Hamlin resigns from Democratic State committee amid party power struggle
The exit of Charles Hamlin ends months of intense infighting between Hamlin and Gaston factions over who should name the executive committee. With Governor Douglas’s stance looming, Gaston loyalists anticipate a smooth transition as Josiah Quincy is seen as the probable new chairman of the Democratic State committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles §. Hamlin
Democratic State Committee
State Committee
Hamlin
Gaston
Douglas
Flaherty
Josiah Quincy
Six Republicans Vie For Attorney General Nomination
Six Republicans line up to fill the Attorney General vacancy as Parker declines reelection. Candidates include Dana Malone Greenfield district attorney George Sander Middlesex district attorney W Scott Peters Haverhill Asa P French Norfolk Plymouth district attorney General Edgar R Champlin Cambridge and Representative Mellen A Pingree. The field promises a vigorous convention fight with Malone and Champlin viewed as leading contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Malone
Greenfield
George A. Sanderson
Ayer
W. Scott Peters
Haverhill
Asa P. French
Braintree
Edgar R. Champlin
Cambridge
Mellen A. Pingree
Parker
Tucker
Worcester County
Robert O. Harris
Southeastern
Republican State Committee
House
Senate
Congress
George P. Lawrence
North Adams
Franklin County
Malone
Middlesex
A. P. Gardner
Lodge
Norfolk
Plymouth
French
Marion
Frothingham
Champlin
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
J. H. Benton, Jr
A. A. Maxwell
Textile Council Accepts Douglas Report as Arbitrator
The Textile Council of Fall River meets and votes to accept Governor Douglas's report as arbitrator of last year's strike. The council plans a conference with manufacturers on the industrial situation and seeks an early hearing. President Tansey says the Governor's findings are binding after full presentation of facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Textile Council
Douglas
Tansey
Woman Credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Miss Cora Goode of Chicago writes gratefully about the help she found from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Her letter endorses the remedy and urges other women with similar ailments to consider it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cora Goode
Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Ill
Miss Goode
Bryn Mawr Lawn Tennis Club
Chicago
Pinkham
Lydia
Douglas shows no preference in internal party fight
Governor Douglas remains neutral in the contest between Thayer and Hamlin while Boston circle leans to ex-Congressman Thayer. Hamlin declines, Gaston forces gain apparent control, and party leaders plan to name Josiah Quincy for state chairman with a Worcester gubernatorial candidate. The aim is a united front for the fall campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Thayer
Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin
Boston
John R. Thayer
Charles 8. Hamlin
Flaherty
Harbor
Gaston
State
Josiah Quincy
Worcester
Can Curtis Guild Jr. Take Governor Post in GOP Bid
Political circles debate if Curtis Guild Jr. can win the governor’s race with Republicans backing him. Democrats note Guild’s low lieutenant governor plurality last year while praising his overall vote total. GOP leaders insist guild’s broad support and past gains signal a wider victory this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Guild
Guild
Crosby
Douglas
Bates
Boston letter carriers to hold smoke talk at American House
The Boston postal district will host a smoke talk at the American House on Wednesday night with remarks from Lieutenant-Governor Guild Postmaster Hibbard Assistant Postmaster MacMillan and Secretary Edward Mansfield of the Republican State committee. The program includes vocal and instrumental music and a collation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
American House
Guild
Hibbard
MacMillin
Edward Mansfield
Republican State Committee
Bonaparte to Become Secretary of the Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte, set to replace Paul Mor ton as Secretary of the Navy on July 1, was a guest of President Roosevelt at a luncheon today in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles J. Bonaparte
Paul Morton
Navy
Roosevelt
Melrose Moves to Combat Moths and Damages
Melrose Aldermen allocate 1500 for moth destruction to street department for creosote and sprayers. City receives 283000 awarded in Spot Pond land damage suit against the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Spot Pond
Bryan Gives 400 Dollar Prize to Kentucky College
Governor Beckham received a 400 dollar check from William J. Bryan of Nebraska to Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College. The prize funds are for the best essay on free government and form part of a 10,000 dollar trust distributed to 25 colleges by Sherman Bennett's heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Beckham
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Whilo Sherman Bennett
Connecticut
Cure by Cuticura for 75 Cents
A mother describes curing her three month old baby's milk crust with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After applying and using part of a box, the scalp healed and hair began to regrow. Ashland Oregon testimonial from H P Holmes.
