Arsenic as a Tonic Novel Claims Made by Them
The Committee on Public Health continued hearings on regulating arsenic in domestic articles. Witnesses including Elijah Morse and paper maker Frederick Beck argued over penalties, feasibility, and the practical danger of arsenic in wallpapers and papers, with testimony suggesting reviews of non arsenical papers and challenges in testing. Several manufacturers defended their products, deeming the proposed law unnecessary, impractical, and a burdensome target for industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Health
Elijah Morse
Canton
Morse
Long
Mr. Morse
Congress
Germany
Senator Gilman
Beck
Massachusetts
Hale
Europe
Japan
Em. James
Warren
New York
Boston
Yale
Brandon
Governor Long
Mr. Warren
Iie
Charles IF. Chandler
P. A. Marrow
Congressman Morse
William H. Mairs
Brooklyn
N. J
Question of Applying System to All Caucuses and Conventions
Representative Mooney of Boston testified before the Committee on Election Laws yesterday, addressing whether the system should apply to all caucuses and conventions. The hearing highlighted concerns over accessibility and uniform rules across party events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Mooney
Boston
Committee On Election Laws
Debate Over Australian Ballot Adoption in Nominating Conventions
State lawmakers consider extending the Australian ballot system to all caucuses and conventions for town city and state offices to ensure fair voter expression and limit candidate expense. Supporters urge later nominating deadlines while opponents warn of adverse effects on Massachusetts manufacturers and wages in a lengthy hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fitzgerald
Boston
Olmstead
Fitzgerald
Reade
H. L. Bowker
Hugh McNally
Labor Committee
William C. Lovering
Arkwright Club
Lovering
Massachusetts
South
Edward Atkinson
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Bedford
Fall River
New England
Francis A. Walker
Arthur T. Lyman
Lowell Corporation
Joseph Healey
William Hooper
Atlantic Mills
Lawrence
Thomas E. Brayton
Union Mills
Howard Nichols
Chicopee
Charles Dalton
Andrew Boardman
Mayor Matthews Pushes Street Rail Tax Bill Debate
The Boston Committee on Cities heard Mayor Matthews and Corporation Counsel Richardson discuss taxation of street railroad franchises. He urged a permissive bill with stock auction sale, ratification by city government, and revenue secured without harming vested rights. The hearing focused on statute interpretation and potential expansion to other franchises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Matthews
Richardson
Boston
Good Citizenship Lectures Begin at Old South Church
The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Good Citizenship opens a series at Old South Meeting House starting March 23. Lectures include The Aristocracy of the Dollar by Colonel T. W. Higginson, The Ethics of Political Service by Dr. William Everett, and speeches by E. B. Andrews, Gamaliel Bradford, and Josiah Quincy on civic topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Society For Promoting
Old South Meeting House
T. W. Higginson
William Everett
E. B. Andrews
Brown University
Gamaliel Bradford
Josiah Quincy
Actors' Fund Benefit Draws Large Boston Theatre Crowd
A sizable audience attended yesterday afternoon's benefit at the Boston Theatre for the Actors' Fund. The program, well executed, yielded a handsome total with staff led by Mr. McGinnn contributing to the success. Tompkins donated the house for the event, and next week features the popular Brass Monkey with seats on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actors’ Fund
Boston Theatre
Boston ‘Theatre
McGinnn
Tompkins
Ferry Commissioners clash over suspend rules amid tie vote
East Boston Common Council debated abolishing the Ferry Commissioners and creating a city superintendent with a $3500 salary. Several aldermen urged delay for study, arguing the change is radical, costly, and risky to ferries’ management while others pressed for speedy reform and potential savings. The vote to suspend rules failed 30 to 30, sending the measure to the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Board of Ferry Commissioners
Common Council
Kates
Ward 1
Boston
Board of Health
Board of Fire Commissioners
Commissioners of Public Institutions
Board of Aldermen
Board of Alaermer
Barry
Bates
Allen
Parker
Massachusetts
Woods
Griffin
Ward 13
Lowell
Ward 11
Messrs. Eaton
Ward
Lynch
Brown
McLaughlin
Ward 10
Committee On Cemeteries
Board of Trustees
Mount Hope Cemetery
City Messenger
Germania Band
Boston Common
Roxbury
Charlestown
Brighton
Dorchester
Westbury
Charles Bank
Franklin Park
North Square
Albany
Lehigh
Chapman
Middlesex
Dennis Kelly
Jamaica Plain
Dolan
Ward 20
Memorial Hospital Housewarming in Honor of Mrs Vincent
A large, stylish crowd gathered at 44 Chambers Street for the Memorial Hospital housewarming in honor of Mrs Vincent. The event featured a charity sale with silver items, autographs from John Drew, and a Kreont Theatre donation, with upper chambers named in memory of Mrs Caroline Paine, Mrs Sarah Choate, and Mrs Mary Ge. Notables and Trinity Church parishioners attended as impressions of Aunt Hannah in The Silver Spoon lingered in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Hospital
John Drew
Kremont
Eloise Derby
Caroline Paine
New York
Sarah Dunn
Weather forecast shows snow, rain in New England and New York
Washington reports forecast through 8 p.m. Friday with increasing clouds and light snow or rain in New England and rain then cooler change in Eastern New York. Northeast winds rise as storm signals appear at Narragansett and Woods Hole, with cautionary signals elsewhere from Hatteras to Eastport except Baltimore.
