War Over Carriage on Worcester Line Splits Boston Rail Heads
Fxst Gaston and Shaw clash as Boston and Worcester Street Railway fights to force the Elevated to carry Worcester road passengers baggage and merchandise. House Bill 839 faces legislative scrutiny in Friday hearings with Gaston Elevated arguing burdens, Shaw interests seeking freight and passenger service over Elevated tracks.
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Boston & Worcester Street Railway Company
Boston Elevated
Worcester Road
Legislative Committee
Gaston Elevated
Shaw Interests
Worcester
Shaw-Gaston Rail Differences Center on Freight Bill 839
House Bill 839 centers the Shaw-Gaston dispute over elevated line control of passenger, baggage, and freight movements. The measure, backed by Rep Winch, would empower the Board of Railroad Commissioners to set terms or force an agreement between the Elevated and Worcester lines, affecting terminal access and cross-route traffic. Other rail interests like Boston & Albany and Old Colony would benefit if enacted.
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Shaw-Gaston
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Elevated
Mr. Shaw
Harry N. Winch
Framingham
Boston & Worcester
Shaw Road
Worcester Road
Boston
Park Square
Worcester
Boston Board of Aldermen
House
James F. Shaw
Boston & Albany
Old Colony
Nervura promoted amid court filing in Concord
An advertisement extols Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a spring health aid. The piece features a Worcester druggist’s testimonial and notes a Concord court case involving Mrs. Eddy with new plaintiffs and a scheduled April 2 hearing, suggesting further delays.
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Fred W. Baker
Epsom
Concord
General Baker
Dr. Morrill
Eddy Ww
General Streeter
Nathaniel E. Martin
Associated
Howe
Hollis
Streeter
Martin
More Plaintiffs Urged In Mrs Eddy Suit
A witness recounts urging relatives to contact Mary Baker Eddy and write letters. She defends Eddy against persecution, notes relatives’ respect, and questions motives of opposing counsel and an attorney in the suit.
Dorchester Relative Defends Mrs. Eddy in Church Controversy
A Dorchester woman, Mrs. Joseph P. Emond, a second cousin of Mrs. Eddy, states to the Post that plaintiffs push to rally Eddy relatives against Christian Science officials. She rejects involvement, condemns her brother’s suit and says money or revenge will not draw her in.
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Mrs. Eddy
Pleasant View
Los Angeles
Joseph P. Emond
Centre Street
Dorchester
Frederick W. Baker
Colonel Moses Papers Still Under District Attorney Review
No new developments yesterday at the district attorney’s office on the papers left by the late Colonel Franklin J. Moses. Moran holds the case and has not closed it or disclosed details.
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Franklin J. Moses
South Carolina
Moran
Siegel Company Denies Boston Store Vacancy Rumor
A disinterested investigator debunked rumors that the Henry Siegel Company was a temporary tenant of the Washington and Sussex Streets department store. The Boston store reported a record sale day, reflecting liberal pricing and service methods used by Siegel in New York and Chicago, with no withdrawal planned by competitors or the Boston operation.
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Henry Siegel Company
Washington and
Sussex Streets
Siegel Company
New York
Chicago
Henry Siegel
New England
Siegel
Boston
Senate kills the milk bill in early session vote
The Senate defeated a bill to standardize milk solids year round at 12 percent, voting 17 to 13 rising and 20 to 12 on roll call. Boston opposed the measure citing 350000 quarts daily consumption. supporters argued it would favor Holstein cattle and reduce quality. Opponents claimed the bill aimed to create a Holstein market for Massachusetts and Vermont breeders.
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Senate
Committee On Agriculture
Boston
George J. G. Galland
Stevens
New England
Senator Stevens
Senator Hayes
Springfield
Jerseys
Ayrshires
Prouty
Spencer
Jersey
Massachusetts
Vermont
Expressmen to Act Today in Boston Meet
Expressmen's League, about 200 firms within 50 miles of Boston, plans a strong protest today over the Boston Elevated Railway Company's request to carry merchandise on trolley cars. Meeting in Room 315, Board of Trade building, with John P. Morse presiding, directors at 1 p m and league at 2 p m. annual banquet at Quincy House with Mayor Fitzgerald as expected speaker. Robert J. Kelly serves as secretary.
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Expressmen’s League
Board of Trade
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Board of Aldermen of
Boston
Selectmen
Brookline
John P. Morse
Brockton
Joslyn Express Company
League
Quincy House
Fitzgerald
Robert J. Kelly
Kelly & Sampson
Bates Joins Savings Bank Insurance League
Ex Governor John J Bates joined the Massachusetts Savings Insurance League pushing legislation for Savings banks to establish industrial insurance departments. Bates, a Wildey Savings Bank trustee, joins former state chief executive Douglas, the league president, as the organization gains the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters endorsement.
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John JL. Bates
Massachusetts Savings Insurance League
Bates
Wildey Savings Bank
Douglas
Boston Board of Fire
Locke Awarded Rhodes Scholarship for Oxford
Allan Le Roy Locke of Philadelphia has won the Rhodes scholarship for Pennsylvania. He will graduate from Harvard University in June and pursue studies at Oxford University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Allan LeRoy Locke
Harvard University
Rhodes
Oxford University
Defence Opens on Sugar Rebates
The United States Circuit Court heard the case against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company charged with paying rebates on sugar shipments to the American Sugar Refining Company. The court refused to dismiss the indictment and the defense began presenting evidence.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
American Sugar Refining Company
United States Circuit Court
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Shaw
Dr. Greene
Charles W. Eggleston
Park Ave
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Washington
Greene
Temple PL
N. H
Eddy
Ezekiel Morrill
South Street
da Morrill
William FE. Chandler
Morrill
Fred Baker
Probate
John W. Kelley
Mr. Chandler
Mary Baker
E. J. Foster-Eddy
Grace Eichman
Gracsn Eichmann
la Crosse
Wis
Philo-Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Moses
Alicock
Alcock
Goa
Brandreth
Esaves
DR. King
King Dental
Washington Street
Cor
Avon
Washington, Hanover and
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Light and i
Ioliw
Savings Bank Insurance League
Harvard
Metcalf
Metcalf’s
Pone Arne
Theodore Metcalf Company
Tremont Street
Copley Square
T. H. Lane & CO
BOS
Washington ST
Pabst
Milwaukee
L. Speidel & Co
Sleeper St
Boston Tailoring Co. Jewelers
Washington and Bromfield Streets
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