M C O F Members to Honor Daniel J Carney
Daniel J Carney of St Josephs Court M C O F West End will be honored for 30 years as treasurer. A testimonial program with music speeches and a banquet will close the evening in the court hall on Canal Street. Carney, an old West End resident now living in Dorchester, is lauded for faithful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Court
West End
Daniel J. Carney
Canal Street
Mr. Carney
Dorchester
Woman encircles the world alone
Mrs. Winifred Sercombe of Minneapolis arrived from London on the Minneapolis liner and will return home after a three year journey around the world guided only by an occasional boy in India. She did not carry a revolver and says she was never insulted by any man in Asia Africa or Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winifred Sercombe
Minneapolis
London
India
Asia
Africa
Europe
Carruth Salary Hike Sparks City Hall Debate
Former Mayor Fitzgerald denounces the $1000 raise for Herbert S. Carruth Deputy Commissioner of Penal Institutions, from 2500 to 3500 annually, effective March 9. Carruth, a Hibbard ally and Dorchester neighbor, was reinstated after John B. Martin’s resignation. Administration cites service quality to justify the raise. Commissioner Skinner earns 5000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penal Institutions
Herbert S. Carruth
City Hall
Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Carruth
City Hell
John B. Martin
Dorchester
Collins
Skinner
Mayor Forms Alliance Heads Off Veto Battle
Mayor Hibbard cuts city messenger and clerk of committees funds and agrees not to veto the 1 053 000 increase if Republicans back a 500 000 veto. A fierce Common Council fight is anticipated as he weighs future candidacy despite earlier statements he would not run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Board of Aldermen
City Messenger Department
Clerk of Committees
The
Post
Somerville Police Shifts Named in Department Change
Somerville police shifts were reorganized by Chief Kendall for the good of the service. Patrolman William H. Johnston moves to Winter Hill replacing ill Patrolman Perkins and DPD G. Simons shifts from Bleachery route to Johnston’s post. Bolton and Peters swap tours with Bolton taking Central Hill nights and Peters taking Spring Hill day route. Reserve Officer Fitzpatrick covers Simons’ former route. Changes take effect today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Kendall
William H. Johnston
Union Square
Winter Hill
Perkins
DPD
G. Simons
Johnston
Bolton
Peters
Spring Hill
Central Hill
Fitzpatrick
Simons
Disapproving Taft Marks Change in Roosevelt Era Methods
In Washington on March 23, the new President Taft expresses disapproval of many methods used by Theodore Roosevelt. A hastily prepared list outlines changes that are described as revolutionary and may soon be fully implemented, reflecting a shift in how business was conducted at the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Taft Adminjects Policy Shifts and Cabinet Changes
President Taft reverses Roosevelt era moves including Pensacola and New Orleans navy yard closures and the rejection of a detailed congressional legislative plan. He discards long messages, reopens presidential appointment recommendations, and allows cabinet members to hire assistants. He hosts both parties, with Bailey and Tillman noted as potentially influential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Corporations
Congress
Roosevelt
Pensacola
New Orleans
South
Washington
Taft
White House
Bailey
Tillman
Jack the Snipper Strikes Cambridge Children
Cambridge residents report a colored man cutting the hair of a 5 year old girl in Cambridgeport. Elberta Katherine Damary was approached on Putnam avenue during a noon errand and led to a yard where part of her hair was shorn by the man with shears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Jack
Elberta Katherine Damary
Joseph H. Damary
Lews Street
Cambridgeport
Putnam Avenue
Seek Trace of Petrosino Plot In Boston North End
Washington secret service men in Boston's North End pose as laborers to shadow Italian circles and uncover evidence about the plot to kill Lieutenant Petrosino of the New York Police Department. Agent Smith leads the effort with bureau orders aimed at finding the plotters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrosino
New York
Woman to Be Clerk of Union in Brockton
