Malden Protest Meeting Urges Extended Elevated Line
Malden citizens voiced strong support for extending the Boston Elevated line from Lebanon Street through Forest Street to Main Street and Malden Square. They backed installing over forty waiting shelters, lower car steps, and interchangeable transfers while opposing actions seen as discriminatory to east side Sullivan Square passengers.
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Boston
Lebanon Street
Forest Street
Main Street
Malden Square
Beriah Green Underwood
Boston Elevated
Sullivan Square
Bay State Line
Carsy
Samuel A. Huntington
Maplewood
Bay State Railroad
Frederick Peterson
Craighead
New Century Club
Dean
Paul M. Foss
Druggist Opposes City Shelters as Nuisances
Co A Charles, a local druggist, strongly opposed citywide shelters arguing they would become nuisances. He warned that spooning couples would occupy shelters and urged petitioning the Boston Elevated to provide raincoats and umbrellas instead.
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Co. A. Charles
Boston Elevated
Boston Declares Official Spring Cleaning Week
Boston will hold a spring cleaning week proclaimed by the Mayor. The plan calls for a strong cleansing effort across the city to remove winter dirt and grime with soap suds and cleaning supplies.
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Boston
Arbitration board warns of pitfall in railway labor dispute
New York March 18 The arbitration board that settled the engineers railroads case last fall stumbled into a pit fall due to erroneous railroad reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission. W S Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers spoke at today's hearing on pay demands.
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New York
Arbitration Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Firemen Pay and Rail Reports Under Scrutiny in Board Hearing
Mr Carter criticized railroads for reporting only high paid workers to the Interstate Commerce Commission and said such figures misrepresented the true conditions. W J Lauck cited these reports to support firemen wage gains, while Carter argued the data omit 25 percent of firemen and distort overall railroad revenue increases over the period 1902 to 1912.
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W. J. Lauck
Washington
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lauck
Garment Workers Refuse Settlement Over Union Recognition
About 2800 striking workers in men s garments rejected a Boston Chamber of Commerce led offer backed by the Boston Clothiers Association. President Zorn of the Men s Garment Workers Union said the proposal gave small wage and condition gains but no union recognition. The committee consisted of ex Governor John D Long Samuel B Capen and Edmund Billings.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston Clothiers’ Association
Zorn
Men’s Garment Workers’ Union
Chamber of Commerce Committee
John D. Long
Samuel B. Capen
Edmund Billings
Mansfield Explains C O D Post at New England Meeting
Postmaster E C Mansfield, principal speaker at the New England Dry Goods Association banquet at Young's Hotel, describes parcel post growth and the new C O D system. He notes 90 million parcels handled in two months and stamp sales totaling 236 million dollars.
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E. C. Mansfield
New England Dry Goods Association
Young’s Hotel
Parcel Post
Mansfield
United States
Fromblow Girl Held In Flatiron Attack Case
Patrick McKin, 42, of 114 Malden Street South End is at City Hospital with a fractured skull after being struck with a flatiron. Police charge Katherine Fuller, 17, with wielding the weapon and under arrest.
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Patrick McKin
Malden Street
South End
City Hospital
Katherine Fuller
Miss Fuller Details Uncle Attack and Kitchen Struggle
Miss Fuller claims her uncle assaulted her mother McKin’s sister over money. She says she saw her mother on the floor after breaking a kitchen panel. McKin says he was struck with a cleaver and a flatiron. he is listed as dangerous and may not recover.
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Miss Fuller
McKin
Fitzgerald
Cronan Cleared in Ulman Estate Case at Trial
Judge Braley dismissed the bill in equity after finding the heirs of Elizabeth Ulman had full confidence in John F. Cronan and relied on his advice. Cronan was exonerated of all wrongdoing and the heirs signed two estate agreements in 1900 and 1902 with full knowledge and no fraud.
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John F. Cronan
Elizabeth A. Ulman
Braley
Cronan
Caruso Triumphs Before Packed Boston Opera House Crowd
Enrico Caruso starred as Canio in I Pagliacci at the Boston Opera House in front of a sold out audience. The performance featured The Secret of Suzanne with Nielsen and Scotti, and Rossi impressed in his first Tonio. Mme Melis portrayed Nedda and received strong notices.
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Boston Opera House
Enrico Caruso
Boston
Canio
Caruso
Mr. Rossi
Tonio
Mme. Melis
Postal Savings Bank Earns Boston Noted Support
The Postmaster reported Boston deposits of 1 199 300 with 121 000 paid out and 19 674 accounts opened. He praised the bank and parcel post, noting a new receiver pays for articles option at 10 cents starting July 1, with funds collected and remitted to the sender. Mansfield added insurance coverage diminished over time.
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Postal Savings Bank
Boston
Bank
Parcel Post
Mansfield
Boston Printer Dies on Street in Newtonville
Alexander Semple aged 52 a prominent Greater Boston printer and Boston Typographical Union member collapsed and died on Washington street Newtonville yesterday afternoon. He long worked in the Boston Post composing room and later with a Newton weekly while living with relatives.
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Alexander Semple
Greater Boston
Boston Typographical Union
Washington Street
Newtonville
Semple
Boston Post
Boston
Newton Weekly
Nature's Beautifier Wax Promises Youthful Skin
An advertisement from Woman's Tribune touts Mercorized wax as a natural beautifier. By shedding the devitalized surface skin it hastens Nature's work, revealing a second skin with healthier color. Applied nightly and washed off in the morning, results appear in seven to ten days with no pain. A saxolite face bath with hazel provides additional wrinkle reduction and toning.
English actress Adrienne Auguarde dies in Chicago
English actress Adrienne Auguarde died in Chicago after an appendicitis operation. She was 28 years old and had appeared in musical comedy and vaudeville in the United States during the winter.
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Chicago
Adrienne Auguarde
Death of H J OBrien Leaves New England Furniture Trade in Grief
Henry J OBrien longtime New England furniture figure died yesterday afternoon at his Newton home from a complication of diseases. He was born in Ireland November 1848 and lived in Charlestown Cambridge and Newton. He worked with Gerrish and OBrien in Boston then with P Derby chair makers of Gardner. He is survived by his wife and 11 children.
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Henry J. O’brien
New England
Manet Road
Newton
O’brien
Ireland
Charlestown
Cambridge
Gerrish and O’brien
Hanover Street
Boston
P. Derby
Gardner
O'Brien
Missing Roxbury Couple Sought After Disappearance
Up to late last night no trace was found of James Hughes 25 and his wife Bessie O'Brien 14 of Roxbury who vanished from South Huntington avenue on Monday. Relatives recalled seeing them walking arm in arm in Leverett Park Saturday afternoon.
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James Hughes
Bessie O'Brien
Roxbury
South Huntington Avenue
Hughes
Miss O’brien
Leverett Park
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