Shuman Estate Corner Chosen for Boylston Street Station
The Board of Railroad Commissioners selects the northwest corner of Washington and Boylston streets, on the Shuman estate, for the Boylston street entrance and a Washington street exit to the Washington street tunnel station. The ground floor will be taken to widen the sidewalk and ease congestion.
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Washington Street
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Boylston Streets
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Post
Graduation Gown Cost Cut Proposal Meets Resistance
Malden March 29 Mrs Harvey L Boutwell reports to the School Board on a committee to lower graduation gown costs to not more than 3 50. She cites parent letters showing few oppose the move but graduates protest since many have already bought gowns, so the rule may not be enforced this year.
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Malden
Harvey L. Boutwell
Hyde Park Approves Record $56,700 for Schools
Hyde Park voters at the annual town meeting approved a record $56,700 for schools. Other appropriations include $22,500 for streets, $11,350 for street lighting, $15,836 for police, $12,700 for the fire department, $4,500 for street watering, $7,809 for the public library, and $2,150 for the Board of Health. The library will receive new books funded by dog license revenues.
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Hyde Park
Board of Health
Armour says it was a mistake in beef trust case
Ten witnesses including Armour & Co. employees testified before a special grand jury in Chicago on the beef trust inquiry. John E. Shields, a government witness in the Connors case, was ordered to post a $1000 bond to appear at the July term. Shields, acting in New York for Armour agents, said his office visits were of his own choosing.
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Chicago Packers
Beef Trust
John E. Shields
Thomas A. Connors
Armour
United States District Court
Connors
Shields
New York
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
H. J. Ellis & Co
Singapore
Packing Company
Brookline Real Estate Leader William H. Hammond Dies by Suicide
William H. Hammond a Brookline real estate figure and 1060 Beacon Street resident shot himself in a Hotel Astor room in New York yesterday. Despondent after his wife’s fall death last autumn he had recently returned from a trip to Porto Rico with H. W. Savage and then vanished from the Savage office before authorities found the body.
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William H. Hammond
Boston
Hotel Astor
New York
Brookline Society
Beacon Street
Brookline
Hammond
H. W. Savage
Porto Rico
Savage
West Forty-third Street
Liquozone promises cure all with oxygen based remedy
An advertisement extols Liquozone as a germ killing tonic derived from oxygen gas. It claims two years of testing, hospital use, and a $1000 germ-killing offer, asserting it treats many diseases without harming tissue and invites readers to claim a free bottle by mail.
Physicians Offered Liquo Zone Trial Supplies for Testing
The notice states that any physician or hospital not yet using Liquo zone will be gladly supplied for a test. The offer emphasizes ready access to trial materials to evaluate the system's suitability in medical settings.
McCall Denounced at Somerville Republican Meeting
The Ward 5 Republican Club hosted an anti McCall meeting where Boston & Maine conductor John H Parant praised the congressman as the greatest state man since Webster and sparked a show of political tensions over Roosevelt era freight rate policy. Speakers questioned McCalls stance while rail issues and railroad control drew focus amid attendees at 25 Dartmouth Street.
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Boston & Maine
John H. Parant
Samuel W. McCall
Winchester
Boston
Ward 5
Republican Club
Somerville
McCall
John B. Moran
Tom Lawson
New England
Roosevelt
Robert Luce
Jones
Parant
John Herbert
Charles L. Underhill
Mr. Parant
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Luce
Ixben Sears
Dartmouth Street
Urge Guild for 1st Place in Republican Ticket
The Republican slate for governor includes Curtis Guild Jr of Boston as nominee with Eben Draper as lieutenant governor and William Olin, Henry Turner, Arthur Chapin, and Dana Malone holding key offices. Party leaders seek a unified ticket with contested hopes for lieutenant governor and attorney general, while Lodge and Crane plan early state unity conferences. Eastern and western distribution of posts is debated as Campign heats up.
