Auto Thieves Busy in City Amid Stolen Cars
A string of auto thefts alarms Boston residents after a Cadillac, Pierce Arrow, and car valued at 4000 dollars are reported stolen from streets including Newland and St Germain. Victims J H McAlman, Stearns, and Cr Riley list losses. A 4000 dollar auto vanished from an alley near the Hotel Touraine Sunday night as crowds passed at 10 30.
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Cadillac
Newland Street
Cr. G. Riley
Brookline
Pierce Arrow
St. Germain
Touraine
Back Bay
Boston
Auto Theft Ring Nets Cars Near Busy Boston Hotels
Police report a Stearns touring car vanished from Tamworth street while owner dined at the Touraine, with crowds in the area and no witnesses. Another Cadillac was stolen from 51 Newland street, Back Bay, a suspect named Theodore J. Driscoll, 22, of 928 Harrigan avenue held. A car stolen from St Germain street near Brookline last Friday prompted renewed warnings as officers note rising auto thefts and lax vigilance by owners and drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newland Street
St. Germain Street
Back Bay
C. G. Riley
Washington Street
Brookline
Lagrange Street
Boston
Ask Higher Price For Their Milk
Indicted officials and contractors alleged to fix milk prices in a Sherman act case. The Boston Co operative Milk Producers Company tried to press contractors to set summer prices after failing to secure last year’s 35 cents per can. The House passed the Ellis bill placing milk supply supervision with the State Board of Health. The producers vowed to halt shipments to Boston from July 1 unless terms improve.
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W. A. Hunter
Boston Co-operative Milk Producers’ Company
State Board of Health
Boston Co-operative Milk Producers Company
New England
Boston
Milk contractors refuse price demand near Boston
Committees of the milk producers pressed H. P. Hood & Sons and D. Whiting & Sons to pay 35 cents per can within 60 miles of Boston. Hood & Sons and Whiting & Sons refused, citing fears tied to Sherman anti trust Act investigations. Professor G W Sandborn called the excuses flimsy and urged keeping the Sherman Act references out of resolutions. Stanley Abbott defended W H Hunter amid federal indictment, while Sandborn argued the law itself is sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Hood & Sons
D. Whiting & Sons
Boston
Boston Milk Contractors
W. A. Hunter
B. C. M. P. Company
G. W. Sandborn
New Hampshire State College
Stanley Abbott
Wilton
N. H
Association
W. H. Hunter
Federal Grand Jury
Sandborn
Hunter
Catarrhal Bronchitis Cured by Osmo-Chemic Physicians
Miss Ida Nelson of 20 Crescent St Waltham recalls lifelong catarrh and hearing loss from adenoids and tonsils. After Osmo-Chemic treatment advised by her aunt and cousin Dagmar Kleist of 1060 Tremont St Boston she reports complete relief and restored hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Nelson
Crescent Et
Waltham
Dagmar Kleist
Tremont St
Boston
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Offer Free Deafness Treatment
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians announce a new discovery and will treat all deaf patients who begin or renew by June 30 at no cost for one month including medicine. Only four days remain.
