Boston Board Approves Sewer Loans and Protests Telephone Rates
The Boston Board of Aldermen and Common Council affirmed 700000 for sewer construction and 300000 for surface drainage while defeating 500000 for street improvements and delaying a similar order. They protested proposed NE Telecommunications rates and debated finance commission funding and a potential subway project.
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Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Bell
Curley
Leary
Committee On Public Improvements
Babson
Finance Commission
Fitzgerald
Committee On Appropriations
of Aldermen
Berwin
Castle Street
Dudley Street
Washington Street
Tom Doherty
Fast Boston
Bangs
Clark
Vine Street
Bell and
City Council of
Boston
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company of
Massachusetts
City Hall
Cambridge boys drown search fails in Charles River
Three Cambridge youths Patrick Murphy ten James Bennett eleven and Charles Poindexter fourteen drowned after ice cakes capsized on the Charles River near Magazine Street. A swift outgoing tide and a broad ice field on the Boston side hindered recovery efforts and left bodies unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Charles River
Magazine Street
Patrick F. Murphy
James Bennett
Charles Poindexter
Boston
Robbers hold up a Missouri Pacific passenger train
In Pittsburg Kansas on March 4 two masked men robbed a Missouri Pacific train near the Kansas City Southern shops. Lou Jeff a Black miner was killed while protesting and W L Westlake of Toledo was wounded in the hand by a stray shot. The robbers escaped with 10000. A lynch mob threat looms as miners gather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Lou Jeff
Camp 31
Central Coal & Coke Company
W. L. Westlake
Toledo
Kansas
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Jeff
Westlake
Cornell
Elms in Flight From Delusion Amid Sanity Fears
Levi Elms a 31 year old former Melrose Alderman fled his home in his own sleigh amid fears of being sent to an asylum. He claimed the horse and sleigh were stolen when he returned to a Hanover Street station after a night ride. He was injured weeks earlier in Edgewood and is under medical care.
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Levi Elms
Melrose
Hanover Street
North End
Elms
Edgewood
Massachusetts
Randolph
Blackstone Street
Bank's policy stresses ties with depositors at 202 Devonshire Street
The bank promotes strengthening personal relations and mutual confidence between officers and depositors as essential to full service. It invites business people to explore the advantages of this customer centric policy.
Roosevelt Moves to Protect Forest Reserves from Lumber Syndicates
President Roosevelt issues proclamations adding seventeen million acres to U S forest reserves and creates or expands thirty two reservations to thwart lumber syndicates. He defends action as necessary and notes Congress may later change laws, while preserving timber for settlers and future generations. New York reports on Mrs Thaw's upcoming testimony as part of the criminal trial coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Tft
Lumber Syndicate
Mill Hand’s Cure by Father John’s Medicine
Lisbon New Hampshire mill hand W L Webster was told he would die from bronchitis and consumption. After taking Father John’s Medicine as directed he recovered. The ad claims the remedy prevents pneumonia and consumption, is not a patent medicine, fifty years in use, and contains no opium morphine or poisonous drugs.
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W. L. Webster
Lisbon
N. H
Mr. Webster
Father John
Diminutive Robus Triumphs Over Hefty Opponents
Lincoln observers report William C. Robus, a 4 foot 9 inch, 108 pound candidate for constable, defeated two six footers weighing 210 and 205 pounds. Robus, originally from Milford, manages the local telephone exchange and won by a large majority.
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Lincoln
William C. Robus
Robus
Milford
Boston Area Weather Forecast
Fair for Boston and vicinity with light westerly winds. Forecast also notes partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday and Wednesday cloudy with rain or snow in the south and west portions of New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Vicinity
Washington
Eagland
District Attorney's Evidence Strategy in Nesbit Thaw Trial
Jerome fights for broad rules of evidence to rebut Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testimony. He fears alienists may refuse to answer under privilege and hints at calling Dr Allan McLane Hamilton. He notes collateral limits on proving White’s absence, but may use third party testimony from Howard Nesbit about Nesbit’s sister link to Thaw abuse claims.
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New York
William Thaw
Harry Thaw
Jerome
Britton D. Evans
Evans
Charles C. Wagner
Binghamton
N.Y
Thaw
Dr. Wagner
Jerome Wille
Justice Fitzgerald
Allan McLane Hamilton
Hamilton
Evelyn Nesbit
Stanford White
Twenty-fourth Street
Tired Nervous Mothers Comforted by Ginger Tea
A note in the page top highlights ginger tea as soothing for weary mothers. The item mentions Sanford's ginger tea and claims it to be superior for calming nerves, inviting readers to try the product for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Mrs. Eddy Sees Bill in Equity Through Family Aid
Concord correspondent reports Henry M. Baker, a New Hampshire legislator, describes Mrs. Eddy’s handling of the bill in equity against her son. He portrays her as alert, independent, and in control, while condemning George W. Glover’s actions and denying a fund was created to block the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. E
George W. Glover
Equity
Mrs. Eddy
Pleasant Ab
Mrs. Y
Frye
Glover
Chandler
Coroner Holds New York Central Directors for Wreck
A coroner jury finding culpable negligence by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company over the Feb 16 wreck holds the board of directors and the president responsible. Coroner Schwannecke stated bail would be set at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The inquiry spanned two weeks and heard numerous witnesses.
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New York
New York Cener,tral
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Schwannecke
The
New York Central
School budget not discussed at meeting
Absence of David A. Ellis led to postponement of the annual school budget. The rules were suspended to rescind Holy Week vacation and set March 28 to April 5 as the break giving Good Friday off. Evening schools will close March 15. Chairman James J. Storrow returned from Jamaica to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Ellis
William S. Kenny
James J. Storrow
Jamaica
Train Kills East Boston Man in Medford
Robert Chaffee 35 of East Boston was struck and killed by a Boston Medford bound train at Wellington while stepping aside for an oncoming train. His body was mangled and identified by a coat cord after authorities alerted Boston police. He had left home in Zeelock earlier, was a ship carpenter, and was described as demented.
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Medford
Robert Chaffee
Meridia Street
Boston
Wellington
Chaffee
Zeelock
Horlicks Mattel Milk Ends Impure Milk Use Trend
Many families choose Horlick's Mattel Milk as a reliable nutritious food drink replacement for impure milk, marketed as the original and genuine product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horlick
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Page
First National Bank
Devonshire Street
William
Harry K. Thaw
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson Post Card Store
Tremont
Eliot
Trolls
R. A. Roberts
Dick Turpin
Vaudeulie
Rice
Cady
Los Arbos
Ledell
Crouch
Tomkins
Lucia
Vinte
Emil Hoch
Mayme Reminston
the Kings
Royal Arms
Coroner
N. Y.C
SMASH
Train
E. Boston
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