Daughters of the Revolution Unveil Patriotic Verse Tablet
At the Boston Public Library a bronze tablet honoring American patriotic verse and song was unveiled by Miss Minnie Fowler Scott, with Mrs. Adeline Frances Fitz praising the Daughters of the Revolution for the tribute. Names on the tablet include Billings Holden Payne Smith Key Root Howe and Julia Ward Howe. The inscription honors the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Boston Public Library
Daughters of the Revolution
Adeline Frances Fitz
America
Minnie Fowler Scott
William Billings
Oliver Holden
John Howard Payne
Samuel Francis Smith
Francis Scott Key
George Frederick Root
Julia Ward Howe
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
James de Normandie
D. D
Hezekiah Butterworth
Abutters Hold Up Liquor Licenses In Boston
Nearly 1000 licenses issued by the Police Board for the current year see only 18 unpaid as of sundown. Most will be claimed this week, but two may close: Hotel Davis and Louis Zilg saloon on Hanover Street amid abutter objections. The 12 oclock law for poolrooms draws ire as Jefferson Alley closes. others may fail before month end. Judge Emmons plans a summer crusade against drunks boarding trains from North Station after inspecting outgoing trains. Twenty licenses have been refused this year to Boston druggists for police or State Board of Pharmacy reasons.
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Police Board
Hotel
Davis
Louis Zilg
Hanover Street
Police
Jefferson
Judge Emmons
North Wilmington
Boston
Massachusetts State Board of Pharmacy
New Trial Ordered in Brewer Divorce Case
Chief Justice Mason of the Middlesex Superior Court ordered a new trial of the divorce petition filed by Della Brewer against her aged husband Thomas H. Brewer of Billerica at East Cambridge after objections to the prior decree.
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Della Brewer
Thomas H. Brewer
Billerica
Mason
Superior Court
Middlesex County
East Cambridge
Revere Town Buys Water Plant From Company
At an adjourned town meeting Revere voted to purchase the water works from Revere Water Company for 350000 dollars. The move establishes the town’s own water utility and set terms for the transfer of ownership and operation.
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Revere
The
Revere Water Company
Attendance at Louisiana Purchase Exposition Opening Day
St Louis May 3 The total attendance at the Louisiana Purchase exposition’s opening day April 30, 1904 was 187 793 persons. Of these, 178 423 were recorded admissions with others listed as guests, employees and exhibitors. The Chicago Columbian exposition opened with 137 557 admissions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Boston Man Dies After 60 Foot Fall From Window
William Brophy of 15 Lark Street South Boston fell sixty feet from a window at 19 Congress Street yesterday afternoon and died at Relief Hospital last night at 6 30.
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William Brophy
Lark Street
Boston
Congress Street
Relief Hospital
Slaughter of Russians in Yalu Fight
Reports from the Yalu battle describe heavy losses for both sides. About 800 Russian wounded, including 14 officers, arrived at Fengwangcheng hospital, with transport challenging due to terrain. Japanese forces suffered heavy casualties at Ai River, Turenchen, and the hill held by the Eleventh Regiment. Estimates of Russian dead range from 4 000 to 8 000.
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Fengwangcheng
Pengwangcheng
Zassalitch
Ai River
Turenchen
Uniform Labor Laws for the United States Asked
The House passed a resolve memorializing Congress to amend the Constitution to empower federal enactment of uniform labor laws for all states. Representative Ross of New Bedford offered the measure, noting support from labor groups and state representatives in Congress.
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House
Congress
Ross
New Bedford
Big Fight Looms Over Curley Order To Abolish Statistics Dept
Alderman Curley has passed a measure through the Board of Aldermen to abolish the statistics department but needs Common Council approval and the Mayor’s signature. A council vote next Thursday is expected to spark a major clash as Good Government Club backers oppose the move and defend the department. Laurence Minot, GGA president and statistics board chair, is close to the Mayor, who is said to be sympathetic. The dispute centers on whether the order targets the association’s grievances. Peabody Bakers Vote to Strike.
