Unjust freight rates press Boston fruit market reform
Boston fruit merchants meeting at the Fruit and Produce Exchange call for a 12.5 percent cut in berry and peach freight charges. They fault the Pennsylvania Railroad for high, 170 to 216 dollar car rates for short hauls and argue reduced rates will aid growers in Delaware and Maryland while keeping railroads fairly compensated. A three person committee will press the plan with railroad firms, likely traveling to Philadelphia.
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Boston
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Minneapolis
California
Middle States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank Meade
W. M. Snow
Harris Bean
Philadelphia
Law and Order Annual Meeting and Officers Elected
The Citizens' Law and Order League held its annual meeting at 60 Bromfield Street with Rev Elmer H Capen presiding. Dudley resigned as secretary citing salary relief, while O Hara reported small indebtedness and last year’s income over 1700 dollars. Treasurers Gould and Dudley reported receipts 3356 57 and expenditures 3328 74 leaving a 27 83 balance. Officers elected include President Rev Elmer H Capen and several vice presidents, secretary Miss J F O Hara, treasurer L Edwin Dudley and an executive committee comprising multiple members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Law and Order League
Bromfield Street
Elmer H. Capen
Dudley
Boston
United States
O’hara
J. H. Gould
L. Edwin Dudley
Elmer H. Ca Pen
W. W. Crapo
Edward Everett Hale
Nehemiah Boynton
Arthur L. Little
A. B. Merrill
J. F. O'Hara
Treasuer
B. Johnson
Martha H. Munro
J. H. Blanchard
Er. Co. Keller, Jr
Cattle Commission suspends measles quarantine due to funds
Orders suspending all quarantine measures that incur state expense have been issued by the Cattle Commission because funds are lacking. No action will occur until an appropriation is made. Senate plans a $100,000 appropriation this week to enable a ten day funds release. The commission regrets shutting down work which could enable unscrupulous dealers to dispose of diseased stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cattle Commission
Senate
Commission
Remarkable Piano Boom Surges in New England Market
Over 60 000 New England pianos produced and sold in a year, described as an unmatched volume. The Amour Company offers a wide assorted selection, highlighted as the greatest variety yet in piano manufacturing and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Vari Ton
DO Piano CO
Sylvania's First Twin Screw Freight Steamer Arrives in Boston
The Cunard twin screw cattle and freight ship Sylvania, captained by Warr, arrives from Liverpool after a fast nine days eleven hours fifteen minutes from Fastnet to Boston Light. Built in Glasgow, she measures 460 feet with 6500 tons dead weight and features electric lighting, patent cattle fittings, and seven steam winches. She will be open for public inspection next Friday and depart May 14 for Liverpool with a large cargo of cattle, sheep, and cotton.
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Cunard
Sylvania
Warr
Liverpool
Fastnet
Boston Light
Carinthia
C. Warr
George Campbell
Thomas Cornelius
William Hughes
Alexander Duncan
McGregor
Steward Pierce
Boston
Income Tax Case Closed as Choate Resumes Argument
Washington noon today Mr Choate resumed his plea in the income tax case urging that personal property including rentals is subject to a direct tax and must be apportioned. He challenged the states rights versus federal power and noted the civil war era as precedent with the court set to reconvene May 20.
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Washington, May
Choate
States
United States
Attorney-General
Five Northern Illinois Coal Firms Form General Wilmington Co
A May 8 morning paper reports five large northern Illinois coal companies forming the General Wilmington Coal Company to control Wilmington coal output daily 8000 to 10000 tons. The move aims to create a northern trust to counter southern competition amid rail rate disputes. The firms include Chicago Wilmington & Vermillion, Star Coal of Streator, Big Four Wilmington, Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing, with mines at Braidwood, Carbon Hill, Gardner, and Diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
General Wilmington Coal Company
Chicago, Wilmington & Vermillion Coal Company
Braidwood
Star Coal Company
Streator
Ill
Carbon Hill
Big
Wilmington Coal Company
Gardner, Ill
Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
Diamond, Ill
Wilmington Coal
Divorce Decrees Granted After Quarrels and Threats
Mrs. Della A. Mayhew testified to repeated cruelties by her husband George F. Mayhew including violent blows and threats. The court granted a decree nisi in her Boston session. Ezra A. Van Ness and Ruth R. Hildenbrau also secured decrees after marriages ending amid separations and far flung moves.
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Della A. Mayhew
Suffolk County Divorce Court
George F
Mayhew
Brockton
William A. Morse
Boston
George
Ezra A. van Ness
Lynn
Ohio
Michigan
van Ness
West
Nisi
Ruth R. Hildenbrau
George J
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Mayflower Tea Plans With Notables at Faneuil Hall
A large committee meeting at Mrs. F. R. Stoddard’s home finalized arrangements for the Mayflower Tea to be held Monday afternoon at Faneuil Hall. Governor Greenhalge will speak, Professor Morse will discuss Japanese flower festivals, and Mrs. Bond will recite a minuet piece. Music by Richardson’s Orchestra and schoolchildren, a flag salute, and Fen derson will perform. A Boston merchant funded the tea and souvenir tea chests. John Aldens and Priscillas serve refreshments with guest registry for favorite flowers. over two thousand invitations issued.
