Farmers Oppose the Governor Plans at Hearing
The legislative committee on agriculture and public service opened a hearing on the Governors reorganization bill for the State Board of Agriculture. Wellington County figures and remarks from ex Senator C B Williams and George M Whitaker showed divisions among supporters and opponents as farmers voiced loyalty to the board and criticized the governors approach.
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Legislative Committee On Agriculture and Public Service
State Board of Agriculture
Appleton
C. B. Williams
Wayland
Jewett
Worcester
House
Williams
Today Decides Foss or Benton Delegates At Large
Today at 3 o clock the nomination papers for delegates to the national Republican convention will be opened at the Republican city headquarters. The Benton and Foss delegations are tied for supremacy but the unpledged groups may shift the balance. Both claim a city majority yet concede the unpledged tickets hold decisive influence.
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Benton
Foss
Benton and Foss
Bennett Attacks Textile Schools in Legislature
Representative Frank P. Bennett Jr of Saugus asked the education committee why Massachusetts should lavish funds on textile schools while other industries school programs compete for funds. He cited a mill overseer who said textile training was poor and reported no accountability for spending. He compared local graduates unfavorably with English trainees and questioned the school’s value to the Commonwealth.
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Frank P. Bennett, Jr
Saugus
Legislative Committee On Education
Bennett
Commonwealth
England
Massachusetts
Lowell
Mrs Miles Seriously Ill in Washington Home
Mrs Nelson A Miles wife of Lieutenant General Miles retired is seriously ill at her residence in N Street Washington D C She has not been in good health since a heart failure attack last summer at West Point.
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Washington, D. C
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
N Street
West Point
Tenant Awarded $1 Damages Over Defective Hatch
In a Superior Court session Mary Burgess, the tenant of a Village street house owned by Josiah Bennett, was awarded $1 in damages after she fell through a defective hatchway. The ruling specified the plaintiff suffered the incident as a tenant on the property.
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Superior Court
Mary Burgess
Josiah Bennett
Village Street
Whipple After Rogers Letters in Court Testimony Continues
Court heard Rogers answer about 40 years in petroleum and a joke about gas business. He testified as New York resident and president of Amalgamated Copper, with Whipple and Beck quarreling over service of papers and the private letter book.
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Rogers
Whipple
New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Beck
Mr. Beck
Central Trust Company
Alfred Hemenway
Alfred Hemenway, Associate Counsel For Mr. Rogers
F. W. Whittredge
Mr. Rogers
F. E. Addicks
Boston
Bay State Gas Company
F. E. Smith
New Jersey Company
Nervara Remedy Promises Nerve Recovery This Letter Touts Cure
A Boston doctor advertising claim recounts Nervara blood and nerve remedy curing nervous prostration and fatigue. The testimonial from Mme. H. Rhoades of Roxbury cites fifteen years of struggle, consulting specialists, and dramatic improvement after several bottles. Claims include vegetable formula, free consultation, and nationwide druggist availability, urging others with weak nerves to seek the remedy.
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Mme. H. Rhoades
Blue Hill Ave
Roxbury, Mass
United States
Nervara
Dr. Greene
Drew Greene
Greene
Temple Pl
Boston
Mass
Women of Dorchester Oppose Senator Smoot
Dorchester women sent a petition to Senator Callender seeking the removal of Senator Smoot of Utah. Callender noted it targeted the United States Senate, praised Senator Lodge, and supported women’s voting rights. The Senate approved keeping revolutionary muskets from Theodore Parker in the chamber. A banking bill would require state bonds to be advertised in two Boston papers and one New York paper with bidders present.
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Dorchester
Massachusetts Senate
Smoot
United States Senate
Callender
Utah
Senator Callender
Lodge
Senate
Theodore Parker
Committee On Banks and Banking
Andrew J. Peters
Boston
New York
Clothiers' Association of Boston Formed
The Clothiers' Association of Boston was formed at the Boston Merchants' Association rooms on Thursday afternoon. Mr Godfrey Morse of Morse and Friedman drafted the constitution and by laws, and the group aims to promote harmony and strengthen mutual affiliations among members.
