Government Sues Boston & Maine Over Railroad Hours
The government filed suit against Boston & Maine alleging eight overtime violations by five employees. Engineers F. P. Little and G. T. Davis and Firemen F. A. Hoitt and H. H. Spiney allegedly worked 20 straight hours on trains between Rochester New Hampshire and Boston last August and September. Telegraphist P. R. Buck is accused of 12 consecutive hours at South Vernon on February 24 25 27 28 and March 1 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Road
F. P. Little
G. T. Davis
F. A. Hoitt
H.H. Spiney
Rochester
N. H
Boston
P. R. Buck
South Vernon
How to Make Better Cough Syrup at Home
A home remedy article promises a pint of cough syrup for under $2.50 using Pinex and sugar syrup. It claims cough relief within 24 hours and notes benefits for croup and throat troubles, with instructions and a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
United States
Canada
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Jamaica Parkway Manhunt Splits Brookline and Jamaica Plain Border
Police from Jamaica Plain and Brookline stage a heavy armed search through the Jamaica Parkway underbrush after a bareheaded maniac with an iron bar terrorized the Goddard Avenue area between Jamaica Plain and Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills
Brookline
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Parkway
Goddard Avenue
Man roams Boston shrubbery peering at homes and accosts cars
A 40 year old, tall muscular man weighing about 180 pounds, suspected of escaping from a Brookline or Boston sanitarium, roams Jamaica Plain tonight. He brandished an iron bar at vehicles near Jamaica Way and Prince Street, then at the Little estate on Goddard Avenue and Holm Lea, frightening residents and drawing Jamaica Plain and Brookline officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sargent
Harvard
Joseph M. Little
Jamaica Way
Prince Street
Brookline
Boston
Cullen and
Lyons
Jamaica Plain
Parkway
Professor Sargent
Sargents
Bodenschats
Cullen
Wife Refuses to Quit State in Cincinnati Divorce Suit
W. Fishburne Cale seeks a divorce on grounds of neglect after his wife Eleanor refused to leave Massachusetts. Married in Lynn on December 7, 1910, she insisted on staying in the Bay State and would not accompany him when he moved to Cincinnati. The suit, filed in the insolvency court, cites her attachment to Massachusetts as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. Fishburne Cale
Fourth
Plum Streets
Eleanor
Malden
Mass
Massachusetts
Lynn
Orchard Place
Bay State
Doctor Durgin testifies to Finance Commission on building laws
Dr Samuel H Durgin of the Board of Health was summoned before the Finance Commission to testify in its investigation of the building department. He was asked about the relation between his department and the building department regarding making and enforcing laws and regulations affecting buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Durgin
Board of Health
Finance Commission
Dr. Durgin
Building Department
Foss Pardons Teller Cullen in Dorchester Return
Mrs John H Cullen of Dorchester welcomed her husband John H Cullen back home after a pardon from Governor Foss. Once a receiving teller at Union Institution for Savings, he was imprisoned for larceny to six to eight years. The pardon followed efforts by his son John Jr and notable signers including Boston College President Gasson and Mgr Patterson.
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Greater Boston
John H. Cullen
Rosemount Street
Dorchester
Union Institution For Savings
Ing
Foss
John, Jr
Charlestown
Cullen
Gasson
Boston College
Mgr. Patterson
John FE. Gilman
Public Works
Louis Rourke
Mill Fire in Milton Destroys Mill Structures
A large fire at the Milton Leather Board Company mill in Milton New Hampshire destroyed the facility early today and caused an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. About fifty employees were left without work due to the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton, N. H
Milton Leather Board Company
Never Falling Hair or Dandruff With Danderine Claim
An advert proclaims Danderine cures dandruff and hair loss, promises clean scalp, thickening hair, and new growth after weeks of use. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from drug stores and apply with a cloth to each strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Parcels Post Boomed Pointed Out by New York Agent
T G Fillette of New York, field agent and vice president of the Postal Progress League, at the 165th Boston Boot and Shoe Club dinner argued that Uncle Sam pays foreign steamers 80 cents per pound for ocean mail while private individuals ship printed matter for one cent. He quoted President Taft as saying he favored the parcels post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
T. G. Fillette
New York
Postal Progress League
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
Taft
Mr. Fillette
Underhill Opposes Parcels Post Deliberations Stir Congress
Representative Charles L. Underhill of Somerville led opponents to the parcels post, claiming a government deficit of 125 million dollars annually and warning of loss of patronage as postal reform would mobilize rural free delivery, rail workers, and related agencies. The debate drew applause and a bustling session for Postal Progress League discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Underhill
Somerville
Underhill
Teddy Roosevelt
Taft
Alfred W. Donovan
Postal Progress League
Opposition to parcels post voiced by central West merchants
Colonel Albert A. Pope Edwin Ginn and James I. Cowles head the effort against parcels post. Mr Fillette notes most opposition lies in the central West where small merchants fear big mail order houses could drive them out of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Pope
Edwin Ginn
Edwin D. Mead
Ginn Peace Educational Fund
James I. Cowles
Fillette
Central West
Everett Y M C A Campaign Soars Toward New Building
Everett Y M C A raised 2275 toward its campaign fund in two days, totaling 6270. The group aims for 28500 in ten days to buy the Barnard estate at Broadway and Hancock in Everett for new quarters. Mayor James Chambers and campaign chair J E Lewis urged members to push to reach the goal. The association has outgrown its current building and seeks a larger facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Y. M. C. A
Barnard
Broadway
Hancock Street
Everett
James Chambers
J. E. Lewis
Hurley Named in Caucus for Cambridge Council Presidency
Timothy J. Hurley will be president of the Cambridge Common Council in 1912 after a Democratic caucus last night. Democrats hold the majority making his election certain. an eight-member alderman caucus produced a tie between James T. Barrett and Jeremiah J. Corkery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy J. Hurley
Cambridge
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David A. Ricardo
Boylston St
Pecs
Oxford
Moody Washington Street
Liggett's Drag Store
Blackburn
Eqile
Wat
Maurice Ketten
Birt John
Piffle
Raymond Stanford Sen IK
Teller Cullen
Shuman Corner
Uncle Sam
Hurley
Spencerian Steel Pens
Spencerian Pen Company
Henry Siegel Co
New England
Canadian Pacific
North Pacific Coast
California
Pacific Coast
F. R. Perry
Washington St
Canadian Pacific Railway
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