Nine Dined At Ashburton Place Restaurant For $2.25
A wealthy woman known as Mrs. Green dined with eight others at Ashburton Place restaurant paying just $2.25 total for vermicelli soup boiled fish boiled potatoes lettuce cake and tea. The group included Miss Floretta Vining and Mrs Green's lawyers The bill was settled with two $2 bills kept as souvenirs by the proprietress.
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Ashburton Place
Floretta Vining
Hull
Miss Vining
Mrs. Green
New England To Sail For Queenstown And Liverpool Passengers
The steamer New England of the Dominion line has made its last port call and will depart at 9 o clock this morning for Queenstown and Liverpool carrying 40 second class 100 steerage and three salon passengers. Names include F W Mélagan, Miss Stirs, Rundle, Miss Jances Fanties, Mrs J Tyne Hodge, Philip W Marshall, Mrs P Marshall, and several others.
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New England
Dominion Line
Queenstown
Liverpool
Wreck near Maxon station Kills 13, Injures 28
A broken rail on the Southern Pacific near Maxon station 25 miles west of Sanderson caused a morning wreck. 13 were killed outright and 28 injured as the San Antonio bound train, late and fast, toppled from the rails. Cars burned, sleepers spared, engine and tender thrown far from track.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Maxon Station
Sanderson
Inspector Bassey Falls On To Third Rail
William R. Bassey, 26 Baldwin Street, Cambridge, an inspector for the Boston elevated railroad at Rowe's Wharf station, fell between the tracks yesterday as he slipped on the platform. A train stopped quickly, its front car resting above his head, and he was taken to Emergency Hospital with severe burns on his arm and face.
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William R. Bassey
Baldwin Street
Cambridge
Boston Elevated
Rowe's Wharf
Bassey
Death notices for Annie M. Flynn in Roxbury
Annie M. Flynn wife of James Flynn died yesterday at her home Fores place Roxbury formerly of Haron Street South End and 40 years member of Cathedral Marsh Her children Nathan R Edwin C Charles F William J Addie M Mrs Fred Kane and Christina A funeral set for Monday morning from St Patrick's Church Roxbury
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Annie M. Flynn
James Flynn
Fores Place
Roxbury
Haron Street
South End
Eeere
Cathedral Marsh
Nathan R
Edwin C
Charles F
William J
Addie M
Fred Kane
Christina A. He
St. Patrick's Church
Snowslide demolishes hotel roof injuring three in Denver
A snowslide in Denver on March 7 swept away the top of the San Bernardino hotel, injuring three men. None of the injuries were fatal.
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Denver
Col
San Bernardino
Opposition meeting forms plan against Ways and Means reciprocity
Washington reports a private gathering of about 35 Republican Representatives from various states to discuss the Ways and Means Committee reciprocity plan. They canvassed state delegations, signaling a possible majority against the proposal, with postponement favored over direct action.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Uban
William Alden Smith
Ways and Means
Tawney
Taft Predicts Progress in Philippine Government
Governor William H. Taft predicted that within 18 months to two years the Philippines would establish a permanent government and that the commission there could be relieved of duties. He said Congress would pass government and tariff bills soon and fund capital influx would boost conditions. he hoped to return to assist in completing the commission’s work. He denied plans to join Roosevelt’s Cabinet and expressed desire to return to the islands.
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Cincinnati
Philippines
United States
William H. Taft
Philippine Commission
Congress
J. Pierpont Morgan
Philippine Islands
New York
Unitedates
Roosevelt
Taft
Hamilton held for grand jury in Wallace manslaughter case
Fall River report states William Hamilton, charged with manslaughter in the death of John Wallace on a river, was held for the grand jury today. The proceeding advances the case toward potential indictment and further legal action by authorities.
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Fall River
William Hamilton
John Wallace
Aiver
Boston Pastor McElveen Likely to Lead Chicago Church
Rev W J McElveen, three year Shawmut Congregational Church pastor in Boston, has received a unanimous call to lead Union Park Congregational Church in Chicago. The resignation of Rev Dr F H Noble opens the post after 22 years. Chicago officials and business leaders strongly endorsed him after missions by a Chicago committee.
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Boston
Ikely
Chicago
W. J. McElveen
Shawmut Congregational Church
McElveen
Union Park Congregational Church of
F. H. Noble
Shawmut
What They Are What They Are A Grape Nut Product
A nutrition explanation describes Grape-Nuts as a wheat and barley based food where starch turns into grape sugar during digestion. A Postum Cereal Co expert notes heat moisture and time produce Grape-Nuts which closely follows Nature’s processes and supports digestion and strength with a appealing flavor.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Governor Wood Issues Cable Line Control Order
Governor General Wood of Cuba issues an order imposing fines of not less than 100 dollars and up to 1000 dollars for unauthorized installation of telegraph or telephone lines by individuals, companies, or corporations. An additional daily fine of 25 dollars applies after due notice of discontinuance.