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Clothiers’ Association of Boston
Boston Merchants’ Association
Godfrey Morse
Morse & Friedman
Webster and Atlas Banks Merge to Form New Lyman Bank
Stockholders approve the consolidation of National Webster Bank and Atlas National Bank. National Webster reduces capital to 500000, pays back 500000 to holders, then increases to 1000000 under new name with 5000 shares at 140. Atlas Bank is liquidated with options of cash and stock. John P. Lyman named president of the new bank.
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National Webster Bank
Atlas National Bank
Atlas
National Webster
John P. Lyman
Wreath for Grave of Patrick Donahoe
On St Patrick s Day a wreath of galax leaves and flowers was placed at the grave of Patrick Donahoe founder of the Pilot in St Augustine s Cemetery South Boston The wreath gifted by his grandchildren bore a purple ribbon reading Grandpa Donahoe died three years ago this St Patrick s Day and the day marked the end of his long life It is a recurring St Patrick s Day custom carried out each year by his descendants.
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John §. Anderson
Shelburne
Massachusetts
St. Augustine's Cemetery
Boston
Patrick Donahoe
Pilot
Donahoe
St. Patrick's Day
Kidney-Wort Tablets Back Pain Relief Testimony
Advertisement quotes two testimonials praising Dr Pettingill's Kidney-Wort Tablets for kidney and back pain. J M Breen of Philadelphia reports immediate relief after severe back pain and bad water, dating September 26, 1903. Justice of the Peace John M Ament of Nutt Tennessee credits long standing kidney disease pain relief from Kidney-Wort.
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Dr Pettingill
J. M. Breen
N. 12Th St
Philadelphia
Justice of the Peace
John M. Ament
Lizzie Raymonds Marital Troubles Headed to Divorce Court
John P Nowell the Back Bay clubman seeks divorce from Elizabeth B Nowell alleging cruelty and intoxication. The couple separated, resumed, then again parted after she returned to the stage in New York. Court planned to hear the libel with possible dismissal without prejudice.
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John P. Nowell
Back Bay
Lizzie KR Raymond
Eaton
Nowell
Elizabeth B
Hardy
Chickering
Lizzie Raymond
Fashionable Society Teas In Memory Of J M Neil Whistler
Copley Hall hosted a fourth Whistler memorial exhibition tea drawing the citys smart set from 4 to 6 pm. Mrs J Deforest Danielson and Mrs Joseph Lindon Smith presided with ornate silver and jonquils on the table. guests included notable ladies and Misses Susie Thayer Mary Head Alice West Mary Bigelow Esther Hallowell Peggy Curtis Sophie Bennett and Katharine Coolidge. Mme Norelli likely alive reports from Portland say an unidentified body from the Iroquois Theatre fire is unlikely her fate.
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Copley Hall
Mecca
J. Deforest Danielson
Joseph Lindon Smith
Valenciennes
Smith
Susie Thayer
Mary Head
Alice West
Mary Bigelow
Esther Hallowell
Peggy Curtis
Sophie Bennett
Fatherine Coolidge
Mme
Norelli
Portland
Ore
Jennie Norell
New York
Man Declares Divine Power In Lions Cage
Alfred J. F. Perrins, an animal trainer, went insane in a Jacksonville lions cage yesterday afternoon. He struck a lion and proclaimed himself God's agent. He urged spectators to approach for healing and was arrested after the cage door was closed. Physicians declare him hopelessly crazed on religion.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mons
Alfred J. F. Perrins
Perrins
Police officer Herbert Kendall retires on half pay
Mayor Collins approves the Board of Police order retiring Patrolman Herbert W Kendall of Division 16 on half pay due to ill health after 21 years on the force. The Board of Health physician has pronounced him incapacitated for work.
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Collins
Board of Police
Herbert W . Kendall
Kendall
Board of Health
Wheat futures fall on rain in Kansas and Oklahoma
Chicago report shows general wheat selling today due to rain in Kansas and Oklahoma producing a net loss of 1 8 11 4 in the July option and 1 1 2 in May. Corn declines slightly with 1 8 1 4 drop, and provisions drop 12 1 2 to 20 cents.
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Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
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