Deafness Reversed by Osmo-Chemic Physicians Say Boston Patients
A string of Boston area residents report partial to total deafness ending after Osmo-Chemic treatment. Frances Bernard, Jacob Sulham, F B Bacon, Nellie Brown, Nellie Donovan, Margaret Kimball, Fannie Record, C S Barker, and C S Barker cite restored hearing and improved ear function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Bernard
St. Cecilia St
Boston
Jacob B. Sulham
South Hanson
Mass
F. B. Bacon
Rock St
Roxbury
Nellie M. Brown
Aberdeen Ave
Cambridge
Nellie Donovan
High St
Beverly
Margaret Kimball
Oliver St
Linden
Fannie Record
Vancouver St
Boston Specialties Clinic Hours At Boylston Street
Specialties Eye Ear Nose Throat Chest and Chronic Diseases led by J. Plankett M D Chief Consulting Physician. Permanent offices Suite S 9 10 entrance No 18 Boylston St Boston. Office hours 10 am to 12 pm 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm daily closed Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. &. Plankett
M. D
Boylston St
Boston
Grange Deplores Federal Attack on Milk Producers Rights
A New England meeting adopts resolutions supporting co operative selling and defending the rights of farmers to set prices for their milk. The group condemns indictments of W A Hunter for alleged price fixing and endorses efforts to cover legal costs as vital to dairy organizations. A producer cites Boston contractors paying 21 cents a can for milk costing 5 cents a quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hunter
Federal Grand Jury
Hunter
J. F. Davis
New Hampshire
Boston
Record shipment of White House coffee sets a national benchmark
The Dwinell-Wright Company of Boston shipped 90 000 pounds of White House and other coffees to The 5 M Flickinger Company of Buffalo New York. It is the largest single coffee transaction in history. The batch demonstrates Boston’s prominence in fine coffees and shows retailers had pre sold the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwinell-Wright Company
Boston
5. M. Flickinger Company
Buffalo
N. Y
White House
Dwinell- Wright Co
United States
Boston and
Dwinell-Wright Co
Montauk Point Studied as Transatlantic Liner Port
Sir J Bruce Ismay and P A Franklin of the International Mercantile Marine Company visited Montauk Point to study its suitability as a port for transatlantic liners. They were accompanied by officials from the Pennsylvania and Long Island railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Montauk Point
Long Island
J. Bruce Ismay
P. A. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
Pennsylvania and
Long Island Railways
Sugar War Settled as Spreckels and Havemeyer Merge
Testimony before the House sugar committee recounts the 1890s clash between Claus Spreckels and Henry Havemeyer, leading to the 1892 consolidation of Western and American Sugar interests. It notes East West plant transfers, beet and cane efforts, and a 1903 lease to Californians. Joseph F. Smith and Senator Reed Smoot attend the hearing.
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Washington
Claus Spreckels
Henry O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
House
John D. Spreckels
Pacific Sugar
Western Sugar Refining Company
San Francisco
Madison
Pacific Coast
Henry C. Havemeyer
Atlantic
Mr. Spreckels
Philadelphia
Mr. Madison
Havemeyer
East
Mr. Havemeyer
California
American Sugar Refining Company
American
Philadelphia Spreckels
Spreckels
Californian-Hawaiian Sugar Company
United States
Hinds
Navy to strike the Hist from the navy list
Portsmouth N H June 26 An other of the navy vessels the U S S Hist purchased during the Spanish war will be stricken from the navy list as soon as the ship can be put out of commission The inspection board found repairs too costly and recommended sale or disposal of the vessel.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. S. Hist
Colonel D. R. Larned Dies at 83 in Washington
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Read Larned retired U S A died in Washington aged 83. A native of Hampton Connecticut he served on General Burnside s staff during the Civil War and later went into business with the general.
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Washington
Daniel Read Larned
U.S. A
Hampton, Conn
Larned
Burnside
Portland car inspector found dead in freight yards
The body of Harry M. Brown, a Portland Terminal Company car inspector, was found in the freight yards. Death was caused by a fractured skull likely from being struck on the tracks while crossing them last night.
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Portland
Harry M. Brown
Portland Terminal Company
Laces and Coral Seized From Canopic Crew
Special Treasury Agents Harney and Rinalli seized several hundred dollars worth of fine laces and coral on board the White Star liner Canopic shortly after its arrival from Mediterranean ports. The items were found among crew effects and sent to the appraiser's stores for valuation.
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Treasury
Harney and
Rinalli
Canopic
Mediterranean
Smuggling Crackdown Aboard Canopic Steamer in Charleston
Special Treasury agents searched the Canopic when berthed in Charleston. They found lace and doilies under a steward bed and coral, plus Swiss watches, hidden by crew and steerage passengers colluding to evade duties. Appraisal will determine confiscation. prosecutions may follow if conspiracy evidence appears.
