Lawmakers debate Burrage remarks on Brookline gas bill
A Post interview with Albert C Burrage disputes claims that the Fort Point channel bill used unfair methods. Maine visitors and Boston lawmakers discussed an investigation while Gallivan defended his fiery floor speech and urged caution amid heated debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Point
Brookline Gas Light Company
Gallivan
Post
Albert C. Burrage
Brookline Gas Company
House
Senate
Jones of
Melrose
Burrage
Towle
Boston
Brookline Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised Health Restorer
Health broken down from rheumatic fever with kidney troubles and headaches found relief after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Ella C. Ellis of Roxbury Vermont reports improved general health and fewer headaches after using the remedy, calling it a good medicine worth recommending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Ella C. Ellis
Roxbury
Vermont
Hood's Sarsaparilla and pills promotion in historic text
Excerpt mixes patent medicine advertising for Hood's Sarsaparilla with political commentary. It references Brookline gas workers, South Boston pipe inspections, and statements by Mr. Burrage and Mr. Gallivan about legislative inspection and pipe safety, reflecting early 20th century public discourse.
Thugs and Thieves Debated in Legislature Over Lowell Charter
Visiting Maine solons witness heated session as Hayes denies calling Lowell Democrats thugs and thieves. Debate centers on a charter bill and a liquor sale ban, with Lowell figures trading accusations. Senate moves to engrossment, 108 20 for liquor ban. fire department paid day reading halted 7 16.
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Solons
Maine
Mr. Hayes
Washington
Hayes
Lowell
News
Democrats
O’connor
Democrats of
D. D. Rourke
Boston
Penniman
Myers
Cambridge
Senate
House
Sanger
Suffolk
Massachusetts
Corbett
Maine Delegation Drops In at Massachusetts State House
A distinguished Maine Senate and House delegation visited Doric Hall at the Massachusetts State House, met Governor Butler, and toured the chamber. The visit featured Senator Seiders and Representative Roe, with later banqueting and speeches predicting Maine political futures and a toast to Massachusetts as “Our Mother.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Old Pine Tree
Maine
Senate
Messrs. Waterhouse
Weeks
Day
Higgins
Prescott
Mitchell
Harvey
Marston
Savage
Hill
Wood
Reynolds
Clifford
House
Weston
Harrison H. Hume
Portland
Augusta
Yaw
Commonwealth
Down East
Wiseacres
Bay State
George H. Seiders
Maine Senate
Butler
Massachusetts Senate
Seiders
Massachusetts
Boston
Albert S. Roe
Worcester
James G. Blaine
Reed
Representative Sleeper
Winthrop
T. Brackett Reed
George M. Seiders
Androscoggin County
A. R. Savage
Auburn
Tom Reed
Congress
White House
New Names for 8. and M. Stations
Reading March 28 The Boston and Maine railroad renames several stations on the eastern western and northern divisions. Knight's Crossing becomes Newbury Newfields replaces South Newmarket and South Newmarket Junction is renamed Rockingham Junction Wolfboro Junction becomes Sanbornville.
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Reading
Boston & Maine Railroad
Knight’s Crossing
Newbury
South Newmarket
Newfields
South Newmarket Junction
Rockingham Junction
Wolfboro Junction
Sanbornville
The Great Kidney Derangement Promoted as Grip Cure
An advertisement asserts grip symptoms stem from kidney derangement and promotes Warner's Safe Cure as the universal remedy. It claims kidneys expel poisons that cause rheumatism influenza and pneumonia and urges readers to heed the claimed medical truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Codfish Banquet Highlights Gloucester Business Leaders
The annual Business Men's Association banquet at Webster Opera House in Gloucester drew over 400 guests led by Governor Greenhalge and state officials. A codfish centerpiece hung over Speaker Meyer as speeches by Barrett, Meyer, Butler, and others praised industry, civic effort, and local merchants.
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Gloucester
Business Men’s Association
Webster Opera House
Greenhalge
Butler
State Senate
Meyer
House
Joseph H. Walker
Worcester
William E. Barrett
Melrose
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Henry A. Thomas
Charles E. Adams
Lowell
Clarence E. Lowell
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
W. B. Ferguson
John S. Camrell
William Brophy
George A. Perkins
Salem
Beverly
Manchester
Association
Boston & Maine Railroad Management
Ferguson Block
Webster Opéra’ House
Eighth Regiment
Shepherd
Frank Parsons
W. E. Barrett
House of Representatives
George von L. Meyer
W. M. Butler
Senate
Stone
Cook
Thomas
Smith
Cunningham
Gloucester Board of Trade
Pew
Charles A. Russell
Known Here New York Police Identify Paris Shooting Suspect
Police headquarters believe the Paris railway station shooter of bookmaker Adam Read Waddle is Tom O'Brien the famed bunco steerer who escaped Utica New York in 1892. Detectives link O'Brien to Waddle as they traveled together in this country and plan to seek Dannemora prison authorities steps to return him.
