Fire marshal salary and Boston suffrage bill in Senate
The Boston fire department bravery discussion colored the House as it advanced a bill to grant firemen one day off in seven. The Senate heard a measure to set the state fire marshal at 3500 dollars and his deputy at 2500 dollars. A municipal women voting bill faced opposition before a tie vote tipped to rejection.
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Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Weston
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Ward 10
Marcus Cook
Charlestown
Mr. McCarthy
Davis
Bates
Brookline Gas Company
Fort Point Channel
South Boston
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Brookline
Geary
House
Fort Point
Myers
United States
Massachusetts Commission
Wellman
Middlesex
Committee On Election Laws
Messrs. Sprague
Suffolk
Galloupe
Essex
St Patrick Day Shamrocks At Continental Clothing Sale
The Continental Clothing House plans a St Patrick Day event to distribute 10 000 genuine shamrocks imported from Ireland. The giveaway will happen Saturday morning March 16 as spring overcoats go on sale after a recent fire. The shamrocks were sourced three weeks ago and will be fresh for distribution.
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Continental Clothing House
Thomson-Houston to reopen Schuyler factory in Middletown
Report says Thomson-Houston Company of Schenectady New York plans to reopen the Schuyler works in Middletown after a yearlong closure. The rumor unresolved but New York plant reportedly has more work than it can handle and many skilled workers have already left the Schuyler facility.
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Middletown
Conn
Thomson-Houston Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Schuyler
New York
Radford Pipe & Foundry Company Seeks Dissolution
Stockholders petition Judge Smith for dissolution of the Radford Pipe & Foundry Company and for a receiver to wind up affairs. They allege no 6 percent dividend has been paid for two years from net earnings. Plant located in Radford Virginia with assets over 500000. creditors not expected to lose.
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Cincinnati
Sicilian prisoners freed ahead of elections
Rome reports that the king has released 178 Sicilians imprisoned for taking part in last year’s insurrection and shortened the terms of 48 more as elections approach.
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Rome
Ladies Only Lecture Promises Health for Women
A Boston lecture by Dr. Greene at Music Hall promotes his private remedies for female weakness and nervous disorders. The article touts his 34 Temple Place practice, claims wide cures, and urges women to seek his treatments to restore strength, complexion, and vitality.
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Music Hall
Boston
Temple Place
Mass
Dr. Greene
Healing Offer by Dr. Greene at 8 Temple Place Boston
The text promotes Dr. Greene offering free consultations to improve health. It invites all to visit his office at 8 Temple Place Boston or contact by letter to seek treatment and gain well being.
Judge voids 99 year lease on Jones estate
Judge Knowlton ruled in the case of Edward J. Jenkins guardian of Mrs Georgianna Jones versus Erskine H. Kelly that the 99 year lease of the Walnut park estate and its contents, valued at 20000, was obtained by fraud amid Jones personal troubles and pending divorce. Kelly must surrender the property.
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Supreme Court
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Georgianna Jones
Winchester
Appleton Street
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Jones
Katharine E. Oliver Delivers The Little Minister Recital
A select Perkins Hall audience enjoyed Miss Katharine E. Oliver in a five part dramatization of Barries The Little Minister aided by Mrs Fannie E Stevens and the Apedean trio under the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Oliver impressed as a top artist with a gripping gypsy minister scene and strong finale revealing a disguised ward. Stevens offered soprano solos including Bonnie Sweet Bessie to general favor and audience applause.
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Fannie E. Stevens
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Miss Stevens
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Funeral of Mrs Murphy in Roxbury
The funeral for Mrs. Murphy wife of Mr. T A Murphy was held yesterday from 4 Dunmore Street Roxbury to J Patrick s Church where a requiem high mass was celebrated Rev Fathers Walsh Aiken and James Walsh officiated Interment followed at Mt Calvary A large number of friends attended the services and floral tributes were abundant.
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Roxbury
J. Patrick’s Church
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Father Aiken
James Walsh
Mt. Calvary
Emperors rebuke to agrarians over epigram in Berlin
In Berlin on March 13 the council of state heard the Emperor criticise agrarians who coined Ohne Kanitz keine kaehne meaning Without Kanitz no boats. The phrase aimed to pressure support for Count Kanitz's grain monopoly as naval grants were debated. The Emperor noted Conservatives wrongly attacked a jest from their sovereign.
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Count Kanitz
Kaehne
Notable English preacher Robert W. Dale dies in London
Robert William Dale D D LL D, renowned preacher and author, dies in London aged 89. Born December 1, 1823, he led Corn Lane Congregational Church in Birmingham after John Angell James and served as chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in 1868 69. He edited the Congregational ist for seven years and taught theology in numerous works. In 1887 he delivered Lyman Beecher lectures at Yale College and was awarded a Yale D D that year.