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Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
Eben S. Draper
Hopedale
William M. Olin
Henry E. Turner
Malden
Arthur B. Chapin
Holyoke
Dana Malone
Westfield
Guild
Devonshire
Lodge
Crane
Congress
A. H. Goetting
William B. Plunkett
Chester W. Clark
Frederick S. Hall
Goetting
Springfield
Plunkett
Adams
Clark
Middlesex
Hall
Taunton
Worcester
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Worcester County
Essex County
W. Scott Peters
Anti McCall meeting boosts Guild in Everett run
The anti McCall movement in Somerville energized support for Lieutenant Governor Guild in the Massachusetts gubernatorial race. Rep William Weeks defended McCall at a Greenwood Associates dinner, praising his courage and comparing him to Guild, while party leaders criticized McCall’s independence as they did Senator Hoar.
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Guild
Everett
William E. Weeks
McCall
Greenwood Associates
Whittier Hall
Congressman McCall
Massachusetts
Mr. Weeks
Hoar
Flaherty and Gaston Readied for Saturday Meeting
Captain John J. Flaherty and Colonel William A. Gaston prepare for a key meeting at the Revere House, with both sides mobilizing strong support as 2 PM nears. Governor Douglas may intervene to ease tensions over 1904 rules and party leadership, while a membership dispute between James Hingsley and Edward Gallagher awaits resolution.
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John J. Flaherty
Democratic State Committee
Gloucester
William A. Gaston
Revere House
Gaston
Flaherty
State Committee
Daniel F. Buckley
Douglas
James Ilingsley
Acton
Edward Gallagher
Lowell
Kingsley
Farour
Gallagher
Missing 11-Year-Old Amelia Vincentini In Watertown
Amelia Vincentini, an 11-year-old girl from Watertown, has been missing for two days. Police search efforts continue as she is described as tall for her age with a light complexion blue eyes and wearing a white skirt a blue Norfolk jacket and a white red hat at the time she disappeared. She is not a native but speaks good English.
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Watertown
Amelia Vincentini
Frank Vincentini
Quirkstreet
Bromberg Guilty In Mock Breach Of Promise Case
Judge Morse in Jamaica Plain declares Alder man Edward J. Bromberg of West Roxbury guilty in a mock breach of promise trial held at Knights of Honor Hall. Mrs. Walter Gordon testified to Bromberg’s promise to wed. Webster prosecuted. Dunbar defended. Bromberg is sentenced to marry the complainant.
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William A. Morse
Jamaica Plain
Edward J. Bromberg
West Roxbury
Knights of Honor Hall
Walter Gordon
Bromberg
Harrison Dunbar
Walter A. Webster
Morse
Somerville Man Charged With Larceny Of Rubbers
Ed win McQuirk, 24, of Somerville, charged with larceny after eight pairs of new rubbers valued at eight dollars were found in a bundle he carried on Salem street. Patrolman McCauley arrested him, police suspect theft in the daytime from the business district and a sale attempt to a Salem street merchant.
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Somerville
Edwin McQuirk
Salem Street
McCauley
Entre Nous Holds First Grand Ball in East Boston
The Roxbury youth group Entre Nous staged its inaugural grand ball at Commonwealth Hall East Boston last night with 50 couples in attendance. Mr Sol Baseh led the grand march with Miss Minnie Steinert as pace setter. Samuel Carver directed the floor, aided by Saul Gordon and Samuel D Mathews.
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Entre Nous
Roxbury
Commonwealth Hall
Boston
Sol Baseh
Minnie Steinert
Samuel Carver
Saul S. Gordon
Samuel D. Mathews
Spring Tour to Atlantic City by Pennsylvania Rail Road
A spring rail tour to Atlantic City departs Monday April 3 from Boston with George M. Roberts offering a $20 package including travel expenses and two days of hotel board. Tickets good for return within 30 days and full information available at 205 Washington Street Boston through P A N E D.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
George M. Roberts
Washington Street
Boston
Harvard boys do not give ladies seats in street cars
A Boston Post reader recounts repeated observations of Harvard students in crowded street cars. He claims Harvard men push for seats, flirt, and show little courtesy to women, old or young, while navalting a college rush alongside no color line.
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Harvard Square
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