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Hannibal K. Hamlin
Ellsworth
Boston
Athens
America
John. Sullivan
Standley Plummer
Dexter
United States Senate
A. R. Day
Coremina
Joseph B. Maccabe
East Boston
Hig
Frank T. Higgins
York County
Harrison HW. Hume
Portland
Old Hig
Hume
Rhode Island
Joseph Jefferson
Massachusetts House
Sleeper
Winthrop
Weston
White
Sandwich
Hale
Newburyport
Higgins
Chelsea
Hayes
Lowell
Wiley
Har
New York
Adam Read Waddle
Paris
Tom’ O’brien
Utica
N. Y
Waddle
Bunco
Card
Tom” O’brien
Tom O’ O’brien
Dannemora
Police trace identity of O'Brien linked to Paris shooting
London police believe the man arrested in Paris for shooting a companion at a railway station is the O'Brien who has traveled between Belgium and Paris engaging in questionable transactions. Authorities are tracing his activities to confirm identification.
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London
Scotland Yard
O’brien
Paris
Belgium
Fusilier Veteran Association Smoke Talk and Collation
The Fusilier Veteran Association held a smoke talk and collation at 994 Washington Street. Remarks were delivered by Major Snow, Captains Bascom Gillispie Wescott Ansell Milligan Sallon Teel Anderson Green Henry. Lt Vickery Facey. Adjutant Chapin. Sgt Lamb. Songs and recitations followed by William G. McCart, J Coughin, Horrigan brothers, LaMarr, Frank West, Charles Murphy, Dave Jordan, Walsh Cook, Jere Horrigan, T J Crowley, Crowley concert company, and Moondyne Club Charlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fusilier Veteran Association
Washington Street
Snow
Bascom
Gillispie
Wescott
Vickery
Facey
Chapin
Lamb
Ansell
Milligan
Sellon
Teel
Anderson
Lasker Court Chooses Barber Delegate at A F of A Session
Court Edward Lasker of the A F of A elected Mr Henry Barber as delegate to the convention. Sixteen new members were accepted last night and eight propositions received. The court was honored by five visiting brethren in attendance.
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Edward Lasker
Henry Barber
Norwe gian Plan debated at New Old South Church
A Massachusetts meeting on the so called Norwegian system of saloon regulation drew prominent figures including Senator George F. Hoar Dr Alexander McKenzie Curtis Guild Jr and Mrs Mary A Livermore. Speakers argued the plan would curb profits cold saloon influence and move toward reform and prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Old South Church
Massachusetts
George F. Hoar
Alexander McKenzie
Curtis Guild, Jr
Minot J. Savage
Samuel B. Capen
Dean Hodges
R. H. Dana
Henry Faxon
Julia Ward Howe
Mary A. Livermore
Alice Freeman Palmer
George A. Denison
Springfield Republican
Faxon
Dana
William H. Haile
Springfield
Robert Treat Paine
North Carolina
J. Q. A. Brackett
H. C. Lodge
Murder Case Opens In Vermont Holloway Ear. Poison Clue
The J Ellsworth Holloway murder hearing begins at Glover Vermont with testimony that the victim died in convulsions after drinking heavily at a dance. Dartmouth professor Bartlett attributes strychnine in stomach and bottle contents that killed frogs. An accomplice candidate promises to testify against a woman associate, as the case adjourns to 9 am tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Landing
J. Ellsworth Holloway
Glover
Charles Holloway
G. F. Heath
Bartlett
Dartmouth College
James Gilman
Along the Water Front Observes Ship Movements and Vessels
Steamer Yarmouth with Captain Smith arrives at Lewis Wharf on its first trip of the season. Reports note a distant American vessel near Thatcher Island and a missing schooner Helen Maria at Jonesport. Various ships undergo repairs, arrivals, and incidents, including the Bark Charles W. Morgan cargoing 1200 barrels of oil, and the Bay State preparing for Portland duties.
