Prorogued 1903 Legislature Ends Amid Veto Battles
The 1902 legislature closed with Governor Bates vetoing the Wakefield sewer bill and signing the coal licensing measure. Speaker Myers prepares to leave after 11 years. President Jones may also depart. A lively prorogation included farewells, a wedding-chest gift, and a mixed day of votes, appeals, and toasts.
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Bates
Wakefield
Dean
Myers
House
Senate
Framingham
Clothes Lines Save Life In Roxbury Fall
Henry George of 71 George Street Roxbury fell three stories while closing kitchen blinds and became tangled in clothes lines ten feet above ground The network broke his fall saving his life He was taken to City Hospital with a fractured left elbow and knee contusions.
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Henry George
George Street
Roxbury
George
City Hospital
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Promised Cure
A Boston salesman testifies to relief from indigestion after using Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. The letter endorses rapid improvement in sleep, appetite, and stomach function, and claims a guaranteed cure with a 25 cent price. Jaynes & Co. backs the product with refunds and lists multiple Boston store locations plus green trading stamps.
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Messrs. Jaynes & Co
Harvey J. Elms
Boston
Alfred Peat Company
Wall Papers
Franklin Street
Jaynes & Co
Washington Street
Hanover
Summer Street
South
Oak
Father John’s Medicine Builds Up the Body After Fifty Years
An old tonic praised for strengthening the flesh remains popular after five decades. A new fireworks shop has opened at 11 Essex Street offering demonstrations and deals on seasonal displays.
Legislature gifts to Speaker Myers on retirement
The House honors Speaker Myers with a mahogany bookcase and floral tributes presented by the legislature. The ceremony featured the speaker's chair in the background as part of the retirement tribute.
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Myers
HOUSE
Temperature Readings At Monengpen's Spa Yesterday
A historical thermometer log from 219 Washington Street records yesterday's various readings with sporadic digits and notes. The document lists fluctuating values around mid 60s to low 70s, with an average temperature reported as 654-24 and a line referring to the temperature one year ago yesterday.
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Monengpen’s Spa
Washington Street
A. Mouss
Lokp
Fair Weekend Forecast for Boston and New England
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday calls for fair weather in New England with light to fresh west winds. Partly cloudy skies Sunday may bring showers in the southern portion of the region.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Veterans Banquet Rekindles Civil War Patriotism
General Miles addressed the Army of the Potomac as veterans of ’61 gathered at the Hotel Somerset banquet. Miles Sickles Brooke Howard and Lt Governor Guild and Collector Lyman recalled the unknown dead and the deeds of the armies that saved the nation.
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Miles
Army of the Potomac
Somerset
Sickles
Angel
Brooke
Howard
Army of the Tennessee
Guild
Lyman
Areus
Bates
Loot of Harvard burglars found fuels case details
Cambridge police recovered about 800 dollars worth of goods tied to Harvard cooperative store thefts. The suspects Guy L. Hunt and F. E. Rich, sons of wealthy families, are linked with a Boston hide location and a prominent Boston businesswoman involved in the case. Other stolen items are anticipated.
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Harvard
Harvard Co-Operative
Cambridge
L. Hunt
F. E. Rich
Rich
Winthrop
Hunt
Oregon
Boston
Kennebunk
Co-Operative
Harvard Students Arrested in Cambridge Burglary Ring
Two Harvard students Hunt and Rich were linked to a Cambridge theft spree. Recovered items include 137 fountain pens, 32 silk stockings, 43 neckties, razors, gold chains and pins. Rich faces two charges, bail set. Hunt to appear in court July 7.
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Nerve Tonic Promotes Restful Sleep
An which claims to quiet nerves aid digestion and induce sleep, marketed as a nerve tonic.
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Horsford
Frauds in Naturalizing Armenian Arrest Highlights Case
Garabed H Tayian an Armenian was arrested in Lynn by U S Deputy Marshal Waters as a fugitive from justice in Rhode Island. He is linked to a gang alleged to rush Armenians through Providence courts with George Moore’s guidance. Moore jumped bail after recent arrest. Tayian pleaded guilty and is held on $1000 bail for October term in Providence.
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Garabed
H. Tayian
Lynn
United States
Marshal Waters
Rhode Island
Tayian
Providence
R. I
George Moore
Taylan
Moore
United States Secret Service
E P. Hoag
Washington
Taylon
Fiske Down
United States Circuit Court
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Representative Riley
Nathan Barnett
Marty Molloy
Brown
Yeas
Chandler
Cole
D!ion
H. S. Fitzgerald
Foster
Frost
Gore
Harrington
Harvell
MacInnis
Mcskinley
Newell
Seaver
Skinner
Appleton
Bemis
Gaylord
Heath
Munroe
Nickerson
Osgood
Porter
Pratt
Sampson
Tufts
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Sullivan
Gore, and Messrs
Senate and
House of Representatives
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Town of
Metropolitan Sewerage District
Wakefield Town
Beates
Rexall
Father John
Essex Street
Post Photographei
Horatio C. King
Brooklyn
N. Y
Inspector Hurley
A. D. Maclachlan
Clarendon Street
Mr. Maclachlan
Fountain Pen
Kennebunk, Me
Quincy House
Cell 5
Station 2
Matthews Hall
Almy
Brattle Square
W. H. Vincent
Guy L. Hunt
Hurley
Armstrong
East Cambridge
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