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Special Treasury
Rinalli
New York
Harney
Boston
Charlestown
United States
French
Gets-It Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
A bold early 20th century advertisement touts Gets-It as a painless corn remedy. It claims no bandages plasters or salves are needed and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer. Sold for 25 cents via E Lawrence & Co Chicago and in Boston at Riker Jaynes stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Boston
Riker- Jaynes
Obituary notices list multiple deaths and funeral details
Roxbury Delaney Delaney Calnan Gill Gill Grant Hanscom Henrickson Keefe Killilea Kootz McDonough Murphy Keefe M cGu ... Boston slate of notices: June 26 to 29. Dates show funeral times masses and interments across Roxbury North Tarrytown East Boston Dorchester Somerville and Brighton with relatives invited and residence addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calnan
North Tarrytown
N. Y
Elizabeth M. Lilly Calnan
Mary F. Griggs
Lawrence Calnan
John Collins
W. Lenox Street
Holyhood
Cannon
Roxbury
Mary Cannon
Bernard F. Faulkner
Regent Place
St. Cecilia’s Church
Back Bay
Calvary Cemetery
Flanagan
Revere
Martin Flangan
Calumet Street
Thomas Francis Meagher
Letter Carriers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Grant
Brighton
Isabella Grant
Etta Baglee
Riverview Road
Nova Scotia
Hanscom
Massachusetts General Hospital
George H. Hanscom
Mark EB. Fernald
Yincoln Avenue
Cliftondale
Henrickson
Boston
Anders G. Henrickson
Lyden_ street
Orient Heights
St. Peter’s Church
St. Josephine’s Court
Killilea
Brookline
James J
Tillian Killilea
Mason Terrace
Kootz
East Boston
Francis A
Herman
Elizabeth Kootz
Chelsea Street
McDonough
South Boston
Mathew
Coleman
Annie Meonough
Kane
Ninth Street
New Calvary
Murphy
Dorchester
Mary Murphy
Cottage Terrace
Cottage Street
St. Paul's Church
G. A. R. Kearsarge
Phillips School
West End
Wracone A
Phomag
Ae John’s M. KE
F Street
Cape Breton
Alfred T. O'Rell
Heset
Ren
Ped Tigner
Jf Peon
Marcus Tignerists
Chabel Shale
Ae East
Irbaas
Louise Gey Kecca
John E. van Stryp
Auckland Street
St. William’s Church
Weixler
Quincey
Arthur B. " Weixier
Union Street
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J. H. McAlman
Stearns
Tamworth Street
Stearns Auto
Boylston
Tremont
Lagrange
Mildred Burgess
Pearl St
South Framingham
Yicides
Grocers
Price Elsewhere
Ienmn
Best Flour City
Union St
Tyne
GOV. Foss
Messrs. Frothingham
Walker
White
Eugene N. Foss
John Spreckels
Missouri River
Mr. Hinds
New Orleans
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Mormons
C. N. Nibley
Reed Smoot
Utah
Smith
NAVY
Col. D. R. Larned
Stors
John T
Connor
New England Mail Dept
Greater
South St
Dept
Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall
Henry R. Keach
Tremont St. Opp
We Are ! Mnufacturers
Fort Hill
Old South Bldg
Warner
Warner's Safe Cure Co
Rochester, N. Y
Joseph Grady
Sun
Hunyadi
Janos
Speedy
Graves—Countway
Mamie Rose Countway
Temple Street
Maurice Owen Graves
Hamilton Street
Cortland Myers
Tremont Temple
Brown
Ethel J
Edgar T. Brown
Condlin
Mary L. Les Swanton
Frank T. Candlin
Francis Street
St. Mary’s Church
Delaney
Mary A. Delaney
John Delaney
Lynch
Immaculate Conception Church
Newburyport
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