Salem Sails for Hampton Roads After Long Atlantic Wireless Tests
The scout cruiser Salem left Gibraltar for Hampton Roads after tests at Arlington Virginia. With British help the ship used Gibraltar antenna for experiments in receiving from Arlington. The Salem reportedly received daylight signals from Arlington up to 2400 miles and could transmit to Arlington up to 1300 miles.
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Washington
Salem
Gibraltar
Navy
Arlington
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Teeth That Last 30 Years An Honest Dentists Offer
An advert touts durable porcelain gum line teeth that resist color change. Full sets from 15 dollars, two sets 25 dollars, with options from 8 to 15 dollars per set. Office at Over Liggett's Drug Store, hours 9 to 6, Sundays by appointment. telephone Oxford 990.
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Liggett’s
Oxford
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Boston Reader
Boston resident Melvin Parsons recalls severe back pain and kidney illness from years ago. After trying many remedies, Doan's Kidney Pills cured him and relieve cold-induced kidney pain since. He urges others with kidney trouble to try the 50 cent remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Boston
Melvin Parsons
Phillips St
Mass
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Port of Boston seeks War Department allowance to fill flats
The Port of Boston directors apply to the War Department for permission to fill in flats in East Boston as part of Commonwealth land development. The project would cover 5.8 million square feet, with authority already granted for 225,000 square feet without War Secretary approval, Lindley M. Garrison.
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Port of
Boston
War Department
Commonwealth Land
Secretary of War
Lindley M. Garrison
Port Directors Eye Piers Plan for Boston Harbor
Under EF Hodgdon and with Secretary Garrison referring to Col F W Abbott the plan covers 3 500 000 square feet south of War Department fill. President Bancroft says no current pier permit. two piers may be built later within a ten pier scheme for 40 steamers, funds limited so progress will be phased.
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EF. W. Hodgdon
Garrison
F. W. Abbott
Engineers’ Corps
Boston Harbor
War Department
Hugh Bancroft
Bancroft
Navy to seek extension of 1903 midshipman law
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced he would seek an extension of the 1903 law allowing two midshipmen to be appointed to the Naval Academy every four years by each senator representative and delegate. The law expires this year and without extension the academy appointments will be halved from 1089 to 533 within four years.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Congress
Naval Academy
New Museum of Antiques Opens in Ashburton Place
The third annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities and the new museum in the Genealogical building at 9 Ashburton Place were opened to visitors yesterday. Charles Knowles Bolton was unanimously re elected president and gave an illustrated lecture on preservation opportunities. About 100 members and guests attended, viewing museum relics and hearing critiques of restorations that modernize historic buildings.
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Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Ashburton Place
Charles Knowles Bolton
Women Lay Blame Upon Men Alone
Chicago March 12 reformers and unreformed dispute the link between wages and morality as the State Senate's vice commission probes causes of social decline. Letters from women of the underworld mock the legislators’ efforts.
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Chicago, Ill
State Senate
Vice Investigation Commission
Underworld
State Street
Letter from the underworld echoes in wage debate
A scathing letter signed K. R. L. and another anonymous critique appear as civic groups push for labor reform. The commission hosts a living wage discussion as stores face employee pressure for higher pay and a Saturday half holiday amid resignations and renewed public activism.
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Juvenile Protective Association
The
Consumers’ League
Women’s Trade Union League
Miss Lillian Cooley Dives 65 Feet in Bold Stunt
Miss Lillian Cooley a 19 year old Chicago girl leapt from the Metropolitan Coal Company tower at Sprague wharf Congress street diving 65 feet and landing head first in the water. Thousands witnessed the fearless feat sparked by a dare from vaudeville actress Cordellia Haager who bet Cooley she could not dive from over 60 feet without harm.
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Lillian Cooley
Chicago
Metropolitan Coal Company
Sprague Wharf
Congress Street
Miss Cooley
Cordellia Haager
Miss Haager
Start Campaign Against Tammany in New York
Thirty New Yorkers from diverse political faiths urged a Wednesday night meeting to elect a 70 member committee to name candidates to oppose the Tammany ticket in the municipal election next fall. Signers include Oscar S. Straus Job B H Hedges Seth Lowe Joseph H Choate Cleveland H Dodge Norman Hapgood and Isaac N Seligman.
