Endorsement for Whit ney plan to cut fuel cost in New England
Edward Atkinson testifies before the Massachusetts Manufacturers Committee endorsing Whitney’s gas proposal to convert coal into cheap heating fuel. He cites nitrogen as key and predicts large social gains from cheaper heat, more efficient cooking, and widespread gas distribution across New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
New England
Weeks
Mr. Whitney
England
Germany
Scotland
Steam Users’ Association
Europe
Middle States
Delegates List for Republican Caucuses in Boston District
Colonel Jedidah P. Jordan and John F. Merrill of Quincy announce their candidacy as delegates to the St Louis convention. They endorse Thomas B Reed and present a district list of ward 20 and ward 24 delegates for the March 18 caucuses, urging voter support.
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Jedidah P. Jordan
John F. Merrill
Quincy
Jordan
Reed
St. Louis
Tenth
Boston Journal
Portland
Massachusetts
Thomas B. Reed
Mr. Reed
Messrs. Jordan
Merrill
Tenth Congressional District
Boston
Charles Whittier
Luke P. Willard
Nelson York
Amos D
George F. Lowell
Otis Eddy
Ivers W. Adams
Gideon M. Mansfield
Amos R. Stover
C. C. Perkins
John S. Murray
W. H. Dunlap
Augustus G. Perkins
M. H. Curley
Howard S. Wheelock
I. Austin Bassett
Thomas H. Keenan
Joseph H. Ware
Henry F. Howe
Albert H. Curtis
William G. Waitt
J. Loring Thayer
Bray Wilkins
Col Austins New Horse Arrives in Boston Victor the Duke of Portlands Stallion
The Norman Percheron stallion Victor arrives on the Cunard ship Bothnia and quarters with Col William Austin in Brookline. Sired by Ayrshire, he weighs 1250 pounds, stands 15 hands, and has a mane over twelve feet long and a sixteen foot tail. Only Linus and Marquis rival his mane. Victor may be sold for exhibition.
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James C. Boyce
Patents
Water Street
Pittsburg
Penn
Boyce
Whitney
Etay
Boston
Cunard
Bothnia
Atlantic
Victor
William Austin
Brookline
Duke of Portland
Cavendish- Bentinck
Ayrshire
Blackpool
Linus
Marquis
Australia
Coming Events at King's Chapel and Parker Memorial
The Rev. S. H. Winkley leads a noon service at King's Chapel on Wednesday at 12 oclock. A Practical Talks to Young Women session follows at Parker Memorial on Berkeley and Appleton streets on Wednesday March 11 at 8 pm with speaker Mrs Mary A Livermore on Young Women as Wage Earners. All seats free and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Winkley
King’s Chapel
Parker Memorial
Berkeley and
Appleton Streets
Mary A. Livermore
Beecham Promotes Constipation Remedy 25 Percent
Advert reads Beecham a for consti pation rat and 25 percent. It urges readers to get the book at their dealers and follow its guidance. Annual sales exceed 6,000,000 boxes hinted by the copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham
East Boston rail service debate as vetoes loom
Boston Aldermen clashed over West End railroad service in East Boston after Mayor Quincy sent five vetoed orders back to the board. Alongside calls for free transfers and night cars, officials pressed the railroad for better late night service and scrutiny of proposed municipal actions while several licenses and costs were approved or revoked.
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Quincy
Board of Aldermen
Folsom, Mahoney
Hall
H. Grohe & Co
Spring Lane
Barney Leavitt
Merrimac Street
H. D. Dewar
Columbus Avenue
John H. Burwell
Paul Gore Street
Winslow & Wetherell
Boylston Street
West End Railroad
W. J. Donovan
Barry
Committee On Railroads
West End
Boston
Donovan
East Boston
Alderman Berry
Aliserman Hall
Noddle Island
Portland
Alderman Hall
Lee
Railroad Commission
Legislative Committee
John B. Pickett
West Newton Street Armory
Music Hall
Alderman Alien
Bryant
Mahoney
Presho
Allen and
Dyar
W. F. Donovan
Committee On Health
William L. Devitt
Committee On Claims
High Street
Charlestown
That Street
Salem Street
M. J. Dwyer
Shawmut Avenue
Tremont Streets
Watch and Ward Society
Names and appointments mark city hall changes
The article lists district and city hall personnel shifts. It notes Taylor as mayoral secretary and reforms, Tondorf as sealer and banker, Ricker as city collector, Wells appointing Dr. G H Lee as chief veterinary with South End yard oversight, and Dr J H Campbell to Charlestown district.
