Water bill fever and vacancy in parish recorder post
The piece notes ongoing fights over the Methuen Water Company bill, possible reestablishment of the parish recorder of records post, and a vacancy in the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission after Mathew Keany’s death. It details House and Senate actions, including a grade crossing bill discussion and police efforts against gambling venues with named clubs and officers.
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Methuen Water Company
Mr. Burke
Quincy
Burke
Barrett
Tucker
New Bedford
Parker
Methuen
Barker
Quincey
House
Parkhurst
Clinton
Howard
Bridgewater
Boston
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Thayer
Worcester
Newton
Raymond
Middlesex
Gilman
Reed
Rezistion
Flynn
Edward J. Flynn
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Mathew Keany
Asheville
N. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
Champlin
Suffolk
Hemmenway
Division 2
Savage Club
Osworth Street
Viney Associates
Brattle Square
Manhattan Club
Howard Street
Turf Club
Spring Lane
Nemo Club
Province Street
Irish
Parnell Club
Avery Street
Watts
Station 3
Comlaint
Dickinson
Marie's Appeal to Blaine Publish Letters in Full
Mrs James G Blaine Jr asks Secretary Blaine to publish the full text of love letters quoted in his Personal Statement She warns that within ten days she will publish letters from his son if refused The appeal frames a family drama over marriage and public scrutiny in Sioux Falls March 1.
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Sioux Faxtus
S. D
James G. Blaine, Jr
Blaine
Thomas
Manis Nevins Blaine
James G. Blaine
Washington City
Harvard's Head Goes West on Two Month Pacific Trip
President Eliot of Harvard leaves for a two month tour of the Pacific Coast visiting Denver Utah and Leland Stanford University. He will inspect Oregon Washington and the Selkirks to gauge the university's western influence and the transfer of Harvard's organization and leadership across the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Harvard
Pacific
Denver
Utah
Leland Stanford University
Oregon
Washington
Selkirks
Atlantic
Harvard University
Marverd
Open switch accident claims seven shop workers in Milwaukee
An accommodation train in Milwaukee struck a shop employees’ train after an oven switch was left open by a switching crew. Seven employees were killed and one was badly injured. Foreman Emil Bartels surrendered to police.
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Milwauker
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Emil Bartels
Three Girls Burn State Prison in Indianapolis Fire
The State Women's Prison and Reform School for Girls in Indianapolis burned tonight. All 157 reform inmates and 57 prison inmates were safely evacuated. Authorities say three girls Imogene Thompson Mary Stevens and Lydia Kingsley set the blaze to aid an escape. Loss exceeds 300000 with only 51000 insured.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Women’s Prison and Reform School For Girls
Reform Department
Imogene Thompson
Mary Stevens
Lydia Kingsley
Standard Oil Trust Declared Illegal By Ohio Supreme Court
In the quo warranto case led by Attorney General Watson, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the trust agreement among oil companies forming Standard Oil is illegal while the original corporation remains valid. The decision, issued March 1, marks a landmark ruling in antitrust law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Watson
Standard Oil Company
Ohio Supreme Court
Remarkable Young Pianist Julie Geyer Delights Mason Hall
The 14 year old Julie Geyer gave a virtuoso recital using the Virgil Practice Clavier, performing thirty pieces from memory including Bach, Beethoven, Grieg, and Rubinstein. A final recital with a new program is announced for this evening at 8 o clock in Mason Hall.
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Mason & Hamlin Hall
Julie Geyer
Bach
Beethoven
Chevin
Greig
Gade
Buchner
Rubinstein
Litolf
Meyer Helmund
Music Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Paderewski
Julie L. Wyman
Carl Stasny
Sleeper Hall
New England
Judge Thomas defends remarks on Blaine family case
A Deadwood judge, interviewed by United Press, explains his bench remarks on Mrs Blaine and her son in the Blaine case. He defends his language as moderate yet strong, says Blaine may be right from his view, and expresses sympathy for Mr Blaine amid the marriage notoriety, urging the matter be dropped.
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Blaine
Father Ducey
Marriages in City Feb and March 1900s
Edwin Amsden wed Eva D. Andrews of Boston on Feb 26 with Rev. Roland D. Grant officiating. Albert C. Burgess married Margaret Brosenan on Feb 28 by Rev. Richard J. Barry. George A. Curtis tied with Adelaide M. Farrar at Charlestown on March 1 by Rev. R. B. Moody. William M. Fogg and Marion F. Mansfield, both of Dorchester, united on Feb 25 by Rev. D. T. Torrey.
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Dorchester
D.T. Torrey
William M. Fogg
Marion F. Mansfield
Death notices from the Boston area February list
Obituaries report deaths across Massachusetts and nearby cities from Feb 27 to Feb 29, including Horatio H. Bagnall of West Somerville aged 46, Isabella Carter aged 44 and a half, B. Frank Coles aged 32, Francis Campa of Durango, Mary H. Crosby of Billerica, Matthew Flood 45, Charles Farmer in New York, Hannah Gleason 67, Abbie M Hickman 45, Alicia Hunt 76, Samuel Pitman 68, Joseph A. Priest 74, John C White 54, Elizabeth Atkinson Taylor 44, and infant Clarence L White in Quincy.
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Bagnall
West Somerville
Horatio
Carter
Isabella Carter
Coles
B. Frank Coles
Campa
Durango
Mexico
Francis Campa
Boston
Crosby
Billerica
Mass
Mary H. Crosby
Flood
Matthew
Farmer
New York
Charles Farmer
Gleason
Brookline
Hannah Gleason
Ma Hickman
Medford
Abbie M
Frank D. L. Hickman
Hunt
Dorchester
Alicia Hunt
Pitman
Salem
Samuel Pitman
Littleton
Joseph A. Priest
Roxbury
John Charles White
Taylor
Elizabeth
Atkinson
Edward Taylor
White
Quincy
Clarence L
Charles Eldon
Anne Adams White
Literary notes and serials in Macmillan and Westminster Review
In Macmillan's Magazine for February F Marion Crawford's Don Orsino continues. Several literary criticism papers appear including England's Military Unreadiness and National Pensions. Westminster Review highlights Walter Lloyd's Bibliolatry. Blackwood's February features Lord Bourne contrasting Pitt and Gladstone with Roseberry’s Life of Pitt as source.
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Macmillan
Marion Crawford
Don Orsino
England
Westminster Review
Walter Lloyd
Blackwoods
Lord Brabourne
Pitt
Gladstone
Lord Roseberry
The Wise Man From Dubuque
A Dubuque landlord sought a capable cook through a Post ad. By nightfall, forty cooks deemed fit for a duke had applied, proving high interest in the position.
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Dubuque
Cure Quick for Catarrh and Quackery Exposé Ad
An advertisement offers Cure Quick for catarrh at 50 cents plus stamps and promises mailed instructions and a brochure detailing cures in Boston area. It promotes a Tobacco and its Killing Power booklet, a 125 page “The Tobacco Slave” pamphlet, and exposes quackery by various practitioners. Dr A Greene of 178 Tremont St claims 44 years' experience with free pamphlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Maine
Florida
Boston Post
A. Greene
Tremont St
Nervara Greene
Providence Woman Saves Husband with Liquid Food
A letter from Andover Massachusetts recalls a husband, worn by nervous exhaustion, rheumatism, and digestive failure, who recovered rapidly after using Murdock's Liquid Food. The couple credits the remedy with restoring vitality and appetite, noting it as a standing testament to its benefits.
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Wall
Janesville
Providence
Emma H. Dyer
Welcome Avenue
Andover
Mass
Telf
Murdock
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