Cole Attacks Walker on State Direct Nomination Bill
John Cole of Andover denounced Speaker Walker and his State ticket direct nomination bill before the election laws committee. He backed Robert Luce for consistency on direct nominations and warned against extending the reform to minor offices. Cole questioned the fairness and urged uniform application to all offices with a note on campaign expense reporting.
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John Cole
Andover
Walker
Committee On Election Laws
Cole
Robert Luce
Luce
Favorable report on trolley merger advances in Massachusetts
The bill authorizing Boston and Northern Street Railway to purchase the Old Colony Street Railway Company franchise was favorably reported by the legislative committee on street railways. Senator Curley of Boston reported the measure in the Senate. The consolidated system would span from Boston to Fall River, covering much of southeastern Massachusetts, and is backed by Massachusetts Electric Company as owner of both lines. No opposition appeared at the hearing.
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Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Legislative Committee On
Senate
Curley
Boston
Old Colony
Boston & Northern
Fall River
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Electric Company
Upham Pleads for Riverbank Subway Plan
George B. Upham urged that Riverbank subway cost be favored over the proposed Boylston street line. He argued the West End and Beacon Street residents deserve consideration by the Legislature and the Boston Elevated before metropolitan affairs committee on the resumed hearing of the two subway proposals.
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Boylston Street
Riverbank
George B. Upham
West End
Beacon Street
Boston Elevated
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Lomasney Defends Civil Service Bill Veto Battle
Martin Lomasney argued against the Governor in yesterday’s floor fight over the civil service veto. Robert Washburn defended the Governor. The bill bars the commission from asking applicants about prior arrests for public employment and faces a vote today.
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Martin Lomasney
Robert Washburn
Free Rheumatism Cure Promises Nationwide Mail Trial
In 1893 I suffered three years from muscular and inflammatory rheumatism. After many remedies I found a complete cure that never returned. I have helped others and offer a free trial by mail. Send coupon to Mark H. Jackson No 499 James Street Syracuse NY. This statement is true.
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Mark H. Jackson
James Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Jackson
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad Cures Back Pain Claim
Boston woman Mrs George P Flanagan endorses Doan's Kidney Pills noting a family member with back pain saw complete relief after one box. The ad claims kidney-related backache cure and urges purchase at 50 cents from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as US agents.
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Dean
Boston
George P. Flanagan
Sixth St
South
Mass
Kitzey
Ail
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Resubmission on Maine liquor amendment awaits governor sign
Augusta Maine March 1 resubmission to Maine voters of the liquor ban amendment lacks only Governor Frederick W Plaisted s signature before effect The measure passed the House and Senate and goes to the governor who backs resubmission The election is set for next September 2 also the Senate defeated a two cent mileage amendment to the Maine Central Railroad merger bill and a peonage law repeal for lumber contracts was passed by the House
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Augusta
Maine
Frederick W. Plaisted
House
Senate
Plaisted
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
New Mexico Constitution Approved by House
Washington March 1 The House formally approved New Mexico’s constitution advancing its path to statehood. Arizona's constitution has not yet reached Congress and cannot be acted on until the next session. Some debate warned Taft may oppose Arizona's constitution over judicial recall provisions.
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Washington
House
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
Taft
Taft Hopes Soldiers Won’t Blister Feet On Long March
President Taft wrote in the log book of two New York National Guard soldiers traveling from New York to San Francisco to demonstrate a lighter knapsack. Their trek aims to prove the new pack reduces foot blisters compared with the current army design.
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Washington
Taft
New York
National Guard
San Francisco
Thirteen Cigar Stores Pay Fines for Slot Machines
In Amesbury on March 1 proprietors of 13 cigar and confectionery shops pled guilty to possessing gambling machines in three second district court locations. Each was fined five dollars.
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Amesbury
Watch and Ward Society
Little Known Facts About Well Known Persons
Ellen Terry, the actress, has been married three times. John D. Crimmins, a New York builder, collects Americana. James R. Keene, the Wall Street wizard, was educated in Dublin. Trixie Friganza, before acting, was Delia OCallahan. General F D Grant joined his father in the Vicksburg campaign and fought in five Civil War battles before age 13. Sara Yorke Stevenson, archeologist and author, is the only woman ever admitted to Philadelphia's Oriental Club.
