L and Subway for Cambridge Elevation Plan Endorsed
William A. Bancroft, president of the Boston Elevated Road, sent a letter to Cambridge officials favoring a combined elevated line and subway. He cited Route No. 6, which would run elevated to Bay street then enter a Dana Hill subway and pass through private property to Massachusetts Avenue and Harvard Square. The message was referred to the rapid transit committee.
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William A. Bancroft
Boston
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
City of
Cambridge
Bay Street
Putnam Square
Mt. Auburn Street
Brattle Square
Dana Hill
Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard Square
Committee On Rapid Transit
Banquet Set for Checker Teams Before International Match
A joint Boston Checker Club and New England Checker Association meeting at the American House completed arrangements for next week’s international match between American and British teams. Ten men per side. foreign players arrive in New York Saturday and reach Boston Sunday. A complimentary banquet and reception will be held Monday at the American House with Professor Fitzpatrick as toastmaster and Acting Mayor Whelton likely to welcome the visitors. Tickets cost 1.25 dollars each. 100 to 150 guests expected. The tournament runs 10 days with nationwide checker players anticipated in Boston.
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Boston Checker Club
New England Checker Association
New York
Boston
Fitzpatrick
Whelton
Pawn Watches Aid Strikers in Boston Union Drive
The Cloth, Hat and Cap Workers' Union combined Local 17 and 38 raised 653 dollars from 40 members to aid 1800 New York cloth hat and cap makers opposing non union shops. Morris Holzagher urged support and three members pawned watches to boost funds.
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Boston
Executive Board of Cloth, Hat and Cap Workers’ Union
New York
Morris Holzagher
Holzagher
Quincy Strikers Agree to Piece Bill
Representatives of manufacturers and granite cutters reached a plan for a piece bill granting an advance of 7 percent over the 1900 wage. The strike nears settlement with details to be finished. grievances to be heard by a joint committee. Pay to strikers begins tomorrow as work resumes Monday.
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Quincy
Building Trades Council urged to affiliate by Boston unions
John F. Kennedy representing the Boston Building Trades Council urged every building trade union in Boston to affiliate with the council to boost stability and effectiveness. He noted seven trades are not affiliated and said National President William J. Merrick is planned to visit Boston next week to aid organizing in eastern Massachusetts.
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Boston
Boston Building Trades Council
John F. Kennedy
Plumbers’ Union
Kennedy
Building Trades Council
William J. Merrick
Massachusetts
Cambridge Mother Heroically Fights Flames For Son’s Life
Mrs. Lillian G. Edes of 5 Revere Street Cambridge risked her life to save her infant son Albert from a blaze in their sitting room on Monday. She wrapped him in a wet blanket and extinguished the flames but both were severely burned. Albert died at Cambridge Hospital at 3 30 yesterday morning after inhaling deadly fumes.
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Lillian G. Edes
Revere Street
Cambridge
Albert
Cambridge Hospital
Edes
Flynn
A. E. Winship
Washington
New England
Mrs Stanford Vexed by Insane Chinaman in Poison Plot
The San Francisco report states Mrs Jane Lathrop Stanford faced threats from Wong Toy Wong who demanded 30000 in a letter claiming funds at a supposed university trust bank. Police questioned former staff Albert Beverly and Elizabeth Richmond amid ongoing inquiries into Mrs Stanford's death with Honolulu coroner's verdict pending.
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San Francisco
Jane Lathrop Stanford
Wong Toy Wong
Leland Stanford, Jr
Stanford
Albert Beverly
Elizabeth Richmond
Beverly
Lily Langtry
Mountford Wilson
Byington
Burnett
Miss Richmond
Honolulu
Strychnine Found in Mrs Stanford's Stomach inquest told
High Sheriff Henry reported to the Associated Press that chemists testing Mrs. Stanford's stomach found a color indicating strychnine. They also found strychnine in bicarbonate of soda she drank the night she died and would testify to the coroner's jury.
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Honolulu
Henry
Associated Press Today
Mrs. Stanford
Boston Labor Unions Adopt Cooperative Box Factory Plan
The label committee of Boston Cigarmakers' Union 97 forms a sub committee to visit unions in Boston to promote the blue label and distribute advertising items. A corps of leaders in various unions discuss elections, delegations, and mutual aid including a co operative box factory plan with 1000 shares at $5 each and 20 week sickness benefits plus death benefits.
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Boston Cigarmakers’ Union
Boston
Mary Hughes
Boston Women's Label League
3Oviston Street
Anna Bowen
Rose Scully
Cigar Factory Strippers’ Union
J. M. McDonald
Portland
New York
Electrical Workers’ Union
Michael J. Birmingham
Alfred Connors
David MacDonald
District Council
Lawrence
Lynch
Quincey Electrical Workers’ Union
Quincy
Woodworkers’ Union
Building Trades Council
Povenmire Receives Gold Watch at Douglas Shoe Company Dinner
J Povenmire head salesman was presented with a diamond studded gold watch valued at $1100 by William L Douglas Shoe Company directors and traveling salesmen at their Thorndike dinner. H L Tinkham gave the speech, with H E Stone as toastmaster.
