Boston Coal Club faces legislative probe and possible indictment
A Boston Coal Club showdown escalates as lawmakers push for debt disclosure and price conspiracy charges. Dealers refuse to reveal books citing private affairs, arguing for legal contest while authorities seek public accountability and possible court action. The debate pairs legislative authority with judicial avenues amid calls for aggressive reform.
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Boston Coal Club
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Coal Trust
Coal Club
Apsley
Apsey
Combine
Maybrick case taunts release hopes as 1904 report circulates
The article says a Home Office statement claims Florence Maybrick may be freed in 1904. The 1889 Liverpool trial convicted her of arsenic poisoning, but questions about Judge Stephen’s competence and Queen Victoria’s influence colored the case. Release timing hinges on decorum with Edward VII’s accession.
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Florence Maybrick
Home Office
Maybrick
Liverpool
Justice Stephen
Queen Victoria
Edward
A Rational Loan Bill Faces Aldermen Hesitation
The Board of Aldermen delays a rational loan order totaling 2.431 million dollars aimed at city obligations and school housing. The measure, backed by a majority, seeks 1.5 million for schools, 620 thousand to settle the Old Colony railroad debt, 6 thousand for road widening, and 80 thousand for Atlantic Avenue work, among other items.
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Penal Institution Department
Old Colony
Old Colony Railroad
South Terminal
United States
Congress Street
Mt. Washington Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
Hydrophobia scare spurs Pasteur Institute action in New York
The World reports since January 1 hydrophobia treatment rose to 82 in New York with five new cases yesterday. The piece warns of fear-driven reactions, urges strict dog muzzle laws, and notes rabies is rare in humans though public panic can spread.
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Pasteur Institute
New York
Five Cent Fares Move Toward Boston City Limit Fare
State Board of Railroad Commissioners orders five cent fares within Boston city limits on New York New Haven Hartford branches with a May 1 start. The board cites discrimination in rates and favors a fare test as steam and electric lines compete. The Post supports a universal five cent fare for any direction with transfers.
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Boston
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
the Post
Lexington seeks drum of Revolutionary alarm in Hancock House
The Observant Citizen notes Lexington residents aim to secure the drum that beat the alarm on April 19 1775 and place it in the Hancock house after years in the adjutant general’s office at the State House. Also reports Bostonian social notes and local outings.
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Lexington
State House
All Sorts Hindu Night Song and Provers Oddities
A collage of verses and fables titled All Sorts includes Hindu night song lines, proverbs attributed to Kishghar Mujami, a maid’s timid suitor poem, a snake charmer fable, and an oriental riddle with satirical notes on letters to editor Newton Newkirk. The piece blends humor with cultural stereotypes and editor’s commentary.
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Newton Newkirk
Mephez Rashigra
Newkirk
Maine
Prize Offer and Poem by Bengali Poet Rasheedra
An advertisement promises mailed pictures of Mr Newkirk with prices and a mail address in Boston to order. Included is a Bengali Tamale poem describing a desert journey with heat and thirst, invoking Allah for rain and no oasis in sight.
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Mr. Newkirk
N. B
Mephez Rashigra
the Post
Boston
Luce Defends Lexow Article on Boston Election Reform
Representative Luce, chief prosecutor on the legislative inquiry into alleged election corruption, defends his Lexow era length article in the Suburban. He argues the aim is remedies not sensationalism and calls for stricter enforcement and identification to curb padding and repeating without political protection.
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Ouce
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Luce
Massachusetts
Ashe
Ward 21
Ward 8
Decision in Wood Pulp Case Moves to Courts
The United States board of classification ruled on pulp imports from Quebec and Ontario. It sustained the Quebec protest and reversed the Ontario ruling, directing reliquidation to remove the extra duty on Ontario pulp. Counsel for importers were John G. Milburn of Buffalo and Albert H. Washburn for the government. The decision may be appealed to federal courts.
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New York
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United States General Appraisers
F. W. Meyers & Co
Hollingsworth, Whitney & Co
Boston
Sault
Quebec
Ontario
John G. Milburn
Buffalo
Albert H. Washburn
Congregationalists Discuss Education Symposium at Tremont Temple
Four men and two clergymen led a 400-person Congregational Club gathering in Lorimer Hall Boston Tremont Temple to explore Moral and Religious Education. The program featured Rev Frank W Merrick Ph D of West Roxbury, William C Boyden Boston Normal School head master, Rev John Hopkins Denison Central Congregational Church pastor and George H Martin Boston public schools supervisor with music by the Orpheus Club.
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Lorimer Hall
Tremont Temple
Congregational Club
Orpheus Club
Outlook Committee
Allen E. Cross
Old South Church
Frank W. Merrick
West Roxbury
William C. Boyden
Boston Normal School
John Hopkins Denison
Central Congregational Church
Tremont Street Church Pastor Reinstated After Resignation
Members of Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church won back their pastor Rev. Co E F Davis D D after his withdrawal of resignation. Earlier Dr Davis sought to remain in ministry in a location better for Mrs Davis health, an offer from Rev Dr King of Baltimore was extended but later declined.
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Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Co. FE. Davis
D. D
Midnight in the Garden Ends in Hidden Hearts
Muriel Daveys plans a midnight suicide with her lover Bob Adair after a strict parental ban. A dance night and a wrestling trip alter loyalties as Muriel rejects the pact and writes that she will live with a different suitor her father approves.
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Muriel
Muriel Daveys
Robert Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Gardner Family Little Daughter Noted In Error
The Sunday Post mistakenly announced the death of Mr and Mrs Gardner’s daughter Evelyn at their Canton estate. The notice should have reported only the passing of Mrs Gardner’s father. Evelyn is healthy and well.
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Sunday Post
William Gardner
Canton
Gardner
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