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Washington
New England
New York
Narragansett
Woods Hole
Hatteras
Eastport
Baltimore
Post Forecast and Weather Synopsis for New England
Northern New England will be clear in the morning then clouds and night rain with northeast winds veering to east and a higher temperature. Southern New England grows cloudy with light rain and winds shifting from east to southeast and south as temperatures rise. Saturday clears in the morning with warmer southerly winds. The system centers near the Gulf of St Lawrence, moving toward Ohio Valley and Montana. a storm affects the Missouri Valley and Rockies with variable rainfall and cloud cover ongoing in the Northwest. Yesterday New England saw cold northeast winds with a 44 degree high at Brock Island and up to 0.26 inches of rain at Eastport, tapering to a trace by Nantucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POST
New England
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Ohio Valley
St.ate
Mississippi Valley
St. Lawrence
Gulf States
Mississippi
Brock Island
Eastport
Nantucket
Morgan Beats Leeds In Final Senior Handicap Racquet Meet
In the final match at the Boston Athletic Association forenoon yesterday G M Morgan defeated H C Leeds 15 3 15 13 15 12. Morgan will face J Booker, who beat De Garmendia to win the club championship, tomorrow. Also All Fools Day will be celebrated with a smoke concert at 9 PM by Baldwins Cadet Band, expected to be a enjoyable evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Athletic Association
G. M. Morgan
H. C. Leeds
Moren
Ooker
de Garmendia
Baldwin
Labor and Capital in Braddock Riot Struggle
Braddock Penn March 19. West End rioting by striking wire mill workers targets immigrant labor. August Coulson and John Martin beaten while returning from Rankin station. Coulson missing, Martin injured. John Penny attacked, arrested for concealed weapons. Andrew Hanson assaulted, confined to bed. Police place West End under surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brappocr
Penn
Braddock
August Coulson
Carrie
Copeland Station
John Martin
Rankin Station
Martin
Coulson
John Penny
Andrew Hanson
West End
Indictments Against Six Polish Cloakmakers Over Jamaica Raid
The Queen's County Grand Jury indicted six Polish cloakmakers for burglary in the second degree for their suspected role in mobbing Herman Greenbaum's Jamaica house. Bail set at 3000 dollars each. Also reported is a city wide strike by 800 hat and cap makers, with machines moved to workers' homes as firms refuse compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queen’s County Grand Jury
Herman Greenbaum
Jamaica
Manufacturers’ Association
Grievance talks with Missouri Pacific over conductor
In St Louis on March 19 the Grievance Committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors held several conferences with George C. Smith, assistant general manager, about a discharged conductor. The committee declines to reveal details but demands reinstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis, Mo
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
George C. Smith
Missouri Pacific
Seaside Home aids sick children at Winthrop during summer
The Seaside Home opened at Winthrop to transfer sick children to coastal and mountain resorts. Operated by Sisters of St. Margaret and House Officials Houghton and Jackson, it housed 478 inmates, including 314 children and 164 adults, from July 3 to August 24. Deaths totaled 15. average stays were nine days. funds showed a year-start balance of 328090 with 326917 spent, plus a building fund balance of 32259 after expenditures. Board elected includes Rev. Edward Everett Hale and John Lowell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Sisters of St. Margaret
H. Houghton
J. M. Jackson
Havens
Beacon Street
C. W. Townsend
Edward Everett Hale
John Lowell
George Hayward
M.D
W. H. Durgin
M. D
George Thacher
Elizabeth Russell
Elliott Russell
M. J. Chamberlain
W. H. H. Hastings
T. H. Brown
H. U. Haven
