Boston Man Wit's Witnesses Against Beef Trust
W H Blake a Boston meat dealer with two stores is summoned to report to a federal grand jury in Chicago probing a beef trust. He says he had no warning and may testify despite risks, noting others from Boston may be summoned and suggesting separate summons prevent collusion. He departs Boston at 6 02 this evening.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
W. H. Blake
Boston
Blake
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington Street
Hyde Park
Grand Jury
Big Nelson
Morris Beef
New Theatre Hat Design Wins Paris Prize
Paris Grand Opera awarded 1000 dollars for the best theatre hat design to Mlle Mira Darceuil. Her Juliet cap of gold net features silver beadwork and jewels with large side roses that can be color matched to the gown. The design is praised as fashionable, home adjustable, and unobtrusive to others.
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NEW Theatre
Paris
Paris Grand Opera
Mlle
Mira Darceuil
Paris Grand Opera Management
Yale Football Captain Fined for Speeding in Meriden
Thomas L. Shevlin captain of the Yale football team surrendered to police for violating the automobile speed law in Meriden Connecticut and paid 40 dollars to settle the case after allegedly racing a Boston express train from New Haven to Meriden last Thursday.
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Meriden
Conn
Thomas L. Shevlin
Yale
New Haven
World births and deaths and popular whiskies sold
The piece notes about 43,000,000 births and 39,000,000 deaths yearly with a boy girl birth ratio of 106 to 100 ending near equal. It promotes G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and G. O. Taylor Pure Rye with claims of quality, age, purity and medicinal value, urging licensed dealers and physician recommendations with sealed bottles and labeled corks.
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G. O. Taylor
New Waltham Speed Device to Enforce Limits
Waltham police plan to enforce speed limits by timing cars over an eighth mile at Piety Corner and on lower Main Street near Watertown. An officer signals start with a handkerchief to start the stopwatch, records the car number, and if speeding, the owner is summoned to court.
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Waltham
Piety Corner
Lexington
Lower Main Street
Watertown
Mourns Loss of Boston Terrier Beloved by Dorchester Family
W A Donovan a Western Union telegrapher from Field's Corner Dorchester mourns the loss of a female Boston bull terrier that was the pet of his children. The dog was taken from his Westville street home Thursday afternoon.
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Boston
W. A. Donovan
Western Union
Mr. Donovan
Westville Street
Field’s Corner
Dorchester
Death on Grand Trunk Tracks Near Bethel
The body of 45 year old James A. Barchard was found on the Grand Trunk railroad tracks west of Bethel Maine. He had been dead several hours and is believed to have been struck by a passing engine around 3 AM.
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Bethel
James A. Barchard
Grand Trunk Railroad
Labor Church Convention Opens With Labor Dignity Debate
The Rev W H Van Allen denounces Mr Eliot on wage theory at the Church Alliance convention in Boston urging better protection for workers. He cites the iron law of wages, age barriers, and the blacklist while calling for church led social evolution over revolution. Speakers from St Pauls Trinity and St Stephen's highlight church labor ties with plans for mass meetings and receptions.
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Eliot
W. H. van Allen
Church of the Advent
Convention of the Church Alliance
Labor
St. Paul’s Church
Fie
Christ
Church Alliance For
St. Stephen’s Church
Florence Street
H. M. Barbour
Church of Beloved Disciple of
New York
Tremont Street
Edward Tillotson
Appleton Grannis
Trinity Church
Tary Abrahams
Harry Lloyd
Carpenters’ Union
St. Paul’s Club
Harvard
Fogg Art Museum
Cambridge
Huntington Hall
Technology Buildings
Abrahams
Record broken for immigrants at New York quarantine
New York May 7 all records broken for immigrants passing quarantine. In 12 hours 12039 steerage passengers admitted, signaling a spring influx likely to exceed prior years. Ten transatlantic liners delivered the crowd, led by Bluecher with 6056 names and Pretoria with 2198 steerage passengers. Other ships followed with 1854 Italia and 1571 Weimar among the totals.
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New York
United States
Pretoria
Italia
Weimar
Tta
Embezzlers Within the Church Warned by Pastor
The Rev. Herbert S. Johnson tells Warren Avenue Baptist Church that embezzlement is a gentleman's crime. He says trusted men like deacons and superintendents are tempted, with widows and orphans the main sufferers, and urges seeing the spiritual side of punishment beyond detection.
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Boston
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren, Avenue Baptist Church
Gideons Campaign Opens in Roslindale Churches
Three meetings launched the Gideons drive in Roslindale. At the Congregational Church the men’s session featured John H. Nicholson the national president. George C. Howes addressed the women at the Baptist Church. Young people filled the Methodist Church with C. W. Hamilton in charge. Union meetings at Congregational and Baptist churches drew crowded attendance.