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Ellen Terry
G. F. Watts
John D. Crimmins
New York
James R. Keene
Wall Street
Dublin
Trixie Friganza
Delia O’callahan
F. D. Grant
Vicksburg
Sara Yorke Stevenson
Select
Oriental Club of
Philadelphia
Shop Girl Fights Fire at Haverhill Cement Fire
In Phoenix Row at the Mears Wood Heel Company a large cement thinner fire broke out amid fumes. Employee Walter Leonard suffered burns to head and shoulders while Evelyn White was burned on her hands and overcome by fumes. Firefighters arrived and used chemical streams to extinguish the blaze.
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Haverhill
Mears Wood Heel Company
Phoenix Row
Central Fire Station
Walter Leonard
Evelyn White
Train Jumps Track Near Wakefield Junction
Passengers on the morning express from St. John New Brunswick to Boston were jolted when two coaches derailed near Wakefield Junction on the Boston and Maine Western division shortly after 10:30 am. No injuries reported though occupants were shaken as the train rolled over sleepers for about 100 yards. Traffic on the Boston bound track was blocked for hours as two wrecking trains cleared the line.
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Wakefield
St. John
N. B
Boston
Wakefield Junction
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
A Good Shampoo in Cold Weather From French Beauty Monthly
An advice piece promotes a dry shampoo powder as superior to soap and water. It advises mixing box and orms root in equal weights to create a tonic powder that cleans dirt oil and dandruff, refreshes the scalp and leaves hair fluffy and lustrous.
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French Beauty Monthly
Norton to be head of bank
Charles D. Norton expected to become vice president of the First National Bank of New York, replacing Thomas W. Lamont who left to join J. P. Morgan & Co. The bank, with capital and surplus over 50 million dollars, often adds its vice presidents to directorates.
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New York
Charles D. Norton
Taft
First National Bank
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Lamont
Norton
Would Stop Teaming on Washington Street
Letter to the editor urges halting all teaming traffic on Washington Street between Essex and School streets from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays to ease congestion. Proposes cross-street crossings, future removal of car tracks, and removing the projecting Pastime Theatre corner to improve street flow.
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Washington Street
Essex
School Streets
Bedford
Avery Street
Banker Robin Pleads Guilty In Bank Scheme
New York March 1 Joseph G Robin a fallen banker pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with larceny of 27000 from the Washington Savings Bank where he was formerly president Seven indictments against him remain He was remanded to the tombs until March 27 for sentencing.
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New York
Joseph G. Robin
Washington Savings Bank
Robin
Louise Roebinowitz
Wiliam Travers Jerome
Whitman
Vahey Executor Granted $4004.47 in Note Suit
James H. Vahey as executor was yesterday awarded a finding of 4004.47 after suing Henry J. and H. Bigelow to recover the balance on a 9000 note. The Bigelows’ mortgage securing the note was foreclosed and the property sold, but proceeds did not cover the full debt. They argued foreclosure defects.
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James H. Vahey
Bigelows
Letter from John Cody praising Newfoundland coverage
A Boston reader thanks the Sunday Post for thorough Newfoundland coverage and the perceived benefits of the paper's undertaxing efforts. The letter lauds the paper's service to Newfoundlanders and expresses high satisfaction with the information provided.
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Post
Newfoundland
Sunday Post
Cough remedy recipe with Pinex and sugar syrup
A home made cough syrup combines one pint sugar with four percent warm water and two percent Pinex in a pint bottle to create a non spoiling remedy. The plan claims quick relief within 24 hours and benefits for bronchial issues throat tickle sore lungs and asthma.
