boston reported his horse and open runabout buggy stolen from in front of the L street bath house yesterday afternoon. He had gone inside to view the bathers and returned about fifteen minutes later to find the vehicle missing.
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J. F. Connor
Broadway
Boston
L Street
Bath House
War on Heatless Brokers at Old Home Week
Railways clash with ticket brokers during Old Home Week as brokers snap up return tickets from distant visitors to resell at higher prices. Four years of complaints cite brokers buying tickets to undersell railways and profit from travelers who cannot or will not return by the original route.
Railroads Seek Court Injunctions Against Ticket Traders
Three bills filed in the Superior Court by the Boston and Maine New York Central and New York New Haven and Hartford roads ask the court to enjoin Edwin C. Paige Clarence C Colpitts and Stewart A Colpitts from buying selling or dealing in the tickets in question.
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Boston & Maine
New York Central
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Edwin C. Paige
Clarence C. Colpitts
Stewart A. Colpittis
Alienation Suit Settled at Portsmouth Navy Yard
The $10,000 alienation suit against Lieutenant William Bailey Fogarty, assistant naval constructor at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, by William A. Prosser chief steward on the prison ship Southery, has reportedly been settled out of court for $1000. Prosser says his divorce suit will be pressed.
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Portsmouth
N. H
William Bailey Fogarty
Portsmouth Navy Yard
William A. Prosser
Southery
Prosser
Trinity College Junior Drowns in Georgian Bay
H J Keith Willoughby a Trinity College junior drowned in Georgian Bay last Friday his body was brought to Buffalo yesterday for burial or further arrangements authorities said.
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Buffalo
N. Y
H. J. Keith Willoughby
Trinity College
Georgian Bay
Paralysis Cured by Williams Pink Pills Case Report
A Civil War veteran from Portland Michigan describes paralysis symptoms starting in 1898. After failing electricity and several doctors he reports relief from six boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills and full recovery after another six boxes. The ad asserts the pills cure nervous debility by building new blood and offers a free booklet and purchase details.
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United States
Charles H. Gilden
Portland, Ionia Co
Mich
Gilden
Eighth New York Heavy Artillery
Dr. Williams
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Robert Treat Paine, 3D
Haldimand
King's Chapel
Benjamin Franklin
Sherburn’s Hill
School Street
Haldiman
Old Cook
Inds
Shepard Norwell
East Boston
West End
Eest
Bush
Talbot Company
DR. Connors
Eze
Mall of C. I. Hood CO
Lowell
Mass
C. I. Hood Co
Lowell, Mass
Trinity Junior
Winslow
Peon
Brigham
lIn
Dora Taft Brigham
Edward T
Church of Our Lady
Providence
New Bedford
Hickey
William J. Hickey
Sharon Street
Hingham
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