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New York
Tammany
Republicans
Oscars. Straus
Job B H. Hedges
Seth Lowe
Joseph H. Choate
Cleveland H. Dodge
Norman Hapgood
Isaac N. Seligman
Fire Chief Perkins Granted Divorce in Suffolk Case
In Suffolk Superior Court yesterday Edwin A Perkins South Boston Fire Department district chief was granted a divorce from Mabel D Perkins on grounds of desertion after about a dozen years of marriage begun in 1882. Judge Kinger noted incompatibility may have been a factor.
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Suffolk Superior Court
Edwin A. Perkins
South
Boston
Mabel D. Perkins
Kinger
Letters on Seattle 10 Cent Japanese Meals Sighted
J M Bishop of Boston argues in a letter to the Post that a Second Avenue Seattle eatery operates a crowded basement sleeping area for staff, serves questionable lamb with curry, and that white restaurant owners exploit workers. He claims cleanliness concerns and urges readers to demand clean, safe meals.
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The
Post
Sunday Post
Seattle
Second Avenue
Pioneer Square
Chauncy Wright
J. M. Bishop
Washington Street
Boston
Suffrage Bill Appears Again in Rhode Island Legislature
The Rhode Island House opened debate on a women's suffrage bill introduced by Progressive Rep. Ernest P. B. Atwood. It was referred to the committee on special legislation. Lawmakers have never voted on suffrage in Rhode Island.
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Providence
Ernest P. B. Atwood
Rhode Island
Edwin F. Sweet Named Assistant Commerce Secretary
Former Representative Edwin F. Sweet of Grand Rapids Michigan has been chosen for Assistant Secretary of Commerce. His nomination is expected to go to the Senate tomorrow.
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Washington
Edwin F. Sweet
Grand Rapids, Mich
Senate
Flonzaley Quartet Concludes Season With Beethoven Sammartini Schumann
The Flonzaley Quartet will close the season with a concert at 8 15 featuring Beethoven quartet in C minor No 4 Sammartini violin and cello sonata and Schumann quartet in A major. A large audience is expected.
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Flonzaley Quartet
Beethoven
Sammartini
Schumann
Disorder at suffrage parade prompts police testimony in Washington
A Senate subcommittee heard 31 witnesses detailing disorder during the March 3 suffrage parade in Washington. Included were complaints of police conduct and an assault on Madame Mountford by Captain James E. Mulhall. Police defended their actions as necessary, while investigation continues. Also described were a theft plot involving Hart, a rubber mat, and a $12,000 haul, with Hart jailed for a month after a drunkenness charge.
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Washington
Senate
Madame Mountford
James E. Mulhall
Mulhall
Henry Schneider
Pennsylvania Avenue
Senator Jones
Sylvester
Woman Provided Plans for Robbers in Safeblowing Case
John Hart 28 of 310 Shawmut Avenue confessed to police that a woman helped by providing plans for the E. E. Gray Company safe blow at Hanover and Blackstone streets on Sunday morning February 9. Hart was arrested by Reserve Officer Edward Buckley of the Hanover Street station.
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Hart
Gang of Safe Blowers
Gray Company
E. E .Gray Company
Hanover
Blackstone Streets
John Hart
Shawmut Avenue
Edward A. Buckley
Hanover Street
The Peace of the Hills by Henry Milner Rideout
A note highlights Rideout's story The Peace of the Hills as one of the standout pieces in the upcoming Post Magazine edition. It previews a quietly humane narrative style and strong character focus.
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Henry Milner Rideout
Next
Post
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Praised in Worcester Letter
A Worcester, Massachusetts woman describes a severe blood illness and a felon on her hand that nearly led to amputation. After six bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Olive Ointment, her hand healed and overall health improved, confirming the medicine’s blood purifying effects.
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Hood
Worcester
Mass
N. B
Free trial offer for Gauss Combined Treatment for Catarrh
Aimed at catarrh sufferers the notice invites readers to sign and mail a coupon to receive a free trial of the Combined Treatment with information on preventing nasal and throat symptoms. It promises relief starting immediately with no money or promises required and asks only for a chance to prove effectiveness.
Treating Catarrh Free Book Offer
A reader requests a free prepaid treatment and book claiming to relieve catarrh without cost or obligation. The message seeks full delivery of an offered remedy and accompanying booklet.
Olive Tablets Offered as Liver Tonic Alternative
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural liver and bowel aid without calomel or harsh laxatives. It claims headache relief and no griping, urging nightly use and noting 10c and 25c boxes from The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Edwards
Calomel
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
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