Boston Common Council opposes long subway contracts
Boston Common Council adopts a resolution opposing private corporations holding a subway contract beyond two years and contemplates franchise terms reverting to the city. The session features executive talks on carriages and streets, plus funding requests for street and public works projects.
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Innes
Ennes
Boston
Transit Commissioners
West End Street Railway Company
General Court
Conry
Jones
Ward 21
O’callaghan
Ward 3
Lane
Ward 17
Board of Aldermen
Briggs
McCarthy
Ward 20
Foster
Ward 9
Committee On
Connelly
Committee On Weights and Measures
Riddle
Fellows Street
Barnes
Ward 1
Breed’s Hill
Chelsea
Finance Committee
Connorton
Kelley
Ward 2
Bremen Street
Sumner
Maverick Streets
East
Brock
Stetson Court
Charlestown
Theatrical Notes on D'Orsay Modjeska Bernhardt Engagements
Theatre news notes Lawrence D Orsay returning to America to perform a heavy swell role in An Artist s Model and Marie Dagmar joining him if he visits again. Mme Modjeska plans a Boston season with Joseph Haworth as leading man and Sarah Bernhardt set for a Tremont engagement with Izey La Dame aux Camel lias Tosca and Phedre in the first week.
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Lawrence D’orsay
Lord Thamesmead
Hollis
America
Minnie Palmer
Mr. D’orsay
Marie Dagmar
England
London
D’orsay
Boston
Mme. Modjeska
Joseph Haworth
Theatre de la Renaissance
Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Tremont Theatre
Izey
Phedre
Two Killed in Rear End Collision in Kent Conn
In a morning collision near Kent Connecticut Conductor Henry Murphy 35 of Pittsfield Massachusetts was killed instantly and Roadmaster Jeremiah Nolan died an hour later. The Berkshire division snow plow struck a standing freight car injuring crew including Frank Murphy. Assistant Superintendent Lyon was trapped two hours but survived. A brakeman is suspected of failing to warn trains.
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Kent
Conn
Henry Murphy
Jeremiah Nolan
Murphy
Berkshire
Falls Village
Frank Murphy
Lyon
Pittsfield
Mass
Nolan
Stepney
American Debutantes Attend London Drawing Room
The Princess of Wales hosted the first season drawing room at Buckingham Palace with many English debutantes and several American debutantes presented by Mrs. Bayard. Notable attendees included Mrs. W. J. Ritchie, wife of a California millionaire, and Miss Curtis of Boston.
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London
Princess of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Duke of York
Bayard
United States
W. J. Ritchie
California
Miss Roach
Cincinnati
Captain GarabedJoe the Turk to Speak in Boston Bowdoin Square
Salvation Army figure Captain Garabed known as Joe the Turk returns to Boston for special meetings at Bowdoin Square Corps on March 14 and 15. He travels west promoting the army, has court encounters over street preaching, and is famed for a Turkish costume a coffee of several instruments and a stirring Armenian cause stance.
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Salvation Army
Garabed
Joe the Turk
Boston
Bowdoin Square Corps
Jose the Turk
Joe
Officer Fox
Lowell
Fox
First annual Cambridge English High School banquet
The first annual banquet of Cambridge English High School class of ’9 was held at Hotel Thordike. Over thirty members attended with Ray Greene Huling and Joseph A. Coolidge as guests. A reception preceded the banquet. Samuel W. Ball presided as officers were elected: President Walter W. Fuller, Vice President Mabel C. Higgins, Secretary Florence Woods, Treasurer Bernice Mayhew.
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Cambridge English High School
Thorndike
Ray Greene Huling
Joseph A. Coolidge
Samuel W. Ball
Fowle’s Fate Delayed Hearing on Sentence Postponed
Harry M. Fowle, who stole 47613 77 from Shepard and Morse Lumber by forged endorsements and embezzlement, appeared for a sentence hearing in Superior Criminal Court before Judge Dewey. His counsel asked for Massachusetts Reformatory considering his condition and prior good reputation, and the court continued the hearing until today.
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Harry M. Fowle
Shepard & Morse Lumber Company
Superior Criminal Court
Dewey
W. M. Noble
Massachusetts Reformatory
Boston Police Captain Vows Bold Disclosure to Scare Off Critics
Captain Tom Brown of the square squad declares he will speak out with a major Boston sensation. He rejects political debts and warns he may expose misdeeds at Station 5 over the Kronberger drugstore ammonia raid while pledging to do his duty without fear or favor.
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Tom Brown
Squar Squad
Boston
Kronberger
Liquor Squad
Washington Street
Station 5
Boston University Law School to Expand Faculty and Set New Standards
The BU Law School announces next year catalogue changes with four new lecturers and instructors joining faculty. John Ordronaux will hold a new chair in medical jurisprudence. A Phillips Wardner, J Parker Crosby, and Oscar Storer join as lecturer on evidence, bills and notes, and sales respectively. Passing marks rise to 70 percent. cum laude 80 percent, magna cum laude 90, summa cum laude 95. Tom Thompson calls a baseball meeting at 4 pm. Examinations at BUCLA end today. term starts next Thursday. Professor J Geddes Jr has been seriously ill for two weeks.
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Boston University Law School
John Ordronaux
United States
A. Phillips Wardner
Harvard
Wardner
Boston
J. Parker Crosby
Oscar Storer
B. U. Law School
Testimonial temper ance meeting and political hearings listed
Events include a testimonial temperance meeting for A. W. Scott at Lyceum Hall East Boston on Wednesday April 1. A second hearing on proportional representation is set for Friday at 3 PM in State House Room 132 with Moorfield Storey Henry Lloyd and John R. Commons. Massachusetts Alpha Alumni Chapter Phi Delta Theta meets at Parker House Boston this evening at 6. Chamning Hall Talk at 2:20 PM tomorrow March 14 at % Beacon street features Rev W Hanson Pulsford on The Meeting at Jerusalem.
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A. W. Scott
Lyceum Hall
Boston
State House
Municipal League
Moorfield Storey
Henry Lloyd
John R. Commons
Syracuse University
Massachusetts Alpha
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Parker House
Beacon Street
W. Hanson Pulsford
Jerusalem
President returns after duck hunt at Widewater
The President and party had a fine day at Widewater Virginia with ideal weather for duck shooting. They killed between twenty and thirty birds and the President claimed a good share before returning to Washington around 10 o clock tonight.
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Widewater
Washington
Reception for Rev. David N Beach at Prospect Street Church
Parishioners hosted an informal reception for Rev. David N Beach pastor of Prospect Street Congregational Church. Remarks were given by Rev. L Barry of Groveland C C Nichols James Barrell and Carlow Dolman of Montana. H G Pettee read a poem and presented a copy to Beach. Merrill on behalf of the Bible class presented a travelling case. The recipient made a fitting closing remark.
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David N. Beach
Prospect Street Congregational Church
Lockharts Celebrate 17th Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs Albert E Lockhart marked their seventeenth anniversary last evening at 2 Highland Avenue with nearly 200 guests present. Guests offered many kind wishes and suitable gifts in a warm home celebration.
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Albert E. Lockhart
Highland Avenue
Travelling Without Salva Eee Ae Tse Bottle
A fragment notes travel guidance about carrying Salva Eee Ae Tse and a bottle, mentioning 5c as a price or code. The readable text provides no clear event, date, or named entities beyond the product reference.
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Ence
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