Boston Candidate Woods Applies for Interstate Commerce Board
Joseph E. Woods of Boston, foreign freight agent for the New York Central and Boston & Albany railroads, submits a formal bid for an Interstate Commerce Commission seat. He carries Massachusetts endorsements including Senator Hoar. President Harding has not yet decided personnel, with Morrison widely seen as the likely choice amid 700 applications.
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Conger
Mr. Woods
Woods
William R. Morrison
Morrison
Longtime Boston freight agent Mr Woods shaped 19th century rail links
Joseph E Woods a native of Barre Massachusetts rose from Grand Junction wharves to pioneer through bills of lading in 1869 and expanded Boston cargo routes. He helped launch the Hooper voyage cargoes to Liverpool and London and fostered the early Baring Sears Furness steam line network. He gained West and Boston business support from chambers of commerce and prominent merchants.
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Joseph E. Woods
Vanderbilt Railroad
Barre
Mass
Grand Junction
Boston & Worcester Railroad
Woods
Boston
Hooper
Liverpool
London
Baring Line
Sears Line
Furness
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
District DC Appointments Stir Democratic Dissent
Washington observers note that in the patent office 126 of 578 clerks are in the district and earn a total $127,500 annually. They argue district residents wield outsized influence in federal offices, while calling for an end to complaints about home rule.
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Spretrat
Patent Office
District of Columbia
New York
New Jersey
New England
National Bank Reserve Agents Approved and Revoked
The notice lists massachusetts banks approved as reserve agents including Greenfield Franklin County National Bank Maverick National Bank Boston and First National Bank Boston with revocation of their approval. Also Salem Merchants National Bank Fidelity National Bank Cincinnati approved as reserve agents.
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National Bank
Massachusetts
Greenfield
Franklin County National Bank
Maverick National Bank
Boston
Mass
First National Bank
Salem
Merchants’ National Bank
Fidelity National Bank
Cincinnati
No Appropriation For Agricultural Experiment Stations
Washington reports the act to establish agricultural experiment stations may authorize a permanent annual appropriation of 15000 dollars per year to each state and territory. The comptroller suggests the phrase about yearly appropriations is superfluous and the fixed sum is the usable amount.
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Washhington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Congress to provide special funding for section 5
The text suggests that section 5 does not itself appropriate funds and that Congress must specifically provide the amount. The statement implies a requirement for separate congressional action to ensure funding. No additional details are given about the act or context.
COLONEL CANADAY DENIES SENATE ACCOUNT SHORTAGE
Washington March 16. Colonel Canaday denies claims of accounting shortfalls. He says he handles only his salary and restricted purchasing. he has not borrowed funds from Senate pages. Treasury officials and other Senate officers call the report a base fabrication.
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Canaday
Washincron
Speerau
Senate
House
Sherman
South
Treasury
Pensions for New Englanders in March List
A Washington dispatch from March 16 details pensions for residents across New England and nearby states. The record lists dozens of recipients by name and town, noting original, reissue, and increase statuses for beneficiaries in Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont and Connecticut.
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New
William A. Cousins
Cornish
Winslow
Oakman
Togus
New Hampshire
Malvina
Lewis B. Jordan
Helen M
Nathaniel Frost
Hampstead
Charles Eaton
Francestown
Elijah
Haley
Melvin Village
John Jardine
Manchester
Thomas Smith
Nelson
David W. Parks
North Charlestown
Orrin Knox
Great Falls
Winthrop H. Shaw
Centre Effingham
James H. Aldrich
Dalton
Massachusetts
Eilen
Jeremiah Shea
Worcester
Lavinia A
John Cook
Boston
Andrew J. Slayton
Blackstone
James Kimball
Haverhill
South Boston
George F.tower
Oscar 8. Collins
Charles E. Davis, Jr
West Roxbury
John Smith
Gloucester
William Oesting
New Bedford
Vermont
David T. Rowell
Pittsford
Frank A. Olmstead
Hardwick
William Woodward
Waterbury Centre
Holbrook Wood
Condition of the cruisers progress noted at Chester
Chief Constructor Wilson received a telegram from Naval Constructor Steele in Chester detailing work on the Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta. Costs are under estimates, with ice machines, separators, and electric lights added. Atlanta to be docked for bottom cleaning while Boston and Chicago near trial and completion.