Brockton March 23 Mrs P J Mulligan will be appointed clerk of the Heelers Union making her the only woman in the country to hold the post She has acted as clerk since the death of her husband who held the office Fred W Farell elected secretary treasurer said he would appoint her as soon as his installation is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
P. J. Mulligan
Heelers’ Union
Fred W. Farell
Brandeis Talks Old Age Pensions at Boston Meeting
Louis D. Brandeis urged Massachusetts consider old age protection either via state support for senility or through individual self insurance. He noted a state plan is easier said than done and other business leaders were slated to speak but could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis D. Brandeis
Credit Men's Association
Young's
Massachusetts
Boston
Charles H. Jones
Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company
Elmer J. Bliss
Regal Shoe Company
William Q. Wales
Association
Historic Sticks Relics of Turbulent Irish Times
A feature on the Carrickshock stick owned by the Conway family entered in the Blackthorn Contest at 263 Washington street. The piece recounts the 1831 Carrickshock battle, the tithe conflict, and the prize lineup including an Irish terrier and a relic of Thomas Moore, with judges noting a difficult evaluation of numerous sticks from Boston and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Daniel O'Connell
Washington Street
John J. Conway
Canal Street
Joseph O'Mara
Ireland
O'Mara J
Thomas Moore
Conway
Carrickshock
Kilkenny
Inspector Gibbons
James Tracey
Gibbons
Tracey
James Conway
Chief Gibbons
White Feet
William Byrne
Irving Street
Kilkenny Men's Association of
Boston
Byrne
Six-Mile Bridge
Patrick H. Murray
Bedford
Mass
Cretloe Woods
County Clare
Andrew Murray
John Murray
Belfast
A. T. Donovan
Harrison Avenue
America
Patrick Clark
Edward P. Clark
William the Conqueror
Peggy Mahree
Helen Gaffner
Shepard Place
Lynn
Stick
Thomas O'Neill
Kingston Street
West Somerville
Albert Hetzer
Boston Athletic Club
John J. Kelly
Malden Street
Malden
Kengay
Otis Street
East Cambridge
Edward Callahan
Park Street
Charlestown
John Coyle
Palmer Place
Roxbury
John Barry
Webster Street
East Boston
George Darmony
Sumner Street
East
William H. Porter
Monadnock Street
Dorchester
Mary FE. Daisy
Main Street
Cambridge
James Kelan
Sayette Street
M. L. Healey
Maryland Street
Thomas Dowd
Fells- Whg Street
Women testify to Lydia E. Pinkham’s remedy across states
A long list of women from Chicago Lindley Kinsley Scott Cornwallville Cincinnati Milwaukee South Bend and many more share their names addresses and ailments to endorse Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They describe issues like painful periods ovarian trouble and nervous prostration and confirm they received no compensation for their names. The ad asserts the remedy’s reliability and truthfulness based on these living witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
John Johnston
Box
Siegel Street
Chester
Ark
Ella Wood
Christiana
Tenn
Mary Wood
B.F.D. Ocula
T. A. Cribb
Pendleton
Ind
May Marshall
Pecos
Texas
Ada Young Feggleston
Cambridge
Neb
Nellie Moslander
Graniteville
Chas. Barclay
Lucy Friend Rescued Off Plum Island by Tug Pow Wow
The Gloucester schooner Lucy Friend laden with coal rode the Plum Island bar when a tugboat crew under Captain Maddocks saved her. After three tries the line was attached and the vessel reached Newburyport safely. heroism preventing a ruinous grounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Lucy
Friend of
Gloucester
Plum Island Beach
Plum Island
Maddocks
Kellerman to Wed Manager Sullivan in Australia
Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman will marry her manager James Sullivan. Henry W. Taft, counsel for B. F. Keith, disclosed the engagement during a U S circuit court breach of contract suit proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Annette Kellerman
James Sullivan
Henry W. Taft
B. F. Keith
United States Circuit Court
Keith
Navy seeks Newport hospital site near waterfront
Washington March 23 Assistant Secretary Winthrop expects to announce a decision on the site for the Newport naval hospital. The department desires a waterfront property adjacent to the naval training station amid plans for a water front boulevard that could make the land unsuitable for hospital use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winthrop
Naval Hospital At
Newport
Naval Training Station
Naval
Secret Indictment Names Cambridge Man in Forgery Case
Arthur B. Tranagan of 19 Traymore Street Cambridge faces a secret indictment for forging his aunt's signature on a $20 money order. He was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Bancroft and held in $1000 bond for a hearing before Judge Dodge in U S District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Dodge
