Junket Order Killed in State House Transit Debate
Massachusetts House debated a Senate order sending a federal relations panel to Chicago to inspect the Columbian Fair for a potential state appropriation. The measure failed 120 to 80 as amendments and procedural votes highlighted partisan tensions over travel and funding before moving to rapid transit commission proposals for Boston and suburbs.
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate
Committee On Federal Relations
Chicago
Commonwealth
Howe
Cambridge
Carpenter
Brookline
McEttrick
Boston
Stow
Bill of
Paxton
Massachusetts Fair Commissioners
Murray
Fitchburg
America
Columbus
Parkhurst
Clinton
Turner
Malden
Ladd
Massachusetts
Sohier
Beverly
Education committee backs diploma acceptance by towns
The Education Committee reports a bill allowing town and city school committees to accept diplomas from State normal schools in place of personal exams. The Senate reversed a rule suspension to admit Hing ham and Wakefield gas and electricity petitions. Republican caucus to set party liquor policy, likely resisting broader changes beyond the bar clause interpretation.
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Richardson
Winthrop
Gould
Chelsea
McDonald
Pittsfield
Westport
Reynolds T. White
Boston
Frank A. Bartholomew
Ton Elevated Railway Company
William
Ulack
Newburyport
Connecticut
West
Springfield
State Board of Education
Senate
Massachusetts
Bennett
Suffolk
Savage
Bristol
Thayer
Towle
Norfolk
Southwick
Essex
Clark
Franklin
Messrs
Eaton
Howard
McNary
Raymond
Smith
Worcester
State Library
Simpkins
Cape
Middlesex
Committee On Fisheries and Game
Merrimac
Risteen
Committee On Agriculture
Judiciary Committee
Franklin County
Committee On Railroads
Newton
Committee On Election Laws
Committee On Education
Bill
eSenate
Hingham
Wakefield
Police Commission
Street Construction Deliberations On Boston Street Plan
The Boston committee hearing on street and highway layout resumes as Mr. Herbert L. Harding supports a Citizens' Association bill with amendments to sections 2 8 and 10. He argues for a comprehensive city map, clearer cost handling, advance payments, and mayoral accountability through contracts and day labor options. The session adjourns to March 17 for closing remarks.
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Committee On
City of
Boston
Herbert L. Harding
Citizens’ Association
Harding
Bailey
Broadway
City Hall
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Alderman Carruth
Ime Corporation
Marie Strassel
Maria Leiber
Suffolk
Reading
Reed) Street
Roxbury
Reading Street
Edward Brannon
Brannon
A. D. Williams
Lindhorst
Thedhorst
Said Street
Corpett & Wood
Boston Penny Savings Bank
Notes on Tremont House pricing in old Concord letter
A Concord reader recalls boarding at the Tremont House in 1853 with his wife for $20 per week, describing a second story room with three Tremont Street windows and two Beacon Street windows. The writer contrasts this with a then weekly rate of seven dollars and adds the note dated March 6.
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Taverner
Tremont House
Tremount House
Tremont Street
Beacon
Concord
The Title of Gentleman in a Boston Street Scene
A reader recounts an 1891 Boston scene near Charles and Beacon streets. A group of men with shovels awaits orders when a passerby addresses them and directs them to the sidewalk. The note, dated March 13 1891 and signed Ruth, reflects on titles and behavior.
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Taverney
Charles and
Beacon Streets
Beacon Street
Peckie
Boston
Ruth
Arsenic in Domestic Goods Under Fire in Public Health Hearing
The Public Health Committee pressed for arsenic regulation as doctors testy on poisoning linked to wallpaper textiles and wallpapers. Dr Folsom led testimony classifying arsenic cases, warning of nervous system damage and noting dangerous products from Paris green to glazed papers. Professor Wood cited widespread, hard to detect contamination in cretonne cloth, wallpaper, and dresses. calls for testing and a graduated limit rather than total prohibition. The hearing adjourned after debate on feasible safety levels and inspection costs.