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F. R. Stoddard
Newbury Street
Faneuil Hall
Greenhalge
Edward 8. Morse
Salem
C. H. Bond
Richardson
Ella Cleveland Fenderson
Boston
John Aldens
Priscillas
Record-Breaking Mill Planned in Fall River
M C D Borden owner of Iron Works Mill and American Printing Company announced plans to erect an eighty thousand spindle print cloth mill in Fall River. The brick four story plant north of the present site will be one of the largest under one roof in America and possibly the world. It will manufacture print cloths and may produce many of the three and four yard drills now bought in the South. The old plant has three mills with 150000 spindles valued at nearly 1.9 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
M. C. D. Borden
Iron Works Mill
American Printing Company
America
Daylight Theft in Dorchester Alley Assault
Italian girl Formice Tradd was robbed and beaten by a crowd of young men near her home at Beach and Oliver. Three suspects Thomas Tracy Morris Mitchell and James Brophy were arrested on highway robbery charges. two others fled. The victim suffered a badly bruised head.
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Formice Tradd
Oliver Place
Beach Street
Dorchester
Station 4
Thomas Tracy
Morris Mitchell
James Brophy
Mitchell
Digging Near End of Public Garden Subway Construction
Work on the Boylston street mall shifts to concrete foundation piles as the Public Garden subway project nears completion. Contractor Meehan laid off thirty men while pile driving resumes in the trench and braces are built to prevent cave-ins amid ongoing water removal. Attendance of sightseers declines as the novelty wears off and iron work is expected within a week.
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Meehan
Boylston Street
East Boston Fire Bug Florence Kierman to Plead Guilty
Florence Kierman was arraigned before Judge Emmons on a charge of setting fire to a dwelling. The complaint was found defective since the house was not burned. The case is continued to May 15 to determine the exact offense, with a likely guilty plea to the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kierman
East Boston
Emmons
Saugus Reinstates Fire Dept with Engineer Brierly
Engineer John Brierly wins again in Saugus as two fire companies split. He presents a list of twelve for the hose company at a board meeting and seeks thirteen for the hook and ladder. Chief Engineer Thomas stresses discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saugus
John Brierly
Board of Engineers
Brierly
Thomas
White Mountains Illustrated Lecture At Newtonville Church
Henry G. Peabody presented an illustrated talk at Newtonville Congregational Church showing a two weeks vacation style panorama. The sequence began with the Merrimac valley and moved to Lake Winnipesaukee with distant northern peaks and end with lifelike East Side coaching parades based on last summer's photographs.
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White Mountains
Newtonville Congregational Church
Henry G. Peabody
Merrimac
Lake Winnipesaukee
East Side
Concert at Christian Union in Union Hall delights audience
One of the season's pleasant entertainments featured Mrs. M. L. Gardner soprano Miss Gertrude L Monroe pianist and Mr. Edward P Elliott impersonator. The program included songs and George Carleton's three act comedy Dollars and Sense or Gilded Fool performed by a cast including Elliott.
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The
Christian Union
Union Hall
M. L. Gardner
Gertrude L. Monroe
Edward P. Elliott
Sones
Ace Elliott
Guy Carleton
Mystery of the Light Street Bridge Prelude
A lawyer named Reuben travels rural Maryland like a detective in a tale set near Mason and Dixon. He questions a boy about Jim Basil and Charley, hears a Negro chorus, and recalls Longfellow as night falls on a riverfront district known as Egypt.
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Reuben
Mr. Basil
Dar
Jim
Sambo
Bill
Hicks
Light Street Bridge
Charley Basil
Duval's
Charley
Rome
Longfellow
A Trip to the Rural Districts
Reuben Hicks maintains frequent visits to City Hall detectives and grows convinced of Duval's innocence. He travels south of the city with a livery buggy to study local geography, awaiting potential trial developments while noting Mabel Duval's uneasy reactions.
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Reuben Hicks
Force
Duval
Reuben
Robert Kellow
Fred Duval
Kellew
Mabel Duval
Reng
Mabel
Patapsco
Severn
Light Street
Hicks
Margaret Forrester Confronts Social Pressures Over Suitors
In a drawing room confrontation, Mrs. Forrester accuses daughter Margaret of dowdiness and pressures her about suitors. Mrs. Forrester boasts of wealth and urges faster matches with Langston or Kie, while Margaret defends her own choices and questions her father's generosity and intentions of Frances Brainard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Forrester
Margaret
Elisabeth
Frances Brainard
Papa
Mr. Frisbie
Illuminated Sewers in Paris Use Electric Arcs and Mirrors
Paris adopts electric arc lighting in sewer tunnels with mirrors to illuminate repairs. The method is not new, with ancient Egypt using similar beam manipulation to light underground chambers for ceremonies and pigment work, relying on external sunlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Egypt
Imprecise OCR Brief Sparks Local Interest
Fragmentary text mentions names and terms like Boe and Winer with unclear context. No identifiable event, place, or outcome can be determined from the readable fragments.
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Altene
Nervease CO
Supreme Court
Coal Trust IN
Mrs. Mayhew
Mr. Morse
Tremont Street
Salvacea
Tue Branpretu Co
Canat
Florence
Albert P. Southwick
Catherwood
Brown
Boston Post
Post
Mason and Dixon
August Reng
Gus
Atlantic
Arcadia
Boeili
John i Weodai
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