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Chester
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Postmaster Appointments and Diplomatic Postings
Washington dispatch notes Abner L. Day named postmaster at South Columbia New Hampshire. Also the President appoints H. J. Taylor of Kansas as minister resident and consul general to Liberia and James R. Hosmer of New York as secretary of legation in the Central American States and consul peninsular at Guatemala, with prior service as vice consul at Southampton England.
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Kansas
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James R. Hosmer
New York
Central American States
Guatemala
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Southampton
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Flour output gains as mills run on water power
The Northwestern Miller reports last week flour output at 96 000 barrels, daily average 13 714, up from 87 500 and 81 000 in prior periods. Thirteen mills operate, with one more to start, water power rising as steam mills shift to water. Exports set a weekly record at 102 500 barrels amid weak domestic demand and wheat decline. Receipts show 105 400 bushels of wheat, 194 000 bushels shipped, 153 680 barrels of flour.
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Minneapolis
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Northwestern
Duluth
St. Paul
Labor Strikes and Labor News Across Several Cities
Worcester reports the Knights of Labor will be directed by the national board for the bootmakers strike and an sudden attack on a Holden bottomer’s barn ends with the horse killed. Elizabethport coal heavers end a long strike and some men return to work while trimmers may concede. Havernite notes a shoe and leather meeting debating free shops with a price list approved. Conors knit goods and Harmony cotton mills see wage and pay disputes. 10,000 workers seek higher wages as arbitration rejects talks.
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Sorcrau
Knights of Labor
National Executive Board
Holden Bottomer
Walker & Brown
New York
Elizabethport
Havernite
Shoe and Leather Association
Conors
N. Y
Knights
Harmony Cotton Mills
Gloucester Cooperative Bank to Start Operations in April
Gloucester March 16 meeting of directors of the Gloucester Cooperative Bank discussed management and receiving the charter. Arrangements to begin business by the second Thursday in April with stock offerings at the regular meeting. Taft named attorney and a security and finance committee listed.
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Gloucester Cooperative Bank
Eldredge
Taft
Henry A. Swett
George Lane
Herbert Presson
David W. Low
Edwin O. Parsons
Security Committee
Cyrus Story
D. O. Frost
Digesty lin Sold For Stomach Trouble By Kidder Co
Dr. O. N. Tindal endorses Digesty lin for a five year stomach ailment. The remedy is sold by all druggists at 1 per bottle or by W. F. Kidder & Co manufacturing chemists 83 John street New York.
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Itme
W. F. Kidder & Co
John Street
New York
Maritime Bank Failure Paralyzes St John Frontier Trade
The Maritime Bank failure devastates the St John area and border Maine, with Woodstock hit hardest. Thousands withdraw funds to lumber camps, leaving workers paid in worthless notes and in debt as trade halts. Stewarts transfer assets to New Brunswick Trading Co, while speculators buy bank bills at heavy discounts and directors refuse comment.
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N. B
Maritime Bank
Maine
Woodstock
Stewarts
New Brunswick Trading Company
Cully, Brunning & Wood
Rhode Island Republicans Nominate Incumbents At Convention
The Rhode Island Republican State convention nominated all state office incumbents by acclamation including George P. Wetmore for Governor and Lucius B. Darling for Lieutenant Governor. The platform backed home labor protection, civil service reform, enforcement of the prohibitory law, and proposed constitutional changes on voting rights and registry tax abolition.
