Engstrom Probes Whitneys Role in Boston Brookline Pact
Testimony questions Whitney about his ties to the Boston and Brookline contract and the Pipe Line Company. Deflecting, Whitney cites records or memory gaps as inquiry targets disclosures about land sales and company earnings. Counsel Butler denounces attempts to besmirch a respected citizen as a hearing proceeds.
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Boston
Brookline
Whitney
Boston Company
Terminal Company
Anderson
Butler
Engstrom
Mr. Whitney
Massachusetts
Rr. Whitney
Dorchester
New England
Mr. Apsey
W. M. Butler
Nathan Matthews, Jr
E. A. McLaughlin
Dabney
H. M. Whitney
Mr. Engstrom
Committee On Manufactures
Gas Company Probe Heats Up with Bribery Allegations
At the State House hearing, Rep Engstrom questions Whitney and asserts bribery, citing large payments to counsel and agents. Barron’s counsel Whipple defends, while Whitney denies improper payments and insists records show legitimate returns. The session continues with Addicks detailing plant capacity.
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State House
Engstrom
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Sherman L. Whipple
Barron
Dean's Ointment Advertised for Itching Piles Cure
An old ad notes itching piles as a horrible plague and promotes Dean's Ointment as a remedy priced at 50 cents sold at any drug store.
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Dean
Ornament to Adams Square Opens New Morse Storefront
Leopold Morse & Co. unveils a widened sidewalk and grand vestibule at Washington and Brattle streets with an extra store on the Washington street flank. The new entrance debuts as eight days of spring clothing advance sale begins tomorrow.
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Leopold Morse & Co
Washington and
Brattle Streets
Washington Street
Allen & Lotts
Boston Woman Missing in Train Wreck Case
Miss Jennie Grant a 33 year old Boston resident is missing after the Northampton line wreck near Plainville. She had left Boston two months ago to visit Westfield friends and planned to visit her New Haven parents the night of the crash. Police in New Haven and Westfield search for her.
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New Haven
Conn
Jennie Grant
Boston
Northampton Line
Plainville
Grant
Westfield
Mass
Simsbury
Boston Theatre to Stage The Pied Piper of Hamlin Charity Show
The Pied Piper of Hamlin will be reprised at the Boston Theatre to benefit Tyler Street Day Nursery. New features enhance the program, set to run for the first time next Saturday morning at 10:40.
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Hamlin
Boston Theatre
Tyler Street
Langtry Dream Forewarns Calamity Linked to Illness
Chicago reports Lily Langtry recounts a vivid dream predicting disaster after learning Captain De Bathe fell ill with Cape fever in Cape Town. She cites past dreams foretelling calamities and fears for her husband’s condition as she continued a theatre performance.
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Chicago
Lily Langtry
de Bathe
Cape Town
Eastport
Cape
Lured Wife Away Sparks Married Rivalry in Connecticut
In Winsted Connecticut Robert Bailey and Homer Robinson vie for the same wife. Robinson, legally married, pursues with a shotgun and warrant after Bailey abducted Mrs. Robinson for a second time. The couple fled to Massachusetts and then to Winsted before boarding a trolley out of town.
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Winsted
Conn
Robert Bailey
Homer Robinson
Robinson
Bailey
Robinsons
Norfolk
Elopers
Bob
Heiress Ruth Woodcroft to appear in The Casino Girl
Ghorus New York March 7 Miss Ruth Woodcroft daughter of the late Baron Henry Woodcroft Hammond of London will join George W Lederers production of The Casino Girl next Monday at the Casino. Born in California she gained prominence in San Francisco society and clubs. Her father left an estate valued at 75000 dollars.
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New York
Ruth Woodcroft
Henry Woodcroft Hammond
London
George W. Lederer
Miss Woodcroft
California
San Francisco
Friday Night Club
The
Assembly
Northwestern coeds forced to dress for breakfast
Chicago report from Evans ton Woman's Hall notes a dean's edict requiring Northwestern University women to dress before breakfast. The rule requires careful grooming and attire as if going to dinner, replacing the casual morning routine.
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Chicago
Woman’s Hall
Evanston
Northwestern University
Mve
Dean Miller
Election results of Dedham Woman's Board of Missions meeting
At the annual meeting of the Woman's Board of Missions in the First Congregational Church Dedham the election produced a president Mrs. Frank Wood of Dorchester and multiple vice presidents including Mrs. S. M. Cathcart of Chelsea and others. Recording secretary was Mrs. Nathaniel Green Jamaica Plain and home secretary Miss Mary P. Jones Newton. Several addresses were delivered by Mrs. G H Gutterson Mrs. H Bruce Miss Martha A Hopkins and Miss B Harriet Stanwood.
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Woman's Board of Missions
First Congregational Church
Dedham
Frank Wood
Dorchester
S. M. Cathcart
S. W. Sneahirr
Franklin
W. H. Allbright
Nathaniel Green
Jamaica Plain
Mary P. Jones
Newton
G.H
Gutterson
H., Bruce
Martha A. Hopkins
B. Harriet Stanwood
Treatment for La Grippe in 19th Century Remedy Notes
A handwritten medical remedy outlines La Grippe symptoms including head and body aches, throat inflammation, sneezing, and fever. It prescribes gargling with a JOINS solution, nasal snuff, quinine pills, a siedlitz powder, Anodyne sugar saturations, and laxative use, urging continued treatment until cured.
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Counsel Butler
Smith
Apsey
Chickering
Henry M. Whitney
New England Gas and Coke Company
C. W. Barron
Mr. Butler
Mable
Amd
Delaware
Delaware Company
New England Coke and Gas Company
Charles F. Choate, JR
Metropolitan Water Board
Committee For the
Mr. Addicks
Lawson
Massachusetts Pine
Line
Legslature
B. H. Woodsum
Achase
Adams Square
Dult
Ghorus
Nson
J. & Johnson
Mase
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