West End Druggist Arrested in Kid Victim Case
Joseph W. Willcomb a West End druggist was arrested on a warrant by Inspectors Cogan and Morrissey for a serious crime against 16 year old Solo mon Zolick who has been in the country two months and speaks no English. The alleged offence occurred in Willcomb s room at 91 Stamford street last Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Willcomb
West End
Cogan
Morrissey
Solomon Zolick
Willcomb
Stamford Street
Five Story Kingston Street Fire Damages $3000
A smoky blaze at 17 and 19 Kingston street in a five story granite building started on the third floor in a Glasgow Manufacturing Company store room and burned to the unoccupied fourth floor. Firemen battled thick smoke and extinguished the fire. damage to building and contents is not more than $3000. The Atkins estate owns the building.
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Kingston Street
Glasgow Manufacturing Company
Atkins Estate
Jameson and aides arraigned again in Transvaal raid case
In Bow Street, Dr Jameson Major Coventry and Captain Gosling face renewed charges. The court's packed with aristocrats and MPs as prosecution outlines a planned expedition misrepresented as fighting a native chief and heading to Johannesburg to aid English civilians.
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London
Dr. Jameson
Transvaal
Bow Street
Major Coventry
Gosling
Duke of Abercorn
Earl and Countess of Coventry
Annaly
House of Commons
Richard Webster
R. B. Finlay
Edoward Clarke
EB. H. Carson
M. P
Frank Lockwood
John Bridge
Jameson
Coventry
Johannesburg
Mafeking
Hay
Bechuanaland
Cecil Rhodes Not Under Arrest In Cape Colony Report
In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain stated there is no truth to reports that Cecil Rhodes was to be arrested by Cape Colony authorities. He added he has no information of any other bodies planning such action.
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Ferguson
Lehigh University
Mr. Whitney
London
House of Commons
Romantic Londoners do not apply here
A Detroit candy firm dissolved its partnership and faced a trouser caper. They bought secondhand packing cases in Lynn and shipping delays sparked mystery about a missing Madison, New Hampshire trouser box. Buttons bore the initials of Mr Shuman. The tale ends with a scandalous, humorous reveal and no names disclosed.
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Detroit
Mich
Lynn
Chimmie Fadden
Bowery
A. Shuman & Co
Madison
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
William Tyner
Shuman
Athens
America
Helen of Tro
George
Boston & Maine
Tyler
Detroit People and Mr. George
City Brevities Chronicle Local Incidents and Meetings
Mrs. Morrill postpones her regular reception due to illness. Brakeman Alexander Parmenter, 27, fell from a freight car in Chelsea street yard East Boston injuring his collarbone. He lives at 62 Beach Street. The Jolly Whist Club banquet at United States Hotel hosted 30 people with Dr. Bishop presiding and A B Parker as secretary. The Boston District Eclectic Medical Society met at Hotel Thorndike with discussion on Brain Dissection led by Dr. John Perrins. Carver Street carpenter Dr. E Gordon, 60, fell on stairs injuring his right arm. treated at Emergency Hospital. D W Sullivan, 25, fruit company laborer, slipped on ice and twisted his ankle. encased in a cast at Emergency Hospital. ohk not able to work soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Morrill
Alexander J. Parmenter
Boston & Albany Railroad
Chelsea Street Yard
East
Boston
Parmenter
Beach Street
Jolly Whist Club
United States
Dc. E. Gordon
Carver Street
Tressey & Sons Company
Cambridge
D. W. Sullivan
Powers Court
Boston Fruit Company
Sherwood Club Dance Rescheduled for Tonight
The Sherwood Club dance, postponed from last Wednesday, will be held tonight at Columbia Hall Davenport Avenue Upham's Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hall
Davenport Avenue
Upham’s Corner
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Cas For All
Edward Atkinson
J. Whitney
Hamilton A. Hill
Legislative Committee On Manufacturers
Mr. Atkinson
Atkinson
Senate Chamber of Atlanta
Wise
Virginia
Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
North Carolina
Alabama
Lewiston Journal
Mutual Intelligence and Insurance Company
Westinghouse
Great Britain
Hudson
Lake Champlain
Robert Browning
Col. Austin
West End Road
Gray Gables
Gent Sunday Post
Nat
Bureau of Education
Washington
Taylor
O’brien
Matthews
City Hall
Joseph Tondorf
Curtis
Germania Co-operative Bank
Cologne
Roxbury
Germania Cooperative Bank
Ellis
Highland and
Ellis Streets
German Catholic School Corporation
Germania Association of
Pynchon Street
Germania Hall
Coinbus Avenue
Centre Street
Tondorff
Board of Assessors
Tondorf
Washington Street
Ricker
Turner
Dodge
Whitmore
Portsmouth
Great Falls
the Ledger
South End
McGill College
Brighton
J. H. Campbell
Wells
Brighton End
Bow Street Court
Cecil Rhodes
Sherwood Club
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