Silent Smith of Wall Street Dies in Tokio Trip
James Henry Smith known as Silent Smith, seventh richest man, dies of heart failure on a world trip with Mrs. Smith and nobility. Once recluse, he rose after 1899 inheritance to a fortune estimated between 60 and 75 million dollars and influenced Western rail mergers through St. Paul stock.
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New York
James Henry Smith
Wall Street
Smith
William Rhinelander Stewart
Old George Smith
Scotland
George Smith
Mooney
Beau Brummel
St. Paul Road
Financial District
St. Paul
Goulds Tennis Rival Is Out In London Match
Eustace H Miles withdraws from the international amateur court tennis championship in London, clearing the field for Jay Gould who sails from New York to compete. Gould beat Joshua Crane Jr in Boston last week in a hard fought match.
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London
Paris
Vienna
New York
America
Gould
Eustace H. Miles
Mr. Miles
Jay Gould
Joshua Crane, Jr
Boston
Boston Girl Mollie Adams Tops Pinehurst Qualifiers
Mollie B. Adams of Boston led the sixth annual United North and South amateur championship qualifying with a 9 in the field at Pinehurst North Carolina. Juda R. Mix of New York and Frances McNeely of Philadelphia followed with 97 and 99 respectively. several others qualified including Mrs H A Beidler Miss Mary Dutton Miss M D Patterson Miss Gertrude Gilbert and Miss Ethel Check.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Mollie B. Adams
Boston
Juda R. Mix
New York
Frances McNeely
Philadelphia
H. A. Beidler
Lake Geneva
Wis
Mary Dutton
M. D. Patterson
Gertrude Gilbert
Ethel Check
Fast Orange
N. J
Public Bathing Doctrine Narrowed by Supreme Judicial Court
The court rules the public may use waters between high and low tide for fishing and access to the sea but may not bathe on a private beach. The case involved the state versus Paul Butler over a Bay View Gloucester beach.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Bay View
Gloucester
Paul Butler
Fear of Tree Loss if Subway Passes Under the Common
A Boston legislative committee heard two subway proposals along the Charles River embankment. Opponents, led by Arthur D. Hill and Mrs. James B. Brown, warned the Common’s trees would be harmed by a tunnel beneath it. Supporters from the Elevated and city officials urged progress and outlined costs and car capacity projections.
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Charles River
George B. Upham
Fitzgerald
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Arthur D. Hill
James B. Brown
Pinckney Street
Lewis S. Dabney
Beacon Street
General Bancroft
Elevated
Bancroft
German surgeon lectures on social legislation and care of the sick
Professor Friedrich Muller of Munich spoke to Boston doctors at the Medical Library on social legislation in Germany and its influence on sick care. He discussed Germanys industrial insurance laws and predicted the U S would soon adopt a similar system during his visit hosted by Dr. Eliot P. Joslin. He plans clinics at Massachusetts General Hospital and City Hospital, highlighting his renowned surgical ideas.
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F. C. Bonyman
East Boston
Fred C. Bonyman
Saratoga Street
G. Govostis
Orient Heights
Bonyman
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Saratoga
Friedrich Muller
Munich
Germany
Fenway
Muller
Eliot P. Joslin
Bay State Road
Massachusetts General Hospital
City Hospital
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Post Publishing Co
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Post
Prescience
By Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Silent Smith
Caesus
Stewart
Montana
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Boylston St
Chicago
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Tremont
Ee Syster Ter Footwear
Dorothy Dodd
Oxford
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Pleasant Street
Cambridge
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Stead
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Upham
John P. Leahy
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