Beehive boot and shoe store opens tonight in Everett
Everett news notes the Beehive boot and shoe shop ready to open on Broadway. Repairs on the Everett market continue as residents plan to attend a postponed pene licenses adjourned meeting this evening. The high school telescope fund has $420 raised by the committee and the observatory is near completion. The Good Will Lodge plans an entertainment and basket party at Grand Army Hall Wednesday evening. The Winslow school clock shows only one hour gained in three months as of Broadway. The Board of Trade banquet at Everett Hall on May 24 will feature speakers including Mayor Matthews and state leaders.
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Everett Market
Broadway
Good Will Lodge
Grand Army Hall
Winslow
Board of Trade
Everett Hall
Matthews
Wolcott
Charles Adams
Samuel McCall
Francis W. Kittredge
Dorchester Social Roundup and Local Developments
In Dorchester last night the Hokey Pokey Club hosted an ice cream party at Odd Fellows Hall with about 100 couples dancing to Wright's Orchestra from 8 to 2. P Brophy led the floor and aides managed crowd flow. Residents push for a night car on Dorchester Avenue and Savin Hill access. The Savin Hill Yacht Club again moored several yachts and featured a new float. Dorchester Athletic Club announced renovations ahead of the May 18 party. Shelbourne Street house sales closed as the city advances a new parkway project. Grover Hall area notes summarize neighborhood changes and ongoing development.
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Lower Mills
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Wright
P. Brophy
Corps of Aids
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester Avenue
Savin Hill
Washington Village
Boston Innkeepers to Attend H. M. M. B. A. Convention
A large delegation of hotel men will leave Boston tomorrow for the annual H. M. M. B. A. convention to be held in Cincinnati on May 9. Afterward they proceed to Chicago to visit the World’s Fair, traveling on a specially furnished Pullman train. The train will be shown at Fitchburg depot Sunday from 3 to 8 p.m. Mr. W. Wallace Waugh of the Home Journal will supervise the entire party.
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Boston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Fitchburg
W. Wallace Waugh
the Home Journal
Daffodil recital and Europe voyage news from local notes
Webster street residents Mr. and Mrs. Whalen and daughter Theresa sail for Europe today aboard the Cunarder. A daffodil recital and festival of music and flowers premiere at the Saratoga M E Church Monday evening with a guitar trio from Somerville and a semi chorus of girls voices. Zenith Lodge Odd Fellows held an oyster supper after their Central Hall meeting. John J. Douglass won a gold medal at the Fulton Debating Society at Boston College Thursday. Miss Margaret Kenefich died at 210 Chelsea street after a several months illness. funeral set for tomorrow at 2 pm. Editor J B Maccabe of the East Boston Argus Advocate departs for Europe and will return in August.
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John J. Douglass
Fulton Debating Society
Boston College
King Philip Lodge
K. of P
Callanthe
Lynn
Ivanhoe
Charlestown
Mystic
Chelsea
Margaret Kenefich
Thomas Kenefich
Chelsea Street
Sacred concert planned by St Peter's Catholic Association
South Boston hosts a grand sacred concert in Bethesda Hall on May 14 the first public entertainment by the young group. John Morrison son of Margaret Morrison is seriously ill with pneumonia. Edmund J Elton stars in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Union Hall Monday evening. Women’s Relief Corps will hold a fair in late May. South Boston Irish Federation officers named. Citizens’ Association backs Broadway extension horse cars. Clan-Na-Gael Hall to host a Dover street footbridge meeting. Ernest Hormel and J M Kenney to visit the World’s Fair in August.
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St. Peter’s Catholic Association
Bethesda Hall
John Morrison
Margaret Morrison
Bolton Street
Edmund J. Elton
John T. MacNary
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Union Hall
Patrick Doody
Jere Carroll
Thomas Casey
Dennis O'Reilly
Citizens’ Association
West End
Broadway
Dover Street
Clan-Na-Gael
Citzens
Ernest Hormel
J. M. Kenney
City Point
Bright Home Theme Starts at Walnut Street Church
The Rev Dr Watkins opens a course on Bright and Happy Homes the first topic That Husband of Mine. A grand benefit dance for John Lehan fills Granite Hall with friends and Boston Rubber Company staff.
