Dust Chokes City as 12 Teams Scramble for Sprinkling
Mayor Hibbard blasts the street department over dust woes after a late effort by 12 teams to sprinkle streets. Hourin urges economy and keeps funds for watering intact. Suburban districts like Dorchester Jamaica Plain and Roxbury face unclean streets amid wind and disease fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Washington
Tremont
Hourin
the Republic
Fitzgerald
Boston
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Brighton
Roxbury
Perfect Recovery Due to Cuticura Remedies
A thirteen year old boy recovered from extensive eczema after a year of failing treatments. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, his skin cleared in six weeks and remained scar free after six months of twice daily care. The testimonial notes a doctor’s endorsement and promotes the Cuticura line with pricing and product forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Potter Drug & Chem
Boston
Mass
Belmont Fire Mystery Deepens Over Blomquist Tragedy
Belmont police probe the March 26 fire at Ernest W. Blomquist home on Belmont and Jonathan streets. Authorities seek whether a prefire act or firebug caused the deaths of Blomquist wife and 11-year-old son Louis, while Medical Examiner Swan cites fire as cause. Neighbors heard no verifiable gunshots. wind and distance complicate reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Ernest W. Blomquist
Jonathan Streets
Blomquist
Jeremiah Ryan
Post
Swan
P. H. Shean
Ryan
Volney Skinner
Watertown
Boston
Esterbrook
Blomaquist
Louis
Lowell School
Clark
Knights of Columbus Mortuary Fund At Issue In Connecticut
A legal action seeks the disposition of a 621000 mortuary reserve fund held in the Knights of Columbus treasury. Plaintiffs Joseph C. Pelletier and James H. Webb sue State Deputy James T. Meskill and others, claiming older members deserve the pre 1902 fund distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Knights of Columbus
James T. Meskill
Joseph C. Pelletier
Boston
James H. Webb
New Haven
John O'Neill
Waterbury
William Kennedy
Naugatuck
Daniel B. Hubbard Dies at 70 in Almshouse
North Grafton resident Daniel B. Hubbard a former United States consul-general at Annaberg Germany and acting U S commissioner of education for Porto Rico died at age 70 in the local almshouse where he had lived in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grafton
Daniel B. Hubbard
United States
Annaberg
Germany
Porto Rico
Worcester County
Almshouse
Delays Return of Postmaster After Wound Reopened
Postmaster Edward S. Mansfield underwent another operation at his Linden street Brighton home to drain a reopened wound from an appendectomy recovery. The procedure followed a sudden healing setback necessitating surgical intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Mansfield
Linden Street
Brighton
Senate Passes Aldrich Currency Bill
The Senate approved the Aldrich currency bill by 42 to 16 chiefly along party lines. The measure allows up to 500 million dollars in emergency currency issued to national banks upon deposit of state and local bonds approved by the Treasury Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Admire Prince Helie De Sagan In New York Courtly Rebel
Prince Helie de Sagan arrives in New York from Paris amid media notice of his freewheeling Paris life and disdain for Boni de Castellane. He dismisses drinks and insists on cognac rituals while detailing his healthy routine, sleep, meals, walking, and avoidance of whiskey and beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Count Boni
Tam
Martin’s
Prince
George J. Gould
de Lagan
Mme. Gould
Miners Seem Ready to Strike At Treadwell Alaska
Eight hundred striking miners including many foreigners threaten dynamite use and potential violence at the Treadwell mines in Alaska. Secretary Taft orders federal troops to Treadwell via General Bush at Vancouver barracks. One infantry company has been dispatched. marshals report the situation grave and urgent for U.S. courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treadwell
Alaska
Taft
Bush
Department of Columbia
Vancouver Barracks
United States
Various March 27 News Flashes From Cities
Wire service brief items report fires in St Paul and Chicago, a school superintendent’s death in St Louis, a teen’s return home in Middletown after gypsy life, a New Jersey marriage over a money shortage, a $2000 post office robbery in South San Francisco, Count Laszlo Szechenyi delaying Hungary visit, damages awarded to Emmanuel Phillips in Milwaukee, Major General Greely retired, a fatal gasoline burn in Iowa, and a double death near Williamsport in a woods murder and suicide case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Majestic Theatre
Middletown
N. Y
Leonard Allen
Mary Allen
New York
Mary Barna
Steve Gurick
Annie Markowit
Owen Mahon
Elizabeth
N. J
San Francisco
Union Refrigerator Transit Company
Milwaukee
United States Circuit Court
McClure Publishing Company
Washington
A. W. Greely
Oskaloosa
George Yanning
Millersburg
Williamsport
Penn
Frank Roberts
Gustine Brizet
Notable New England Obituaries And Appointments
Stamford sees architect William T. Hallett die at 78 from pneumonia after twenty years in New York practice. Washington reports Dr. William J. Ford, longtime local physician and former legislator, dying aged 60. he attended Senator O H Platt during illness. Exeter Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Co announces reorganization after auction sale. Yale Divinity Professor Marion L Burton receives Brooklyn Church of the Pilgrims pastorate call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
William T. Hallett
New York
St. Mary the Virgin
New York City
Washington
William J. Ford
Ford
United States
O. H. Platt
Exeter
N. H
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company
New Haven
Court Acquits Barrows of Larceny Charge
Irving W. Barrows of Charlestown was acquitted after admitting he took $2.45 from Thomas Boyle at the Hotel Royal to pay for a room. Barrows said Boyle was a friend and he would return the money when he saw him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving W. Barrows
Main Street
Charlestown
Thomas Boyle
Hotel Royal
Barrows
Boyle
Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey Promoted by Physicians
Physicians widely recommend Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey as a mild stimulant and health aid. Letters of commendation from users tout its health benefits and temporary relief from colds flu and early consumption. Sold by licensed grocers, dealers, and druggists in sealed quarts bearing the Chester H. Graves & Sons signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Maryland
Maryland Mall
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Lynn Woman Takes Poison In Lodging House
Emma Taylor, 27, attempted suicide at a lodging house on Andrews street and is in danger at Lynn Hospital. She entered Room 44 seeking her sister Mrs. Alfred Perry, found a bottle of carbolic acid, and cried out before collapsing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Hospital
Kasado Maru to Bring 1000 Japanese Laborers to Sao Paulo
The Kasado Maru, a Japanese steamer, is scheduled to leave Kobe on April 12 and sail to Brazil to transport 1000 Japanese agricultural laborers to work in the State of Sao Paulo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Kobe
Brazil
Sao Paulo
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Elsie Janis
Hoyden
Jerome
H, Remick
Blonquist
Knights of Columbus of
Connecticut
Dan Hubbard
Aldrich
Prince Helie
Bom
Riker-Jaynes
Riker- Jaynes
Lexonica
Marmola Sartori
Peruna
Greene
Nervara
Cooper
Ascateo
Pettingill
Hill
Riker
Tingler's
Jaynes Drug Stores
WM. B. Riker & Son CO
Washington St
Cor
Hanover
Bedford
Oak
Summer St
South
Brooklyn
ST. Paul, Minn
Union Roofing & Manufacturing Company
ST. Louis
F. Louis Soldan
Henry Siegel CO
Washington and Essex Streets
Boston, Mass
Stein-Bloch
House of Kuppenheimer
Victor
Columbia
Zonophone
Symphony
Sporting Goods Dept
Waltham Watch
Waltham
New England
Lynn
Washington St. Opp
Globe Theatre
Hargedon & Lynch
Hanover St
Blackstone St
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