Big Scheme for Beauty on the Charles
The Metropolitan Park Commission and State Board of Health propose a ten mile Charles River beautification plan anchored by a dam across the river to keep water at a permanent high level. The project aims to remove river flats and stables while creating a grand boulevard and expanded public lands on both banks.
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Boston
Charlies River
Joint Board of the
Metropolitan Park Commission
State Board of Health
Charles River
Waltham Line
Beacon Street
Charles
Charles River Bridge
General Court
Old Cambridge
the Charles
Greenleaf
Charlesbank
F &. Stearns
Wester
Craigie’s
Watertown
Hamburg
Alster
Cambridge
Boston & Albany Railroad
West Boston Bridge
Otter Street
Miss Madeline O'Brien Converts to Episcopal Faith
Rumor says Miss Madeline O'Brien youngest daughter of former Boston mayor left Catholicism and joined the Episcopal church. Known as a popular brunette, she attended many social events with her mother during her father’s mayoralty and now joins a society that welcomes her conversion.
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Boston
Madeline O’brien
Mise ‘Ren
Miss O’brien
Canadian railways cut thousands of jobs in Montreal
May 2 Montreal reports vast lay offs at two railways. The Canadian Pacific dismissed numerous workers in repairs while Grand Trunk reduced over 1000 employees in repair shops amid business depression.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Famous trotter Katie Warl dies in Toledo baring fortune
Katie Warl a famous trotter owned by George H. Ketcham of Toledo died today. The mare valued at $20 000 dropped a foal last week to Robert McGregon, adding to her noted legacy.
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Toledo
Katie Warl
George H. Ketcham
Robert McGregon
Battle Over the Meigs Bill in State House Transit Fight
In the House clerk’s office a fierce clash erupts as Senator Kittredge and Representative Bliss confront Representative Miller over the Meigs bill. Dissenters are named and the disputed minority report becomes a focal point amid threats of action and a vanished subway bill.
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Kittredge
Charley Ross
House
Senator Kittredge
Representative Miller
Rio
Bliss
Miller
Meigs
Mr. Miller
Hall
Representative McCarthy
Committee On Transit
Representative Bliss
Mr. McCarthy
McLaughlin
Bullock
Messrs
Quinn
Livermore
Transit
Jamess. Murphy
Lowell
Mock Trial at Memorial Hall Raises Laughs for Charity
Dedham May 2 Mock justice event at Memorial Hall drew a large Norfolk county audience. Cases included Commonwealth vs Samuel Cobb overexertion and Commonwealth vs Horace Towle with oysters in the church stew. Dr John W Chase faced larceny of a Plymouth Rock rooster as the jury found not guilty and ordered the rooster returned to its owner.
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Dedham
Congregational Church
Dedham Centre
Norfolk County
C. G. Wheeler
Gardner Perry
Commonwealth
Samuel Cobb
Horace Towle
Towle
Bridget Colburn
Howard Colburn
The
John W. Chase
Plymouth Rock
Alonzo B. Wentworth
Joseph K. Greene
Worcester
Chase
A. Vernon Newton
Simon W. Hatheway
Rising Sun Morse
James Y. Noyes
John L. Sullivan
Charles Rogers
James J. Corbett
Elmer P. Morse
Lockless Jerry Simpson
George A. Phillips
Grover Cleveland
William H. Morrill
Benjamin Harrison
Charlies H. Schriver
David B. Hill
Henry D. Humphrey
Thomas B. Reed
H. T. McClearn, Jr
Hoke Smith
Fred H. French
T. DeWitt Talmage
Charles W. Wolcott
George F. Hoar
J. O. Yatman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry W. Weeks
William McKinley
William Carberry
General Coxey
Selectman Favor
Wentworth
A. F. Fisher
Henry '. McClearn
H. C. Delano
Charles Warren
George ¥. Joyce, Jr
Dedham High School
High Heeled Shoes Spurs Cambridge Health Study
Cambridge city officials allowed Harvard Professor Putnam to measure Cambridge schoolchildren to study the impact of high heeled footwear on spine and nerve disorders. A school board member said measurements aim to gauge dangers from improper walking and ill fitting shoes, with six spinal conditions linked to elder girls’ fashion. The measurements are voluntary and parents may opt out.
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Cambridge
Putnam
Harvard University
Americans Exhibit Lunette by J Sargent in Royal Academy
Among notable American displays at the Royal Academy is J Sargent’s Lunette picture for the Boston library ceiling. The work depicts several archeological figures and adds to the American contributions in London.
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London
Royal Academy
Sargent
Boston
Mr. Sargent
Woman sues her father in law for alienation of affection
Hedwig Filvira Scott sues John C. Scott a Philadelphia coal shipper and millionaire for 100000 damages alleging he alienated her husband Lloyd Mifflin Scott from their marriage. The couple wed after she was a maid of Baroness von Vala of Heidelberg. Scott allegedly used false charges to separate them. Lloyd later divorced in Deadwood South Dakota.