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Walnut Street
Watkins
John Lehan
Boston Rubber Company
Suffolk Club
Frank Rogers
T. J. Lynde
G. A. Brown
G H. Danforth
A. L. Marden
C. L. Glover
Joseph S. Badger
Theodore Winthrop Post
First Baptist Church
John J. McLeod
Daniel P. Ryan
Grand Army Hall
Lambert Outing Club
Ferryman
Local notes from Brighton and Beacon Park headlines
Electric car mishap shocks carpenter Walter H Watts on a power crank and brake handle. Miss May Sawyer graduates Emerson College of Elocution with top marks 97 percent. Edward Sawyer, Five Cent Savings Bank teller, recovered from grip after three weeks. Washington Street work improves road surface. Boston police chase four tramps near the railroad. one dies, two arrested. Cambridge and Mansfield streets houses condemned by Board of Health. Letter Carrier A B Collier ill. a substitute helps route. Citizen complains Rogers Park rots. skating damage linked to trees and makeshift baseball field. Beacon Park notes.
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Walter H. Watts
Western Avenue
May Sawyer
Emerson College of Elocution
Edward Sawyer
Five Cent Savings Bank
School Street
Washington Street
Boston & Albany
Board of Health
Cambridge
Mansfield Streets
A. B. Collier
Beacon Park
American Express opens Boston depot office. local hires and musical events
MEDFORD reports the American Express Company opens an office in the Boston and Maine depot. F T Merrill from Malden starts a real estate office. Salem Dowd passes Harvard exams to enter next term. Thomas Casey to be pianist at a sacred concert. Jeremiah Connors dies of pneumonia at 19. Phillips Literary Association to hold sacred concert with Alonzo Bennett Jr and others.
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American Express Company
Boston & Maine
F. T. Merrill
Malden
Salem Street
Frank Dowd
Harvard College
Thomas Casey
Hollis Street Theatre
Jeremiah Connors
Phillips Literary Association
Opera House
Alonzo P. Bennett, Jr
Ethel Sheene
George Wilson
Boston Museum
James E. Woods
Anna Westerveldt
Tufts College Quartet
C. J. Haynes
George M. Bates
Willard
John
Along the Water Front and Harbor Notes
Reports from India Wharf show signaling for the warship Enter prise. Captain Loring of the Fort Warren steamer Resolute is highly popular for generous acts. Banana trade growth features John J. Moloney's reminiscences and port cargo figures. Updates cover vessels Eva Adell and City of Macon repairs, East Boston ferry, and Lynn line delays with Fiske's wharf fruit sales and 34 000 boxes handled.
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India
Loring
Fort Warren
Resolute
Department of Public Institutions
Henry Morrison
J. Putnam Bradlee
John J. Moloney
Lynn
Long Wharf
New England
New York
Boston
Moroney
Boston Fruit Company
City of
Macon
Atlantic Works
City of Savannah
Fiske
Putnam
Phun Klub Social and Local Committee News in Charlestown
In Abbotsford Hall the Phun Klub hosted its third annual party with about seventy five couples dancing to Snow's Orchestra. Floor officers led by Thomas P. Nugent and crew oversaw setup, aided by a long list of volunteers. Local clubs hold meetings on parade plans and celebratory events as Neponants and Red Men chapters schedule degrees and elections.
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Phun Klub
Abbotsford Hall
Snow
Thomas P. Nugent
James F. Murphy
George H. Carter
James T. Roache
William J. Murdock
James P. Reagan
Jamess. Joyce
George H. Caffrey
James A. Welch
William Moore
Frank Greene
Timothy Kelleher
The
Druids
Temperance Building
Monument Square
Hugh J. Morrison
Francis B. Turnbull
David B. Shaw
Daniel I. Collins
James H. Wilson
Eugene J. Flanagan
Bunker Hill
Somerville Community Notes Highlight Local Events
Mrs Joseph Ward of Yankton S D spoke on Yankton College at Broadway Congregational Church. The West Somerville Band is engaged for Memorial Day Arlington parade and a West Somerville July 4 parade. Plans start in fall for a political class with Somerville Woman's Suffrage League. Mrs Sara Wemyss Bradbury will hold a juvenile recital at Union Hall Boston next Thursday. Congressionals in Somerville mourn Rev Henry C Hitchcock death. Beacon Hill Social Club No 20 meets at Independent Hall Wednesdays. Old Powder House.
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Joseph Ward
Yankton
S. D
Broadway Congregational Church
New Yankton College
West Somerville
Arlington
Somerville Woman's Suffrage League
Sara Wemyss Bradbury
Union Hall
Boston
Bradbury
Beacon Hill
Adies
Old Powder House
Post Reporter Probes City Employment Agencies
A Post investigation examines extortion by local agencies, focusing on the Hotel Help Association on Court Street. Reporters note $2 membership plus 10 percent of first month’s wages, with unclear guarantees, and describe lengthy signed forms and promised jobs outside Boston. The manager, J. G. Nettles, defends operations while readers are urged to scrutinize terms.