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Washington
Wood
Cuba
Morris Replies to Payne on Cuban Concessions
Representative Morris of Minnesota answers Chairman Payne's remarks on a Cuban concessions plan. He says the proposal aimed to avoid hostility to the President and the Ways and Means Committee, to restore harmony in the Republican party and aid domestic sugar producers. Morris blames public press statements during Republican conferences and urges restraint.
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Washington
Morris
Minnesota
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
House
Republican Party
Senate hears Miller on isthmian canal costs
Washington March 7 Senate committee on interoceanic canals heard Jacob W. Miller president of the Maritime Canal Company who cited four to five million dollars spent. The Philippines government bill saw limited progress and is unlikely to be reported soon. Senator Mc Laurin of Mississippi gave notice of an amendment to the ship subsidy bill to bar high US officials from benefiting.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Senator McLaurin
Mississippi
United States
Stolen Diamonds Worth 1.6 Million Spark Antwerp Panic
Police in Antwerp probe gem merchant failures and diamond thefts totaling 1.5 million dollars. Much of the stolen stones have moved to New York as Antwerp cables New York police to curb smuggling. Two diamond broker brothers fled with 100 thousand dollars in stones, triggering market panic.
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Antwerp
New York
Ball heirs reveal public legacies in will
The will of Miss Jane B. Ball of Kepne New Hampshire, who died in Boston, leaves public legacies including 500 dollars to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Boston and 200 dollars to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Boston along with other bequests to relatives and friends.
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Kepne
N._H
Jane B. Ball
Boston
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Mystery in a death by own action at Dwight Street
A man identified as John Braley, apparently well dressed and carrying money, rented a room at No 6 Dwight street and then died by self inflicted gas exposure with a revolver nearby. Police pried into the room, found bankbooks and a letter urging burial, and traced suspender maker names without identifying the deceased.
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Dwight Street
John Braley
Tremont Street
Western Savings Institution of Philadelphia
Heber L. Bull
Julia Henderson
P. C. Ellacker
Aeposit
Julia Trenderson
H. L. Pull
Boston
Post
Distress After Eating Dyspepsia Dangers
Nausea between meals, belching, vomiting, flatulence, headaches, and stomach pain are listed as symptoms of dyspepsia. The notice warns that neglect worsens the condition and makes cure harder.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertisement Claims Cure
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills promise radical and permanent cure, strengthen and tone the stomach and digestive organs for natural function. Testimonials of remarkable cures mailed on request. U. S. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
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Lowell
Masa
Whistle on Baker's Island proposed after wreck
Salem March 7 Captain William M Swasey proposes placing a whistle on Bakers Island where the tug Honey Brook wrecked. The device would imitate Pollocks Rip and be audible for miles to aid future vessels in fog and storms.
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Salem
William M. Swasey
Baker’s Island
Fire destroys Cannon's dry goods house in Sedalia
A fire in Sedalia on March 7 consumed Cannon's dry goods store and stock valued at 60,000, with 36,500 insured. The adjoining building and An Guenther suffered water damage of 10,000, insured. The fire started by a young woman clerk seeking a lost item in the basement. Total loss about 100,000.
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Sedalia
Marriage in Attleboro Brings Fourth Match for Groom
In Attleboro on March 7 Rev. Dr. James Mitchell wed Ma Wood of Barrington Rhode Island and Elizabeth A. Anson of Barrington Centre. The ceremony marked the groom’s fourth and the bride’s fifth marriages. Wood’s third wife had charged him with spanking, leading to his expulsion from the union, divorce for his wife, and his political ambitions as town clerk were affected.
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Attleboro
James Mitchell
Ma . Wood
Barrington
R. I
Elizabeth A. Anson
Barrington Centre
Wood
Barrinston
Brookline Spiunet Meeting Warrants and Budget Briefing
Warrants for the spiunet meeting in Brookline were issued yesterday. The budget will amount to about $1,000,000. The question of acceptance of the act of the Legislature relative to penelous po Hce and firemen will probably be accepted at the meeting.
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Spiunet
Brookline
Penelous Po Hce
Preparations Underway To Dynamite Pelletts Island Gorge
Middletown New York March 1 Town authorities plan dynamiting the rest face gorge at Pelletts Island to release a large volume of water extending for miles.
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Middletown
N. Y
Pelletts Island
Leominster Man Arrested for Arson and Insurance Fraud
Leominster march 7 J h Sl arrested by the state fire for alleged arson and attempt to defraud an insurance company. It is alleged Slomac fired his house jan 3 to obtain insurance.
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Leominster
J H Sl
Staite
Slomac
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