Coolidge Resigns From Equitable Board in Boston
The Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge resigns as director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and declines a seven member committee. policyholders in New England plan a meeting with Louis D. Brandeis to discuss the situation. The events follow a stormy New York meeting led by H. C. Frick’s report and draw in Boston figures including George E. Tarbell and Waldron Rand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Coolidge
Equitable
New York
H. C. Frick
New England
William H. Whitman
Protective Committee
Louis D. Brandeis
Hettle Sargent
F.S. Higginson, Jr
James Hyde
Boston Equitable
Postoffice Square
George E. Tarbell
Tarbell
Boston
Society
Safe Deposit Company
Hyde
Waldron M. Rand
Security Safe Deposit Trust Company
Security Safe Deposit
Notman
The
Medical examiner endorses Peruna for catarrh cure
Medical Examiner R Llewellyn Jordan praises Peruna noting a month of use brought vast improvement after months of suffering. Indianapolis physician A Morgan endorses Peruna as a notable exception among patent medicines, citing its herbal preparation and benefits for catarrh, female troubles, and convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Llewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Peruna
Llewellyn Jordan
A. Morgan
Gates Street
Indianapolis
Ind
War critique: civilization slips with barbarism
Mrs. Fanny B. Williams of the Women's Baptist Union at Park Street Church argues that stronger warfare drives civilization away. She calls war pagan and barbarous, urging focus on brain and will to meet issues and prevent devastation from future conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny B. Williams
Women’s Baptist Union
Park Street
Miles Orator for Baptists
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles addressed a Boston Baptist Social Union banquet at Tremont Temple Lorimer Hall. The event featured attorneys, ministers, and union president Albert H Curits as Miles praised American republican ideals and cited patriotic influence from the United States abroad. Ham spoke on The Christian Patriot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorimer Hall
Tremont Temple
Boston Baptist Social Union
Nelson A. Miles
United States District
Guy A. Ham
Milton F. Negus
S. C. Chrum
George P. Nason
Edward J. Jones
William B. Sears
Albert H. Curtis
Union
Miles
Germany
France
Siberia
United States
Ham
Woman Walks Before Train Rescued by Stranger
Mrs Sadie Kimball a 38 year old brunette of 39 Lynde street West End walked toward a speeding express train at Winchester Centre seeking death under the delusion two men would hang her George Nelson leaped a fence and pulled her clear from the engine path saving her life Her husband said she had been near collapse for some time and suicide was not entirely unexpected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Kimball
Lynde Street
West End
Winchester
Centre
George Nelson
Terhune Said to Seek Dorchester Senate Seat
Friends report William L. Terhune of Dorchester may enter the fall race to replace Senator Edward B. Callender in the Dorchester district. Backers cite his role on the Good Government Association committee as a key factor in building support. The Dorchester district, though Republican, previously swung to Democrat Fred S. Gore over Dr. Pierce by about 600 votes in Wards 16 20 and 24 three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Terhune
Dorchester
Terhune
Edward B. Callender
Good Government Association
Fred S. Gore
Dr. Pierce
Bequests in Flanders Will Filed for Probate
The will of William H. Flanders of Melrose filed in East Cambridge provides for his wife Susan $35000 son Walter H. 15000 brothers E O and A M Flanders each 1000 Public bequests include First Baptist Church Melrose 1000 for famine relief Broadway Baptist Church Cambridge 1000 and Melrose Y M C A 1000 Dated March 15 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Flanders
Melrose
East Cambridge
Susan Flanders
Walter H. Flanders
E. O
A. M. Flanders
First Baptist Church
Broadway Baptist Church of
Cambridge
Melrose Y. M. C. A
Cure Catarrh with Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder
An advertisement quotes Rev. Dr. Borcher of Buffalo and his wife praising Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder for immediate relief from distressing catarrh. The message urges readers to purify breath and stop discharges and claims relief within ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borcher
Buffalo
Agnew
Weather warms to near eighty with humid SW wind
The Mercury touched 60 at dawn and rose to nearly 80 at noon under a sticky southwest wind. Forecaster Smith predicts showers and cooler temperatures today after yesterday’s thunderstorms across the lake district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake District
Smith
British Vets Move to New Quarters and Form Auxiliary
The British Naval and Military Veterans of Massachusetts held their first regular meeting at Knights of Honor Hall in the new headquarters. About 20 men enrolled as the Sons of British Citizens auxiliary, marching in battalion order as Major Smith led the recruits. Captain Thomas Mayo, bound for London, received a hearty farewell as refreshment and music concluded the evening.
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Massachusetts
Knights of Honor Hall
Muldowney
Courtenay
H. A
Smith
Thomas Mayo
London
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Miss Cora Goode
Bonaparte Roosevelt
Kentucky
Te Mt “Ay
Equitable Board
Hyde’s
George N. Haines
Milk Street
Gage C. Tarbell
United States Treasury
Pesruna
United States Treasury Department
X-Zalia Corporation
Batterymarch St
Mass
Mrs. Williams
Miles Orator
Baptists
Mrs. Kimball
Nelson
Flanders
Blackstone
Hanover
Lea
Viacaroni
Price
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