House passes order for special committee on trusts
The House approved a measure to create a special committee to investigate trusts and monopolies amid fears of Senate defeat. General Oliver O Howard spoke at the State House, praised Banks, and was greeted by members. Tom Meagher drew the loudest audience with his veteran reception.
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Massachusetts House approves trust inquiry with 102 to 41 vote
An order to appoint a joint recess committee to probe trusts and monopolies in Massachusetts passes the House 102 to 41. Representative Keenan led the push amid opposition from “corporation legislators” and calls that such an inquiry could shape national and state policy on capital and labor.
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General Oliver O Howard Visits State House for Warm Welcome
General Oliver O Howard addressed both Legislature chambers yesterday. In the House he was greeted with a tumultuous reception, cheered and applauded, while the Senate meeting was quiet. He wore his armless sleeve as a silent appeal before a rapt audience.
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Woodbury Facial Soap and Cream Promote Skin Care
Woodbury's Facial Soap and Facial Cream praised for skin scalp and complexion use. Claimed by fifty million annually and sold widely. Bend 10 cents for a sample or a 1 cent-page book of beauty by AH Woodbury, dermatologist, 11 Winter St, Boston.
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Ka-Do $1 Bottles Are 25c This Week at 683 Washington
Store runs a sale last week offering Ka-Do beverage bottles priced at $1 but reduced to 25 cents at its location at 683 Washington Street. The promotion highlights bargain prices for shoppers.
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Law Committee Advances Pleading Reform and Bail Warrants Bill
The judiciary committee reports a resolution for appointing a three person law commission to simplify criminal pleadings and prepare pleading forms. It also reports a bill to authorize justices of the peace to issue warrants and take bail where no justice or clerk of courts resides.
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Bell Telephone advances on Berliner decision and copper market rally
The market shift centers on Bell Telephone gaining 10 1 2 points to 28 1 2 amid the Berliner decision extending its long distance transmitter protection for eleven years. Copper prices rise in London and in the U S with Merced shares and Mexican Telephone Company figures noted, while Boston subway progress and various stock moves and court dockets fill the financial page.
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Governor Seeks View On Massachusetts Mutual Issue
Governor Wolcott wrote to Attorney General Knowlton requesting lawfulness of potential infringements on Massachusetts Mutual Benefit Life policy holders. He cited the special commission report and other sources, asking whether penalties apply and enclosing the commission’s published findings.
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Reconsideration of Oleo Bill Advances in Senate
The Senate reconsidered and ordered to a third reading the bill to permit the manufacture and sale of oleo and butter in original packages.
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House rejects two bills on gambling and Life Association
The House voted without debate to defeat a bill punishing bucket shop gambling and to reject a measure providing compensation for the special commission investigating the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association.
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State Board of Education Report on School Attendance
The special report on school attendance and truancy prepared under the resolves of 1896 has been presented to the House as a bill of forty seven sections on attendance a bill of nine sections on employment of labor and a bill of three sections on neglected children.
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Gas smell linked to burned electrical conduit in Boston
Gas Commission hearing heard Boston Gas Company witnesses on March 4 leaks detected in Head and Adams Square. Superintendent Gould testified no change in work since he assumed charge, with evidence pointing to an electrical conduit as the gas source. Hearing adjourned to 9:30 this morning.
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Play with Dynamite Injures Girl in Revere House Suit
Miss Jennie Werby aged 15 sues Mrs. Mary Mitchell in the third session Superior Court alleging negligence after dynamite cartridges left in a dwelling leased to the sister’s brother in law exploded. The injuries at age 13 cost her thumb and forefinger.
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Waterfront turmoil as small towboats plan mutual rates
Agitation gathers among the mosquito fleet harbor owners to form a cooperative office and set regular towing rates mirroring larger tow boat companies. Belvidere arrival draws crowds with bananas and passengers from Port Antonio Jamaica. Captain Paine to command. Belfast origin.
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Chinatown Gambling Fines Rise After Chinese Raid Reports
Captain Phil Warren led Station 4 raids from February 14 through the start of the month, yielding 1554 Chinese arrests with 33 for opium joints and the rest for gambling. Fines total $13,515, as gamblers plan raids and fund fines, while some Chinatown members seek to remove Officers Jordan and Orr. An equal number of Chinamen paid $10 fines for being present where gambling implements were found.
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Big Log Drive Reaches Garvin's Falls on Merrimack River
A 5,000,000 foot log drive passed Concord today and reached Garvin's Falls the river's worst point. Drivers expect an easy run ahead with no serious accidents reported thus far.
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Civil Court Docket of Suffolk Superior Court Sessions
Listing of cases scheduled for First and Second Jury Sessions before Hopkins and Mason judges includes numerous civil actions against Boston entities and railroads, with multiple defendants such as West End Railway, Boston & Maine Railroad, Old Colony, and Boston Gas Co. docketed across July sessions. Names include Donovan, Murray, McCarthy, Geezer, Freeman, and many others, with case numbers and party pairings continuing throughout the long docket.
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Shipping News Mini Almanac May 11 Grand listings
Arrivals include steamers Scythia Pritchard from Liverpool and International media to Richardson Barnard, Indian Nickerson to Philadelphia, and bark Landskrone from Manila with hemp. Cleared vessels include Sachem Baldwin and Uncle Sam, while steamers St Croix Maroc and tugs Scranton tow barges toward Hoboken and New York.
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