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Provence
R.I
George P. Wetmore
Newport
Lucius B. Darling
Pawtucket
Joshua M. Addeman
Providence
Edwin Metcalf
Samuel Clark
Lincoln
Samuel H. Cross
Westerly
United States
General Assembly
Senate
Virginia General Assembly Opens In Extra Session
Ricum Monp Virginia March 16 The Governor addresses the debt issue and proposes a state bondholders commission to meet a similar one abroad. The General Assembly meets at noon and forms a joint committee to notify the Governor readiness for business.
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Ricum Monp
General Assembly of Virginia
Virginia
Funeral for Eben F. Pillsbury at Allston residence
The funeral for the Hon. Eben F. Pillsbury was held at his Gordon Street home in Allston. Clergymen from West Roxbury and North Cambridge conducted the service as the casket, garlanded with black crape, carried the inscription noting his death on March 14, 1887. Floral tributes were described as very beautiful. A cushion bearing Husband and a foot cushion bearing Father marked the casket. The notice mentions the internal revenue custodian offices and related deputy collectors and clerks.
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Eben F. Pillsbury
Gordon Street
Allston
R. J. Patterson
First Universalist Church
West Roxbury
Quincey Whitney
North Cambridge
Collector of Internal Revenue and Custodian’s Department
Ivy tablet and floral tributes mark funeral procession
A funeral ceremony featured an ivy cross and rose accents on a white tablet. Pallbearers included Col A C Drinkwater and Sen E A Alger, with escorts from the post office and customs. The body was moved to Evergreen cemetery Allston and will be interred at Melrose.
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M. P. Curran
E. A. Alger
Post Office
Custom House
Evergreen Cemetery
Allston
Melrose
Arrival of Captain James B. Eads Remains in St Louis
The remains of Captain James B. Eads, who died in Nassau Bahamas, arrived in St Louis this morning. The funeral is planned at Christ Episcopal church tomorrow.
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James B. Eads
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Christ Episcopal Church
Boston Theatres Show Evening Variety of Productions
The Boston stage lists Robert Downing in Sparta cus at the Boston Theatre, Conried Opera Company in The Gypsy Baron at Hollis Street, Antoinette Rigaud at Boston Museum, Joseph Murphy in Kerry Gow at Globe Theatre, Genevieve Ward in A Queen's Favorite at Park Theatre, Howard Atheneum, and Dick Gorman in Conrad at Ewou Theatre with daily 2 and 8 shows at some venues and evening performances at 7:45.
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Boston
Robert Downing
Hollis Street
Conried_ opera comany
Boston Museum
Antoinette Rigaud
Globe Theatre
Joseph Murphy
Kerry Gow
Park Theatre
Genevieve Ward
Howard Athenium
Howard Atheneum
Ewou Theatre
Dick Gorman
Conrad
Auction Sales Today Including Carpets Cigars Real Estate
Oriental carpets and rugs offered by Leonard & Co at 3 pm today. Cigars auctioned by Lewis J. Bird & Co at 10 30 am. Real estate listed by Samuel Hatch & Co at 12 pm.
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Leonard & Co
Lewis J. Bird & Co
Samuel Hatch & Co
Marriages and Obituaries in City and Nearby Areas
A list of marriages and deaths dated March 1 to March 16 across cities including Dorchester Malden Worcester Cambridge and Boston. Entries mention names ages and some burial or service details with several addresses and institutions.
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Worcester
George F
Clifford E. Fenn
Gerrish
Atchison
Kan
Arthur Stewart Gerrish
Holman
Margaret R. Holman
Hamilton
South Boston
Mary S
Nathaniel Hamilton
Kelley
Haverhill
Elizabeth C. B. Kelley
Kimball
Malden
J. B. Kimball
Parkhurst
Clinton
Mary G
Charles F W. Parkhurst
Paine
Lucy Elizabeth
Henry W. Paine
Cambridge
Mass
New York City
Charles G. Smith
Boston
Tredick
Caspar
C. Morris
Ella F. Tredick
Wood
Mary Winifred
Charles H. W
Mary W. Wood
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