Church seeks bass singer and local social notices
About Town reports the Commonwealth Avenue Baptist Church seeks a good bass singer contacting F. D. Paine at 48 Canal Street. The Rev Edward A. Horton spoke on Loyalty to Self at Practical Ethics. Ship Ahoy Company members host a reception at Boston Press Club at 4 30 pm. Entertainment at Newsboys and Boot Blacks Reading Rooms at 7 45 pm. Brighton Young Folks Reading Circle presents music, drama The Champion of Her Sex, and recitations. Labor Dept asks for full reports for Sir Julian Pauncefote through the State Department for England Labor Commission. Dr Salome E Merritt speaks on Hygiene and Middle Age to Ladies Physiological Institute at Wesleyan Hall, then sale and entertainment at Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Avenue Baptist Church
F. D. Paine
Canal Street
Edward A. Horton
Second
Boston
The
Christian Union
Ahoy” Company
Boston Press Club
Newsboys
Boot Blacks
Howard Street
Brighton
State Board of Arbitration
Department of Labor
Washington
Board
Julian Pauncefote
Secretary of State
Labor Commission
England
Salome E. Merritt
Ladies’ Physiological Institute
Wesleyan Hall
Methodist Church
Munroe School of Oratory
Handicap racket match at B A A concludes in Morgan's win
The handicap racket match at the Boston Athletic Association closed yesterday with L. H. Morgan defeating H. C. Leeds who conceded a two-ace handicap. The final scores were 16-3, 15-13 and 15-12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Athletic Association
L. H. Morgan
H. C. Leeds
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertises Superiority
If you choose Hood's Sarsaparilla be wary of substitutes. Clerks may claim others are as good, but Hood's Sarsaparilla has a unique merit that cannot be equalled. Insist on Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier and building-up medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Obituary of Alexander Young in Boston Life and Letters
Alexander Young a Boston writer and editor died at Massachusetts General Hospital after a short illness. Born May 19 1836 he trained at Harvard Law but pursued literature contributing to the Independent Christian Union Harper's Atlantic Monthly and the Globe. He was a Papyrus Club member and friend of John Boyle O Reilly, Towle and others. He leaves a widow and one son with five brothers and a sister. Other deaths include Solon W Dewey Timothy R Page William T Park and the Rev Frederick Frothingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Young
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mount Vernon Street
Boston
New South Church
Summer Street
Church Green
Harvard Law School
George Makepeace Towle
Independent
the Christian Union
The
Golden Age
Harper’s
the Century
Atlantic Monthly
Daily Press
Globe
M. M. Ballou
Bacon
Young
Netherlands
Messrs. Estes & Lauriat
Mr. Young
John Boyle O’reilly
Papyrus Club
N. 8. Dodge
Francis H. Underwood
Henry M. Rogers
O'Reilly
St. Botolph
Union Clubs
New York
George B. Upton
E. J. Young
D.D
Waltham
Charles L. Young
Union Bank
Woston
George B. Young
St. Paul
Sureme Court
Minnesota
Benjamin Young
Weston
Frank G. Young
Europe
R. H. Stevenson
Solon W. Dewey
Eugene H. Hartshorn
Roxbury
Solon W
Ann E. Dewey
Brimmer
Dewey
Arthur W. Dewey
Georgia Historical Society of
Savannah
Costa Rica
Kenilworth
Timothy R. Page
Custom House
Mr. Page
Bedford
Mary A. Hersey
Dorchester
Page
Peaslee
Austin
George 8. Boutwell
City Hall
Lincoln
William T. Park
William D. Park & Son
Park House
Bosworth Street
Chauncy Hall School
St. Botolph Street
Frederick Frothingham
Unitarian Church
Milton
Montreal
Cambridge Divinity School
Portland
Brattleboro
Buffalo
N.Y
Ellen Francis Floyd
Malden
Central Square
Childs Association
Edward F. Greenwood
Ashland
Adams Express Company
John A. Smith
Providence
R. I
H. H. Jenkins
South Avenue
Whitman
William H. Herndon
Abraham Lincoln
Paine's Celery Compound Endorsed by Railroad Men