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Committee On Public Health
Gilman
Charles F. Folsom
Folsom
State Board of Health
Paris
Boston
Edward 8. Wood
Harvard Medical School
Wood
Jamaica Plain Infant Hospital
Woods
Paris Green
Boon
W. C. Durkee
Kelley, & Durkee
Amos D. Smith
Durkee
Ailston
Remonstrants Debate Municipal Ownership of Gas and Electric Plants
The Committee on Manufactures opened hearings on municipal ownership with E W Burdett arguing that private firms bear risks and provide electric lighting while yielding modest profits. Witness M J Francisco cited flawed cost data and cited examples from Chicago Marietta and Parkersburg. Regulators then heard on mercantile agency regulation with witnesses from Lane Burnett Jones Hart Dwinell Emery James Gibson Skillings and Nickerson.
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E. W. Burdett
M. J. Francisco
Rutland
Chicago
Marietta
Parkersburg
W. Va
Burdett
Massachusetts Electric Light Association
P. A. Collins
Bay State Gas Company
Albert C. Burrage
Brookline Gaslight Company
Suburban Light and Power Company
George J. Burns
Charlestown
Dorchester
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Jonathan A. Lane
KK. M. Burnett
Mr. Jones
Jones
McDuffee & Stratton
Weston Lewis
T. N. Hart
Boston
Dwinell
Winchester
Francis F. Emery
Charles L. James
James & Abbott
George A. Gibson
The
Ives & Pond Piano Company
E. N. Skillings
Skillings Lumber Company
Mr. Nickerson
Russell Mercantile Agency
Water company plant sale ends Braintree dispute
The town of Braintree must pay 159 610 dollars for the Braintree Water Company plant after court appointed commissioners Darwin E. Ware Moses Williams and Judge John Lowell filed their award. The town will cover the commissioners legal expenses. The decision closes a long running conflict that began when Braintree appropriated the plant for municipal use and the water company demanded 150 000 dollars. The award surpasses the company’s earlier asking and the water service revenue will continue under the town. F A Hobart of Braintree praised the result as fair and just to all parties.
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Dedham
Darwin E. Ware
Moses Williams
John Lowell
Supreme Court
Braintree
Commonwealth
F. A. Hobart
Governor and Mayor Attend Actor's Fund Benefit
Governor Russell and Mayor Matthews will attend the Actor's Fund benefit at the Boston Theatre next Monday afternoon, with stage boxes secured. Rev Dr Winslow speaks at Pilgrim Hall Monday at 10 on fresh light on Old Testament history from monuments. Ali En Hazen reads paper on chemical precipitation of sewerage at Society of Arts meeting.
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Russell
Matthews
Actor’s Fund
Boston Theatre
William C. Winslow
Pilgrim Hall
Alien Hazen
Lawrence Experiment Station
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Society of Arts
Institute of Technology
Brookline Approves West End Street Railway Track Petition
The Brookline Selectmen granted the West End Street Railway Company authority to lay tracks from Beacon Street main line to the south side opposite Englewood Avenue. The track will connect with a car house to be built beside the Reservoir Hotel site shortly.