United States District Court
Freddie W. Alton
Mexico
Bonita
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Goodman Phillips
School Street
Alton
East Cambridge
Providence
Frederick P. Schmidt
Department of Justice
Benjamin D. Hewson
Jay Street
Boston
Marblehead
Snewson
Phillips
Charles Street
Hewson
Peter G. Sebastian
Tremont Street
Springer
Captain Daly
Arthur B. Tranagan
Traymore Street
Cambridge
United States
Marshal Bancroft
British Leaders Touring Chili
The Duke of Richmond and General Baden-Powell arrived in Santiago Chile and plan a brief country tour starting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chili
Duke of Richmond
Baden-Powell
Munroo and Munyon's Remedies Adored by Local Residents
Mr E L Wait of West Somerville Mass is cured of a severe cold grippe and neuralgia and endorses Munroo's Remedies, Always keeps the cold cure on hand. Frederick Smith of Jamaica Plain praises Munyon's Cold and Grippe Cure and recommends it to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Wait
Simpson Avenue
West Somerville
Mass
Munroo
Frederick Smith
Gordon Street
Jamaica Pain
Munyon
Grippe
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Cincinnati
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Milwaukee
Wis
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1St St
South Bend
Fred Certin
Lafayette Street
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Brookfield
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Market St. Paterson
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Hamburgh Avenue
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North Garnet Street
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Carl Dahlke
Maternity Troubles
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Southgate Street
Indianapolis
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E. Pratt Street
Big Run
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Atwater Station
Anton Muelhaupt
Ohio
E. H. Maddocks
Gilbert Avenue
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Lee Man
Hampstead
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Adrian
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Bessie V. Piper
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Louisville
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Fourth St
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Mt. Desert Light Station
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Meldrum Avenue
German
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Ligonier
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R.F.D
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Lewiston
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Onford
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Ogden Av
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Flushing
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Flora Ahr
Ernst Street
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Fleet Avenue
S.E. Wesleyville
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Dyersburg
Sue Hilliard
B.K. i. Hayfield
Mayme Windle
Herrin
Chas. Folkel
Winchester
May Deal
Dyer
Wm. Oberich
Baltimore
Ford
Lansdowne Street
Francis Merkle
Fieldtree
Clarksdale
Anna Wallace
Guysville
Ella Michael
Dayton
Ida Hale
National Military Home
Lebanon
Harry L. Rittle
Lehman Street
Sykes, Tenn
Minnie Hall
Louise Jung
Chestnutt
Vincennes
Syl. B. Jerauld
N. Tenth Street
Gardiner
A. Williams
Chas. Buell
N. Garnet Street
Plattsburg
Verna Wilkes
Coun
Etta Donovan
Box Woodside
Idaho
Rachel Johnson
Rockland
Will Young
Columbia Avenue
Scottville
J.G. Johnson
F. R. Smith
Elm St
Erie
J. P. Endlich
Beaver Falls
W. P. Boyd
Seventh Avenue
Fairchance
I. A. Dunham
Schr
Bromo
Newport Navy Hospital
Geo. M. Payne
M.D. Chauncy Hall
Boylston St
Copley Sq
Carters
Manyon
F. Winkoop
Twelfth Street
Detroit, Mich
53D and
Jefferson Sts
David J. Ingraham
Temple Place
Horticultural Hall
Ahfarn
John
Mary Ahearn
Sulivan
North End
Jackso Street
St. Catherine’s Church
Doherty
Mary L
Join Doherty
London Street
Church of Most Holy Redeemer
McPhee
Catherine
Neil McPhee
Porter Street
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Roche
Robert J
Mary Reche
Parden
Green Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Pearl Street
Trefethen
James A. Trefethen
Whitney
Medfield
Pliny M. Whitney
Ephraim Whitney
Mt. Auburn Chapel
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