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Robert William Dale
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John Angell James
Corn Lane
Birmingham
Congregational Union of England and Wales
Congregationalist
Yale College
New Haven
Lyman Beecher
Yale
Parkhurst Agents Arrested in Conspiracy Case
Agents Whitney and Dennett of the Parkhurst Society were arrested on conspiracy charges against Detectives Jacobs and McManus. Warrants are out for Samuel Cohen and burglar Liss, who aided to arrest the detectives.
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New York
Whitney and
Dennett
Parkhurst Society
Jacobs
McManus
Samuel Cohen
Liss
Bucksport Mariner Captain Charles Devereagix Dies
Captain Charles Devereagix master mariner and veteran of the Sixteenth Maine died this afternoon at age 50. He commanded James EH. Hail Post and belonged to the New England Order of United Workmen. He is survived by a widow and a daughter.
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Charles Devereagix
Maine
James EH
Hail Post
New England Order of United Workmen
Unidentified body found under front steps at 59 Quincy Street
City Hospital reports a body found under the steps last Monday remains unidentified. Mr. BE Foster of Jamaica Plain and his daughters checked but found no match to his missing 16 year old son Thomas Henry Foster. Medical Examiner cites exposure as cause. no signs of violence.
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Sheridan Street
Jamaica Plain
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Draper
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Trilby Craze at the Park and Boston Theatre Notes
Theatre and star updates from Boston report Trilby style craze at the Park with Paul Potter and Olga Nethersole bowing at the city. John Drew curates The Bauble Shop while Christoper Jr and On the Bowery promise elaborate scenes at major houses.
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John Drew
Fanny Davenport
Boston
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Christopher, Jr
Madeline Lucette Ryley
Waltham Son Reunites With Father Through G A R Efforts
Captain J G B Adams aided Ephraim Baptiste in locating his long lost father, a former member of Company I Eleventh Vermont Regiment. The elder Baptiste, 78, from Bennington Soldiers' Home, did not recognize his son at first but reunion followed in Waltham where they plan to live together. Baptiste works at the Waltham watch factory on High street.
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G. A. R. National Gazette
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High Street
Brave Woman Foils Robber in Salem House
Mrs. Frank Dodge faced a rough intruder at 39 Balcom Street after discovering her pocketbook missing from the dining room mantel. She ordered the thief to return the money and, after a tense exchange, the man complied and fled.
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Salem
Frank Dodge
Balcom Street
Mrs. Dodge
Globe Hosiery Company Faces Insolvency in Connecticut
Attachments on stock on hand and in process were served on the Globe Hosiery Company by Worcester and local creditors including all employees. Manager George H. Rice left town last night. The mill and machines are owned by Mr. Sanford of Fall River.
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Conn
Globe Hosiery Company
Worcester
George H. Rice
Sanford
Fall River
Hartford Fire Chief John Carter Dies at 80 in West Hartford
Hartford veteran firefighter John Carter, former chief of the Hartford volunteer fire department, died at his West Hartford home. At 80 he led the department in 1852 and helped organize the Firemen's Benevolent Society, later serving in the Firemen's League of Boston.
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Conn
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Hartford Volunteer Fire Department
West Hartford
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Superintendent Burned in Fibre Works Copper Kettle Explosion
Providence March 13. Superintendent A B Shippee of the Howard Decorative Fibre Ware Company was seriously burned when a copper kettle containing an oil resin pitch solution exploded. He was at the kettle when the device blew up, likely from a defect.
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R. I
A. B. Shippee
Howard Decorative Fibre Ware Company
Shippee
Obituary of Lewis Calkins in Richford Vermont
Richford Vermont March 13 Lewis Calkins dies at 81. He served as town grand juror and justice of the peace for twenty five years.
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Richford
Lewis Calkins
Passage Ship Senator Sullivan Arrives Tampico March 11
Special despatch states the Boston four masted schooner Senator Sullivan reached Tampico safely on March 11 from Sabine Pass and will sail back in five days. Other notes include the Britannia sale to Brazil, the Cydonia towed to Bermuda, and repairs to the steamers H W Hills and Samuel E Spring.
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Moses B. Tower
Atlantic Avenue
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Sorensen
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Ericsson To Be Repaired At New London Shipyard
Torpedo boat Ericsson will be hauled out of the water at the New London yard next Saturday for bottom scrapes and starting the replacement of disabled machinery. Naval Constructor Baxter and Lt Nathaniel Asher discussed the repair plan. No trial run is expected before May.
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Conn
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Nathaniel Asher
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