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We&t
Brookline Selectmen
West End Street Railway Company
Beacon Street
Englewood Avenue
Reservoir Hotel
Supreme Judicial Court actions and assorted court records
The document lists multiple cases heard by the Supreme Judicial Court and Superior Court across sessions, incl. Augustin May ve The Winter Machine Company, John P. Shears Boston Maine Railroad, Luther Wiggin et al vs Henry Burcher, and Wilbur Powers vs Jerome Manning. Also details Second and Third Sessions with Ellen Pring v Patrick McLaughlin and Trefry v West End Railroad, plus numerous in-order dockets and criminal session entries.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Freto
Atty Hoymes
Moron
LarHror
Augustin May Ve
Wintthr Machine Company
Simes M. Child
J.B. Warner
John P. Shears
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Fletcher Banney
Badger
Luther P. Wiggin
Henry
Hammonn
Ellen Pring
Patrick McLaughlin
P. H Keating
Joseph F. Lovering
Jamuel T. Trefry
West End Railroad Company
Beacon Street
George W.swasey
C.g.ver
Ilaintiff
M. F. Dickinson
W. B. Sproule
Trefry
West End
Douglans
Ricn- St. Ryardson
Bonner
Hil
Bacheller_ vy
Nash
Paul
Downes
Sawyer
Harris
Ray
Patrick F. Tracy
City of
Boston
Dedham
Ferdinand Street
Elisha Greenhood
R. W. Nason
Sheehan
Old Col
Mosely
Brown
Ony
Salie Vo
Same
Tracy
Lynch
Smith
Faxon
Mahar
Siilier
Sprague
Jordan
Strong
Temple
Ismeias
Wink
Russell
West Ev
Naphen
Fowle
Turner
Libby
Donohoe
Old Colony Kt
McGovern
Carew
Staples
J. James Burke
House of Correction
William Houston
Drury
Twoutey
Gilligan
Flynn
Fredericks
George
Municipal Court First Session Case Listings
The list shows first and second session entries for multiple cases including Silvester v Silverstone 3449, Healy v N E Live Stock Ins Co 965, Towers v Conant 979, Donovan v Drohan 87, Donovan v Crow 628, and Way et al v Goodrich et al 1058. Other named cases include Clark v Doherty 1016, Steffens v Brench 4589, Way v Marley 1065, Emery v Merel gug, Smith v Bacon Paper Co 679, and Marcus referenced in several dockets.
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Saith. J
Exy. J
Silverstone
Healy
N. E. Livestock Ins.Co
Towers
Goodrich
Way
Marley
Superior Court docket summaries from Salem session
Exsex 5 8 Salem March 12 list of tort and contract cases with verdicts for plaintiffs. damages cited include 1000 costs 219 for purchase dispute 2200 plus fees for defendant and plaintiff in multiple cases involving Murphy Hamilton Woollen Co Roberts French Evens Cronin Washington Mills Co and law firms Abbott Pearl DeCourcy Jones Frye plus others.
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Salem
Blopgett
Murphy
Hamilton Woollen Company
Inet
Hamilton Woollen Mill
John P. Sweeney
C. A. DeCourcy
Roberts
French
Playtiff
Abbott & Pearl
Evens
City of Haverhill
Brickett & Poor
Ones, Esq
Cronin
Washington Mills Company
Washington Mill
N. P. Frye
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Advertises Economy Medicine
A historical advertisement extolls Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a medicine for the middle classes. It claims exceptional value with “100 Doses One Dollar” and notes a bottle lasts about a month when taken as directed. It emphasizes combining economy with medicinal power.
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Hood
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Patrick H. Colbert
E. Frank Lewis
Walpole
Elisha Greenheod
Plainsais
J.D. Long
J. J. Feely
Cornelius KE
Colony Railroad
Jeremiah A. Field
Field
J. H. Benton, Jr
Steffens
Brench
McBartron
Marcus
Johnson
Johnson & CO
Remington
Wyckoff, Seaman & Benedict
School St
Edward A. Blakeney
Koston
Continental National Bank
John F. Scannell
Mary A. Blakeney
Peter P. Daly
CucaTe & Pais
Devonshire Street
Norick
Ary Sokals
Comaty
Ana Ane Eas
NP Veen
Paymwue
John T. Morse, Jr
O'Tlce
Frances A. Kelley
Paymenty
Stephen P. Kelley
Ennette M. Wales
Thomas K. Wales
Frank Brewster
Court Street
Masa
Thomas B. Wales
Joseph H. Wales
Scutors Rostan
POST
the Post Publishing CO
Washington Street
Mt. Vernon Street
Weston
Hancock ST
Dover
Temple ST
T. Rotospils
Reese
W. Nichols
M. KE. Moore
Dougal Street
New York City
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