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Philadelphia
Hedwig Filvira Scott
John C. Scott
Glasgow
Scot
Lloyd
Deadwood
Steamer Scandinavian Arrives with Passengers from Glasgow
The Scandinavian under Captain Gunson arrived from Glasgow with twenty intermediate and 260 steerage passengers. A child named William Wallace aged 1 year 6 months died April 24 and was buried at sea. On April 28 at 8 30 a m she sighted a large iceberg at 42 40 N 48 20 W.
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Gunson
Glasgow
William Wallace
American Wringer Co underscored wringers and sweepers offered
The American Wringer Co located at 13 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs all kinds of wringers and sweepers and mail orders receive prompt attention.
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The
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
City
Qsberg
Promi‘ly
Fire devastates Kenwood Felt Mills and shops in Albany suburb
Kenwood, a suburb of Albany, was struck by a fire that destroyed the Kenwood Felt Mills, three houses, and a grocery store. Estimated total loss runs to about $200,000, with the mill proprietors Woycek and Argersinger estimating $166,000 covered by insurance.
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Albany
N. Y
Kenwood
Messrs
FY. C. Woycek
Bi. Argersinger
Boston Legislative Turmoil Over Meigs Subway Bill Franks Dissent
Dissenters in the Boston Legislature clash over the Meigs bill with an adverse subway report from Mayor Matthews. Senators Kittredge Blanchard and Representatives Newhall Bliss oppose the Meigs measure amid charges of a scheme by West End Street Railway and New York capitalists to gain vast franchise rights. The committee split 11 to 4 against the subway, with revelations of late reversals and a subcommittee drawing a competing bill.
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Matthews
Kittredge
Livermore
Quinn
Bullock
Newhall
Bliss
Miller
Senator Kittredge
Meigs
Mr. Miller
House
McCarthy
West End Street Railway Company
Boston
Blanchard
Fitzgerald
West End
New York
Gargan
Bhys-Kittredge
Knell
Westfield
Fall River
Mellen
Worcester
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O'Brien
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P. O
the Post
Chicago
St. Louis
Irving
Ragan
Dickens
Ridpath
Blaine
Cooper
Gen. Sherman
Cen. Grant
Purchasers’ Directory
YS Weyne
Bruuuke Blrote
Bennan
U. 8
Novelty CO
A. W. Davis
Northampton St
G. FP. Wiksell
Hotel Elham
ELIOT
Eliot St
Central St
L. A & Son Ger
Herrick’s Mercantile Collection Agency
Court ST
la Precases
St. Boro
Iag
la Proteus
Putwkua
la Remus
Jonah Jacobs
Ederal Street
Reston
Newell's Dog Repository
Portland St
E. B. Sears
Esper
R. Karl Ludwig Barnay
Dental Department
Royal University
Berlin
Germany
State Board of Registration
Massachusetts
Tremont Street
Stoam
Frederic de Belleville
Emmet Corrigan
Frederic Bond
Glendenning
E. S. Willard
Odette Tyler
William Morris
Charlotte Behrens
Robert Manntell
Mery Wheels
Frank J. Scott
Pearl Street
Inianston
Pelham
Boylston St
J. Bishop
W. Jepson
Union St
Lynn
Mass
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South St
North Dakota Milling Association
Grand Forks
No. Dakota
Jas. V. Goofrey
Chamber of Commerce
Lobe Real Estate Renting Agency
State St
Roow
Charlestown St
UMAWN
A. R. Specht
Winter St
Eopele
Proctor & CO
Washington St
Thomas F. Swan
Nhill
NMA Hine CO
Charlestown Boston
Sinal
Williams, Lincoln & CO
Seine
Washington St. Kossex
Aundry—S
F. Whipple
Sargent Laundr Co
School Street
E. McDonald &C
Washington Street
Maas
J. Latimer
Chardon Street
Dedham Congregational Church
Boston Public Library
Kenwood, Ny. Y
California
Blanchard & Farr
Desk Square
Si Faneul Mali
la Grange Linwood Street
Marvilia
John Bradcock
Ark
Park Remedy CQ
Boston Storage Cor
Westchester Park
Westland Avenue
New England
Libbie
Beach St
F. A. Searle
Falicenes Brusa
Willard
T U
L. Wetherbee
Nhorthand
WM. Stone
Park Sq
Beuston
ST. Taylor
Eri Veing
Hotel Pelham
Cor
Boylston and
Tremont Birects
Koston
S. T. Taylor
E. C. Woodward
French Pattern Rooms
West St
T. Taylor
Nelson
M. D
Boyison Street
Challenge Umbrella OO
Kingston St
Lewis Jones & Son
LaGrange Street
Representa
William Elmer
L ‘Law
Masa
Federal St
Lamson
Longst
Allen Bros., Manufacturers
Teesroom
Bedford St. & Hubbard's
RICES
Susan A. Brown
Dorchester Avenue
Dover Street
City Hospital
C. Hazen Brown
Kilby Street
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