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J. P. Povenmire
William JL. Douglas Shoe Company
Thorndike
L. Tinkham
Hi. . Stone
William L. Douglas Shoe Company
H. T. Drake
Douglas
H. L. Tinkham
C. F. Stichmond
A. T. Sweetser
F. L. Erskine
H. E. Stone
F. C. Townsend
James Wallace
L. O. Hoag
T. J. Kennard
M. H. Wadsworth
F. E. Drake
J. O. la Vahe
Missing Pittman lad sought by grieving Cambridge mother
Mrs. Rachael Pittman of East Cambridge appeals nationwide for help to locate her son William Patrick Pittman who disappeared in 1899 at age 16 while going to Cuba to fight in the war. Last heard from him in Havana en route to New York. police and War and Navy departments have no updates.
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Rachael Pittman
Spring Street
East Cambridge
William Patrick Pittman
Cambridge
Cuba
Matanzas
Havana
New York
War and Navy
Post
Blessed altar and the stations of the cross blessed
The new altar to the Blessed Virgin and the 14 stations of the cross in St John the Evangelist church were blessed by Rev C A Field. The oak altar, a gift from a woman, was designed by Henry Vaughn and carved by Irving Cas son. A station memorial honors Bishop Knight of Milwaukee and another Bishop McLaren of Chicago. St John the Evangelist is Boston's only Episcopal church with stations.
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St. John the Evangelist
C. A. Field
Henry Vaughn
Irving & Casson
Bishop Knight
Milwaukee
Bishop McLaren
Chicago
Ill
Boston
Rutland Votes Yes This Year In Vermont Local Option
Vermont voters in six cities split on liquor sales under the local option law. Rutland swung to license, while Burlington and Montpelier saw smaller margins for license. Barre stayed no license, St. Albans and Vergennes increased license support. Mayors elected include Manning in Rutland and Burke in Burlington. Overall licenses shrink from 41 to 31 towns.
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Burlington
Vermont
Rutland
St. Albans
Vergennes
J. F. Manning
J. F. Carder
Barre
Montpellier
Barge J. A. Hylands Raised at Fall River
The sunken barge J. A. Hylands at the dock has been raised after being frozen in ice and is now undergoing repairs at Fall River.
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Hylands
Fall River
J. A. Hylands
Local landlords face tax on new babies in crowded tenements
In Boston's Salem Street a few children linger in the doorway of the city's most crowded tenement, raising questions about a possible tax on newborns by local landlords. The reported scene highlights housing strain and policy debates affecting families.
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Boston
Salem Street
New York baby tax idea faces North End skepticism
A Boston tenement owner rejects a New York plan to raise rents for newborns as absurd. In the North End, landlords and tenants describe crowded, ventilated living conditions with many children while officials note no current support for such a tax amid dense multiethnic housing and recent health remarks.
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New York
Boston
Roger Flynn
Salem Street
Julius Rottenberg
Rottenberg
North
North End
Frozen Flounders Puzzle Provincetown Dredgers
In Provincetown the fishing fleet reports flatfish dredged at 20 fathoms were found fully frozen in water near Wood End and the ledge. Fishermen note the weather was mild and surface temps warm, yet the flounders arrived solidly frozen, prompting questions on how such freezing occurred.
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Provincetown
Wood End
Cape Cod Bay
Wants Subway for Brookline
At a Brookline Selectmen hearing in Town Hall Richard P. Johnson urged a subway for Village Square to relieve traffic. He argued Brookline will outgrow surface cars and warned of either widenings or an elevated road if no subway is adopted. Plans to move the transfer station were also discussed.
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Brookline
Town Hall
Village Square
Richard P. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Cambridge
Melrose Sons and Daughters of Maine Banquet Highlights
Melrose March 7. The annual banquet of the Melrose Sons and Daughters of Maine was held at Odd Fellows Hall. Mayor Sidney H. Buttrick welcomed attendees after the reception. Principal speaker was W. W. Stetson Maine state superintendent of schools. Musical numbers by Clarence E. Wilson Godfrey McMullin and the Liebhabe String Quartet.
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Melrose
Melrose Sons and Daughters of Maine
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Sidney H. Buttrick
W. W. Stetson
State Superintendent of Schools of
Maine
Clarence E. Wilson
Godfrey McMullin
Liebhabe
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Pawn
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LABOR
Povenmire
Globe Clothing
Washington and
Lagrange Streets
Globe Clothing Store
Washington Cor. Lagrange St
the Post
Mr. Rottenberg
Big Paul Revere
Prince Street
Salem
John Hancock
Parmenter
Rottenberg Tenement
Prince
Max Levebick
Giuseppe
Richard Johnson
Melrose Daughters and Sons OF Maine Banquet
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