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United States
Canada
102 Year Old Newburyport Woman Celebrates Birthday
Newburyport March 1 The 102d anniversary of Mrs Abbigail Iarrington Morrill widow of Jacob Morrill was quietly observed at 40 Temple Street with family and neighbors. She remains vigorous for age despite a fall and impaired hearing reading large print and planning summer church attendance. Born March 1 1809 in West Newbury she had ten children four living Hiram Morrill Lewis Morrill George Morrill and Mrs Oliver of Newburyport. There are 12 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Newburyport
Abbigail Iarrington Morrill
Jacob Morrill
Temple Street
Abbie M. Oliver
West Newbury
Morrill
Enezer
Ruth Farrington
Hiram Morrill
Lewis
George Morril
Lynn
Oliver
Zelaya Attacks Taft In Exile Pamphlet
Exiled former Nicaraguan president Jose Santos Zelaya distributes a 16 page pamphlet from Brussels that denounces President Taft and U S policy in Latin America. He calls Taft a slanderer and accuses Washington of aiding rebellion to expand its power in Central America. The pamphlet has been widely distributed.
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New Orleans
Taft
Brussels
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Latin-America
United States
Too Late to Get on Cambridge Ticket
Nomination papers for Cambridge municipal election closed at City Hall as two late Independent candidates failed to file. Charles H. Lake and John Ward arrived after 5 p.m. and cannot be recorded. Edward B. James and Edward A. James filed. Donovan and Barry run for mayor with non partisan and Democratic affiliations respectively.
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Cambridge
City Hall
Charles H. Lake
Independent Citizens
John Ward
Aldermanic Board
Edward 4B. James
Board of Aldermen
Jeremiah K. Donovan
J. Edward Barry
Edward B. James
Cambridge Pastor Named Chair at Boston University
The Rev Norman E Richardson of Cambridge Epworth Church has been elected by Boston University trustees to the chair of religious psychology and pedagogy in the school of theology. He helped form a $400000 endowment committee last June and studied at Berlin and Marburg Universities. He is a Jacob Sleeper Fellow.
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Norman E. Richardson
Shepard Street
Cambridge
Epworth Methodist Church
Boston University
Richardson
Berlin
Marlburg
Germany
Jacob Sleeper
Ogilvie Sentenced to Ten Years for Bigamy in London
Felix Franz Alfred Ogilvie was jailed for 10 years in the old Bailey Court for bigamy involving three illegal marriages. The case reviewed his prior union to Anne Wyness Couth in San Francisco on July 38, 1905 as his first legal marriage. He also admitted stealing canteen funds from a U S cavalry regiment.
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London
Felix Franz Alfred Ogilvie
Old Bailey
Ogilvie
Anne Wyness Couth
San Francisco
Ogilivie
United States Army
Noted Italian Monks to Deliver Lent Sermons in City
The Rev. Michelangelo Draghetti and the Rev. Luca Nansnetti of the Franciscan order will preach Lent sermons at the Church of St. Leonard of Port Maurice on Prince Street. They visit after a two year absence and will tour the East afterward to address fellow Italians.
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Michelangelo Draghetti
St. Leonard of
Port Maurice
Prince Street
Father Drachetti
Archbishop O'Connell
Luca Nansnetti
New York
House Favors Militia Pay Bill Passes 159 to 124
The Steenerson militia pay bill cleared the House by a 159 to 124 vote. It sets militia officers at 60 to 60 percent of regular army rates and privates at 25 percent. Accepting pay requires agreeing to render service when called, up to two years. The Senate has not acted.
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Washington
Steenerson
House
United States
Senate
Bay Stater Buys New York Hotel
Charles H. Davis purchases the Hotel St. Andrew at 72a Street and Broadway New York City. Davis, longtime Somerville resident, formerly with Maplewood Hotel in the White Mountains, has managed the St. Andrew for several years.
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St. Andrew
Broadway
New York City
Charles H. Davis
Somerville
Maplewood
White Mountains
Mry Davis
Shamrock Giveaway At Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre plans a St Patrick’s Week shamrock giveaway. Two thousand potted shamrocks imported from Kilskyre County Meath will be given to every patron from March 14 through the St Patrick’s anniversary as a gesture from Ireland.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
St. Patrick
Kilskyre
County Meath
Leinster
Goodyear Welt Shoes Highlight Durability and Economy
The Goodyear West process promises durability and comfort. Goodyear Welting machinery stitchs at 500 cycles a minute, using quality materials for long wear and smooth insoles. The result is shoes that rival hand-sewn ones in style at one third the price and with extended life.
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Goodyear West
Goodyear
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