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the Post
Post
Court Street
Hotel Help Association
Boston
Association
J. G. Nettles
Discounted Retail Prices Offer From O Callaghan Store
Thos. O Callaghan & 60 597 599 and 601 Washington Street opposite the Globe Theatre advertise 334 per cent discount from regular retail prices on standard goods.
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Thos. O'Callaghan
Washington St
Clobe Theatre
Hidden Fees in Employment Memberships Exposed
A critical look at membership rules reveals excessive deductions of over 40 percent of weekly wages. Readers sign under vague terms, often unaware of the true cost until payday. An informant cites one example where a cook sent to Cincinnati earned $75 monthly but only received about $5 after deductions.
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Hotel Help Association
Cincinnati
Boston
Gladstone Held To Postpone Irish Financial Clauses
In the House of Commons on May 5, Gladstone announced the government plans to postpone the financial clauses of the Irish Home Rule bill when the committee stage begins. Chamberlain pressed for changes but Gladstone said none were set, noting potential excise increases and Ireland’s liability to charges while customs dues would be retained.
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London
House of Commons
W. L. Jackson
Balfour
Ireland
Lord Salisbury
Gladstone
House In
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Chamberlain
Union Station Hearing Before Senate Treasury Committee
The Senate committee on treasury discussed a union overhead station again. Osborne Howes Jr defended the rapid transit report and argued state gains from building the station, while Mayor Matthews pressed Torrey to answer about real estate interests adjacent to the proposed site.
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Union
Senate Committee On Treasury
Osborne Howes, Jr
Rapid Transit Committee
Torrey
Matthews
Perilous Rescue of Booth Brothers Crew Off Brigantine Shoals
Captain Burdick of the schooner Booth Brothers recounts a dramatic wreck and rescue after her 500 ton cargo voyage from Tenant's Harbor to Philadelphia. In a gale on Brigantine Shoals, the crew eight including wife and child escaped in a life boat and were saved by Captain Bird aboard the James W. Bigelow using a breeches buoy. All survived drenched but unharmed except for exposure and loss of outfit.
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Booth Brothers
Port Maine
Tenant
Philadelphia
Barnegat
Captain Bird
James W. Bigelow
Cienfuegos
New York
Bird
Last Chance for World’s Fair Clock Coupons Today
The Post urges readers to cut and mail or drop coupons for its World’s Fair clock guessing contest as tomorrow at 6 p.m. marks final receipt. The prize and the World’s Fair Society membership depend on timely submissions. Coupons will be accepted at the editorial rooms with priority given to earlier arrivals.
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Boston
Post
New Bedford Strikers Win Nine-Hour Day After Idle Strike
New Bedford May 5 The carriage manufacturers concede the nine hour day demand. After two weeks of idleness the strikers will return to work on Monday.
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New Bedford
Sunday Religious Services In City Churches
A roundup of church events notes B Y M Christian Union vesper at Union Hall 48 Boylston street with Rev George D Latimer speaking on The Helmet of Hope. Colchester Street Longwood near Beacon Street hosts Curist's Church with Dr Caleb D Bradlee. Dr Fulton speaks at People's Church Columbus Avenue on In American Liberty in Peril by Romanism. Various churches list services, sermons, communion, and choir music with multiple organ and vocal selections.
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B. Y. M. Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
George D. Latimer
Salem
Helmet of Hope
Florence G. Ayers
N. F. Lincoln
George Mendall Taylor
Colchester Street
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Dorchester Street
Broadway
Frank Haven Hinman
Shawmut Congregational Church
Tremont
Job
Massin
Haydn
Culley
God
Klein
Lement
Grieg
Macfarren
Roberts
Smart
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Home Rule Federation
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Knights of Pythias
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Fisk & Goff
Hollis Street
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Thomas O'Callaghan & Co
Charles P. Stockman
Borp, Watrr & Co
RD Harris
Edward Harris Saxony
J. B. Barnaby Co
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Union Station
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Jordan, Marsh & Co
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Logue
Sidney Squires & Co
Boston, Mass
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DR. Schenck
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J. Hl. Schenck
Union Institution For Savings
Cor. of Lagrange St
Hugh O'Brien
William S. Pelletier
NEW England (Mutual Life Insurance Company
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Massachusetts
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Alfred D. Foster
B. F. Trull
Tm, B. Turner
Boston Board of Aldermen
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