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Roslindale
Congregational Church
John H. Nicholson
George C. Howes
Newton Centre
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
C. W. Hamilton
Pennsylvania
Senorita Huidobrolectures on The Christ of the Andes
At the Boston Young Men's Christian Union Senorita Carolina Huidobro of Chill spoke last evening on The Christ of the Andes with many stereopticon views. Next Sunday Rev Charles T Billings of Lowell will lecture and the Philharmonic Orchestra will give a special musical program.
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Senorita Huidobro
Y. M. C. Union
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Senorita Carolina Huidobro
Chill
Charles T. Billings
Lowell
Philharmonic Orchestra
Rev F A Grinke to Speak at People's Institute
The Rev Francis A Grinke pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church Washington DC will address the Boston Literary and Historical Association tonight at the People's Institute 1171 Tremont Street His subject will be Religion and Race Elevation.
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F. A. Grinke
People’s Institute
Francis A. Grinke
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Boston Literary and Historical Association
Tremont Street
Thibet Forbidden Land illustrated by Boston pastor
George B Graff of the Christian Endeavor Society spoke at the Boston YMCA on Thibet the Forbidden Land He showed a large collection of stereopticon photos and around 125 colored views depicting the Himalayan boundary blue lake Kokonor Lhasa and the Potala palace with its 3000 rooms and the Dalai Lama’s private crimson room The talk described Buddhism lama lamaseries and the vast grandeur of the Potala palace as a focal point of Thibet’s culture
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Boston Y. M. C. A
George B. Graff
Christian Endeavor Society
Forbidden Land
Mt. Blane
Kokonor
Blue Lake
Lhasa
Potala
Dalai Lama
Great Lama
Admiral Farragut Reaches Long Wharf After Sighted Sunken Wreck
The steamer Admiral Farragut arrived at Long Wharf from Jamaica ports just before 6 PM. Captain Henshaw had earlier sighted a mast eight feet above a sunken wreck near Savannah indicating a recent disaster at latitude 31.46 north, longitude 72.04 west. Passengers included E R Grabow and C A Mowry of the Titchfield Hotel party along with several others.
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Admiral Farragut
Henshaw
Long Wharf
Jamaica
Savannah
E. R. Grabow
Allen H. Wood
G. L. Cheney
M. Gardner
A. E. Ellis
D. A. Ross
E. A. Cook
Elder- Dempster
Bristol
Eng
90-Year-Old Dances Highland Fling at Medway Social
West Medway May 7 Joseph Litchfield who will turn 90 next month danced the Highland Fling from start to finish at the Colonial social by the Medway Historical Society. He learned the jig in boyhood and last practised in 1880. he made a wager that he could perform it flawlessly and kept his promise with a celebratory treat.
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West Medway
Joseph Litchfield
Colonial Social
Antiquarian Hall
Medway
Schiller Centenary Observed in Boston at Jordan Hall
The Schiller centenary tribute at Jordan Hall under the Orpheus Society drew a large German American and city musical groups audience. The program featured works by Bach Mozart Gluck Weber Schiller Brambach and Rossini with Prof Kuno Francke delivering the oration and Gustav Strube leading orchestration. A second event tonight by the German Turn Verein will present Schiller’s William Tell.
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Jordan Hall
Orpheus Society
Orpheus Chorus
Orchestra
Schiller
Turn Verein
Bach
Mozart
Gluck
Weber
Brambach
Rossini
Wallace Goodrich
Carl Kaufmann
Paul Grossman
Kuno Francke
Gustav Strube
William Tell
All Day Quest for G D Peck in Seekonk Woods
A 60 man search party led by Detective Nickerson combed woods and swamps near Ten Mile River Seekonk for George D. Peck who vanished from Providence after discussing self harm. No trace found. Police had distributed over 400 likeness postcards describing Peck.
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Providence
R. I
Nickerson
Ten Mile River
Seekonk
George D. Peck
Peck
Waltham Eagles Hold Memorial Service
Waltham May 7 A memorial service over deceased members was conducted by Waltham Aerie of Eagles in Asbury Temple with large attendance including several state officials. Mayor Harvey participated and Charles E Colligan delivered the memorial address.
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Waltham
Waltham Aerie of Eagles
Asbury Temple
Harvey
Charles E. Colligan
Boston Eagles May Put Up a Building
Paine Memorial Hall meeting initiated 40 new members, bringing total to 1000. The treasury sits at $10,000 as committees report plans to break ground for a new building at Avenue No. 45 Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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Aenue No. 45
Order of Eagles
Paine Memorial Hall
Treasury
Rubbish Heaps Spread Disease Citywide
Citywide rubbish piles in tenement districts cause disease especially among children. Old bedding and refuse litter streets, with South Boston a prominent example. Health board aims to end this by notifying households to remove refuse and shift to street cleaning with sent notices, not dumps, by next year.
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Sanitary Department
Boston
Board of Health
Roxbury
Charlestown
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John S’ Tobin
ST. Paul's Church OF the Church
Rev. Dr. Johnson
Gideons
Forbidden Land OF
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G. B. Graff
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Orie
New England
Carl A. Weitz
Eliot St
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Post
G. D. Peck
Seekonk Woods
Waltham Eagles
Boston Eagles
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