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Curley
Board of Aldermen
Statistics Department
Common Council
Friends of the Good Government Club
Laurence Minot
Good Government Association
Backward Spring Prompts Suit Purchase Reminder
The piece notes a delayed spring wardrobe update with a raincoat option and self-made suits priced from ten to eighty dollars. It asserts confidence in product quality, saying they made the suits themselves and therefore know they are good.
Fathers sue hotel man over runaway girls case
In Middlesex Superior Court Otis S. Leighton and Frank H. Howard charge Lowell House proprietor George A. Stahl with hiding two teen girls who ran away from Everett. The plaintiffs seek damages claiming expense anguish and trouble caused by the hotel keeper.
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Middlesex Superior Court
Otis S. Leighton
Everett
Walter S. Thompson
George A. Stahl
Lowell House
Causeway Street
Boston
Mr. Leighton
Eva J. Leighton
Eva Leighton
Mabel E. Harwood
Frank H. Howard
New Hampshire
Leighton
Howard
Cambridge Aldermen Reject Hastings for City Engineer
At the Cambridge Board of Aldermen meeting the nonpartisan body balked at confirming Lewis M. Hastings, Mayor Daly’s candidate for city engineer. Timothy C. O’Hearn was later confirmed as city electrician despite opposition from Aldermen Lake and Davis. Councilman Reardon sought a Water Board removal resolution but was unable to move it.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Lewis M. Hastings
Daly
Timothy C. O’hearn
Lake
Davis
O’hearn
Reardon
Lower Branch
A C U W Case Before Court
In the Supreme Court session Judge Lathrop heard a dispute over the legality of Ancient Order of United Workmen officers. Grand recorder J Edward Burtt said the petitioned officers were elected but not installed. Supreme recorder M O Sackett described the election process. Court adjourned to 9:30 the next day.
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Supreme Court
Lathrop
Order of United Workmen
J. Edward Burtt
M. O. Sackett
Supreme Lodge
Residents oppose Bowdoin Topliff stone crushing plant plan
About 26 property owners met at John McGuillion’s home at 74 Topliff Street to condemn a proposed stone crushing plant near Bowdoin and Topliff streets. They urged officials to reconsider the project and protect local property values and neighborhood character.
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Meeting House Hill
John McGuillion
Topliff Street
Bowdoin and
Topliff Streets
Opening of the Pop Concerts At Symphony Hall A Gala Society Night
The 19th season opener of the Pop concerts at Symphony Hall drew a full house with many social leaders in attendance. The program featured Wagner, Bizet, Strauss and others with Mr. Adamowski conducting and repeats freely offered. Society women in elaborate gowns filled the hall as Mrs. James Putnam and other hosts graced tables. gowns ranged from black satin to pale gray, purple flowers, and lavender hats, with noted figures such as Miss Ellen Atherton and Mme Szumowska among the fashionable guests. The week promises equally attractive programs and renewed entertainment.
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Symphony Hall
Boston
Adamowski
Tannhauser
Wagner
Thomas
Carmen
S Cecesess - Bizet
Ziehrer
Leoncavallo
Strauss
Capitan
Sousa
Messager
Suppe
Tscharowsky
Gross Wien
D. Strauss
Faust
Cseeee
Zeller
Peggy
Paris
Loraine
Tabasco
Chadwick
James Putnam
Mr. Putnam
Wallace Goodrich
Bonnie Lyman
William P. Blake
Miss Blake
Josef Adamowski
Mme. Szumowska
Ellen Atherton
William Armstrong
Helen Appleton
Henry Harris
Dorothy Jordan
Henrietta Stevenson
Estelle Kimball
Mme
Alexander Marius
Henry L. Higginson
Juliet Higginson
London
Francis S. Watson
J. Foster Bush
Dr. Bush
Miss Bush
Fred Comee
L. F. Mudgett
Katherine Fay
Henrietta Sargent
And
Stephen H. Bennett
Max Zach
Charles Gibson
Charles F. Dennee
Edward Glagier
Louis C. Elson
Amory
Ingersoll Amory
Aspinwall
Herbert M. Leland
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Peabody Bakers
Peabody
Bakers’ Union
Ear Union
Washington and Brattle Streets
Pitts-Kimball Co
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Gale & Kent
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