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Yarmouth
Smith
Lewis Wharf
Edgar Smith
Halifax
Boston
J. S. Bragdon
Thatcher’s
Pye
Thatcher
Helen Maria
Jonesport
Nathan F. Cobb
Jacob Reed
Neponset
A. T. Stearns Company
Apalachicola
Bunker
Cookson
Cobb
Reed
Saturn
San Francisco
Panama
Onelaska
Frost
Baltimore
Bayside
Nantasket
Humane Society
South Boston Flats
Nathaniel FP. Doane
Alice
Auckland
N. Z
New York
New Bedford
Charles W. Morgan
Barnstable
Paine
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Bay State
Portland Steam Facket Company
Burnham
Portland
Snowman
Grace Bradley
Frank W. Howe
John A. McKie
Sarah C. Smith
Maud
W. H. Oler
Carter
Hyannis
Harriet
Rockport
Mass
Folly Point
Gloucester
John M. Full
Pigeon Cove
Antwerp
Dungeness
Oneida
Delaware
James
Custom House
Liverpool
Landsman
Malden Contractor Eben Symonds Dies in Store
Eben Symonds a leading Malden contractor and longtime G A R member collapsed and died at 3 10 PM in Murray and Wiley store Central square after days of indigestion He was born in Salem in 1818 served as a sergeant then lieutenant in the Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers and fought at New Bern He leaves a widow and four children with funeral arrangements under Hiram G Berry Post 40 G A R
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Malden
Eben Symonds
Murray & Wiley
Central Square
Salem
Seventeenth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Melissa J. Murray
Newbern
N. C
Chatham Lifesavers Stand Ready As Gale Hits Bay
A heavy north west gale with driving snow and falling temperatures lashed Chatham this afternoon. The schooner Oliver Schofield was spotted anchored near the bars as the snow cleared, no signal for help shown at sunset. Captain Doane and the Chatham Station crew kept lifeboat and gear on the beach, ready to assist if required.
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Chatham
Oliver Schofield
Chatham Bars
Doane
Chatham Station
Independence Camp Promised Jobs For All City Helpers
Mayor Curtis signals a plan to draw independents into the Republican fold with promises of city jobs once frost ends. Word spreads from Charlestown to the Dedham line that employment will revive in subway and street departments. Leaders aim to reward loyal supporters before late.
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Curtis
Charlestown
Dedham
City Hall
Pennock System Lights Up Chelsea Test With 150 Lamps
Electric plant at the Elastic Web Company Chelsea factory powered by a seven kilowatt dynamo and Pennock voltage distributor ran 150 lights for five hours on coal weighings. Prominent backers including ex mayors and bankers praise efficiency and predict growth potential, with claims of scalable, low cost illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennock Comepany
Chelsea
Pennock Electric
Elastic Web Company
Harrisburg Ideal Engine Company
Pennock
Seveeral
Thomas Martin
William Martin
John Frye
First National Bank
Board of Trade
John O. Frye
New York
North Street
Pennock Electric Company
Murphy
Tenney
Hart
Lynn
John ©. Frye
Colonel Hart
Boston
Messrs
Martin and
Frye
Massachusetts
E. B. Williams
South Market Street
Mr. Williams
Martin
Deaths list tallies several local residents in March notices
Provincetown and city obituaries report Susan Crocker age 17 8 17 at Provincetown George W T Riley 58 in Boston John H Morse 38 from East Boston Daniel P Harrington 35 Grace Walker 23 Charles R Seaver 75 11 3 Stella M Evans Nathaniel Frothingham 66 6 George G Granger 65 Dora Schoenfeldt 3 4 23 at Roxbury plus funeral plans and residence details for several others
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Crocker
Provincetown
Susan Crocker
Riley
George W. T. Riley
Mt. Auburn Chapel
Morse
Massachusetts General Hospital
John H
Margaret
Henry W. Morse
Trenton Street
Boston
Church of the Sacred Heart
Harrington
Cambridgeport
Daniel P
Wilhelmina Harrington
Walker
Dorchester
Grace
George A. and
Ione Norton Walker
Shaver
Stough
Dora
William and Sofie Schoenfeldt
Local Wringer and Mangle Makers Advertise Repairs
The American Wringer Co at 18 and 18 Broadway extension offers wringers, mangles, spring beds, and carpet sweepers built by City manufacturers. They repair all kinds of wringers and sweepers and handle orders by mail with prompt attention. Telephone call MT 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Mont
Democrats Plan Dinner At State House Meeting
Democratic legislators met at the State House and voted to hold a dinner later in the session. The committee on dinner includes James H. Mellen Worcester Donahue Fall River Gallivan Boston Carroll Milford Rourke Boston Wadden Marblehead W J Donovan Boston and Quirk Boston. Sub committee to arrange full details includes Gallivan Rourke and W J Donovan. Committee on invitations lists Melien Donohue Wadden and Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
James H. Mellen
Worcester
Donahue
Fall River
Gallivan
Boston
Carroll
Milford
Rourke
Wadden
Marblehead
W. J. Donovan
Quirk
Messrs. Gellivan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brookline
Mr. Gallivan
Alen
Porter
State*st. Exchange
Kneeland St
State St
Boylston St
Alex. S. Porter
Niagara
W. E. Hingston
Devonshire St
Samuel Rodday
East Sixth St
South
Hyde Park
Fairmound Ave
Thane
Lonadoomas
H. M. Park
Stories OF
HUB
George W. Chipman
Dudley C. Hall
William Dwyer
Fitch
Waite
Forest Street
Medford
Medford High School
Middlesex Fells
Metropolitan Park
Dewey Medical Co
Boylston Street
Sudbury At
Tom O’brien
O'Brien
Fusiliers
New Old South Meeting
Mrs. Holloway
Husband
Chatham Life Savers
John H. Woodbury
Vitor
Woodbury
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