How Citizens Are Chosen to Serve on Juries and Courts
A discussion of jury selection in the city outlines duties of the Board of Election Commissioners Linus B. Pearson James J. Costello George YP Sanger and Judge T F McDonough. It explains the drawing process from 6000 voters, ward representation, Aldermen scrutiny, and the monthly juror lists and grand juries.
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Republic
Board of Election Commissioners
Linus B. Pearson
James J. Costello
George YP. Sanger
T. F. McDonough
Manning
Superior Criminal Court
Board of Aldermen
Criminal Court
Common Council
Voters
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
The Mayor There Evening Meeting in Upham’s Corner
An enthusiastic North Dorchester Improvement Association meeting at Winthrop Hall Upham’s Corner presided by Charles J McCormick discussed forthcoming boulevard improvements. Mayor Quincy Alderman Lott Senator Folsom and M F Lynch attended as street plans for widening Boston and Columbia streets were reviewed with a bearing set for Friday June 11 by the street commissioners. Diamonds watches jewelry and other goods offered by mail or telephone orders from the American Wringer Company Broadway extension Boston.
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North
Boston
Columbia Streets
American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Met. Manufg. Co
Mind and body linked by belief in mind cure
The article discusses mind healers teaching that mind is the real self and the body is grounded in earth and air. It explains two minds in one body and that adjusting thought toward Mind or Spirit can heal physical ailments, while urging nutritious habits and favoring Postum Cereal coffee over imitators.
Jury Service Attracts Mixed Motives For Citizens
The article notes business men avoid jury duty to protect work time while unemployed men seek jury service for income, despite modest pay. It contrasts reluctance to serve with the financial incentive some citizens see in fulfilling civic duty.
Boston Street Department Trial Reveals Ledger Inaccuracies
Testimony in the Mulrey Scollans case exposes loose bookkeeping by Boston street department foremen. Foremen Duggan Coyle and Cullen admit errors in daily reports and overpayments to contractors, with sub foremen’ s reports destroyed. The trial proceeds with limited witnesses as questions focus on 1896 counts and the role of Scollans teams in the city proper.
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Boston
Chaplin
Dugan
Coyle
Cullen
Scollans
Michael J. Coyle
Back Bay
Tobin
Mulrey-Scollans
Mr. Wells
Mr. McLaughlin
Mr. Mulrey
Mr. Scollans
Mulrey
Bartlett
Blodgett
Duggan
Yardman Allgaier
Foreman Duggan
West End
John Feeney
Patrick Bonner
Brighton
Hart
Scolland
City Hall
Messrs
Chaplin and
L. Andrew Allgaier
Allgaier
John F. Cullen
East Boston
Roxbury
Boston Democratic City Convention Ends With Lee Elected Chair
The Boston Democratic city convention adjourned after a tense session. John H. Lee was elected chair amid protests and cheers, with Elmer Hayes nominated for president and James E. Hayes praised for leadership. The vote tally ended 296 ballots, 112 for Hayes and 184 for Lee, and the meeting wrapped with officer selections and bylaw updates.
Fitzgerald Explains Position On Ward and City Committee
Congressman Fitzgerald states he did not promise Ward 8 support to Alderman Lee and that Ward 6 withheld endorsements until ward sentiment was known. After consults, he says the ward chose Senator Hayes and he voted accordingly as representative of his constituents. He denies duplicity or need to apologize.
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Miller
Ward 5
Lomasney
Ward 16
Keating
Kelcher
Democratic City Committee
Reidy
Ward 15
Senator Lomasney
Ward
Democratic Party
Quinn
Richard H. Foley
Drohan
Fred Gore
Mr. Cleary
Ward 19
John Crohan
Joseph B. O’rourke
Peter H. Corcoran
John W. Shanley
Messrs. Curtis
Earle
James J. Graham
R. P. Morrissey
William Ss. McNary
Hayes
John H. Sullivan
Kelther
John Nawn
Thomas J. Kenney
Gore
John Drohan
Gallivan
Boston
Republican Party
Charlestown
James E. Hayes
Ward 1
John A. Keliher
John H. Lee
McKinley
Cook County
Illinois
United States
Chicago
Carter Harrison
City Committee
Massachusetts
Hugh O’brien
Brighton
Daniel J. Kearn
Lee
Ward 18
Tim Sullivan
Ward 6
Ward 11
Robert Campbell
Ward 17
Johnny Nann
Messrs. Hayes
Fitzgerald
Corbett
Senator Hayes
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Edward Everett
Edward Everett Hale
D. D
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The
Everett
Hale
Dward Everett Hale
Mass
the Municipal League of Boston
John D. M’laughlin
Parsons
I. S. Johnson & CO
Unson
Dor Sears
J. J. Fxcirt
Roxbury Bicycle Club
al Bree
J. A. Melvin
Blackstone Street
Mr. Miller
Sir. Keating
Thomas Green
Mr. Green
Kenny
Election Commission
James Gallivan
Hood
Alderman Lee
Democracy
O’toole
John F. McDonald
Timothy Mere-Carthy
Mr. Creed
Joseph J. Norton
John Quinn
Thomas Keenan
Creed
Congressman Fitzgerald
Aee
M. Sheehy & CO
CSPR
Pevonshire Street
East Weymouth
Bessie
Wilson Bros
Orcutt
Dorchester
Kay Stayner
Charles A. Oreu
Vate
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont
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