Job ready for Dr Wiley soon
Dr Harvey Wiley may become chairman of Boston Board of Health after Mayor Fitzgerald offered him the post. Dr Samuel H Durgin head of the board will depart Boston for Europe next Tuesday. Durgin will take about two months vacation and then go on half pay with plans to travel for about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Wiley
Boston
Board of Health
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Samuel H. Durgin
Europe
Durgin
Boston Poor Cost Report Shows City Aid to 6816 People
The city spent 129668.20 to care for the poor through the Overseers of the Poor last year. Eighty eight thousand three hundred thirty seven dollars and sixty seven cents went directly to the poor. Two thousand two hundred seventy two families were aided, with six foundlings six runaways and twenty one lost children among those aided.
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Boston
Bargain Basement Offers White Graduation Dresses for Size 14
Mothers worry over girls graduation dress. Samples in size 14, slightly soiled, sold at 6.75 to 9.75 in Tunnel Bargain Basement. One of a kind bargains marketed as raw clearance.
Compromise on railroad tangle at State House
Senate leaders reach a compromise with Governor Foss on railroad matters including supervision and electrification plans. The deal retains a three member Railroad Commission, rejects shifting highway duties, and advances a tunnel project with a four track transit plan in Boston. Governor Foss signs the million dollar parkway and optometry bills as part of a broader legislative package.
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State House
Senate
Foss
Committee On Railroads
Levi Greenwood
Public Transportation Commission
Railroad Commission
Highway Commission
Supreme Court
South Boston
Charlestown
Somerville
Cambridge
Transportation Commission
Boston Transit Commission
Port of Boston
Transit Commission
The
Boston
Metropolitan Park District
Schoonmaker
Ellis
Board of Boiler Rules
Schofield
Ipswich
Barnes
Weymouth
Board of Labor Inspection
Board of Optometry
Cure for baby rash with Cuticura soap and ointment
Mrs John D Dixon reports a red itchy rash on her baby’s ear that bled and scabbed. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three weeks the skin cleared completely and stayed well. She also used it on her husband’s sore leg with six applications curing it.
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Blackstone SY
Worcester
Mass
Baby
John D. Dixon
Tender-faced men share Cuticura remedy ad
Miss Lore etia Deshaies of Chisholm Maine reports cracked disfigured facial skin and severe itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the skin cleared and soreness ended. The advertisement promotes free samples and a 32 page book from Cuticura.
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Chisholm
Loreetia Deshaies
Cuticura
Dept. T. Ton
Grand Trunk Bill Advances Despite Narrow Flanders Defeat
The Senate passed the Grand Trunk bill to be engrossed while the Flanders amendment to favor Boston failed 6 to 3. An Eldridge section removal was adopted 6 to 15, and a bond provision by Senator Tinkham passed by voice vote. Supporters expect House acceptance and gubernatorial action soon.
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Grand Trunk
Senate
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Franchise League
The
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Mulligan
Natick
Holdridge
Brown
Natick and Clark
Brockton
Schoonmaker
Committee On Railroads
Flanders
Eldridge
Tinkham
Friends of the Grand Trunk
Matthews Named As Counsel For Railroad Commission
Ex mayor Nathan Matthews is chosen for the rail road commission counsel post if the public utilities bill he drafted passes the Legislature. The $7000 yearly salary accompanies the role. Ezra Baker’s Excise Commission chair term expired yesterday and the vacancy may remain until Governor Foss names a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Matthews
Railroad Commission
Matthews
Ezra Baker
Excise Commission
Foss
Baker
Union Men Refuse Recognition in Dorchester Strike Crisis
Organizers Fay and Sheehan report strong union turnout as Dorchester men back the drive, with weekly pay promised after discharge. Officials say arbitration may be demanded, and a strike looms if wage talks stall, as carmen prep for possible action.
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Fred Fay
Dorchester
Weber
Winchester
Carmen
Cleveland
Fay and
Sheehan
Union clash over wages at Boston Elevated Railroad
General Bancroft of the Boston Elevated rejects meeting a union committee while promising to confer with employees individually or collectively. Loyal employees open a counterheadquarters at 827 Shawmut Ave and set officers. Union claims 3590 members. 591 vote to support strike readiness, with Worcester vote to follow.
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Bancroft
Boston
Committee of the Union
Herbert W. Carr
J. W. Hurley
The
Elevated
Shawmut Avenue
William W. Fagan
James E. Porter
Frederic N. Weeks
Joseph H. McCarthy
David B. Cahill
Aldrew S
Springfield trolley strike spreads to three towns
Six hundred trolley men in Springfield Westfield and Palmer walk out in sympathy with a stoppage against the New England Investment and Securities Company controlled systems. The action halts streetcar service and prompts citywide disruption as workers demand favorable terms and negotiations proceed.
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Springfield
Street Railway
Westfield
Palmer
New England Investment and Securities Company
Holyoke Trolley Men Vote To Strike
The Holyoke Street Railway Company workers voted unanimously to strike if needed to press wage demands. The vote followed the same process as Springfield and their aims mirror those of the Springfield trolley men.
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Worcester
Holyoke
Nevada 6 pledged Clark delegates chosen at Fallon
Six delegates pledged to Champ Clark to be elected at the Democratic State convention in Fallon today. Clark won the preferential primary last month and no opposition is expected.
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Reno
Champ Clark
Fallon
Freckles vanish with new ethine double strength remedy
Eminent skin specialist announces ethine double strength a safe remedy sold by Houghton & Dutton Drug Co. and Riker Jaynes Drug Co. with an absolute money back guarantee. First night use shows improvement and lighter freckles may vanish. The product is described as harmless to tender skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton & Dutton Drug Co
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Philadelphia Cafiene Poison Squd Tests End in Recovery
The Hahnemann Medical College poison squad fed caffeine to eight students to study its effects. All suffered headaches and nausea. one collapsed but recovered after hospital care. Volunteers signed releases, with Nesbit guiding a 30 day test under close medical observation.
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Philadelphia
Hahnemann Medical College
Hahnemann College
Edmund T. Nesbit
Hering
Nesbit
New York Sun
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DR. Wiley
Pru
Washington Street
Eckman
Atlantic
Railroad Committee
New York
Committee
of Boston Division 589
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
W. J. Niland
M. J. Walsh
P. J. Smythe
C. H. Davis
Nevada
Clark
Java
Poison Squad
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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