Mayor Plans to Cut Street Spending to Hold Tax Rate
Boston mayor drafts the annual budget aiming to keep the tax rate within 16 dollars by removing 500000 yearly street improvements funding and placing the street department on a tighter, business-like footing. He seeks more money for music education and libraries while funding pauper institutions and Island projects and asks for governor island park use and a new boat for Long Island.
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Long Island
Governor's Island
Boston
Pauver Institution
John Howard
Penny wise and pound foolish about Scott's Emulsion
A reader complains about the price of Scott's Emulsion while noting it costs more to make. The reply argues its higher price reflects higher value and that reducing oil or care would ruin its status as a standard cod liver oil preparation by Scott & Bowne of New York.
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Scott
Penny Wise
Pound
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Ernest Staples Buried in St Pauls Churchyard
In New York on March 2 the Staples vault at St Pauls churchyard Broadway and Fulton opened after 25 years for the interment of Ernest Staples a veteran yachtsman. He was Heidelberg educated and a member of the Algonquin Club of Boston.
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New York
Staples
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Broadway
Fulton Street
Ernest Staples
Heidelberg
Algonquin Club of
Boston
Gasoline Limit Set for Automobiles Entering Garage
Vice-Chancellor Garrison in Jersey City orders a garage to retain no more than half a pint of gasoline for cars entering the building.
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New York
Garrison
Jersey City
Moran Delays Test of Hotel Essex Screens
District Attorney John B. Moran postponed a test of hotel screens after inspecting the Hotel Essex. Lieutenant Hugh Lee Officer Jonathan Murphy and Richard Fitzgerald prepared to test screens taken when Moran voided the license for alleged screen law violations. Investigators found interior lights may prevent a fair exterior view, delaying evidence for the grand jury next week.
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John B. Moran
Essex
Hugh Lee
Jonathan Murphy
Station 3
Richard Fitzgerald
Station 2
Moran
Grand
Walsh Charged With False Entries At Chicago Bank
John R. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank, closed by the comptroller, is arrested on a federal banking law violation charge. The complaint alleges false loan and discount figures and misused bank funds to private use, with Walsh signing a report in the cashier’s absence.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
Banking Association
John M. Smyth
William Best
John P. Walsh
Marshal Ames
Illinois Surety Company
Remarkable Medford couple reveals 22 children in court
Mr and Mrs Richard A Coss of 44 Marion Street Medford were awarded 2100 against the Boston Elevated railroad in Middlesex Superior Court East Cambridge. Mrs Coss testified she is mother to 22 children with two sets of twins. nine are living. Ages 27 to 7. Two children are married Peter 27 in West Medford and Mrs Lizzie Baptiste with three grandchildren.
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Medford
Richard A. Coss
Marion Street
Boston
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Coss
Cass
Treland
Peter
Lizzie
Michael
Mary
Richard
Anna
Margaret
Lucy
Catherine
West Medford
Lizzie Baptiste
Victoria Street
Somerville
Boston & Maine
Mistaken Poisoning Promptly Treated At Chelsea Home
Mrs Louise Merriam swallowed carbolic acid by mistake at 127 Pearl Street Chelsea yesterday. Police aided her in being rushed to Frost Hospital where doctors removed the poison from her stomach and expect a full recovery. The 37 year old woman is under medical care today.
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Louise Merriam
Pearl Street
Chelsea
Frost
Newton Judge to Try Boys
Henry Morris sey of Waltham and Michael Farraher of Watertown, arrested in Newton on Wednesday, charged with four attempts at robbery of Newton women, arraigned before Judge Luce, charged with robbing Mrs Carl Howard of Watertown last Friday, placed on probation, to appear in Newton court next Monday.
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Waltham
Henry Morrissey
Michael Farraher
Watertown
Newton
Luce
Carl Howard
Newton Court
Indigestion Theory and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A Victorian medical piece argues stomach health as central to all ailments. It praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with ingredients like Golden Seal root, Black Cherry bark, and Queen’s root, touting cures for dyspepsia, torpid liver, bronchial and throat issues, plus endorsements from medical authorities and a booklet offer.
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Abernethy
London
Pierce
Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
John King
John M. Scudder
Cincinnati
William Paine
Paine
Hobart A. Hare
University of Pa
Laurence Johnson
University of N. Y
Edwin M. Hare
Hahnemann Medical College
Chicago
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Sage
Hardware Dealers Also Elect Officers at New England Convention
A banquet at the Vendome closed the second annual New England Hardware Dealers Association convention. Mayor Fitzgerald was absent. President Barrett of the council attended. Officers elected: President John B. Hunter Boston. first vice president S. H. Thompson Lowell. second vice president F. E. Pearson Pittsfield. secretary F. Alexander Chandler Boston. treasurer H. M. Saunders Boston. Directors include D. F. Barber Boston. Charles I. Adams Lowell. Bion C. Pierce Taunton. Calvin M. Nichols Boston. Ernest L. Davis Boston. J. A. Manson Burlington Vt.. T. W. H. Underwood Manchester N H.
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Vendome
New England Hardware Dealers’ Association
Fitzgerald
Barrett
John B. Hunter
Boston
S. H. Thompson
Lowell
IF. E. Pearson
Pittsfield
F. Alexander Chandler
H. M. Saunders
D. F. Barber
Charles I. Adams
Bion C. Pierce
Taunton
Calvin M. Nichols
Ernest L. Davis
J. A. Manson
Burlington, Vt
T. W. H. Underwood
Manchester
N. H
Missing Tori Gaines Freight Steamer Reported Overdue
Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the large freight steamer Tori Gaines, 60 hours overdue from Bocas del Toro with bananas, as a search spans the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
Tori Gaines
Bocas del Toro
Wrenn Wins $2000 Verdict Against Central Railroad
John Wrenn of Deunguat wins a $2000 verdict against the Toledo Central Railroad. He claimed the railroad refused for three months to furnish cars to ship grain.
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Upper Sandusky, CO
John Wrenn
Deunguat
Toledo, Ohio Central Railroad
Double Presentation to N H Spanish Vets in Portsmouth
Colonel Paul St Clair Murphy presented Camp Winfield Scott Schley with a costly portrait of Admiral Schley at Portsmouth Navy Yard. The camp also received a handsome pennant from Chief Boatswain Charles H Hill as a gift.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Paul St. Clair Murphy
Marine Guard
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Winfield Scott Schley
Admiral Schley
Charles H. Hill
Fordham University Appoints Rev. D J Quinn President
The Rev. Father Daniel J. Quinn S J of Boston College has been named president of Fordham University in New York. He will be one of the youngest university presidents in the country at the age of 36.
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Daniel J. Quinn
S. J
Boston College
Fordham University of New York
Consolidation Forms 100 Mile York County Rail System
Consolidation of the Portsmouth Dover York Electric railway system with the Atlantic Shore line was completed today. Meetings were held at Augusta and Sanford to formalize the agreement. The combined system covers about 100 miles of track.
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Sanford
Portsmouth, Dover
Chase awarded $4400 for duties as housekeeper
Dedham March 2 Mrs Ella A C Chase of Waltham received 4400.71 dollars from the Norfolk Superior Court in a suit against the estate of her father Charles Tl Sanderson for services as managing housekeeper from 1804 to 1904.
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Dedham
Ella A. C. Chase
Waltham
Norfolk Superior Court
Charles ‘Tl. Sanderson
Fire Chief Condemned in Rutland Report
Rutland Vermont March 2 The annual fire department report condemns the chief and recommends his removal along with other matters.
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Rutland, Vt
Fire Department
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