An interview series highlights W H Greene and Oscar Phipps, railroad workers in Burlington and St Albans, detailing long careers and rheumatism. The testimonials describe Paine's Celery Compound as a cure easing joint pain, fatigue, and sleeplessness, improving appetite and strength for overworked workers enduring extreme conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Greene
Oscar Phipps
Central
Paine
Obituary notices from 19th century city deaths
In Philadelphia during President Taylor's era a resident died at his city home aged 76. Augustus Wadicott, Boston Savings and Commissioners clerk, died at Beverly home aged 61, leaving a widow and one son. T. E. Howe, Lisbon New Hampshire produce dealer, was found dead in bed yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Taylor
Augustus Wadicott
Savings and Commissioners’ Office
Boston
Beverly
T. E. Howe
Lisbon
N. H
Mass Humane Society Saves Seventy Seven From Galena and Triana
The Massachusetts Humane Society is praised for lifesaving at Gay Head where all but five of the 77 aboard the Galena were rescued using the Hunt gun hawser and breeches buoy. At Cuttyhunk the U S life-saving crew first attempted a rescue in their boat for the Triana, capsizing mid voyage, then with two Humane Society men and the Society’s boat conducted four trips to complete the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Humane Society
United States
Gay Head
Galena
Humane Society
Cuttyhunk
Triana
STEPNIAK TO RETURN TO BOSTON
The distinguished Russian Stepniak will return to Boston later this week after a sixty night West lecture tour managed by Mr Ozius Pond. His talks in major cities and university towns have drawn hearty praise and he plans to stay in Boston a few weeks before returning to England perhaps giving drawing room lectures on science and literature before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepniak
Boston
West
Ozius Pond
England
Kindergarten Association Holds Annual Meeting at Prince School
The Eastern branch of the National Kindergarten Association met yesterday in the Prince School hall on Newbury street. The old board of officers was reelected. Papers on the kindergarten system were read by Miss Helen Wilson of Cambridge, Miss R. J. Weston, and Mary C. Shortall, with Miss Mary J. Garland leading exercises and kindergarten songs interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Kindergarten Association
Hall of the Prince School
Newbury Street
Helen Wilson
Cambridge
R. J. Weston
Mary C. Shortall
Mary J. Garland
Steamers Arrived in Early 1900s Port Telegram List
Steamship arrivals reported with origins and dates across Boston New York Baltimore Philadelphia Queenstown Hamburg Glasgow and Antwerp. Vessels include Grimm Efficient Nyassa Indiana City of Chester Germanic Bohemia Rhaetia Lahn Chicago Elise Marie Arabia Covena and more with voyage origins from Hamburg Liverpool New York Mexico Havana Glasgow and Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Grimm
Hamburg
Antwerp
Halifax
Efficient
Mediterranean
PMAT
Nyassa
Nicaragua
Baltimore
Dresden
Bremen
New York
State of Georgia
Glasgow
Yamuri
Mexico
Avana
Philadelphia
Indiana
Liverwe
Queenstown
City of Chester
Liverpool
Bohemia
Rhaetia
Lahn
Chicago
Harburg
Elise Marie
Arabia
Covena
Also Mentioned on This Page
Committee On Cities
Old South Church
the Ferry Commissioners
Water Board
National Water Meter Company
Worthington Meter Company
Hersey Meter Company
Union Water Meter Com- Reno
Steam and Power Company
Ambrose Lawrence Company
Guerin, Horan
Niezorowski
Lorenz
Milwaukee
Edwin G. Cowrey
Milwaukee Gas Light Company
Levy
Flood
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Bam
Mometer
Bismarck
Cheyenne
Ain Cincinnath
Fair Eastport
Helena
Mont
Jacksonville
Ila
Marquette
Mich
New
Crea
Salt Lake City
Neington
Washington, N.C
Braddock, Penn
Greenbaum
the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
Obitary, Alexander Young
William Hamilton
Boylston Street
Remington Standard Typewriter
Remington
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
School St
Mass
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